Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

Having a fractured root, dentists have recommended that my partner get the molar extracted. The tooth, which has undergone filling, canal treatment and what-have-you in Amsterdam, has been threatening to drop its crown for the past several months. Today was the day - no appointments, just drop in and say, “okay, I’m turning myself in.”
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Good-bye Yoyoy, Kuya Cesar
Just a few weeks ago I was thinking of buying one of his records and now Yoyoy Villame is gone. Yoyoy passed away noon today of cardiac arrest, he was only 69 years old. Broadcaster “Kuya Cesar” is gone too, 69, apparently of cardiac arrest too - just the other day, barely […]

Is summer over? So soon?
It has been raining in the afternoons since Monday, making the evenings much cooler. Yesterday and the other day has been quite glum, thus my rather moody fatigued disposition. Today is the summer’s first thunderstorms. Maybe Election Day will be sunnier. Perhaps I will go out and vote in the morning.
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On the way to the grocery, my partner and I bumped into one of the ladies who collect money for the housing’s security personnel and other services. She was so happy to see us. We asked how she was doing. She took my arm and said she hardly have any money left from her salary […]

Visiting my mom yesterday, I got a chance to watch ABS-CBN’s noon-time gameshow “Wowowee.” The show’s host called in sick and so they got a popular young actr, Piolo Pascual, to substitute.
Obiously, Piolo was given a quick overview of how the show runs - from selecting the game’s contestants from the studio audience to playing […]

After sending off mail at the postal office at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC), we had lunch at the center’s Golf Club restaurant. My partner had wanton mami and I had dinuguan with rice. Their dinuguan was quite good, a rather large serving actually, since there was still half a bowl left after I’ve […]

Yesterday, my partner forwarded to me an email invitation from the BBC World Service to participate in their programme about “freedom of the press” for Press Freedom Day. So I sent an email to their “World Have Your Say” correspondent Fiona Crack saying I’d be interested in commenting on the local issue of proposed 100% […]