How to Recognize Bad Fever & Tips to Overcome It

Dear bloggers and friends, sorry for the last few weeks, I haven’t up load any new articles. It is caused my baby boy got bad fever for several days, and he had to be treated at the hospital for 6 days :(

It is very common in Indonesia, during the Pancaroba Season, many people get ill. Pancaroba Season is a season in between the changing seasons (Indonesia has two seasons: Dry and Rainy Seasons). Usually on February – April is Pancaroba Season from Dry to Rainy Season, and on October – December is Pancaroba Season from Rainy to Dry Season. And my baby is one of those people who got ill.

Through this experience, I would like to share about how to recognize bad fever, and then some tips how to overcome it. I call it bad fever, because sometimes, when my son got fever, he still ate & drank milk as usual and also still played with his friends & toys. But this bad fever caused the opposite conditions to my baby.

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TIPS HOW TO MAKE OLD CLOTHES LOOK LIKE NEW

I like colorful clothes. I have blouses, shirts, short pants, skirts in green, red, yellow, brown, black, white, etc. But one thing that made me up set with colorful clothes, after a while the color turns fade, or for t-shirt sometimes it becomes stretching. For example, my favorite green short turns to brownish, my favorite white t-shirt turns to a bit yellow, and my red tank top turns to be a bit oranges.

I don’t know the cause, whether the wrong way of washing, or because of the detergent, or because of the material itself, or etc. After that, I made a ‘kind of’ conclusion (because I am not sure whether it is valid or not, because this is based from my own experience from the way I washed and the detergent that I used). From that ‘kind of’ conclusion, I conclude some tips how to make old clothes looks new (Hopefully these experiences work for you)

1.    Do not use “cheap” detergent.
I know it is cheaper for monthly cost, if we bought cheap detergent; but in other hand, the cost for buying clothes is higher (causal law). It is better to use qualified detergent for washing your clothes.

2.    Separate the laundry
I am sure our mother always reminded us to separate the laundry; the white one with the color clothes. It is better to separate those laundries into several parts, such as:
•    White clothes
•    Bright color clothes (such as red, pink, yellow, blue, green, purple, etc… like the color of rainbow actually :) )
•    Dark color clothes (such as black, gray, dark blue, dark green, etc.)
•    Soft clothes (such as lingerie, silk clothes, bikini, etc)
•    Heavy laundry (such as thick jacket, blanket, bed cover, towel, etc)
•    Oily or very dirty laundry (such as stove napkin, towel doormat, etc)

3.    Do not wash it too often
If you just wear a blouse only just for 2 – 3 hours, you may just hang it and get it windy (not if that blouse got dirty with food stain, blood, or mud, etc), because by washing too often affected the quality of the material and the color of the clothes.

4.    Try not using washing machine and drying machine
From my experiences, some of my t-shirt became stretched after washed in washing machine. So it is better for you to hand-wash stretch-materials clothes, such as t-shirt, sport clothes, cardigans, etc. Beside stretched, the color turned fade too. I know that it is easy and safe energy if you washing with machine, but… I’m not able to wear my favorite clothes for long time.

Do I have to buy more than 1 clothe for the clothes that I like?? I don’t think so. May be just by applying these tips, help you safe your favorite clothes :)

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Tips Choosing Fresh Fish

At first, I was bad in choosing good-fresh fish with the bad one. They are look the same to me, as fish :). But then, one day I went to the market with my mother-in-law, we were going to buy fish. (Just for information, at that time I was pregnant, people said it is good for pregnant woman to eat fish, because fish contain Omega 3 and Omega 6, which are good for baby’s brain.)

At the market, I saw one small tuna. I like tuna. So I picked it up, and said to my in-law, “Ma, aku mau ini, sepertinya enak.” (“Ma, I want this fish, it looks yummy.”). Then my mother in law said, “Iihh, ini sudah tidak bagus. Yang ini saja, lebih segar.” (“No, not that one. It’s no longer good. This one is better & fresh.” She picked another fish, looked like tuna, but we called it kembung fish (sort of mackerel). (Well, I like kembung fish as well, so no problem for me if she changed the fish :) ). Then I asked her, how to figure out the good & fresh condition of a fish?

Then she told me this tips on how to choose fresh fish:
1.    Just see the gills. If the gills brightly red, it means that the fish is good. (While the tuna I’d chosen, the gills already a bit dark-pale-red and slimy too.)
2.    The eyes should be plumed and clear.
3.    The flesh should be springy and densely.
4.    The scales are bright and tight.
5.    The skin is not slimy.
6.    The smells not too fishy

Well at least those are the basic ways to choose fresh fish. I am still using those tips, when I bought fish for my family and my baby son. If it is too difficult to remember or to check all of those tips, usually I only checked the gills, eyes, and the body.

Well for all of you, enjoying in choosing nice fresh fish. Especially for mommy will-be :).

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Tips How To Reduce Burn Flavor In the Mouth?

      

I love hot & spicy food, with a lot of chilies. Sometime, it rises my appetite. So, when I felt I have no appetite to eat, I will make or buy hot and spicy food. Because I am Indonesian, I really love sambal, especially sambal terasi (shrimp paste sambal), and eat it with salty fish and hot rice... hmmmm, very-very yummy. 

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Keep your Vegetable fresh in the refrigerator

Because I am a working mother, I am quite busy in the morning to prepare the cooking ingredients. Sometimes, I forgot that I have water spinach or other vegetables in my refrigerator until its dried :) then I have to throw them away :( .
After that, I felt sorry, because I know there are many people hungry out there. It is hard for them to get food, but I waste mine away...

That is why, I try to find some ways so the vegetable and other food which I storage in the refrigerator won't be wasted away.

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Tips for Cleaning Your Window or Mirror

First, prepare all the materials: dishwasher soap, sponge, old newspaper, clean cloth, and water. When everything is prepared, let us start cleaning up.

If the dust on you window glass or mirror is too thick, try to remove the dust with feather broom after that splas the mirror and window with water. Then, pour half cup of water and mix with one teaspoon of dishwasher soap (in Indonesia, for example Sunlight or Mama Lemon). After that rub the mirror or window with soap liquid, use sponge to rub, and rub it in circle movement. Do not rinse it, just directly clean the soap on the glass with the newspaper. The old newspaper also dry the glass. After that, for finishing, clean it with clean cloth.

Applying this method is much more effective and cleaner than using mirror cleanser liquid and wiper.

Now, your window is clean and shinny 

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Tips for Cleaning Crust in Teapot or Glass

To clean crusty glass, first pour half glass hot boiled water and then pour one tea spoon of citric acid. If you do not have citric acid, you can use two limes juice. Stir it, and leave it for one or two hours. After that wash the glass.

If you want to clean up crusty teapot, first pour water around half of the teapot, and add one table spoon of citric acid or three limes juice. After that boil the teapot until it boiled. Then wait until it cold. After that was the teapot. If the crust is too thick, you can repeat the process.

Have a nice try. 

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Tips for Cleaning Leather shoes

For preparation, you will need leather cleaner, clean cloth, shoes brush.

First of all, clean your shoes with clean cloth, to clean the dust. After that apply the leather cleaner with shoes brush. Brush smoothly in circle way on all surface. After that clean it again with clean cloth, backward and forward way.

After you clean it, put it in cloth bag, then keep it in the cupboard or shelves. It is better that you clean your shoes right after you use it.

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How to Maintain Leather Stuffs?

For some people, they like leather stuffs, such as bags, shoes, wallets, jackets, etc. It is because leathers are cool and luxurious. But some people do not know how to maintain leather, so sometimes their leathers become dry and cracking, even mold.

So, how is leather maintenance? First thing you must know is that leather is made from living things skin. That is why leather stuffs need to be moisture (like skin), so it won’t dry and cracking. You can use leather polish, which commonly sell at the supermarket.

Here are the processes to clean leathers. First, clean the leather from dust using clean cloth. After that, use leather polish, rubbed smoothly using sponge or brush. Besides moisture your leather stuffs, leather polish also makes your stuffs clean and shiny.

When you already clean it, you also have to pay attention on the way how you keep it. The better way to keep leather stuffs is to put it in a cloth bag. Why cloth bag? Because, cloth bag allows air circulation, so your stuffs keep fresh and minimize the fungus growth.

It is important that you clean your leather stuffs after you use them.

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How to clean glue stain?

Sometimes you have problem with glue stain on your mirror or on any surface of your tools. For example, there is glue stain after you pull a tape or price label on your new spoon, and it left glue stain. Of course it becomes a problem when you want to eat with it, and there's a glue stain, even when you already wash it.
Actually it is easy to clean. First, you need to prepare clean cloth or cotton balls, and kayu putih oil or baby oil. After that, pour some kayu putih oil or baby oil on to your clean cloth or cotton balls, and then rub in circle way on the stain. When it is already clean from glue stain, and then just wash it. If it is electronic tools, just wipe the oil with clean cloth or cotton balls.
Have a nice try :)

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