我. 咖啡. 每一天

一杯咖啡有多重要? 陪伴了我四年, 每一次上早课的必备伴身的那一杯, 醇醇浓郁的兴奋剂, 让能饱精神维持到下午.

多么微不足道, 却与此同时多么重要. 你也体会得到吗?

Do you remember "Hello Kitty"

This is the fate of the infamous Kitty-s that made singaporeans crazy and queue outside MacDonalds for hours, just to get their hands on fake dolls and eat trash garbage junk food at the same time...

明星乌龟记者会

好朋友送的!来个小特写一下!

垂涎三尺的小点心！

坐落在牛车水Smith Street的这家店，是我在有想吃点心的“瘾”上来的时候，心头第一家必到的，《德宝》点心！

Online Interview by Xiao3 Yu3

Got this email from Xiao Yu, and i hope i am able to help out as much as i can. Thinking that the questions might be interesting to you out there, i posted it here as well. for your pleasure and amusement.

----start of questions----> > 1) What made you decide to start Blog Club as your new weekend> program format?>

It is a continuation of my previous radio show on saturday, where i pprepare materials and post it as a blog, and use them as discussions during my shift. I call it blog club now, cos i wanna include listeners into the materials i can see in my show and blog as well.
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2) How is it carried out? [because last Sunday, you just began to> link to many of the listeners' blogs. What's your next steps?]>

It is carried out by linking the listeners blogs like you mentioned, anf from there, i hope that i can use materials that i read in the listener's blogs in my show as materials that i can read out and present to the general audience.
next step is to continue linking up the listeners in a network, and present something that i have read on our listener's blog, be it an observation, feedback or comment. this should hopefully happen next shift.

> 3) How do you intend to use Blog Club as a medium to interact with> the listeners? [e.g. you to the listeners, listeners to you, listeners> to other listeners, etc]>

the answer to this question should be partially answered by the above one. the other part would be the broadcast of the show itself i think. that should include all the aspects that you mentioned above. >

4) On the whole, Do you feel that new media like Youtube, podcasts> and blogs have helped you in your program hosting and other aspects of> your life? How have they helped (or not)?>

yes, definitely. the abundance of resources have greatly helped me, and it is the foundation of my idea of my radio show as well. >

5) As a semi-media person (since you are part-time DJ), do you think> that new media can actually threaten the position of traditional radio,> e.g. in your field podcasts over conventional radio?>

i dun not agree. the new media should presently be a supplement for the existing media channels, and to overtake this, would take a long while and prolonged evolution. assuming new media is based in internet resources, Let's not forget the number of people who do not have a computer accessible to them readily and the people who are not even technology-savvy enough to get online.

Leonardo DiCaprio's YouTube Message

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OhdMULRkAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OhdMULRkAs

跑步、安全

刚在上个星期去跑了AHM(Army Half Marathon)，就在那时有听到消息，有服役人员在跑完了过后，突然暴毙。真是在那个时候几乎被吓死了。过几天，在报章上就看到报道，说死者还是一名长跑健将！所以，在连跑的时候绝对不能掉以轻心！转载几这文章参考一下！对于那些即将在12月参加新加坡马拉松的朋友得注意了！

http://sports.sohu.com/20040908/n221942669.shtml

如果在炎热的气候中跑步，你一定要采取措施避免一些由炎热引发的不适状况，比如中暑、脱水等。这些症状会带来危险的后果，特别是在比赛过程中。采取一定的措施去避免这些由炎热引发的症状，即使在炎热的夏日，你也可以照常享受安全的运动。

症状：
　　反胃恶心、抽筋、头脑混乱、步履蹒跚或失去知觉。这些症状和中暑很相似，很多运动员误认为是水分的过分消耗，这会令情况更加糟糕。为了避免这种情况，如果比赛时间长于一小时，最好只饮用运动饮料。

方法：
　　1）如果气温过高，尽量在清晨气温比较低时安排训练。

　　2）饮用大量的饮料。每15分钟最少6-12盎斯。如果比赛时间长于一小时，最好饮用含盐的运动性饮料，而不饮用水。

　　3）戴帽子。有帽沿的帽子可以很好遮蔽阳光。

　　4）涂防晒霜。注意要使用防汗型。

　　5）穿宽松、浅颜色的衣服。浅色衣服可以很好的阻止热量，而且一些运动服可以很好的散热。

　　6）热身和休息时要在荫凉处。直接的太阳照射会增加体温。

　　7）如果比赛地点气候炎热，赛前要在相似气候下进行至少两个星期的训练。这会帮助你的身体很快的适应较高的气温。

　　8）检查尿样。如果你的尿液颜色变暗，要注意你是否已经脱水。

Comex 2007

I have never been to an IT Show before! Firstly, the crowd I can anticipate there is just extremely discouraging. Secondly, I have nothing I would want to buy!

I've always heard from my friends, that there are cheap IT goods to be bought from an IT show, and they would always willing use up their savings for the year, just grabbing all the blank DVDs, LCD TVs for their room, MP3 players etc etc! Somehow, I seem to be missing from the league for many years!

So, for this year's Comex2007, what have you bought?

钱的顾虑 + retirementready

我一向都不爱去管钱的事情。从小时候开始，念书的时候，一直到服兵役然后上大学，我都算是不愁吃不愁穿。父母亲给的零用钱提供了我所需要的一切。小储蓄是有的但数目算很小，而大多数都被我出国的费用花的七七八八了。

没错，我很爱花钱，开销大！可能就是因为养成了这个习惯，所以对于安排自己手上的钱财，如何去分配它，成为了一个我不愿去多想、去烦的一件事。

那天，在报章上读到，CPF将把提取年龄延迟到63岁，而对于一个25岁的小子而言，那还是一个难以想象的前景。但是，我却豁然的领悟其中意味着的事。我将来必须要更努力工作，赚钱存钱，而必须将一部分的储蓄进行投资，而且多注意在手上零钱的花费、控制开销。

应该怎样让我的财富持续下去，如何妥当分配薪水当然是一大目标。就有参考了一些和我同龄的工作人士的意见。例如：30% - 储蓄、30% - 开销、20% - 家用+父母、20% - 杂费。

CPF就设立了 http://www.retirementready.sg/, 以类似游戏的方式，感觉让你来到度假胜地，必须花上大约20分钟的时间来进行，与此同时能了解你所必需为退休所作的准备。

以我本身为例，如果我从25岁开始存钱投资的话，我每个月应该花上＄390，以确保我到63岁时能有至少＄550000的退休金。同时还有retirement estimator 和 retirement calculator, 来帮助你计算出确实的投资数目。

其他的内容，就交由给你亲自上网去看看了。有用的网站，和大家分享。

咖啡/咖啡因的矛盾

这时的我正坐在Starbucks里喝着我最爱的热泡咖啡，手上却捧着一份关于咖啡因的文章。也不算是新鲜事，但由于在此时此刻阅读着，顿时有点小讽刺自己的感觉。

文章里写到，有一个年轻人因为熬夜读书，不停的在12小时里，灌了超出健康含量的咖啡因，因此肢体崩溃，必须送院求医。

平均来说，每个成年人在一整天能摄取的总咖啡因量不能超过450mg（毫克），也就是等于四杯热泡咖啡。而在我们的日常生活当中，也有许多其它的饮料是由含咖啡因的，就包括热可可，汽水，“红牛”等，咖啡因的含量也不一。

咖啡因的影响力是因人而异的，个人的体质与对咖啡因的敏感度是两大因素。而大多时候，咖啡因会影响睡眠与情绪。

咖啡因过量的症状如下：

• 口齿、思绪不清
• 精神亢奋、紧张
• 脸部显红润
• 排尿过量，多次数
• 肚子不适
• 心跳加速

我通常早上一定会喝上一、两杯来补充精神。一整天下来，午饭后和下午茶时我都会喝上一杯。那晚上的时候呢？都还没算在一起，就已经超出健康指标了。陷在这样的困苦、矛盾当中，我对咖啡的爱恨情仇要如何取舍？