I got a 90! That's a B+, right?
Normal is 80-110, just in case you were wondering.
The prick doesn't hurt. But for a first timer it's a little scary thought that you'd have to actually "stab" yourself. But seriously, it didn't hurt.
Dec 31, 2008
Diabetes - take your blood test
My dad is diabetic and a sweets-lover. I'm not sure if he became a sweets lover because he became diabetic... but I don't remember him eating as much sweets as he does in his diabetic years. Anyway, my mom always tells me to take care of my blood sugar by watching what I eat. I just suddenly grew curious one morning and took my dad's kit and pricked myself to see my blood sugar level.
I got a 90! That's a B+, right?
Normal is 80-110, just in case you were wondering.
The prick doesn't hurt. But for a first timer it's a little scary thought that you'd have to actually "stab" yourself. But seriously, it didn't hurt.
I got a 90! That's a B+, right?
Normal is 80-110, just in case you were wondering.
The prick doesn't hurt. But for a first timer it's a little scary thought that you'd have to actually "stab" yourself. But seriously, it didn't hurt.
Another Side of the Most Delicious Fruit in the World
I don't know about you but I think the best fruit in the world is the Philippine Yellow Mango. It may not be as big as whatever other mango is out there that has been enhanced for special reasons but it sure has the most tantalizing flavor.
However, as delicious as that is, it's not my favorite. I prefer the unripe version - the Philippine Green Mango! I eat it with shrimp paste. It's sour, of course. But it's not lime-sour or anything. It's....heavenly :)
Did you know that the skin is actually edible? We just prefer not eating it because sometimes it's a little tough. But it's not bitter. It actually tries to steal some of the sourness away for you.
However, as delicious as that is, it's not my favorite. I prefer the unripe version - the Philippine Green Mango! I eat it with shrimp paste. It's sour, of course. But it's not lime-sour or anything. It's....heavenly :)
Did you know that the skin is actually edible? We just prefer not eating it because sometimes it's a little tough. But it's not bitter. It actually tries to steal some of the sourness away for you.
Dec 29, 2008
Fix your life, idiot
You spend so much time and effort trying to understand that bitch - you get depressed and you do stupid things. Your parents are doing their best to help you but you dish away their love by forcing the relationship to work. You don't listen to their advise because you think you know what you're doing - how's that doing for you so far? I don't know what kind of wake up call you need. A bitch is a bitch. You're not understanding - if you were, then why can't you be as understanding to the kid who needs it?
"The World has Gone Crazy"
You must have read it online - a mayor harasses some old guy and his children in the golf course. We're thinking "this is why I hate politicians" - but how much do we know about the incident?
A couple of days ago, I heard from someone who knows the "victimized" family. His reaction? "BUTI NAKAHANAP SILA NG KATAPAT" (Well it's good that they finally found someone who can match them). I was a little bit confused, I thought he was referring to the mayor - that someone finally stood up to him. Then he explained further that it was the other way around. It turns out that the family isn't as innocent as the daughter tried to make themselve sound. The "informant" said that it was actually the older brother who started the fight by provoking the mayor - he crossed an umbrella on the chest of the mayor while facing him and pushed him. The bodyguards weren't armed at that time and they even had to go back to their cars to arm themselves.
Well now, THIS is why I don't like one-sided stories.
The following account is by Decidido.
So, I just had the worst day of my life.
At around 1:30 PM today, at Valley Golf and Country Club, Antipolo City, Mayor Nasser Pangandaman, Jr., Mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur, his father, Secretary Nasser Pangandaman of the Department of Agrarian Reform, and company, beat my defenseless 56-year-old dad and my 14-year-old brother to a pulp because of some stupid misunderstanding on the golf course.
This is a golf course. I have been a golfer all my life, and I have never seen anything like this. NOTHING. This is hard to comprehend. And it happened to my own father and my own brother too. Right in front of my eyes.
My brother and I were playing golf at the South Course of Valley. We were on the 3rd hole, and we see two golf carts going past us, overtaking our flight, and setting up to tee off on the next hole. My dad goes up to them and asks them why they would do that, why they would overtake us without even asking for our permission. Golf etiquette 101. One of the guys says that they're with the flight in front of us. (So what? That doesn't give them the right to just pass us WITHOUT asking.) So, we go to the 5th hole. The flight behind us catches up with us, and asks us what caused the hold up. We said that this flight just slipped in front of our flight. So we complained to the marshall. We play the 5th hole and walk towards the next hole, where there is a teehouse, and both the flights in front of us were there, talking with the marshall. The mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur talks with my dad. Things get heated up. Voices were raised. But never, in my wildest dreams, did I ever imagine that someone would pull out a punch. Apparently not. He attacks my father. His flightmates, maybe 2 or 3 of them, rush to his aid and beat up my father. My 56-year-old father. My younger brother and I could not just watch. We rushed to break the fight. My younger brother pleads to the mayor to please stop it. To not hurt my dad. To just stop. His words still ring through my head..."Sorry na po, sorry na po...tama na...tama na po..." With his hands in front of his chest in a praying position. PLEADING. The mayor socks him in the face. My brother defended himself. My dad is still on the ground getting clobbered. My brother is the same way. I try to stop the fight, but all I can do is stop one person. There were 4 or 5 of them attacking now.
Someone breaks up the fight. I thought it was all over. The mayor shouts to his caddy: "Hindi nila kami kilala! Sabihin mo nga sa kanila kung sino ako!" And believe me, I had no idea who this person was. But now I know. He's the person who, with 4 other men, beat up my 56-year-old father and my 14-year-old brother. He's the person who sacks a pleading 14-year-old kid in the face. He's a person who, I am sure, is gonna rot in hell.
I lash out, but my dad held me back. I was screaming my lungs out, shouting to this mayor, telling him about what he had done. I said: "Nakakahiya kayo. Singkwenta'y sais anyos ang tatay ko. And kapatid ko kakatorse anyos. Anong ilalaban nila sayo?"
The mayor looks at my brother, point to his face, and says, "Tatandaan kita!" And he tells me that my brother has a bad attitude and that I need to watch him. WHAT THE HELL?! So, my brother's bad for defending his father?!
We leave. We walk to the clubhouse to file a complaint. My brother asks for a doctor. My dad could barely walk. Their group comes to the clubhouse, sees my brother. Once again my brother pleads, says sorry, and is crying. He was CRYING, for crissakes. But no. The relentless mayor still punches him in the face, and then sees my dad and goes after my dad again. Him and his friend pull my dad to the ground, pulls at his feet, and steps on him like he's dirt. I run to him and try to hold him back, holding him back by his shirt, while this other guy and this girl tries to stop me. She tells me to just stop it. I scream in her face "they're beating my father up and you want me to stop?!" I pull at his shirt--I don't let go. All I can see was my dad being trampled on. I didn't even see my brother getting beat up.
People pull them away. I get my dad, and I saw my brother. His right ear was bleeding. I freaked out. I told the receptionists to bring my brother to the clinic. I pull my dad away. People were separating us.
My mom and my older brother come. I tell her Bino's right ear is bleeding. They both look like they could kill. My dad holds my brother off, I hold off my mom. When I finally got my mom under control, my older brother gets away and I hold him off. Two of the mayor's bodyguards pull out guns. I embraced my brother from the back, just holding him back, crying. The receptionists came to us, crying, hugging me, my dad, and my mom, whispering to us to just leave. "Maam, umalis na po kayo, may mga baril sila...Maam...umalis na po kayo please..."
I am pretty sure the Secretary of DAR did not take part in the fight, but he just watched all this happen. He watched two of his sons, as we figured out, the other guy was his son, too, beat up my father and my 14-year-old brother. He didn't do anything to stop it. And this person is what now? A cabinet member. A politician.
Sounds like something out of a movie, doesn't it? But this is what happened. TODAY. The day after Christmas. To my family. And all I ask for is JUSTICE. The people at Valley Golf did not seem to want to help us. None of the security guards even tried to stop the fight. Right in the clubhouse. I came back after the fight was over and talked to the receptionists. They say they did not see anything. The general manager of Valley Golf would not give us the names of the men who made my brother's ear bleed. It took him an hour. Maybe even more than that. He seemed to not want to help us. Because, we were against the SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM and the MAYOR OF MASIU CITY, LANAO DEL SUR. They were all scared.
The world has gone crazy. Two politicians beat up a defenseless 56-year-old father and his 14-year-old son. At a golf course. I swear to God, I thought golfers were decent people. You would think politicians were decent people. I guess not. I guess they gang up on 56-year-old men and beat up pleading 14-year-old kids.
Please pray for my dad, my brother and for my whole family. Please pray that we get JUSTICE. Oh God, please, give these people what they deserve.
A couple of days ago, I heard from someone who knows the "victimized" family. His reaction? "BUTI NAKAHANAP SILA NG KATAPAT" (Well it's good that they finally found someone who can match them). I was a little bit confused, I thought he was referring to the mayor - that someone finally stood up to him. Then he explained further that it was the other way around. It turns out that the family isn't as innocent as the daughter tried to make themselve sound. The "informant" said that it was actually the older brother who started the fight by provoking the mayor - he crossed an umbrella on the chest of the mayor while facing him and pushed him. The bodyguards weren't armed at that time and they even had to go back to their cars to arm themselves.
Well now, THIS is why I don't like one-sided stories.
The following account is by Decidido.
So, I just had the worst day of my life.
At around 1:30 PM today, at Valley Golf and Country Club, Antipolo City, Mayor Nasser Pangandaman, Jr., Mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur, his father, Secretary Nasser Pangandaman of the Department of Agrarian Reform, and company, beat my defenseless 56-year-old dad and my 14-year-old brother to a pulp because of some stupid misunderstanding on the golf course.
This is a golf course. I have been a golfer all my life, and I have never seen anything like this. NOTHING. This is hard to comprehend. And it happened to my own father and my own brother too. Right in front of my eyes.
My brother and I were playing golf at the South Course of Valley. We were on the 3rd hole, and we see two golf carts going past us, overtaking our flight, and setting up to tee off on the next hole. My dad goes up to them and asks them why they would do that, why they would overtake us without even asking for our permission. Golf etiquette 101. One of the guys says that they're with the flight in front of us. (So what? That doesn't give them the right to just pass us WITHOUT asking.) So, we go to the 5th hole. The flight behind us catches up with us, and asks us what caused the hold up. We said that this flight just slipped in front of our flight. So we complained to the marshall. We play the 5th hole and walk towards the next hole, where there is a teehouse, and both the flights in front of us were there, talking with the marshall. The mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur talks with my dad. Things get heated up. Voices were raised. But never, in my wildest dreams, did I ever imagine that someone would pull out a punch. Apparently not. He attacks my father. His flightmates, maybe 2 or 3 of them, rush to his aid and beat up my father. My 56-year-old father. My younger brother and I could not just watch. We rushed to break the fight. My younger brother pleads to the mayor to please stop it. To not hurt my dad. To just stop. His words still ring through my head..."Sorry na po, sorry na po...tama na...tama na po..." With his hands in front of his chest in a praying position. PLEADING. The mayor socks him in the face. My brother defended himself. My dad is still on the ground getting clobbered. My brother is the same way. I try to stop the fight, but all I can do is stop one person. There were 4 or 5 of them attacking now.
Someone breaks up the fight. I thought it was all over. The mayor shouts to his caddy: "Hindi nila kami kilala! Sabihin mo nga sa kanila kung sino ako!" And believe me, I had no idea who this person was. But now I know. He's the person who, with 4 other men, beat up my 56-year-old father and my 14-year-old brother. He's the person who sacks a pleading 14-year-old kid in the face. He's a person who, I am sure, is gonna rot in hell.
I lash out, but my dad held me back. I was screaming my lungs out, shouting to this mayor, telling him about what he had done. I said: "Nakakahiya kayo. Singkwenta'y sais anyos ang tatay ko. And kapatid ko kakatorse anyos. Anong ilalaban nila sayo?"
The mayor looks at my brother, point to his face, and says, "Tatandaan kita!" And he tells me that my brother has a bad attitude and that I need to watch him. WHAT THE HELL?! So, my brother's bad for defending his father?!
We leave. We walk to the clubhouse to file a complaint. My brother asks for a doctor. My dad could barely walk. Their group comes to the clubhouse, sees my brother. Once again my brother pleads, says sorry, and is crying. He was CRYING, for crissakes. But no. The relentless mayor still punches him in the face, and then sees my dad and goes after my dad again. Him and his friend pull my dad to the ground, pulls at his feet, and steps on him like he's dirt. I run to him and try to hold him back, holding him back by his shirt, while this other guy and this girl tries to stop me. She tells me to just stop it. I scream in her face "they're beating my father up and you want me to stop?!" I pull at his shirt--I don't let go. All I can see was my dad being trampled on. I didn't even see my brother getting beat up.
People pull them away. I get my dad, and I saw my brother. His right ear was bleeding. I freaked out. I told the receptionists to bring my brother to the clinic. I pull my dad away. People were separating us.
My mom and my older brother come. I tell her Bino's right ear is bleeding. They both look like they could kill. My dad holds my brother off, I hold off my mom. When I finally got my mom under control, my older brother gets away and I hold him off. Two of the mayor's bodyguards pull out guns. I embraced my brother from the back, just holding him back, crying. The receptionists came to us, crying, hugging me, my dad, and my mom, whispering to us to just leave. "Maam, umalis na po kayo, may mga baril sila...Maam...umalis na po kayo please..."
I am pretty sure the Secretary of DAR did not take part in the fight, but he just watched all this happen. He watched two of his sons, as we figured out, the other guy was his son, too, beat up my father and my 14-year-old brother. He didn't do anything to stop it. And this person is what now? A cabinet member. A politician.
Sounds like something out of a movie, doesn't it? But this is what happened. TODAY. The day after Christmas. To my family. And all I ask for is JUSTICE. The people at Valley Golf did not seem to want to help us. None of the security guards even tried to stop the fight. Right in the clubhouse. I came back after the fight was over and talked to the receptionists. They say they did not see anything. The general manager of Valley Golf would not give us the names of the men who made my brother's ear bleed. It took him an hour. Maybe even more than that. He seemed to not want to help us. Because, we were against the SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM and the MAYOR OF MASIU CITY, LANAO DEL SUR. They were all scared.
The world has gone crazy. Two politicians beat up a defenseless 56-year-old father and his 14-year-old son. At a golf course. I swear to God, I thought golfers were decent people. You would think politicians were decent people. I guess not. I guess they gang up on 56-year-old men and beat up pleading 14-year-old kids.
Please pray for my dad, my brother and for my whole family. Please pray that we get JUSTICE. Oh God, please, give these people what they deserve.
Dec 26, 2008
Sharinggan in Real Life
I also watched his meeting with Beyonce on YouTube then found out that it took a few days for Beyonce to learn all the steps while Shane Mercado learned it all in a day. And to think that Beyonce has her own choreographer who teaches her one on one, and Shane probably only watched her on YouTube over and over again to get all of it right.
And I thought the sharinggan was only on Naruto.
Dec 25, 2008
BioFit Slimming Tea Doesn't Work
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This Slimming Tea Doesn't Work
BioFit's main component is Senna Herb - it's putting you to more risk than health benefits.
've been using BioFit Tea for a few months - not consistently since it makes me crap like all hell breaks loose. I started using it as a slimming tea, something that would decrease the calorie absorption in my diet, at least that was my theory.
Last night my older brother told me if I already looked up on the internet the main component of BioFit tea. I was taken aback because I almost always reasearch on something before actually advocating it or using it, but this time I
didn't.
So here's the summary of all the things I found out in the past half hour:
BioFit Tea's main component: Senna Herb (it's written at the back of every packet).
Senna Herb is used as a laxative since forever. However, it's not a recommended cure for constipation - high fiber diet is a much better alternative. Even though it is not recommended, it is highly effective because it irritates the bacteria in your digestive tract to increase your bowel movement. Because of this effect, it should NOT be used by people who have hemorrhoids, colitis, and any other problem in your digestion even though you don't know the source. It's also contra-indicated in pregnancy because the toxins may travel through your breast milk.
Aside from this warnings, some research say that it increases tumor growth and increases risk of colon cancer. From this information, it seems like I've never really benefited from BioFit Tea, instead, I've been putting my health to more risk.
After reading all that, I can't help but think why anyone would create such a product - something that doesn't help anyone at all, something that may actually kill someone! Whatever kind of fucked up morals does those guys have?
Dec 24, 2008
What I got this Christmas (loving em all)
Arranged on chronological order upon receiving.
A huge cup from my housemate. The cup's mouth is as big as my hand when I spread my fingers.
A leather bound drawing notebook from Mariel.
A pair of leather Converse slip on shoes from Migs, lovely boyfriend.
Php500 gift certificate for Rustan's - prize for performing a Christmas carol with my groupmates.
Php100 gift certificate for Starbucks - group performance.
A KTV - a DVD player that has a built in Karaoke system with a CD that holds 18000 songs. I won this on a lottery during our company's Christmas party.
Snickers bar of chocolate from Rychus - he made us all look bad when he gave away chocolates for everyone [-(
A black laptop bag that my laptop doesn't fit into, with a weird stuffed dog wearing a yellow ribbon on each ear.
A flesh-colored Fab dress from Migs' parents :">
Nail accessories from my sister. And a mini organizer that fits in my pouch perfectly.
HOT cologne by United Colors of Benetton from my dad. That gift came as a surprise because he never gave me a wrapped gift before, and it has been forever since he surprised us with gifts :) We loved everything.
Van Heussen collared shirt - which I got because it doesn't fit my mom :P awww - still from daddy.
A huge cup from my housemate. The cup's mouth is as big as my hand when I spread my fingers.
A leather bound drawing notebook from Mariel.
A pair of leather Converse slip on shoes from Migs, lovely boyfriend.
Php500 gift certificate for Rustan's - prize for performing a Christmas carol with my groupmates.
Php100 gift certificate for Starbucks - group performance.
A KTV - a DVD player that has a built in Karaoke system with a CD that holds 18000 songs. I won this on a lottery during our company's Christmas party.
Snickers bar of chocolate from Rychus - he made us all look bad when he gave away chocolates for everyone [-(
A black laptop bag that my laptop doesn't fit into, with a weird stuffed dog wearing a yellow ribbon on each ear.
A flesh-colored Fab dress from Migs' parents :">
Nail accessories from my sister. And a mini organizer that fits in my pouch perfectly.
HOT cologne by United Colors of Benetton from my dad. That gift came as a surprise because he never gave me a wrapped gift before, and it has been forever since he surprised us with gifts :) We loved everything.
Van Heussen collared shirt - which I got because it doesn't fit my mom :P awww - still from daddy.
Dec 22, 2008
Bunnies!
I'm waiting for Mariel's bunnies to grow BIG. I've never seen a huge bunny before but I've seen a lot of puny ones - I guess most of them die before turning "obese". Yeah, like something can turn obese if its diet is restricted to vegetables. They're not even allowed to eat fruits!
...So are they allowed to eat tomatoes?
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...So are they allowed to eat tomatoes?
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Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines - rich nature
Water lilies everywhere! But was too scared to reach for them because I didn't want to get wet. We were allowed to feed the fish (milkfish). We threw out their food to them then they jumped up and made the water glisten :) Pretty!
We also grilled fresh fish for lunch. They were bigger than my dad's palms. HUGE! I ate two of those and some of the other stuff that we brought. Pampanga also has good rice, better than most of the provinces in the Philippines because they grow their own.
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We also grilled fresh fish for lunch. They were bigger than my dad's palms. HUGE! I ate two of those and some of the other stuff that we brought. Pampanga also has good rice, better than most of the provinces in the Philippines because they grow their own.
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