Home Hacks Design

Home Hacks Design for the bathroom such as Simple Hacks To A Prettier Bathroom. Similarly, this also feature Toilet Shopping Tips.

Another Home Hacks Design are for kitchen like Cleaning Tips For Your Dirty Kitchen and cleaning products that is perfect for cleaning.

Kitchen Hacks You Wish You Should Have Known Before like the other great use of paper towels.

Creating an effective cleaning schedule; divide it into categories; daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly.

Cleaning schedule that you also need to consider are those that is done every 4 months such as air conditioner cleaning, pest control, and deep cleaning of windows.

Cleaning of roof and rain gutter are done every year. Cleaning/draining of the septic tank should be done every 3 years or 5 years.

Cost of home make over and DIY for cheaper make over ideas.

Bedroom decorations ideas and where to buy the cheapest bed lines.

Kitchen make over ideas and DIYs for cheaper make over ideas.

Tropical living room themed and where to buy cheap tropical plants.

Home make over ideas in the Philippines. Home interior ideas in the Philippines

Mommy Blog with home hacks topic in the Philippines.

Where to buy cheap wood furniture in the Philippines.

Price of Aluminum Screen Door in the Philippines. Price of the brown aluminum and silver aluminum.

Furniture stores in the Philippines. Abad Santos furniture store address.

Uratex foam custom cut online. Uratex foam price online.

Paracetamol Calpol Launches The Go Ginhawa Mom Movement

We’re very praning when it comes to fever. On the 2nd day of fever, we’re already panicking and rushing to ER. Nakakatakot kaya ang mga komplikasyn na dala ng fever. At the launching of Paracetamol Calpol Go Ginhawa Mom Movement, I have learned a few more about fever.

What is fever? What causes fever?

Fever itself is not scary, it’s very manageable actually. Fever is an increased in temperature in our body. This increase in temperature is controlled by hypothalamus, When our immune system detects a potential trouble it signals the hypothalamus through a biochemical substances. The hypothalamus in return increases the body temperature making it less favorable as a host to reproducing bacteria and viruses. In simpler terms, fever is our body’s way of fighting illnesses.

How To Manage Fever

You manage fever to treat the discomfort experienced by the patient. And when it comes to managing fever, the age of the patient is highly considered. For kids below 1 year old, you need to be very cautious and when the fever lasts for more than 24 hours, you have to bring the child to the doctor. From our experience, a 3 day fever means there is an infection.

When managing fever, you also need to take note of the physical condition of the patient when fever is low. Any signs of wearyness even without fever is a sure sign that you need too see a doctor right away.

Giving Paracetamol to the patient to manage fever should be upon the dosage advised by the doctor.

There are some beliefs and practices in fever management that are considered ineffective. One of these is wrapping the patient in a blanket or dressing up the patient in thick clothing. Para daw gisawan ang pasyente. This can actually cause more discomfort to the patient.

In managing fever, it is providing Ginhawa that matters most and Paracetamol Calpol is committed in helping us provide that kind of ginhawa to our kids.

Go Ginhawa Mom Movement

As a celebration and commitment to us moms, Paracetamol Calpol launches the Go Ginhawa Mom Movement. It is a community of moms who advocate providing only the best care for their children.

Paracetamol also named 3 Go Ginhawa Moms: actress Jolina Magdangal- Escueta, fellow blogger JAckie Go and TV host and news personality Suzi Entrata- Abrera.

Be A #GoGinhawa mom

You can easily connect with other Go Ginhawa Moms and be updated with tips on how to give “ginhawa na maasahan” . Moms will have access to educational videos and blogs to help them manage their child’s fever. How to be a #GoGinhawa mom like Jolina, Jackie and Suzie?

Like Calpol Facebook Page
PM your Full name with contact details, email address and child’s name and age at Calpl FB Page

Invite your fellow moms to be part of the #GoGinhawa movement too! Together, let’s enjoy motherhood and our children’s precious moments even when fever hits, with doctor recommended Paracetamol Calpol. Because when fever is gone, life takes place!

When Sore Throat Strikes..

Anything but sore throat.

And colds.. but really, sore throat is my least favorite illness. I can’t eat, I can’t speak and I can’t even drink! Paano ako gagaling when I’m having a hard time taking meds? It’s not easy, lalo pa siguro with people who uses their voice on their profession.

Well, I had the opportunity to know how people using their voice battles sore throat. I got the chance to interview someone who uses her voice in her chosen field. Meet teacher Rosalie Lazaro Evangelista:

Teacher Evangelista, as she is fondly called by her students, has been teaching for 12 years at a private school in Pasig City. She experienced teaching all grade levels, her first advisory class was Grade 1 and last school year, she was the adviser of Grade 3 class.

Her typical teaching days starts with a prayer. After praying, which she leads most of the time, comes the attendance. She would call the students one by one for the attendance. Homework checking comes next and then motivation activities for the kids. Usually, teacher Evangelista sings with the kids, sometimes, they play games. After motivating the kids, she starts with the lesson of the day. Every time they change subject, she would motivate the kids again then start with the new lesson.

Teacher Evangelista is inside the classroom from 7 AM to 3 PM with an hour break for lunch and meryenda. And she’s talking/ using her voice 80% of the time. She said she really loves teaching. She feels proud when her students show they understand the lesson for the day. Of course there is something that she does not like with being a teacher. Well, aside from students quarreling inside the classroom, getting a sore throat is what she hates the most.

The worst situation she had to deal with is getting a sore throat twice in a month! And though there are remedies for sore throat, it becomes a hindrance on her profession. Explaining a simple theory becomes more challenging when she have sore throat. It makes her feel uncomfortable too and she feels inadequate to teach because of it. Whenever Teacher Evangelista’s suffers from sore throat, she wants to brush and gargle salt and water more often to improve her throat. She can’t do that in front of the students. She has to take a break more often and she really doesn’t lie doing it as she feels she’s giving less to the students.

I asked her if she tried other remedies for sore throat or if she hear about Kamillosan. She said, she haven’t tried it but she knows about the product. Their pedia prescribed it to her kids when they were suffering from sore throat. She thought, the product was for kids only that’s why she never considered using it. Now that she knows Kamillosan is not just for kids, she’s more than willing to try it.

Teacher Evangelista knows that Kamillosan is safe because it was prescribed by their pedia. She knows that Kamillosan is effective because her kids have tried it already. She’s going to use Kamillosan because it’s the most convenient remedy for sore throat.

Kamillosan has clinically proven anti- inflammatory and antibacterial ingredients to effectively reduce symptoms caused by all stages of sore throat, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis. It alleviates irritation, supports wound healing and exerts an antiseptic as well as deodorizing effect.

Kamillosan main ingredients is chamomile, one of the medicinal herbs famous for its healing for many centuries in Europe. Chamomile has been declared as a medicinal plant of the year 1987 in Germany.

Why Do Filipinos Cook Ginisang Monggo Every Friday

It’s as if I was programmed to cook Ginisang Monggo every Friday. I just can’t think of any dish to prepare on the said day. Not only that, it needs to be paired with paksiw na isda or else..

Is it just me? I heard it’s a common thing. In fact, the carinderia where my husband eats also serves ginisang monggo every Friday. It’s a mystery! Why do Filipinos cook ginisang monggo every Friday?

Before I share with you my Ginisang Monggo recipe, let’s try to deduct the reason why..

–>Some readings suggest that the tradition of cooking ginisang monggo every Friday is due to the Lenten Season. You have to sacrifice something and eating meat is one, that’s why, instead of cooking meat on Friday, Filipinos prepare ginisang monggo.

BUT WHY MONGGO? There are so many vegetables out there!

–>Another reading suggest that the time of grocery may be the answer. Filipinos, back in the old days, do their market trips on weekends, specially Sunday. If you have noticed it, most palengke have their “Palengke Day” every Sunday. And since they do their shopping on Sundays, by Friday, the only produce that is not spoiled is dried monggo.

Putting them together makes sense! Pero paano naman ang hindi katoliko?!?

Maybe, another reason is, when Friday comes, there is little money left from the pay check. Monggo’s really cheap so that’s the best option when you’re running low in cash.

Here’s another theory from Pinoy Exchange:

–>Spanish priests taught the Filipinos to eat monggo every Friday so they wouldn’t buy meat. Meat can be pricey during that times (?) and if they don’t buy meat, they have more money to give to the church.

PERO BAKIT MONGGO?

Let’s settle with the answer: it’s really cheap. If you have 50 pesos, you can cook ginisang monggo and feed 10 people.

Moving on, here’s my simple Ginisang Monggo Recipe:

Ingredients:

15 PhP pack monggo
3-5 pcs shrimp
2 medium size tomatoes
Garlic 2-3 cloves, minced
1 medium size onion, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon patis
1 teaspoon salt
ampalaya leaves or malungay leaves

How to cook:

Precooked the monggo, 4 cups water, boil for about 20 minutes or until the monggo is soft
Saute garlic, onion and tomato.
Add patis and then shrimp.
Add monggo and mix and let it stand for about 5 minutes (just make sure the fire is set to low)
Add 2 cups of water and let it boils then add the leaves.
Cook for another 3 minutes and serve Paksiw na Isda and steaming rice.

Paksiw na Isda Sa Kamias Recipe

Some people call this pinangat, some paksiw. Some uses vinegar, some tomatoes, some green mangoes (my fave!) and some uses kamyas. That’s what I used in my paksiw earlier, hence the title of the recipe.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo fish (my fave is salay ginto but it’s too small, try alumahan or matangbaka)
8-10 pcs kamyas
1/4 cup sliced luya
1 big onion
2 siling green
1 teaspoon salt

How to cook paksiw na isda sa kamias:

Slightly crush the kamias.
Put half the kamias, onion, luya on a casserole
Insert half kamias and some luya on the fish then put it on the caserole.
Put the remaining ingredients on top of the fish
Put on high fire for about 5 minutes then add 1/2 cup of water.
Let it boil for 3 minutes and serve with Ginisang Monggo and rice!

You may noticed that my photo included fried pork. It’s supposed to be Crispy Liempo or Lechong Kawali but I left it on the stove for long..hence the dark color. Once I perfected my Lechon Kawali, I will share with you my recipe. For now, enjoy the monggo!