Citromint, Natural Bug Repellant for the Home

Aromacology, the scientific study of the effects and uses of scents on the human psyche and the environment, found that citronella essential oil has a bug repellant effect.  
I have a puppy and an 8 year old at home and I’ve read about how chemical disinfectants can have a downside effect on children and pets [...]

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Backyard Spirulina Cultivation Eradicates Malnutrition

School’s starting again and mothers have a problem with budgeting for proper nutrition what with school expenses.  This diet supplement can answer for the protein, vitamin and mineral requirements of children and it can be cultivated at home or at a community plot using claypots buried in the ground.  Once harvested it can be mixed [...]

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Perfect Mothers Day Gift: Aikido Lessons

The best advice for Mothers’ health and longevity is, of course, proper diet, regular exercise … and AIKIDO. 

The version of the “four-direction throw” (shihōnage) with standing attacker and seated defender (hanmi-handachi). The receiver of the throw (uke) is taking a breakfall (ukemi) to safely reach the ground.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido

Aikido derives mainly from the martial art of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, [...]

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Ifugao Organic Rice: Healthy and Responsible Consumerism

 
A significant number of farmers all over the Philippines are now busy shifting to organic farming after pilot farms have demonstrated that organic farming has not, contrary to the previously circulated propaganda, lowered the farm yield. 

MANILA, Philippines - It is not true that only the cultivation of hybrid rice would enrich farmers.                  
This claim is false, organic [...]

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Virgin Coconut Oil vs. Swine Flu

A newsclip recommended VCO to boost immune systems to counteract the virus Swine Flu that seems not to have spread too much in asia thus far.
Virgin coconut oil vs swine flu proposed 
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 12:51:00 05/04/2009
MANILA, Philippines—The spread of the new influenza virus called the H1N1 or commonly known as the swine flu has [...]

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Kalamias: Medicinal Herb and Main Ingredient for Claypot Tambakol, Tulingan or Tawilis

There’s a very old kamias tree that grows in our backyard.  

Last year, a businessman asked me to try out his new product that was still on R&D - liquefied kamias and coconut oil cleaning fluid.  He gave me a a few liters of it and I used it to clean kitchen tile and wash [...]

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  • A Year’s Statis and Coffee Stash; Cotton Weaves and Pine Handicrafts;Baguio - the Shopper’s Paradise February 25th, 2010 

    For the whole month of February each year, Baguio is on fever pitch celebrating Panagbenga. They cap off the event with a flower float parade at the end of the month. Lowest recorded temperatures this year were at 7 degrees.
    On weekends, the prices of fresh strawberries shoot up from P42.00 to P110.00 per kilo and all [...]

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  • Artefacts February 19th, 2010 

    I LOVE WIKIPEDIA. And now Wiktionary, to find a peculiar word “artefact”.
    The Wikimedia foundation describes its Wiktionary project thus:
    Wiktionary (a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed “Wiktionarians”, using [...]

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  • Dawn Dreams at Candlemas and La Morenita, Mother of All Peoples February 6th, 2010 

    I woke up late the morning of February 3. It was one of those cold mornings when sleep was deep as nights were longer than days and dreaming was vivid. So my son missed schoolbus.. (sigh) confessions of a single parent. In the car, I explained to my son that I had a fantastic dream [...]

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  • The Summer Institute of Linguistics recording of the Menuvu Epic, the Ulehingan February 4th, 2010 

    An old arumanen ne menuvu woman of Central Mindanao named Lingka had, in her youth, assisted Hazel Wrigglesworth of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) in translating the Bible to Menuvu. More than ten years ago, her family asked me to help them get a copy of a recording that the SIL made in the 60s [...]

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  • Blessed are the Pure of Heart December 28th, 2009 

    Every marriage goes through rocky periods sure.  Dunno if it’s just me but a lot of marriages of my age bracket (late forties) have permanently splintered on rocky reefs.  The kids must feel like they’re drowning and if they haven’t been taught to float yet must quickly learn to cope and heal.
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  • Spain and the Philippines December 10th, 2009 

    The embassies of Mexico and Spain are revisiting cultural relations with the Philippines via the Galleon Trade project..tracing the roots of our shared ancestry that made the Philippines what it is now…not quite asian and not quite european…unique in the region. Melting Pot of Asia and what a brew!
    The Menuvu and Mehindanew neighboring tribes and [...]

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  • Elusive Peace in Mindanao December 1st, 2009 

    Everyone who loves peace must take a stand for peace.  Within one’s capabilities and capacities, one should endeavor to make peace a reality.
    The Ampatuan Massacre has brought to the fore the violence that always seethes just below the surface of Mindanao.  It comes at a time when Peace Talks are scheduled to re-open for the [...]

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  • The More, the Merrier…KaSaMa-Nationwide Search for Innovative Human Rights Projects October 14th, 2009 

    KaSaMa - Karapatan sa Malikhaing Paraan
    How do we effectively protect and defend human rights? We have been involved in countless human rights trainings, conferences,education sessions, and mass actions yet human rights violations continue to exist. With the increasing complexities and challenges of our times, ingenious ways to uphold people’s rights must come to the fore. [...]

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  • Long Weekend September 7th, 2009 

    Son of the Founder of the Iglesia ni Kristo, Ka “Erdy” Manalo, was buried today and it has been declared a non-working public holiday.  TV footage of the burial rites reveal a solemnity that signifies respect for the depth of grief felt over the loss of a beloved leader.   And the inevitable comparison is [...]

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  • Nicole and U.S. Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, Corazon Aquino and Coup Plotter Rex Robles; and Eco-feminism August 21st, 2009 

    I am instinctively wary of the feminists of my country.
    A Filipina named Nicole (she will fade fast in history by such nameless designation) was vilified as having betrayed the cause of feminists by recanting on her testimony in a successfully prosecuted rape case on appeal setting free the American serviceman Daniel Smith; found guilty of [...]

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