Mum

It's more than 6 months now since my mum left me on 28 September 2011 yet I still feel like she is just away from my home to either my brother's home or her own home in Toa Payoh.  I want to remember my mum this way!

There are instances when I could sniff the "kemiyan" smell.  Just the other day I asked one of my sisters whether my mum could just visit her own family anytime or at specific times. She told me that though she is not an expert in this field, the smell of such are due to the "invisible" passing by.  These can be in any form ie shapes, smell or may even resemble people we know.

She only know that when a person is dead, all is gone except:

1. children who are pious who will pray for the deceased
2. the deceased good deeds such as donation
3. religious learnings

So it is encouraged that the children pray and offer special prayers for the deceased as whatever the children do will have impact on the deceased.

Also another thing that I heard was sending my mum's soul to perform the "haj".  I am unsure about this bit as it's practically paying for someone to perform the haj on my mum's behalf!  Need to get more information on this though between another of my sister, we already started the account..

Is there a correct time to drink water?

This is really interesting.  Generally I drink about 2 - 3 liters of water a day, especially when I am at work and I usually drink warm/hot water.  The only time I drink cold water is when I have my daily dose of caffeine in my iced coffee!

So when I received an email from a friend about the Correct Time to Drink Water, I thought it rather interesting.  I knew I need water to flush the toxins out of my body, but this was news to me.

Drinking water at certain time maximizes it's effectiveness on the body:

2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack

Rectifying Motorola Atrix 3G Connection

My husband recently told me that he was unable to access internet on his mobile phone.  I called Starhub to request for their assistance and was attended by 4 different technical specialists over a couple of days but none was able to rectify the problem.  Anyhow, one of them told me to remove the SIM card and insert it into another phone to isolate the problem ie check if its a handset issue or the line issue. After I did this, I was able to access internet on my other handset.  So it is now confirmed that it is a handset issue.

When I spoke with the operator from Motorola, she told me to:

1. Settings
2. Data Manager
1. Data delivery
2. Check that Data Enabled is ticked
3. Exit

I tried connecting internet using 3G and WiFi.    WiFi works fine but not the 3G.  So again, I called Motorola and another of their operators told me to try the following:

1. Settings
2. Wireless & Networks
3. Mobile Network
4. Access Point Name
1. Click on the menu button (the icon with 4 tiny squares on the bottom left hand corner)
5. Exit

She also told me that sometimes after upgrading of the phone software, this problem might occur as she had attended to some other users!