Passenger Tales

I guess one of the most common greeting of Filipinos to each other after not having seen each other for sometime is either “You’ve gained weight” or “Have you lost weight?” I’m also guilty of using these words often but recently having been the recipient of the “You’ve gained weight” chorus time and again, I […]

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Problems with the bowel movement, either by constipation or diarrhea may lead to hemorrhoids. I can remember one of my friends, who suffered from haemorrhoids, use to eat cooked rolled oats for breakfast every day. She said that for her it was the best hemorrhoid treatment. Fiber greatly aids digestion that is why it […]

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Nowadays, daily eating habits leave a lot to be desired. Because people are always on the go, the quickest way to cook the food is to fry it. Moreover, it has become a habit to buy from fast food restaurants with their fatty and greasy food or buy microwavable food that is full of […]

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Cold weather can really dry the skin. Coming from a tropical country, we did not realize how dry our skins could become. Our lotions, creams and moisturisers that were enough in warm weather were no match for the cold of winter. Good thing there was a previous year student who introduced us […]

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When my brother’s fiancée came home last January to attend a friend’s wedding I was surprised to see that her face was full of pimples. She is working in Singapore now. She doesn’t know what caused acne to break out on her skin. She was here again the past week and I saw […]

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One of the more common skin diseases, eczema is the inflammation of the epidermis. Usually, skin becomes dry, reddened and very itchy. Although it can affect any part of the body, typically it appears on the insides of elbows and knees, ankles, face and neck. I can remember that when I was in high school […]

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We visited my brother at their booth in the Cultural Center of the Philippines on January 31, 2010 during the 1st Philippine International Guitar Festival. We arrived their at around 1pm. It was the last day of the festival and there were only a few people milling around because it was a dead hour. […]

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I am at the point in my life that my friends are either getting married or having a baby. As of now I have two wedding invitations and two baby shower invitations. The first baby shower would be this coming Saturday and the next would be in March. I have reached a point […]

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After coming back from a scholarship abroad, it takes awhile to get used to going back to work. For some people, going back to the old job is undesirable. My friend is one of those who are already restless with the same old and considering that a lot of her friends in the office […]

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My brother was reassigned to another city this year. As a medical representative, it is part of the job description that you get transferred every few years. It was a good thing that the company takes care of the moving details and he does not have to think about looking for a long […]

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