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Should you let yourself have that midnight snack if you're having trouble sleeping and you think hunger might be part of the problem? Here are five foods that can actually help you drift off:

Can't Get a Good Night's Sleep? 5 Surprising Reasons

1. Cherries. Fresh and dried cherries are one of the only natural food sources of melatonin, the chemical that controls the body's internal clock to regulate sleep. Researchers who tested tart cherries and found high levels of melatonin recommend eating them an hour before bedtime or before a trip when you want to sleep on the plane.

2. Bananas. Potassium and magnesium are natural muscle relaxants, and bananas are a good source of both. They also contain the amino acid L-tryptophan, which gets converted to 5-HTP in the brain. The 5-HTP in turn is converted to serotonin (a relaxing neurotransmitter) and melatonin.

3. Toast. Carbohydrate-rich foods trigger insulin production, which induces sleep by speeding up the release of tryptophan and serotonin, two brain chemicals that relax you and send you to sleep..

4. Oatmeal. Like toast, a bowl of oatmeal triggers a rise in blood sugar, which in turn triggers insulin production and the release of sleep-inducing brain chemicals. Oats are also rich in melatonin, which many people take as a sleep aid..

5. Warm milk. Like bananas, milk contains the amino acid L-tryptophan, which turns to 5-HTP and releases relaxing serotonin. It's also high in calcium, which promotes sleep.

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Recently I had trouble sleeping at night (due to the never ending work I was getting....the list is still expanding at the exponential rate..). I found this little interesting article on yahoo and tried out option 4 and 5 which did help a little in getting me to sleep. So if anyone of you is experiencing the same problem, go ahead and try them out or if you have your own remedies, please post them here!!!

I'm off to bed now.........zzzzzzzzzzz

Gong Xi Fa Chai!!!! Happy Chinese New Year!!Selamat Tahun Baru Cina!!!

Images from Pavillion...

To al Chongism readers..I wish you

恭喜發財
Gung hei fat choi

龍馬精神
lung ma jing sung
(meaning Spirit of dragon and horse)

萬事如意
maahn sih yuh yi
(meaning 10,000 things according to your will)

心想事成
Sam seung sih sihng
(meaning accomplish that in your heart)

恭賀新禧
gong1 ho6 san1 hei1
Congratulations on new blessings

大吉大利
daai gat daai lei
Much luck and much prosperity

五福臨門
ng fuk lam mun
five happinesses bestowed on your household

出入平安
chut yap ping on
leave and enter in peace and safety

年年有餘
nin nin yau yue
every year have bounty in excess

for children:

快高長大
faai gou jeung dai
quickly grow taller and become bigger

添丁發財
tim dang fat choi
add more (male) heirs, and become prosperous

招財進寶
jiu choi jun bou
seek wealth welcome in the precious

生意興隆
sang yi hing lung
let the business be popular and prosperous

盤滿砵滿
pun mun but mun
basins full and bowls full (of wealth)

笑口常開
siu hau seong hoi
laughing mouths opening frequently

天天向上
tin tin heung seung
daily heading upwards!

Stolen>Taken from here

Modern Deadly Arts of the Samurai

Singapore Day 5..

My last day at Singapore.

After shower and breakfast, I took the my luggage which I had packed the night earlier and checked out from my hotel. It was a short but awesome vacation. Since my flight back to Malaysia was scheduled in the evening, I had some time left to meet up with my friend who is working in Singapore. It has been a year since we met each other. We talked about the good old days back in university, some gossips and our worklife. Gosh, I really missed those uni days….

Time flies like the speed of Malaysian car on the highway. It was time for me to head back to KL. I bid him farewell and headed to the MRT for Changi Airport.

ote: The Air Asia staff at Changi Airport was friendly and helpful, while their Malaysian counterpart are arrogant, brainless son of bitches with no ethics at all. (Air Asia is practicing double standards....treating their own local people like shit with no value)

While I was waiting for my plane, I was interviewed by a lady from the Ministry of Tourism of Singapore. Hope that I could see some of my suggestions being implemented in the future.

If you can see water fountains (drinking water stations) around Singapore's landmark..That is my idea!!!

As the clock struck 8, I took my belongings and boarded the plane back to my home.

Note: I received a questionnaire from Air Asia requesting me to provide feedback on the service…..@#!#$!

Note: I was a lazy bum with a really tight schedule and heavy workload, pardon me for uploading the last post for my Singapore trip only at this time...

R.I.P my phone......

My first gen iPhone has been accompanying me for almost 4 years. Even after Apple announced the new iPhone 4, I was reluctant to change it since my phone did not give me any issues. It was my most useful and reliable little gadget when I was or without my laptop. I'd use it for emails, web surfing and gossiping chatting with my friends...

I must confess I did not really take good care of the phone. I've dropped it a couple of times and it was still performing very well (minus a few dents at the top left corner of the phone). After my US trip, where I dropped my phone *again on the tarmac road and leave a huge crack on the screen, my iPhone started experiencing random freezes...and in the last few months, I get it almost everyday, sometimes twice a day. And 2 weeks ago, my phone finally succumbed to its injuries. I was unable to revive it anymore. Everytime when I tried to start it up, it would just freeze. I've tried force reset, system recovery and all the remedies I can get from Dr Google but to no avail.

Goodbye iPhone, I'd certainly miss those good memories when we are together (my fingers moving up and down on your smooth and clear display screen, feeding you every night with electricity..etc).

Alright, Android phones, here I come!!!!!!!

I was selected....

by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) for their research in which I was given a survey. As a heavy road user, I was ready to provide all the experience and information, hoping I could contribute to decrease road accidents in this country. When I look at the survey, I was like....."WTH is this?"

1. Car Mileage

2. When the mileage was taken

3. Main use for the vehicle

4. Met with an accident before? If yes, how many times?

5. Job

5. Job nature

6. Age

7. Sex

8. Salary

I thought they would ask more about road condition, driving habit..etc But why do they need my salary info for? The higher your salary, the most accidents? (maybe it's true, BMW drivers speed like mad on the road). This is bollocks....

Happy New Year 2011!!!!

With all the Rose's Perfume & with all the lights in the world & with all the children's Smiles...I Wish U that your all dreams comes True...HAPPY New Year 2011!