Saturday nights are usually spent with friends or a significant other. But if for any reason you cannot go out for a gimmick or party, you can always count on your radio for some good music.
It was one lonely Saturday months ago, while I was doing some backlog work at the office (at 10pm), when I tuned to Magic 89.9 FM and liked the ‘thump-thumping’ beats from the song playing. Later I found out that it was the ‘Big Fish Radio’ program and that plays every Saturday night.
So when (a) I’m broke; (b) my friends are not available; (c) I have nothing to wear; (d) I’m too lazy to go out, I just turn on the radio at 9pm, push the volume up until the room pulsates with every ‘thud’ and ’boom’. It’s like being in the real party… but you’re all alone.
God I’m such a dork.
Herb Peterson, who invented my favorite Egg McMuffin as a breakfast item for McDonald’s, has died peacefully last Tuesday.
He began his career with McDonald’s Corp. as vice president of the company’s advertising firm, D’Arcy Advertising, in Chicago. He wrote McDonald’s first national advertising slogan, “Where Quality Starts Fresh Every Day.”
Peterson eventually became a franchisee and was currently co-owner and operator of six McDonald’s restaurants.
Peterson came up with idea for the signature McDonald’s breakfast item in 1972. The egg sandwich consisted of an egg that had been formed in a Teflon circle with the yolk broken, topped with a slice of cheese and grilled Canadian bacon. It was served open-faced on a toasted and buttered English muffin.
The Egg McMuffin made its debut at a restaurant in Santa Barbara that Peterson co-owned with his son, David Peterson.
As the summer season heightens, many of us are faced with a disturbing dillemma: How to look healthy and fit.
Some people I know (myself included) have engaged in several diet plans to lose weight, not just to have a pleasing physique but to gain confidence as well. However, according to studies, the following methods are highly dangerous:
- Purging (vomiting) after a meal
- Starvation
- Laxative abuse
- Diuretic abuse
- Stimulant abuse
Why are these practices dangerous? It’s all about maintaining the chemical balance within our bodies. Our blood, for example, has a perfect balance of salts such as sodium, potassium, and calcium, and these substances must all be in just the right amounts if our hearts are to pump normally and our muscles to contract.
Our bodies also maintain a strict balance of acids and their chemical opposites, bases, an equilibrium that is reflected in a value called the pH. Changes in pH influence the balance of salts in the body. All of the diet techniques listed above can cause dramatic losses of potassium, stomach acid, and bicarbonate (a base). One of the frightening consequences such behaviors may lead to is an irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia), which is associated with cardiac arrest and death.
Here are some other common problems these dieting methods may cause:
- Damage to the tooth enamel when stomach acid is forced out through the mouth during vomiting.
- Cramping and diarrhea due to laxative use.
- Inability to achieve regular bowel movements without resorting to laxatives.
- Jitteriness, sleep difficulties, and heart palpitations caused by some of the dieting products containing stimulants.
- The breakdown and ingestion of muscle during starvation, as the body tries to use its own substance to provide essential nutrients to the brain, thus counteracting any beneficial effects of a diet.
- Increased risk of osteoporosis as long-term indulgence in such diets depletes calcium from the bones.
So, for a lifetime of health and fitness, go with what’s been proven to work: follow a diet that’s low in simple carbohydrates and saturated fats, and balance it with increased physical activity. It may take a few months to start seeing results, but with patience and a commitment to your overall well being, you’ll eventually get to enjoy the sustained benefits of this healthier approach over many years.
(Keep telling that to yourself MangJose)
Another summer day
Is come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm
Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know
And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
“I’m fine baby, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that
Another aeroplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home
Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home
And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
But this was not your dream
But you always believed in me
Another winter day has come
And gone away
And even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home
And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
I still feel alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know
Let me go home
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It’ll all be right
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home
“Hay sa wakas!”
Ito na lang ang nabanggit ko nang mapadaan ako sa kanto ng Osmeña Highway at Quirino Avenue. Wala na ang nakakatakot na billboard ni Dingdong Dantes showing off his body for Bench. Tapos nang magsemana-santa ang mga pulis na naka-poste sa may Designer Depot at ngayon ay balik Nicole ng Pussycat Dolls na naman ang laman ng billboard.
“Buti na lang, binalik na nila ang syota ko,” sabi ni Manong Taxi Driver. “May inspirasyon na ako ngayon kahit traffic.”
Yun na yata ang pinakamabilis na billboard na nagstay sa area na yun… kinabit bago mag Holy Week, tinanggal nung Holy Monday, at after Easter Sunday, iba na ang nakapaskil.
Ayos!
Potrages… Kehaba-haba ng title.
Simula na pala itong palabas na ito. Sana lang ay mapulutan ng aral at katinuan ang programang ito at hindi maging instrumento para lalong magpakasalaula at mag’express ng freedom’ ang mga immature pang kabataang pinoy.
Naglilipat ako ng channel at naabutan ko sa Channel 2 yung diskusyon ng isang Atenista at LaSallista sa Confession room. Potrages! Pati ba naman sa loob ng bahay eh may labanan pa rin ng eskwelahan? Isa itong matinding senyales na maggiging worthless ang palabas at malamang magaya ito dun sa huling edition nila.
Hay…
“It was an honest mistake… a learning experience,”
Talaga naman.
I don’t normally disturb Sales Reps when I visit their stores/boutiques, except when I badly need assistance. In this scenario, I was trying to buy a hanging folder frame for my home files. I searched every aisle and corner of the store (office supplies, school supplies, even in toys and college books) but was not successful. Finally before heading out, I approached a Sales Lady to ask. This happend last Saturday at around 5 in the afternoon.
Jose: (very politely) Excuse me, itatanong ko lang sana kung may available kayo na hanging folder frame?
Sales Lady: (very confused) Huh?
Jose: (still very politely) Yung pinaglalagyan ng mga hanging folders, ginagamit sa office.
Sales Lady: Ahh… (pauses, looks around) Kasi, nasa loob yun eh, hindi naglalabas ng stock for display.
Jose: (working on politeness) Ganun ba? Pwede ko bang makita kasi kung okay siya bibilhin ko na.
Sales Lady: (approaches another Sales Lady, whispers to her, then gets back to me) Ay, sorry, out-of-stock pala.
Jose: Okay.
Somehow I’m not sure if she’s telling the truth or she’s just making me go away since it will require ‘a lot’ of effort for her to sell me something that’s not even on display.
Moral Lesson: Being nice all the time will get you nowhere.
Hindi ko alam kung napapansin nyo na pero sobrang init na ng panahon!
Nagising ako kanina na balot na balot pa sa kumot sa lamig ng aircon. Hindi ko alam na paglabas ko ay daig ko pa ang pumasok sa ultra dry na sauna. Hindi pa man ako nakakalakad ng mga sampung talampakan ay naramdaman ko nang may patulo galing sa ilong ko.
Yup, dugo. Wala namang nagspospokening Dollar sa paligid para magnosebleed ako. Kung tutuusin, naligo naman ako kagabi kaya medyo presko pa rin, yun nga lang, matindi talaga ang sikat ng araw na talagang tumatagos na ang init mula sa bubong. Take note, alas-8 pa lang ng umaga.
Dahil Easter Sunday ngayon ay nagdesisyon akong magsimba. Kahit na open-air ang simbahan at maraming electric fan sa paligid ay talaga namang panay pa rin ang paypay ko sa dala-dalang abaniko. Hindi siya yung tipo ng malagkit na init na nakakapagpapawis kundi dry heat na parang gumuguhit sa loob ng ilong hanggang utak. Doon nagsimula ang migrane ko.
Dumaan ang tanghali at hapon at kung ano ano na ang ginawa ko: Kumain ng ice cream, uminom ng melon shake, naligo uli, nagpagupit ng buhok, naligo uli, kumain ng ice cream, at naligo uli. Grabe ang init parin!
Bago kumain ng halo-halo bilang hapunan ay dumugo na naman ang ilong ko. Kinakabahan na ako dahil baka iba na ito. Umupo muna ako at naglagay ng cold compress sa noo habang nagfafacial ng yelo. Binuksan ko na rin ang telebisyon para maglibang ng konti. Tamang-tama, nagmimisa pa sa Vatican. Pero ang kainaman, doon… umuulan. Ng malakas.
Mood: Paksy*t
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