Benefits of Honey

Why honey?

The sticky sweet stuff of bees isn't just something to add a little flavor to your tea-- it's nature's very own elixir for a much healthier life-- one that you and I undoubtedly do not have. So, the next time you decide to swat a bee, take some time to appreciate the little stinger and all its hard work!

1. Honey can make you younger! Or at least look it.

If a trip to Belo is out of the question, then honey is your answer! Why botox the wrinkles out of your face when a little honey can do the trick? Honey contains antioxidants, which basically reverse aging by neutralizing the free radicals our body releases during oxidation.

If that's too complicated, think of it this way: free radicals can damage our body, but honey and its antioxidants clean up all these icky radicals, and heal the body in so many ways. The darker the honey, the more antioxidants it contains.

2. Honey can make you sexy

Honey is goes down easily, and for people with digestive problems, this is one medicine you definitely won't mind having spoonfulls of! Although it contains more calories than table sugar, it eases the digestive system by breaking down energy calories faster-- so, you get twice the amount of energy, and twice the amount of power to burn it all out!

Diarrhea and stomach flu are common ailments, and honey's antibacterial and moisture-retaining properties help flush out all the bad stuff that's been plaguing you.

3. Honey makes your immune system mighty


Honey is a natural Red Bull, and asides from providing energy when you need it most, it also helps strengthen the immune system by shielding it against bacteria that can cause colds and flu. Cought and sore throats can also be easily cured with some warm honey and calamansi or lemon, because its antimicrobial properties kill the germs breeding in your mouth while soothing the irritated area at the same time.

4. Honey is nature's bandaid


Honey is a natural antiseptic. Looking for that tiny green bottle of Betadine? Forget it! Apply a little warm honey on a cut, wound, or burn and the antimicrobial agents in it will prevent infections and promote skin growth. Bacteria doesn't survive in honey, so you'll be far away from gangrene if you've got a little pot of the sweet stuff lying around!

5. Honey makes your skin glow and your hair shine


Honey has the incredible ability of trapping in moisture, one thing we definitely need if dull hair and skin are a problem! Asides from healing the body from the inside, the moisture that honey attracts feeds our skin cells and promotes tissue growth. Using it as a facial mask or a hair conditioner is like providing yourself with a boost of nutrients that can help restore and heal drying areas. A little honey every day will make you bloom in no time!

http://ph.she.yahoo.com/honey-health-015922604.html

Father and Daughter

Quote Bank 01

"Prayer is important for it:
quiets the heart, clears the vision, strengthens faith and makes things happen"~


God has arranged events and placed people in our lives for a reason.
In the same way, we have been appointed to be part of someones's life for a reason as well.
Let's make that reason count because for every life we touch, we are gaining treasures for our own."~


"God's richest blessings,
truest joy,
constant love,
tender guidance,
calming peace and
enriching presence
be yours today and always."~


"Prayer is when you talk to God,
Meditation is when you listen to God,
Contemplation is when you are intimate with God.
Take time for Him who loved us first."~


When we live according to the standards of the world:
Success. Money. power. Beauty and Prestige.
We live in fear for all these can be lost.
But
To live in faith with a peaceful heart is much more than them."~


The tongue weighs practically nothing, but few can hold it.
Remember:
Kind words make good echoes.
Sweet words leaves sweet thought."~


"-- A tree that has deep roots can survive every storm.
A person who has deep faith in God can survive any problem that may come along the way."~


"To fail means you've tried.
To hurt means you've loved. and
To survived means you've learned.
All is meant to be well in the end."~


As we breath right now... others take their last. So appreciate your life.
Never mind what you don't have, start living for what you have.
Let's thank god for entrusting another day to our borrowed life.
Indeed, there's so much to be thankful for today."~


"It is when our hearts continue to burn with love that others are saved from dying of the cold."~


"Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when ther's nothing left to take away.
Perfection lies not in impeccability but in surrender to the Mercy of God."~


"Wisdom is oftentimes acquired when we stumble, not when we succeed.
Our defeats leave us wiser than our triumph,
By faith we live,
By love we serve,
By patience we understand,
By trials we gain wisdom,
By sharing we give joy."~


"The world may define surrender as losing bu God defines surrender as victory.
It is only when we surrender our problems, worries and doubts to God
That we allow and give him the power to intervene."~


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November 2011

Day 7: Reminiscing the Past

Some songs can make you sad & cry when you hear them. But it's actually not the song that makes you cry, it's the people behind the memories 

Day 6: A Day of Nothingness

I just feel nothing today. The whole day passed just like a leaf floating on a dry air.

Day 5: World's Teachers' Day

Teaching creates all other professions. ~Author Unknown



Pelita Lanuza.Eden Jordan. Purita Glipo. Dominga Polo. Leticia Garay. Luzviminda Martirez. Vilma Ballesteros. Lourdes Realubit. Benjamin Villareal.Jesusa De Jesus....

My teachers. Few of those who help shape my future.

Day 4: A Not so Lucky Day

Day 4 was not a very lucky day for me. My sister got sick so I had to take a half day leave from work to look after her.

Day 3: The Title

Today is a great day!

why?-------because I made it to my DAY 3!!! :))

I can say that today is also a memorable one for the family. Finally, I got to take hold the documents of the only family owned property. After a lot of financial difficulties I've been through to save it from being held by Phillippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC). At the end of this day, I went out from their building with a big smile on my face. I finally can take this load off my mind. I have already in my hands all the documents.

I want to thank the Lord God Almighty for guiding me to finish this without too much impediments. Also Sir Michael V. de los Santos and Ma'am Marlyn S. Datu who patiently answer my queries and keep me updated and informed.

Day 2 : Twin Cousin's Birthday

I'm back on my 2nd day! My sister arrived from Sorsogon City today. She came to join our twin cousins' birthday. It was one of most memorable events in their lives because it was 8 years that they've never seen each other since the Kuya Jeff left for Alaska to stay there with his wife and kids.

My super charming sister came here to see them. She was their pet little sister. She was "temporarily adopted" by the family a year after graduating in grade school to give way for my high school studies.

And so after so many years of being oceans apart they were together to celebrate their birthday together. Foods, wine and beers filled the day. It was so much fun!

I feel so happy too, coz they are my extended family :)

Today is the Beginning

Today, I want to start an everyday blogging event :) for the month of October. I'm going to publish my day to day activities till the end of October. (I wish myself luck) :))

October 1: I was up early to attend the opening day of Provincial Sportfest. I was assigned as one of the officials in GYMNASTICS. But it was postponed due to bad weather condition brought by the typhoon Quiel. So, I just went to a mall nearby to buy groceries.

Later this afternoon, I went to visit my cousin and my little pamangkins. I just got a pleasant surprise because one of my twin cousin was there! He went home from Alaska to spend his birthday with his twin brother. And so tonight, we're gonna start the celebration.

CHEERS! ( pinking glasses)

Stormy Food Trip

Philippines is sitting astride the typhoon belt, most of the islands experience annual torrential rains and thunderstorms from July to October, with nineteen typhoons entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in a typical year and eight or nine making landfall. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines#Climate)

Today is one of those stormy days. It's a sad and happy day for me, sad because I know a lot of my "kababayans" would suffer from this adverse weather condition. Somehow I feel happy because it's my chance to relax and enjoy the day without stressing myself from school works and noisy pupils :). Though I feel guilty for feeling this way too, I just can't help it.


Being alone in a stormy weather and resting the whole day won't be complete without a food :).. so I dig my food cabinet and found this: a can of sausage and corned beef and a packed of spaghetti noodles. What else should I prepare?? I just need an spaghetti sauce, spices/herbs and presto! 


Downstairs my landlady has a "Sari-Sari Store" (variety store). Wishing myself lucky, I got what I need SPAGHETTI SAUCE. I just followed a simple procedure from http://www.kitchenomics.com/  and here it is!

THE PASTA

cooked and ready for the toppings

the sauce

yum! yum!

Unstress Me :))

Just one look at this little girl plus the giggles and pouting lips, i'm already stress-free!

little "Angelina Jolie"

with her favorite baby doll, Bebe and Kalbo :))

Something Special

I should be doing my homework in journalism right now but I just couldn't get myself working on it. I'm always a late sleeper- a night owl- in every sense of it. And usually by midnight my brain is on the marathon. Tonight is just another night but this time I want to do something- not my homework.
Two weeks ago, I went to a variety school to buy things I need for my teaching activity. "Something Special", that's the store's name. I don't know what urges me to ask for the saleslady to give me a crochet thread. I have a hook since high school and I still have it. Well, now I know why I bought those thread.... I want to start crocheting a scarf for my little niece...... ♥♥♥
Good luck to me! :)

Are you a Lady?? checklist....

Mom once told me that I am a garbage collector because I would collect newspapers and old magazines. I would cut pictures especially photographs of houses and foods and I would put them in a folder,  ( I can't explain why :)) My college notebooks was one of them though they don't have pictures ^_^

Last night during my hyperactivity time ( I'm a night owl), I was cleaning  my bookshelves when I stumbled on my old college notebooks. As I arrange it on the bookshelves I thought of throwing some of it on garbage since I have little space in my apartment and it's becoming crowded with books and old notebooks (Think of it as a library LOL!).  Well, its been 10 years I've been keeping it, I scanned it first when I stumbled on this note about becoming a lady... I remember copying this in one of a published books I have read in our college library. Here it is:

Becoming A Lady

1. A lady maintains proper posture - stomach in, shoulder relaxed and head up.
2. A lady never gossips.
3. A lady has her legs and underarms free of hair
4. A lady smiles frequently.
5. A never panics upon entering a crowded room.
6. A doesn't tug her hair, chew gum  or play with her pen in public.
7. A is free from bad odor each day.
8. A has an alert expression on her face. She doesn't appear tired, bored or unhappy.
9. A has a pleasant voice.
10. A never shakes her legs, overwork her eyebrows or mouth when conversing with others.
11. A lady keeps her laughter soothing to other's ears.
12. A lady wears a wardrobe that is freshly laundered, well pressed, well fitted and most of all appropriate.
13. A lady never applies cosmetics at the dining table... (Arg! Guilty ha! Ha!)
14. A lady knows current events.
15. A lady knows when to listen and when to speak up.
16. A lady doesn't use meaningless phrases such as "Oh brother", "golly", "shocks", "ah", and "you know".
17. A lady doesn't wear make-up more than what she needs.
18. A lady keeps her gestures graceful not jerky.
19. A lady never smokes while walking
20. A lady knows the dining etiquettes.

A LADY is always a stand out from the rest, a LADY always gets the best job, not to mention a LADY always gets  the "GOOD" man..

The Pain of Losing you

“Wanting him is hard to forget, loving him is hard to regret, losing him is hard to accept, but even with all the hurt I’ve felt, letting go is the most painful yet.” -Unknown

Loving isn't easy as it may seem. It's like a complicated tangled web especially if you are in a complicated relationship. As a young girl, I loved reading romance pocketbooks and dream of having  the same happy ending, but it wasn't easy to have one. 
About 9 years ago, I met this man, twice my age,  in one of the internet chat room and friendship grows between us. This friendship gets deeper that it end up in a romantic relationship. Though I know that he's a separated man (but not legally) I gambled on a chance. 
It was like a heaven sent relationship, we rarely fight and there was a give-and-take relationship between us. Maybe because we have the same personality ( we both are born under "aries" sign) that made us understand each others thought, feelings and sometimes actions. It goes for almost 2 years then I thought that it wasn't an ideal kind of relationship and thinking of his kids I do not want them to experience what I had been ( my mom and dad are separated).  So, I deliberately stop any communication we have. I ignored any  SMS messages and e-mails from him. I changed my cellphone number . I stopped opening my messenger fearing that he would be online and communication would be open again between us. I just couldn't face him and tell him that I'm quitting. I am afraid that I won't be able to say  the words.
Months passed by, I felt like I moved on already. So, I went back to a hobby; internet chatting and web surfing. Unexpectedly, when I opened my messenger account, he was online. We had short conversation and agreed to a plain friendship he offered. But it didn't happen. Old flame was rekindled and we were back in each other arm....
It was until few months ago, when I felt insecurities hovering in my entire self. I'm wanting more of him which I know he cannot give for according to him, he has baggage that he cannot throws along the way (his kids). 
I made up my mind, I should free him. Two weeks before our birthday, I started ignoring him again. I know he felt what I was up to-so he sent a short message telling me that he's letting me go... I cried so much that I felt like I died instantly after reading his message but I didn't even attempt on responding to it. I guess this is the end of everything we had, but I'd never regret loving him......