An Orgasm A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

Yeah,the title seems very controversial (especially for Malaysians),but I'm sharing what I've read in Telegraph UK. NHS is campaigning towards having a healthy sex life,and mind you,the campaign is targeted at students.

NHS tells school children of their 'right' to 'an orgasm a day'

NHS guidance is advising school pupils that they have a "right" to an enjoyable sex life and that regular sex can be good for their cardiovascular health.

The advice appears in leaflets circulated to parents, teachers and youth workers and is meant to update sex education by telling students about the benefits of enjoyable sex.

The authors of the guidance say that for too long, experts have concentrated on the need for "safe sex" and committed relationships while ignoring the principle reason that many people have sex.

Entitled Pleasure, the leaflet has been drawn up by NHS Sheffield, but it also being circulated outside the city.

The leaflet carries the slogan "an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away". It also says: "Health promotion experts advocate five portions of fruit and veg a day and 30 minutes' physical activity three times a week. What about sex or masturbation twice a week?"

Steve Slack, the director of the Centre for HIV and Sexual Health at NHS Sheffield, who is one of the leaflet's authors, says that instead of promoting teenage sex, it could encourage young people to delay losing their virginity until they are certain they will enjoy the experience.

Mr Slack believes that if teenagers are fully informed about sex and are making their decisions of their own will in a loving relationship, they have an equal right as an adult to an enjoyable sex life.

Anthony Seldon, the headmaster of Wellington College, which recently introduced classes in emotional wellbeing, said the leaflets were "deplorable".

Signing off from my HTC TD2

'Would You Look At That Piece Of Ass, Nicolas?'

...or so it seems that those are the words which might be uttered from President Barack Obama's mouth to France's Nicolas Sarkozy, judging from the picture above. This picture caused quite a controversial stir on the web. As a matter of fact, this pic was taken during a G8 summit/conference thingy. All the world leaders are gathered together discussing...well I suppose not about asses. Truth been told (according to the clip I saw), President Obama was actually being a gentlemen and was checking out his footing and helps the lady with the black top to come down.

But then, watching the clip again, President Sarkozy was definitely checking her out! Well, boys will always be boys, even though you're a President or have a hot wife like Carla Bruni.

Come to think of it, the lady in pink is Mayara Tavares, a 16 year old Brazillian, and we actually know that Brazillians are HOT! I guess there's no harm done in appreciating God's creations..:p

'Beat It' Tribute; Scandinavian Style

After the passing of the great King of Pop, people around the world are paying their respects and tribute to MJ in their own unique ways. We've seen in the news on how a prison in the Philippines turned into a dance floor and the inmates turned into 'zombies' performing Thriller (you can check out the video here). This is another such video, done by the people of Stockholm, Sweden which I think is quite awesome too:) Seeing this, I think the world is just awesome.

A Step Back in Educating Our Students

As what you guys have read or seen in the news, our education ministry have decided to put a reverse gear in teaching Science & Math in English policy. Apparently some empirical studies show that only a small percentage of teachers taught fully in English for these two subjects, and then there's the issue of proficiency, etc2. If you ask me, this is such a huge step back in our education policy, and judging from the feedbacks received, the people are on quite the same page. First of all, no one ever said that it would be a walk on the park. The transformations need to be done from within the system itself and it takes patience and time. We need to start with giving the teachers the solid foundation to teach students in English (yes, at times we are better than our teachers in English, except our English teachers of course).

I also have to disagree with the government's initiatives to put more emphasis on learning and teaching English itself. Teaching English solely for students to understand technical terms later on is not the same as teaching these two subjects in English. I would say that learning Science & Math in English is like killing two birds with one stone; you got a better command of the language and be more proficient, and let's face it, you'll understand better If you ask me, the message and information is transfered quicker and better in English, especially those technical terms. It makes more sense in explaining to people.

Well, that's about it. I hoped that I babbled the right thing, haha...Signing off...

HSE Tips: Post No 4

Today's HSE post is about what causes liver damage. Article is courtesy of our weekly HSE bulletin.

The main causes of liver damage are:

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.
8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver.

Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'

The Hundredth Post

This post marks my one-hundredth post since my early humble beginning early this year (just checked out my first post dated 31 January 09), and time just flies. I started this blog of mine with hope that it will be somewhat a healthy channel of expressing myself and share anything that might be of your interests (and certainly mine). I never thought that I would be enjoying it much, but now it seems that I am! I've been sharing songs that i fancy listening, video clips that i had a wonderful time watching, and certainly things going on in my life which I have a say to. And for that, I think the blog had succeeded in delivering all those things. This blog has a long way to go still (at least I hope so), so expect it to see it grow just like a 1 year old child growing up in the real world. I also hope that writing here will help me mature and grow up to be a better person. There are lots of things that I hoped for in this life, and I hope one by one it will turn up to be a reality.

A few additions/improvements have been made here and there in this blog. I have changed the title pic from an astronaut (geez, too influenced by the Discovery Channel's advert) to a Kimidoll. I've opened a Picasa Web Albums to share some pics with you guys, I even have my own Twitter account now! I've been thinking of maximising my blog area (the default template just left a huge unused space on the sides), maybe I'll get someone to help me tweak the HTML code later. Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed my writing so far. Look forward to more interesting posts (fingers crossed!). So, yeayy to me for starting this blog, for this one hundredth post!

Calorie Math For Dummies

I've just encountered an interesting site, to those of you who are curious off how much you have put in when you eat everyday. It's called Cekodok, and it's a website developed by Kevin Zahari (he is this fitness and health expert dude you regularly see in Malaysia media streams). This website is somewhat tailored to Malaysian needs (you know how Malaysians love their food) because it addresses mostly food related to Malaysians! We're talking nasi lemak, rendang ayam, teh tarik and many more.

I have not explored much of this site (I think this site is very useful!) Anyway, I came across some introduction on calories, what is it about, how much do you need per day, etc2. So this is what i gathered so far. Of course, various factors play a role in determining the exact number such as gender, age, and your level of activity (are you a top of the game athlete or just a lousy couch potato). Let me introduce you guys to Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). BMR is basically the amount of energy required for you to stay alive (Don't be surprised, i copy and paste the site's exact statement, haha). Some math is involved:

Men: BMR = 66 + (13.7 x wt in kg) + (5 x ht in cm) - (6.8 x age in years)

Women: BMR = 655 + (9.6 x wt in kg) + (1.8 x ht in cm) - (4.7 x age in years)

Then you have the multiplier, depending on how active you are:

• Sedentary = BMR x 1.2 (little or no exercise, desk job)
• Lightly active = BMR x 1.375 (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk)
• Moderately active = BMR x 1.55 (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk)
• Very active = BMR x 1.725 (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk)
• Extra active = BMR x 1.9 (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2xday training)

I'll try to put my numbers to check it out. So I'm about 55kg in weight (yes! I need to gain more weight! that is what I'm trying to do!), about 168cm tall an I just turned 26. Put in the numbers and I get 1482.7. I consider myself as lightly active (huhu), so I'll have to multiply my number with 1.375 and i got 2038.71. So everyday I need to consume roughly about 2000 calories.

Now, let's take a typical meal plan for an average Malaysian and you get this:

So now you have it! You can actually get a more accurate calorie reading by entering your meal plan yourself. So, give it a try and see where are you at.