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2024年8月30日 星期五

Cincau

The hot cincau (grass jelly) I prepared in the afternoon somehow became my dinner. For me, cincau and agar-agar are the same as the only difference is one made from the herb but another from the seaweed. I found I never know what the cincau plant, Cyclea barbata, looks like. After searching online, I am quite surprised that I always see this kind of wild-grown heart-shaped vine in the garden. Are they the same? The coincidence is real.

Reference: 
Cyclea barbata

This is a thin rose with a sweet scent.

2024年8月29日 星期四

Avoid it, please!

                                        

"If you listen closely to the voice of the LORD, your God, and do what is right in his eyes: if you heed his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not afflict you with any of the diseases with which I afflicted the Egyptians; i for I, the LORD, am your healer."

Please avoid the artificial liquid. It is not a natural thing that humans need. It is a hazardous bomb for health besides boosting up business and GDP. No worries if you always do things correctly.

A golden belt

I could not capture even one per hundred of its charmingness.

2024年8月28日 星期三

Smell the Roses

2024年8月27日 星期二

Four Roses

2024年8月26日 星期一

Initiative

 Before vs After

Quote:

"When have you been filled with Initiative the most?"

Source: The Character of Initiative

2024年8月25日 星期日

How?

The roses are blooming. 
I need a good idea for restructuring.

2024年8月24日 星期六

Romance of the Western Chamber

The tv black box can not function so the classic "Huangmei Tone" 黃梅調 movies start playing publicly in the evening. Romance of the Western Chamber《西廂記》is playing now. The script is among the compulsory readings for an undergraduate studying Chinese Literature but I have never seen the movie.

2024年8月23日 星期五

Feature: Johor industrial sector is entering golden era

【柔佛工業產業進入黃金期(上)】跨國外資轉移業務 柔工業發展處上升勢頭 

【柔佛工業產業進入黃金期(下)】 國內外企業赴柔設廠 古來烈光鎮成熱門地點

A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest. 

No, that's not enough. 

When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

2024年8月22日 星期四

The sixth rose bud

Oh my...

2024年8月21日 星期三

The fifth rose bud, HPV & Mpox

This is the fifth rose bud on the same plant. I have never seen so many buds occur on it at the same time. But I know the reason. It is because I water it and make sure it gets enough sunshine every day, besides clearing the dried dead branches and pulling the grass in the pot.

It is difficult to snap a clear picture of this fifth bud from my previously chosen bigger angle. After many tries, I still failed to get a good one. Then I change to this near angle, the bud becomes so clear instantly on the screen. The composition is also nice.

Be proactive to try and work out for the ideal result.

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Earlier, they asked all girls to go for the HPV vaccine due to some women getting cervical cancer. Now, they might be asking all young people to go for the JYNNEOS vaccine due to some men getting Mpox.

What is the common reason for getting cervical cancer and Mpox? Having a complicated personal life - Are you at risk?

Yet those without consent post-vax victims have been silent by the mainstream media.

2024年8月20日 星期二

Whispering

"Come. I'll tell you something."

"What's that?"

"See, they think they are on Titanic."

"You jump, I jump."

GMO

“In the quiet of our daily routines, something profound has shifted beneath our feet - within the soil that nurtures our food and in the very essence of what we consume. The journey of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into our food system has been a steady, almost imperceptible encroachment, yet its effects have been nothing short of transformative, and at times, devastating.

It began with the introduction of Roundup, a herbicide so potent that it became the backbone of modern agriculture, driving crops to resist pests, but at a grave cost to the environment and human health. As Monsanto, a corporate behemoth, patented life itself with the advent of genetically engineered seeds, the world witnessed the birth of a new agricultural era - one where control over food production slipped into the hands of a few, and the diversity of our crops began to wane.

The timeline is chilling, a step-by-step infiltration where, under the guise of innovation, our fields became testing grounds for experiments with life. The promise of higher yields and pest-resistant crops masked the reality of superweeds and the insidious spread of glyphosate, now linked to a host of health issues. And all the while, regulatory bodies that were meant to safeguard the public interest seemed to look the other way, if not outright enable this transformation.

As GMOs entrenched themselves in our food system, what was once a matter of choice became a near inevitability. From the FlavrSavr tomato to Roundup Ready corn, these modified organisms became as ubiquitous as they were invisible, embedded in the products that line our grocery store shelves without so much as a label to inform the public. By the time we realized the full extent of what had happened, it was too late - our soil, our health, and our autonomy had been compromised.

The implications are staggering. What have we lost in this relentless march toward genetically modified efficiency? The richness of our food heritage, the integrity of our environment, and perhaps most tragically, our trust in the systems meant to protect us. We find ourselves at a crossroads, faced with the reality that the food we eat, the sustenance of our lives, is no longer entirely our own. It has been altered, not by the slow, deliberate hand of nature, but by the quick, profit-driven designs of a few.

In the end, we must ask ourselves: What does it mean to nourish a nation? Is it the mere act of feeding the body, or is it about preserving the health of our people, the fertility of our lands, and the wisdom of our farming traditions? If we continue down this path, what will be left for future generations?

GMO - Genetic Manipulation, Organic Obstruction. A reality that must make us reconsider what we’ve allowed into our fields and onto our plates.”

2024年8月19日 星期一

Bitten rain lily


A new blooming rain lily bulb is bitten by the worm. Is this worm knowing prevention is better than cure, or is suiciding, or is falling in the sweet, is a question.

Reference: 

* Four rose buds were found in the evening.

2024年8月18日 星期日

To Do No Harm

Quote:

"Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes…"

Source: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/2/20/eben-alexander-profile/

So, rest, and sleep sweet.

2024年8月17日 星期六

2024年8月15日 星期四

Today

A rose after the rain in the morning.

Fragrant "Chun" (Chinese Mahogany) leaves fried rice 香椿炒飯 in the afternoon, before a tidy-up operation.

Stunning view in the evening, after a visit to the retirement home.


I have mixed feelings today due to the media rendering on Mpox, sports scandal revealed, first visit to the retirement home and late simple dinner. 

Tomorrow will be better for the blessed us.

2024年8月14日 星期三

Rose cures

Before noon; after noon.

The rose bud starts to bloom. Those new leaves look like protecting it from the rain and sunshine. That's good.

Then, this news catches my attention: Global tubeless insulin pump technology leader officially commences manufacturing of Omnipod® 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System at new facility, enabling continued worldwide customer growth ; 美胰岛素设备制造商 银休特斥10亿在柔建厂

By understanding the underlying cause of diabetes, then we know that diabetes could be cured by diet changing, especially cutting down / off processed food. The so-called "genetic factor" is referring to the similar eating habits and lifestyle practiced in a family.

However most people rely on their medical practitioners' instruction to consume factory-made chemical medical products, forgetting or ignoring the industrial chain involved behind it that causes their own financial loss besides increasing their kidney burden.

Why not choose rose?

"The present results suggest that rose hydrosol exerts significant protective properties in diabetes mellitus and has no toxic effect on all studied systems in healthy test groups."

Resource: Effects of Orally Consumed Rosa damascena Mill. Hydrosol on Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Lens Enzymatic Activity, and Lens Pathology in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Rose cures.

2024年8月13日 星期二

No shortcut


A pack of "mung bean lily kelp soybean millet porridge" is the target to settle today. The soybeans have definitely been processed or they won't be able to be fully-cooked together with other ingredients. This is an instant version of so-called healthy food targeting those looking for a shortcut for health. In a bag, there are seven packs of different combinations of grains and dried foods. Every pack is labelled, from Monday to Sunday. So everyday you just open one pack and pour all of it into the pot to cook in the boiled water, then imagine you become healthier after one week. I remember another pack was a joke because it contained the red beans and goji berries that needed different time to be cooked. When the red beans were cooked, the goji berries had already disappeared but I saw some red threads in the porridge. It is difficult to separate the mixed grains by types. This is a big bug that will make the cook unhappy. The manufacturer definitely doesn't understand the food, and the customers definitely never cook. The unhappy cook/customers are unlikely to buy it again. Meanwhile, the soybeans in today's pack have been processed earlier. That means the quality control is not stable either. This is supposed to be the company's only product. No wonder I never knew the brand. And of course this is not bought by me.

2024年8月12日 星期一

Culantro 刺芹

Your Chinese name means "thorny parsley" but your thorns are not harmful.
I like your toughness.
I grow you. I eat you.
Could you strengthen me?

2024年8月11日 星期日

Yoga star

A Hippobroma Longiflora马醉草 flower can do Yoga.

2024年8月10日 星期六

Job

I flip to the Book of Job randomly. Of course I have no idea about this person. The first thing that comes into my mind is "work". How come there are necessary works being unpaid and cannot be classified as jobs?
Then Steve Jobs. Many family names are related to the jobs their ancestors did. There are Smith, Carpenter, Wright, Webster... So, "Jobs"? Doing many kinds of jobs?
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It was a journey for Job and could be for everyone, anyone as well. You lose and complain. You respond and understand. It could happen both outward and inward, known or unknown. You got to go through, for all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust, and this is a lifelong spiritually-paid job.
Today is Qixi Festival 七夕.

Crazy coincidence


How come this happened? 
I am charging the mobile phone in front of the freezer. 

2024年8月9日 星期五

Vantage @ Cyberjaya

Quote:

"Global data centre company Vantage Data Centres officially broke ground on its second Malaysian data centre in Cyberjaya on Tuesday, whilst also signing a deal with electricity company TNB to power it.

Cyberjaya currently hosts 15 data centres, including hyper, from big names like Equinix, Bridge Data Centres, EdgeConneX, Microsoft and NTT.

Cyberjaya is in direct competition with the southern city of Johor Bahru, which has also become a magnet for data centre investment. According to data centre portal Baxtel, there are currently 14 data centres operated by 12 companies in Johor Bahru, including AirTrunk’s flagship 150MW hyperscale data centre that opened shop last week."

Resource: Vantage Data Centres breaks ground on new Cyberjaya campus

Happy National Day

2024年8月8日 星期四

Underwater data centre

Quote:
"Traditional land-based facilities often require vast amounts of land, water, and electricity. China’s underwater data center offers a potential solution to these challenges."

It's good to take initiative for making one step forward, even no matter how nobody can get rid from the human life cycle.  

Because nobody can get rid from the human life cycle, so it's good to take initiative for making one step forward. 

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2024年8月7日 星期三

Cupping therapy

Top-tier athletes know what is the best for them.  https://www.facebook.com/cracksonrole/posts/pfbid02Q4uALih4za9mpkAQHugPbEvRSJJjKW97ZnaH3zHE1bbXx9gXRYLFnPa7V5fmwB2Kl 

"Currently, there is little scientific proof of its benefits." - Because the scientists need to master Ancient Chinese Language first to deepen their research...

2024年8月6日 星期二

Rose, sugar apple and agar-agar

I cut down two rose plant branches and put them randomly into the same pot, maybe one month ago. Now both of them have new growing leaves.

The mother plant has a new bud to bloom.

Open your heart to be seen and checked. I don't want worms.

I made it transparent. Both the texture and flavour are fine. Its colour is acceptable because cocoa powder has been put inside. Practice makes perfect. It's real.

2024年8月5日 星期一

Easier and better

A better product by an easier way.

2024年8月4日 星期日

Assure me

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, whoever mixes with fools will be ruined.

I hope I am wise. 
Assure me.

2024年8月2日 星期五

2024年8月1日 星期四

What?

A. Kulat
B. Kuman
C. Nenas
D. Udang