While my friend Rain and I were jogging around Rizal Park the night of October 28, the dancing fountain begun to amaze the folks lurking the park. It's my first time to see like this!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
CAVEAT EMPTOR: EXPIRED CHOCOLATE
Yesterday I popped around Megamall Supermarket to buy some carrots and apples for my apple-carrot juice. At the same time, I bought extra knickknacks. I saw on the label of a shelf a chocolate that costs fifty pesos something only. So I added in my basket two boxes of Mayfair Dutch Treat. I didn't bother to check the receipt.
Just today while I'm checking the stuff I bought yesterday, something bothered me. When I saw the back of the box, it says BEST BEFORE 08092011. I checked the other box and it says the same thing.
It does not matter anymore the date format of the expiration date. If 08092011 stands for August 09, 2011 or 8th of September 2011, the fact that today is already October 26, 2011, something is wrong.
I checked the receipt and I've just realized the correct price of the chocolate. Well, I could be wrong yesterday when I saw the cheap price of the chocolate. It could be the other item beside it.
But what fretted me is the expiration. So I called the phone number indicated on the receipt. I called 633-5026 but no one was answering. I called the other number 633-5027 and after a few minutes, a lady answered my call.
I gave her the date format indicated at the back of the box 08092011. She was not even sure whether the date comes first before the month for imported good or the other way. But I said, "it doesn't matter anymore because today is already October." She advised me to go to Customer Service of Supermarket tomorrow to check.
The bottom line here is: why does a big supermarket (SM Supermarket) has not made necessary precautions on their merchandise? Should I failed to check the box (though I failed to check it while doing my shopping) and give the chocolates to somebody, then I could be blame for the worst scenario.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
MAALAALA MO KAYA "LIHAM"
"LIHAM"
October 22, 2011
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KC Concepcion
Paulo Avelino
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TABLE MANNERS THAT MATTER
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If you think people don’t care about etiquette at the table as much as they used to, think again. One soup slurp or tooth pick is all it takes to turn some people off. So to stay on your toes, here is a quick—and necessary—table manners refresher course from Louise Fox of the Etiquette Ladies, Canada’s Etiquette Experts:
- If you are the recipient of a toast, keep your glass at arm’s length—never drink from it. Instead, simply nod your head and graciously say, “Thank you.”
- Never take your cocktail to the dinner table.
- Allow your food to cool on its own—never blow on anything.
- If you wear lipstick, keep it off your plate and napkin by blotting it as soon as you apply it.
- Your napkin is there for you to dab your mouth only. Do not use it to wipe off lipstick or (God forbid) blow your nose.
- Keep your elbows off the table at all times.
- Don’t put your purse, keys, sunglasses, or eyeglasses on the table.
- Take food out of your mouth the way it went in. If a piece of steak fat went into your mouth with a fork, spit it out onto the fork.
- Remove an olive pit with your thumb and index finger.
- Taste everything on your plate before you add salt or pepper.
- Leave your plate where it is when you are finished with your meal—don’t push it away from you.
You’ll find even more good-behavior tips at www.etiquetteladies.com.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
TRIVIA: THE LIVING "JOHNNIE WALKER"
A 56-year-old Canadian man who left home after his business went bankrupt completed an 11-year walk around the world on Sunday, and told a crowd of well-wishers his new goal was to promote peace.
Jean Beliveau -- who arrived to a hero's welcome in Montreal from loved ones, lawmakers and supporters -- said his "real mission" was to lobby Canada and other governments to create "ministries of peace."
"We are all different, and that is what is beautiful about life on Earth -- our different colors, different beliefs, different political systems," he said.
"Those are all musical notes... we must create harmony from them, create a common tune," an emotional Beliveau told the crowd assembled at city hall in the old part of the city.
Beliveau left Montreal on the day of his 45th birthday -- August 18, 2000 -- after his small sign business went bankrupt. He decided to run around the world to try to escape the pain.
The Canadian ran all the way to Atlanta, Georgia before slowing his stride for what would become the longest uninterrupted walk around the world: 75,000 kilometers (46,600 miles) across 64 countries.
Over 11 years, he traveled across deserts and mountains. He fell in love for nine days in Mexico, wore a turban and a long beard in Sudan, ate snake in China, and was escorted by armed soldiers in the Philippines.
Upon his return on Sunday, Beliveau reunited with his mother, whom she had not seen throughout his 11 years on the road. She welcomed him in a tight embrace.
Longtime girlfriend Luce Archambault, who offered Beliveau emotional and financial support throughout his journey, and his two children from a previous marriage were also on hand for the celebration.
More than 100 supporters walked the final kilometers with Beliveau through the streets of Montreal.
Beliveau said a so-called "ministry of peace" could lead to the creation of a team that would lecture students on peace issues, as well as a Canadian peace corps.
The idea is backed by the Society to Promote Departments of Peace.
"We may never have peace but if we take one step forward, and then another, I think we can create a better world together," Beliveau said.
Archambault, who flew to join Beliveau wherever he was once a year so they could spend Christmas together, said last month: "I'm his Penelope and he is my Ulysses."
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TRIVIA: SUPER LOLA HAS 247 GRANDCHILDREN
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding's (C, seated) grandchildren shout "Mabuhay si Lola" (Long Live Grandma) as they pose for a photo in General Santos city in southern Philippines October 17, 2011. Kudanding still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claims to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records at 99 grandkids. Picture taken October 17, 2011. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding's (C, seated) children and grandchildren shout "Mabuhay si Lola" (Long Live Grandma) as they pose for a photo in General Santos city in southern Philippines October 17, 2011. Kudanding, still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claimed to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records of having 99 grandchildren. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding walks with her grandchildren in a street named after her late husband in a village where she lives in General Santos city, in southern Philippines October 17, 2011. Kudanding, still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claimed to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records of having 99 grandchildren. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding walks with her grandchildren in a street named after her late husband in a village where she lives in General Santos city, in southern Philippines October 16, 2011. Kudanding, still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claimed to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records of having 99 grandchildren. Picture taken October 16, 2011. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding poses for a photo in front of a street named after her late husband in a village where she lives in General Santos city, in southern Philippines October 16, 2011. Kudanding, still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claimed to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records of having 99 grandchildren. Picture taken October 16, 2011. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding walks in her village in General Santos city, in southern Philippines October 17, 2011. Kudanding, still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claimed to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records of having 99 grandchildren. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding (C) poses for a photo with her children and some of her 247 grandchildren in General Santos city, in southern Philippines October 17, 2011. Kudanding, still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claimed to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records of having 99 grandchildren. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding (C) poses for a photo with her children and some of her 247 grandchildren in General Santos city, in southern Philippines October 17, 2011. Kudanding, still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claimed to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records of having 99 grandchildren. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Filipino Muslim widow Bai Ulan Kudanding (C) poses for a photo with her children and some of her 247 grandchildren in General Santos city, in southern Philippines October 17, 2011. Kudanding, still remembers the names of her children and has a total of 247 grandchildren. From Kudanding's 14 children, she has 107 grandchildren, 138 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. One of her daughters, Marawiya, has 19 children. Kudanding wins her townmate, 94-year-old Joacquina Bartiller, who claimed to have 160 grandchildren. Currently, a couple from the United Kingdom holds the Guinness World Records of having 99 grandchildren. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
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Monday, October 17, 2011
E. COLI FOUND ON MOBILE PHONES
It is the sort of news story that will have left many feeling queasy over their breakfast cereal - a study which suggests one in six mobile phones is contaminated with faecal matter.
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London took nearly 400 samples from mobile phones and hands in 12 British cities.
They found 16% of phones and 16% of hands harboured E. coli (Escherichia coli), bacteria which inhabit the human intestines.
The largest proportion of contaminated phones was in Birmingham (41%) while Londoners were caught with the highest proportion of E. coli present on hands (28%).
But the sample size in each city was small, so the variations between them could be a statistical anomaly.
However Dr Val Curtis, from the London School of Hygiene says the study showed clear differences between north and south.
"We found the further north we went the more hands and phones were likely to be contaminated. It could be the bugs survive better in colder and wetter conditions or it might be that people wash their hands less."
I explained to Dr Curtis that such comments were unlikely to win her friends in Glasgow and Liverpool - two of the cities where samples were taken.
But she brushed this aside explaining that after a similar survey three years ago she was advised not to hang around Newcastle.
Archers warning
Most strains of E. coli found on the hands and phones are not likely to cause major ill-health, although listeners of "The Archers" will know that Clarrie Grundy became an unwitting carrier of the bacteria, leading to a number of children being hospitalised in the fictional county of Borsetshire.
Dr Curtis explained that they were using E. coli as a marker for the presence of faecal matter.
She said: "Campylobacter and Salmonella bacteria are much more likely to cause a gastric infection and could easily be passed on through faecal contamination."
So we are talking about poo, excrement - on mobile phones and fingers.
Hand washing technique
Why do so many people clearly not wash their hands with soap after a visit to the toilet? Perhaps they do, but are simply doing it wrong.
I remember having correct hand-washing technique described to me by the virologist Professor John Oxford.
He thought people didn't wash thoroughly enough, or long enough - two verses of Happy Birthday to you were suggested.
Perhaps there is also a confusion in some people's minds about dirt and germs. After all, there is plenty of research suggesting dirt can be good for you.
Since the late 1980s the "hygiene hypothesis" has argued that the lack of early childhood exposure to some germs may be linked to the rise in allergic diseases, by suppressing the development of the immune system. It's a much-debated theory.
But while letting your children - or your husband - play in the dirt may well be ok, they still need to wash their hands after the toilet. Or after handling raw meat and poultry.
Big killer
You simply have to look to the developing world to see the devastating effects of poor hygiene. Diarrhoeal disease remains one of the world's biggest killers.
While hand-washing may help prevent a nasty stomach bug here, in poorer countries it can save lives.
The survey from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is timed to publicise Global Handwashing Day on 15 October.
It is an annual event which promotes hand-hygiene, the cheapest and most effective way of preventing infection by bacteria and viruses.
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TRIVIA: WOUJOO LIKE TO SWALLOW PERFUME?
Swallowable perfume will emit fragrance from the skin
Swallowable Parfum is a capsule that is metabolized by the body to produce a fragrance that emanates from the skin.
In a world where nano-porous materials in our clothes can make deodorant unnecessary, it may seem almost old-fashioned to continue to apply perfume to our skin. That’s certainly the view of the team behindSwallowable Parfum, an innovation that allows users to swallow a capsule to produce a fragrance that emanates from within.
Created by Amsterdam-based artist Lucy McRae along with synthetic biologist Sheref Mansy, Swallowable Parfum is essentially a capsule containing synthetic fragrant lipid molecules that mimic the structure of the fat molecules naturally found in the body. When those lipids get metabolized by the body’s enzymes, fragrant molecules are released and excreted through the skin’s surface through perspiration. The skin, then, serves as an atomizer for the tiny droplets of fragrance that are left behind, and the strength of the resulting scent is determined by the individual’s acclimatization to temperature, stress, exercise or sexual arousal.
McRae and Mansy are currently still in the research phase of the creation of Swallowable Parfum, which they announced in August. Perfume houses and fashion brands around the globe: one to get involved in early?
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
TRIVIA: PINOY FAN HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES TO BE SUPERMAN (PART II)
A combination photo shows Herbert Chavez before and after his cosmetic transformation to look more like the comic book character Superman in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. The photo on the left was taken when Chavez was 16. REUTERS/Handout (L) and Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Herbert Chavez poses with his Superman memorabilia inside his house in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Herbert Chavez poses with his life-sized Superman staues with children outside his house in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Herbert Chavez poses with his life-sized Superman statues inside his house in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Herbert Chavez poses with his life-sized Superman statues inside his house in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Herbert Chavez shows off his Superman shirt collection, some of which were made by him, inside his bedroom in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Herbert Chavez shows a catalogue of Superman costumes to his costume store staff in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Herbert Chavez holds a photo of himself at 16, taken before his cosmetic transformation to look like his idol Superman, inside his house in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Herbert Chavez holds a Superman book as he shows his collection to a boy inside his house in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila October 12, 2011. In his idolization of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed "pageant trainer" who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin color to look more like the "Man of Steel". The final result bears little resemblance to his old self. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY)
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