F.A.T.S!

Have you ever been call as a fat ass? fatty boom boom?Do you know there's saturated fats and unsaturated fats?Well, this is all about fats!Fats and oils are belong to a group of naturally occurring substances called lipids. Lipids are a group of organic compounds that make up the structure of cells found in plant and animal tissues. The lipids are water insoluble compounds by using organic solvent such as esther and benzene.Fats and oil are chemically very similar, but differ in their physical states. Fats normally found in animals like goats and cows. It is in solid state at room temperature such as butter and tallow. Whereas fats from plants...

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Synthetic Polymers

Let's just begin with a question.What is polymers?Polymers are long-chain molecules formed bu joining together thousands of monomers(small repeating units). A polymer is molecule is synthesis in a process call polymerisation by joining together the monomers molecules. Besides synthetic polymers, natural polymers are exists and found in living things. For example, protein, DNA, cellulose, starch and natural rubber.Well, this post are going to concentrate on synthetic polymers which is so called man-made polymers. They include plastics such as polyethylene and fibres such as nylons.For example plastics are the largest group of synthetic polymers...

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Let it snow..

Ever since I was born, I always dream that it would snow in Malaysia one day. When day goes by, people are growing up mentally and physically and then we started to realize that it never snow where we live. Oh well, I still wish to touch the snow. I want to feel it on my cheeks, build a snowman on a snow land instead of building the sandcastle on the beach and throw a snowball at someone's face. I don't mind I'll get frost bitten, I just wish I could travel overseas and learn how to run in the snow.During Christmas, it is traditional to decorate every places with lights and sometimes with illuminated snowflake, snowmen and other Christmas figures....

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Pools are cool!

With the really warm weather we are having in Malaysia, I thought it would be a great time to immerse ourselves into an Olympic size of swimming pool. Don't you agree with me? I guess there's no better place to get away from the hotness and what’s more fun than some ice cold water on a hot day.When we talk about swimming pools, have you ever smelled the high level of chlorine in the water? Did you ever feel itchiness on your skin with your bareback polyester sheath?Well, I did. I smelled the strong odor and my palms always happen to appear some red patches after I swam and it's itchy. Some people are even highly allergic to chlorine, so do you...

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Has H1N1 gotten near you?

It's been quite a long time since Influenza A H1N1 outbreak began from Mexico and spreading over the world.Then, the deadly virus start killing people even from United States and Canada,until then Malaysia had confirmed the first H1N1 case few days ago. Soon enough there's second case occurred in Malaysia within a week.H1N1 viruses.The world is stepping up efforts to control the spread of A H1N1 including Malaysia,after a second person had infected the illness.Since vaccination have not been developed yet.Regular hand washing is highly recommended as one of the most effective ways of controlling the infections. It was a good idea that keeping...

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