Face brightener

Try this skin saver from Skinsational Skin and Body Spa in Carlsbad, California. Soak a washcloth in warm chamomile tea with three drops of lavender oil; wring dry, and press onto face. Chamomile tea contains azulene, an anti-inflammatory that calms skin.

An Obituary printed in the London Times – Mr Common Sense

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn’t always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I’m A Victim
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing

Kick butts choco smoothie

Chocolate always make me happy
Bananas are also nature’s miracle fast food, providing energy and essential nutrient. Plus the benefits of friendly bacteria, calcium.

• 1 banana, peeled and chopped
• 400ml (14fl oz) natural yogurt
• 1 heaped tbsp chocolate powder
• 2 small pinches freshly grated nutmeg

1. Put the banana, yogurt and chocolate powder into a blender or food processor. Whizz until smooth
2. Sprinkled the nutmeg on top to serve.

You can also use 6 large strawberries instead of the banana.

Ready you to kick some butts

Hot, hot chocolate

It is drizzling outside, with a mist of sea fog. A nice mug of Hot chocolate just came to mind.

• 1 heaped tsp Chocolate powder
• 300ml (1/2 pint) full fat Jersey milk (come on, you deserve it)
• 1 cinnamon stick

1. Mix the chocolate powder with 2 teaspoons of the milk in a mug. Mix well until you get a smooth paste.
2. On a medium heat, bring the rest of the milk to boil in a saucepan
3. Pour the boiled milk into the mug containing the chocolate mixture.
4. Stir and serve with the cinnamon stick as a stirring stick

Night Fire Dance – Andreas Vollenweider

Hot little number salad

A hot little number salad with a big punch! Great source of fiber, potassium, calcium, sulphur and betacarrotene. Something to get your blood going.

• 1 good-sized head of Radicchio
• 12 Radishes
• 2 Red peppers, preferably dark, pointed ones
• 4 small cooked beetroot
• 4 tbsp salad dressing
• 1 bunch Chives, finely chopped

1. Separate the radicchio into its individual leaves
2. Slice the radishes, red peppers. Cut the beetroot into strips
3. Arrange the radicchio leaves in a bowl. Add the red pepper and the radish slices, the beetroot strips.
4. Drizzle with your favorite salad dressing, sprinkle with the chopped chives.

Enjoy!

Sake fish cakes

Easy to make, nutritious and inexpensive. They rich in essential fatty acids, zinc and selenium. Also excellent served cold.

• Extra-virgin olive oil about 150ml (1/4 pint)

• 1 Onion finely chopped

• Tuna 250g can, drained and flaked

• Potatoes 250g (90z), cooked, roughly mashed and cooled

• Marjoram 1 tsp finely chopped fresh or 1/2 tsp dried

• Sage 1 tsp finely chopped fresh or 1/2 tsp dried

• 2 Egg, beaten

1. Heat 1 tsp of the oil in a flying pan and sauté the onion gently. Leave to cool, then mix thoroughly with the tuna.

2. Add the mash potatoes and herbs, mix well.

3. Add half the beaten egg and mix again.

4. You should be able to form about 8 flat cakes.

5. Dip each one in the remaining beaten egg

6. Heat the remaining oil in the flying pan and shallow-fry them gently for 7 minute on each side.

If you don’t like to fry them, then skip the step 5, put them in the oven at 220c (Fan 180/Gas 7) for 25-35 min instead.

Bowl

A student work from Kingston University’s BA(Hons) Illustration and Animation course, called Bowl.

Cute but strangely haunting.

Meet Luke – Star Wars weekend 2009

A cool poster created to promote Disney’s Star Wars Weekends, an annual summer special event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park, that celebrates George Lucas Star Wars. There are more posters at the StarWars.com website. This is the one I love best.

British Influence ตุ๊กตุ๊กแบบนั่งแล้วเชิด

The new Glennz Tee Concepts 2009 by Glenn Jones, a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Auckland, New Zealand.

This is my favorite (for the obvious reason 5 5 5 ), called British Influence.

Soccers’ dream แบบเต็มตัว

Fancy one of this for your den? It’s a advertising for ESPN channels. A miniature soccer goals were placed on green urinal deodorizer blocks in several pubs. Moth balls were placed in front of the miniature soccer goals. The sign above the urinal says: Soccer is good everywhere, but it is much better on ESPN channels.

Raspberry Gelato หรือใส่มะม่วงแทนก็ได้

It’s absolutely gorgeous. And now that we’ve entered the Summer with all that heat, this is just the thing.

• a 12ish-oz. bag of frozen raspberries
• 1/3 cup of sugar (start with less and add if you worried about it being too sweet)
• 1/2 cup of heavy cream

Whirl them all together in a food processor or blender until it’s completely smooth. THAT’S. IT. This should feeds 4-6 people.

Depending on how frozen your berries are, you might have to whirl a bit longer, but you can serve it immediately if you’d like. Or just pour it into a container and throw it in the freezer for a couple of hours. It’ll last a couple of weeks I think.

If you’d like something a little less fattening, try plain yogurt instead of the cream. Experiment with other fruits, like mango, peace etc. Enjoy!

Shelf it for the country

This is the coolest bookshelf I have ever seen

The piece is ‘Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends’, Ron Arad 2009. Corten and mirror-polished stainless steel – 5.5m wide, 3.5 m high, 40cm deep
Courtesy Ron Arad Associates and Timothy Taylor Gallery, London

จ๊ะเอ๋ Girly, you look very cute.

…But, despite appearances, the toddler is perfectly safe – she and Almos the tiger are separated by a thick pane of glass. Keen amateur wildlife photographer Dyrk Daniels photographed the encounter at Cougar Mountain Zoo, in Washington

From Telegraph’s picture of the day

Roboty Talent

These guys are really good. I came across them after watching the Britain’s got Talent.

They are the winner of Talent 2008 Denmark – Robot Dancers. With the prize money of 250.000 danish kroner.

A song a day – Stevie Wonder

For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder

คิดถึงเมืองไทย Miss you Thailand

ให้เธอ – อัสนี – วสันต์

My kind of house!!

These two wooden buildings on Montrose Boulevard were to be replaced by a new built project. So the few months before the demolition, Dan Havel and Dean Ruck (click here for the visual performance) made this into an architectonic installation. I would love to live there even if it is going to hard to make a grand entrance These photos were taken by Kevin O Mar

The entrance

The exit

Cool Ice!

Some really Cool Ice cubes for you this summer!

titonic ice

cool shooters

frozen smiles