All In One
Ever heard of the term “All in One”? In products for example, it means having multiple complementary properties/ingredients in the one product.
I use a All-in-One shampoo by Pantene. It has the shampoo, conditioner and god-knows-what in there. I know it’s a all-in-one because the label says so. That plus the fact my hair is not so coarse after using it.
I love the Old Town White Coffee. It’s from my lovely hometown, Ipoh. It is made from special coffee beans, roasted to perfection, grinded by a seasoned coffee guru and prepared with passion. That was decades ago. Now it’s just roasted at some oven, grinded by machines and prepared in bulk for wholesale. I blame commercialisation for that. Now they’re selling the all-in-one pack that comes with sugar and creamer. Not the same as the original you get back at Ipoh but it’s a quick fix when you’re in a hurry to beat the traffic jam.
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. This is a all-in-one codec pack. What’s a codec pack? Hmm… basically it’s a collection of codecs (coder decoder) that allows you to play all sorts of video formats such as xvid, divx, quicktime, ac3, etc. I like to use this because it saves me the trouble having to figure out what codec is needed for a particular movie file that I downloaded from the internet acquired. Becareful though. Some of these codec packs comes with viruses and trojans.
In today’s technologically savvy age, an all-in-one IT gadget is a must. One of my favourites is the HP all-in-one printer. The printer comes with the ability to scan and copy besides the usual printing. Some higher end models can even do fax. This saves a lot of trouble having to buy and maintain the many different equipments. For me, it’s mainly because my desk is running out of space.
And then there is our beloved government. Most countries (I used the word ‘most’ loosely here) government I know is made up of three branches; Executive, Judicial and Legislative. All these are independent of each other in order to provide checks and balances. But in our unique nation, the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches are all in one. Of course you will still see the three different branches at work but since they’re all controlled by one man, they might as well just merge all three branches together.
