tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18658903899766537602024-03-19T00:37:55.706-07:00The frustrations of a behind (no pun intended) itinerant and confessions of a sassy chic... blogs here telltales about myself and my hometown,CEBU...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-5655345552325193602013-06-22T22:28:00.003-07:002013-06-22T22:56:42.212-07:00Healthy sweet mashed potatoes for breakfast.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Potatoes and sweet potatoes are versatile and very healthy. Fight cancer, control your diabetes and get stronger bones by eating these nutritious spuds</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u>Boost antioxidants</u></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Followers of </span><a href="http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/diet/the-truth-about-carbs" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">low-carb diets</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> give regular potatoes a bad rap. They are not exactly good for you when dropped into a deep fryer, butpotatoes are packed with powerful nutrients and antioxidants—compounds that fight free radicals.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u>Maintain blood pressure</u></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bananas are famous for their potassium—a mineral that helps control our blood pressure. But while a banana has nine percent of your daily needs, a baked regular potato has twice as much—20 percent—and a sweet one has 12 percent.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u>Inhibit cancer cell growth</u></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A sweet potato’s orange colour comes frombeta-carotene: the darker the hue, the higher the content. Like other carotenoids, beta-carotene turns on a gene that encourages our cells to communicate. While normal cells “listen” to their neighbours, </span><a href="http://www.besthealthmag.ca/get-healthy/a-z-index/cancer" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">cancer</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> cells don’t communicate, and act on their own. Studies at the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii found that encouraging cells to “talk” allows normal cells to send growth-inhibiting signals to abnormal ones.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u>Feed your bones</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maintaining <a href="http://www.besthealthmag.ca/get-healthy/prevention/osteoporosis-why-you-need-to-act-now">bone health</a> requires a complex mix of nutrients, yet a Spanish study found that manganese on its own helped prevent bone loss in rats. Sweet and regular potatoes are good sources of this mineral: A baked medium sweet with skin has 32 percent of your daily needs; a baked regular with skin has 22 percent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u>Control blood sugar</u></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Surprise! Despite their name, sweet potatoes raise your blood sugar level 30 percent less than regular potatoes. This is thanks to their <a href="http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/cooking/5-fabulous-high-fibre-meals">high soluble fibre content</a>. So if you’re worried about blood sugar fluctuation, go against intuition and reach for a sweet variety.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u>Rev up your enzymes</u></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Both regular and sweet potatoes are good sources of Vitamin B6: One baked medium potato with skin contains 47 and 25 percent, respectively, of your daily needs. B6 is essential for more than 100 enzymatic reactions that, among other roles, are critical in creating red blood cells and certain chemicals in our nervous system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I had my soothing massage yesterday as it restores proper blood circulation and revitalizes the cells all over my body. Early this morning, I ate sweet mashed potatoes for breakfast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I mashed the 3 pieces of sweet potatoes and mix it with dairy cream butter and placed in the cooking pot. After 8 minutes, served my mashed potato. Prepared the ready-to-cook gravy as well. Here are photos of my mashed potato! ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ampalaya/ Bitter Gourd </b>or otherwise known as <b>Ampalaya Bitter Melon</b> is a climbing vine that grows up to 5m, with tendrils up to 20cm. long. Amplaya leaves are heart-shaped, 5-10 cm across, cut into 5-7 lobes. Each Ampalaya Bitter Melon plant bears separate yellow male and female flowers. Ampalaya bears fleshy green fruit, oblong shaped with pointed ends, ribbed and wrinkled, bursting when mature to release seeds. Ampalaya seeds are flat with ruminated margins. Momordica charantia, it's scientific name, has been a folkloric cure for generations but has now been proven to be an effective herbal medicine for many aliments.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<br /><br />The Philippine Department of Health has endorsed Ampalaya Bitter Melon (Momordica Charantia) as an alternative herbal medicine for liver problems. Research about Ampalaya has shown that Ampalaya increases the production of beta cells by the pancreas, thereby improving the body’s ability to produce insulin, that controls the blood sugar for diabetics.<br /><br />Ampalaya leaves and fruits are excellent sources of Vitamin B, iron, calcium, and phosphorus. It is also rich in beta carotene.<br /><br />Ampalaya is used as herbal treatment for diabetes, HIV, coughs, skin diseases, sterility in women, parasiticide, antipyretic and as purgative among others.<br /><br /><b>Ampalaya for Diabetes.</b> Clinical Studies for Ampalaya Bitter Melon demonstrated hypoglycemic properties (blood sugar lowering) or other actions of potential benefit against diabetes mellitus.<br />The hypoglycemic chemicals found in Ampalaya Bitter Melon include a mixture of steroidal saponins known as charantins, insulin-like peptides, and alkaloids. The hypoglycemic effect is more pronounced in the fruit of bitter melon where these chemicals are in greater abundance. The fruit has also shown the ability to enhance cells’ uptake of glucose, to promote insulin release, and potentiate the effect of insulin. In other in vivo studies, bitter melon fruit and/or seed has been shown to reduce total cholesterol and triglycerides in both the presence and absence of dietary cholesterol. In one study, elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels in diabetic rats were returned to normal after 10 weeks of treatment.<br /><br /><b>Ampalaya for Hemorrhoids.</b> Powdered leaves and root decoction of Ampalaya are applied to hemorrhoids as astringent.<br /><br /><b>Ampalaya for Stomach Problems.</b> Ampalaya leaf juice is used to expel intestinal parasites, treat dysentery, diarrhea, and chronic colitis. Grounded seeds may also be used. Taken in a spoonfull 3x a day until ailment subsides.<br /><br /><b>Ampalaya for Cough.</b> Ampalaya leaf juice is used for mild coughs for children. Administered in a teaspoon 3x a day.<br /><br /><b>Ampalaya for Burns, Scalds and Wounds.</b> Pounded Ampalaya seeds or leaf are used to treat burns, scalds and wounds.<br /><br /><b>Ampalaya as Anti-Cancer</b>, Two compounds extracted from ampalaya bitter melon, α-eleostearic acid (from ampalaya seeds) and dihydroxy-α-eleostearic acid (from the ampalayafruit) have been found to induce apoptosis of leukemia cells in vitro. Diets containing 0.01% ampalaya bitter melon oil (0.006% as α-eleostearic acid) were found to prevent azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis in rats.<br /><br />Other acclaimed uses are for the treatment of HIV, treatment of fever and headaches, treatment of rheumatism and gout, disease of the spleen and liver.<br /><b><br />Amplaya Side Effects</b><br /><br />In large dozes, pure Ampalaya juice can be a purgative and may cause pregnancy abortion. (source: <a href="http://www.medicalhealthguide.com/">http://www.medicalhealthguide.com</a>)<br /><br />Earlier, I bought already sliced ampalaya for only 15 pesos; tried cooking it for dinner. Here are two photos I got from <a href="http://www.medicalhealthguide.com/">http://www.medicalhealthguide.com</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7bed84s95TBUYiSBt2af9jqbpF59JmOkoKm2cVdXRk-GRr_kMWKKEV7iGO5Ew8ZjWXKr-u0ZpgmUg_9nRp9-hH8MVHQPQhIz1VGOiteVyc1YbCI4_FhK4wyC_m9M8sDSHjEqNdZlQsJ9/s1600/ampalaya4.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7bed84s95TBUYiSBt2af9jqbpF59JmOkoKm2cVdXRk-GRr_kMWKKEV7iGO5Ew8ZjWXKr-u0ZpgmUg_9nRp9-hH8MVHQPQhIz1VGOiteVyc1YbCI4_FhK4wyC_m9M8sDSHjEqNdZlQsJ9/s1600/ampalaya4.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPN1PczJy6vHTuY4Dbekz47NpHFLMQsyGJBdLRbHi_sLIkbXxtLMwzRogDpXsghBaSeLyVOh-4awpw32iSiqPvZlwnEuJDWiJ0mt2uaNxOvikG5pl_-YLk7j8urWr74mPm47CCBlPc7a-m/s1600/ampalaya3.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPN1PczJy6vHTuY4Dbekz47NpHFLMQsyGJBdLRbHi_sLIkbXxtLMwzRogDpXsghBaSeLyVOh-4awpw32iSiqPvZlwnEuJDWiJ0mt2uaNxOvikG5pl_-YLk7j8urWr74mPm47CCBlPc7a-m/s1600/ampalaya3.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">my ingredients:</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. sliced ampalaya</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />2. magic sarap<br /><br />3. salt<br /><br />4. beaten egg</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How I prepared my ampalaya with egg specialty:</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /> I've learned from a friend not to soak and boil it with water and salt, instead soak it with pure water and squeeze the ampalaya juice that's making the taste bitter. I squeezed it moderately, just enough to lessen the bitter taste and the fetid smell.<br /><br />I prepared the egg. Season it with magic sarap and half a teaspoon of salt. Poured in cooking oil in the cooking pot. When the oil is hot enough, I put the sliced ampalaya in the cooking pot, waited for it to smell in 4-5 minutes. After that, I put the beaten egg and mix it for about 5 minutes as well.<br /><br />Then I removed my ampalaya with egg specialty from the cooking pot to a medium-sized bowl. Then I ate it right after I took a photo of it. Below are some photos of my ampalaya with egg:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMP0PLsZTd0fG8T0QUV4LdQq8xOaGc4NUGm0wBSn3XzCyjzFO99xATsRooCuYMqgJfHUgH7PR_pAc747ARlImX8Nty8_Yg-cLmHo-AP3hr4z0D8Kqg8K06ZV5Rqtuviw6UO4xGU45yqTI/s1600/SAM_0932.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMP0PLsZTd0fG8T0QUV4LdQq8xOaGc4NUGm0wBSn3XzCyjzFO99xATsRooCuYMqgJfHUgH7PR_pAc747ARlImX8Nty8_Yg-cLmHo-AP3hr4z0D8Kqg8K06ZV5Rqtuviw6UO4xGU45yqTI/s320/SAM_0932.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iUdcM2Gu6hR7WDfv10RguMTSEymyYxX2j7S9pm2HyeVXCEv4v8AROTNjkmBhDxqk9qoeDnvSNJz_hmaoR98BawZEJo_0mflzvg8MVD6q24zsv1K3ZLl8mhv74qreJHmUY0w1G8-opP5i/s1600/pt2013_06_16_21_16_38.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iUdcM2Gu6hR7WDfv10RguMTSEymyYxX2j7S9pm2HyeVXCEv4v8AROTNjkmBhDxqk9qoeDnvSNJz_hmaoR98BawZEJo_0mflzvg8MVD6q24zsv1K3ZLl8mhv74qreJHmUY0w1G8-opP5i/s320/pt2013_06_16_21_16_38.jpg" /></a><br /><br /> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7SXF1jPo7lCty_5KeFGVFZXpP7kpXk7Wn-w5loXSCk5Pz-jGVNelW71RUzR0G1incIeJs5bhThdafUX5ct_lktib5A6Izn3s5mCCiakUXSU0eJLge8NRZIuSKjIjxIwif9YNWWBcDu_i/s1600/pt2013_06_16_21_19_26.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7SXF1jPo7lCty_5KeFGVFZXpP7kpXk7Wn-w5loXSCk5Pz-jGVNelW71RUzR0G1incIeJs5bhThdafUX5ct_lktib5A6Izn3s5mCCiakUXSU0eJLge8NRZIuSKjIjxIwif9YNWWBcDu_i/s320/pt2013_06_16_21_19_26.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stay healthy and live a happy life! ;)</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898 in Kawit, Cavite Philippines. With the public reading of the Act of the Declaration of independence (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language">Spanish</a>: Acta de la proclamación de independencia del pueblo Filipino), Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898 between four and five in the afternoon in Cavite at the ancestral home of General </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Emilio Aguinaldo</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> some 30 kilometers South of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Manila</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. The event saw the unfurling of the National </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Philippines" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Flag of the Philippines</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, made in Hong Kong.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Declaration is currently housed in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_the_Philippines" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">National Library of the Philippines</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. It is not on public display but can be viewed with permission like any other document held by the National Library.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />During the Philippine-American War, the American government captured and sent to the United States about 400,000 historical documents. In 1958, the documents were given to the Philippine government along with two sets of microfilm of the entire collection, with the U.S. Federal Government keeping one set.<br /><br />Sometime in the 1980s or 1990s the Declaration was stolen from the National Library. As part of a larger investigation into the widespread theft of historical documents and a subsequent public appeal for the return of stolen documents, the Declaration was returned to the National LIbrary in 1994 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines">University of the Philippines</a> professor Milagros Guerrero. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />We Filipinos are about to celebrate the day that we have been set freed. I can actually feel the spirit now as I read the daily newspaper, recent events in a lot of sites in the internet and a lot more. Is this occasion really that salient to all Filipinos? I guess for most it is and I am one of those people who joins in celebrating the Philippine freedom from any other nation's colonial rule. Indeed, we must be a part of this celebration and we must indulge ourselves to related activities that would manifest and ascertain to all Filipinos that we consider this a great deal in behalf of all our fellow Filipinos who sacrificed their personal interests in fighting for our country's FREEDOM. Without them, we Filipinos wouldn't have been able to express ourselves freely though newspapers and magazines, internet sites and media. Thus, alas to those Filipinos who have fought for Philippine Independence.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-69128087308818400142013-06-01T18:47:00.002-07:002013-06-13T10:11:50.314-07:00Take a break; grab a beer and enjoy it with my calamares<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last night, i thought of taking a break from stress. I stopped contemplating for a while on difficulties, hindrances of goals (that I haven't been able to achieve) and failures that serve as lessons in life (and are meant to be treasured, of course!). I grabbed a beer and enjoyed it with my calamares masterpiece.</span><br />
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<li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I combined the squid, salt, and ground black pepper then mixed well. </span></li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Poured-in cooking oil in the cooking pot.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dredged the squid in flour then dipped in the beaten egg and rolled over on breadcrumbs.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When the oil is hot enough, i deep-fried the squid until the color of the coating turned brown. Note: This should only take about 2 to 3 minutes in medium heat. Do not overcook the squid.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Removed the fried squid from the cooking pot and transferred in a plate.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Served with hot n spicy ketchup.</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.com0Mandaue City, Philippines10.3333333 123.9333332999999610.2083713 123.77197179999996 10.4582953 124.09469479999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-30213138852503971282013-06-01T11:20:00.001-07:002013-06-15T20:41:24.638-07:00chili buttered shrimp masterpiece... c;<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been wanting to try this but never really had the time to. Until early this afternoon, since i had nothing to get myself busy of, i went to the grocery store here in my place to buy shrimps and all the other ingredients needed. When i got back home, i got so excited, i immediately tried to prepare it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. i marinated the shrimps on lemon soda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. in the next 8-10 minutes, the shrimps would then change to orange color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7. Done with my chili buttered shrimp masterpiece then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't explain why i only find this so fun to do now; how i wish i should have done this before! ;)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.com0Mandaue City, Philippines10.3333333 123.9333332999999610.2083713 123.77197179999996 10.4582953 124.09469479999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-35037212051628211042013-06-01T01:55:00.000-07:002013-06-13T10:15:24.335-07:00lunch @ casa verde<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Casa Verde is ranked 18 of 568 restaurants here in Cebu according to the site www.tripadvisor.com where i normally search best restaurants and places to go to. Casa Verde is a Spanish term which literally means casa "abode or a place where one resides" and verde "green".</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Whenever i get to eat here, I'd really love the Brian's Ribs and their Calamares which i can't get enough of. I had a taste of their over sized burger but i had to take my leftover home since i really can't consume the whole size in one meal.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.com0Cebu City, Philippines10.3156992 123.8854366000000510.0657982 123.56271310000005 10.565600199999999 124.20816010000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-24509087757865826952013-05-18T22:43:00.001-07:002013-06-13T10:17:32.391-07:00craving for pork humba<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We Filipinos some times spend our Sundays with our family. I seldom experience it myself because of my family's hectic schedule, we barely find time to eat together you see. So, I kind of figured out to prepare humba for lunch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Never really wanna be the one in charge for it however things change.</span> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am now so eager to learn it.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #464242; line-height: 20px;">Humba is a sweet pork dish that resembles the famous </span><a href="http://panlasangpinoy.com/2009/08/01/filipino-food-pork-adobo-recipe/" style="background-color: white; color: #323232; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none !important;">pork adobo</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #464242; line-height: 20px;">in terms of appearance. This is popular in the southern parts of the Philippines and is considered as one of the delicacies of the region. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #464242; line-height: 20px;">This dish uses all the ingredients of pork adobo; however, certain ingredients such as brown sugar, salted black beans, and banana blossoms make this dish stand out. There are also other variations wherein pineapple juice is used – this gives more life to the dish (as what i have done on my humba mastepiece for lunch earlier). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #464242; line-height: 20px;">source: </span><a href="http://panlasangpinoy.com/2010/01/27/filipino-food-pork-humba-recipe/">http://panlasangpinoy.com/2010/01/27/filipino-food-pork-humba-recipe/</a></span><br />
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<li class="ingredient" style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 lbs pork belly</span></li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 ½ tablespoons brown sugar</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">½ cup dried banana blossoms</span></li>
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<li class="ingredient" style="list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon whole peppercorn</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my humba, i forgot to buy the dried bay leaves. Anyhow, my "humba" masterpiece still tastes so good, as if you can't get enough when you start eating it.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.com0Mandaue City, Philippines10.3333333 123.9333332999999610.2083713 123.77197179999996 10.4582953 124.09469479999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-23908528608742692052013-05-11T21:32:00.000-07:002013-06-13T10:26:36.511-07:00Mother's Day: celebrated every second Sunday of May<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">The modern holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Jarvis" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Anna Jarvis">Anna Jarvis</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> held a memorial for her mother in Grafton, West Virginia. She then began a campaign to make "Mother's Day" a recognized holiday in the United States. Although she was successful in 1914, she was already disappointed with its commercialization by the 1920s. Jarvis' holiday was adopted by other countries and it is now celebrated all over the world. In this tradition, each person offers a gift, card, or remembrance toward their mothers, grandmothers, and/ or maternal figure on mother's day. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Wikipedia)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">I haven't really figured of giving something for my biological mother on this day because </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">she doesn't seem to act like a mother to me. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">She, rather, acts like my toughest best friend. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">She's seldom on the right track however i adore her for being tough. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">She may have flaws, that i have always been wanting to sort out, but hell hopeless as it seem, she's human anyway who's bound to make mistakes.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">She doesn't show that she does have some affection to me, nevertheless, she's trying some times.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">She's rather irrational in most ways yet she tries to make up.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">She's damn insensitive most of the time, in any case, i totally understand because she has problems too that she needs to patch up first before anything else.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">That's my mother and I know there's no way that i can change her. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">She is unique in her own ways and she knows best!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">2013 Philippine general election</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> on May 13, 2013 will be a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midterm_election" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Midterm election">midterm election</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">, as the officials elected will be sworn in on June 30, 2013, or midway from </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="President of the Philippines">President</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_III" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Benigno Aquino III">Benigno Aquino III</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">'s term of office. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">I had my follow up check up last Friday because i'm beginning to feel pain again in my abdomen. I got paranoid so i went straight to my OB-GYNE. All lab tests were done on Thursday and got the results the next day. Went to my OB-GYNE's clinic, she simply interpreted the lab results were normal and the </span></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">pain i felt was just associated to </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">"</span><b>Mittelschmerz</b>" which occurs on the side of the ovary that's ovulating. The thing is, both of my ovaries are ovulating so it's really possible for me to get pregnant if i want to. My</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> physician asked me then, during our conversation, "kompleto na ang line up nimu sa election?", which in English means, Is your line up this coming election already complete? I laughed. I didn't know what to tell her. It's really no big deal for me to VOTE. i honestly vote just because i have to. And i have to because of no particular reason behind it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Until yeterday when i browse on recent articles related to this upcoming election, I came across the VOTE WISELY quote, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">"Realistically you have but two choices and how you vote is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make. One of the candidates will lead you to total despair and utter hopelessness. To other, to total extinction. I'm sure you'll have the courage to vote and vote wisely!" </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">After reading the writer's quote, I stopped and thought about it. We certainly need to think a couple of times to vote for the best candidate, however, on another point of view, how can we pinpoint on the best ones when we don't know the candidates by soul? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Anyhow, the quote above follow through. Though we ain't that convinced enough as to who we should vote for and who really deserves your VOTE (that counts!), we should contemplate on who really is best among all the candidates who are vying for their respective positions and we're </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">left with no choice but to choose the best and to VOTE and to VOTE WISELY!</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had our summer party yesterday May 5, 2013 (Sunday) at Cordova Home Village. I wasn't planning to be there but i remember last year's summer party, my workmates admit, was the best party ever. I might again regret of not joining the party this time, especially that i haven't gone to the said place yet and that i now have this passion to travel.haha! At 2:46 PM, I texted my team lead that i was on my way to the office to ride with the service bus at 3 PM. But the thing is, i lied! I was not on my way to the office yet. She texted back that the bus will be leaving the office at 3:30 PM. I didn't know that there were 3 buses. Anyhow, I still went to the office hoping that i can still catch up with the bus ride. Left our house at 3:40 PM and arrived there at 4:20 PM. LE tours tourist bus was waiting in front of the office. I honestly thought it was not the service bus since there were only a few people who we</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">re in</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> it and that i didn't know the people who were in there. Glad that there were 2 team leads for online and they advised me this is our third bus. Indeed, i was sooo lucky enough that it was the third bus to give us a lift to Cordova Home Village. It really pays to wait... hmmmm... i mean, to be late! lol.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank God for the blessings you always shower upon me. My good friends who were there to enjoy the night with me, good food and easy to get along office mates. Many, many, many thanks! ;)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.com0Cordova, Philippines10.25 123.9500000000000510.1249915 123.78863850000005 10.3750085 124.11136150000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-48844027540287205302013-05-05T12:02:00.003-07:002015-08-06T10:46:21.578-07:00cruise to santiago bay resort, camotes island<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had our summer getaway to Santiago Bay Resort, Camotes Island sometime mid of March, 2013. Indeed, it's really hotter than the usual heat. We stayed there for just a day and a night. We rented the room worth Php1000 just so we can keep our stuffs inside the room and so as we can enjoy the whole night away.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.com0Camotes Islands, Poro, Philippines10.6666667 124.39999999999998-14.8553678 83.091405999999978 36.1887012 165.70859399999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-20663054632766101092013-04-30T20:27:00.000-07:002013-06-13T10:49:16.525-07:00Labor Day; 1st May 2013, a regular holiday it is for Filipinos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">It’s 1st of May today and Filipino people tag this as “Labor Day” which is (as what I have read in philnews.ph) listed as one of the country’s 15 national holidays for 2013 based upon the President’s Proclamation 459 signed by Pres. Aquino last year. According to Philippine History, the 1st Labor Day celebration was held on May 01, 1903 in a massive, cumbersome rally which is done by Democratic Labor’s Union whose main goal is to express the workers’ economic rights.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a result, it was then considered and affirmed by the Philippine government that May 01, 2013 is Labor Day and has been renowned one of the National Regular Holidays. This means that Filipino workers are entitled to get “at least 100% of his/ her minimum wage rate” even if he/ she did not report for work on this day. However, for those who have reported for work, employees are entitled to get 200% of their regular rate for every hour rendered which basically means will be paid additional 100% premium for the work within shift and 260% per hour of overtime work (work rendered beyond the shift). Provided that employees should be present or should be on leave of absence with pay on the work day preceding the holiday for them to get the holiday premium.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><br /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This year’s Labor Day is a working day for most Filipinos as the day falls on a week day which is specifically Wednesday. Glad that I have returned back to work that I am as well entitled to the holiday premium. I was away for quite a while due to some crucial matter that I had to rest, take a breather and busy myself with some stress reliever activities and relaxation techniques. In that way, I have accumulated strategies on how to achieve serenity spiritually, emotionally, physically and in all aspects of myself as a human being. It’s really great as well that traveling to different parts of Cebu had to be a part of it because it helps me appreciate and embrace the beauty of God’s creation. It is, as well, one way to alleviate stress from work. It’s really kind of fulfilling to visit different places in Cebu as this is where I was born (back in my younger years, quite shameful I haven’t gone to all travel destinations here in Cebu and I didn’t really appreciate the opportunity to witness nature at its best). *wink* I’ve been to Southern part of Cebu; from Carcar’s Mainit-Mabugnaw Spring, Basdaku (Moalboal), Obong Spring (Dalaguette), Tingco Beach (Alcoy), Badian, Alegria, Alcantara, to Sambuan. And I’ve also been to Northern part of Cebu; from Lilloan, Danao, Barili, Carmen, Catmon, to Santiago Bay Resort (Camotes Island).</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I’m still craving to visit and witness more travel destinations here in Cebu and I still feel the desire to explore every tourist spot that my birthplace has to offer.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12895000316832966262noreply@blogger.com0Cebu City, Philippines10.3156992 123.8854366000000510.0657982 123.56271310000005 10.565600199999999 124.20816010000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865890389976653760.post-35050484807464743142013-04-26T22:28:00.000-07:002013-06-13T10:57:08.197-07:00my feature blog of the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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