Entrance to Menara Telekom at night.

One shot of Putrajaya at night.

This shot is titled - A Wedding Missed.

One of my best friend - Hairie, who was with me for the trip to Taiping and back to KL here.

A way back from Taiping.

Another one. For Daniel and Alang. :-)

One happy couple on their wedding day. A tribute to my friend Daniel. :-)

One happy family. There is one car hidden in this view, still bearing the 7555.

A view from my house, at night.

KLCC at night

A self potrait. You can say about the camera and me too.

New Scientist 11 steps to a better brain - Features

New Scientist 11 steps to a better brain - Features


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Go (Score:5, Informative) by professorhojo (686761) * on Friday May 27, @12:57AM (#12646498) (http://www.fireyourfuckingboss.com/)

i recommend a game of "Go" a day "It's official: playing go really does keep your mind sharp. Researchers have just released a comprehensive study [nejm.org] of the benefits of challenging intellectual activity among the elderly and found that exercising the mind through board games, social activities and education offers powerful protection against mental deterioration and disease. 'Those who played board games had a 74 percent lower risk and those who played an instrument had a 69 percent lower risk. Doing crossword puzzles cut the risk by 38 percent,' reported Shankar Vedantam in the June 19 Washington Post. The report found that seniors who regularly engaged in mentally challenging pastimes reduced their chances of developing Alzheimer's disease and other dementias by as much as 75 percent, compared with those who didn't exercise their minds." More info on Go [wikipedia.org], the game that exercises both sides of your brain! -- Fire your f*cking boss [fireyourfuckingboss.com]

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correnlation and causation. (Score:5, Insightful) by Vellmont (569020) on Friday May 27, @01:18AM (#12646737)

I see nothing in your quote or the tiny amount of text in the linked article that indicates this is nothing more than a correlation study. Did they actually take a random group of senior and somehow get half of them to play board games, and the other half to not play board games and then come back years later and see if there was and difference between the two? (How the hell you'd get the people to either play, or not play board games despite their preference I have no idea). If not, it seems far more likely that people that have dementia don't want to play board games, instruments, etc because.. well they have dementia. That might make it a LOT harder to concentrate on something like a board game or an instrument. -- Whenever I hear the word activist, I reach for my revolver.

Re:Breakfast? (Score:5, Interesting) by nightskier (886235) on Friday May 27, @01:14AM (#12646701)

I have been experimenting with the breakfast part For years, I had been skipping breakfast. A month ago, I decided to start eating a daily breakfast high in protein and complex carbs. Subjectively, I feel a lot better. I have more energy throughout the day, I'm less stressed, and my memory has improved. Being a geek, I decided to do some benchmarking. Before starting the diet, I purchase a book of crossword puzzles. I completed half of the puzzles over a period of a few weeks (one a day). I timed how long it took me to finish each puzzle. Two weeks ago I started attempting the puzzles again. My times have improved by more than 20 percent.

Do what I do... (Score:5, Insightful) by th3space (531154) <th3spac3 AT comcast DOT net> on Friday May 27, @01:38AM (#12646971) (http://slashdot.org/~th3space/journal | Last Journal: Friday May 27, @01:08AM)

Take it with you to work! Seriously, I used to skip breakfast, grab some fast food at lunch, and go out to dinner almost every night, and I felt sluggish, worn down, and found that my grasp over my mental faculties was slipping...so, around a year ago, I hit reset on my life and diet, and I've felt better - in every way - ever since. By preparing all of my daily meals on my own with fresh ingredients (including making my own snacks), I've lost weight and body fat (I'm at a very trim 173lbs with 10% body fat...almost as good a condition as I was in when I played baseball and soccer year-round back in high school), I've had far more energy, and I've been sharper and more on the ball in my day to day doings at work and at play (hobbies and such). I also started an exercise regime that has further improved my conditioning and stamina and energy level, and have been a happier person for it. My meals are all balanced to come out as close to what we're supposed to be taking in on a daily basis according to doctors recommendations (caloric intake, vitamins, minerals, etc, etc, etc). I snack exclusively on fruits and vegetables. My breakfast includes a variety of fruits and homemade granola mixed in with a serving of plain yogurt, and I'm able to take that with me to work to eat while I go over my start of day emails and voicemails. My lunches are good sized, but never too large, and the same goes with my dinners. I've cut back on the amount of red meat and pork that I take in, and have increased the amount of fish and chicken....like I said, I hit reset entirely. I don't mean to sound like I'm preaching or whatever, but I really do believe that there is a lot to be said for eating well and taking care of yourself...I still smoke and have the odd pint of beer here and there, but even those bad habits have decreased nearly to the point of being non-existant. In short, eat breakfast...you can still eat well, have it taste good, and be good for you if you 'wake up late' and are 'running behind'...hell, you'll find you might even sleep more soundly and wake up more readily if you change your diet. note: As an aside, and this may or may not be something you would be interested in...a side-effect of my healthier living has been an increase in both my libido and in my performance...couple that with a healthier living sig-o, and you've got a pretty nifty little sex life going. Fruits and vegetables help a lot, from what I understand...in more areas than just performance and stamina. I'm just sayin', is all... -- "If teeth make me gay then sign me up, cuz I want 'em." - meatwad

Re:Sugary snacks (Score:4, Informative) by pg110404 (836120) on Friday May 27, @01:43AM (#12647018)

Perhaps the problem is as much what people eat as how much time they are willing to invest in eating it. Something like a pop tart or nutrigrain bar is it's ready right away. Sugar is a simple carbohydrate and is readily absorbed into the bloodstream. There's a nasty spike of sugar in the blood and the body produces a whole lot of insulin to get rid of it by converting it into fat. Whole wheat toast is an example of a complex carbohydrate which has long chains of carbohydrates. The body has to expend a fair bit of energy just to break it down so it ends up taking far longer to work into the bloodstream. While there are convenient foods like toast or fruit that provide the complex carbohydrates, leftover spaghetti or rice from the night before would also do the trick and would give you the staying power that a piece of fruit might not give. The body also starts to slow its metabolic rate down several hours before you go to bed and in north america, we (foolishly) eat our biggest meal then. From a weight loss point of view it makes the most sense to eat a modest meal when we get up to kickstart the metabolism, to eat the largest meal at noon so we have the energy to do all our work throughout the day, and a light snack at 6pm to tide us over through the night (for /. regulars that would be noon for breakfast, 4:0pm for lunch and 10:00 pm for the evening snack before bed).

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Re:Sugary snacks (Score:4, Informative) by srleffler (721400) on Friday May 27, @02:25AM (#12647489)

One qualification to this otherwise good post: more recent research shows that the distinction between simple and complex carbohydrates is less clear-cut than was previously thought. Some foods containing complex carbohydrates have a much more rapid impact on blood sugar than others. Things that make the food harder to digest (like fiber) tend to slow down the digestion and reduce the sugar surge. The impact of foods on blood sugar is characterized by glycemic index and glycemic load [mendosa.com], which have been measured for a wide variety of foods in several research studies. Generally white bread, pasta, and rice cause a much stronger sugar surge in the bloodstream than wholegrain bread, brown rice, etc. Fruit may not be as bad as you think, because the high fiber content slows down the sugar surge. An apple has a glycemic load of 4, vs. 10 for a piece of white bread, 8 for whole wheat bread, or 17 for a doughnut. (20 on this scale is very high.) Note that many websites use glycemic index rather than glycemic load. The link I give above explains the difference. The real impact of this on diet and weight is less clear. Some have taken this new research as compelling evidence that carbohydrates are bad and should be avoided. Other nutritionists are skeptical of this position. The truth probably lies somewhere in between--North Americans probably eat too many carbohydrates, and too many of the ones we eat are of the kind that is rapidly processed into blood sugar (e.g. white bread instead of whole wheat). -- The quick red fox jumps over the blue e.

Ways to live to 120 (Score:5, Insightful) by WillAffleckUW (858324) on Friday May 27, @01:17AM (#12646732) (Last Journal: Saturday March 19, @01:13AM)

1. Eat oatmeal for breakfast - if you must add sugars, make them complex, not processed (e.g. raw). 2. Get half an hour exercise each day, which basically means take the stairs or take the bus or if you drive don't park so close to work. 3. Get eight to nine hours sleep a night - this is the hard one for me. If you run a sleep deficit, sleep in Saturday morning, but wake up the usual time on Sunday. 4. 5. Stop watching the news. All those car chases and crashes five states away just add to stress and you can't do anything about them. If you must watch, choose a less exciting program like PBS or such. 6. Ditch your watch and cellphone. Really. 7. Do crossword puzzles or something that engages your brain most every day. You meet a lot of cute girls that way ... 8. Don't be in such a rush. Biologically, we're not built to live like that. 9. Eat low on the food chain - how you do this is up to you, but avoid processed foods. All the rest is commentary. -- -- reality is a crutch for those who can't think --

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