NU 1: New
attitude / paradigm - Jennifer Liquete
The
Green Pill
Whether it be for image, confidence, lovelife or health,
there has been a great pressure amongst us to look great and feel great, in
other words, to be fit and healthy.
Well, it’s easy for someone who has great self-control
and takes time to exercise. What about the majority of us who are easily
tempted to eat and have no time to exercise or are lazy enough to do so? We eat
a lot of unhealthy food for two sinful reasons: to cope with stress and to
satisfy our cravings. After eating, we go back again to feeling bad and depressed
because we were not able to suppress our appetite and it brings us further away
from our goal.
Because of the intense pressure, the lifestyle of the
people has also changed. Many have tried and are still trying multiple diet
programs such as Atkins, General Motors, and South Beach. Many have also taken
different kinds of diet pills and over-the-counter weight-loss pills. There are
even those who are desperate enough to buy diet pills online because a friend
of a friend who took the pill lost weight. The change in lifestyle can also be evident
in the increase in demand for gym and yoga classes offered – from Zumba to Bikram
yoga. It can also be seen in the increase in the number of participants who
join marathons and other sports.
I completely understand these sentiments because no
matter how much I try doing most of those things mentioned above, after all
that, it is still how and what I eat. It takes a lot of self-control not to eat
unhealthy food and most of the time, I just give in because of the two sinful
reasons. Since it is more difficult to reduce stress and fight the cravings, I
propose the “Green Pill”. It is the
means to healthy eating because it will change the way unhealthy food tastes
once in our mouths. Its unpleasantly bitter taste will be triggered once it
detects a certain level of sugar, salt or oil in our mouths. This will be an
effective health pill because it refrains us from eating unhealthy food and at
the same time, it does not push us to drastic measures such as the diet programs
and diet pills. It will also help us improve our lifestyle by reconditioning
our thinking. We will no longer associate unhealthy food as the answer to our
stress and there will no longer be a craving for unhealthy food because we will
associate it with the unpleasantly bitter taste of the pill. Lastly, this pill
will be in a form of a green translucent softgel to give an image that it is
healthy and safe to take.3.5 (taste buster>
NU 2: New
spending habits / routine - Jennifer Liquete
Omnisaver
App
Let’s face it, all of us want to track our expenses. But,
with the possibility of having several credit card accounts and multiple cash
withdrawals, it is difficult for us to track our expenses. With our limited
time, it is hard for us to list one by one all of the credit card transactions
and cash withdrawals we made. Since it is hard for us to track our expenses,
most of us are not aware of how much we have already spent until we receive our
credit card bills or we cannot withdraw any more money from our ATMs. Our lack
of awareness can also result to illegal and incorrect charges made from our
accounts.
NU 3: Professionalism
– new work, methods, practices - Jennifer Liquete
It is a little disappointing that there is a population
of mothers and housewives who were successful in their youth but now, they do
not have a work or even a business to run. Although many may have chosen not to
work or have a business in the earlier years, it is still a huge loss of
opportunity at their side and even greater at the nation’s side. There are
three major reasons why women choose to become unemployed. They need to take
care of their children, do daily housework or they prefer not to work at all.
However, the time will eventually come when their children will grow up or they
want to experience something more.
It is even more disheartening when housewives arrive at
this point and would like to start to work and find success but it is almost
impossible for companies to hire them because of their lack of experience and their
age. I believe that they can still find success by doing what they do best – be
mothers and housewives, and provide assistance and advice to new mothers and
housewives. Since their comfort zone is their own homes and it is the most convenient
place for them to earn, I propose an online service business called
“www.Mommies-Know-Best.com” and “www.Housewives-Know-Best.com”
NU 4: New
processes at work and study - Jennifer Liquete
Installation
of Efficiency Widget in PCs and Laptops
Social networking sites, websites for streaming series,
and online games have become so prevalent since their existence that it has
already caused great inefficiency from employees and students. Instead of
working or studying, the employee or the student unconsciously spends most of his
time to these distractions.
NU 5: New
products / product improvements - Jennifer Liquete
Huh?
What Gum?!
Singapore is known for its gum laws, forbidding anyone
from selling or consuming gum in the country. It may already be easy for those
who have lived almost all of their lives in the country but what about those
who transferred for work or education? For someone whose routine includes
chewing a gum, it is very difficult to comply to their law. There have already
been many cases wherein people were arrested because they have gums in their
pockets. Even with the gum law, there is a demand for gums in Singapore, they
are just prohibited.
The gum law of Singapore creates an opportunity for a special
kind of gum, a water-soluble "gum”. For this to be successful, the water-soluble
“gum” should have the same consistency and texture as a normal gum but should
be able to dissolve slowly when being chewed, similar to a candy. It would be
classified as a candy but would be marketed as a gum-substitute.
NU 6: New
business ideas- Jennifer Liquete
Water
Lily of Life
Everytime I go to AGSB, I always pass by the Pasig
river. The sight of the immense number of drifting water lilies never fails to
amaze me. It is such a waste that that kind of volume is being ignored. Although
water lilies are being used by Filipinos for making handicrafts, wouldn’t it be
better if they are used for more practical and beneficial causes?
My curiosity led me to different innovative uses of
water lilies.
The most practical idea is a simple but delicious and
healthy soup for the homeless and less fortunate. A feeding program can be tied
up with the government or NGOs since it will benefit the nation – feed the
hungry and maintain our river.
3 Steps for a Fast and Easy Water Lily Soup:
1. Stems
of the water lilies will be boiled several times to make sure that these are
already edible and to remove the bitter taste.
2. For
the soup base, boil rice water with tamarind or kamias, fish sauce and onions.
3. Combine
the clean, sliced water lily stems to the soup base
On the business side, the medicinal uses of water lilies
can be developed and profited from. The market is still small for medicines
that use water lilies. This can be the perfect opportunity to introduce a new
medicine using an unconventional plant – one that has been ignored but present
at all times.
Just some trivia… Did you
know that water lilies (specifically Nymphaea odorata) can be used to treat
diarrhea and inflamed tissues, gums, mouth and throat? From this trivia already, various products can
already be formed. Since it can treat inflamed gums, mouth and throat, a
mouthwash that has water lily as its main ingredient can be developed. Water
lilies will be boiled and mixed with mint flavoring. This can be sold at a
cheap price to local dentists and small clinics. In partner with a
pharmaceutical company, a medicine similar to Diatabs can also be developed to stop
diarrhea.
Another product that can
be developed is an herbal tea made out of water lily extracts. To make the
herbal tea, the water lily will be dried and crushed. There is a market for
herbal tea drinkers and a water lily has a natural bitter taste which can be
associated with tea. It will have the same medicinal benefits as the water lily
medicine but it will have a significantly lower concentration so that it can be
consumed daily. 4
References:
- DeVries, L. (2010). Water Lily. Retrieved February 2013,
from Medicinal Herb Info: http://medicinalherbinfo.org/
herbs/WaterLily.html - Tan, R. (2001). Water Lily. Retrieved February 2013,
from Naturia: http://www.naturia.per.sg/
buloh/plants/water_lily.htm - Water Lily. (2013). Retrieved February 2013, from Herbs
2000: http://www.herbs2000.com/
herbs/herbs_water_lily.htm - Wild Rose College.
(n.d.). Water Lily. Retrieved February 2013, from Wild Rose College of Natural
Healing:
https://www.wrc.net/index.php?
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