Color your home right

Colors play an important part in our life. Colors reflect our mood and temperament and colors can influence how we feel. Take for instance the home. Soothing and pastel colors are often preferred over bright striking colors. We outfit our home with colors that we feel comfortable with from color of the furniture to draperies from tiles to vessel sinks. The colors we choose are important as we will be having them around for awhile.

A good real estate broker makes a difference

It is often said that buying real estate is a good investment. Buying a new property is a lot easier than buying a second-hand home. Whether one is looking into buying or selling a home, a good real estate broker makes a difference.

A friend who emigrated to Australia some years back, had no problem getting buyers for the two properties she wanted to sell. Her real estate broker managed to get her buyers the first month the news of the sale was released.

There is now a Remedy for Sinusitis

* Facial pains
* Tenderness of the sinus areas
* Headache
* Nasal drainage that is thick and colored
* Cough (may be itchy)
* Postnasal drip
* Bad breath
* Upper jaw pain
* Sore throat.
* Eyes are sensitive to light
* General fatigue
* Swollen Eyelids

If you have any of the above sinus infection symptoms, chances are, you have the condition known as sinusitis. Some people don't need Spring pollens to start. They suffer these symptoms all-year round, like one of my close friends, who's always having a tissue in her hand.

In fact, health experts estimate that there are millions affected by sinus infections every year and billions each year are spent on health care related to sinus infection treatment.

There is now a remedy for sinus infection. This ionic colloidal silver sinus solution is a 100% natural mineral supplement for use in regaining and maintaining maximum sinus health safely and effectively. It is easy to use and is non-addictive.

Make friends online

No man is an island, neither is a woman. We all need friends or perhaps relationships that matter or better still that someone who matters. There are many dating sites but not many are free dating sites as most need a fee to join. However, there is one that is 100% free to join and is of a high quality. The features are as good as any paid dating site. Online dating can be very rewarding allowing one to make new friends online and spend some quality time getting to know each other .

You will be able to meet thousands of fun, attractive men and women in your area on this totally free online dating site,JustSayHi. Sign up and be able to browse online profiles and choose to meet the people of your choice. Or join the forums and start getting to know sexy and fun people. Find romance again. Who knows you might even find someone of your dreams to share your life with.

Fitness and Fresh Air

The beauty of a tropical climate is that we get flowers all-year round. On Sunday mornings, our city parks are often popular places for families to take in some fresh air and some leisure activities.

Our Lake Gardens is a most popular place. It has running tracks, picnic places, a huge birdpark, an orchid garden, a rose garden among others. I once saw a group of athletes with a gadget that looked like a pulse oximeter. The Lake Gardens is truly a venue for everyone and all sorts of activities.

How to lose weight effectively

The annual mega sale is back again and will be on until early September so a few of my girlfriends and I decided to do a spot of shopping plus catching up on what we've been up to lately.

Half of us had a whale of a time being successful in getting some really neat clothes while the other half was not so lucky. All their hardwork at the gym is not really helping. They probably need something like hoodia, a natural botanical ability to suppress a person's appetite and promote weight loss.

Losing Sleep over Children's Schoolwork?

School life is not all fun and games as Jothi's daughter, Lucy, found out. Jothi, a colleague, is also having sleepless nights herself because Lucy is losing interest in her schoolwork despite attending extra tuition classes. This has prompted Jothi to look around for other tuition centers hoping that there would be an innovative tutor who would be able to inspire Lucy to love schoolwork again thus improving on her grades.

Among the centers Jothi was looking at, SCORE! Learning Centre stands out. At SCORE! they take an active approach to hands-on tutoring. The curriculum is designed to help children succeed, while making sure they enjoy the learning process. It's just natural that when children love to learn, they'll learn.

At SCORE! they concentrate on the 3 R's, Arithmetic (that's Math), Reading, and Writing. Jothi is glad they also teach Study Skills as most students do not do well in exams due to the lack of study skills. Jothi is convinced that Lucy will be her old self, loving schoolwork again.

The Goodness of Honey

Honey tastes great on toast and as a drink. Now, there’s a new application for it – as a remedy for wound care.

NOT all honey is the same. Manuka honey from New Zealand is claimed to be potent enough to heal nasty wounds and even kill some strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Manuka honey is produced by a large number of beekeepers and sold by many companies. The Manuka trees, which are native to New Zealand, grow on hillsides, along coastal areas and on the edge of forests.

Professor Molan, a biochemist, found that only Manuka honey has special antibacterial and antibiotic properties, and called it UMF (or Unique Manuka Factor). Prof Molan was in Kuala Lumpur recently to speak at the 3rd International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control Conference.

Read his findings at The Star

Shopping Online lets you Keep Cash

With the escalating prices these days, we are constantly looking out for ways to cut costs so that we can stretch our dollar. Shopping online by using coupons seems to be the answer. We can buy almost anything online from flowers to clothes to airline tickets to food and many more.

My favorite site for coupons and deals is keepcash.com. The stores listed here give great discounts. Their prices are significantly below the normal retail prices. I take a fair bit of food supplements so my favourite store has to be Vitamin Shoppe and with the Vitamin Shoppe coupons, I pay a lot less than I would have if I were to shop retail. This means substantial savings each time I shop for vitamins and food supplements.

The next time you shop online, you may want to think about keepcash.com, the online coupon and hot deals website where the site is updated daily with the latest coupons and product deals. The site is so user-friendly that it is very easy to navigate.

You simply have to check out their hot deals. You not only get a big discount, you even get instant rebate, a coupon, and free shipping. Get tons of coupons on just about any item you need. The alphabetical order of products makes it easy to locate the coupons you need. The products are even categorised By Store, By Category, Recently Added and Expiring Soon. This arrangement makes it so easy to search for product coupons and discount codes.

If you have recently acquired an Apple iPhone, browsing through Keepcash.com is so easy as their mobile online coupon interface allows you to easily compare the price of in-store purchases against potential online savings, even while shopping at the mall! The new interface lets you quickly search or scroll to find the store of your interest and see which online coupons and promotional offers are currently available.

truly lets you keep cash shopping online.

Vitamin check by the government

The Health Ministry will conduct an exercise to verify the vitamin and mineral content in health supplements as claimed by manufacturers. The assessment would take three months and would be carried out by the Health Ministry's food quality and safety, and pharmaceutical services divisions.

The Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek told The Star that “There are plenty of vitamins and minerals as claimed, but nobody knows whether this is true or not. It is a long-term continuous exercise.”

He said that another reason for the study was because vitamins or minerals when consumed excessively can sometimes do “more harm than good.”

A study showed that 20% of Malaysians, mostly in urban areas, are fond of taking food supplements and Malaysians spend between RM50 to RM100 monthly on health supplements.

Vitamins C, E, B complex, multivitamins, folic acid and calcium are among the more popular dietary supplements, while evening primrose oil, Omega 3 fish oil, gingko biloba, royal jelly and cod liver oil make up popular natural supplements.

Health and Fitness Go Together

Health is tied in to fitness. So to stay healthy, do keep up with the exercise. Play some games, take up some sport. Which reminds me. Someone sent me a small article about the type of sports people play at different stages of our life and the correlation. It goes something like this.

When we are younger and in school, we play soccer. We start working and learn to play tennis. Then as we move up the corporate ladder, we pick up golf. The moral of the story is, as we move up the corporate ladder, our balls get smaller.

Everyone Needs Insurance

We all realise that health insurance is important. We fall sick and need medical attention and more so when the sickness is a serious one and need extended treatment. The strange part is we normally do not think about children insurance. With children leading active lives at school and at home, children's health and welfare is equally important. These days, with the Internet being so convenient, even buying insurance can be done online. Some are as easy as 1-2-3 - no medical exam needed, no waiting period, buy direct by mail, and could be for as low as $1! Insurance is really important for everyone.

Choosing the Right Office Furniture is Important

Setting up an office, albeit a small one, can be quite challenging. First of all, there is the office furniture to contend with. The right type of tables and chairs are important. Office ergonomics has to be considered so that the staff will be comfortable resulting in better productivity and comfort level. Then there is the various office equipment to be set up and located in the most optimum places for ease of workflow. Better work environment breeds better health and happiness.

Children can learn to read at a young age

Most if not all education systems emphasise the three Rs of reading, writing and arithmetic. Picking up these basic skills would ensure that a child will be able to make good progress from grade to grade. That is why a cousin in the US placed much importance that her child should pick up reading at a very young age. She sent her child to a SCORE! Learning Center where they have qualified reading tutors who take an active, hands-on approach to tutoring. My cousin had all praises for the tutors at SCORE!



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Do Sunscreens Have You Covered?

Summer is here, at least in the Northern Hemisphere but here in Malaysia, everyday is summer and of late, the days have been extraordinarily hot. The hotspots burning away in Sumatra are not helping one bit. The burning makes for an unhealthy environment as some days, one can smell the burning with the sky becoming hazy and hazardous for health.

We go out into the sun without a thought about protection. Some of us even go to the beach without any sunscreen lotion and that is asking for trouble. Here is an interesting article on sunscreens from The New York Times. Notice the importance placed on sunscreen lotions by New Yorkers. A lesson we could all learn from.

Are you a watch-collector?

Switzerland remains one of the places I would love to visit. A friend just came back from Switzerland with a degree in Hospitality and Hotel Management. He loves the place so much he is planning to set up home there and has started moving funds to buy property.

When I think about Switzerland, a few things come to mind - snow and beauty, skiing, Swiss holidays and chalets, Swiss watches, Swatch, Swiss Army knives, swiss army watches, the Matterhorn.

SCORE! helps make math learning fun

All parents are concerned about their children's welfare and that includes how they cope at school. My girlfriend and her family who have recently relocated to the United States are concerned about their daughter's ability to cope, especially in Math and are looking at a SCORE! Learning center near them for math tutors to coach them.

SCORE! Learning Centres provide tutoring from kindergarteners right up to High schoolers. Every SCORE! math program is designed to help the child improve his problem-solving skills so that he can be confident and believe in his abilities. And with guidance and support of SCORE!'s trained tutors, students will find math a little less complicated and a lot more fun. When children love to learn, they will learn. At SCORE! this love will be instilled to make learning a pleasant experience.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Approximately five in 1000 Malaysians are affected by a disease of the joints without even knowing that what they are suffering is in fact Rheumatoid Arthritis.

What then is Rheumatoid Arthritis and how much do you know about it?
An article in The Star on Rheumatoid Arthritis states:

"...that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which joints, usually including those of the hands and feet, are symmetrically inflamed, resulting in swelling, pain, and often the eventual destruction of the joint’s interior.

The condition may start off as a slight stiffness or some tenderness and swelling in the joints, particularly in the mornings. However, many people ignore the pain and view it as a temporary irritation rather than a possible medical condition as it usually fades away after an hour or two, or after massaging and placing a warm cloth over the affected areas."

Read more about Rheumatoid Arthritis... The Star

A luxury home

I was invited to a housewarming party last month and I had a great time. The company was nice, the food was wonderful. It was catered and the spread was wide and delicious. There was even a good spread for vegetarians. I was very impressed by the decor of the interior. The landscaping of the garden grounds was equally impressive. Everything about the house fits a luxury home to a T. The chandeliers were awesome, the furniture was luxurious, the walls were richly adorned with beautiful paintings. What an elegant home.