Friday, January 30, 2009

celebrations

The first day of the Lunar New Year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."Many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.

On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.

The third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.

The fifth day is called Po Woo. On that day people stay home to welcome the God of Wealth. No one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.

On the sixth to the 10th day, the Chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. They also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.

The seventh day of the New Year is the day for farmers to display their produce. These farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. The seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. Noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.

On the eighth day the Fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven.


The ninth day is to make offerings to the Jade Emperor.

The 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. After so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.

The 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the Lantern Festival which is to be held on the 15th night.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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forecast for 2009 chinese zodiac (rooster)

Chicken people had a better luck than most of people last year. The best parts were in career and wealth area. The good luck of Chicken people will continue to carry over in 2009, year of Cow. Since the foundation of previous preparations, Chicken people can manage their tasks with half the efforts and yield twice the result. However, more Unlucky Stars gathering in 2009, Chicken people will face more blockages and troubles than 2008. Chicken people have to do more analysis in advance, carefully plan their approaches, watch their progress, prepare for unexpected obstacles, if they want to meet their expectations as 2008.

Career: There are two strong Lucky Career Stars appearing in 2009. The signs indicate your have steady career luck. You have potential in your career performance or business development. That means you have a chance to gain more power, responsibilities and even get a job promotion. So you can plan for your strategy to push your goal and deliver an outstanding achievement. Then your reputation will help you to create the career opportunity. However, there are some tiny Unlucky Stars coming in the same time. Therefore, someone might appear to question your plan, weaken your judgment and block your performance. You must handle all the issues with caution to avoid moving your plan to the wrong direction, otherwise you will lose your career opportunity.

Money: Since your career luck is good. There is a chance of job promotion. There also is a Lucky Money Star showing in this year. That means not only your job performance brings your more money, also your money investment will increase your wealth. In short, you will have money income from different sources. However, you may like to enjoy your luxury life. Because of your vanity and extravagance, you will spend most of your money and only with a little saving.

Love: Many Chicken people are full of emotion. Their hearts are easily moved with passion when meeting a opposite sex. They are very attentive and considerate to people. Chicken and Cow have the attraction relationship, but there is an Unlucky Star appearing in love area. This sign implies a temptation and misunderstanding between love relationship. If you are a single, then you might have the chance to meet the opposite sex, but you still cannot catch any love relationship in the end. If you are already in love, your relationship will face the challenge. Someone might stir up trouble between you and your lover. If you cannot handle it well, you might lose the relationship. If you are married, the third party might involve your marriage life. You need to carefully manage the situation to save your marriage.

Health: There two Unlucky Stars showing in the health area. The hint of signs is related to bleeding, breaking and accident. Therefore Chicken people need to pay more attention on their safety and health. You need to carefully use danger tools every time. You have to stay alert on the street. You must focus when driving. You should watch any unsafe object around your environment at work and at home to avoid unnecessary accident caused by neglect.

Fortune: Basically, Chicken people have good luck in 2009, year of Cow. The main reason is the Chicken and Cow have the attraction relationship. They only have poor luck in health. The love relationship is fair. But the career luck and money luck are pretty good while comparing with others. The best part is the money opportunity. As long as you don't spend too much, your wealth will increase a lot. As for love, you need to spend more time with your partner with frank and sincere attitude to stop misunderstanding caused by others. In health, you should make sure you have enough time to rest and watch for your safety at home and outside.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

coke zero story

** receive this email from one of my friends..(reliability unknown)


可口可乐零度(
ZERO),建议大家尽量不要喝了!



今天在学校附近的超市买水,排在我前面的是一个老外



他见我就买了一样东西,而他买很多,就让我先付帐


我道过谢后,他发现我买的是可口可乐的零度(ZERO)后


老外:你经常喝这个吗


我:没有,偶尔喝


老外:不要喝这个了,这个不好


我:为什么啊?! 这个不是zero吗,卡路里低啊


老外:不是,这个不好,要喝就喝正常的那种


我:为什么啊???


老外:这个里面含有一种成分,不好


说着就拿起那瓶可乐看了半天


老外:这个里面含有ASPARTAME,不好,你有纸吗,我给你写下来

接着,售货员就抵来了纸和笔,老外在纸上写下'ASPARTAME',还嘱咐我:你上网查就知道了



aspartame:中文,阿斯巴甜(含苯丙氨酸),属于一种代糖,经常使用在低糖饮料当中。



而代糖已经被认为成一种神经毒素,损害神经系统,故这些症状主要与神经系统有关。一些常见的与代糖有关的症状为头痛,记忆力衰退,癫痫,视力消失,昏迷及癌肿。代糖更可使以下疾病加重或导致类! 似这些疾病的症状,比如:纤维性肌痛,多发性硬化,系统性红斑狼疮,多动症,糖尿病,老年性或早老性痴呆,慢性疲劳综合症和忧郁症。研究已证明代糖能释放自由甲醇。长期甲醇的毒性可影响脑中的多巴胺系统而导致上瘾。甲醇又称木醇,占代糖的1/3,此物质己被划为严重的代谢性毒物和麻醉剂。最近的新闻中,经常有关於世界级运动员和其它健康人仕在服用代糖后綷\死的报导,其原因与代糖损害心脏的传导系统有关。




研究发现,代糖'阿斯巴甜 'Aspartame)会过度刺激或干扰神经末梢,增加肌肉紧张,而引发偏头疼。而低糖可乐、低糖汽水、无糖口香糖、冰淇淋、综合维他命和许多成药中都含有阿斯巴甜。所以对代糖过敏的人,只要啜饮一小口低糖汽水,就会引发头痛。

hyundai avante

thinking of buying avante... cheap, nice but korean made car... sigh.. dont know if its worth e money
42999 for auto s model,cng less 1k.interest rate is getting low, if get off peak car,it will only cost 26k. fuel consumption is about 11 - 13 km per litre. it has nice interior but wonder if its easy to sell away after 3 to 4 years...

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