I love Bobbie the Bear from Bridestowe Estate Tasmania

I’m not someone who brag BUT guess what my bf got for me last Christmas? Yes guys, it’s Bobbie the Bear from Tasmania. The thoughtful guy actually got one of his buddies to buy it for me when they went on vacation there, after knowing that I ‘like it’. Well he overheard me & some friends talking about the craze that has been going on.

Here’s the bear’s history :

The owners of Bridestowe Estate Tasmania created Bobbie the Bear as a fluffy solution to the excess of dried lavender they had lying around, and now the after-thought has turned into an international smash hit.

Chinese model Zhang Xinyu triggered the Bobbie the Bear craze after posting an image with the bear on social media in 2013. She wrote that the fluffy toy, which becomes a heat pack when microwaved, was a great bedtime companion. Actresses Sun Li and Fan Bingbing followed suit, sharing pictures with millions of followers.

It is an incredible turnaround for Bridestowe Estate which was close to closure several years ago. "The amount of folklore this is creating is just phenomenal," Mr Ravens the owner of  Bridestowe said. "Every day brings a new adventure and we're knee-deep in an international phenomenon. "We are still thinking about and wondering how it all happened."

In the year since Xinyu posted a photo of herself cuddling the bear, 65,000 visitors have flocked to the lavender farm to buy the fluffy toys.

This is one of the BEST Christmas gifts I ever have !!!

Merry Christmas Everyone !!!

Is the job of a flight attendant as glamorous as you think?

High pay, flying all over for free, meeting some high roller Mr Right ?

Regarding the latter, that’s pretty much in the past. Gone are the days where only the rich could afford to fly. These days the whole airline industry had evolved. We have many budget airlines, targeting at the general public. Price wars amongst the major airlines also ensure almost everyone can fly, so chances of meeting the "elite" bachelor has lessen. Airlines cut budget by reducing number of out station days per flight.  And no one wants turn-around flights.(that’s flights returning on the same day- usually reserve for near by destinations.)

I’m sure you heard of crew losing it. I mean the mind !

Yes the job is pretty stressful! Everything must be on time on the dot. From reporting for duty to meal service. If everything goes according to plan that’s fine, but as you know life rarely is, if you encounter some ‘troublesome  or unhappy’ pax, you’ll be stressed to the limit.

Thank Goodness it’s not always stressful. When you have an overnight in some nice city, it made it all worth while . We do get to experience all kinds of exotic food, shopping & most of all the culture.  To be frank, I won't change it for the world .

What do flight attendants or air stewardess do?

I have a few days off & it’s about time I update this blog. Nothing much happening lately. Friends said maybe I should introduce our line of work. Might as well.

So what do flight attendants do? It’s not just what you see, jet-setting to exotic cities, shopping or serving meals & selling duty free. Our primary duty is to help ensure the safety of passengers on board…. Surprise…….

...LOL....

Yes it sounded kinda dry & boring I know, but it’s true. Remember before the plane takes off ,you were shown a safety demo clip. That’s the important part. We spend a few days learning all that before we were “certified “ to fly. Things like evacuation procedures , how to use all those equipment like fire extinguishers, slides, doors etc… 

In case of emergency your lives are in our hands 

You often see the crew checking that everyone is safely buckle up before flight & during turbulence & before landing. If we are not vigilant, people & stuff will start flying all over the place if we were to hit a sudden turbulence! Imagine !

We are also trained in first aid (& that only  ),  don’t rely on us for life threatening medical conditions. In such cases, we will usually “try” to find a passenger who is a doctor or nurse who could help. According to my seniors, there’s always a doctor on board on holiday. I’m not so sure about that, but he swear on it.

It's not all rosy, To me, the most unpleasant part is dealing with rude, drunk, unreasonable & uncooperative passengers. Lucky Most passengers are OK some are down right awesome !  But as we fly longer the chances of bumping into at least one of the above increases, seniors promised that too…haha….

Flying can shorten your life???? Oh No !!!

I just read this, thought you might want to know!!!!

It’s been proven that taking regular holidays is a stress busting health booster, but it seems the way we travel to those holidays isn’t quite as healthy. In fact, flying can be downright bad for you. It’s already been proven by the Association of Flight Attendants that people who have careers in the aviation industry are more at risk of dying from cancer, and now it’s become apparent why.

 

According to physicist Robert Parish, when you reach the average cruising altitude of 39,000 feet in a plane you are subject to 64 times more radiation than at sea level due to cosmic rays, which over time can seriously affect your wellbeing.

 

Well not sure how true all this is ...lol... don't shot me if it's all crap!

 

Beauty Pays

Don't know about Singapore but a study in America reveals that a goodlooking person ( in America) on average make much more than a very plain one. There is evidence that attractive workers bring in more business, so it often makes sense for firms to hire them. Whether rewarding them accordingly—and paying their less attractive peers more stingily— is another matter. 

In the work front, some of you might be wondering why any woman would willingly embrace fashion (particularly high heels). One shouldn’t be surprise that virtually all females consider their looks as key to their self-image. There’s a survey carried out sometime ago that found out over half of young women said they would prefer to be hit by a truck than be fat…..lol…. 

Should “Discriminating against people on the grounds of personal appearance” be banned???  It limits a person's right to equal opportunity, reinforces the subordination of groups where unappealing characteristics, including obesity, are concentrated (ie, the poor, some ethnic minorities), and restricts self-expression. Yet because ugliness is harder to define than race or sex, some argue that anti-discrimination laws are impossible to maintain. And anyway, say employers, appearance is often relevant to the job at hand. Just ask my Boss....lol...

Though it could be tough but they can be dealt with. Occasionally beauty is essential to a business ( e.g. modelling, but how about airline crew????). Looks do not reflect an air crew’s  effectiveness, but it often reflect the biases of employers, not customers.  

Whatever it is one cant argue that, “attractiveness”  is important for success. It is especially valuable for poor people, young people, the newly arrived and the otherwise unqualified. It literally opens doors for you.Sexualised images are everywhere, and the world that has emerged is one in which no one can afford to pretend beauty does not matter.

 

Men too, having lost their monopoly of well-paid jobs, are investing in  to enhance their appeal to mates and employers. They are marching off to gyms and discovering face cream, going for botox & fillers in record numbers.

Sun protection from a young age is important

Damage to skin from unprotected UV exposure builds up year after year, so the exposure we get during childhood increases our chances of skin cancer later in life.

UV exposure during childhood and adolescence appears to set the stage for the development of both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers in later life.