Stormy Days Ahead... Is This Another "Ondoy" Waiting To Happen?

Typhoon Maring is still inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and is somewhere in Batanes. It was initially reported that it will leave the country by tomorrow but because Maring has strengthened the southwest monsoon, Filipinos have become victims of flash floods, landslides and many are also stranded on their way home from work.

My cousins, their partners, my aunt and my nieces' house is flooded until now. We don't have any recent updates on their plight. My friend @CooletShamii experienced flood inside their residence that is as high as a human adult! Lots of major roads were closed to light vehicles and only rubber boats and jet skis are able to pass and assist in emergency rescue operations.

@RescuePH and the @philredcross urge Filipinos to use the hashtag #rescueph to help them determine the locations and people who need immediate rescuing and emergency response.

Emergency numbers we all must save on our phones and keep posted on our refrigerator doors

Source: Burger King Philippines FB page

Various mall establishments and schools like Alabang Town Center and Assumption College San Lorenzo in San Lorenzo Village, Makati are now accepting donations of nonperishable food items, bottled water, personal hygiene items, clothes, pillows, cots and blankets. You may contact the ATC Concierge at telephone number (02) 842-2782 and Assumption San Lorenzo at (02) 817-0757.

Movie Review: "The Conjuring"

2013's most terrifying horror movie based on the true story of a malevolent case handled by Ed and Lorraine Warren in the '60s, known as two of the world's most renowned paranormal investigators.

Ed and Lorraine Warren worked together and helped each other solve various cases of paranormal activity, reported ghost sightings and also handled exorcisms. Lorraine's a clairvoyant (the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses,^[1][2] a form of extra-sensory perception) while Ed was the only non-ordained demonologist recognized by the Vatican.

The scary doll that no one is allowed to touch as it is believed to be possessed

Mrs. Perron investigating the commotion she heard in the basement

Notes:

1. Demons talked to Andrea Perron and her mom who can both sense the demons and hear them.

2. The Perron haunted house was the scene of a brutal murder.

3. Interviews were conducted as part of research for the movie.

4. The real estate agent who sold the Perrons their property prior to their move warned them not to close the lights at night. The agent must have had first-hand experience with the paraormal and has witnessed a demonic possession and sighting.

 The Perron Family

"The Conjuring" will be shown in Philippine theaters starting August 21. It is exclusively distributed by Warner Bros. Philippines and produced by New Line Cinema.

Vegetarians may have lower risk of heart disease: study | ABS-CBN News

Vegetarians may have lower risk of heart disease: study | ABS-CBN News

How would I begin? I've always been a carnivore. I have a pescetarian for a boyfriend so somehow, I've had dates wherein we ate at Bodhi, a vegetarian fastfood found in SM mall foodcourts. It helps that the mock meat doesn't taste at all like veggies.

At home, it took a while since I learned how to love veggies and eat them on a regular basis. Ampalaya would always be a vegetable I despise and avoid eating. You can give me carrots, zucchini, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, eggplant and kangkong but you cannot force me to eat okra, munggo and any other vegetable that's in the popular dish, pinakbet. If I don't like it, I definitely won't taste it and devour it.

Recently when I do research on how to keep the fat off or lose it gradually, studies similar to this UK study on vegetarianism always come up. It's all some ploy to get you to eat less of the stuff you like and eat more of the fiber-rich variety. Wheatgrass can detox your entire digestive tract with just 2 glasses daily. I remember losing 10 lbs. when I was still drinking wheatgrass capsules.  Yeah, it made me lose weight FAST!

Being an endomorph (that's my body type) means it's hard for me to lose weight. I found a diet that says you must start eating right for your body type. An endomorph must avoid carbs, eat legumes of different kinds daily, have 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, avoid sugary and fatty food plus drink more milk. Not an easy thing to do.

I still believe exercise and diet go hand in hand. Unless you've got money to burn on Belo treatments, this is really how you should go about your goal to becoming fit.