#264 possible quake predicted 2 years ago

No one expected an earthquake to break out in Haiti even though she was warned 2 years ago by scientists a quake was possible. No one believed this could happen as there was no quake for the last 200 years in its natural history. No one was prepared for this tumultuous magnitude. The 7.1 magnitude [...]

#214 food scare

Milk, an essential for babies and now cup noodles, the popular fast food for adults especially the elderly who found this convenient to prepare. All one needs is to pour hot water into the cup and wait for several minutes…voila, the food is ready for eating! Mind you, the price for a cup noodle is not that [...]

#181 olympic champions

The secret to these champions at the Olympic Games is sheer dedication, persistence and diligence (hard work), tears and disappointments together with the faithful support of one’s loved ones like mother or father. It’s not the intake of special foods or drugs which the world record breakers in Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt! Their diet is as [...]

#148 foods

Why are there foods categorised into good foods and bad foods? Is food bad for one’s health as a result of over-consumption? Food glorious food! Take in moderation, food is good and nourishing the body. However when one enters 60 years of age, one’s metabolism slows down markedly. Intake of foods are less likely to digest properly [...]

#146 what is the human limit?

Can world athletes compete at any international events without taking performance enhanced drugs? What is the use of competing when an athlete takes something to boost his performance? Will he honestly be proud of the fact that he/she is the fastest person in world? Is this a show of human prowess? What is the use of clocking the [...]

#127

Will there be fewer obese kids around now that the food prices soared especially in the more affluent countries? The only sad situation is the really poor suffer for want of basics. It seems the world leaders were making concerted effort to eradicate poverty only to find food prices soar — the days for cheap food is gone — poverty remains. [...]

#104 aftermath of cyclone in burma

What manner of man is the head of the military junta? A case of mixing politics and humanitarian aid? Pride? Six days passed after cyclone nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta and Rangoon, the head of state is slow to respond to international relief initated by the world — food and medicine. What a tragedy [...]

#71

What IS human rights? What is man entitled to on earth? What is man entitled to born in one’s country? Is this not man’s right – to be able to bring food to the table and feed his family and a roof over his head? Providing for his family builds his dignity and being. Is this not what [...]

#69 automated restaurant

image from bbc.com (What a pity I don’t know how to upload the video of the computerised restaurant!) How do you like eating in a restaurant where there is no one to serve you? I’ve eaten in Japanese fast food sushi bar collecting my choice of food from the conveyor belt but…entering a restaurant surrounded by metal works [...]