Beauty & Wellness #5: The truth about sitting long hours

Got this email from a friend...it is quite interesting and informative. So, I saved the images and thought of sharing it to you guys and gals....Stay Healthy!

Beauty & Wellness #4 : Scrubs = Exfoliate!

Exfoliation involves the removal of the oldest dead skin cells on the skin's outermost surface, and has been used for many years.

If you want your skin to look healthy and radiant, exfoliate regularly.By mildly abrading your skin with exfoliating agents, you will remove the surface layer of dead cells. Afterward, fine lines will be less visible and your complexion will glow.

Me, I have facial, body and foot scrubs that I use to exfoliate my skin. Here's how often I use it...
The facial scrub: 3-4x a week, body scrub: 1-2x a week and foot scrub: once a week (since I'm not going out that much right now, but if I am, I use it 2-3x a week)

You will feel the smoothness on your skin after using body scrubs. So try it, it will just take a little of your bath time!

the current products i'm using :)

Our Schoolboy

Meet the only schoolboy in our house - Hero Miel.

He is the first baby in our family,son of Ate Cielo & Kuya Mel. The only grandchild that my Mom was able to see and take care of.

bonding time :)




Lola Cora giving her pasalubong from SG to Hero Miel

 

He graduated as First honors in his Kindergarten class in Our Lady of St. Therese Academy (OLSTA) last March. Now he is a Preparatory pupil in Our Lady of Mercy School (OLOMS).
His mom, Ate Cielo, takes time to teach him every night. Though she is already tired from office works, she makes sure that she checks his notebooks for assignment and help his son do that. Then on weekends, she does re-caps and also advance reading to make sure that Hero will be able to understand his lessons.

Happy & Proud parents with the Honor boy :)

Hero Miel is a perfectionist by nature and is short-tempered. That's why, when he made an error in what he is doing, he gets upsets easily and started to cry - this is when world war III begins at home hehe. Cause, when he starts to cry and fed up with what he's doing, his mom cant do anything to pacify him and at the end, his mom loses her patience and the war begins...

weekend study session

We are so proud of his achievements (be it personal or academic). And though he is sometimes vying for attention in the house with his sister,Meciel and at times with his cousin,Jamy, you will see that he also knew how to be a 'kuya' (elder brother) to both of them.

The 3 Kings - Christmas School Presentation

Linggo ng Wika - 1st Place in Talumpati

Proud Mommy

Precious Meciel,Jamy & Hero Miel

He is turning 6 on November and as he grows, he can be sure that we will always be there to support his dreams.

J-o-l-o-g-s!

Friday is a jologs day for Remy and me. Why? Coz were gonna watch a movie... Transformer 3 is the latest craze,and Remy asked to watch ... Temptation Island instead- and I agreed! ("Let's give the movie a chance" - hehe, this is one famous line I remember we used in my college days when we're doing a movie reivew:)

Jologs is a Filipino slang term or word used to describe persons, things or events who or which are poorly made, dirty-looking, corny and cheap. It is at times equated with "baduy," another Filipino word which means "out of style."

Many Filipino linguists including sociologists agree that the term originated from 'diyolog' which stands for dilis (anchovies), tuyo (dried fish) and itlog (egg) — the food of the poor. And it was used like this: "Oh, look she eats diyolog." Later it became "Look, diyolog, o." Until the 'diy' got changed to 'j', hence 'jolog'.

And a lot of people think that watching filipino movie is  'jologs'. And I think that way too. Don't get me wrong, our movies can be 'cheap' at times -in terms of 'budget or financing',especially to indi-films but doesn't necessarily means it's not good. It can win awards here and abroad at times... And comedy films are usually 'corny' - but let's face it, that though it's corny, we're watching and enjoying it! We even post some of its line as out FB status - admit it! haha

Ok, so now, let's go back to our movie date. We watched at Sm Fairview cinema. Movie ticket costs Php 150/pax, open-seat (choose your own seat when you get inside).

Temptation Island is a remake of the 1980's sexy-comedy film. It stars five of the sexiest pinays (I'm the sixth haha) and the movie highlighted that. In fairness, it was good and not as boring as I thought. And the exchange of lines amongst the actresses were nice. And though I'm not a fan of Lovi Poe, i liked the way she posed for the camera in one of the scenes on the yatch ( she was asked to pose for the cam & she said she doesnt want then seems to think a little then agreed to it, she suddenly strike a pose - raised one of her foot up the bar stool,the high slit of her gown allowed her to do that making her long legs exposed and project a fierce face - it looks like one of the poses of my friend,edge hehe)

Well, my friend and I enjoyed the movie. We waited for the credits of the movie to know where in Ilocos Norte did they shoot it - it was in Playa Tropical Resort -*thinking* how about visiting it? :) And same scenes of the new and the old movie was shown at the end so that the audience will get to see the difference and/or the resemblance...

After the movie, we bumped to some old friends, and they we're surprised we watched it. At the end, Chedeng said that she will be looking for the original movie and will give us a copy so that we can compare it. (Chedz, we will be waiting for it hehe :)

Jamy turned 2!

How time quickly passed...It's now time to say Happy 2nd birthday Jamy!

Jamy is the third baby in our house. He is the son of my sister, Charmy and brother-in-law,Jay.

I was away when he was born and even when he turned one year old. But I got to see him online before when I was chatting with my sisters.

He was so little and fragile back then...

photo courtesy of Ate Jen,our neighbor

Then he learned how to crawl,stand and walk a little when he turned One...

dress rehearsal before his 1st bday celeb

And now, he has learned a lot of antics to make us laugh...Knows how to run and ride a small bike not just to stand...

Now that he turned Two, we our proud to say that he is our baby JAMY, and that we loved him more.

Here's some pictures from his birthday celebration.

Jamy is watching the lighted candle and checking his cake

double checking that all are singing happy bday song :)

Santillan family

He loves to be with other children

the celebrant is so happy - with Mommy and her officemates

c-o-u-s-i-n-s  :)

with kuya Hero,tita Indang and ate Meciel

So Happy opening his gifts!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMY! We love you and we will always be here for you.

GOD bless you little boy.

I ♥ Reading!

Some people find reading...boring. Some find it entertaining. Some educational. While others, dont give a damn...

Me, I love reading! Its makes you use your brain more - imagining the scene, the hero (*wink*)...to know new words...and to look for its meaning in the dictionary (yeah, that's what I do if I really cant get it from contextual clue hehe)

I know,some may call me a lame reader cause most of the novels I read are fictional and romance (haha, who cares, I enjoy reading it!:) But I also like reading horror and sci-fi novels as well as inspirational books.

Well, no matter what kind of book you read, it's still nice to know that YOU CAN READ! Hope that more children will be expose to this habit rather than to video or computer games...

A book a day...is...365 books in a year!

Brazo de Mercedes and Coffee

-29June2011-

Today marks the 43rd wedding anniversary of my Mom and Dad. I remember when we were still young, we used to have a program in our house and we prepared presentations for them...We sing, dance and make an effort to show how much we love them.

We memorized their wedding song and used to sing it to them at the top of our lungs haha...those were the days..... And though they're no longer here with us to celebrate this special day...We know that they are having good times up there (pointing in heaven)...For sure they're dating now!

And here's brazo de mercedes (mom's fave) and coffee (dad's addiction hehe) for the two of you...

And while you're eating, let me play your song....

http://youtu.be/ySfBbWxo9QU

 "The Wedding" by Julie Rogers, from 1964.

You by my side, thats how I see us,
I close my eyes, and I can see us,
We`re on our way to say I do-oo
My secret dreams have all come true-oo.

I see the church, I see the people,
Your folks and mine happy and smiling,
And I can hear sweet voices singing, Ave Maria.

Oh my love, my love this can really be
That someday you`ll walk down the aisle with me,
Let it be, make it be that I`m the one for you,
I`ll be yours, all yours, now and forever.

I see us now, your hand in my hand,
This is the hour, this is the moment,
And I can hear sweet voices singing, Ave Maria.
Ave Maria, Ave Mari-i-a.