Waxy fruits and vegs not a myth

I have been seeing posts on Facebook on how to wash our vegs and fruits to get rid of dirt pesticides before we consume them. Today, I thought I give it a try and bought a bottle of white vinegar from the local supermarket, Lian Hua, that's in my neighbourhood.

I soaked 4 - 6 fruits, mainly oranges, apples and pears in a pot of water mixed with 1 cup of vinegar. And let it soak for a while. After 10 minutes I went back to check and saw oily and white bits floating in the water and small white bits appearing on the skin of the fruits.

1 minute into the soak. Water is still clear and my fruits still look so glossy.

Bits of "dirt" start appearing in 5 minutes.

Can you see the whitish spots on the orange? It's wax. -_-"

Even my apple started to "wax". Imagine I have been eating the skin of this fruit for the last few month. -_-" And the water is cloudy with lots of wax floating around.

It seems that the fruits which we have been buying from a local fruit stall was covered with plenty of wax so it shines, making it look fresh. Sigh. That means we have waxy stomach since I have been eating the skin of the apples and pears.


I am not sure if this only happens to the local fruits in China, as the 2 imported Sunkist lemon did not show any wax on the skin. Will try to make it a practice and soak all vegs and fruits with vinegar before consuming them.

Anyone out of China have tried this method on your fruits and seen any dirt or wax emerging after soaking for half hour? Appreciate some feed backs.

A lovely card from my friend in Singapore

The age of internet have changed how we communicate with each other. Thus, killing the good ole snail mail which I fondly remember sending letters to my pen pals in Australia and New Zealand when I was still in Secondary School (equivalent to High Schools). And good friends who were living and studying in Australia and United Kingdom.

Now that I am living in Shanghai and far away from my family and friends, sure I can send them an email, or even Facebook or call them via Skype. But nothing beats sending and receiving a postcard or letter from your friends and love ones.

My dear friend, Ayako Goh, have been sending me postcards from Singapore, and sometimes during her oversea healing trips, she will not forget to send me a postcard or two. Unfortunately sometimes the postman gets lost and looses our mails. So a postcard which was sent from New Zealand earlier this year somehow got lost in mail.

Receive good energy from Artistic hair studio

My friend, Ayako Goh from Something Magikcal helped decorate her friend's new salon in Singapore with plenty of positive energy and vibes.

Artistic Hair Studio is a newly launched hair salon at Fortune Centre at Middle Road, the walls of  the salon was given a touch of friendship, love and positive energy. The symbols looked like lotus and Oms characters. But on another angle the symbols of the walls also look like fairies sprinkling their magic dusts on the customers. Whatever it is, it's definitely magical.

Update: Ayako just told me the motives are Oms and Ganesha symbols with hearts n stars on the wall. So beautiful :-)