I’ve been tagged by Trekker to do this list. This one I’ll be doing as a breather from Philippine politics a.k.a. headache and mind-blowing disappointment. To forget, even for a while, the melodramatic twists and turns up in the Senate, I welcome these 10 things to eat up the excess stress I have from thinking day in and day out of how the NEW impeachment case against PGMA will turn out, how our dear politicians will stop practicing corruption and how we will be able to stop these abuses from happening. 

Fine, let’s start:

10. The colors yellow and orange.
My mom, back in grade school, used to buy all my clothes. As in. And back then, I never, ever, got to wear jeans. Instead I wore dresses, the ones with frills and laces and huge flower patterns. Don’t get me wrong, I love those dresses but at some point, I had to grow up and be a teen. I envied my classmates who wore t-shirts and jeans and shorts and sneakers and stuff because I only got to wear sandals and dresses back then. I actually owned a pair of jeans and I think 4-5 tees and that’s it. My ‘trendy’ stuff were already few, add to that the fact that my shirts were all in yellow and orange. And I’m morena so it made me look so much darker. When I graduated from grade school, I had to beg my mom to let me choose my own clothes from then on.

9. Pinoy ‘Entertainment’. Lets face it, entertainment in this country is loosely defined as repetitive, recycled material, repackaged to target those who are gullible enough to buy them. Preference is of course something I could not be against with because it is an individual choice, but to actually enjoy Wowowee’s almost sadist brand of humor, the Pinoy Movie Industry and their predictable storylines, and the actors and the love teams who seemingly want to play it safe by doing pa-tweetums on t.v….C’mon guys! We deserve more substantial and quality materials from this industry. Thank goodness for independent movies and the rise of Pinoy bands these past few years!

8. Mahangin, Mayabang at Feeling. I think we have experiences wherein we have this classmate or seatmate or groupmate na Mahangin, Mayabang at Feeling.
Mahangin a.k.a. Air-Con. – He/She’s like a mile away from you and yet you can feel his/her air filling up the room. His/her confidence level is overwhelming it gets to the point that it annoys you.
Mayabang a.k.a. Kapal-muks – He/She brags about everything and anything she/he has, regardless of whether you asked him/her or not. Showing off is second nature to them, throwing insults and complains around are third.
Feeling a.k.a. Pinagpala – He/she thinks the universe was created for him/her. They think everyone is suppose to worship them, wait hand and foot for them and be amazed at how ‘blessed’ they are when in fact they only have too much self-confidence.

7. Banana, Ampalaya and Tokwa. I hate, hate, hate these things!

6. Corruption and overuse of Power. Hmm…PGMA, Erap or Philippine Politics in general (aray).

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In a National Geographic, this insect was featured as useful in some other way. Cockroach is used as one of the medicines in China and a sort of sport and pet in Australia. Some Australians in Brisbane celebrate their holiday by racing cockroaches. In Northeastern Brazil, cockroach is good for asthma. We have heard that this insect has been in existence for millions of years which can even escape from chemical warfare and withstand nuclear blast because of its secret weapon – cockroach’s formidable reproductive ability where it reproduces thousands of breeds in a week’s time with the wings of the female cockroach being raised to attract an opposite sex.

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In some parts of China, cockroach serves as food. One has to boil, dry and fried it with some spices. It tastes good according to some residents. One of the owners of the pharmaceutical company testified in his study and experiment that cockroaches have some beneficial effects to one’s health. In an experiment of the live frog, the frog’s heart was beating fast, after an injection of liquid containing chemical of a cockroach, the frog’s heart beat returned to normal. The company needs to further study the side effects of the medicine. In the same place, the old woman powdered the live cockroaches to be used as ointment of the wound. It is believed that the wound would be healed in a few days because of the chemical content of the cockroach. There are also dried cockroach, which is in capsule form, to treat for liver, hepatitis, hypertension and other forms of diseases. In fact, this capsule may also prolong the life span of the human being to 120 years because the brain and nerve cells regenerate more new cells which can help prevent aging and Alzheimers disease, according to a professor. Please continue here>>