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A Medical/Dental Mission will be conducted in Upper dela Paz, Cortes, Bohol on April 21, 2012. It is my personal initiative to help my ka-barrio. A Medical Team from Manila composed of 5 dentists and 3 doctors will undertake the mission.

I shouldered the financial aspects of the project, and through my connections I was able to pull medical people to Bohol free of charge. The Alpha Phi Omega Bohol-based is the lead organization that undertakes this. We have enough resources to cover 500 dental patients, and the barangay officials are conducting pre-registration to determine the actual medicines needed.

On the day of the mission, I am also giving out 20 Food Vouchers at PhP500 each to participants in a form of raffle. This Food Voucher has been my project in line with my Hunger and Poverty advocacy.

It feels good to be home, but it feels better to give something to the community where you belong.

The Water Cure

The Water Cure Recipe:
Drink 1/2 your body weight of water in ounces, daily.  Example 180 lb = 90 oz. of water daily. Divide that into 8 or 10 oz. glasses and that's how many glasses you will need to drink, daily. Use 1/4 tsp. of salt for every quart of water you drink. Use salt liberally with food. As long as you drink the water, you can use the salt. Avoid caffeinated or alcoholic drinks. These are diuretics and will dehydrate you. Every 6 oz. of caffeine or alcohol requires an additional 10 to 12 oz. of water to re-hydrate you.

Water-Nature's Thirst Quencher
Over half of your body is made up of water. It's in every cell and every tissue. Biological processes like circulation, digestion, absorption and excretion depend on water. It forms the foundation of blood and lymph, maintains hearty muscles and young-looking skin, lubricates joints and organs and regulates body temperature. You can't function without it.
As you grow older, it becomes vital to pay attention to your water consumption. Mature persons hold less cellular water, with a loss of 10 to 15 percent of previous capacity by the age of 65. A contributing factor is the loss of thirst sensitivity. Because water is so important for digestion, a lack of fluid in your body might make it more difficult for you to digest food. You may suffer from cramps, bloating, gas, constipation, diveritculosis or even colon cancer. Drinking more water, combined with a high-fiber diet, can prevent these problems.
To combat this loss of fluids, the answer is simple. Drink more water. Six to ten glasses of pure water each day are necessary to enhance your body's functioning. Beyond helping your digestive system, getting enough fluids will give you fresh skin, clear eyes and shining hair. Signs of hunger may be a warning flag that your body is need of a good drink. Try consuming several glasses of water before diving into a snack to see if that takes care of your craving. Because fruits are largely made up of water, they are perfect choices for a mid-afternoon treat.
   

From the book:
"Your Body's Many Cries for Water"
AMAZING SECRETS FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS


Cure # 1: Water prevents and cures heartburn.
Heartburn is a signal of water shortage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a major thirst signal of the human body. The use of antacids or tablet medications in the treatment of this pain does not correct dehydration, and the body continues to suffer as a result of its water shortage.

Tragedy: Not recognizing heartburn as a sign of dehydration and treating it with antacids and pill medications will, in time, produce inflammation of the stomach and duodenum, hiatal hernia, ulceration, and eventually cancers in the gastrointestinal tract, including the liver and pancreas.

Cure # 2: Water prevents and cures arthritis.
Rheumatoid joint pain - arthritis - is a signal of water shortage in the painful joint. It can affect the young as well as the old. The use of pain-killers does not cure the problem, but exposes the person to further damage from pain medications. Intake of water and small amounts of salt will cure this problem.

Cure # 3: Water prevents and cures back pain.
Low back pain and ankylosing arthritis of the spine are signs of water shortage in the spinal column and discs - the water cushions that support the weight of the body. These conditions should be treated with increased water intake - not a commercial treatment, but a very effective one.

Tragedy: Not recognizing arthritis and low back pain as signs of dehydration in the joint cavities and treating them with pain-killers, manipulation, acupuncture, and eventually surgery will, in time, produce osteoarthritis when the cartilage cells in the joints have eventually all died. It will produce deformity of the spine. It will produce crippling deformities of the limbs. Pain medications have their own life-threatening complications.

Cure # 4: Water prevents and cures angina.
Heart pain - angina - is a sign of water shortage in the heart/lung axis. It should be treated with increased water intake until the patient is free of pain and independent of medications. Medical supervision is prudent. However, increased water intake is angina's cure.

Cure # 5: Water prevents and cures migraines.
Migraine headache is a sign of water need by the brain and the eyes. It will totally clear up if dehydration is prevented from establishing in the body. The type of dehydration that causes migraine might eventually cause inflammation of the back of the eye and possibly loss of eye sight.

Cure #6: Water prevents and cures colitis.
Colitis pain is a signal of water shortage in the large gut. It is associated with constipation because the large intestine constricts to squeeze the last drop of water from the excrements - thus the lack of water lubrication.

Tragedy: Not recognizing colitis pain as a sign of dehydration will cause persistent constipation. Later in life, it will cause fecal impacting: it can cause diverticulitis, hemorrhoids and polyps, and appreciably increases the possibility of developing cancer of the colon and rectum.

Cure # 7: Water and salt prevent and cure asthma.
Asthma, which also affects 14 million children and kills several thousand of them every year, is a complication of dehydration in the body. It is caused by the drought management programs of the body. In asthma free passage of air is obstructed so that water does not leave the body in the form of vapor - the winter steam. Increased water intake will prevent asthma attacks. Asthmatics need also to take more salt to break the mucus plugs in the lungs that obstruct the free flow of air in and out of the air sacs.

Tragedy: Not recognizing asthma as the indicator of dehydration in the body of a growing child not only will sentence many thousands of children to die every year, but will permit irreversible genetic damage to establish in the remaining 14 million asthmatic children.

Cure # 8: Water prevents and cures high blood pressure.
Hypertension is a state of adaptation of the body to a generalized drought, when there is not enough water to fill all the blood vessels that diffuse water into vital cells. As part of the mechanism of reverse osmosis, when water from the blood serum is filtered and injected into important cells through minute holes in their membranes, extra pressure is needed for the "injection process." Just as we inject I.V. "water" in hospitals, so the body injects water into tens of trillions of cells all at the same time. Water and some salt intake will bring blood pressure back to normal!

Tragedy: Not recognizing hypertension as one of the major indicators of dehydration in the human body, and treating it with diuretics that further dehydrate the body will, in time, cause blockage by cholesterol of the heart arteries and the arteries that go to the brain. It will cause heart attacks and small or massive strokes that paralyze. It will eventually cause kidney disease. It will cause brain damage and neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Cure # 9: Water prevents and cures early adult-onset diabetes.
Adult-onset diabetes is another adaptive state to severe dehydration of the human body. To have adequate water in circulation and for the brain's priority water needs, the release of insulin is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing water into all body cells. In diabetes, only some cells get survival rations of water. Water and some salt will reverse adult-onset diabetes in its early stages.

Tragedy: Not recognizing adult-onset diabetes as a complication of dehydration will, in time, cause massive damage to the blood vessels all over the body. It will cause eventual loss of the toes, feet and legs from gangrene. It will cause eye damage, even blindness.

Cure # 10: Water lowers blood cholesterol.
High cholesterol levels are an indicator of early drought management by the body. Cholesterol is a clay-like material that is poured in the gaps of some cell membranes to safeguard them against losing their vital water content to the osmotically more powerful blood circulating in their vicinity. Cholesterol, apart from being used to manufacture nerve cell membranes and hormones, is also used as a "shield" against water taxation of other vital cells that would normally exchange water through their cell membranes.

Cure # 11: Water cures depression, loss of libido, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy.
These conditions are caused by prolonged chronic dehydration. They will clear up once the body becomes well and regularly hydrated. In these conditions, exercising one's muscles should be part of the treatment program.

For More Information, Read the Book:
Your Body's Many Cries for Water.
by  F. Batmanghelidj, M.D

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.


With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

I need discussion/help in understanding from lay-man's point of view anything about pancreatic disorders. I made a research using various websites, am getting tortured reading the medical terms.

THE CREATIVE BAKER PAYS TRIBUTE TO A CHAMP
New Bread - Pan de Ocho de Pacquiao - Set to Launch in California

By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ
Member, Asian American Journalists Association


TORONTO - Manny Pacquiao's winning his record eighth crown has guaranteed the immortality of the many bread products and fruit drink created in his honor in America's unofficial capital of the Philippines.

The Filipino champion may have lent his name to many products he owns or has developed but in San Diego County's National City, Pacquiao's name is affixed to special breads that businesswoman Wilma Fernandez Ventura has created to celebrate his many victories.

For example, until Ventura came up with Brazo de Pacquiao, the only brazo carries a female name, as in Brazo de Mercedes. Now, Brazo de Pacquiao is the male counterpart that also evokes masculinity and agility.

It's one of the many items that's pushing sales and fanning popularity of Ventura's The Original Richard's Bakery, a famous business landmark in National City, which is home to the largest Filipino population in the United States.

The city that borders the City of San Diego and is about 15 miles to the frontier with Mexico has a population under 100,000. About one-fifth, or 20 percent, are Filipinos or Americans of Filipino descent.

A big chunk of Filipino businesses is also based in National City, a fact recognized by everyone at City Hall.

When former President Fidel V. Ramos visited in early October, National City Mayor Ron Morrison welcomed him with these words: "Welcome to the unofficial capital of the Philippines in America".

It's not surprising, therefore, that the only bread recognition ever given to Pacquiao comes from a Filipino bakery based in National City.

In March when he won his seventh title in Texas, Ventura, also known as "The Creative Baker," invented the Siete Coronas de Pacquiao, a special bread shaped like a giant 7.

That was followed by another, Brazo de Pacquiao and still another, the Pan de Pacquiao. Earlier on in his boxing bouts that he easily won, Ventura was so inspired and moved to create a fruit combination called Pacquiao Punch.

Ventura is now poised to come up with another bread that would reflect Pacquiao's victories.

Contacted for comment in San Diego, Ventura said she has in mind "Pan de Ocho de Pacquiao" that would take the appearance of a big number 8. The bread is glazed on top to make it shiny and stuffed with reasonable amounts of Bavarian cream for that distinct taste.

Ventura has been readying this latest addition in the last weeks in anticipation of a Pacquiao win. The finished product would be marketed at $3.99 per piece starting on Monday at her bakery.

"It's incredible that Manny Pacquiao now has eight boxing titles. I am so proud of him," Ventura said in a phone interview.

The Original Richard's Bakery shot to national prominence when Ventura created the popular Obama Pan de Sal which she launched on the day Barack Obama took his oath as the 44th president of the United States in January last year.

From then on, Ventura's creative juices continued to flow. Her bakery's many bread products became the outlet for her creative streak.

The bakery has an array of Ventura's inventions, namely: the Pacquiao breads, Obama Pan de Sal, Genesis Loaf (named after Filipina movie actress Genesis, aka Patricia Javier), the Reyna Bibingka ng America (named after Imelda, Gloria and Cory).

Friends are like diamonds, they are rare to find. Once you found them, keep them closer to your hearts no matter what.

In good times, in bad times, that's what friends are for.

I will start here in the United States:

ALABAMA ....  Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968.
ALASKA ...  One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
ARIZONA ....  Is the only state in the continental U.S. that doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.
ARKANSAS ....  Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
CALIFORNIA ...Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would rank 7th in the entire world.
COLORADO ....  In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the  Olympics.
CONNECTICUT ...  The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University .
DELAWARE ....  Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.

FLORIDA ....  At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the U.S.'s largest city.
GEORGIA ....  It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
HAWAII ..  Hawaiians live, on average, 5 years longer than residents in any other state.
IDAHO ...  TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
ILLINOIS ....  The Chicago River is dyed green every St.Patrick's Day
INDIANA ... Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which get a half million letters to Santa every year.
IOWA ...  Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.
KANSAS .. Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house in The Wizard of Oz.
KENTUCKY ....  Has more than $ 6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox .
LOUISIANA ....  Has parishes instead of counties because they were originally Spanish church - units .
MAINE ...  It's so big, it covers as many square miles as the other five  New England states combined.
MARYLAND ....  The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892.
MASSACHUSETTS ...  The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN ....  Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of the world.
MINNESOTA ....  Bloomington 's Mall of America is so big, if you spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly four days.
MISSISSIPPI ...  President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here ... that's how the " teddy bear " got its name.
MISSOURI ....  Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone .
MONTANA ....  A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England .
NEBRASKA ....  More triplets are born here than in any other state.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ...  Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.
NEWJERSEY ...  Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.
NEW MEXICO ...  Smokey Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.
NEW YORK ....  Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk.
NORTHCAROLINA ...  Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NORTH DAKOTA ...  Rigby , North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of North America .
OHIO ...  The hot dog was invented here in 1900.  OH !!!!
OKLAHOMA ....  The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.
OREGON ...  Has the most ghost towns in the country.
PENNSYLVANIA ...  The smiley, was first used in 1980 by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University .
RHODE ISLAND ...The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern , opened here in 1673.
SOUTH CAROLINA ... Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko farm.
SOUTH DAKOTA ...  Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.
TENNESSEE ....  Nashville 's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world.
TEXAS ...  Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885.
UTAH ... The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in 1952.
VERMONT ....  Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's.
VIRGINIA ....  Home of the world's largest office building...the Pentagon .
WASHINGTON ...  Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.
WASHINGTON D . C .  ...  Was the first planned capital in the world.
WEST VIRGINIA ...  Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
WISCONSIN ....  The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays.
WYOMING ....  Was the first state to allow women to vote.

If FB has status, wish TB has a message board.

"Now, it is 1257 hrs in Florida, am going to bed. My eyes are half-closed and yet, am still on TB." The good part is I am off tomorrow. But I need to go to church since I was not able to do it last Sunday because I was working. Hopefully, I will not be lazy so I can workout and finish my laundry." I need to burn the extra calories for the last 4 days.

I am surprised my phone did not ring tonight. Maybe people are tired or just busy with other matters equally important than I am. Good Night Life...See you tomorrow.

Sharing of funny video.

Funny Video

Naka-experience ba mo og bayle?

Here are some Funny Definitions:

ABASH:  A high school graduation party.

ABDICATE:  To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

ACCOUNT:  A Countess's husband.

ACRE:  Literally means the amount of land plowable in one day.  So in my case it would be four feet by four feet.

ADULT:  A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

AMNESIA: condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to have sex again.

ANTIQUE:  An item your grandparents bought, your parents got rid of,  and you're buying again.

ARBITRATOR (ar'-bi-tray'-ter):  A cook that leaves Arby's to work at Burger King.

ATHEISM is a non-prophet organization. -- George Carlin

AVOIDABLE (uh-voy'-duh-buhl'):  What a bullfighter tries to do.

BALDERDASH:  A rapidly receding hairline.

BARIUM:  What we do to most people when they die.

BATHROOM: A room used by the entire family, believed by all except Mom to be self-cleaning.

BEAUTY PARLOR:  Places where women curl up and dye.

BOSS:  Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

CANNIBAL:  Someone who is fed up with people.

CANTALOUPE:  Gotta get married in a church.

CAR SICKNESS:  The feeling you get when the car payment is due.

CATALOGS:  Rails used to build cow fences.

CHICKENS:  The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

CLASSIC:  A book which people praise, but do not read.

CLOTHES DRYER:  An appliance designed to eat socks.

COFFEE:  A person who is coughed upon.

COLLEGE:  The four year period when parents are permitted access to the telephone.

COMMITTEE:  A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

COMPROMISE: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

CONFERENCE: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

CONTROL (kon'-trol):  A short, ugly inmate.

COURTESY:  The art of yawning with your mouth closed.

DERANGE:  Where de buffalo roam.

DICTIONARY: A place where success comes before work.

DIPLOMAT: A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

DIVORCE:  Future tense of marriage.

DOCTOR:  A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.

DUMBWAITER: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.

DUST:  Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST:  Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS:  Police station, Fire Department and Places that deliver.

Etc:  A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.\

ETERNITY: The last two minutes of a football game.

EYEDROPPER (i'-drop-ur):  A clumsy ophthalmologist.

EXPERIENCE : The name men give to their mistakes.

FABLE:  A story told by a teenager arriving home after curfew.

FAMILY PLANNING: the art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster.

FANCY RESTAURANT:  One that serves cold soup on purpose.

FATHER:  A banker provided by nature.

FEEDBACK: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.

FLABBERGASTED:  Appalled over how much weight you have gained.

FULL NAME:  What you call your child when you're mad at him/her.

GOSSIP:  A person who will never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage.

GRANDMOTHER: A baby-sitter who doesn't hang around the refrigerator.

GRANDPARENTS:  The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.

GROCERY LIST:. What you spend half an hour writing, then forget to take with you to the store.

GUM: Adhesive for the hair.

HAIR DRESSER:  Someone who is able to create a style you will never be able to duplicate again. See "Magician."

HANDKERCHIEF:  Cold Storage.

HEARSAY:  What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

HEROES (hee-rhos'):  What a guy in a boat does.

HINDSIGHT: What one experiences from changing too many diapers.

HORS D'OEUVRES:  A sandwich cut into 20 pieces.

IMPREGNABLE:  A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.

INDEPENDENT:  How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.

INFLATION:  Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

KISSING:  A means of getting two people so close together that they can't see anything wrong with each other.

LEMONADE STAND: Complicated business venture where Mom buys powdered mix, sugar, lemons, and paper cups, and sets up a table, chairs, pitchers and ice for kids who sit there for three to six minutes and net a profit of 15 cents.

MISER:  A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

MISTY (mis-tee'):  How golfers create divots.

MYTH:  A female moth.

MOSQUITO:  An insect that makes you like flies better.

NAIL POLISH: Part of an assortment of make-up items such as lipstick, eyeliner, blush etc. which ironically make Mom look better while making her young daughter look "like a tramp."

OPPORTUNIST:  A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.

OVERSTUFFED RECLINER: Mom's nickname for Dad.

OW:  The first word spoken by children with older siblings.

OYSTER:  A person who sprinkles their conversation with Yiddish expressions.

PARADOX (par'-u-doks'):  Two physicians.

PARK:  Before children, a verb meaning, "to go somewhere and neck."  After children, a noun meaning a place with a swing set and slide.

PHILOSOPHER:  A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.

POLITICIAN: One who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

POLYGON:  A dead parrot.

PRENATAL:  When your life was still somewhat your own.

PRIMATE (pri'-mate'):  Removing your husband from in front of the TV.

PRIVATE TUTOR:  Someone who doesn't fart in public.

PROFESSOR:  Someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

PSYCHOLOGIST:  A man who watches everyone else when a beautiful girl enters the room.

PUDDLE:  A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.

QUIET: A state of household serenity which occurs before the birth of the first child and occurs again after the last child has left for college.

REFRIGERATOR: Combination art gallery and air-conditioner for the kitchen.

RELIEF (ree-leef'): What trees do in the spring.

RUBBERNECK:  What you do to relax your wife.

SCHOOL TEACHER:  A disillusioned person who used to think thhe liked children.

SEAMSTRESS:  Describes 250 pounds in a size 6.

SECRET:  Something you tell to one person at a time.

SELFISH: What the owner of a seafood store does.

SHOW OFF:  A child who is more talented than yours.

SKELETON:  A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

SMILE: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

SPOILED ROTTEN: What the kids become after as little as 15 minutes with Grandma.

STERILIZE:  What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.

SUBDUED (sub-dood'):  Like, a guy who, like, works on one of those, like, submarines, man.

SUDAFED:  Brought litigation against a government official.

TOOTHACHE:  The pain that drives you to extraction.

TOP BUNK:  Where you should never put a child wearing Superman pajamas.

TOMORROW:  One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

TWO-MINUTE WARNING:  When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.

VEGETARIAN:  Old Indian word for bad hunter.

YAWN:  An honest opinion openly expressed.

YAWN: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

VUJA DE:  The Feeling You've Never Been Here.

WITHDRAWL: To remove money from a bank down south.
(Submitted by Pericak.)

WRINKLES:  Something other people have. You have character lines.

ZUCCHINI: Vegetable which can be baked, boiled, fried or steamed before kids refuse to eat it.

It can be serious, it can be a joke, it can be anything. Just ask question and answer your own question.
Let's us keep it rolling. Sample.

Q: Ngano man nga hawkan ang ubi kung mahulog.
A: Ingon akong Lola kay kuno makagaba.

Q: Ngano man nga ang mga congressmen gitawag og buwaya.
A: Unsa pa man diay, ila man gitukob ang katawhan.

I love Football: a die hard fan of Florida State and Tampa Buccaneers
I love Basketball: Lakers here and taga barangay Ginebra.

What"s yours?

7 Simple Stress Reducers

Christmas is around the corner. How about giving love to your barrio on Xmas?

I just want to share a project that I am doing in my barangay during Xmas season. My family conducts a Xmas party for kids, give gifts and parlor games. In Upper dela Paz, more than 50% of the families are really very poor. That means, the kids don’t know the difference of Xmas from other time of the year. So I introduced the spirit of Xmas to these poor kids and let them feel that Xmas is not only for the rich but for everybody. This is one of the most awaited events of the kids in my barangay.

I know cujo doing that in Bilar, in fact I copied that concept from her.

I am a member of Alpha Phi Omega.

AS MORE FILIPINO FAMILIES SUFFER FROM HUNGER, CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS ASK, “WHY ARE SOME POLITICIANS OPPOSED TO THE PRO-POOR PROGRAMS IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET? 
(Source: Department of Budget and Management Website)

This is the reaction of several civil society organizations to the opposition of several legislators against the budget allocation for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) which is an important pillar of the Aquino administration’s anti-poverty program and is expected to provide immediate relief to 2.3 million families among the poorest of the poor.


The President’s budget for 2011 allocates P29.2 billion for the 4Ps program, which grants a monthly stipend of up to P1,400 to each of 2.3 million identified poor families â€" provided they abide by conditions such as sending their children to school and bringing them to health clinics for vaccinations. This doubles the number of CCT beneficiaries from only 1 million this year. “This is still just half of the 4.6 million poor families identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), but this is certainly a big step in the right direction” Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) Chairperson Ana Marie Karaos said. She adds, “The program seeks to support the attainment of the first of the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which is the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, the target being to halve, between 1990 and 2015, the number of poor people”.

However, 4.0 million Filipino families suffer from hunger as estimated by SWS in its June 2010 survey. Compared to the previous year’s survey, 300,000 more families are suffering from hunger. Furthermore, the proportion of poor Filipinos rose from 30% in 2003 to 33% to 2006, and is widely expected to have further increased due to the rice and oil price hikes and the global financial crisis in 2008 and the strong typhoons that hit the country in 2008 and 2009. Karaos states, “Thus, we welcome and strongly support the proposed budget for 2011 of the Aquino Administration, particularly the substantial funds earmarked for programs that directly address the important and immediate needs of poor Filipinos”.

Several legislators in both the House and the Senate have questioned the increase in budget allocation for the 4Ps program. “This is the start of establishing a dole-out society,” said Senator Edgardo Angara during a radio interview. He adds “This is not sustainable as we are a developing country.” House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman has also warned that the substantial increase in the program could be used for partisan endeavors.

On the other hand, civil society organizations have expressed their support for the expansion of the government’s 4Ps program. In a statement released to the media, they expressed that they “welcome and strongly support the proposed budget for 2011 of the Aquino Administration, particularly the substantial funds earmarked for programs that directly address the important and immediate needs of poor Filipinos”. They further add, “We would like to emphasize that as the immediate needs of our poor and hungry fellows are being addressed, it is vital to also ensure that they are given the opportunities for decent jobs and livelihoods and access to basic and productive assets”.

They also express their support for the increased budgetary allocations for the government’s asset reform programs. “We are heartened that the proposed budget for 2011 increases the funds for the Community Mortgage Program (CMP) from P170 million this year to P500 million, which will benefit 20,000 urban poor households. The budget for the National Housing Authority (NHA) will also be increased from P3.6 billion to P4.4 billion for the resettlement of poor families including those displaced by typhoon Ondoy”, said Benedict Balderrama, National Coordinator of the Partnership of Philippine Support Service Agencies (PHILSSA), a national network of NGOs working on housing and urban development. “We also welcome the P10.2 billion proposed for acquisition and distribution of agricultural lands by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), contributing to the purchase of 300,000 hectares of lands or 20% of the lands yet to be distributed under the agrarian reform program”, added Socrates Banzuela, National Coordinator of the Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA).


Karaos further explained that the 4Ps program will be sustainable if it is linked to other anti-poverty programs of government such as job generation and asset reform. In addition, the identification of beneficiaries through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) provides a safeguard against the politicization of this process as it removes discretion. “It has a much better targeting system for the poor, compared to other subsidy programs of government such as the NFA Rice subsidies and the fertilizer subsidy program”.

“We are surprised that some of our political leaders are questioning the substantial funds being proposed for these programs directed at helping poor Filipinos survive and climb out of poverty. We ask them to instead support the proposed budget and move our country on the straight path to poverty reduction and people empowerment”, she added.

Team EVI's WAVE 2 looks like a car crossed with a UFO. But its designers say this contender for the $10 million Automotive X Prize can be mass produced and get 100 miles per gallon.

That slender car may look like a Photoshop trick... but it's actually Commuter Cars' Tango, an ultra-narrow electric vehicle on display at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

I don't know anyone who'll feel intimidation at the site of the Police EV electric vehicle from CT&T... but maybe that's not such a bad thing.

Some electric cars are so small they can barely be called cars. The 2010 Triac, a three-wheeled vehicle that looks more like a covered motorcycle, but it can go up to 120 miles on a single charge with a top speed of 80 mph.

Hybrids are known more for their fuel economy than speed and style... but the Verde Supercar by Revenge Designs aims to change that. This $190,000 car can get 110 mpg while getting speeds of 200 mph.


No auto show would be complete without some eye candy. The Saleen S7 is a hand-built performance car capable of well over 200mph. Prices start at well over half a million dollars.

Robber Caught Counting Money Outside Police Station


Here is another candidate for the Dumb Criminals Hall of Shame.

An 18-year-old man is accused of a robbing a woman at gunpoint Wednesday morning before counting the stolen money outside a Chicago police station on the West Side.

Jermaine Howard, of the 4800 block of West Adams Street, was charged with armed robbery with a firearm, a felony, police said this morning.

It goes without saying that Mr. Howard should not have “allegedly” robbed the woman in the first place, but then to count the loot outside of the police station shows that he clearly didn’t know where he was.

As crazy as this story is, I also see a heroic act of human kindness by the young man, Mr. Munchie Wade,  who took it upon himself to report the crime to the police.  If you read the full story as it was reported in the Chicago Tribune you will see the our hero, Munchie Wade, had to make three different attempts to report the crime and get the Mr. Howard arrested.  First Mr. Wade called 911, then he went to the police station, and after he told an officer there, he was referred to tell another officer outside the station.  I was not there, but it seems like he should not have had to make that third attempt, but anyway, it looks like justice will be served.

I know that good looks can be distracting, but enough to get you fired?  That’s what one woman says.  Supposedly Citibank fired her because she was too distracting to her co-workers.  I’ll let you be the judge.

http://www.oddnewstoday.com/?p=352

Your life revolves around your spouse; then you discovered that he/she cheated or is cheating on you. Your whole world shattered with this discovery. What you will do?

They said, it is easier said than done, but nevertheless, share it.

Wanna share:

Mine is:

I climbed and conquered Mt. APO, the tallest mountain peak in the Philippines.

Making a Difference: An Inspiration

“A wise man was taking a sunrise walk on the beach. In the distance, he caught sight of a little girl who seemed to be dancing along the waves. As he got close, he saw the little girl picking up starfish from the sand and tossing them gently back into the ocean. What are you doing? the wise man asked? The sun is coming up and the tide is going out; if I don't throw them in, they'll die. But little girl, there are miles and miles of beach with starfish all along the way, you can't possibly make a difference. The little girl bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it lovingly back into the ocean past the breaking waves. It made a difference to that one, she replied. The young girl's actions represent something special in each of us. We are all gifted with the ability to make a difference.”

A simple act of making a difference.

In making a difference you don’t need to be famous, you don’t need to be wealthy, you don’t need to be brilliant, you only have the burning desire to help. Making a difference is a journey; it is a lifetime journey, however, a journey of one thousand miles starts with a few simple steps.

We see beautiful oak trees everyday, but do we bother to remember that these great oak trees, in the beginning were tiny acorns. Will you be willing to plant an acorn? Will you be the spark that starts a bonfire?  Will you light a candle in the dark? Will you keep walking until the end of the tunnel?

In a lifetime, we always have a choice. As Victor Frankl, Author Holocaust Survivor puts in.” Man must decide for better or worse what will be the monument of his existence.”

Interesting facts and figures.

http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks3.htm

This topic is to account the places we happened to live for more than 6 months and a brief story why.
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To start with, I was born in Cortes, Bohol, left my parents when I was 13 and went to Kidapawan, Cotabato to study high school under my relatives’ guardianship.  Then went to Kabacan, Cotabato to study college, lived in General Santos City for my first job, then lived in Davao City for my second job. I went to Cambodia as Consultant for South-South Security Program, stayed in Manila for so long (of course with the job), then United States because of marriage.  

Hoping to retire and live in Bohol someday (still a long way to go ).

LAST NAME GAME...Don't spoil it for others!

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Hit copy, then erase my answers, enter yours. Use the 1st letter OF YOUR LAST NAME ( spell it full or just the start) to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real places, names, things, nothing made up. You can't use your name for the boy/girl question. ONE WORD ANSWERS ONLY!  ENGLISH OR VISAYAN!!!

Have Fun!!

1. Last Name: ............ G
2.  A Boys name:........George
3. A 4 Letter Word....   Good
4. A Girls name :......... Gwen
5. An occupation: ....... Gynecologist
6. A color:…..................Green
7. Something you wear:..Glasses
8. Beverage:...................Gin
9. A food.........................Ginataan
10. A place..................  Georgia
11. Something you shout.....Great
12. something you find in the bathroom...Gobbler

Good, Bad and Worse

•Bad: You can't find your vibrator.
Worse: Your daughter "borrowed" it.

•Bad: You find a porn movie in your son's room.
Worse: You're in it.

•Bad: Your children are sexually active.
Worse: With each other.

•Bad: Your husband's a cross dresser.
Worse: He looks better than you.

•Bad: Your son's involved in Satanism.
Worse: As a sacrifice.

•Bad: Your wife wants a divorce.
Worse: She's a lawyer.

•Bad: Your wife's leaving you.
Worse: For another woman.

•Bad: Your wife's leaving you.
Worse: To enter a convent.

•Bad: Your wife's arrested for soliciting.
Worse: She implicates you.

•Good: Hot outdoor sex.
Bad: You're arrested.
Worse: By your husband.

•Good: The secretary said "yes."
Bad: Your wife says "no."

•Good: The teacher likes your son.
Bad: Sexually.
Worse: He's gay.

•Good: You came home for a quickie.
Bad: So did the postman.

•Good: You came home for a quickie.
Bad: Your wife walks in.

•Good: You get a three-day weekend.
Bad: You get the flu on Friday.

•Good: You get tickets to the theatre.
Bad: It's performance art.

•Good: You go to see a strip show.
Bad: Your daughter's the headliner.

•Good: Your boyfriend's exercising.
Bad: So he'll fit in your clothes.

•Good: Your car conveniently "runs out of gas."
Bad: For real.

•Good: Your child's "waiting for Mr. Right".
Bad: Your son, that is.

•Good: Your daughter's on the Pill.
Bad: She's eleven.

•Good: Your neighbor exercises in the nude.
Bad: She weighs 350 pounds.

•Good: Your son's doing extra credit work.
Bad: Making a sex ed video.

•Good: Your uncle leaves you a fortune.
Bad: It's counterfeit.

•Good: Your wife bought a porn video.
Bad: Your daughter's the star.

•Good: Your wife likes outdoor sex.
Bad: You live downtown.

•Good: Your wife meets you at the door nude.
Bad: She's coming home.

•Good: Your wife's kinky.
Bad: With the neighbors.
Worse: All of them.

Sharing with you an article I published in www.buzzle.com.
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This is a true to life encounter with the author and a Nameless Woman. It happened today; 16th of May 2008.
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I was exiting a store this morning, when a woman approached me and asked a stick of cigarette. I told her I don’t have any, besides I only smoke when I hit the rock bottom. She told me she was very hungry. I said, "If you are, why are you asking for a cigarette instead of food". She said, "It is easier for people to give cigarette than give food." I normally don’t trust stranger because of my training in crime prevention, but somehow, I thought what if she really is. I invited her to the restaurant across the street and ordered her breakfast. I watched her eat like she never eats for a long time. I asked her if she got kids, she said, she got 3 left on her friend’s house. I ordered take home for the kids as well. When she is done, she grabbed my hand, and kissed it, I was taken aback. She asked my name and said’ "Thank You." I told her, "I am one of those nameless faces you meet everyday." I saw her cried. I told her goodbye and take care and patted her shoulder. I went to my car, I turned back and she was still there looking at me, still staring at me until I am gone out of the parking lot.

While driving, I feel there is something building up in my chest, and I started crying. I came from a third world where food is scarce and I am lucky because my family has enough, but to see somebody starving here struck me. While we are the one that make or unmake our lives, I am not prejudice to judge her sufferings and the sufferings of millions like her in the world. She mirrors to me the reality of life…IT IS NEVER BEEN FAIR. All of a sudden I was embarrassed because I complained so much to God why He took away some people I love dearly, spent long hours praying asking for answers. I feel guilty because I have all the basic things I need to live, which are denied to the many. That woman is a reflection of my greed, greed to seek the happiness that I thought was denied to me. I suddenly woke up and realized that the pains I have been carrying are not necessary. And there goes the saying: "I CRIED BECAUSE I HAVE NO SHOES, UNTIL ONE DAY I FOUND A MAN WITHOUT FEET." and yet he is happy. Thanks for that nameless woman; she is just very ordinary, however, she did extra ordinary things for me.