Wednesday, March 21, 2012

水饺面


想不到今时今日还能吃到RM2.90的一餐,一个粗面加两个水饺。已经很久没有试过在付食物钱时能听到少于RM3的价钱,我还以为我听错呢!不过,这是在怡保。在KL这是不可能的,当然我不能与KL比,要也是和怡保比。基本上,一餐至少要RM3.50左右。为什么我会对RM2.90那么兴奋呢?嗯,因为这是非常少见的。现在几乎每个人都在怨物价升得太快,钱不够用,买不起房子,生活困难,所以一餐能省多少就省多少。我不会说这个价钱算便宜了,因为只有两个水饺。只是,能吃到RM3以下的一餐,已经够我开心一天了。

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Bamboo salt

Someone told me bamboo salt can help to cure sickness that due to high intake of acidic food. According to the catalog and information given by that person, sodium chloride is acidic and sodium is acidic. As a chemist, we all know that sodium chloride is neutral and sodium is an alkaline metal. They even use methyl orange to prove that sodium chloride is acidic and bamboo salt is basic. They have testing report from Singhealth to support their product is good for health. In fact, the testing report only shows that there is no heavy metal (Mercury, Lead, and etc.) in the bamboo salt. They said that table salt is a high sodium salt which is bad for human health. The question is, how to have high sodium salt? The amount of sodium ion is higher than amount of chloride ion? We all know that one sodium ion combine with one chloride ion will give one sodium chloride compound. So, how to have high sodium salt? And, one mole of sodium hydroxide (Basic) react with one mole of hydrochloric acid will produce one mole of sodium chloride and one mole of water. Sodium chloride is neutral. I am thinking that for those who do not have chemistry knowledge, after approached by direct sales of bamboo salt will believe that sodium chloride is acidic and sodium is acidic. This is misleading.

Monday, March 19, 2012

成功之说

人总会羡慕别人比自己成功,可是却不会想其实我们也可以成为别人羡慕的对象。如果别人做到,为什么我们做不到?没有试过又怎样知道自己不行呢?天下无难事,只怕有心人。很老套的一句话却是事实。态度决定命运,如果连自己都认为自己不行,又怎能奢望别人会认为自己行呢?有自信就已成功了一半。成功并非必然,就如幸福并非必然的道理一样,不争取就不会得到。在羡慕别人的同时,不如想想别人背后的努力,再看自己,就知道该怎么做了。很难说当初你羡慕的人会变成羡慕你的人。失败为成功之母,挫折并不可怕,可怕是遇到挫折却认命的态度。遭遇失败是每个人都会遇到的事,可是每个人面对的态度都不一样,就是这不一样的态度决定这个人成功与否。要成功就要付出代价,因为天下没有免费的午餐。有些人怎样减肥都不成功,为什么?因为方法不对?不是。因为努力不够?都不是。其实就一个条件就能成功了,就是持之以恒。没有它,即使成功,也很快败退下来。短暂的灿烂有何用?就是要不停地奋斗,不停地往前冲,这才是该有的态度。只要不停地奋斗,那么成功就是必然的。没有做不到的事,只有不想做的事。