Passenger Tales

I spoke to my aunt last night on the phone. I was asking after my nephew, who was spending a few days with her. She told me that he was asleep already after hours of running around. After talking about stuff, she told me to buy her two automatic umbrellas as my birthday gift […]

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Every start of the year, our office always runs out of office supplies. The reason is because in government offices, funds are released late every beginning of a new year. Approval for acquisition of supplies is not considered urgent. The priority is of course the salaries of the employees. Even though […]

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Last week, a former officemate visited. He is in the country for a vacation. He works for an industrial supplies firm in the Middle-East that manufactures an ingredient for making plastic. We asked him if he brought “papaitan”, since he did not bring us any souvenirs or chocolates, which is his specialty […]

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Last week we’ve been rearranging our workstations to find that perfect arrangement. It took us about four different tries before everybody was satisfied. With the new arrangement, the visitors’ sofas are situated inside the office are so that it is not the first thing that can be seen coming from the door. […]

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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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