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Eating Well During Pregnancy

Pregnancy: Relieving Gas

There are at least two good reasons why your body is suddenly emitting sounds (and smells) you’ve previously only heard (and smelled) from your brother or your husband — and definitely not from anyone of the gentler sex. Remember those hormones that relaxed the smooth muscle tissue in your gastrointestinal tract early in your pregnancy? While leisurely digestion allows for nutrients to be better absorbed into your bloodstream, it also results in bloating and indigestion for you. What’s more, your baby is bigger now — leaving your enlarged uterus and your bowels competing for the same space. No wonder there’s all that rumbling — it’s crowded in there!

Photography Equipments buying tips

How To Buy Photography Equipments

Photography is a much loved hobby around the world. Many people would want to get their hands on a camera and start shooting away, or get some supplies to be able to build their own darkrooms and develop the films themselves.

Photography is a fulfilling hobby, however, there are many equipments out there which can be sources of confusion especially for beginners. The mere number of equipments can stir up one’s head.

• Never spray cleaner directly onto the mirror - the drips could seep into the silver backing and damage it. Instead spray it on a soft, clean cloth or paper towel and wipe.

• Another way to gel shiny mirrors is to moisten finely powdered chalk or talcum powder with water, apply the paste on the minor and let it dry, then rub off with a clean rag.
• To make your own cleaning solution: Fill a spray bottle with water, vinegar and household ammonia - shake before use. To discourage fogging of bathroom mirrors rub a cake of soap across, then shine with a cloth.

•  Chinese food is not served in single portions, but in family-size quantities placed in the centre of a table.

• Wait for the host to serve you with his own chopsticks - it’s a sign of his hospitality.

• Never stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl - it is considered extremely impolite.

• Don’t tap on your bowl with your chopsticks - it is considered insulting to the host chef.

• Cross your chopsticks to show the waiter that you have finished and are ready to pay the bill.

• Make sure the place selected for the gas cylinder is near your cooking range and is airy and protected from the ground beneath to prevent rusting.

• Do not remove the protection cap unless the cylinder has been secured against a wall or placed on its stand. 

• It is wise to transport the cylinder on a trolley or cart rather than dragging it and making the cylinder prone to damages.

• Clean up all the food that you drop on the pipe while cooking so that the rats don’t chew it up along with the pipe and puncture it.