This week (I take a look at Taipei and men)

Breakfast : Scrambled egg with country white Sourdough toast, Bacon, Boston beans, and Potato Hash

Macarons (Mocca, Raisin toast), Capuccino

At Baffi & Mo Cafe, 94 Redfern st, Redfern.
Baffi & Mo always use free range, organic eggs, and their potato hash is apparently one of the best in Sydney.

WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK :

- I watched 'After Midnight' on Travel and Living channel. It's about this Tv presenter who goes around Asia and show the viewer at home what he did/ what happened at that country at night time.

So, one time he went to Taipei. What he did there :

- There is this 24-hour giant bookstore in Taipei!
In Taipei, the literary rate is 95% and that bookstore is HUGE, with English and Chinese books (including comics). There are chairs and tables inside, and it is okay to sit down and read for hours (How nice).

- There is this 24-hour foot massage centre.
Reflexology is very popular in Taiwan for health and relaxation purposes.
Taiwan/Taipei also set the Guinness book of record for having most people receiving a foot massage at one time. It is joined by 2016 participants (1008 reflexologists and 1008 tourists) and the attempt was organised by Taiwan Tourism Bureau to promote health tourism.


- Spring City Resort. Hot spring bath with sulphur at 2am.
Do you know that Sulphur is very good for your skin? It can soothe/treat eczema and acne. It can also relieve arthritis pain, for detoxifying effect and for other health benefits.

- Night Market.
There are 6 major night markets in Taipei and all are located near train stations. Not only there are many food stalls, there are also various forms of entertainment, alot of shopping (clothes,etc),games with prizes, fortune teller, tattoo parlour, etc.

- The presenter join a hip-hop dance crew practice. The members usually practice at night because they work during the day (when do they sleep?). There are also not many people on the streets, so for space purposes.

- The presenter went to this 'snake alley' in one of the night markets. He was served 5 shots in something like tequila little shot glasses. The row of five shots glasses consist of:
1.snake venom (good for the skin).
2.snake oil
3.snake blood + honey
4.snake bile
5.ginseng
One of those shots have something made from snake penises in it (I forgot which, maybe the ginseng?) My brain was still digesting the fact that THOSE ARE SNAKES!
The vendors may also cut the snake and drain the blood in front of you if you wish to see/ be entertained/ want to make sure it is really a snake so you get your money worth.
And after draining the blood, the rest of the meat will be made into snake soup.
Those are apparently very (very) good for health and men's sexual health.
Note to men: I will never kiss you again if you drink those.

I looked for some pictures in google and I found this
http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/53884/Taipei-1
Snake soup & row of snake shots

- One of my workmates was having a birthday and there were lots of cakes in my workplace's fridge. I was so excited and inspired to go to work for days after (just up til all the cakes were gone) :)


Mango & coconut cake, Assorted cakes

- I bought :

aren't they cute? I bought the 'Hush money' and 'Cash stash'.

- I learned that

Turn that music down. 1 in 5 US teenagers now suffers from hearing loss. Most of the hearing loss was "slight," defined as inability to hear at 16 to 24 decibels — or sounds such as a whisper or rustling leaves.
"A teenager with slight hearing loss might not be able to hear water dripping or his mother whispering 'good night'. Those with slight hearing loss will hear all of the vowel sounds clearly, but might miss some of the consonant sounds, such as t, k and s," said Dr. Gary Curhan of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. It can cause problems in school and can also set the stage for hearing aids in later life. Loud music isn't new of course, but today's young people are listening longer, more than twice as long as previous generations (older technologies has more limited battery life).

(from Oprah or Dr Oz I dont remember) " Up to 90% of Erectile Disfunction cases can be attributed to a physical problem (the other 10 to 20 % of cases are linked to psychological issues). Often the condition is an indicator of early stage cardiovascular disease. Clogged arteries, for instance, can slow the flow of blood to the penis. An diabetes, over time, can damage the blood vessels and nerves that control erection. (The average man with diabetes will develop ED 10 to 15 years earlier than a man who doesn't have diabetes). Impotence may also be the result of obesity. Fat cells in the belly help convert testosterone into estrogen, and low testoterone levels can decrease a man's libido or interfere with his ability to achieve or maintain an erection. "

Your husband/boyfriend/exboyfriend/secret lover/etc should talk to his doctor, who can help him determine the cause behind his ED and come up with a solution. (Snake shots, anyone?)

I watched this documentary on Tv which said that if you want to know if your ED is physical or psychological, Put a (something like a string of very thin paper) around your penis at night just before you go to sleep. If the string/paper breaks when you wake up in the morning, it must have snapped when your penis got hard when you were asleep, so it shows that your physical is fine (your penis can get hard), it must be psychological problem, then.
Maybe you are still in love with your ex-girlfriend.
Move on, dude!

*Peace*

Ps : I should really make this 'weekly diary' a real weekly diary, rather than once in a two/three weeks diary or when-I-feel-like-it diary. Or when-I-don't-have-a-date-nothing-to-do-diary.

Hmm it's Friday night, I should be going out! Where are those men who are supposed to take me out and buy me pink roses?