- 1 gram of carbohydrate = 4 calories
- 1 gram of protein = 4 calories
- 1 gram of fat = 9 calories
- 1 gram of alcohol = 7 calories
From: http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/diet-fitness/how-count-calories-per-gram.html
Calorie Count
March 21st, 2009Comparison Shopping will never be the same again…
March 15th, 2009Well, this app allows you to very easily torrent out the relevant DVD. Hmmm… imagine… we can see a book, scan in the isbn.. .and automatically know the prices at Amazon or reserve a book at the library (great idea for Bookjetty right? hope he reads my blog…)
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/how-to-get-free.html
But, I guess it is powerful. Not just prices.. but reviews too. Looking around for some sausages? Not sure what people say about it? Just maybe scan in a product code (does sausages have those???) and then u can get some great reviews….
Actually, Amazon should like immediately start developing some andriod apps for this purpose…
Dieting’s Hierarchy of Pain
March 14th, 2009I exercise daily now. When Denise suggested that we skip a day of exercise, I nearly freaked out. Here I was eating loads of apples just to skim off that few calories.. and here she was suggesting skipping a day of exercise. To me, it was far easier to do the exercise and have some decent calories going into the tummy. For her, it was otherwise. I just realised… hmmm.. maybe we have different hierarchies of pain (adopted from Maslow’s hierarchy of need). Mine should be something like:
Maximum Utility Curve
March 14th, 2009Was having an afternoon nap when the following diagrams came into my sleep…
Publishing UML – Web 2.0 Way
March 12th, 2009Giffy… allows you to publish your UML diagrams in a Web 2.0 way. I find it amazingly cool. Check out the diagram below. All thanks to Giffy!
Interesting Information Tit-bits on Malls
March 12th, 2009
‘In normal times, malls hope to open with at least 90 per cent tenancy,’ said Ms Sherene Sng, head of retail at Knight Frank.
Orchard Central – Stats
Last October, the mall announced it was 60 per cent leased, at prices between $20 psf and $70 psf. Far East Organization’s deputy director of retail management, Ms Susan Leng, had said in December she would ‘be pretty happy if we can achieve an occupancy rate of about 80 per cent to 85 per cent…in this economic situation’.
Forfeiting of Rental Deposits
‘There have also been a few cases of tenants forfeiting their rental deposits, which typically amount to three months’ rent.’
Hmmm.. now I wonder… for my office leasing agreement, if I run away half way, does that means.. just forfeiting my one month security deposit?
Google Health – Singapore Version
March 12th, 2009Hmmm.. I was just wondering if there is any opportunity in this. It seems that Singapore does have its own version of Google Health:
http://www.singhealth.com.sg/Newsroom/NewsReports/2008/Health+Level+7+(HL7)+launch+(ST).htm
This looks like a pretty new protocol? Wondering if private clinics might need some software to link to the patients’ health record. Also how will it work? Will it require the patient to log in at the clinic?
Surely the clinic cannot access the patient health record just through his NRIC number without validation on the patient side. That will be a gross invasion of privacy.
Hmmm… must drop KKT a tinkle on this…
Christian Disciplines
March 8th, 2009Today I was at church and they were talking about Christian Disciplines. One of the disciplines was journaling. Suddenly, I thought.. hmmm .. the one year bible online facebook application needs improvement. Besides just pointing you to your daily readings.. .it does nothing.. and hack.. it uses only a small area of the entire screen for such info. All the rest are basically for advertisement. Isn’t it irritating?
Citigroup and GIC
March 8th, 200927 Feb 2009, the news was out. GIC was going to exchange its convertible bond to common stock at a price of $3.25 per share. Based on the opening share price of $1.67 on Friday, this will mean that GIC will have realised a lost of almost half its investment.
The first comment that came out of the article (which I could no longer retrieve because the online Straitstimes actually do now show any news article past 7 days)… exclaim that the loses have not even taken account of the further decline of share price caused by share dilution.
Well, I totally disagreed with that comment. I felt that the result would have been contrary. I thought that this was really a good piece of news for Citigroup. The fact that I am blogging about this is… I have been proven wrong by the markets.
Hmmm… makes me reminiscent about the song… "I started a joke… but I didn’t see … that the joke was on me…"
Help.. I am Lost!
March 8th, 2009When I was really small, I was very frightened of being lost. Its really scary when you are so tiny and all the grown-ups around you are so huge that your vision is like 100% blocked in crowded places. Today, I got lost again. I was at this church near the Commonwealth MRT when I suddenly realized that Denise was no longer within my sight. Darn, I had a few options:
- Look for her pro-actively in the church building
- Stay at one place and hope she will find me
What will you do if you were in my place?
