I am beginning to feel this inability to withstand the cold.  I even cannot stand being hit directly with the air from the fan without being covered with blanket or jacket.  Gone are the days when I can just enjoy the coolness of a room with thin clothing or less clothing.    The worst case is my mom, she is turning seventy this year and oh my, we have to close all the windows at night even it is sweltering hot.  She feels so cold.  She wears a bonnet to sleep.  She has her thick jacket on as well as she is wearing woolen socks  to really avoid the cold or else she will have a lot of gas in her and she would start burping.  And the burping leads to chest pains.  If I will be given the time and money, I will purchase for her a heated blanket if the heated mattress pad would be too expensive. But I can imagine that if we buy a heated mattress pad now, I can also use it in later life…hmmm maybe around 10 years later.

Anyway, we just allow my mom to cover herself to the max so that she will be warmed because it is better than multiple chest pains attacks and hospitalization that costs more than heated blankets.

Our Health Education Department is conducting lectures on Smoking Cessation with an objective that somehow, our community and Iligan City will be a smoke free city.   The program is not news because there are already some cities who bans smoking in public places and even smoking in a house with kids is not allowed.   Because of this program, I felt awkward to give out the Rocky Patel cigars that was sent by my cousin for our relatives who smoke. Although these relatives are staying very far from the city, but there would be no hard to slowly teach them to control their smoking until such time they can voluntarily stop smoking.  But to these uncles, they said that smoking is already part of their lives and if they stop they will surely die.    Because of that statement, that encourages my aunt to send several boxes of cigars for them.

There are many advantages when we have a smoke free community and number one beneficial of it is the health of our children and even ourselves.  We can avoid other terminal diseases if one really stops smoking.  It is not a quick thing to stop smoking.  Inspiration and encouragement from family members and friends is vitally important for these persons to be successful in their aim to stop it.  So, to have a smoke free city, stop smoking!

I bet it is best to say I took a short vacation and spent it in the hospital.   It is not so nice to be resting in the hospital but because of some circumstances beyond our control, we really have to spent some time there.

I got myself admitted Wednesday evening because I was already having a hard time breathing and my cough was making me crazy.  I thought it would just be a two days rest but ended up into four days.  Though I felt tired waiting for the time to go home, yet I realized that I was really rested.

I got discharged Monday morning Pacman and Marquez where on the fight, then am back to work since yesterday.  I still have an occasional cough but I felt so much better already.

I am now residing home and my internet is not yet connected there so I have no choice but to sleep earlier than usual.  So I missed working late nights.  But hopefully by next week, I can have my connection back as tomorrow I am going to complete my relocation of internet connection process.

Rest is really important and now I believe it.  Sleep is the #1 thing that suffers when one fails to rest.  When one thinks there is much work to be done then sleep time is really affected.  Now, after this admission, I will really try.

I haven’t seen the weighing scale since last week and now I can feel that my lost pounds is back.  I can feel it! And it is sad.  You may ask me “why and what happened.”  Oh well, I was busy the weekend and  I did not let any meals passed.  I also had a serving of rice almost during the two meals each day. Saturday night, I ate lots of squared pizza. I was so full but yet tried to consume the durian shake served by Iliganon.  I really pigged out that night.

Monday and Tuesday, I was just home.  Trying to relax and get that long wanted leisure sleep but then my mind is also pre-occupied with finishing all my laundry and then ironing the dried laundry so that I can start packing for home.  I did not cook any decent meals except for noodles. Gah! Bad habit!

I had a nap for 3 hours last night and now I am wide awake.  I should have been asleep so that I can get up at 6 am to walk. Hmp I have so many reasons.  i wonder when would I ran out of reasons for missing out an exercise. Hahaiii

Okey, this is all for now.  I need to do some fillers for multiple blogs.  Thank you God for blessings.

Anyway, here’s my latest photo of the biggy me.

Sunday Night
@ Z Restobar
During David Di Muzio’s Concert

If you look at the dictionary, junk means garbage. But if you talk of junk foods, they mean the type of foods young people and even kids love so much these days. Dieticians also refer to them as empty foods or the empty snacks but yet they satisfy our palate.

Last weekend, I went away to Bukidnon to spend time with friends. There were occasions that we had some junk foods. I so love it. But whenever I consume much of these foods, I need to drink more than a liter of water but since I am on a travel, I controlled my water intake because I don’t like to feel uncomfortable when am already traveling. So after two days, I started to feel some pain in my lower back. UTI? I really don’t know. I did not go and have a urinalysis. But I felt that kind of pain when I am not eating healthy foods.

I resisted this bag of chips yesterday. ^^ Fortunately I was successful.  If ever I am given the chance to visit the place again, I will carry healthy foods so that everyone can enjoy it without feeling guilty.  It reminds me of the titanium cufflinks a friend is asking me to check out in Gaisano of which I forgot because I stalled at the grocery area. I should do that errand tomorrow if I can get free by PE time.

Suggested healthy snakcs for kids are:

• fruit based cookies
• vegeburgers
• fresh fruit juices
• fruit shakes