2nd juicer

I just got my 2nd masticating single gear juicer to replace the first one. The gear of the first was damaged by some rough use -- squashing some tough fibrous fruits time after time.

I recall I bought my 1st juicer in December so it is a good three months of continous daily use, at least twice a day. This is one of the few toys I bought which was truly useful and value for money.

Mum's YAH trip to Shanghai

Yes, mum's going places with YAH, and this time it is to Shanghai. It fact, she has gone and came back. Will leave her to post her travel photos.

I am happy that she has found her group of friends at YAH and gradually influencing Dad to participate in the activities. I read again an article MM Lee said about keeping an active life after retiring, having social contact and a purpose/challenge. I think YAH has done a good job on this.

Possible modelling assignment for Dana

Dana working out on treadmill

Getting ready..hopping on..with coach!

Getting the hang of it. Can I go faster, she says?

Walk at East Coast Park

East Coast Park must be the most popular recreational spot for many Singaporeans but regretably, the last time I was there was more than a year ago. I visited it again this evening because mum had to attend a social barbeque session with her friends so I tagged along with S and Dana. I was pleasantly surprised to see a new tower with blooming bougeanvilla.
Trying to take a photo together with camera shy Dana.

Can't see us? A closer shot.

Dana after a brisk jog on the lush greens.

I was commenting to S that it was a joy to see so many flowers and that Singapore is indeed becoming a City in a Garden, progressing from its earlier incarnation of a Garden City. This is really something I am proud of as a Singaporean.

Juicing resources

Some of the internet resources I found useful:

http://www.juicing-for-health.com/

http://www.juicingbook.com/

Juicing for Health e-Book preview
http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=GHhEQI6IPPEC&dq=juicing&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=U5lhJg2my2&sig=3QjR1xt1hdluCCpdwN0jYphkF4M&hl=en&ei=gpuqSf7bBZCo6gOUm4y0Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA9,M1

100th day and new bone for Dana

Went Bi Shan Ting today to pay respects to Grandpa on the occasion of 100th day from the day of passing. Apart from the usual rituals of offerings and burning of 'money', the tablet for his niche was completed with a photo of him in his 40s and chinese characters in golden lettering.


Family gathered around Grandpa's niche.

After a hawker centre porridge lunch at Bishan, S and I decided to pop down to Pet Movers to stock up on Azmira dry food for Dana. We bought a slow roasted lamb bone for Dana to reward her for her new found friendship with Alec.

We normally ration such bones for Dana, that is, to take the bone away from her after around 10-15 mins of gnawing. This time, she hid below a table to prevent her prize from being looted from her.

Dana's new best friend

Ben kindly passed his treadmill over to us and a big thanks to Uncle Keong and Alec for helping to transport it over.

Dana has always been very fierce towards Alec for some weird reason which we canot fathom. Today, when Alec visited, Dana displayed her usual guard-dog demeanour and barked the whole flat down. But surprsingly, after Alec entered (and with some assistance from Snowy who helped to distract Dana), Dana soon forgot about her previous feud with Alec and instead looked for Alec repeatedly for a scratch.

Hope this lasts! haha
New best friend...
Dana still looking at Alec for a scratch.

Chang Quan by World Champion Di Guang Wen

Photos of juicing

One of my daily hobbies is to juice fruits and vegetables. I juice twice a day: once in the morning after I wake up and once before dinner in the evening. And yes, juices should be drank before meal times so the body can best take in the nutrients.
Some of the fruits and vegetables I commonly juice.

Preparing the fruits and vegetables.

My trusty masticating MANUAL juicer. The typical electrical centrifugal juice extractor is actually not so good because the high speed rotating actually oxidises away much of the nutrients and enzymes of the juice.

Fruits of the 5 min labour.

Dana monitoring the operation all this while to see if she might get lucky with some extra food.

Here's a video of the masticating juicer at work.