Another Classic Use of Leaves

Recently, I back into the hobby of rearing fish. I went online and did a bit of research before heading to the aquarium shop. Eventually I got myself a betta, or most Singaporeans would call it fighting fish.

I drop in some Indian Almond Leaves to the aquarium. Well some of you might be wondering why I used those leaves. If you are rearing some sort of tropical fish oe even betta, you might be keen to read on:

It was found that if one were to introduce the leaves into aquariums one could achieve similar conditions as found in the fishes natural environment. The water is of yellowish Chinese tea like color. Dried Indian almond leaf allows the fighter to relax and swim around with confidence. The leaves were found to help keep their fish healthy with strong anti-bacterial properties and promote breeding. They release organic compounds such as humic acids, flavanoids (quercetin and kamferol) and tannins (s. a. punicalin, punicalagin and tercatein) into the water to absorb harmful chemicals. Other fish known to have benefited from Indian almond leaves include baby discus, dwarf chiclids, killi fish, rasboras, catfish and black water tetras.

Indian almond leaves have been used to cure sick fish of bacterial infections and to help speed up healing of damaged fins or body injuries. It should be noted that indian almond leaves is an alternative to commercially produced medicines but it's not a "cure-all potent medicine", especially when it comes to dealing with diseases like dropsy, velvet etc. Think of it as more of a preventative medicine.

A great tip about boiling Indian almond leaves into a tea and keeping it in a concentrate form and adding as needed works great. For more information, you can refer to www.magicintheleaf.com

Effective use of Indian Almond Leaves. A lively Full Moon Betta.

Tea Review: Lao Tong Zhi + Feng Qing Tuo

I was getting real bored from the same usual taste I get from the 2 cooked tea which I had when I decided to get naughty. The idea of mixing the 2 tea strucked my mind.
Actually there are some reasoning behind me wanting to do that.
Firstly, Lao Tong Zhi cooked tea being still very young from 2005 has this rough feeling when swallowing. In hokkien we call that "siap". However, I like the medicated taste alot. On the contrary, Feng Qing Tuo being a 10 yrs tea, tasted much more mellow and smooth. Thus I was thinking what if I blend both together.

I measured almost the same quantity that I usually drink for each tea. Had the water boiled and do the usual cleaning and drinking on the 2nd brew. Now, I waited for the tea to cool to room temperature. I always feel that the taste is most intense when at room temperature. Here's the results. At first mouth, I couldn't really taste the tea. I wondered why. I took another mouth, this time round I tasted the tea but I discovered something. The tea is so smooth that it flowed down my throat. It seems as if its oil flowing through the mechanisms in the car engine. Or maybe you can compared it to the way mecury rolled down a declining surface.

Well, this is all I got to say. What works for me might not work for you.

Investment in "Beauty"

Recently I read a interesting mail and it addresses to a very obvious "phenomenon" here in Singapore. The mail is about a girl asking questions as how to get a rich guy. She claim herself to be pretty. Lets just give her the benefit of the doubt to keep the scenario rolling. Her questions were answered by an economist :

Dear Ms. Pretty,

I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyze your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here.

From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of 'beauty' and 'money': Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason.

The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later

By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a 'trading position'. If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or 'leased'. Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you.