Peelable Banana Ice‐cream from Thailand.

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Tried this peel able banana ice-cream during my visit in Thailand. It is a banana shaped ice-cream that not only looks like a banana where it also peels like a banana.

I had not seen such unique ice-cream before. When I first bought this ice-cream, I didn’t realized it was actually peelable, especially from the look of the picture alone and I assume it was only for an illustration of advertisement. 

The outer peelable layer is actually a jelly like consistency. It tastes as an icy gelatinous and thick substance. The inner layer consists of milk ice lolly. Hence, with the jellyness of the outer layer and the creaminess of the inner layer compliment each other perfectly. I would say such innovative ice-cream production creates an excitement not only for kids but to adults as well.

It makes everyone went banana (crazy) with this ice-cream. It looks incredible and stunning.

You can just peel the outer layer of the Popsicle using your mouth instead of peeling with your hand which makes your hand sticky. There are some tricks on peeling the jelly layer, where you first bite on the top of the Popsicle and you can slowly peel the jelly layer with your mouth.

You will never know how it tastes until you taste it by yourself! It is a cool ice-cream though! 

Finally Tried On "Lao Ban" Soya Milk!

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Lao Ban Soya Beancurd stall is famous for its soft, smooth and silky with jelly pudding looks Beancurd. I had tried both of their original and almond taste Beancurd. Although I had been dropping by their stall for countless times, but this is the first time I try their soy milk, since many recommended for their soy milk. At first I was in dilemma whether to buy the soy milk drink from Mr Bean or Lao Ban as both of them just nearby across the street. End up I tried this and will try on Mr Bean's one the next time.

It seems like the information provided by most of the articles about soy milk seems confusing. Some article said that soy milk is a great replacement of dairy milk for people with lactose intolerance or having milk allergy. From my own opinions, all this while I thought Soy milk should be a healthy and beneficial products as it came from bean, which is from plant, unlike cow's milk. However, some research, which most it are from the opponent of soy milk, dairy associations says that the chemical found in soy plants has some drawbacks.

For the beneficial of soy milk, it helps to reduce cholesterol and promote cardiovascular health. Some research even shows that regular intake of soy drink can improve blood circulation and keep us safe from strokes and heart attacks.

Minority of the people who having soy allergy has to be alert with soy milk consumption. This is because drinking soy milk can cause swelling, vomiting and diarrhea.

In addition, some research suggested that men should reduce the intake of soy drink, as it may inhibit male fertility with a decrease of sperm count. Although the finding seems argumentative but it's better not to take too much intake of soy drinks for the precautions.

The reason why such a natural soy with a good benefits to health becomes another harmful diet for human is because the problem starts with how the soy is produced. As nowadays, most of the soy beans are farmed in country with high technology advancement and is genetically modified for its massive production in order to support the high demand of soy around the world. The alteration of the gene in the soy itself from the biotechnology research to make it produce in a much shorter time to overcome the insufficient amount of soy demand. The chemical used in the herbicide and soy causes several side effects in long term consumption.

Therefore, always bear in mind that we have got the means to decide what we buy. Before purchasing, read the label and be even note weary if it's packaged with clever marketing. An organic products is always much more safe for consumption but of course there will be a difference on the price.

Android KitKat on My Nexus 5!

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My first new digital device of the year 2014, Nexus 5! It's going to be my new toy perhaps. LOL…

There are two choices of colour selections for Nexus 5, where it comes in black and white colours. I was in dilemma considering whether to choose black or white as both colours seems appealing. However, end up I choose black color as the white color would need probably a few days later as it is not available at the store I purchased. Anyway, it looks cool too.

Actually this is the first time I'm using Nexus phone by Google, and I actually just get to know that the numbering for the model represents it's size of the screen. For example, Nexus 5 is a 5" inch phone, Nexus 7 represents a 7" inch tablet device, and Nexus 10 is a 10" inch device.

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Guess what you seen above? Are you having the same thought of mine when you first seen the screen display? Yes! I was thinking of KitKat chocolate wrap. It is Android 4.4, KitKat platform! The display itself is cool!

Now I would say it's a new "snacks" of mine to explore and "taste" with. I read from Google page and it stated that it is the first phone with Android 4.4, KitKat.

Previously I do not have any deep impression or knowledge on Nexus phone for its performance, design, features, etc. because I was not a fan of Google earlier on as I'm using Apple iPhone device all the while. With a conventional wisdom, I often consider Android as more complex and easily customizable compare to my iPhone 5. When I first come to try on Nexus 5, it was pretty smooth with their performance and features as well.

Not that bad as what I think of it before this. Therefore, now I believe in what people often said, "Never judge or comment on something if you do not have any knowledge about it and you can only comment until you personally experience it". This is pretty true.

In addition, their touch screen performance is quite sensitive as well unlike what I experienced on other devices which are not that sensitive. I believe this is what most of us would like to have as we touched on the phone navigation most of the time.

One of the feature of Nexus 5 which I like the most is that it's Android 4.4 KitKat allows you to speak "Ok Google" to activate touch less screen. It detects your words and translates it into text to be search from the Google search queries. Not only that, the voice search feature also allows controlling almost all of the handling on the device. For example, you can speak to control and set the alarm on your phone, you can even speak a specific application to be downloaded on the phone and the device will just work smartly to search from the Play Store for you to download. This is really fantastic!

With this device along, I believe I can easily set my reminder, arrange my task and set my daily schedule easily by commanding the "Ok Google" features.

Nexus 5 comes with a reasonable price which cost much lower price compare to some other premium brands with higher resale value. Hence, this makes a mistakes to some people that it was a "budget" phone, but I would say it’s a budget phone with a premium features. From my opinion in purchasing a phone, I don't just weigh the device by its brand and price, I would compare with its features, specifications, and overall user experience as well, as this will be the facts review of the phone. Only with that we are able to have a clearer picture on whether which device is worth more to be purchased.

To make a fair statement, of course with the price itself it comes to the cost of the manufacturing device. As people often said, you pay for what you want. Hence, a smarter would probably review the device and decides what are the common or regular used features that the device would give to them and from there we can decide whether we need to pay the "extra price" for the features or hardware that we rarely use.

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I like its camera functions because it auto focus in a split second one you move around the phone. It has a quick camera load on the apps when it is start. The speed of capturing is as fast as one short per two seconds. This makes more fun in handling of the camera. Professional photographer often captures moments with a quick speed and now you can be an expert photographer as well with your Nexus 5. It has 8‐megapixel for the back camera and 1.3‐megapixel for the front camera.

In the midst of exploring, I found their new features of more additional Emoji characters on text messaging. It gives more expressions of your feelings to you friends as sometimes words can't express how we feel.

I'm pretty impressed with one of the Android quote, “The platform is going to be taste as good as its confectionary look".

What a nice phrase!

There are much more to explore with as I am only a newbie to the phone. Will share more experiences of mine after I master the phone, hence at least give me some time to play around and taste my "snacks" first. Stay tune!

P/s: Do feel free to leave any comments if you have any experience to share with together. Thanks.