About Asia, by Asians
Perfect Mothers Day Gift: Aikido Lessons [05/09/2009@3:33 am]
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 [05/05/2009@4:45 pm]
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 [05/04/2009@7:53 pm]
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 [05/04/2009@7:19 pm]
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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Earth Day Agenda: Biodegradable Plastic & Grocery Liquid Dispensers [04/29/2009@4:16 pm]
If Congress can legislate a ban on trans fat and shut out business of imported cooking oil from our local market, how much further can it go do you think to protect the environment and keep food and other essentials within reach of the poor domestic consumers?
Ask any manufacturer of shampoo, of seasoning, of instant [...]
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Rainy April Afternoon Forest Fruits Tea and VCO French Fries [04/21/2009@4:55 pm]
I woke up this morning thinking I’d do machine-washing and the batch would be dry by late afternoon with the summer sun out; then I’d write this post in the kitchen beside my drip-drying laundry just in case it showers again. It has rained, and even thundered, for two days running now and just after [...]
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Kleptocracy; endnotes to What is a Filipino?$#&@)@#@&$@^%?? [04/16/2009@10:50 pm]
Kleptocracy (sometimes cleptocracy, occasionally kleptarchy) is a term applied to a government that extends the personal wealth and political power of government officials and the ruling class (collectively, kleptocrats) at the expense of the population, sometimes without even the pretense of honest service. The term derives from the Greek root klepto (theft). Characteristics Kleptocracies are [...]
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What is a Filipino?$#&@)@#@&$@^%?? [04/10/2009@9:22 am]
Very recently people were sent an invitation to reduce to thirty words their answer to this peculiar question and if chosen, the 30 word entry will be illustrated by local artists in banners displayed in an exhibit.
I hope these 30 words will be able to express it clearly. But first let me elaborate on my [...]
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Lessons Learned from My Dad [04/02/2009@3:50 pm]
Today is 2 April, my Dad’s 5th death anniversary.
My son spent much of his first three years with his grandfather and sometimes, just out of the blue, he would sigh and tell me he misses his grandfather terribly. And we would chat about what we like about him most, what he used to say about [...]
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Plagiarism, J.K.Rowling, Frank Herbert and Martin Luther King [03/31/2009@5:54 pm]
Shocked, a friend of mine, Connie V., shared a post she found at cracked.com:
The post goes on to lampoon Martin Luther King as having plagiarized the last historic lines of his speech “I have a dream … Let freedom ring…” from another lesser noted politician’s speech (although I like King’s version better) and to shockingly [...]
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