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  • Buddy’s — Southern Tagalog Fastfood Chain June 30th, 2009 

     
    And here it is..fast-rising Southern Tagalog Fastfood!! With franchise outlets in Pearl Drive,
    Ortigas Center, Pasig; Quezon Avenue, Lucena City; Shoe Mart, Lucena City; and a lot of
    other places like Makati..I hear from family and friends its also good there.  
     

    There’s a fat noodle that’s made in
    Lucena City, Quezon Province and
    it sells at the public market at
    PhP [...]

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  • Difficult to Believe a Common Weed cures Dengue June 29th, 2009 

     
    Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that in recent decades 
    has become a major international public health concern. 
    Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), a potentially lethal complication,
    was first recognized in the 1950s during dengue epidemics in the
    Philippines and Thailand. Today DHF affects most Asian countries and
    has become a leading cause of hospitalization and death among
    children [...]

    Posted in Arts & Culture, Food
  • Ecopsychology…a book review June 17th, 2009 

    The complete title of the book is ECOPSYCHOLOGY; Restoring the Earth; Healing the Mind edited by Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes and Allen D. Kanner published in 1995 by the Sierra Book Club and printed on acid-free paper containing 50% recovered waste paper, of which at least 10%  of the fiber content is post-consumer waste. [...]

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  • Relax, Read and Weep June 12th, 2009 

    There’s another old tree in our garden… (I guess there’s two points I want to make here: one is that you don’t have to go too far to find inspiration to write and two, with all the juicy prime-time news tonight, here in the Philippines, there’s still nothing much to blog about).  
    It’s been standing [...]

    Posted in Arts & Culture, Shopping
  • Citromint, Natural Bug Repellant for the Home May 21st, 2009 

    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 [...]

    Posted in Shopping
  • Backyard Spirulina Cultivation Eradicates Malnutrition May 19th, 2009 

    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 [...]

    Posted in Food
  • Perfect Mothers Day Gift: Aikido Lessons May 9th, 2009 

    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, [...]

    Posted in Arts & Culture
  • Ifugao Organic Rice: Healthy and Responsible Consumerism May 5th, 2009 

     
    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 [...]

    Posted in Food
  • Virgin Coconut Oil vs. Swine Flu May 4th, 2009 

    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 May 4th, 2009 

    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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