Eleventh Hour at the International Beauty Expo May 22-25, 2010

Dermacol cosmetics

Nearly every year a Czech girl will finish in the top 10 of Miss Universe. Here are 2ladies from Czech Republic - Ilona (marketing manager) and Jarmila (cosmetologist)

Dochen Beauty Club

Blogging with new computer

I still have not figured out how to send bluetooth from my mobile to this new PC. Thank God I got my Mac book back from Machines!

Forensic Heroes

I am not much of a movie goer and hardly watch TV, but I quite enjoyed watching this series with my family at home.

Each forensic case was always a suspense and I was suprised I could stay up late to keep watching the series.

Happy Mothers' Day

I have slowed down blogging as my 5 year-old Mac has konked out. Now using a new PC. Was thinking of a new Mac but my favorite Bible Soft 3.0 program did not work in my Mac (even after fragmenting the hard drive space for Microsoft programs) hence no gospel writings published by me since 5 years ago as I need the software, to check verses, concordance etc.

I have tried many Bible programs but only like PC Bible Soft.

Happy Mothers' Day!

Managing the Dragon

This is the latest book I have read. It is the story of how a man from left Wall Street and built a billion dollar company in China.

The next book I am reading is even more interesting. Share with you all when done.

Fish, fried one side and steamed on the other - same fish

I had this fish in Bandar Sri Damasara

Shin splints

Dad had L4-5 discectomy to his back >30 years ago (ie slipped disc operation). He had a MRI which showed nothing in the investigation of his recent recurrent leg pain.

He goes for morning walk every day for an hour with very old worn out shoes. We are treating him for shin splints as he has those exact symptoms. With no cushion in the shoes it stresses the anterior tibia (shin). Thriftiness on the shoes led to expensive medical fees and MRI scan :-(.



What are shin splints?

Shin splints are injuries to the front of the outer leg. While the exact injury is not known, shin splints seem to result from inflammation from injury to the tendon (posterior peroneal tendon) and adjacent tissues in the front of the outer leg.

Shin splints represent one member of a group of injuries called "overuse injuries." Shin splints occur most commonly in runners or aggressive walkers.


What are the symptoms of shin splints?

Shin splints cause pain in the front of the outer leg below the knee. The pain of shin splints is characteristically located on the outer edge of the mid region of the leg next to the shin bone (tibia). An area of discomfort measuring 4-6 inches (10-15 cm) in length is frequently present. Pain is often noted at the early portion of the workout, then lessens only to reappear near the end of the training session. Shin splint discomfort is often described as dull at first. However, with continuing trauma, the pain can become so extreme as to cause the athlete to stop workouts altogether.

Dr.Ci:Labo (Medical Cosmetics)

No pretty girls in the designs, but just pure science culminating in effective and simple products which I believe is one of the best. Their Aqua Collagen Gel is really good.

There is only one Dr.Ci:Labo shop in Malaysia and it is in KLCC Isetan. They are extremely successful in Japan where it is founded.

Asian Godfathers

I bought this book 2 weeks ago and just finished reading it. A bulk of it is about how Chinese immigrants in South East Asia teamed up with the local political aristocrats to build their huge empires.

Sudden awakening

Was in my office and all of a sudden 2 men were cleaning the windows outside my room. Totally unexpected!

Doing biz in China

Since we have been actively doing biz in China with our own WFOE (wholly foreign owned enterprise licensed for import/export/wholesale of foods/food supplements/cosmetics), people still ask me whether it is too late to enter China. Yes the license we obtained are now even harder to get, but if you do not go to China where else do you want to go these days?



This is a book on doing biz in China given to me by my auditors PWC in Guangzhou 2 years ago.



Below is a book that is an interesting read.

孔子

I watched this last night. Got the DVD in Guangzhou.

This is a China made film and Confucius was played by Chow Yuen Fatt.

I only got to know that Confucius is a top military strategist after watching the film.

Argentina Geoduck Sashimi

This geoduck as sashimi in Guangzhou was really nice. The other parts were made into a soup (4got to take a photo of it).

Carrot based ramen soup

This ramen noodle I tried in Guangzhou had a carrot base soup. Quite nice!

Nice name for a porridge shop

For those who knows Chinese - what a creative name for a porridge shop

Blessings from Tibet (RK's new venture to compete with Evian and Perrier)

Bottled at source at an altitude of 5100 meters at the Tibetan glaciers.




A 5100 fridge in the airport we saw on arrival.

Yihai Kerry

Yihai Kerry is a foodstuff company in China and a subsidiary of Wilmar International. Wilmar last year recorded a profit after tax of US$1.88 billion. The single largest shareholder of Wilmar is the richest Malaysian.



The man in white shirt is Mr.Lee, Chairman of Yihai Kerry



Arawana brand of cooking oil (from palm oil) - leading brand in China.





Flour



Rice

Lunch with 肖经理 of Yihai Kerry Foodstuffs

This is a mall in NanShan 南山 District (Shenzen). It is built on reclaimed land.



We went to a restaurant specializing in southern cuisines. It was the best restaurant I have eaten in China for a long long time.



Pork belly with bamboo shoots - lovely



A lovely chicken dish




White radish soup - becomes pink after cooking



Minced pork dish



A sweet pork dish



Some sort of berry - nice!



Small mango from Hainan island - really sweet.

Nutritional Beverages

Fruit/vege drinks with fiber and prebiotic



Adult drinks



Kids drinks

Kuih Lapis

This Indonesian layer cake (kuih lapis) was hand carried from Indonesia by a friend. A bit oily but very nice.

Kuih lapis is a Dutch-Indonesian layered cake. It was developed during colonial times in the Dutch East Indies and may have been based on Dutch cake recipes using local ingredients.

IBE 2010 - see you there as we will be there