Food that benefits us

I'm gonna take a break from architecture and write something that is easy to implement everyday. So we eat a lot of food right? Then we have to really know what is best for us by now. Hmm, not really apparently. Humans are at the top of the food chain and we just eat everything, just as the Chinese proverb "We eat everything that has legs, except tables..."
So for this post, I have a piece of advice I'd like to share with you, compiled from 3 websites I stumbled upon.

MY TOP PICKS


1. Flaxseed - apparently has one of the highest Omega-3 source other than fish. Recommended as alternative to fishes. The oil that comes from flaxseed will also help to mosturise our skin from the inside. How to eat it? Daily take 2.0-2.5grams (1/2 - 1 teaspoon) and feel the difference in approximately 6 weeks.

2. Green tea - one keyword you need to know: ECCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) or catechin. Almost all tea has this ingredient, green tea has the most. Catechin degrades with when the temperature is cooling so its good to have your tea while its hot! Green tea has lower caffeine level too. Other properties that makes this tea a must in our pantry are: anti-aging, prevents skin cancer, lion-tamer effect on tumor cells and stress relieve. Dosage per day? 2-6 cups a day will get the catechin moving.

3. Almond - a traditional favourite this one, it is not a nut, it is seed! Its loaded up with Vitamin E, a sunblocker property that will make give your skin a good shield against the sun. How much to eat it? It was proven that 20 almonds a day (about 14 miligrams) make you get less sunburned than a person who doesn't take any almonds.

You've got my top 3 picks, now you go and do more research. The links are below and happy surfing!

Links:

1. The perfect skin diet: 10 foods for your face.
2. Feed your face: 10 foods for better skin.
3. 18 foods that make your skin glow. <-----My favourite!!!

Intellectual Property

Architecture is probably the only field that doesn't required design patent to be enforced into the making of building's aesthetics. If aesthetics purely come from intuition, we dont have to dispute about design copyright right? WRONG!

I might be wrong but more architects need to be in touch with their business nature and be resilient about design matters. Maybe Intellectual Property can be the answer to making every city distinct in their own unique way.

What is Intellectual Property?

Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.
Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs.

Why should we get an IP?

In these days of overnight celebrity, we might want to have a bit of our own to hold on to. Be it a work of art, a piece of poem, a brand name coined yesterday or even a colour. Of course this IP thing came to me when someone told me that apparently he/she should've been a millionaire because of this ideas or because of that design. Things like that happens, and to prevent that, IP is the answer.

Is Architecture included in Copyright?

YES! Architecture is included - "works of applied art; illustrations, maps, plans, sketches and three-dimensional works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science." So this means architects can claim their special details and beautiful drawings from being copied. I've known a few cases where an employer caught a 'design plagiarism' when a former employee designed a house using principles the previous employer used. The employee got promoted and the former employer just get upset by the copycatting.

So what is our take?

Architects has to work towards producing more of their own than 'copy and paste' method or reduce the usage of 'refer to manuf. details' in their drawings. I have worked with an architect who stressed that architects should establish their own details for a building project. Well, my rationale is that if the building project is small and managable, it will be crazy not to handcraft the project, but if the building project needs more man energy and help to finish it, might as well do the most practical we can think of.

So for more info, please read the links. Intellectual Property might be availabe in your country too. Cheers readers!

Links

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property - General Idea about IP
2. http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/ - IP in Australia by the Government
3. http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/ - World IP Organization

Vote for Sipadan Island in Sabah!

This can't be real. The only wonder nominated from Malaysia is Sipadan Island. Why not any more? Any 2 or 3 or even 10 or 100s more? But yeah, its the majority perception and I am pretty sure that the panels of New7Wonders.com did their best to choose the wonders worth giving awards for.
So Sipadan Island is in the Borneo part of Malaysia, specifically in Sabah. It is famous amongst holiday-makers and divers. In the website of New7Wonder, Sipadan Island is the only oceanic island of Malaysia. Oceanic as in region or oceanic as in being a part of an ocean?
But anyway, I will spread the news and beg everyone to make a vote so that Malaysia would have a mark in the New 7 Wonders of the Nature. Also that some of the nominees are sponsored. Sipadan Island is sponsored by Sabah Tourism Board.
Make your way to the New 7 Wonders website to cast your votes and making sure they deserve the publicity needed to boost tourism to the respective places.
Cheers!

Vote for Sipadan Island!

I Missed the April Fool!

In Australia, you are supposed to set the trap in the morning, before midday then tell the jokes after in the late afternoon. Well, if this is wrong, I'll pass the blame to my friend who told me. Anyway, since I haven't been tricked for years, I am grateful for this and the years to come.

Because I am doing my wish list.


1. Blackberry Bold - ooooooh sexyness of men will be easily obliterated once I've got my hands on this piece. So beautiful, bountiful of goodies with it and it is NOT Nokia.



2. Europe - i don' mean I want to buy Europe but I really want to go to all the good places and spend time there, say 2 months of sightseeing and 3 months of architect apprenticeship. Ooooh, how I wish someone would sponsor me to work in Europe. 3 months would do. Just 3 months. Oh, I have also a long list things to do and places to visit in Europe so whether I like it or not, I have to save up from now.

3. Car - I need one. Period. Refer my previous posts.

4. More books from Amazon.com - I wish I could post all of my Wish List in here but someday will come when I have enough money to buy the books and then buy the shelves for the books and then buy a house to house the shelves to put the books in.



5. Scuba Diving - I am soooooo motivated into underwater photography so I might want to invest in a scuba diving course. I am going for the Open Water Course and perhaps move on to one of the special courses that they offer. PADI certificates are certified around the world so that is handy! Who would not like to touch the clown fish? NEMO!!!! (pic courtesy of www.dsexls.com)

Top 5 at the moment. Will need more posts too. ahhhhh
See u all!