Movember, How To Grow A Moustache

It’s the month of November and if you don’t know already then its Movember. When men across the world grow a moustache to raise funds and awareness for men’s health issues.

The aim is to start November off with a clean shave and spend the rest of the month trying to grow a Tom Selleck Magnum PI moustache often with rather humorous effects. As we know some of us can grow better face hair then others and there our a few of us with wispy spider legs crawling on the top of our lips.

The taking part is the most important thing and effectively you are a walking billboard for the month and you will raise awareness by conversation about your attention grabbing moustache.

Movember started in 2003 in Australia and it proved a big success and has spread around the globe and now groups of friends or colleagues grow their moustache in November which often culminates with a party at the end of the month with a prize for the much coveted award for best moustache ‘Man of Movember’.

Here are a few styles you can try and don during Movember:

These gentlemen have reached the pinnicale of moustache growing we salute you. Here are some of my favourite Celebrity Taches:

If you need some tips and help growing your moustache watch the following video:

Like most modern day gents coffee has become part of my daily life. Whether its a morning wake up cup, a mid-morning jolt, a post lunch coffee, an afternoon pick me up or just a relaxing sunday morning cup with the newspaper, we consume alot of the stuff.

Before I started drinking coffee regularly I remembering standing in the que listening to the orders being shouted out and thought I wonder what the difference is ? the description on the board told the name but not what went into a Espresso con Panna ?

Well here’s a coffee guide to help simplify your choices, enjoy !

Heres a quick coffeee stat.Top 3 coffee consuming countries per capita.

1, Finland
2, Norway
3, Sweden

The largest producer of coffee is Brazil they have about 30% of the total production of coffee beans. Vietnam is the second largest with Columbia the third largest producer.

Everyman has to face challenges in his life its how you react to the challenge that makes you a man.
The mental and physical preparation that goes into running a marathon give you the foundation of skills that you need in every day life to help you succeed. Determination, discipline, ambition, stamina, desire, focus.
If you can achieve this it will impact on other areas of your life. The sense of achievement can be used as a feeling that you want to create in other areas of your life.

Brain Workout

We can devote time to push ups and sit ups lets spare a little time for a brain work out too !

Imagination

Name as many countries or animals or Tom Cruise films as you can during a TV ad break.

Word Fluency

Make use of your time in the shower instead of singing Wham songs try to test your vocabulary.

Start with A and try to come up with as many words as possible with this letter. Then move on to B and C etc. See how far into the alphabet you can get.  If you can get to Z take shorter showers or learn some more words.

Memory

Try and recall all of the British prime ministers or US presidents and put them in chronological order.

Ok now try the memory palace technique to memorize your shopping list.

It is a method use for enhancing your memory which uses visuals to organize and recall information.

Pick 10 places in your home and assign each of the foods on the shopping list to one of these places.

The milk on top of the TV, the apples on the door mat, the cheese on the bed side table.

Once you are at the shop walk through your house and observe the items.

No need for another shopping list again.

Hearing

Count the number of sounds you can hear right now, you will be surprised that you can hear more then you think you can as usually we use selective processing to filter out the sounds we don’t think are necessary to what we are doing.

The legend of romance and oysters has a long history that goes back to Ahrpodite the Greek goodness of love who rose from the sea on an oyster shell. The legendary lothario Casinova was reputed to eating a dozen before each meal. If you haven’t tried them already then you should !

If you are opening an oyster these are the tools needed an oyster Knife and a kitchen towel.

Use the folded kitchen towel, hold oyster level as to not loose any liquid. Hold the knife curved side down, tracing the upper shell, cutting the adductor muscle and removing the top shell.

Then go curved side up along the bottom, again severing the adductor. Oyster knives are gently curved in order to follow the shape of the shell. It is an easy process.

Leave the oyster sitting in the bottom shell and serve with lemon juice or some tabasco sauce is a good alternative.

Best way to eat an oyster?

There is no right way to eat an oyster exactly so relax you won’t make a fool of yourself. Use your small fork and move the oyster slightly in its liquid filled half shell this will make sure the oyster is detached.

Then pick up the shell and slurp it into your mouth from the wide end of the shell.

The popular myth is to swallow the oyster whole but it is actually best to chew the oyster once or twice before swallowing. This allows you to taste the oyster and get its true flavour.

The Chinese take toasting very seriously ! Since Chinas emergence as an emerging economic power interest in the country and its culture has intensified.

If you do find yourself sitting down with a few of the locals in Guangzhou or Shenyang or any of the new cities which are sprouting up around the country. You will have to drink shots or face disrespecting your host.
When the host makes a toast to someone, the hope is that person will drink more so that hospitality is delivered.
The shot of choice is generally Bajju which is Chinese grain liquor which is rather strong.

The more the guests drink the happier the host so expect group shots and individual shots. There are no elaborate speeches but there is a protocol will be followed in which the guests will try and drink you under the table.

If the people at the party keep clinking the side of your glass with the rim of theirs then it’s a sign of honour. If someone particularly likes you they will find reasons to have multiple shots with you.
There is a lot of drinking involved but that is combine with a lot of wonderful Chinese food so that keeps your stomach lined.

The Chinese for Cheers is ganbei remember it because you will use it a whole lot !

How to tie a bow tie

With the Christmas Party Season upon is, its time to learn how to tie your bow tie.

Honestly, its not that difficult once you know how and its a gent skill for life.

It probably wont turn out prefect the first time but have a few goes.

follow this quick guide and learn the skill.

1. Lift up your collar and put the tie around your neck so the ends hang down in front. One end should hang a little longer about one and a half inches lower.

2. Bring the longer end across, under, around and over then shorter end, forming a knot. Pull the knot to a good fit around your neck.

3. Fold the shorter end at the widest point, to form a bow shape. The bow shape should be in front. Hold the bow in a horizontal position at your neck.

4. Bring the longer end over and in front of the shorter end.

5. Fold the longer end where the hourglass shape begins to narrow, forming a second bow.

6. Bring the second bow under the first bow and tuck it in.

You should now be looking sharp, time to enjoy the party, and feel free to untie the bowtie in a bond style fashion as the night reaches its latter stages.