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MSG(Monosodium glutamate or wei jin) Overdose

Has anyone felt unwell after eating/drinking maybe.. a bowl fishball soup? or the fake sharksfins soup that some restaurants serve?

Well I have, on at least three occasions already and it's pretty scary. Papa has experienced it before, and we both think it's most probably 'cause of the msg. So what we feel is this weird sort of pain in our backs. It's not exactly an ache, but a very 酸 irritating sensation.

KC and i decided to go to the Jurong West Hawker centre to have dinner today, 'cause i read on Ladyironchef that it was voted the best hawker centre before. True enough there was a long queue for the fish porridge and wan tan mee. We shared a bowl of sliced fish soup, and i had fishball noodles. Both the soups were very nice and saltish, but before i even ate half my food my back started feeling weird :( Awful feeling.
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So anyway, i researched abit about msg overdose. There's not much, but here're some symptoms that are said to be related to msg:
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MSG has been used as a food additive for decades. Over the years, the FDA has received many anecdotal reports of adverse reactions to foods containing MSG. These reactions — known as MSG symptom complex — include:
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Headache
Flushing
Sweating
Facial pressure or tightness
Numbness, tingling or burning in face, neck and other areas
Rapid, fluttering heartbeats (heart palpitations)
Chest pain
Nausea
Weakness
However, researchers have found no definitive evidence of a link between MSG and these symptoms. Researchers acknowledge, though, that a small percentage of people may have short-term reactions to MSG. Symptoms are usually mild and don't require treatment. The only way to prevent a reaction is to avoid foods containing MSG.
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I guess the symptoms i get are closest to the numbness, tingling in the neck and other areas, and a bit of weakness.

But having said so much, i still love fishball noodles (and the soup), so i won't stop eating fishball noodles. Just stop whenever the symptoms come in, and drink more water i guess!

Love, ja
2:17 AM

Star Awards 2011!

I've always been a fan of local chinese shows and artistes, and so I'd definitely try to catch the star awards on TV if i can. And after the show, I'd get either 8 days or i weekly, especially love the section where they rate the artistes' outfits. But unfortunately both ming and i forgot to buy this time round :(

So anyway, I'm not sure how 8 days rated the various outfits, but here's what I think of some of them!

I think the actress with the most 'exciting' outfits of the day would definitely be Michelle Chia.

First was her see-through dress! Very daring and I guess she dared to wear that 'cause she has a hot figure. I didn't find it that bad, at least I liked the colour.

This was her second outfit that she wore on stage. Not nice at all! She should have just stuck to the first one. Reminded me a little bit of xena the warrior princess, except that xena's outfit is nicer. Didn't appreciate the red bra cups very much!

Next up, rebbecca lim! I didn't see her on TV, but saw pictures of her dress online. And i absolutely adore the dress and her whole look! I seldom see people wearing floral dresses to such events, but she looks so elegant in this pretty, flowy dress!

Best dressed actress of the day has got to be Fann Wong! Not because she's been my idol of gazillion years, but I really love her dresses! The short cream coloured dress on the left is cute and classy, goes perfectly with her fair skin. And she looked so elegant in her leopard print gown! I'm not a huge fan of animal prints, but i love how this dress looks on fann wong. Like the cutting of the dress too :) And how her hair's piled into an elegant bun.

But I don't think the leather jacket she brought along matches the cream coloured dress though. And no, i didn't like christopher lee's weird outfit. I think all men should just stick to nice, fitting tuxedos. Perhaps i'm boring.

The most touching moment of the show should be when Pan Ling Ling won the award for Best Supporting Actress! She's been such an outstanding actress in mediacorp for so long, I didn't even realise she's never gotten an acting award before!

See how zoe tay's so happy for her. So sweet la :)

I didn't really like Pan Ling Ling's trench coat-like dress though, but she looks pretty fine in her kinda retro get up.

On the other hand, I think zoe tay looked boring in her orange tube dress. :( Especially when I could only see the top half of her body on tv. Her hair wasn't very nicely done up, she didn't have any earrings or necklace on, and the tube was just a straight tube with no other design. She said in her interview that her stylist chose this look for her, I really think he/she did such a bad job. Oh and it was also kinda weird she didn't go on stage at all?

I heard that Michelle Chong's outfit is from Hermes, but other than the brand, i feel there's really nothing nice about her outfit. Maybe I don't know how to appreciate! But I don't think it suits the occasion either.

Rui en who usually goes for the androgynous look finally wore a dress, which I think isn't that bad. But not with hairdo and make up she had on. Reminds me a bit of the woman from adam's family.

Happy for xiang yun who got the super star award! She seems like such a nice motherly lady, reminds me of my own mama heh. And despite her age, she looked hot in her shiny black dress with a plunging neckline. She mentioned in an interview that her stylist chose her dress and didn't tell her it'd be that revealing! And that she didn't dare to look down (at her own cleavage) and into the mirror the whole night! haha so cute.

Happened to hear an interview of Joanne Peh on the radio quite a while back. She said she was already working out a lot and controlling her diet to fit nicely into the dress she was gonna wear for star awards! Didn't know the actresses worked so hard just to look good in their dresses for the night. But anyway, I gues her dress is okay. Highlighted her good figure, but the collar part's a bit too complicated for my liking.

I'm still not a fan of Jeannette Aw, but I gotta admit she looks good most of the time. I liked her look during the star awards. With the red lipstick and dress (or top and skirt?) in classic black and white. Although the deep neckline kinda brings attention to her unfortunately rather flat chest, I have a feeling this dress wouldn't look as elegant on someone with very huge boobs?

I shall end of this post with yet another photo of Fann Wong (during the post awards show)! Gotta love her great fashion sense. She looks so chic in this colourful printed dress! Totally looks like a top model. Okay I guess she is/was a model before. But she's already 40 and still looking so good!

Wonder if there'll ever be an occasion that requires me to dress up so formally. Haha.

Love, ja
1:00 PM

Is it really me?

Love, ja
4:28 AM