Archives for September 2010

Running Course

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:39 AM PDT

I know how to swim.. I know how to bike.. and hello, I know how to run.

what else is stopping me to be sporty and to fulfill my dream of joining a triathlon (except for money LOL).. motivation that is.

Aside from that, I don’t know where to start. I’m too big to be fit. I am clueless in everything. I thought I should start running.. but the only running history I have was way back high school when I joined the University’s sports fest. And that was 800 meters… METERS and not K. and I can’t even remember how long it took me to finish it, but hey, I finished 4th pr 5th haha..

So my initial plan is to condition myself by strengthening my cardio through aerakaebo. Maybe I’ll give myself a week to get used to doing something aside from blogging. And doing something that requires me to move.

Week 2. This time I’ll jog around our subdivision for 30 minutes for about a week.. and as the day goes, jogging will turn to running.

Week 3. Running time. Now comes the problem. how will I know the distance that I have been running? So maybe I’ll just use the subdivision blocks as my reference.. first week of running.. 3 (or more) blocks and forth… with timer of course…

Week 4. Increase run distance.. and increase run time.. and hopefully I can do at least 30 minutes of non stop running without catching my breathe (which according to my run guru is an efficient run)

Week 5. test myself by joining races.. yay!

I will try to document my journey in my health blog and I hope I will be successful on this one.

Signs That Your Kids Are Suffering From Primary Complex

We never suspected Primary Complex. We thought they are just on the thin side or that our genes are the culprit. You see, prior to me being overweight, we were a thin couple. So we thought, the kids just got our body built.
They are not gaining weight and when we went to a pedia near our place, she said, it must be Primary Complex. We had them xrayed. And it was quite painful for my third boy, he was not even a year old then and I can’t be with him inside the X ray room since I am already pregnant with Sati.The result was positive, but then again, we need to make sure, by having a PPD. And as I have said before, indeed it was Primary Complex.

So what are the Signs That Your Kids Are Suffering From Primary Complex?

The number one sign is weight loss or the kid not gaining weight. Yo have tried every weight gaining technique. Tried all the pampagana meds and even tried Heraclene but to no avail.
Coughs that is recurrent is another sign and no amount of Antibiotics can put that cough away.
Some says that fever at night is another sign. Come to think of, there were times that they would experience fever at night and I would dismiss it as pilay.
Some says that irritability and crying for no reason most of the time is another sign.
If you had observed this to your kids, don’t hesitate to discuss it with your pedia.

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I Suck On Contest But Lucky On FRIENDS

That was my Facebook status. That’s because I suck on contests. And though Red’s journey as a blogger involves a lot of winnings, mine does not. I don’t believe in luck, I believe in hard working, so for some contests that I have won, there’s effort on it and not luck.

But that is not the point.

The point is, my most memorable experience as blogger, an official entry to Red’s Blogversary Contest.

Events? The allure of going out, attending like a press and being treated like a press? And bringing home a lot of freebies?

nah.

Earnings? as in $$$$$

quite.

The most memorable experience I had is the time I opened my life to the blogniverse. That was when I poured my emotions on how happy I was to have a baby girl finally. Here’s some part of that article:

During the time that the OB was explaining and checking the baby, counting the fingers, heart rate, diameter etc, the more important things, my mind is winning (it says it’s a boy dammit! Stop hoping!). And so when she finally says let’s take a look on the sex and we can’t find any balls, I was ecstatic, I was happy; I was everything words cannot explain. It was more than having a Page Rank of 10, more than having an Alexa ranking of 1, it was more than having 100 comments a day. The feeling was more than I could imagine, more that I have ever felt in my whole life. Oh shit just right now while writing this, I am crying. I cried a little, was embarrassed to do a cry a river scene there. I kept my composure but my whole body is aching, there is so much happiness in me that I need to let out. As soon as I got the results I went to the nearest bathroom and poured my emotions there. I guess I convinced myself too much that it was a boy. I really did not expect it to be a girl. I know now how it feels when you want something so bad but gave up on it already.

It was my most memorable experience as 11 people shared the same happiness to me and dream with me, pray with me and wait with me..

FRIENDSHIP.

more than that. the most apt is HOME.

I found a home in the blogniverse, in the arms of this ladies who haven’t even met me yet. These are the ladies that made me whole, made me feel loved and gave me the reason to believe on magic. I have never felt this good to other people. I just cannot explain the closeness and the bond that we all share. That is the best thing that ever happened to me as a blogger. Finding my marces, finding my sisters.

And as the day goes by and as I meet more and more people, I still cannot imagine how lucky I am for these ladies. There is no one that can come close to what I had found in my marces and for that I am forever thankful to discovering blog.. if not for that, I wouldn’t have the courage to open my life to them. And I wouldn’t have the chance to be part of their lives too.

I love you guys!