Are you feeling frustrated at work ?

Are you constantly feeling frustrated at work? Nitty gritty things like why your colleagues can't handle a simple task like formatting a page nicely or even do a simple mail merge might just pissed your day when you are feeling moody for the day.

Have you ever thought that how your own behaviour would actually affect the whole team's day at work ? Cos in an organization, one's input at work will affect how the team works.Instead of blaming one another how slow the team works, call out for a meeting to find out whether is there any process is taking too much time . For instance, a huge chunk of emails to be replied everyday , mailing of letters, handling of customers ( both internal and external) , checking of on going project status and handling of phone calls, etc. Perhaps you could allocate a time for checking of emails for a period of 1 hour. For this one hr, there is no other thing that you should be doing other than to check emails. Settle the emails that require the priority attention and also do get yourself a filter using the email filter from www.boxbe.com , it will only allow u to first draw your attention to read only emails from contacts and subsquently let u read emails that are not from your contact list.

With this, I would like to recommend a book I have read in the past which is how to simplify your life

Multi- tasking is the lowest form of effiency !

 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

As majority of the people in the world are looking to have some ways on having to reduce their weight , why not start by having an apple as the benefits of having an apple is being listed as above.

If you are keen in learning how to eat right with different cusines and yet not put on weight , please do register yourself via email at akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg for a minimal cost of $15 sgd with food provided.

Food Review at Indian Curry House @ Expo on 11.9.12

This food review that was done at Indian Curry House at Expo was actually an invite from the courtesy of Mr Santosh Cyrill of Indian Curry House @ Expo  and Mr Haren Yong from Street Directory.com

A little back ground about the Indian Curry House

Indian Curry House is founded in 2008 by three professionals with combined experience 30 years’ in food & beverage industry. Today it is run by a team of 25 F&B professionals specialising in Authentic Indian dishes. They have 3 branches located at east coast, expo and bukit timah.

 

It was on a tuesday evening that myself and fellow bloggers are attending this food review. The place is pretty cosy with nice curtains and nice lighting to set the evening mood right. We were all being treated to the restaurant's specialities like the tandoori chicken, butter chicken, fishcake, chilli garlic prawn, kashmiri rogan josh, kulfi and gulab jamun.

 

Here's the first dish for the food tasting - tandoori chicken

 

 

The tandoori chicken tasted like it was nicely being barbeque over the charcoal. The level of spicyness was not too overwhelming. Even kids would be able to take it.

Second dish-fish cake

The fish cake tasted a bit like meat patties with bread crumbs. A different version from what the usual chinese style of fish cake that we could get from the local supermarkets. However , the taste of the fish meat is rather flaky inside which denotes that it is freshly made with no preservatives in it. It is slightly salty.Thus it would be good if besides pairing up with the mayonaise sauce, it could be paired with either ketchup sauce or garlic chilli sauce from sinsin.


Next , we have the saffron rice and the plain basmati rice.

 

Saffron rice

 

                                                 Plain basmati rice

Basmati rice is a long rice grain which is typically used to cook for nasi briyani. Having said that , basmati is benefical to diabetic patients  as it is said to be having medium glycemic index which is lower than any other types of rice.

What does the glycemic index means ? It is actually a measurement of glucose level increase from the consumption of carbohydrate.

Talking about the saffron and plain basmati rice, it is so nice that you could even eat it on its own. As saffron is one of the most expensive spice in the world, I am glad that I was able to enjoy the taste of  the saffron rice on its own. The plain basmati rice is also unique in its own way where tasting each fine grain of it was so enjoyable.

My favourite dish - garlic naan

                                 

 

 

 The garlic naan is done in a manner where it is so crispy and the taste of the garlic is not overwhelming that one would get the pungent garlic smell after eating !!! Kudos to the north indian chef behind the kitchen.

 

 

 

Next , it's the butter chicken

 

 

The butter chicken is very soft and the creamy tomato sauce that is used to cook does not cover the taste of the tomato yet still can savour the buttery taste of it.

 

Next dish- kashmiri rogan josh

This is the mutton dish that does not have the stench of the mutton. It is well stewed with tomatoes and the after taste was that the mutton melts in ur mouth.

 

Next dish - chilli garlic prawns

This dish is considered to be the fusion of the chinese and indian food of the restaurant. It is prepared in the manner of  fusing spring onion, onion , red chilli and the secret sauce by the chef.

 

The Grand Finale- Desserts

 

                                        
                                                            Pistacho Kulfi

It tasted like it was mango blended with condensed milk ,frosted  with ice cream. I found that it was a little too sweet for my liking but it was a nice combination for people with sweet tooth.

 

Gulab Jamun

 

It is made up of milk and being deep fried before simmering with sugar syrup . Personally I feel that the size of the dumpling was made just right cos after the main course one would not be able to eat too much for dessert. Best thing was that not too much sugar syrup was being given. Thus it is was not as sweet as the pistachio kulfi.

 

Wait if you are interested in having to taste the food @ Indian Curry House and lazy to get out of the house . Please go to the website http://www.streetdirectory.com/indiancurryhouse-expo/
They do provide delivery services in the east area or call  65883324 for the home delivery.

 

                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick Mix Banana Cake Recipe for Kids

Ingredients

1. 3 Very ripe,smashed banana
2. 1 cup of brown sugare
3. 2 lightly beaten eggs
4. 125gm of SCS butter ( melted)
5. 1 and a 1/2 cup of self raising flour
6. 1/4 cup milk

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius
2. Combine banana, sugar and eggs in a large bowl
3. Stir in butter , flour and milk
4. Pour into a greased bar tin ( 24cm x 11cm)
5. Place in the oven and bake for about 25-30 mins.
 

Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe for Kids

Ingredients
1. 300gms ground round beef or chicken
2. 1 onion chopped
3. 1/2/cup chopped can button mushrooms,
4. 3 slices of ham or chicken
5. 3 big potatoes
6. 3 tablespoons of butter
7. 3 tablespoons of pasta sauce
8. 150g cheddar shredded cheese
9.  1 teaspoon of minced garlic
10. Pepper and salt to taste

Directions
1. Boil potatoes in salted water until tender (about 30 mins).
2. While the potatoes are being boiled, melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a bowl.
3. Saute the onions in butter until tender over medium heat(5 mins) .
4. Saute chopped mushrooms, ham , ground beef  together with pasta sauce and peper together and cook it with low heat for about ten mins and keep it moist.
5. Mash the potatoes in a bowl with the remaining amount of butter and season with salt and pepper.Spread a thin layer of the potato onto the baking tray.
6.  Dish out the cooked beef into the baking disk and distribute the mashed potatoes on top .
Bake it at 170 degrees Celsius in the oven until bubbling and brown . Broil for the last few mins if necessary to brown add cheddar shredded chese to cover on top of the mashed potatoes once cheese metls and turn brown, Remove and serve when it cools down.

A soup that taste like soup spoon's tokoyo chicken stew

Ingredients needed

1 piece of pork ribs
1 stick of celery
1 stick of carrot
1 tomato
1 potato
1 onion
1 packet of golden mushroom
Some shitake mushrooms

Seasoning

1 teaspoon of salt for 1 litre of soup.

Directions to cook

Boil for half an hour under the pressure cooker and it is ready to eat.

Day Spa Facial at the comfort of your Home

What is tiring for most of us out there will be a hectic work week or busy dealing with kids at home for mommies. So sometimes when we are interested to go and do facial or massage, the salons are closed by then. So where do we get our fix of monthly facial treatments?

With this problem on hand for most ladies, I have decided to render the home based spa facial treatment at a fraction of cost as compared to salons. As this treatment can be done at the home,it can be done within a few minutes to see effective results and yet you do not have to leave your home. Interested parties who would like to try it out at the comfort of your home , please contact me at 81029909 for more info.

 

Food that helps you to be happy

Let's Talk About Happiness

This above trailer is a short video clip for what some people define happines is.
What is happiness to you ? Each of everyone of us has our definition of happiness. Happiness is something that everyone would love to have it.Yet, it is hard to find it out from deep within each of everyone of us 'cos we are all blinded by the cares of the world. So take time to slow down your pace and start to think about what happiness means to you.

Finding your passion in life

Hi all,
we are offering a complimentary workshop to help others in finding their passion in life. This complimentary workshop entails of helping you to explore your fears and help you to achieve your dream in the shortest time available. Interested parties, please email to akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg.

Nourish the children

I saw this website http://www.nourishthechildren.com and thought it might be good for all of us out there to involved in charity work . It is talking about nourishing the unfeed children. If you would like to donate just like me ,please email to me at akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg.

Quick and Easy Stir Fried Bee Hoon

Ingredients

1 packet of chili brand bee hoon
1 pc of garlic
1 can of stew pork chop
1 pc of knorr chicken cube
Some bean sprouts

How to cook

Firstly, you need to drain the stew pork chop sauce and store it in a bowl. Secondly, you put the garlic to stir fry.Once the garlic emits a fragrance,  you put the stew pork chop in without the sauce. Next is to put in the Knorr chicken cube in and stir fry. Followed by putting in the bee hoon and bean sprouts.Pour the sauce of the stew pork chop in and mixed it well. Cover it for about 15 mins and there you go.

 

Feedback about the goal that you have set

Since today is the first day of septemeber which also means that it is 3/4 yr have passed. So how much feedback have u garnered about your own goal setting? Whether is the goal setting you have set in the beginning of the year seeing good results? Constant reviewing of the goals will do you good so that you will be able to achieve your goal or review the methods that you are using to achieve ur goals.

Task complexity of the goal

Hi to u all guys out there, so how was it going out there for you guys in keeping in the committment of your goal? It had been a couple of months since i last wrote on the committment of the goal. Hope you guys had been keeping up with the committments of your own goal.

Now i am going to talk abt the task complexity of the goal. For those who have been having trouble in keeping the commitment of your own goal, perhaps this might be one of the aspect that you might want to look into.

Task complexity is defined as the level of difficulty in the task that u need to clear in order to complete your task. What are the tasks that you have assigned for yourself in terms of achieving your own goal? Was it a huge task that u have set for yourself and was not able to break it into smaller and individual task? Identify to the smallest individual level of component level for you to complete your task.

For example , spring cleaning the bedroom. What are the necessary things that are needed to help you complete your work? There are various way to complete it. Getting a part time helper or doing it yourself. If doing it yourself , what do u need? You would need vaccum cleaner or dust pan and broom , water , cloth, newspapers, glass cleaner and some time of rest . After that, it is up to you to ponder about on how to complete the task.

Review of the Spa Ion Buffet

It was held on a saturday afternoon with lots of finger food and also there was a couple of live demonstrations with the machine that uses the light therapy. There were lots of cozycot bloggers attending including myself was about 60 plus pax.

This is the first lady who tried the light therapy for her dark eye rings

This is the second lady who tried out for the light therapy for eczema.

      

Last but not least the portable hand held maching using yellow light to boost the growth for collagen production retailing at $490.

An invitation from SPA Ion Spa Buffet

I was being invited by Cozycot.com to go for a spa ion spa buffet on 19.5.11. This is the first time that i am being invited for this kind of event. Feeling excited with regards to this spa buffet event, I hope that it would not be long. Questions like am i able to enjoy the spa facilities and etc kept popping up. However, I shall think more about it . Hopefully, I am able to help you guys out there to check out for a new hangout and reasonable price for spa services. This invitation is just nice cos by then i would have just finish my exams just by 2 days....waiting to enjoy on 28.5.11 .

Commitment of goal

Commitment needs to be nutured and be rewarded during the process of achieving the goal.
The difficulty level of each goal can push one to motivate himself or herself with expectations when one see that he or she is nearer to the goal each day.Most important is to keep realistic commitment so that it can see one thru during the process and the time and effort that has been put in .

It cant be just commitment without passion in achieving the baby steps towards the big goal. So passion must be included. Find the passion and you will find commitment.

Challenge of the goal

Sorry people i have been rather busy with my things so hence unable to update. Here's the long awaited post which is to help you guys out there to overcome the challenge of any goal.

Challenge of the goal varies differently with each of everyone out there. So assessment of the level of challenge of the goal done by the individual has to realistic in order for the individual to feel that he or she is capable of achieving the goal for himself or herself.

Rewards are usually being increase in order to boost enthusiasm to get the goal accomplished.

Happy New Year 2011

First of all , i would like to wish everyone out there a happy 2011. Working out on new year resolutions with a s.m.ar.t formula would make one not to feel dejected when it comes to year end when you look back.

List down the new year resolutions that you have made this year. Look at it and define them into the categories of whether they are achievable within the daily lifestyle or it is a resolution which can be achieved within a specific time frame. For most of the ladies , the new year resolution is to lose weight.

Doing your goal setting for your new year resolution requires clarity, challenge, commitment , feedback , task complexity.

Clarity - Are you really clear that the resolution you set forth for this year is really what you wanted to achieve? Clear goals are measurable and unambigous . When a goal is specific and clear, set a time of completion. You will know what is expected and you can use the end result to visualize as a source of motivation. When your goal is vague or expressed as a general instruction, it will be having a limited kind of motivational value to you.

Next week , i will be writing up on the challenge of achieving the goal so stay in tune....

Special Xmas Promotion

Hi all, this year's christmas secret beauty services has decided to do a joint promotion with nails express . We are launching a $80 gift certificate which comprises of the services of full manicure , full pedicure and express botox like facial or express neck and shoulder massage. Part of the proceeds will be going to Singapore Cancer Society. To purchase the gift certificate, please email me at akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg or click the buy now button .