Friday, November 30, 2012

Financial literacy piggy bank for all

Hi all, i think it is good that the xmas gift to be meaningful . That is why I am going to share with you guys out that about this cute financial literacy piggy bank with you guys out there.

This piggy bank consists of 4 portions which are the save, spend, donate and invest. Each portion will determined how much u are willing to either save, spend, donate and invest. For parents, it would be good as you can use this tool to teach your kids about financial literacy.

 I am retailing it at $25 dollars. Interested parties, please email me at akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg.




Thursday, November 29, 2012

A forwarded email warning about the dangers of china mushrooms


I was in China recently and we went to a few "mushrooms steamboat " restaurants where we can select all different kinds of mushrooms to put into our steamboat. It was very good.

 The waiters in ALL such restaurants told us NOT to eat until the soup has been boiling for at least 12 to 15 mins.

 In the first restaurant, we were very hungry , so we did not bother to wait for 12 mins and started to dish out our mushrooms from the steamboat when the waiter ran over quickly to our table to stop us from eating. Every restuarant gave us very stern warning that we CANNOT eat until it is 15 mins of continuous boiling.
 
Apparently, they had to kill all the bacteria in the mushrooms. I was thinking maybe it is toxic.

Sulfide 硫化has the potential to cause allergies, mostly asthmatic. 10% of asthma cases are cause by an allergy to sulfides. It is a preservative, but strictly regulated.

It has been found that Mushrooms from China contain carbon disulfide二硫化碳 in them. Carbon disulfide is a pesticide/fungicide with acceptable/legal residue levels defined for fresh/dried foods.
Always discard the soak liquid and do not use it in the cooking process.

China's regulations are questionable.

Most of the mushrooms on the market are from China, and are contaminated with chemicals which are soluble in water. Discard the water that you soak the dried mushrooms in to soften.
According to Mr. L.W. Chan of the Health Department (USA), most mushrooms are smuggled into the country from China.

The recent opening of traffic between China and Taiwan made it difficult for the government to control these illegal activities.
It is better to use Taiwanese mushrooms or Japanese Shiitake Mushrooms.

Soak them in water before cooking and the water used to soak the mushrooms must be thrown away.

Mr. Chan continued to say that it is customary and a common practice for people to cook the mushrooms with the water saved from soaking. This habit should stop, because most fertilizers used in farming are water soluble.
According to tests in the past, it was known that mushrooms were contaminated by fertilizer.
Mushrooms contain sulfur and when mixed in with fertilizer, carbonate tests showed a 20% higher reading on carbon disulfide which made it difficult to obtain a reliable reading on results.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Dangerous food import bar coding alert

 The whole world is scared of China made 'black hearted goods'. Can you differentiate which one is made in the USA , Philippines , Taiwan or China ? For your Information ... the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made. Sample: all barcodes that start with 690.691.692 until 695 are all MADE IN CHINA. 471 is Made in Taiwan
 
 
This is our human right to know, but the government and related department never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves. Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products 'made in china', so they don't show from which country it is made.
However, you may now refer to the barcode, remember if the first 3 digits is 690 to 695, then it is Made in China .
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark
64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.
Now read on below for specifics on goods from China to protect yourself, your family, and your friends – as I am trying to do.
This is sickening but it is an alert to read labels and always buy fresh when you can.

DO NOT BUY FOOD PROCESSED IN CHINA , HONG KONG , VIETNAM AND THAILAND !!! no food inspection!!!




 
 

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Mom can be discharged!

Hee hee mom can be discharged liao ..so good thing but i think she will miss some of the food in the hospital like the curry fish head and the soup...she said the soup in ktph is nice...

Don't know what to cook for her yet...she got special diet to adhere to .....see how is it going got to do a lot of articles writing soon for you guys out there

Yeah it's the last day of exams for this semster

Today it's the last paper for me ....completed it early by noon. Soon after the paper, I had lunch with my friend and came back home to put down my school bag before visiting mum at khoo teck phuat hospital in yishun.

Actually mom was warded since deepavail but then because I was having exams, she told me to visit her after that. When I reached there about 6pm, she was served with dinner. She had western food for dinner . Surprisingly, this is the first time when I go to hospital and visit patient to see that the portion of food was huge. She was served with main course with soup plus still got tiramisu. It feels weird 'cos first time seeing mum in hospital and so happily eating the food.

Another sweet thing was that my ex student messaged me to ask how was my exams? It was so sweet of her ...imagine a 12 yr old kiddo doing that to you...It melts ...this kind of thing you can never find it elsewhere... really got to meet my sweet ex student too.

Friday, November 16, 2012

In the midst of my exams

Hi people out there ,

I am still in the midst of preparing my operations management exams for next mon which is my final paper of this semster. So many topics to cover but then thank God this is more of a calculations paper.

I now realized that why people at the lowest level in the hierarchy in the organization are being so called 'bullied' by the management level cos it is due to making enough challenges for people at the lowest level to feel challenged enough just because of this thing called Just in time approach.


I am doing my studying at my school library and I found 2 new friends. One is called Ann , another is called 老师. Hoping for that today i will be able to complete 11 chapters in 9 hours. Then tomorrow can start practicing calculations. Sunday to do memorization work.