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Last Update: August 2025

Cleaning for your Home

Air Fryer/Oven Heating Coil - What you’ll want to do is make a paste using 3 parts baking soda and 1 part water. Then, coat this paste over your electric heating coils and let it sit for about 15 minutes. Once 15 minutes is up, spray the heating coil with vinegar and watch as it fizzles softly. This technique is great for a more thorough clean if burnt food has been sitting on your stove coils for weeks. You can also scrub the baking soda with your scrubby sponge to break down the tough stains.

Clog Toliet (if inside the pipe) - you could try putting crushed ice into the toliet and try flushing it down

Clothing - Vinegar as a Fabric Softener

Fridge/Refrigerator odour - put a roll of toliet paper inside the fridge. As toliet paper is porous, it will absorb the odour in the air.

Microwave (inside) - Using 2 cups of water, 1 chop-up lemon, and 3 tablespoon of vinegar. Microwave on high for 5 minutes. Leave it inside for another 15 minutes. All the grease and gunk will be easier to clean now.

Mineral/Water stain - use potato skin or toothpaste to scrub, then rinse off with water

Orange peels/skins use:
-Natural deordorizer, simmer it in a pot of water. (for use in spray bottle or pour it down stinky drain)
-Clean your kitchen sink, washroom basin and tub, use it to scrub it clean

Oven Cleaner
-Option 1: baking soda (3 tablespoons) + water (1.5 tablespoons)
-Option 2: baking soda (3 tablespoons) + hydrogen peroxide (1 tablespoon) + water (1 tablespoon)
-Direction: Stir together. Apply to oven. Let sit for 20 minutes. Wipe Clean.
-Baking soda is a mildly abrasive cleaner that absorbs grease and is good for scrubbing. It helps to break up and remove the dirt that is stuck to the over surface without causing damage.
-Water softens the grime and baked on food particles so they can be easily wiped away.

Repel dust - add a little fabric softener to water to clean your everyday surfaces to eliminate the static cling that attracts dust

Stainless steel (prevent and remove fingerprint) - use WD40 to wipe clean

Stickers and stickers residue - use WD40 to wipe clean

Other

Animated Kots - Figure 8 Knot

Calendar

Chinese Hightlights - Zodiac

Chinese Palmistry

Chinese Zodiac Personality and Outlook

Emojipedia

ManualsLib - the ultimate manuals library

Paint - How Long Does It Take To Dry Between Coats?

Parcel Tracking - 17Track

Parcel Tracking - ParcelsApp

Polyurea vs epoxy, which coating is best for garage floor

SMSOnline - temp phone number plus receive SMS online

Thermodynamics - On a hot day, when it's cooler outside than in; is it better to put a fan in an open window pointing inwards or outwards?

textnow - temp phone number plus receive SMS online

Uniqlo - Dry-EX vs. AIRism

WDFXW文档分享网 (search for Chinese doc/pdf)

回鄉證網上續期預約申請-快證預約步驟-相片要求-費用一覽

樓下冷氣機向上吹令樓上地下濕解決辦法:
分享我當年的解決方案，材料：買銀色保溫地墊，一張厚（露營用果種），二張薄（家品店都有，一卷的），做法：首先地下一定要乾，樓下關冷氣一段時間做較好，然後自己先開冷氣，因為好熱，厚果張放嚴重位，四邊用膠紙封口，唔可以漏氣，其餘二張放無咁嚴重位，同樣做法，唔可以漏氣。由於地墊係膠清洗較易。注意事項：不美觀一段時間，樓下可能會再開大個冷氣，及把風葉再推上佢個天花，至其餘地方都濕。請忍忍，過一個星期左右，樓下會發現開大冷氣同風口改變都無用，因為你咁做，佢關冷氣之後，佢個天花就會有倒汗水。同佢個天花長期濕會發黑。由於未有時間再長細講，遲喲再講。最後我用呢個方法，解決問題。足大家順利

UK Online Safety Act:

For Microsoft: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/xbox_online_safety_act/

Those who choose not to verify their age, Microsoft has confirmed, will retain access to their existing games and other media as well as the ability to buy more – including age-restricted titles. It's the social side of gaming that will be locked off: voice and text chat, party functionality and game invites, and the ability to share user-generated content will be limited to "Xbox friends" only, while the "Looking for Group" and custom club features will be blocked off entirely.

The block will also extend to third-party social services accessible through the Xbox platform. Unless an account has jumped through the age-verification hoops, its owner will no longer be allowed to use the Discord chat service nor stream gameplay to Twitch. Verifying their age – or someone's age, at least – will remove the blocks and restore full functionality.

Astrological Sign

水瓶座 (1月21日-2月18日) Aquarius

雙魚座 (2月19日-3月20日) Pisces

白羊座 (3月21日-4月19日) Aries

金牛座 (4月21日-5月21日) Taurus

雙子座 (5月22日-6月21日) Gemini

巨蟹座 (6月22日-7月22日) Cancer

獅子座 (7月23日-8月22日) Leo

處女座 (8月23日-9月22日) Virgo

天秤座 (9月23日-10月23日) Libra

天蠍座 (10月24日-11月21日) Scorpio

射手座 (11月22日-12月20日) Sagittarius

魔羯座 (12月21日-1月20日) Capricorn

Wish I Did/Know These Sooner:

Apartment/Condo
-avoid lower floors, especially older building, when drains get block, it will back up to your flat
-avoid sky floor / sky garden / fire resistant floor / refuge floor, if there are any plants, you will get bugs from opening balcony or windows
-avoid the top floor, if the roof leaks or is not well maintain, it will eventually leaks into your flat
-avoid the top few floor, if fresh/salt water pump stops working, flats near the top of the building will not have enough water pressure
-ideal, lift lobby at ground floor to flat, no need for sky lobby via escalator/lift, just an inconvenience when carrying large/heavy items or when moving
-ideal, drains inside the flat travels a very short distance into a communal drain/pipe, this prevents a lot of unwanted calls to the plumber

Lasik Eye Surgery
-it is really amazing without glasses or contact lens
-just be sure to find a good reputable doctor

University/College Dorm
-even if it is 1 year
-even if you live closeby
-experience the dorm life
-it's once in a lifetime
-you won't know what you miss and may regret it in the future

Wisdom Teeth - Removed them all
-the younger you are, the faster you will heal
-if you are going to straighten your teeth (braces/invisalign), ask to remove those 4 teeth first
-if you have dental insurance (either through university/college or employment), it will be a lot cheaper or even fully covered
-even if you have perfect teeth, because they are at the back of your mouth,wisdom teeth are hard to brush and hard to keep clean

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