I am sharing you my personal tips everytime I travel. I hope this will help you make your trip fun and comfortable.
BE PREPARED. Before getting on that vehicle, make sure you have the following:
Food and water, espescially for some who are not used to eat during trips;
Plastic bags, cellophane for trash bags, vomit bags, very useful;
Taking anti-nausea, vomiting and anti dizziness drugs like Bonamine an hour before the trip and having that little bottle of White Flower with you helps get rid of dizziness, and prevent you from vomiting.
Walkman or any posrtable music player. On my personal experience, it is better for me to listen to music than watching movies inside the bus Why? that is because I tend to get dizzy when I watch during trips. So I usually bring with me my mp3 player, so I could listen to my favorite music while enjoying the view outside the window.
Having candies during trips helps you relieve that biyahilo symptoms too.
I hope I helped you with these simple travel reminders. If you want to add these tips, you can share it with me by posting your comment in this post.
Happy New Year everyone!
charity :
Main Entry:
char·i·ty
Pronunciation:
\ˈcher-ə-tē, ˈcha-rə-\
1: benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity 2 a: generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering; also : aid given to those in need b: an institution engaged in relief of the poor c: public provision for the relief of the needy3 a: a gift for public benevolent purposes b: an institution (as a hospital) founded by such a gift4: lenient judgment of others
Though we dont celebrate Christmas(because of religion), I personally believe that this is the time of gift-giving and sharing what you have to the poor.
Last Friday, Armie and I went to visit an old friend, Abe who lives near in the coastal barangays in Agoo, La Union. Abe, a former fisherman in the area is now a caretaker of a local bar in Tubao(a neighboring town). He was a friend of mine wayback in Ilocos. A good father, son, friend, and citizen, Abe is respected by his neighbors and community folks.
It's been five years since we last visited his family. When we arrived at their place, few things have changed- Abe's three lovely daughters are now studying. The eldest in highschool, the second one in grade 5, and the youngest, grade 3. Abe's sister now has her own family. Aside from those changes, everything's still the same-nanay still sits in front of her sewing machine, making a living through accepting garment repairs; their little sari-sari store is still there, though sometimnes they have to close it due to lack of money to buy products; They still live on their little hut with only one room for them, with no bathroom and toilet(they share toilet with their neighbors).
Good thing I bought some of my favorite foods to share with the kids- a box of doughnut and spaghetti. i know that this isn't the one who will take them away from poverty, but even for a day, I will make Abe's family happy. We chatted with nanay and the kids for hours. We promised that we will come back again next year, planning to buy them some goods for their sari-sari store.
After the visit, I promised myself that I will visit them again. I will.
As much as we might wish otherwise, the typical diet-is one that's loaded with foods from animal sources. An enormous body of compelling research suggests that foods from animal sources not only cause degenerative diseases, but also lower general quality of life and shorten life expectancy. As observed by Dr. Benjamin Spock, MD, "Death from coronary arteriosclerosis, cancer, and from stroke keep increasing. There is no question that these diseases are linked diets high in fat-particularly animal fats."
Fat Fuels Cholesterol Production
Well, not all fat is bad. Certain fats, called essential fatty acids, help defend your body against disease. On the other hand, saturated fat, the kind supplied by animal-derived foods, has been universally condemned as detrimental to health. Your body uses saturated fat to make cholesterol. So the more this type of fat you consume, the higher your total cholesterol level will be.
Animal-derived foods raise your total cholesterol in another way as well. all animals, be they cows, chickens, or fish, manufacture their own cholesterol. So when you eat red meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products, you're taking in not only saturated fat, but cholesterol too. Many doctors tell their patients that they don't have to be concerned about their total cholesterol level, so long as they're within the "normal" range, typically defined as anything below 200mg/dl(milligrams of cholesterol per deciliter of blood). This "normal" however is anything but a statistical artifacts derived by studying people who follow a high fat, meat and dairy-centered diet. People with low cholesterol levels have heart attacks too, though not quite as often as those with high levels. In fact, approximately, half of all heart attack victims have "normal" cholesterol levels.
And forget the misguided notion that you can lower your total cholesterol-and presumably your risk of heart attack by replacing the saturated fat in your diet with polyunsaturated fat from vegetable oils(such as canola and corn). Polyunsaturated fat generates lots of disease- promoting free radicals, because this kind of fat molecule is held together by oxidation-sensitive double bonds. So in terms of free radical activity, "cholesterol-free" fat is even more dangerous than the saturated fat it presumes to replace.
Fat Feeds Cancer
Animal-derived foods are high in fat, and a high-fat diet causes cancer. People who consume these foods on a daily basis for several decades have significantly higher rates of cancer of the breasts, stomach, colon, pancreas, bladder, ovaries and uterus. A low fat vegan diet, on the other hand, dramatically reduces the risk of these cancers.
A Happy and a Healthy Christmas to all!© 2009LlarenasNewspaper Template by Ourblogtemplates.com 2008
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