| Grow up! 10 things to stop doing in your 20s
We like to think we're indestructible in our 20s. We stay out late, we party, we lie out in the sun to work on our tan. We wear 3-inch heels to work, charge our lunches on high interest credit cards and go to bed late. Nothing can touch us. But 10 years down the line, as our birthday cakes start looking more like flares, something begins to set in: Wisdom? Experience? Maybe. Or maybe it's just the reflection staring back at us. We start to look ... old. We start to feel old. As life would have it, the things we do in our 20s (unfortunately) affect how we look and feel 10, 20, even 30 years later. At the time, it might feel as if we're getting away with something, be it tanning or carefree spending. But years down the line, we find out we didn't fool anyone except ourselves. Some experts insist the habits we form as young adults become the foundation for the rest of our lives, so why not set a good example for yourself while you're young? We aren't indestructible in our 20s.
Vietnam police raid prostitution ring, arrest 47
HANOI - VIETNAMESE police raided a high level prostitution ring in Ho Chi Minh City and detained 47 people, including the South Korean head of the business, state media said on Monday. Police stormed the Superbowl entertainment centre near Tan Son Nhat airport and two nearby hotels in the early hours of Sunday, finding nine prostitutes in bed with their South Korean clients, Lao Dong newspaper reported. Police arrested the 53-year-old South Korean leader of the ring together with scores of other workers and prostitutes, said the report. Police in the southern business capital refused to comment. In March, a 48-year-old South Korean citizen, Ko Ka Bok, was jailed for five years for running a Hanoi brothel that employed over 90 prostitutes. In communist Vietnam, prostitution is widespread but illegal and is classified as a 'social evil.'-- AFP .
The healing fruit
ONE fruit that has been getting some attention these days is papaya. Originally from southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America, the papaya is now grown in most countries with a tropical climate. History records showed that Spaniards carried seeds to the Philippines about 1550.
"Papaya is considered as one of the favorite fruits that abound all year round," said the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), a line agency of the Department of Science and Technology. "It offers not only its luscious taste and golden yellow color but also its many health benefits."
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The papaya pulp is basically very sweet in taste, fiberless and refreshing. Some liken the flavor to melon and apricot. It is used in salads, pies, sherbets, juices, jam, jelly and confectionery.
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