• About Chuletz

Little Chulet's World

~ Little CHuLeT goes to market, Little ChULet comes back home, Little cHulet goes online, all set to whine!

Little Chulet's World

Tag Archives: haze

Air Purifier – is it luxury or necessity?

18 Wednesday Sep 2013

Posted by chuletz in Gadgets, Shopping

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

air purifier, haze, KIA60EW, sharp

Few months back when the fire burning at Indonesia got a wee bit out of control, Singapore and Malaysia was seriously badly affected. As far as I can remember, I have never seen haze this thick or bad.

So when Singapore announces that they have hit the dangerous level, facemasks (N95) are SOLD out everywhere. Some people even posted pictures of pharmacy in Bangkok saying that their mask sold out (due to Singaporean). LOL. I thought I could ask my sister to get a few mask for me (just in case). But, even she was having a hard time finding it. She told me that 5 of the pharmacy she check in Melbourne also sold out. WHAT?! Even as far as Australia?! This is madness. Le sigh.

One day after Singapore register the hazardous level (400+ psi), Malaysia was hit hard. One town recorded as high as 740+ and majority of the town / city are in the unhealthy zone.

Thankfully my job allows me to be in-door all the time. I hate wearing mask. Breathing is really uncomfortable and the straps are always pinching my ears. So, my next best option would be getting an air purifier. Guess what?! These are sold out in most places too!

After talking to numerous friends and family, checking out tons of forum and website, listening to several sales pitch… I finally made my decision to get the Sharp KIA60EW model. It’s one of the biggest sqft coverage commercial one out there at reasonable price. Not to mention, the advertise claim is that the filter can last for 10 years! (with * and footnotes of course.) Anyway, I’ll be glad if the filter can last for at least 4-5 years.

Top ViewThe machine is really simple to use and easy to maintain. I love the Clean Ion shower function. It really cleans/purify the room fast. (I did a test – I spray perfume all over the room and after leaving the room for 5 minutes. It was smell-free!!!) So, if you are into aromatherapy, no point getting this machine. It will suck in all the smell in the room.

So far, I have only top up the water tank 3 times over the month. If you don’t turn on the humidify function, the water will last longer. As for cleaning, I gave it a good vacuum at the back mesh (air-intake) once and wipe down the whole machine once.

As for the electricity consumption, I have it turn on every night from about 7pm till 11pm. Sometimes on weekend, I turn it on almost the whole day. After a month, it would seems the bill went up about RM 50?!  (Sorry, it’s about RM30+)

During the first week, I left the machine on the whole night while I sleep. I am not sure if it’s psychological, but, I was having a slight headache each morning. Maybe I’m too sensitive to the slight decibel noise when I turn on the ionizer. But, the amazing thing was I went into really deep sleep. Anyway, I decided to turn off the machine before going to bed. As you can see from the picture below, it’s not a small machine ! It’s almost the same size as the Hemnes sidetable.

Side ViewI really enjoy the cleaner air in the bedroom and sneeze no more! But then, the investment is not light and for some less sensitive people (like hubby), they won’t really feel much difference. So, it would still seems that air-purifier is a luxury item. You don’t NEED it. But, it’s great to have around. 😉

Advertisements

Rain, Rain come again…

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

Posted by chuletz in Everything else...

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

haze, rain

I am not a fan of thunder. Ask hub, he knows.

Yesterday around 5:20pm, I heard a really loud thunder while at work and I got so excited (weird – must be I dread the hazy weather more than thunder… lol). I literally ran to the window to check if it is raining.

And it was !!! yay !!!

Rain dropletsFinally, after days of being trapped in stuffy hazy condition, the wet rain with light cooling breeze was definitely a welcome change. IF not for all the warning about acid rain and etc… I would have happily ran out and stand under the rain. (But, hub forbid me to do it… oh well)

The sun is still looking orange… sigh. I miss the bright happy yellow sun, clear blue sky. And yesterday night during the raining was the first time I see birds flying pass after many days of missing from the sky. I wonder where have they been hiding all these time. Poor birds.

This morning, I’m so happy to hear that Port Klang API is 140, compare to yesterday morning at 495 (hazard level)!!!

I’m praying that it will RAIN again today. Rain rain…. please come again!

Cucumber drink – healthy

25 Tuesday Jun 2013

Posted by chuletz in Gastronomy, Home Cook Food

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

cucumber, cucumber juice, haze, healthy

When we were younger, my mum used to grate a jar of cucumber and leave it in the fridge for us during the hazy season. She claims that it will help to detox and re-hydrates our body, keeping us healthy. If you Google the health benefit of cucumber, you’ll be quite surprise how good this humble vegetable is for us.

So last weekend, I decided to make myself a jar of the cucumber. It took me only 10 mins to finish grating 3 large cucumbers (the local variety). Use the thickess grating setting you have and store it in a clean jar. Remember to keep the juice you got during grating. I think this jar can easily last me and hub for a week!

Jar of grated CucumberLast night going home after work was scary. The visibility was quite bad. Even in my car, I felt as if dust were clogging my throat up… I saw some people even wearing mask inside their car. I did thought of wearing one but I get a bit dizzy wearing mask for more than 30mins. No choice. The only alternative solution is to make sure I keep myself as healthy as possible.

Reaching home, I made myself a large glass of cucumber juice.

  • 2 large spoon of the grated cucumber
  • 1 spoon of the cucumber juice
  • some sugar syrup for taste
  • fill it up with nice cold water.

Quite refreshing and yummy too.

Refreshing drinkCucumber pieces Sometimes, I use honey instead of the sugar syrup. But, hubby hates honey (weird guy)… It’s really good for children too (I think), as we drank this stuff since we are wee lass… And, we are still healthy alive and kicking. LOL.

Please keep well everyone. Drink plentiful water…

← Older posts

Pages

  • About Chuletz
April 2018
M T W T F S S
« Jan    
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  

Chulet’s Recent Rant

  • Moutain Buggy Nano travel stroller
  • Newborn and first 6 months clothes – what to buy?
  • Best time to Travel with baby?
  • 5 Big ticket items which I think is the most important before the arrival of your first baby
  • Mini weekend Getaway – Ascott Kuala Lumpur

Top Posts & Pages

  • The 3 S in Mattress – Simmons, Serta and Sealy
  • 3 Phase vs. 1 Phase Electric Power (Home Reno)
  • My new toy - Khind Double Boiler (Experiment: Bitter Gourd Soup)
  • Bleeding / Spotting during Pregnancy
  • Restaurant Kuang Fong (Klang)

Categories

  • Chulet Miracle Journey
  • Chuletzionary
  • Diving
  • Everything else…
  • Festival
    • Christmas
  • Friends
  • Gastronomy
    • Baking
    • Home Cook Food
    • Local Restaurants
    • Oversea Restaurants
  • Home
    • Renovation
  • Journaling
  • Medical related
  • Mini Getaways
  • Part of Chulet
    • Au Revior
    • Exercise
    • Family
    • Movie
    • Musical / Theatre
  • Shopping
    • Baby Related items
    • Bags
    • Bed Linen
    • Birthday
    • Cosmetics
    • Furniture
    • Gadgets
    • Garden
    • Gift
    • Kitchen wares
    • Medication
    • Pampering
  • Travel
    • Australia
    • Austria
    • China
    • France
    • Germany
    • Hong Kong
    • Italy
    • Japan
    • Local (Malaysia)
    • Singapore
    • Switzerland
    • Thailand
    • UK
    • USA
  • Under the Sea
  • Wedding

Archives

2012 Alés american ginseng Antibes asience Australia beach beer Birthday breakfast cast iron pot char siew chicken christmas Coq au vin crab dinner Duck Dusseldorf dutch oven Fish flowers flu foie gras Food Crawl France Frangipani french toast Germany H1N1 haze Holiday home cook home reno honey hong kong imigran ipoh Japanese Japanese Cuisine Japanese Restaurant Juan les Pins kitchen Kota Damansara kuala lumpur Lobster lunch Melbourne meng kee migraine Mother's Day Oyster panadeine panadol Paris Pasta pau-sam Penang Pregnant rain Ramen Renovation romantic dinner seremban favourites shah alam Shopping Singapore Staub Thailand traditional treatment wedding wedding planning wedding ring Westin Heavenly Bed zomig

Chuletz's Friends

  • Dishing it
  • donnowhat2cook
  • Memoirs of a Chocoholic
  • My Flavour 2.0
  • Soo Jin
  • Stories International wedding photography
Follow Little Chulet's World on WordPress.com
Advertisements

Blog at WordPress.com.

Cancel