posted by Jennie on Mar 5
Last weekend, the hubby and I set a date (the following Monday) to play badminton. We used to play badminton every Monday during our first two years of marriage and we so miss that. After a few years of withholding ourselves of a game we love to play together, This Monday seemed to be a hopeful one that we will finally be able to jump start on it. But we failed again. 
posted by Jennie on Jan 18
When my son and I attended the launch of Pampers Yoga Stretchycise last week at Gymboree in Manila Polo Club, I cannot help but remember the times when he was still the ever so dependent baby. It was such a short, sweet time. Babies grow up too fast, really. My son now is 4 years old and even though he sat down with me for a bit during the talk, he really preferred to be left alone in the play area with the other kids.
The partnership of baby experts Pampers, the Mother and Child Nurses Association of the Philippines (MCNAP) and Gymboree Play and Music, developed the Pampers Yoga Stretchycise. It is a routine that a parent/guardian does with the baby that combines stretching and yoga moves. It is said to help encourage the development of the baby’s mind and body.
posted by Jennie on Jan 16
We’re still looking for a health coverage for our little guy. Believe it or not, we have given all the requirements asked of us as soon as I got the copy of my son’s birth certificate a month after giving birth to him. Up until now, we still do not have news if the hubby’s insurance will cover it. It is really frustrating, to say the least. We have been given words that we need to follow it up and all. After several calls, the hubby was told over again to follow it up. We have been following it up for over four years now, for crying out loud.
posted by Jennie on Jan 13
I did not mean for the hubby to be ever so conscious when I voiced out in jest that I noticed something that looked like muffin like flabs in his mid portion. He is too muscled up to have his tummy look like a beer belly! 
posted by Jennie on Jan 13
This lack of sleep is definitely giving me reasons to worry about our family’s health. It is not only I who stays up late. For some reason or another, the hubby stays up late with me. While I know that is sweet, I really would rather have him sleep ahead. I’m afraid it is now taking its toll on him. He has been having colds lately.
posted by Jennie on Jan 13
Okay so I have been lacking sleep lately. I probably have an average of four hours per day. But I am not complaining. I am happy that work is coming not slow this time, unlike when January 2009 came in last year.
posted by Jennie on Jan 12
Weeks after the holidays and I am still around lounging with some extra accumulated poundages from all the feasting celebrations. Here’s the news, I have not gotten past the planning stage of getting back to working out.
posted by Jennie on Dec 26
The long term effects of use of drugs results in physical ramifications, guilt, remorese, sexual activity, dropping out os school, problem behaviors, depression, suicide and delinquency.
Physical effects of drug abuse and addiction include dry skin, chronic sore throat, live and pancreas diseas, amother others. In addition t the risk of overdose fot he abuser and the tragic consequences of drug use for expectatnt mothers and their babies. The drug abuser faces such physical ramifications as leukemia, heart attack, infertility, tissue damage and malnutrition.
posted by Jennie on Dec 26
1. Personality, Heredity and Physiology
There are some traits which appear with above average frequency in those who abuse drugs as a high level of anxiety, emotional immaturity, a low ability to tolerate frustration, low self esteem, feelings of guilt and compulsiveness. Personality, heredity and physiology may make some people more prone to become drug abusers but in themselves these factors do not cause drug addiction.
2. Past Background and Culture
The family environment and society in which we are raised also can increase or decrease the likelihood of addiction.
a. Parental Models - How parents behave often influence the susequent behavior of children.
b. Parental Attitudes – Parental permissiveness and parental rejectin can both stimulate chemical use and abuse. When parents do not care whether or not the children drink, there is no concern about the danger of drugs or alcohol and misuse often follows. If parents neglect the children or are excessively controlling, the chidren rebel. Delinquency, excessive drug abuse and alcoholism often follow.
c. Cultural Expectations – If a culture or sub culture group has clear guidelines about the use of alcohol and drugs, abuse is less likely. HOwever, if teenager drinking is thought of as a sign of growing up and is the “in thing” to do, conditions are set up which lead many youth to drug abuse.
posted by Jennie on Dec 26
To emphasize the curent drug situation in tis proper perspective, let us briefly review the baseline data on dangerous drugs in 1972. This was the year when the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Constabulary Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) started implmenting Republic Act 6425 otherwise known as the Dangerous Drug Act of 1972. At that time, there were only about 20,000 drug users in the country, who were practically concentrated and limited within the confines of Metro Manila are. Most of them were using only marijuana, a locally sourced drug of abuse, which was then grown almost entirely in the cordilleras and to a limited extenet, heroin. The magnitude of the drug problem then was practically negligible and quite manageable by today’s standards.
After 30 years, instead of abating, the drug problem even worsened and has now assumend very alarming roportions. The National Household Survey on the Nature and Extent of Drug Abuse in the Philippines conducted by the Dangerous Drugs Board in 1999 came out with an estimate of 1.8 million regular users and 1.6 million occasional users. The mani drug of abuse is the most dreaded, methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu,” whie drug abuse has now affected the whole nation.
posted by Jennie on Dec 2
When I first heard about Phiten’s rakuwa bracelets, May of this year, I just had to go online and research on what it is and what it does. This bracelet may look a lot like your regular sports bracelet but I was surprised to learn that it goes beyond just the aesthetics. So I was intrigued when I first read about its ability to help the human body maintain a balanced and relaxed state by influencing, restoring and balancing bio-electiricity in the body. So I went, bio-what? At first, all I thought of it was nothing more than a marketing fad. That is, until I tested it myself. Not being quite convinced, I road tested it a few more times after, just to make sure they’re nothing short of coincidence.
posted by Jennie on Nov 20
We counted three years into our marriage before our son came. One thing my husband and I were set on right from the time we learned we were pregnant was to start right as we parent our child. This is why I have tried to be at my best health ever even from gestation. I made sure there were no missed appointments and we completed our preparation for childbirth classes for Lamaze/Bradley. We even enrolled ourselves in child care classes. There was no way we were leaving parenting to chance. Needless to say, we were really thrilled to welcome our son when he arrived in May 2005.
Even before I gave birth, I was keen on exclusively breastfeeding him and then later have him on a brown rice diet, aside from making sure we don’t miss immunization appointments. These were the least that we could do to make sure our son stays healthy.
with our days old son, Jed
When our son was ready for semi-solid foods, I made a mistake of introducing instant baby foods to him at first. The convenience is there, true. But I can only be grateful enough that we were able to shift to brown rice which I dutifully grind first before cooking until he was ready for solids. I bought a grinder especially for this purpose. Our son easily adjusted to the taste of naturally cooked brown rice, vegetables and fruits. No need for instant cereals or what nots.
Why brown rice, you might ask. Polished rice means that a major percentage of B vitamins are destroyed and that includes 80% of Vitamin B1, 67% of Vitamin B3, 90% of B6, 50% Manganese, 50% Phosphorus, 60% Iron, aside from the benefits of fiber that can only be found in unpolished rice. Although it was a tad more tedious to prepare than giving the regular instant baby cereal, there was no way I’m withholding my son the benefit of eating brown rice. Brown rice has to be soaked in the water it will be boiled in for at least 30 minutes. Nothing instant, I tell you.
cooked unpolished brown rice
posted by Jennie on Nov 19
After so many weeks of putting it off, my homeschool blog is finally live! It’s barely a couple of days old and I’m not about to share the link just yet. Allow me to work on its content first. 
Ever since late June, I have toyed with the idea of putting up a Homeschool Blog. I figured, homeschooling is taking up a bulk of my weekday mornings, then might as well blog about the random activities we do as me and my son do our homeschool routine. But because I was yet to get the hang of it, a brand new blog will add to the stress. Less than five months down the homeschooling road, I am now so thrilled to have my brand new baby blog. We so love homeschooling that getting some few snippets of our everyday classes documented, seeing how my four year old is doing better and better each day, academically and otherwise affirms our stand to homeschool him. Despite the odds.
posted by Jennie on Nov 6
A week since I last did my workout and I haven’t gone back to it again. Truth to tell, I’ve been crazy busy these previous days and I practically just get home to catch some few hours of sleep. I’m getting my schedule fixed next week and will only attend a single event.
