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Hypertension Alert
It’s a known fact – hypertension, or high blood pressure, known as the “silent killer” is prevalent among Filipinos (now about 7.7 million people, and still counting). There is at least a member of the family who has it, or are candidates of the illness. The Philippines Society of Hypertension’s Lay Information Guide on [...]

BLOG or NO BLOG?

10 weeks from my first blog, now Anna and Toe have tagged me for a meme (remember Sexy Mom – Bared?) on what blogging has done for me.

Blogging has made retirement eaaaasy for me. No transition, no regrets, no post-retirement blues, no sadness, ALL joy. Why, now, I am doing what I like doing most [...]

27 Years, Yet Going Strong

Today marks my 27th wedding anniversary. I can still remember the young me walking down the aisle that cool Wednesday morning, eyes only for my future husband, Alan, and no one else. Finally, we would be wed. Finally, it would just be him and me (but not for long…)

My wedding was kinda different from the [...]

Food Chart (Know the Benefits of the Food You Eat)

I couldn’t help but share an excellent food chart that a friend passed on to me (thanks, Viv!). The name of the person who compiled the list was not written, though.

I was delighted to find out that beets, cabbage, carrots, chestnuts, olive oil, and peanuts, which we have in abundance promote weight loss. And I [...]

Girlfriends Day with The Lettermen

Three months from retirement, and what an apt way to celebrate it than to be out with best friends. With 1-day notice, I invited best friends Bing and Lucy to have dinner and watch the concert of The Lettermen. Short notice has always worked; Most often, when one gives a longer notice, there would [...]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (kabag, paninikmura, atbp)

While surfing the internet to learn more about what most kids at home have been experiencing lately, particularly after the holidays, I chanced upon an article from BBC which discussed Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a common condition that causes a variety of unpleasant abdominal symptoms, including:

Abdominal pain and spasm
Diarrhea
Constipation
Bloated stomach

Oh my gosh! 10 lbs gained in 4 weeks! (and how to lose them)

As soon as we reached home from the Shangrila holiday, most of us were in a state of sheer denial, except Vince and Alan, Jr. We all shunned that small gadget at home, called “the weighing scale”. No one wanted to get any closer to it, as if it were a plague, and to face [...]

Start the New Year Right

Let’s start the new year in reflection, or maybe a personal review of the UPs and DOWNs of the past year. Be thankful of the UPs, resolve to replicate them in the year, or even surpass them. Accept the DOWNs and face them, difficult though it may be. Regret if you must, say sorry if [...]