Saturday, August 25, 2007

Oh, my God!

6周不梳洗 皮膚健康變靚英紀錄片製作人親身測試
2007年8月25日

【明報專訊】現代女性每天都注重使用清潔液、護膚品及化妝品,英國紀錄片製作人泰勒反其道而行,效法《不瘦降之謎》進行人體科學測試,連續6周不洗澡、不洗頭、不刷牙、不化妝、不使用任何化學清潔劑,以證明美容產品的社交與心理效應大於實際作用。
日搽200化學品 萌實驗念頭
現年42歲的泰勒表示,英國人每年花105億鎊(1640億港元)打扮,她自己每年花2000鎊(3.1萬港元)購買美容產品。「我很容易被美容產品廣告吸引。今年較早前一個晚上,我發現自己每天把超過200種化學品塗在皮膚上。雖然它們都聲稱安全,但誰知道混在一起會不會有『化學雞尾酒』效應。」
身上有異味 旁人未抗拒
她於是想出這個讓自己當「泥人」的實驗。「人體需要美容產品與保持清潔這一概念,已成為社會風土病。我想看看若我完全不清潔會怎樣?」在實驗前,她先作身體檢查,測試腋窩、口腔及陰部細菌含量,方便6周後作對比。
她在實驗期間只穿著3套外衣,包括運動衫、T恤牛仔褲及夏季連衣裙。為了保護3名子女,她每次準備食物時都戴上特製手術手套。實驗開始時,她如常外出跑步,回家後強忍不洗澡。兩周後,兒子聲稱她身上有異味,不敢再與她擁抱。但同時,她開始首次「泥人社交實驗」。她乘火車出席公司派對,途中她擔心別人會避開她,但最終沒有人這樣做,在派對中亦沒有被人懷疑。「這令我開始質疑孩子們是否反應過大。」
坦稱3周未洗手 家長即彈開
踏入第3周,泰勒嘗試與孩子學校的家長打交道。當時,她的頭髮捲成一團,趾甲顏色怪異,皮膚乾燥。最初沒有人察覺她的異樣,但當她坦稱3周沒有洗手後,其他家長反應強烈,盡量遠離她,令她感到極為尷尬。「她們看來十分迷人,我就好像衣衫不整的人。」
4周後,她的身體出現明顯變化,皮膚發生「蛻變」,看上去「比10年前更青春」。困擾她多年的腸躁症有所改善,眼袋也消失了,她估計這與皮膚停止攝入有害化合物質有關。但在另一方面,她的心理壓力卻日益增加。在實驗的最後階段,她因怕遭人排斥而缺席友人婚禮。
4周眼袋消失 身體含菌未超標
實驗完畢時,她再度驗身。研究員測出她身體的細菌數目增加5000倍,但仍屬「正常」水平,這印證了她的想法,即多日不用清潔液亦不損身體健康。但實驗亦證明保持口腔衛生極重要——由於6周沒有刷牙,她需要進行人生首次補牙手術。
泰勒表示,6周的泥人經歷證明,「我根本不需要這些浪費金錢的美容產品。多年來我使用過量化學品,有時候把自己的健康置於危險境地。我現在只需要一塊香皂、有機洗髮水和護髮素,以及一支潤膚膏」。但她亦坦言泥人生活不實際。「我永遠不會再這樣做,因為不清潔身體會影響你的友誼、家庭關係與自信。」
泰勒的紀錄片《我可以髒到什麼程度》,將於9月5日在BBC3播出。
每日郵報

I can't even imagine if I don't take a shower for more than one day! However, this news article reminds me to be careful of the facial or body products we use everyday. How many facial products do you use and do you know if the products are health-wise?

Friday, August 24, 2007

Who's taking care of number two?

I always take a walk in a trail at the back of my workplace during my lunch break. I walk by this sign almost everyday but never find it interesting until today.

I always wonder, " Why am I doing this job while nobody seems to care? If my colleague hadn't asked me to answer the same question again and again, I would have more time to complete more tasks in my workplace. Why do I always have to correct clerical mistakes that my colleague made?"

I always find it hard to surrender all of my will and heart to God. I started to feel tired to complete tasks that anybody is perfectly competent to manage. I am willing to serve God in the fields that I enjoy, such as singing in worship team and organizing programs in fellowship. However, I will treat it as a "job" when I have to serve in the area I don't enjoy very much. (Ha...I can't mention it here or I will be scolded.)

God reminded me that both Number One and Number Two are important, as well as my favourite job and my least favourite job. Every little bit counts.

"Be willing to sacrifice your agenda for His greater purposes. What if Noah had told God, 'I don't do boats!' What if Joseph had not given his brothers and failed to protect them from the life-threatening famine? Or what if Jesus had refused to die on the cross? Surrender is the tipping point. When we make that choice, God can use us to do great things for Him."
Quoted from Daily Bread, Aug 23, 07

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

News Sharing

I haven't posted anything on my blog for awhile due to my laziness. I can't resist not posting this news article on my blog after reading the whole thing. I feel scary to try new air carrier and frustrated for the airline company's reckless attitude toward the passengers. I will only post the first paragraph of this news article here, you can always find details by reading current event section in HK news.


港客乘泰東 驚恐12小時引擎冒煙急降 轉機引擎故障折返
2007年8月15日


【明報專訊】近500名港人前日從泰國布吉乘搭廉價的泰國東方航空公司(Orient Thai Airlines,解稱「泰東」)班機回港,一波三折,經歷了驚慄的12小時。事緣飛機從布吉起飛後,引擎突然冒煙,客機緊急降落曼谷機場,乘客被安排轉乘另一泰東航機時,引擎再次出現故障,飛機要從曼谷機場停機坪折返,乘客大感恐慌,有4名港客更出現休克徵狀,而大批港客也一度拒絕再乘搭泰東安排的第三架客機。擾攘一輪後,第三架客機終於在昨早清晨安全抵港,但有乘客投訴事故「好恐怖」,令他們有「搭飛機」恐懼症。 Quoted from mingpaonews.com

How would you feel and what would you do if you were the passsengers??