Day: April 30, 2020

MCO Day 43 ~ 29 April 2020 (Wednesday)

Today the Government announced that they’re going to consider allowing outdoor jogging and exercising soon. Just like how business sectors are slowly re-opening.  That’s one of the happiest news for me, to date. Not that I’m going to get out of our condo to jog.  At least I can jog around our condo compound without the fear of getting caught by the police.  I was informed by one of our neighbors that the police came into our condo premises several times to do a random check for covidiots.

I was out at our neighborhood supermarket yesterday and the number of cars and congestion at the business park have some semblance of normalcy, but not quite so, yet. Mr DIY (one of my favorite places) has re-opened recently. Really happy to hear that more economic sectors will start re-opening. People need their jobs and pay for survival. Families will crumble with no income. I hope Maria, our part-time helper gets her job back as a cleaner at the office building.  She’s been out of job since the MCO started on 18 March. And we can’t take her in as she’s not allowed into our condo.  I can’t wait to have her back at our place again. I think of her all the time and always wonder how she’s coping with just a paltry income from her hubby who’s a leaves blower at our neighborhood.

Sherilyn has been spending the past few days learning to play the piano from some online sites. She’s never really had formal music lessons, except for 2 years of Ukulele in primary school. Something’s up her sleeve and she’s making music for a competition submission.  This girl has an unquenchable thirst to partake in competitions since young.

Dinner: steamed cod fish (everyone’s favorite but they’re not exactly affordable), ‘Tai Yi Ma Kar Lui’ (braised hairy gourd with mung bean noodles, leftover char siew and dried shrimps), Great Burdock meatless soup again (good for detox), leftover braised chicken with potatoes and tomatoes and stir fried celery with red bell pepper and fish cake.

It’s going to be another busy day for hubs and me tomorrow. He’ll be at his shop to prep Nasi Briyani food boxes for delivery and I’ll be glued to my chair and keyboard to churn out articles again. Blessings, no complaints 🙂

Have a great quarantine day y’all!



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Child Resistant Packaging Isn’t Just A Trend

Due to the emphasis on caring for the environment, great minds were put to work to come up with better alternatives to the tradition packaging as well as the single use plastic packaging. The list of tradition packaging includes paper and cardboard, glass, metals, plastics, wood, bamboo, cork, and others. Some of the above mentioned types of packaging are recyclable, reusable, while others are not. Those that are not reusable or recyclable ended up as waste in landfills, or finding their way into lakes, streams, rivers, seas and oceans. Large numbers of marine animals were choked or strangled by these floating waste. The packaging thrown away as waste takes hundreds of years to decompose, causing serious contamination and damage to the environment.

After much research, packaging companies came up with green packaging or eco-friendly type of packaging attempting to reduce their carbon and negative impact on the environment, at the same time saving on costs of production. Green packaging is increasing in popularity because it reduces waste, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions.

One such packaging is the ePac Flexible Packaging. Flexible packaging enables small and medium-sized packaged goods companies the ability to compete with larger companies with great packaging. Flexible packaging is designed for easy storage, extended shelf life, with re-sealable features such as zippers, and etc. Flexible packaging includes exceptional stand up pouches, lay flat pouches, and others.

The modern technology of ePac Flexible Packaging provides customers with a fast and easy way to buy custom flexible packaging with high definition custom printing of variable imaging without conventional printing plates. The doing away of plate fees enables customers to print to demand, at the same time avoiding inventory, waste and unnecessary costs.

Flexible digital printing allows customers to make last minute changes e.g. text, images, or graphics on their packaging. Custom flexible packaging includes lay flat pouches, stand up pouches, roll stock, films, child resistant packaging, and sustainable packaging. The packaging includes films to act as high vapour barriers to preserve the freshness and quality of the content in the package. 

What is the purpose of child resistant packaging? It is to protect young children from easy access to hazardous content leading to poisoning or death. Harmful products also include household products that could cause serious injury or serious illness to little children requiring child resistant packaging.

Flexible packaging are commonly designed with hang holes for hanging on retail shelves. Packaging finish options include matte, soft-touch matte, gloss, and metallized. For easy opening, the packaging has tear notches on one side or both sides. Child resistant packaging comes with certified child resistant zipper, while others have press-to-close zippers, or without zipper.

Flexible packaging such as pouches come in various sizes to fit the product. Depending on the clients’ preferences, they have the option to choose a clear or clouded window on the packaging to show consumers what is inside. Packaging can also be customized with cold seal to ensure that the package stays air tight. Another important requirement is that the packaging is not easily punctured and stays tear resistant at all times.

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