Roasted black pepper chicken

This dish can be prepared with or without the glutinous rice stuffing according to personal preference. The glutinous rice recipe provided also makes for a delicious standalone dish if not used as a stuffing!

Ingredients for glutinous rice stuffing (optional):

• 300g white glutinous rice
• 40g dried prawns
• 3 dried mushrooms (soaked, shredded)
• 1 Chinese sausage (sliced, microwave for 30secs)
• 3 shallots (sliced)        
• 1 knob ginger (sliced)
• 1 stalk Chinese parsley (cut)
• 2 tbsp oil

Sauce for glutinous rice stuffing:

• 1 tsp pepper
• ½ tsp sugar
• ¾ tsp salt
• 1 tsp light soya sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• ½  tsp dark soya sauce
• 1 tbsp shallot

Steps for glutinous rice stuffing:

• Soaked glutinous rice with 2 cups water for 2-3 hrs.
• Cook shallot with 2 tbsp oil on High power in a microwave oven for about 3 mins, till golden brown, uncovered. (Stir-in-between)
• Cook dried prawns on High power for  1 min, next add 1 tbsp shallot oil and cook for another 1-1½ mins, uncovered (using microwave oven to cook)
• Cook glutinous rice, Chinese sausage, mushroom, dried prawns, ginger, sauce  and some golden brown shallot together with water, set to delicious  mode, next press start. ( stir-in-between cooking time)
• When ready, stir in Chinese parsley and golden brown shallot.

Ingredients for chicken:

• 1.4 kg chicken
• 1 ¾ tsp salt
• 1½ tbsp black pepper
• ½ tsp sugar
• 1 tsp dark soya sauce
• 1 tsp light soya sauce
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 2 tsp ginger juice
• Honey (use for glazing)        
• Some oil and sesame oil for brushing

Steps for roast chicken:

• Wash chicken, pierce skin, pat dry with kitchen towel.
• Seasoned chicken with above ingredients for at least 2 hrs or overnight.
• Stuff chicken with cooked glutinous rice (optional).
• Brushed chicken with oil, place on rack so as to allow the underside to brown.
• If using Panasonic microwave steam oven, set to "Roast chicken" pad, key in weight of chicken, and press "Start" pad. (No pre-heat required, turn over at ½ time). If using regular microwave oven, preheat at about 200 degree celsius, and roast for approximately 45 minutes, turning over at ½ time.
• When ready, glaze with honey.

End of life timeline

Timeline for End-of-Life Changes:

One to Three Months 
     • Decreased desire for food
     • Increased desire for sleep
     • Withdrawal from people and the environment

One to Two Weeks
    • Even more sleep
    • Confusion
    • Restlessness
    • Vision-like experiences
    • Change in temperature, respiration, pulse, and blood pressure
    • Congestion
    • Not eating

Days or Hours
    • Surge of energy
    • Decreased blood pressure
    • Glassy, teary eyes
    • Half-opened eyes
    • Irregular breathing
    • Increased restlessness
    • Cold, purple, blotchy feet and hands
    • Weak pulse
    • Decreased urine output

Minutes
    • Gasping breathing
    • No awakening

2015 PSLE results

小六会考今早放榜，今年考生升学率为98.3％，比去年的97.6％高。

今年小六会考（PLSE）共有3万9286名考生，其中3万8610人（98.3％）能升上中学，比去年的97.6％要高。能报读快捷源流课程的考生则有66.2％，比去年的66.4％稍低。

21.7％的考生可进入普通（学术）班，另外10.4％则可进入普通（工艺）班。无法升上中学的676名（1.7％）考生，若是首次参加会考，可选择进入圣升明径学校、北烁学校，或明年重考。已重考仍无法升学的学生，则可优先获得圣升明径学校或北烁学校学额。

Steamed eggs receipe

Steamed Egg

Prep Time: 3 minutes

Cook Time: 17 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

3 eggs

Water (same volume as eggs)

Vegetable or chicken stock (same volume as eggs)

Salt, to taste

1 teaspoon sesame oil

Chopped scallion

Crack 3 eggs in a liquid measuring cup and note the volume. Pour the eggs into a large bowl, add salt, and beat for at least 1 minute. Now measure out water at the same volume as the eggs, and add it to the bowl. Do the same with the broth. Whisk in the sesame oil, and make sure everything's well combined.

Place 4 empty ramekins in a steamer over high heat. Be sure the water will not bubble and touch the ramekins during steaming. Once the water boils, turn the heat down to a slow simmer. Then, divide the egg mixture into the ramekins, pouring it through a fine mesh strainer.

Cover the steamer, turn up the heat to high, and steam for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes have elapsed, shut off the heat but keep the steamer covered. Let stand for 14 minutes with the lid firmly covered. Remove from the steamer, sprinkle with scallions, and serve.

Foods on Liquid Diet

There a number of foods and beverages your doctor will allow you to consume while on a liquid diet. Items on a clear liquid diet include plain water, chicken broth, beef broth, clear sports drinks, fruit juice without pulp, clear sodas, ice pops without fruit pieces, plain gelatin and coffee and tea without milk or creamer. 

On a full liquid diet, you can consume all of the items recommended for a clear liquid diet. You can also eat pudding, plain ice cream, strained meat, yogurt, sherbet, custard, honey, syrups, sugar, instant breakfast shakes, smoothies, milkshakes, protein supplements, cream and oatmeal. Talk to your doctor if you have any questions regarding the foods and beverages you can and cannot consume.

What is sample menu for a clear liquid diet?

• Breakfast: 1 cup of juice, ¾ cup of clear broth, ½ cup of lemon gelatin, and 1 cup of coffee with sugar
  
  
• Morning snack: 1 cup of a clear sports drink
  
  
• Lunch: ½ cup of juice, ¾ cup of clear broth, ¾ cup of lemon-lime soda, and 1 popsicle (equals about 2 ounces of liquid)
  
  
• Afternoon snack: 1 popsicle
  
  
• Evening meal: ½ cup of juice, ¾ cup of clear broth, ¾ cup of ginger ale, ½ cup of flavored gelatin, and 1 cup of herbal tea with honey or sugar
  
  
• Evening snack: 1 cup of flavored gelatin

What are the risks of a clear liquid diet?

The clear liquid diet does not provide all the nutrients you need. You may need to drink a nutrition supplement if you have to follow this diet for more than 3 days. If you do not follow this diet, you may continue to have diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting if you were asked to follow this diet because of these problems.

Care Agreement

Are you ready for death?

Buñuel died of pancreatic cancer in Mexico City in 1983. He spent his last week discussing theology with a Jesuit brother.

His long time friend and collaborator, Jean-Claude Carrière, wrote: “Luis waited for death for a long time, like a good Spaniard, and when he died he was ready. His relationship with death was like that one has with a woman. He felt the love, hate, tenderness, ironical detachment of a long relationship, and he didn’t want to miss the last encounter, the moment of union. ‘I hope I will die alive,’ he told me. At the end it was as he had wished. His last words were ‘I’m dying’.”

Will you be ready? Will I be ready?

There are, as I endlessly repeat, essentially four ways to die: sudden death; the long, slow death of dementia; the up and down death of organ failure, where it’s hard to identify the final going down, tempting doctors to go on treating too long; and death from cancer, where you may bang along for a long time but go down usually in weeks. Suicide, assisted or otherwise, is a fifth, but I’m leaving that on one side for now.

I often ask audiences how they want to die, and most people chose sudden death. “That may be OK for you,” I say, “but it may be very tough on those around you, particularly if you leave an important relationship wounded and unhealed. If you want to die suddenly, live every day as your last, making sure that all important relationships are in good shape, your affairs are in order, and instructions for your funeral neatly typed and in a top draw—or perhaps better on Facebook.”

The long, slow death from dementia may be the most awful as you are slowly erased, but then again when death comes it may be just a light kiss.

Death from organ failure—respiratory, cardiac, or kidney—will have you far too much in hospital and in the hands of doctors.

So death from cancer is the best, the closest to the death that Buñuel wanted and had. You can say goodbye, reflect on your life, leave last messages, perhaps visit special places for a last time, listen to favourite pieces of music, read loved poems, and prepare, according to your beliefs, to meet your maker or enjoy eternal oblivion.

This is, I recognise, a romantic view of dying, but it is achievable with love, morphine, and whisky. But stay away from overambitious oncologists, and let’s stop wasting billions trying to cure cancer, potentially leaving us to die a much more horrible death.

Cancer patients die from clots instead of from cancer

Doctors are increasingly realising that many cancer patients do not die from the cancer itself but from clots that may have been preventable. 

Shocking figures from the charity Lifeblood show that for every seven cancer patients who die in hospital, one will succumb not to the disease itself, but to pulmonary embolism, one of the main causes of death linked to blood clots. 

Campaigners are now calling for better awareness among medics and patients. 

‘If you have cancer, you’re seven times more likely to have a blood clot. For some cancers the risk is increased 28-fold,’ says Dr Simon Noble, clinical reader in palliative medicine at Cardiff University and Lifeblood’s authority on cancer-related blood clots.

Foods rich in Vitamin B17

Foods rich in vitamin B17 are*: "Apple seeds, apricot kernels bamboo shoots, barley, beet tops, bitter almond, blackberries, boysenberries, brewers yeast, brown rice, buckwheat, cashews, cherry kernels, cranberries, eucalyptus leaves, currants, fava beans, flax seeds, garbanzo beans, gooseberries, huckleberries, lentils, lima beans, linseed meat, loganberries, macadamia nuts, millet, millet seed, peach kernels, pecans, plum kernels, quince, raspberries, sorghum cane syrup, spinach and sprouts."

Read more: http://www.rejoiceinlife.com/recipes/vitaminB17.php#ixzz3qmHbmMeU

Palliative procedures for small intestine cancer

• Palliative procedures: In advanced cases of small intestine cancer, surgery to remove the cancer may not be an option because the disease is too widespread. To relieve symptoms such as pain and nausea caused because a tumor is blocking the small intestine, palliative surgery may be performed to help patients feel more comfortable. 

For example, if a tumor blocks a passage in the small intestine, surgery can be performed to insert a small tube that bypasses the tumor, creating an opening from the stomach to the other end of the small intestine or to the large intestine. This enables you to continue to eat by normal means and digest food.

A letter to NUH cancer hotline

Hi, 

My mum Wan Soo Ha is a stage 4 rectum cancer patient. She was operated on in year 2013 to remove the tumor but the surgeon didn't do a good job in removing all the affected cancerous lymph nodes.

 She is 77 this year. Her doctor is currently Dr Ho Jing Shan from NUH cancer center. She has undergone 6 chemo sessions on folfiri last year.

This year in May, she encountered pain in her pelvis area and Dr Ho suggested to use an expensive targeted therapy drug cetuximab combined with old drug folfiri. She was asked to do 12 sessions of the chemo from July 2015. She did 5 rounds and suffered severe side effects of ulcer and rashes. She lost massive weight and weighed only 35 kg recently. Dr Ho suggested her to use the old drug folfiri for the 6th session. The old drug made her worse. She felt pain again in the stomach and pelvic area shortly 1 week after the CT scan for her 6th chemo. 

Dr Ho has suggested new chemo drugs and immunotherapy. It seems like a trial and error kind of cancer treatment. Can't the oncologist doctor in NUH make sensible decisions based on the patient's condition? It is very frustrating to see loved ones suffering from side effects of trial and error chemotherapy drugs and to know there is not much patient support being received on this advanced cancer. I still remember Dr Ho told my mum : 'What do you want me to do?' when my mum complained to her about her pain. 

My friend who was a breast cancer patient of Dr Ho. She died last year in November 2014. I have seen her lost drastic weight in August 2014 till her last days in November 2014. She went through a newly fully-sponsored chemo treatment which made her condition worse. She suffered from terrible side effects and she stopped the treatment. She went through radiation therapy when the cancer cells spread to the skull in her brain. When I last saw her last September 2014, she was still having chemotherapy. 

I am not against chemotherapy. I only hope oncologist knows when his/her patient should stop the cancer treatment and focus more on providing better patient support. If the oncologist is not sure, shouldn't there be a professor oncologist who can provide more expert advice?

I appreciate your attention to this email. It's saddening to know advanced cancer has no cure and there is no end to chemotherapy until the patient dies. 

Fried Garlic Rice

Ingredient  (Serves 1, easily)
A bowl of left-over white rice
1 beaten egg
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped. Make it three cloves if you want it more garlicky. I normally use 2 cloves. 
1 tablespoon of cooking oil
3 tablespoons of Soy Sauce
a dash of pepper
some spring onions for garnishing

Grandma only used 1 egg to fry a big portion of fried rice that serves two during olden days. But I make it 1 egg for 1 portion of rice now.

Make it three cloves if you want it more garlicky. I normally use 2 cloves if I'm cooking for one. Probably 4 to 5 cloves if I'm cooking for two. It depends on the size of the garlic too. 

Method
1. Oil on the wok, fry garlic till fragrant. Add in rice. Stir fry it madly under high heat. Until you feel that the rice are all evenly heat up (about a minute).

2. Add in beaten eggs, stir well. Add in soy sauce & a dash of pepper.

3. Heat off. Dish up. Sprinkle some spring onions & serve. 

It's easy, comforting, and welcoming.

Genes determine exam results

英国一项研究发现，当地学生的考试成绩与他们的基因有直接关系，成长环境反而不太重要。

英国《每日邮报》报道，研究人员对6500对双胞胎，根据他们在英文、科学和数学成绩的差异作调查，把拥有相同基因的双胞胎与另外一对双胞胎比较，得出基因比其他因素更影响学业成绩的结论。

研究显示，其中62%成绩差异的原因来自基因，另外38%由其他因素引起，如家庭教育、健康、饮食习惯等。而性格、行为这些影响学业成绩的因素，都跟基因息息相关。研究人员表示，要改善孩子的学业成绩，可以透过提升他们的自信心达到，家长也可多花时间陪孩子温习及给予教导。

本地资深儿童培训导师许蕙讌指出，性格和个人兴趣是相连的。她曾碰到一个个案，小三男生其他科目的考试成绩都考到80或90分，唯独英文考零分。“他就是不做，考卷上什么都不填，把父母给气坏了！”

她说，从性格分析，这类孩子表面上似乎属于叛逆型，但是思维想法跟其他孩子不同，解决事情的想法与做法也不一样。这种行为好像跟人唱反调，我行我素，不会为了父母或旁人开心而做违背自己意愿的事。

本地资深儿童培训导师许蕙讌：影响学业成绩的性格主要包括逆向思考型、追根究底型、按部就班型和模仿型。（受访者提供）

先天因素是性格形成的自然前提

一般认为，先天因素是性格形成的自然前提，而后天因素（主要是环境）则对性格的形成起决定作用，其中尤以社会环境的影响为大。许多研究表明，对性格形成起重要作用的最初是家庭，它在儿童的性格形成上有着深远的影响，尤其对性格的影响最为全面、深刻；学校教育对学龄儿童性格的形成具有重要意义，它可全面影响学生的意志特征和理智特征；宏观的社会背景也影响儿童性格的形成，且在情绪特征中表现尤为突出。

许蕙讌另举一例：一个喜欢模仿的女孩，在考试时唱歌自娱，完全无视其他人的存在。她说：“这个女孩在托管中心也不喜欢冲凉，应对这样的孩子，我就跟其他同学和老师说，从今天开始，不要再叫她冲凉！”不过10多分钟，这个孩子马上冲好凉。

对于上述小三的孩子，性格属于逆向思考型，必须先从他感兴趣的事／科目着手，例如他的科学成绩很好，不喜欢英文，那么可能先找一些科学有关的课文，启发兴趣，慢慢地养成他对英文的兴趣。她说：“我们可以告诉这个孩子，考试是一场游戏比赛，其实要考不到10分，也不是容易的事，随便作答，可能都有几十分，所以这不是孩子笨或不会作答，心里叛逆也可能是因素。”

除了逆向思考型外，影响学业成绩的性格还包括：追根究底型和按部就班型。

许蕙讌指出，有些孩子凡事都问：为什么要上课，为什么要考试，为什么要温习等等。如果不及时给予他们想要的答案而随便打发，这将引起更多后遗症，孩子对学习兴趣索然无味。

按部就班型，学习较为慢热，其他人已进入情况，他还神游太虚，或是保持一个“事不关己”的心态。她说：“这些孩子很注重学习环境的‘安全性’，不喜欢复杂的东西，只要给他简单、重复性的学习，除去心中的恐惧与不安，驾轻就熟后，容易跟上学习节奏与步伐。”一旦心里害怕，即便你反复教导，孩子也无法吸收。这些孩子的脑子像海绵，一旦吸收，就可发挥最大效益。

所谓近朱者赤，近墨者黑。对于模仿型的孩子，若碰上损友，可能迷失方向，对学习完全丧失兴趣，反而沉迷于网络或手机游戏等，甚至染上不良嗜好，对学业成绩造成影响。“数学是必须通过练习才能有所进步，不像一些语文科目一样，可以临场发挥，也能考出好成绩。”

性格类型可能随成长而改变

许蕙讌说，上述四种性格类型可能随着孩子成长而逐渐改变。“但是，一些喜欢逆向思考的孩子，这种性格延伸到职场，也同样喜欢跟老板唱反调，甚至起冲突，可能就无法取得好表现，跟其他同事和朋友等的人际关系也可能不好。”

除了四大性格类型影响学业成绩外，许蕙讌指出，学习模式也是关键，例如听觉型的孩子，喜欢把题目读出来，温习时，可以重播老师的教导录音，或是读出声音，父母或师长如何能配合孩子的需要，相信能让他们更好地调整心态，考出好成绩。

视觉型的孩子，则对颜色、图案、图表等较有反应，因此必须在课文重点用颜色笔标示，或是做图表等加深印象，提升考试成绩。

总之，孩子成绩好坏，除了个人努力之外，也必须关注其他导因，尤其是性格形态，是许多父母经常忽略的。

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When to stop chemo?

This is a very hard conversation to have, when the doctor acknowledges that cancer treatment is no longer achieving results. You and your father have to weigh the negative aspects of treatment, such as uncomfortable and painful side effects, against your father's need to keep seeking a cure. It's one of the moments in care giving when the role reversal is very intense -- you're going to have to be the parent in this situation, and help your father decide what's the best thing to do, just as he did with you when you were young.

The fact that your father's oncologist raised the subject is a sign that she's a good doctor. Because oncologists are in the business of curing cancer, many times they feel such a sense of failure when a patient is getting sicker that they just keep treating even when it no longer makes sense.

You could start by suggesting to your father that the two of you talk to the oncologist again and ask a few specific questions, such as, "Is continuing treatment going to make a significant difference in the progress of the cancer?" You can also ask, "If we discontinue treatment, can we expect the nausea, pain, and other discomforts to diminish?" If the doctor answers that treatment at this point won't make a big difference, but discontinuing it will improve your father's quality of life, that may help clarify the decision for both of you.

You may find that your father is more ready to talk about these big issues than you think. So often for family members it's actually their fear of bringing up difficult issues that's getting in the way, not the cancer patient's refusal to talk about them. We as a culture are death-phobic, and family members are very fearful that stopping treatment will be perceived as "giving up" on the patient, when it can be just the opposite.

Sometimes this moment can be the catalyst for a really important conversation; you could ask your father, "If you only had six months or a year to live, what would be most important to you? What can we do to make it as wonderful as possible?" I always remind people that there's a difference between hope and what we call "expectations for outcome." Just because the treatment is no longer expected to bring about a cure doesn't mean it's time to give up hope. And as time goes on, hope can be about being out of pain and suffering.

阿汤风水tips

溏心蛋

做法  

• 1
  

  蛋放锅里，冷水放锅里。【补充一条：水一定要没过鸡蛋！！！这样成功率高！！】中火煮至沸腾。

• 2
  

  沸腾后，再煮30秒左右。（根据蛋的大小而定。）

• 3
  

  盖上锅盖。转大火。倒数，5，4，3，2，1，关火

• 4
  

  闷1~2分钟。（注意不要移开炉子，移开炉子的时间再加长。）然后，移开炉子

• 5
  

  倒掉热水，冲入冷水。再倒掉冷水，倒入冷白开水（冰的更好）。在冷白开水中剥蛋壳。可以吃了

• 6
  

  鸡蛋的蛋白都是熟的哟~加点酱。我喜欢泰式甜辣酱

Wifi-assist might cost you money

Something to tackle the dry cough

风燥咳嗽

症状：干咳少痰，咽喉疼痛，眼睛干涩，大便干结，皮肤干燥，有时伴有头痛。

推荐食疗：蜂蜜蒸雪梨

取雪梨一个，对半切开，去除中间的梨核，将蜂蜜倒入梨中，封盖隔水蒸熟即可，可以补肺阴不足，润肠通便。

Tips to longevity

著名的日本长寿学家家森幸男博士，出版了一本名为《健康长寿饮食指南》书籍，以科学的角度揭开“长寿食物”的秘密，被称为“有史以来最权威的长寿饮食调查”。

经过多年的调查，他发现“为什么有人能长寿，有人却短命？”的差异，决定性因素与“吃”密切相关。

健康与长寿的十大守则：

①少吃盐。

②少吃脂肪含量高的食物，特别是动物性脂肪。

③多吃蔬菜与水果。

④多吃乳制品。

⑤多吃鱼类与大豆制品，摄取良性蛋白质。

⑥很多人一起，热闹地用餐。

⑦食材均衡。

⑧每天都有一餐吃饱、吃好。

⑨相信自己可以长寿。

⑩对生活保持乐观的态度。 

Keeping tidy tips

Red pickled ginger receipt

Beni-shoga is ginger pickled in plum vineger (ume-zu), the brine produced when making umeboshi (pickled plum). The red color comes from red shiso (peri (…more) —Kyoko Ide

Makes 1 cup

• 1cup ginger, peeled and thinly julineed
• 2cups water
• 1/2 - 2/3cups plum vinegar (ume-zu)

1. Boil the water in a pot. Put the ginger in the boiling pot of water for 10 seconds or so, then drain (the hot cooking water is now ‘ginger tea’). 
2. Spread the ginger and let it cool down and dry in a colander, or on paper towel (about 10-15 minutes).
3. Put the ginger in a container and pour the plum vinegar to cover. It can be eaten after a few hours (it tastes better after a day or two, though). Store in a fridge.

SG50 celebrations

国庆长周末来临！哪些免费景点对公众开放！

相信大家都早就知道国庆节额外的公众假期的事儿了，如果到现在你还不知道，那么反应就太太迟钝了！

总统宣布 2015 年 8 月 7 日 (周五) 作为一个特殊的一次性 SG50 公共节日。所以，为又一个长周末干杯吧！

还要告诉大家一个好消息，为了使市民度过一个难忘和不平凡的国庆周末，我国各大景点都是免费的！届时，还将举办各种各样的庆祝活动！赶快提前计划好你的时间和参加庆祝活动吧！

享受免费入场：

Sentosa圣淘沙

谁不爱这阳光明媚的小岛呢？圣淘沙，小小的度假圣地，为情侣们、 家庭和朋友们提供了各种各样刺激的活动！带上你的帽子和带给你的垫子，来享受这悠闲的海滩以及下面这些有趣的活动吧！

它们全部免费了！

FREE 访客通过浮桥进入圣淘沙

FREE 下午5点以后开车或者打车进入圣淘沙（不包括法定假日，截止2015年12月31日）

国庆特惠：

8月7日： 海之颂表演，对所有人免费，记住早点来占位子啊！

8月8日： 免费进入圣淘沙鱼尾狮 (了望台)，原价 $10 (成人);$7 (老人孩子)。

8月9日：西乐索炮台免费导游

8月10日：空中缆车全天免费!

Science Centre Singapore新加坡科学中心

梦想成为一名科学家？你的梦想将会在科学中心实现！科学中心一连串的展览和活动绝对会让你们一家流连忘返！

FREE 对所有人免费（包括KidsSTOP, Snow City, Human Body Experience and the Omni-Theatre)

Singapore Botanic Gardens新加坡植物园

阳光、 草地、 树木和独特植物和鲜花，你是自然 爱好者吗？快到新加坡植物园来享受绿意葱葱吧！平时虽然进入植物园免费，但是进入国家胡姬花园需要收每位成人$5.00 ，但是...

FREE在这特殊的周末，国家胡姬花园对所有人免费！除此之外，园区还将举办几场特殊的表演。

公民和PR进入博物馆免费

不知道你是否知道，自 2013 年，新加坡超过10个博物馆对新加坡人和永久居民免费了，它包括 — — 新加坡艺术博物馆、 新加坡国家博物馆、 亚洲文明博物馆、 土生华人博物馆、 新加坡集邮博物馆、 太阳孙中山南洋纪念馆、 马来传统文化馆，Reflections at Bukit Chandu、 国家艺术画廊和印度遗产中心。好消息，这些博物馆...

在这个长周末照常营业！

ActiveSG 游泳池及健身房

所以如果你热爱运动，愿意与您的家人在游泳池享受安静的一天，那么你会非常高兴，因为所有的 ActiveSG 游泳池和健身房会给你一个惊喜——进入这些设施......

全部免费！

最新消息！

Marina Bay Sands金沙

还没有去过滨海湾金沙 (MBS）的李显龙博物馆？不知道MBS溜冰场到底怎么样？那么现在，你有足够的理由去尝试了！因为8月7日至8月9日，你可以享受免费入场李显龙博物馆和滨海湾金沙溜冰场。你还可以以50%off的价格享受兜风舢舨！千万不要错过这个大好机会！

李显龙博物馆和滨海湾金沙溜冰场，新加坡人和永久居民免费入场

* 遵守条款和条件。

 享受优惠入场：

Jurong Bird Park裕廊鸟公园

裕廊飞禽公园是亚太区最大概念公园，有600多种不同物种的鸟类，数量超过9000只。有消息称裕廊飞禽公园可能搬到到万礼，和新加坡动物园、 河川生态园以及夜间动物园做邻居。

门票5折

Garden by the Bay滨海湾花园

滨海湾花园坐落在101公顷的填海土地上。是新加坡又一新的旅游圣地，在那里各种美丽的花卉令人炫目，特别设计的展馆里培育这各种珍奇植物，喜欢摄影的你，无论白天黑夜都能在展馆里拍出令人窒息的美丽照片。

进入滨海湾外花园是免费的。

Flower Dome和Cloud Forest半价

最新消息！

Singapore Zoo, River Safari & Night Safari新加坡动物园、 河川生态园以及夜间动物园

所有的动物爱好者的好消息。8 月将是一个美妙的月份，因为从8月1日到8月31日，你都可以以优惠价前往新加坡的野生动物各个景点！

8月7日至8月10日，你可以在公园的零售商店 (仅限每位访客 1 袋，有库存情况下) 免费领取SG50动物主题编织的手提袋 (价值 $3)。此促销活动适用于新加坡的四个野生动物公园。

河川生态园和新加坡动物园同一天访问套票半价优惠

夜间动物园半价优惠

* 优惠门票仅供新加坡合法长期居留人士

Wild Wild Wet水上乐园

炎热的天气中没有比纵身跳入泳池更好的了。现在，你有理由这么做了。7月和8月，约上五个好友来水上乐园，你们整组可以享受 50%的折扣。

50% 折扣 水上乐园

家庭套票 $50 (2 成人 + 2 孩童). 适用于8月9日.

长周末里其他一些有意义的活动项目：

Singapore Sports Hub新加坡体育馆

新建成的新加坡体育中心于2014年正式向公众开放。从8月7日到8月9日体育中心会有一系列的活动项目！

8月7日: Sing50 音乐会 — — 本地和国际音乐人才演绎多年来深受新加坡人喜欢的标志性歌曲。 (门票可供销售)

8月8日至9日: 社区嘉年华 — — 享受从旧日的好时光到现在的本地节目、 音乐和小吃！

社区和小镇

新加坡全岛，很多新加坡人走到一起，朋友和邻居们大家一起参加社区会举办嘉年华，迷你游行，举办社区项目，以纪念SG 50 周年，这些活动将在长周末达到高峰。

乘车去你喜欢的新加坡任何地方

人力资源部称：”8月7日到10日，新加坡人将有幸乘特别观光巴士，带他们去全岛他们最喜欢的地方。旅游沿线各车站将由新加坡人自己选择，选出那些我们称之为家园的，这个岛最可爱的地方。“

国庆日免费乘公交和地铁

为鼓励新加坡人来庆祝国庆日，两家主要交通运营商决定8月9日当天乘坐所有公共交通免费！你不需要用易通卡，所有的地铁入口都将开放。所有的SBS公交包括夜间公交，全部免费。

BMW Check Engine Light is On

The Top 7 Reasons Your BMW’s Check Engine Light is On

December 3, 2014 by Eurosport Automotive

The check engine light is designed to be a way your BMW, or any vehicle, can let you know when something is not right. While it may be something simple, it is always best to give your check engine light the benefit of the double and take it seriously, before the problem escalates into expensive damage. 

Here are 7 of the most common reasons your BMW’s check engine light has come on:

1. Oxygen Sensor

This part monitors an engines air to fuel ratio by measuring the amount of free oxygen in the exhaust. There is a ratio of air and gasoline that is perfect for a vehicle, and this part helps monitor that. When this part is broken, you will begin noticing a decrease in gas mileage and it will increase emissions. Not replacing this part can break your catalytic converter, which is a much more expensive repair.

2. Gas Cap

The gas cap on your vehicle can either get lost, be loose, or have a fault that causes it to trigger your check engine light. The reason it does this is because it believes there is a leak in the Evaporative Emissions System. For most of today’s vehicles leaving the gas cap off is really not a huge issue as there is a flapper valve built into the filling system. But, you may still notice a gas smell. This can be a simple fix, do-it-yourself fix.

3. Catalytic Converter

This part works to reduce exhaust gases. It can affect gas mileage, and even exhilaration. Keeping to your BMW’s maintenance schedule should keep this part from failing, but often if parts like the oxygen sensor are broken, this can cause trouble with the catalytic converter.

4. Mass Airflow Sensor

The mass airflow sensor on your vehicle tells your car’s computer to add the right amount of fuel based on the air coming into the engine. This is another part than can affect gas mileage if it is faulty. Replacing the air filter at least once a year is the best way to prevent the airflow sensor from failing.

5. Spark Plugs and Wires

These parts seal the combustion chamber and initiates the combustion to your engine. You might notice if these are failing, as you will feel a jolt in acceleration. These parts have to be replaced occasionally. Again, if you are following your BMW’s recommended schedule you should be fine. If not, you need to replace them quickly to prevent more costly damage. This is also a very simple fix, and many opt to do it themselves in a pinch.

6. Fuel Injector

This part is responsible for getting gas into the engine the correct way. They usually last a fair amount of time, ideally as long as the car does, but they do fail. This is often do to circumstances out of your control, but measures like regularly changing the fuel filter help increase the life of the fuel injector.

7. Head Gasket

Signs of a blown head gasket include engine overheating, coolant mixed with the vehicle’s oil, low coolant levels, and/or sweet smelling white smoke coming from the exhaust pipe. Yet these are not scientific. Depending on the type of failure and vehicle, the symptoms will appear differently. Before assuming this is the issue, it is best to consult with a mechanic to ensure this is truly the case.

When your BMW’s check engine light comes on, that is a warning sign that there is something wrong. By knowing these most common issues ruling out simpler and less threatening dangers like a faulty gas cap can help speed up your repair process. Just remember, when in doubt, it is best to take it for an expert opinion. Schedule your appointment or give us a call at 972-758-7576 if you have any questions or concerns about your BMW.

Most healthy 50 foods

6月3日報導 外媒稱，哪些食物是最有益人體健康的“超級食物”，這個話題一直被熱炒，並且其熱度絲毫沒有退去的跡象。然而，專家認為，食物並不存在好壞之分，關鍵在於飲食習慣和飲食結構是否健康。 

據西班牙《萬象》月刊5月號報導，下面將介紹被視為歷史上最健康的50種食物，但並不建議讀者只吃或者大量攝入某一種或少數幾種，而應當把這些食物都列入自己的食譜，並根據個人情況調解攝入量。哪怕是看似百利而無一害的橄欖油，也要適量食用。 

1，雞蛋

雞蛋最早出現在古羅馬人的食譜中。雖然富含蛋白質、卵磷脂、多種維生素，但上世紀70年代的研究卻讓雞蛋背上了“導致膽固醇升高”的惡名。不過哈佛大學的研究表明，每天吃一個雞蛋不會增加這種風險。 

2，初榨橄欖油

人類食用橄欖油的歷史要追溯到公元前4000年的巴勒斯坦和埃及地區。豐富的多酚和維生素E使其成為均衡飲食必不可少的組成部分。適量食用橄欖油能夠預防細胞早衰、改善大腦功能、穩定血糖、降低壞膽固醇和軟化血管。 

3，黃油

早在公元前9000年至8000年的美索不達米亞平原，人們就開始使用羊奶製作黃油。由於脂肪含量較高，黃油一直被視為導致膽固醇升高的“健康敵人”。但是適量黃油具有良好的抗氧化作用，而且由於共軛亞油酸含量較高，還能減少腹部脂肪堆積。 

4，金槍魚

亞里士多德曾描寫過腓尼基人如何在地中海地區捕撈和販賣金槍魚。金槍魚肉不但味道鮮美，還富含不飽和脂肪酸，能夠降低血液中的膽固醇和三酰甘油，此外還含有人體所需的維生素D和維生素B。 

5，鮭魚

凱爾特神話中就有關於鮭魚的描述。肥美的鮭魚肉不但是蛋白質的優秀來源，還含有大量不飽和脂肪酸、磷、硒、維生素B12和維生素D。 

6，鱈魚

醃製的鱈魚肉是古羅馬人最喜愛的菜餚之一。經常食用鱈魚能調解血壓，降低膽固醇，特別是能縮小大肚腩。鱈魚中所含的不飽和脂肪酸Omega－3能夠降低罹患心血管疾病的概率。 

7，鰹魚

公元4世紀北歐人就開始捕撈鰹魚。這種魚肉富含蛋白質、維生素和礦物質。其中尤以維生素D最為豐富，因此多食用鰹魚能夠促進鈣質吸收。鰹魚肉還含有磷、硒、鉀、鐵、鎂和鋅等礦物質。 

8，核桃仁

史前人類已經將核桃仁作為食物。由於狀似人腦，古希臘人直接用“頭”這個詞來為其命名。吃核桃可謂益處多多，尤其是由於含有均衡的脂肪酸，因此能夠對抗壞膽固醇和預防糖尿病。豐富的Omega－6脂肪酸能夠緩解婦女的經前綜合徵、更年期綜合徵，還能預防結腸癌。 

9，扁桃仁

扁桃的種植起源於從愛琴海流域到帕米爾高原的廣闊區域。其所含的豐富不飽和脂肪酸有利於心血管健康。此外，扁桃仁還能提供植物蛋白質、纖維素和磷、鎂等礦物質。多吃扁桃仁能夠強健骨骼，預防骨質疏鬆症。 

10，藜麥

藜麥也叫印第安麥，起源於公元前3000年至5000年秘魯和玻利維亞之間的的的喀喀湖地區。聯合國大會宣布2013年為“國際藜麥年”，因為這種穀類植物能夠治療超過22種疾病，有利於人體健康。 

11，奇亞籽

奇亞是一種產自墨西哥和危地馬拉的薄荷類植物，最初種植者是阿茲特克人。雖然被人們遺忘了幾個世紀，但這種植物的種籽近年來成為一種流行食物。由於其不含麩質，因此被視為一種健康的減肥食品。但更重要的是，奇亞籽富含不飽和脂肪酸和多種礦物質。據說阿茲特克戰士只吃一勺奇亞籽就可以戰鬥一整天。 

12，開心果

開心果可能起源於第三紀時期大西洋上的馬德拉島。不過最早種植開心果的卻是中東人。在公元前2世紀的伊朗呼羅珊省，開心果被當作貢品進獻給當時的王室。上世紀30年代開心果才傳入美國，但如今美國卻是世界第一大開心果生產國。開心果所含的多種維生素、礦物質和脂肪酸能夠強身健體，尤其是豐富的鋅和維生素有利於生殖健康。此外，還有研究表明，開心難過能夠預防糖尿病和抑鬱症。 

13，大蒜

有關大蒜的逸聞趣事很多：有的說修建金字塔的古埃及工人為了補充體力每天都吃大蒜；還有的說早在公元前3500年因為缺少大蒜爆發了人類歷史上第一場罷工。大蒜含有碘、磷、鉀等礦物質，維生素B6和維生素C等維生素，還具有防腐、抗炎、殺菌、抗病毒和抗寄生蟲的功效。 

14，洋薊

洋薊起源於古埃及，後來被古希臘和古羅馬人視為催情聖藥。暫且不談是否真有催情作用，洋薊不但富含水分、纖維素和維生素B6和維生素C，所含的雌性醇還能抑制腸道吸收膽固醇，此外其所含的洋薊酸具有利尿作用，因此有減肥效果。 

15，葫蘆

在哥倫布之前的美洲，印加人已經將葫蘆放在墓穴中作為陪葬品。在更早的公元前13世紀，希伯來人已經將葫蘆納入了日常菜單。而今葫蘆已經成為減肥佳品，因為其中含有豐富的纖維素，且熱量和脂肪含量極低。此外，豐富的鉀元素還有利於降低血壓。 

16，洋蔥

雖然有關洋蔥的起源尚無定論，但可以肯定的是，早在公元前3200年人類就已經在中亞地區種植了。洋蔥含有鉀、鈣、鐵、鎂和磷等多種礦物質。研究顯示，洋蔥中的硫化物甚至能夠預防食道癌和胃癌。此外，其中含有的抗氧化物—槲皮素還能降低罹患心血管疾病的風險。 

17，菠菜

雖然還不知道野生菠菜來自何方，但有專家認為東南亞可能是其原產地。由於含有維生素A、維生素E和纖維素，因此有利於視力健康，還能增強體力。最近還有研究顯示，菠菜能促進肌肉生長。怪不得“大力水手”離不開菠菜！ 

18，西紅柿

西紅柿源於美洲，名字來自阿茲特克語“Tomat”，後來通過墨西哥被引入歐洲，不過直到公元18世紀才廣受歡迎。胡蘿蔔素讓西紅柿成為抗氧化食品，有利於人體對鐵元素的吸收，增強身體抵禦感染等疾病的功能。西紅柿所含的葉黃素和玉米黃素還能預防白內障和黃斑變性。 

19，薑黃

早在公元前610年的印度，人們就開始使用薑黃作為羊毛，甚至身體某些部位的染料。薑黃主要含有多酚，具有殺菌、護肝和抗心血管疾病的功效。 

20，甜菜

史前時期居住在非洲北部的原始人已經開始食用野生的甜菜。使甜菜呈現紅色的是β－花青素，而正是這種物質能夠有效預防結腸癌。 

21，胡蘿蔔

胡蘿蔔起源於亞太和北非地區，含有豐富的纖維素，但其最突出的優點還是含有大量對視網膜和皮膚都大有裨益的維生素A。此外其所含的β－胡蘿蔔素能夠預防某些癌症和心血管疾病。 

22，菜花

菜花產自中東地區，在亞洲地區的種植歷史已經超過1500年，在16世紀經土耳其傳入歐洲。由於其含有大量水分，而碳水化合物、蛋白質和脂肪較少，因此經常被列入減肥食譜。此外，菜花還含有維生素B1。如果缺乏這種維生素，很可能導致神經系統疾病，例如注意力無法集中和抑鬱症。 

23，芹菜

古埃及人和古希臘人已經將芹菜作為餐桌上的一道菜餚。古羅馬人在葬禮上食用芹菜，並將一束芹菜放在墳墓旁，以示對逝者的尊敬。芹菜中的類黃酮具有抗炎、抗菌和舒張血管的作用。芹菜還是花椒毒素和香柑內酯的來源，這兩種物質對皮膚病都有療效。 

24，厚皮菜

厚皮菜源於亞洲。公元前800年的亞述人就開始食用厚皮菜了。由於含有豐富的鈣質，這種蔬菜非常適合孕婦、老人、小孩和運動員食用。此外，其所含的葉黃素能夠預防梗塞和中風。 

25，鱷梨

源於墨西哥、哥倫比亞和委內瑞拉的鱷梨在阿茲特克語當中叫做“Ahuactl”，意為“睾丸”，因為阿茲特克人認為其具有催情功效。雖然熱量較高，鱷梨能降低總膽固醇水平，並且含有抗氧化物質。鱷梨對治療牛皮癬有很好的療效。此外，鱷梨中的色氨酸能提高血清素的水平，進而使情緒變得更加愉快。 

26，藍莓

雖然藍莓的起源尚不得而知，但可以肯定的是，早在遠古時代北極的居民就開始食用藍莓了。美洲土著人也將藍莓作為食物。由於富含多酚和抗氧化物，藍莓成為抵禦心血管疾病的捍衛者。此外這種味道酸甜的水果還能抗感冒，增強機體免疫力，預防尿道感染。 

27，草莓

草莓的最初產地是歐洲的阿爾卑斯山區。法國人從公元5世紀開始培植草莓，然後是西班牙人、葡萄牙人和英國人，後來由英國人帶到了美洲。草莓所含的維生素C甚至高於柑桔，還含有大量纖維素和鉀元素。此外，它還含有水楊酸等多種有機酸和類黃酮，因此具有抗氧化功效。 

28，桑椹

桑椹是桑樹的果實，而桑樹來源於波斯。桑椹含有一種名叫紫檀芪的物質，具有抗氧化功效。外敷桑椹對牛皮癬有很好的療效，但其最具價值之處還是在於含有花青素醣和胡蘿蔔素，能夠增強機體免疫力並延緩衰老。 

29，木瓜

木瓜產自墨西哥或者智利的安第斯山脈，後來傳入赤道國家，然後才來到歐洲。其中所含的木瓜蛋白酶能夠促進促進其他食物中蛋白質的消化吸收，適合有胃炎、食管裂孔疝和胃部反酸等消化問題的人食用。 

30，香蕉

香蕉源於東南亞和印度，然後隨著阿拉伯人的入侵傳到地中海地區，後來又隨著移民來到了美洲。香蕉所含的菊糖能夠降低罹患心血管疾病、骨質疏鬆症、肥胖症和癌症的風險。豐富的鉀元素能夠預防身體發生痙攣，因此是運動過後恢復體力的最佳水果。 

31，橙子

橙子產自中國的東南部和緬甸的北部。果肉中的膠質能夠降低膽固醇，有益於腸道菌群健康生長。它所含的類胡蘿蔔素能夠預防癌症和心血管疾病。如果把橙子的果肉和絡都吃掉，還能獲取豐富的纖維素。 

32，蘋果

據考證新時期時代的原始人類已經開始吃蘋果。目前可以確定的是，古埃及人已經開始在尼羅河河穀種植蘋果。隨著時間的推移，人們甚至認為蘋果是包治百病的“聖果”。雖然這種說法過於誇張，但蘋果確實含有很多有益健康的成分：果膠能夠降低膽固醇；兒茶素不但具有抗氧化功效，還能抵禦肺癌；主要存在於果皮當中的二氫查耳酮能夠預防糖尿病；原花青素不但能抗氧化，還能改善血小板減少。 

33，葡萄

葡萄產自高加索地區和西亞。據說舊石器時代的原始人已經懂得採集野葡萄吃。不過葡萄栽植技術的發明者是古羅馬人。研究表明，葡萄和葡萄酒當中的植物營養素能夠預防心血管疾病、部分癌症和白內障。不過紅葡萄和紅葡萄酒當中的有效成風比其他品種更高。最新研究甚至顯示紅葡萄和紅葡萄酒能夠預防老年記憶力問題。 

34，獼猴桃

早在數千年，被中國人稱為“楊桃”的野生獼猴桃就生長在中國的深山之中了。到了上個世紀初期，野生獼猴桃被引入新西蘭，最後被培育成我們現在見到的樣子。獼猴桃富含維生素C，以及能夠預防脫氧核糖核酸受損的生物活性成分，因此能夠預防癌症等多種疾病。 

35，石榴

石榴源自南亞、波斯和阿富汗。由於熱量較低，且具有收斂、消炎作用，因此常被用來減肥和排毒。最新研究顯示，從石榴籽中可以提煉一種降低血糖的物質，對糖尿病患者大有裨益。 

36，牛至

最早將牛至用於烹飪和醫療的記錄還要追溯到古希臘。它具有抗氧化和抗菌功效，可能還有抗腫瘤和防腐作用。此外，人們還將其視為增強體力、促進消化的良藥。 

37，羅勒

羅勒原產地是印度，古希臘的東正教教徒將其用於配製聖水。羅勒精油具有抗炎和抗菌功效。此外，羅勒還含有豐富的鐵元素和多種維生素，並具有抵禦痙攣的功效。 

38，歐芹

歐芹源於古時候的意大利撒丁島，不過最初是被用來敬獻給逝者。直到中世紀人們才把它帶進廚房。雖然通常被當作調味品，但實際上新鮮的歐芹富含大量維生素C，具有抗氧化、抗炎和利尿作用的類黃酮。歐芹精油能夠舒張血管和強身健體。歐芹所含的維生素K還能加快血液凝固，預防骨質疏鬆和梗塞。此外，所含的芹菜素被用於治療哮喘、失眠和神經痛。 

39，酸奶

公元前6000年居住在如今保加利亞的色雷斯人已經開始製作酸奶。美味的酸奶富含鈣、磷、B族維生素，所含的益生菌能夠有效地調節人體腸道菌落平衡，增強免疫系統抵抗感染的能力。 

40，奶酪

有考古證據顯示，人類製作奶製品的歷史要追溯到4500年前。奶酪的品質在很大程度上取決於製作工藝。奶酪是維生素B12、菸酸和維生素A的優秀來源。 

41，全穀物

早在6000年前的新石器時代，原始人已經開始種植大麥、小麥和黍子，到了青銅時代和鐵器時代又先後增加了斯佩耳特小麥和黑麥。在全穀物數不勝數的優點當中最突出的是，富含纖維素和B族維生素，以及鐵、鈣和鎂等礦物質。 

42，燕麥

有證據顯示，早在青銅時代中歐的原始人就開始種植燕麥了。燕麥是營養最全面的穀物之一，富含維生素E、B6和B5，以及鐵、硒、鎂和銅等礦物質。由於富含纖維素、氨基酸和不飽和脂肪酸，因此燕麥能夠預防甲狀腺機能低下症和降低膽固醇。 

43，鷹嘴豆

鷹嘴豆的原產地是土耳其，後來傳入歐洲。它含有植物蛋白質、澱粉、鈣、鐵、鎂、鋅和磷。雖然有點兒不易消化，但是由於含有大量纖維素，所以鷹嘴豆能改善便秘。此外，由於含有鞣酸和植酸，鷹嘴豆還具有抗癌的功效。 

44，扁豆

扁豆來源於西亞，隨後傳入地中海地區。最古老的扁豆化石來自於公元前6600年。除了富含鐵元素，菜豆還含有鈣、鎂、鋅和磷。研究顯示，菜豆能夠穩定血糖，其中的葉酸可以預防乳腺癌。 

45，菜豆

菜豆的原產地是美洲的秘魯和墨西哥。早在2000年前就被人類當作食物。 《聖經》中曾多次提到菜豆。菜豆是含鐵量最高的豆類，還含有豐富的維生素B，因此能夠預防貧血。此外，由於其纖維素含量很高，所以有助於降低膽固醇水平和緩解便秘。 

46，蘑菇

在智利發現的1.3萬年前的人類遺跡當中，就有蘑菇的化石。蘑菇富含水分，脂肪卻很少，因此是減肥者必備的食物。它還含有維生素A、維生素B2和菸酸，以及鉀和磷等礦物質。值得一提的是，蘑菇具有抗腫瘤和降低膽固醇的功效。 

47，豆芽

豆芽源自中東，最早食用豆芽的記錄要追溯到5000年前。其中的異黃酮具有抗氧化作用，能夠預防骨質疏鬆和乳腺癌。豆芽還能抑制雌激素分泌過多，從而預防相關疾病。 

48，豬肉

脫氧核糖核酸研究表明，在新石器時代歐洲就有豬的踪跡。不過豬的馴養始於1.3萬年前的中東地區和中國。雖然豬的名聲並不好，但是豬肉所含的不飽和脂肪酸要高於牛肉等肉類。此外，豬肉還含有大量礦物質。 

49，牛里脊

牛的馴養始於1萬年前的中東地區。牛肉含有鐵、鋅、鎂和磷等礦物質，以及B族維生素。 

50，火雞肉

火雞的馴養始於公元1000年左右的墨西哥，當時的人們除了食用火雞肉，還將其羽毛做成裝飾品。火雞肉的脂肪含量極低，烹飪還能降低其中的碳水化合物含量。其中還含有豐富的礦物質、葉酸和B族維生素。 

Keeping Birthday Cakes fresh

那，我们该如何确保保存它时依然香甜美味，松软爽口？

以下告诉你！

①可取两片面包，覆盖在蛋糕两边的切口处，再取牙签插入，使面包站立；抑或蛋糕放在密封容器中，在密封容器里再加一片新鲜的面包，当面包发硬时，要及时再换一块新鲜的，这样蛋糕能保鲜较长时间。

②也可将蛋糕分成几份放在密封的盒子里，放入冰箱的冷冻层里冷冻起来，要吃的时候提前一天放在冷藏层，或拿出来在常温下慢慢解冻，蛋糕的味道有如新鲜蛋糕。

③不妨将苹果切开，然后放进装蛋糕的盒子内与蛋糕一起保存，第二天蛋糕仍然不失美味。因为与苹果放在一起的蛋糕，不但水分可以保持住，苹果的香味还能让蛋糕更香。

治癌咒--佛说疗痔病经

佛说疗痔病经 （原文）
如是我闻，一时薄伽梵在王舍大城，竹林园中与大苾刍众五百人俱，时，有众多
苾刍身患痔病，形体赢瘦，痛苦萦缠，于日夜中，极受忧恼，时具寿阿难陀，见
是事己，诣世尊所，顶礼双足，在一面立，白佛言，世尊，今王舍城，多有苾刍，
身患痔病，形体赢瘦，痛苦萦缠，于日夜中，极受忧恼，世尊，此诸病苦，云何
救疗。
尔时佛告阿难陀，汝可听此疗痔病经，读诵受持，系心勿忘，亦于他人，广为宣
说，此诸痔病，悉得除殆，所谓风痔、热痔、瘖痔、三合痔、血痔、腹中痔、鼻
内痔、齿痔、舌痔、眼痔、耳痔、顶痔、手足痔、脊背痔、粪门痔、遍身支节所
生诸痔，如是痔廔，悉皆干燥堕落消灭，必瘥（念chai，四声）无疑，皆应诵持，
如是神咒，即说咒曰：
『怛至他。额兰帝。额兰米。室利卑。室里室里。摩羯失质。三婆拔都。梭哈。』
阿难陀，于此北方，有大雪山王，中有大婆罗树，名曰难胜，有三种华，一者初生，
二者圆满，三者干枯，犹如彼华，干燥落时，我诸苾刍，所患痔病，亦复如是，勿
复血出，亦无脓流，永除苦痛，悉皆平复，即令干燥，又复若常诵此经者，得宿命
住，智能忆过去七生之事，咒法成就，梭哈，又说咒曰：
『怛至他。占米占米。舍占尼。舍末尼。舍占尼。梭哈。
佛说是经已，时具寿阿难陀，及诸大众，皆大欢喜，信受奉行。
（2 3 4表示读音的声调）
这是全文。平时可一直只念。『治癌咒』 『怛侄他　頞阑帝　頞蓝谜　室利鞞　室里室里　磨羯失质　三婆跋睹　莎诃』
佛說療痔病咒--海濤法師講解開示
* 每天至少念一次经文《佛说疗痔病经》，诵持21遍咒，可消除病苦灾难。
* 如遇病痛时须以一杯净水供于佛前，读诵受持一遍经文，随念108遍咒，
再将咒水分成两杯，一杯喝下，一杯擦病痛之处。
* 切记：供奉佛祖之净水杯，凡人不可使用。

Korean pickled white radish

Main Ingredients

• 5 Cups Korean Radish (About 1½ lb)
• ⅓ Cup White Vinegar
• ⅓ Cup Water
• ⅓ Cup White Sugar
• 1 tsp Salt

Directions

 

Peel the Korean radish.

 

Slice the radish into ½ inch slices.

 

Cut the radish into ½ inch cubes.

 

Mix ⅓ cup of white vinegar, ⅓ cup of water, and ⅓ cup of white sugar, and 1 tsp of salt in a mixing bowl until the sugar dissolves. It is important to use white vinegar. Flavored vinegar will change the taste. You can add more sugar or vinegar; however, with my experimentation, a 1:1:1 ratio for the vinegar, water, and sugar tastes the most delicious.

 

Mix in the radish.

 

Put it in wide bottomed container and leave it at room temperature overnight. Then place it in the refrigerator for about 2 to 3 days before serving.

 

It not only tastes good with Korean fried chicken, but it tastes great with other greasy food as well. I will post the Korean fried chicken recipe soon.  Enjoy! Tonight for supper, we ate KFC popcorn chicken with this pickled radish. It was delicious.  If you feel lazy to make fried chicken, eat this with KFC chicken instead. 😉 You will love it. hehe