Life Is For the Living
We work and enjoy, we travel and meet people, all the time. There are certain ideas, certain tips to make all this more entertaining, more rewarding. Lide Idea has posts which advise and inform people on different walks of life.
At the present some of the topics posted on this website are on jetlag, giving parties, being the perfect host, making children’s parties successful and the like. Readers browsing through this website are free to write their own posts or comment on the existing ones.
Those who travel a lot and fly for long hours, often suffer from jetlag. The time zones in the world are such that you gain hours when you travel west and lose hours when you travel east. Sleep, food, bowel movement all may be affected. But f you take adequate care, jetlag may not be a problem.
If the journey has been decided in advance, you should alter your schedule beforehand to get your body ready for jet lag after the journey. You can change your bedtime and food time slightly so that there will not be any problem. On the flight you should have enough water intakes to prevent dehydration. Coffee and tea will not benefit. You should keep walking or moving so that your muscles do not give a problem. Most airlines give suggestions of suitable exercises to be done while flying and you should follow them. Then there will not be any jetlag problem. However jetlag lasts only for a day or two after which your body will get used to the new place.
Parties are fun and people get entertained if they are good. You may have the best food and the best venue but if the host is not perfect, then the guests will not enjoy. One of the posts on this website advises readers on being a perfect host.
The perfect host has to be sober and alert all the time. He should mix about with the guests, see that they have enough to eat and drink and if the party is too big, he can have waiters and bartenders to look after the guests. If some of them want to stay overnight, he should have guestrooms ready. He should see that the guests do not drink and drive. If they insist on going home and are in a state of drunkenness, then he should call a taxi to escort them home. In the party there should be enough small tables to help guests keep their glasses and plates. These tips and others will make the person a good host and the party an entertaining one.
Children’s parties need more planning as each little guest is unique and choosey. They have their own likes and dislikes, their own fussiness and childishness and this has to be taken into account. If there are going to be too many children, it is wise to invite a few of your friends to help.
Baking, pastries and the like can be made in advance in different flavors as children have their own preferences. Some like chocolate flavor while others like other flavors. There should be enough place for them to run about and play. There should be enough decorations, like buntings, and festive streamers for them to enjoy. There should be games, prizes, return gifts, surprises all thrown in for their benefit.
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