High Blood Pressure reading

Lately, the figure of my blood pressure result seems to be at the high side. It have even touched the crucial stage where medication should be resorted. But things doesn’t seem quite accurate when I re-tested it in the morning, just after waking up. The reading was at the normal rate which is opposite to the figure I got the previous day (tested in the late night).

I searched through the net, there were articles posted claiming that the reading is more accurate when:
1. immediately after awakening (before washing/dressing and taking breakfast/drink), while the body is still resting,
2. immediately after finishing work.
* referenced from wikipedia

I am keeping my finger crossed since the bp reading result which was taken immediately after awakening is below the border line figure. But I am curious what if my bp reading is above crucial figure during the working hours or normal period? Does it bring any harm to health?

Knowing the fact that my weight is increasing with the waist measurement inline, I am quite concern with the high bp reading. Below are some tips I gathered through the net in which potentially could lower the bp reading:

1. Exercise 30min a day
2. 5min breathe deeply morning n night
3. Pick potassium-rich food; sweet potatoes, tomatoes, orange juice, potatoes, bananas, kidney beans, peas, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, and dried fruits such as prunes and raisins.
4. Lower sodium(salt) intake
5. Take 1/2 ounce of dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa)
6. Take supplement (coenzyme reduce blood pressure)
7. Drink moderately. (12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of spirits.)
8. Go decaf. Caffeine raise blood pressure.
9. Go for hibiscus tea. (would lower sysbolic bp)
10. Work a little less. (try to lay back and reduce bring work to home)
11. Relax with music. (Or go for vacation and have some peace of mind).
12. Have a good sleep.

Guess my remaining half year resolution for 2010 should be working to lower bp figure!

Written by admin on July 23rd, 2010 with no comments.
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Recommended bridal shop

It’s about time to do some survey. I have been surveying around to gather the bad experiences on each of the bridal shop. I am that kind of person who wants to know what is wrong with a product instead of knowing what is good about it. I guess I am the weird ones among the normal consumers?

Anyway, there were few recommended bridal shop. Listed below are the shortlisted ones:

1. Just Married
2. RedBliss

There are quite a number of bridal shop out there and only this two were being picked by the Ms Gf.

While searching for the bad experiences one had on these two bridal shop, apparently Just Married got quite a number of bad comments. Redbliss, on the other hand, seems promising. Tho, I do found some not-so-good comments on Redbliss, but quite a few who are rather satisfied with Redbliss. I guess I would be making a visit down Redbliss soon.

While searching high and low for the bad experiences, I found out that De Casamia is getting quite a few thumbs up from their clients. It might be a good candidate and if time permits, I should make a visit there as well before deciding one.

In case, for those of you couples out there who are interested, here are some discussion/comments posted on those bridal shop:

1. De Casamia
2. RedBliss
3. Bad experience in Redbliss
4. Bad experience in Just Married

Written by admin on July 18th, 2010 with 1 comment.
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My dream car

Whenever I was asked this question, Type R was the one that strike my mind. But that will remain a dream car after the announcement made by Honda that they will stop accepting any further purchases on the Type R from 1st of July, 2010 (This is in Malaysia, not sure on other part of the world). This somehow disappoints me since it was the type of sports car with 4 doors, comes standard with those high performance equipment.

Knowing it would no longer be produce even I could afford one later, I am started to drool over to model which in hope, it could mine in future.

Mazda RX-8, which are notorious with its’ rotary engine, could unleash a potential wheel powers easily, has long been in my list. Before Type R was introduced in Malaysia, I have already fall in love with the aesthetic exterior design of RX-8. It has the nice look and best of all, it provide access to the back seat through it’s dynamic extended small door. However, with all the good things it comes with, there is still some drawbacks that stops me from buying it (if I can afford). It seriously need a great care from the driver not only on maintenance, but daily check up on the car itself to the extent of driving the car! I believe most have known about it is that, it requires a high rev on the car itself once in a week(or a day) to avoid carbon build ups and constant check on engine oil as the engine consume the oil in addition to the petrol.

There are other cars which have caught my attention as well, one of it is the VW Golf Gti. It has four doors (forgot to mention, I prefer four doors machine which could be a family car anytime I need it to) and it’s automatic transmission-ed. The powers it produced is excellent for me to drive around (even with the current hp my civic produce has sufficiently caters my need, thus anything higher would considers great!). Only thing is, the space of it is much smaller compared to my current car. But that would not matters if it would provide comforts to the driver, other can be compromised.

I guess, I still could not make up my mind on which I should aim for, after Type R. Hope there will be a great sports car coming up soon as a target for me to achieve!

Written by admin on June 28th, 2010 with no comments.
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