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    October 24

    Windows Live Web App Preview

    I’m one of the lucky one that was given the Beta Web App to try out.  Blog down to share some screen capture of the features available.

    Powerpoint

    New ppt:

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    New slide:

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    Select “Chart” content:

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    No need to click to save:

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    Excel

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    Word

    Not available yet.

    September 10

    Games for Calculators

    Games for Texas Instrument calculator:

    http://tiwizard.com/downloads/

    ( Shooter | Platform | Shells | Board Games | RPGs | Other | Racing and Driving | Puzzle | Strategy )

    Games for Casio Calculator:

    http://cabbresson.tripod.com/Casio/CasioIndex.htm#Games

    http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/index.php?pg=casiog

    Play games to keep our idling mind active.  Play on…

    July 05

    Fruits after meals, good for health?

    Believe it or not, what we have been doing traditionally - taking fruits after meal, has been proven scientifically to benefit our health!

    According to an article from The Economist: http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11662560

    For sometime, it has been a well known 'fact' that "drinking red wine is good for health":

    "In particular, red wines are rich in polyphenols, a group of powerful antioxidants that are thought to protect against cancer and heart disease by destroying molecules that would otherwise damage cells. How the polyphenols in wine exercise their beneficial effects, though, has been mysterious."

    But now, there is research result showing why red wine with food - especially red meat, helps in the well being:

    " The answer, Dr Kanner has found, lies in the stomach itself. The digestion of high-fat foods such as red meat releases oxidising toxins. One in particular, called malondialdehyde, is implicated in arteriosclerosis, cancer, diabetes and a host of other serious diseases. Dr Kanner suspected that the key to wine’s protective effect is when, precisely, it is consumed. He hypothesised that if the polyphenols arrive in the stomach at the moment when the fats are releasing malondialdehyde and its kin, then this might stop these toxic materials from getting any farther into the body.
    :
    As he reports in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the wine concentrate did indeed reduce the formation of malondialdehyde. It also cut the level of hydroperoxides, another group of oxidising agents that cause cell damage."

    For the rest of us that do not drink red wine regularly, taking fruits after meals may just have the same good effect on health wellbeing:

    " Many fruits, too, are rich in polyphenols (wine is, after all, just fermented fruit juice). By treating them as dessert, these fruits arrive in the stomach at the point when meat-digestion is poised to do its worst—nipping the problem in the bud, as it were."

    Let's continue to take fruits after our meals. 


    May 12

    Good Rates for Saving & FD accounts in Singapore

    Although the following institutes offer rates may not be good enough to give returns similar to the current inflation rate, they are much higher than what the commercial banks able to offer.  Take a look:

    NTUC Thrift, its rate and promotions:

    http://www.ntucthrift.com.sg/
    http://www.ntucthrift.com.sg/business/product/rates.asp
    http://www.ntucthrift.com.sg/promotions.asp

    Teachers Co-op:

    http://www.teachersco-op.org.sg/


    May 03

    Work Stress Management

    1. Successful Work Stress Management

    • Try to address issues that might be affecting your stress level that you might not readily think of, especially the ones you can change. ...Are there ways you can lighten your workload? Do you need to learn how to say “no” to certain requests from time to time? Look for ways of changing how you (respond) to things especially ones you have some control over.
    • Look for ways to improve your time management. Often, stress is a result of simply not having enough time to complete everything you need to do. Stop wasting time talking with colleagues and making personal phone calls, stop surfing the Internet for personal reasons, and eliminate other time wasters. Shut your office door if you have trouble with people walking in and distracting you or find a quiet office where you can work undisturbed if necessary.
    • Start to exercise regularly

    2. Work-Life Balance

    • Flexibility (Business Week): ... The division of work and life is arbitrary: The solution is to put the two back together. The goal is for a meaningful life, not a battle between good and evil or life against work. The farmer of 100 years ago understood: Farming is life. Work is life. Life is work.

    3. Know your own Stress Coping Style and apply the coping mechanism to help in releasing stress

    • BASIC Ph model: Beliefs and Values, Affect, Social, Imagination, Cognition and Physiology styles.

    Stress Reactions

    Physiological; "I have stomach/head aches","My heart beat fast." "I was shivering"..
    Emotional: "I am scared/ I feel fear","I am afraid that people were hurt", "I felt sad"..
    Cognitive: "I am occupied with my thoughts", "I imagine people getting killed" , "I don’t know what will happen to my house or my friends"..
    Behavioural:"I cover my head with my blanket", "I run away ","I scream and swear"..

    Coping Mechanisms

    Beliefs (B): "I am praying"
    Affect (A): "I am crying". "Others help me in relaxing", "Hugging"..
    Social (S): "I am with friends", "I have soldiers' support", "People calm me down"..
    Imagination/Creativity (I ): "Watching movies and television".. "Comedians make us laugh".. "I think of other places"..
    Cognitive (C): "Talking to people", "Reading the newspaper", "Doing homework".. "Getting explanations", "Hearing that no one was hurt".
    Physiological (Ph): "Playing games, sports". "I eat sweets".. "We are going on a trip"..

    4. De-stress in 3 Minutes

    • Stay grounded
    • Reality check
    • Putting things in perspective

    " Don't sweat the small stuff, it's all small stuff. "