Family Trials

The end of 2008 and the start of 2009 are among the very hard times to our family. In this spawn of time, we experienced a very tragic and life threatening situations. Our trials have come very rapidly that it overlaps with each other.

To start with, in my birthplace at Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, my relatives are caught in an armed conflict between the rebels and the arm forces of the Philippines. We are so worried about their situation for they always inform us via SMS that the gunfires are drawing nearer. Due to the increasing economic crisis not only in the Philippines, the companies which my father worked have also experience this hard time. He was forced to leave his position and in the 19th of December my father was unemployed. Aside from that, last December 26, 2008, my cousin was rushed into the hospital and eventually died because of seizure. The whole Murillo and Lee clan was shocked with the news that they’ve heard. Who would have thought that a good 26 year old, family loving, and very funny man would just passed away in just an instant. After the death of my cousin, there was an emergency from Kalamansig which is about my grandfather which is the father of my mother. He was said to be rushed to the hospital because he’s vomit is accompanied with blood. The only thing we can do is to provide financial support for his hospitalization. While my grandfather was in the provincial hospital at the Kalamansig, the armed conflict ignites again. At the second night of his stay at the hospital, the electricity source of the town was bombed by the rebels and the whole town including the hospital was covered in darkness. Because of that, my relatives decided to prematurely discharge my grandfather from the hospital for the reason that the medical staffs and doctors have evacuated for they have felt that the shootings are near the area. Luckily, my grandfather survived the situation and have recovered, and eventually returned to his drinking habit. And after the burial of my cousin, just a week after that, here comes a very big trial for my own family. And the main reason is me. I was admitted to the hospital due to severe abdominal pain, vomiting and LBM. After a day of observation and series of test, my doctor told me that I have amoeba in my system that is why I have LBM. The other thing is that the severe pain was caused by appendicitis which was diagnosed by my surgeon which was also referred by my other doctor. My appendix was said to be ruptured so the surgery cost higher than the usual and the time of hospitalization is longer because of amoeba treatment. Aside from that, we do not have enough money to pay for all the bills, so we borrowed money from my fathers company and other relatives. The other thing is that the medical assistance which is the Philhealth of my father was not fully paid by the company he is employed. So my father rushed to go back home from Zamboanga to Davao city to fix the problem we are facing, mainly financially.

I was away from my regular routine for 8 days due to my condition, and I don’t know when will I recover fully but still I am grateful. I am very grateful for all the help, sympathy and every possible thing that come to us, to our family. Even though we are now having so many debts because of me, I am still thankful. Thankful because God still made our family safe and united despite the problems we have. Even in the midst of our trials, we just stayed faithful that our Lord up high will help us in any possible way.

Thanks everyone.

Sweat: Men's Ticket for Attracting Women

"Why use colognes when you have your built-in love potion"

There are many research studies that were published that helped us clarify many wonderful and amazing things. Among the head turning research that i came about was with regards men's sweat and its shocking capabilities.

According to the research study at the University of California, Berkeley that is published on Journal of Neuroscience, there is a compound that is found in male sweat and other bodily secretions that can change mood, physiological arousal, brain activation and sexual arousal in women. The said compound is called androstadienone. It is a derivative of testosterone Which plays a very big role in making our life more spicy and interesting, and it is said that it can also be found in saliva and semen. Cortisol, which helps restore homeostasis after stress was also increased when women smelled men's sweats. There are also results like improved mood, higher sexual arousal, increased blood pressure, heartbeat rate and breathing when sweats are smelled.

This study really emphasizes some of the similarities of humans with animals, with regards to secretions, smells and opposite attractions. We can also imagine the power of our Creator on how He plan our whole body. Where in every possible detail is useful and relevant. Even the sweats which we consider waste of our body has its own hidden purpose just to make more out of our lives.

Red Wine for Heart Care

There many medicines that people created in order to give care for our hearts. Among the very popular technique to give care to our heart is to have a healthy diet and exercise. But as time pass by, there are many studies that resulted to the manufacturing of artificial drugs to care for our hearts. But there are many researchers and health specialist said that wine, which is an alcohol drink has a very good effect to our health especially with our heart.

According to Wikipedia, Resveratrol is found in the skin of red grapes and is constituent in red wine. Because of resveratrol, some studies indicated that red wine do increase the formation of good cholesterol and decrease bad ones. Thus, drinking red wine can help us for caring our hearts, especially those with heart diseases.

But as what everybody always said, "Too Much is Bad for your Health". So just drink moderately and responsively.