figur8 on November 30th, 2008

I saw an entry on John Chow’s blog recently about a lovely house he was looking at in Whitby Estates and it reminded me that I haven’t been doing my homework for our own house that has just been completed.  To be honest, I was actually spurred by the picture of the kitchen that he [...]

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figur8 on November 29th, 2008

We purify our water before drinking it and sometimes even our air.  Now there’s a device to purify our food before we eat it.  The Okamizu Food Detoxifier claims to be 99% effective in removing pesticides, antibiotics, carcinogens, preservations, colouring, chemicals, bacteria and other harmful substances that cling to the foods we eat on a daily [...]

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figur8 on November 23rd, 2008

The firstime I ever saw a Dragon Fruit was when I was shopping in the supermarket shortly after returning to Malaysia to work.  It looked interesting so I bought some to try.  The taste was rather reminiscent to the kiwi fruit in terms of texture and the little black seeds, although without the tang.  They [...]

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figur8 on November 22nd, 2008

I used to blend my avocados with a bit of milk, a banana and some oats (and maybe a little honey).  Beyond that I never really got too adventurous with my smoothies when I was adding avocados to the mix.  So recently I decided to be a little more daring and made this: one montel [...]

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figur8 on November 21st, 2008

When I was a kid, I hated having to wear glasses because I thought they were so uncool.  I was already a nerd so I didn’t need any additional eyewear announcing further geekiness.  Besides, back then a lot of the frames aren’t as hip or funky as the ones you see these days.  So when [...]

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