To travel to distant places like Baguio, Davao, Metro Manila, Palawan, Surigao and other tourist destination needs a lot of planning and money. These are dreams that we can achieve if we put our mind into it. First of all, I haven’t been to one of these places besides Davao and that was the time [...]

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The famous sushi we often order in food shops is of Japanese origin. Sushi, “vinegared rice” or literally meaning “it’s sour”, originated as a way of preserving tuna – a type of fish. The fish is salted and allowed to set in vinegar rice. Thus, with the marriage of vinegar rice and other ingredients, the [...]

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Heart problems are major causes of early deaths and sometimes what you eat can have a big impact on the well-being of your heart. To avoid this kind of problem, we need to check our cholesterol level and be active in some physical activity like walking and dancing or simply exercise your way to heart [...]

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After years of being together, Hollywood couples Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds finally tied the knot quietly in Canada. The ceremony was said to be a simple wedding, attended by only a handful of close friends, family, and relatives. And lots of skin care gifts I guess.
The simple love binding ceremony was held at a [...]

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Momnesia. Probably caused by severe sleep deprivation and other stress factors, this is when memory becomes too blurry to remember where you placed your keys, where are the nappies you just bought and makes you ask silly questions like why can’t those socks stay together??
Stress and lack of sleep will not only bring zits. [...]

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I am a wife, a mother, a teacher, a project manager, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. These are just some of the roles that I juggle everyday.
The day-to-day juggling of these roles is energy-consuming that by the end of the day I barely have energy left to take care of myself. I do [...]

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What’s your phobia? Is it snakes, spiders, cockroaches or rats? Now close your eyes and imagine that creature in its largest possible size-here’s what you’ll get.

This python caught in Indonesia is 14.85m and weighs 447kg.It takes 8-10 strong men to get a hold of it! It can swallow a whole human quite easily.

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•    Did you know that dark chocolate is better for the body compared to milk or white chocolate?
•    Did you know that milk chocolate is not really chocolate but purely milk that is just processed and hardened into bars?
•    Did you know that butter is made up of milk fat?
•    Did you know that cheese [...]

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The present Philippine government has faced quite a number of issues already. To top it all off, the problem on rice shortage has already severely affected most of my countrymen. The market price of rice has increased tremendously to the point that some of them are seriously starting to worry about their food budget. Truth [...]

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One of the things that the president of my country, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, will be most remembered for is her propensity for changing dates of legal holidays.
For example, we were supposed to commemorate the Philippine Independence on June 12 two months ago but instead the non-working holiday was moved to June 9 as June 12 fell [...]

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