Monday, July 29, 2013

Building A Sweet Home With Soaps


Sweet Home Soap Social Entreprise
Petaling Jaya SS2, Malaysia 
I was leading a Holistic Living Meetup event in PJ/KL
last Friday evening
by inviting some 14 charitable souls
to attend a soap making workshop.

This soap making workshop
is not only just a back-to-kindy type of
therapeutic sessions for the adults,
but also a heart-warming sessions
to contribute to Sweet Home Soap Social Entreprise
in their course of fund raising
to build a self-sustaining Home for the mentally disabled children :)

The event started in a cordial and relaxed atmosphere,
with detailed instructions
by one of the Sweet Home Soap's Founder, Ms Teng.

We started by measuring 150g of soap base
and subject to melting in hot water bath.

Soon, participants were mixing in
natural colourings,
almond oils (moiturising purpose) and
essential oils (for therapeutic purposes),
before pouring into cutie assorted molds that
brought us back to childhood!




This love shape soap is
naturally pigmented and enriched
by a type of mineral powder
that gives it not only a charming feel
but also nourishing properties ^^




Ms Teng shared more on the benefits of natural soaps
while we are waiting for soaps to set in their molds.

According to Ms Teng,
Natural soaps contain very precious and moisturising glycerol
which is usually removed from commercial soaps
to make into expensive skincare products.

Making own soap, not only gives us a peace of mind
but also ensures the natural goodness are not tempered with ^^


This piggy-in-the-bathtub soap
is made with lemongrass essential oils
which is later given as a gift to my mum
(her zodiac sign is pig in case you ask! :P)








These few soaps are made of tea tree oil
and mineral powder,
now in my bathroom at home :B






The soap making session
altogether took some 2.5hours
from melting of soap base, to ingredients mixing,
to molding, to packing..

During the workshop,
there was laughter, new knowledge, relaxation
and most importantly,
that we all did our parts to support Ms Teng's dream
to take care of the unfortunate kids.

Ms Teng is also a mum of a mentally disabled child,
and she told us that one of the biggest worries in her life
(like all other disabled kids' mothers)
is what would happen to her child when she is not around one day.

The only answer to her concern is to spend her next 10years
to raise funds by selling natural soaps and conducting soap-making workshops
in order to build a "Sweet Home"
where mentally disabled children like hers could be entrusted to
when one day she leaves the world...
(I nearly sobbed when she said that)

That evening, I was seriously touched
by the deep motherly love
and I hope I could create another opportunity to
support her Sweet Home Project
so that she could release her burden sooner... :)


Warm regards,
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com

#soap

{Learning Holistic Wellness for Wisdom and Compassion}

Saturday, July 27, 2013

GMO -- The Real Food Crisis 转基因危机

The Prevalence of GMO
All along, I have been longing for an opportunity to
elaborate on the critical issues about our food supply nowadays,
especially on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) crops.
-- Generally, the public understanding on GMO is lacking.

GMO crops is one big hazard,
not only to our health, the survival of mankind and the biodiversity,
but also to the economy and social culture.

On 16th June 2013, I gave an seminar,
exclusive to Vegetarian Wellness Course students at Sagamudra Buddhist Society,
on the in and out of GMO crops, explaining in details
what GMO is,
when GMO started,
why GMO is created,
how GMO bring irreversible consequences
and
the fundamental solutions.
[this seminar was delivered in Mandarin]

一直以来, 我都很想有个机会
细细道来我们现今社会的粮食危机,
尤其是转基因农作物的过患。
-- 一般大众对基改作物依然是贫乏的。

基改作物不但会危害健康、人类的生存和多元生态,
同时也为经济和人文带来困境。

2013年6月16日,
我在新加坡海印学佛会,给素食营养课的同学,
讲演基改作物(GMO)的相关课题,
阐述GMO的来由、技术、历史、副作用
和解决对策等等。




Discussion is welcome :)
欢迎共同讨论课题!


Well regards,
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com


#GMO


{Learning Holistic Wellness for Wisdom and Compassion}
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