Good Feng Shui / LS35

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art and science that believes in trying out simple tips to maneuver your environment and energy around you to gain the most of your life including health, wealth, happy domestic life and eliminate stress of daily life. It deals mostly with placement of a house in relation to its landscape, of a room in the house, of doors, windows, furniture and accessories. Here are some tips to invite and promote all the good things in life and eliminate the worst of life or at least minimize it by following these few suggestions:

n Feng Shui has controlling 'chi' or life force energy as its ultimate aim. Chi is of two types - Yang, which is dynamic and expanding; and Yang, which is receptive and contracting. A balance of these two types of energies is essential to a harmonious and prosperous home.

n The five basic elements - Metal (as represented by metal base lamps), Water (as represented by tabletop fountains and aquariums), Wood (as represented by wooden furniture and flooring), Fire (as represented by candles, fireplaces and gas-stoves) and Earth (as represented by pottery and indoor plants and flower arrangements - should also be in balance.

n Rearranging furniture and furnishings and remodeling space can improve your household such as hanging a tapestry on the door to make a certain corner of the room feel calmer and peaceful.

n According to Feng Shui, area of home or room is divided into nine parts in an octagon or square shape - eight equal wedges and a center. The central position is for health while eight aspects correspond to marital relations, kids, help from others, success in career, education, love within the family, money and fame respectively. Thus, problem in any one of the aspects may indicate a need to change the arrangement of the room in that particular area.

n Feng Shui cures may be extensive including moving furniture and remodeling or simple as placing a pyramid, hanging a mirror or re-arranging the corner table.

n Mirrors and smooth reflective finishes are meant to increase good 'chi' but do not hang them in front of a door, so that it doesn't bounce off the home.

n Wind chimes or moving objects represent wind element and their pleasing sound is therapeutic too.

n Green plants signify life and energize the area but dead flower arrangements are not recommended.

n Let the money flow in with water element represented by fountains, fish tanks, images of water, a sailing ship model in fake or real gold pointing inward in the wealth aspect of the home.

n Bachelors and girls looking forward to early marriage should display photos and paintings of couple while those who want children can put up pictures of kids.

n In the bedroom, position the bed to enable you to see the door easily but not opposite to it and the headboard should have a solid wall instead of window for support. Beds should not have beams or canopies above them and mirrors should not reflect the bed in it.

n Bathrooms should be clean, airy, efficient and not opposite the entrance of the house. Its door should open inside and kept closed.

n Sofa in the living room should be place to allow you to see everybody entering the room. Keep minimal furniture here with clear pathways. You can also place mirror to reflect the door so that you can see it while sitting on the sofa.

n Round coffee tables and ottomans and furniture with rounded corner are preferable.

n In kitchen, cook more often to invite wealth in the house. Place cooking appliances in such a manner that cook can see everybody entering the kitchen or place mirrors on the walls to reflect the person walking in.

We will now tackle the most important feature in Yang Feng Shui — placement of the main door. The main door is being considered as the 'mouth' of the house. The type of chi that is brought into the house is distributed throughout and this will have an effect on the health and fortune of the family.

It is of utmost importance to know what type of chi or 'nutrients' the door is taking into the house. The chi that is being brought into the house should be yang chi and not yin chi.

When an external storage room is opposite the main door, the storage room has stagnant chi which is not considered to be healthy. This is one of the causes of sickness and loss of opportunity to the household. The remedy is to move the door of the storage room to a position not facing the main door.

One of the most frequent violation to the accumulation of family resources is having a mirror in line with the front door. The mirror reflects fortune chi from entering the house. The cure is to relocate the mirror.

Another arrangement that drains the family resources is when the front door opens to a window, where the chi entering the house does not have a chance to circulate and be distributed around the house. It is immediately passed out through the window. This means fortune in and fortune out. Worse if there is an outside sha emitted by the neighbor's gable. The cure is to install Venetian blinds on the window and have the slats closed.

A toilet door facing the front door keeps the fortune yang chi from entering the house as the yin chi produced by the toilet neutralizes the yang chi that enters the door.

Kitchen solution / LS34

Whether you are just moving in or your current arrangement does not flow quite as smoothly as it could, organizing your kitchen can streamline your activities and keep your kitchen looking neat and tidy.

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Toss anything you don't use. Pass it along to a friend or relative, add it to a neighborhood garage sale, or donate it to charity. Be honest! When did you last use that melon baller, meatball scoop, or cookie press? Do you even know what the gizmos do? Do you really need two? Could a more general tool do the job? If you get rid of it, you will not have to hunt past it for things you do use or find a space to store it.

2. Replace things that don't work. If the handle on a pot rattles, the spout always gets clogged up, or the pan always scorches the food, fix or replace it! If you can't afford a replacement now, put it on a list and save your pennies, or request one for a birthday or holiday.

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Store frequently-used objects in easy-to-reach locations. Notice what you use most often. Figure out where you will use them most. Infrequently used items, like the roasting pan that you only haul out during the holidays, can go on high shelves or in the back of cabinets. They can even be stored outside the kitchen in the garage, attic, basement, guest room closet, or a box under a bed.

Make sure every item in your kitchen has earned its right to take up your valuable space! Remember: if you use it infrequently enough, it should go out altogether. Just because it is large or expensive, it doesn't mean you should keep it. If you made pasta twice ten years ago, please pitch the pasta machine.

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Create centers of activity and store related utensils near where they will be used. Here are some common centers of activity, in the order that food will travel through the kitchen:

• Storage or pantry. Consider your freezer an extension of this area. Whether you store foods in a true pantry, a cabinet, a closet, or someplace else entirely, don't forget to go through periodically and clear out items that are hopelessly old or will never be used.
• Preparation. Cutting board, knives, measuring cups and spoons, and mixing bowls all go here.
• Cooking. The stove and oven plus the utensils that go with them. This area should include pots and pans, pot holders, spoons and spatulas (a utensil jar works well for these).
• Baking. If you love to bake, you might find it handy to store your flour, sugar, baking powder, a set of measuring cups and spoons, your favorite mixing bowl, etc. together in one convenient spot.
• Serving. The table, plus tableware, serving dishes, napkins, trivets, and anything else you need to sit down and eat. Soy sauce? Salt and pepper shakers? Sugar bowl? Ask yourself whether it would be more convenient to store your dishes and silverware near the table or the dishwasher.
• Cleaning. The sink, dishwasher and surroundings. Soap, gloves, dish pan, drying rack, cleansers, towels, etc.
• Waste disposal. Keep a trash can handy, plus recycling and compost bins, too. Locate them as centrally as possible without being in the way. They should go near the cleaning and food preparation areas.

5. Clear the counter. Pay particular attention to reducing the number of objects stored permanently on the counter. The counter needs frequent cleaning and it is your primary workspace. Find another place for knickknacks and anything else that doesn't absolutely need to live there.

6. Make a list. Tattered dishcloths? Out of soap? As you go, write down supplies you find lacking or worn out. Also write down side projects that you find as you go (such as fixing a wobbly table leg). Writing them down allows you to tackle distractions later without missing things.

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Tackle the paper. Do mail, homework, newspapers, phone calls, or bill paying generate paper in the kitchen? Decide between these strategies:

• Give paper another home. Create a paper-sorting center, ideally between the mailbox and the kitchen, with bins for sorting paper, a recycling bin and trash can, space to write, and other necessary supplies.
• Make a proper space for paper in the kitchen. Admit that it's going to land there and have a tidy place to put it and a system for clearing it out regularly.

8. Clean as you go. When you clear one drawer or shelf, wipe out the crumbs before replacing the contents. Cleaning a little at a time makes it less of a chore.

Whitening tea / LS33

In Japan, geisha were (and still are) known for their painted white skin, which represents beauty, grace, and high social status. However, the skin-whitening products are not used in such a wide scale in Japan today. Geisha paint their skin white in geisha-based ceremonies to celebrate their culture and background.

Today, skin whitening products are available in the form of creams, pills, soaps or lotions or even drinks. The mechanism of permanent whitening is usually by the breakdown of melanin by enzymes, such as that contained in the droppings of the Japanese bush warbler or reducing agents such as hydroquinone. Most whitening creams also contain a UV block to prevent sun damage to the skin. In India, these creams are marketed towards all groups from rural villagers to urban professionals. The creams are also sold throughout the rest of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. The whitening cream industry is estimated to be worth around $432 million in India and $7 billion in China. Due to the increasing trend of targeting male consumers and endorsements by celebrities such as Indian actor Shahrukh Khan, sales have increased at a rate of 14% in non-European markets in only the last year.

Here are some recipes for whitening tea

1, iced fruit tea

Ingredients: large chunks of ice, ice, black tea, sugar and oil (supermarket on sale), lemon, lychee juice

Preparation:s:

A, in the bottom of the glass into the ice, to one-third of the Cup, and put the ice a few slices of lemon. 　　

B, and then poured into the Cup, joined the black near the ice over the Cup pyramid-shaped. 　　

C, sugar oil poured on ice, join a little lychee juice, let varietals bittersweet! 　　

Function: echo with Litchi meat rich in vitamin C and protein, helps to enhance immune function; and Lai Chi Kok has plenty of vitamins, prevent freckles occur, making the skin more smooth, let you in the Sun to fully develop their delicate skin.

2, tasty white tea

Ingredients: Strawberry nine, morus powder 5 g, Apple a, 15 grams of honey, spinach a little, 2 slices of lemon, ice, just the right amount. 　　

Preparation:

A. First put strawberries, apples, spinach juice with 1. To filter out. 　　

B. juice adds honey pot, baked boil after guanhuo. 　　

C. join Mori powder, BREW for 5 minutes. 　　

D. Pour the tea with lemon slices in place. Drinking always add a small amount of ice.

3. Rose tea

Ingredients:: Roses 9 flower, Coffee mate 15 grams, mung 150 g, ice, ice water., 15 grams of honey. 　　

Preparation:

A, the bean and 100 ml ice joined the Blender in uniform standby, roses placed in hot dip good alternative. 　　

B, a cup join 2/3 of the ice, become a 300 ml of a dip good rose tea. 　　

C, joined to play good green and Coffee mate to Cup. 　　

D, then add 15 grams of honey. Gave a good cup of tea.

4. Whitening fruit tea

Ingredients:: pineapple pulp 50 g, 10 g of lemon juice, Orange 2, sugar in moderation, fructose 5 g, 5 grams of honey, water, ice, just the right amount, baizhi 3 grams. 　　

Preparation::

A, the pineapple pulp, Orange pulp in a kettle, some water with a small fire heating. 　　

B, boiling, into fructose and lemon juice to continue using small heat

C, let's throw in stir sugar and honey. 　　

D.3 grams of Angelica dahurica powder added again mixing Cup ice.

5, Chrysanthemum White

Ingredients:: chrysanthemum tea 10 g, red bean paste 100 g, honey 15 grams, Coffee mate 15 grams, 200 ml of boiled water ice. 　　P

Preparation:

A, and Blender in 100 g of red bean paste and 100 ml of cold water, whipping alternate uniform. 　　

B, and the Cup to 2/3 of ice, has joined 150 ml of hot herbal tea. 　　

C, join the mix beaten red bean paste, Coffee mate, joined the honey, and then fully. 　　

D. put your good tea poured into long Cup, more ice.