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Entries from January 2009

Crisis and jobs

January 28th, 2009 · No Comments

When you read the newspapers, watch TV or browse through the Internet, you cannot help but be bombarded by talks about the economic crisis that is affecting the United States and boomeranging to the rest of the world. A lot of big companies like Intel and IBM have cut down jobs or closed down […]

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Losing weight

January 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical exercise are the main reasons why a lot of people are overweight. The market of people wanting to lose weight with minimum effort was quickly exploited by weight loss pill manufacturers . There are hundreds of different brands in the market now with new ones coming […]

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Fat burners

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

There are so many terms now for pills, teas, juices and other types of supplements that help people lose weight. If you search the internet you can use key words such as diet pills, or slimming teas or herbs, or fat burners, among others. I am sure that if you use any of […]

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Standing Firm

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Today, technology is really driving our lives and our tastes. It is no longer enough to have colored television with remote control; it has to be LCD HDTV. Cassette radios are seldom used, if ever only in classrooms. Whenever you go to an appliance store, you are inundated with various appliances and each […]

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Tags: Tech Talks

Choices

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

If you are shopping for diet pills, there are a lot of web sites that you can check out. These web sites make their reviews and list their top picks base on the following: a) weight loss power, b) speed of results, c) appetite suppression, d) user reviews, e) safety, and e) long […]

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Exercising

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Exercising nowadays has become very sophisticated and technology oriented. Just looking at the different gym equipment like ellipticals, exercise bikes, and treadmills makes you realize that technology has invaded every aspect of our lives. It makes it somewhat intimidating for beginners to go to a gym because of all the equipment that one […]

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LP #41 Asul

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Ito ay mga libro na natagpuan ko sa simbahan kanina. Nakasulat sya sa wikang Koreano kaya di ko alam kung anong klaseng librong pansimbahan sya.
(These books are found in the Church where we attended mass earlier. The writings were in Korean that’s why I don’t know what kind of books these are.)

At eto […]

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Tags: Potshots

Subway ride

January 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Earlier we went to New Core department store near Madu station. It was like a one hour train ride from Hoegi (we changed lines at Jongna 3 (sam)-ga). I didn’t think it was going to be that far. I’m still thinking in Manila terms where every rail train just takes about 30 […]

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Tags: Rail

Studying hard

January 16th, 2009 · No Comments

We’ve started classes last week. We’re just started our second week but it feels like we’ve been studying forever. Evie, who already finished her course work, told us that it’s much worse during the regular semesters. She said she really lost weight while studying. She just gained it back after she […]

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Plums: Prunes with another name

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

My friend Sol bought dried plums during one of our grocery shopping expeditions here in Seoul. Her roommate Evie asked to try it. Evie’s feedback was that dried plums tasted better than the fresh ones. I’ve only read and heard about plums but I haven’t tried it so I asked Sol for […]

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