Comment of the Year

Posted yesterday is the best comment/response I have seen to date:

I almost deleted it and erased from my memory, but after reading this post, I decided to have a little fun. My reply, not that the recipient cares:

Attached is my retainer agreement. The fee split is 90% to me, after deducting expenses, costs, etc., with the remainder to you. I can’t wait to work with you Ms. Crystal.
Attached a retainer agreement as follows:

RETAINER AGREEMENT
This agreement is made by and between the undersigned parties. One party is an attorney, who will provide no real legal services because he is not actually being retained to so do. The other is Ms. Crystal Hokkien, a.k.a. Hirashin T. Maki, a.k.a. Sharon Trump, a.k.a. Hillary Tiachi, a.k.a. scammer.

Pursuant to this agreement, the proposed terms are as follows:
1) Scammer shall send a forged check to the attorney.
2) The attorney shall then cash it, retain his “fee” for performing no actual services, then wire the remaining funds overseas.
3) At some later date, the bank will realize the check is a forgery and claim the entire amount of the forged check against the attorney.

The real terms are as follows:
1) Scammer shall send a forged check to the attorney.
2) Attorney will forward the forged check, along with any emails from scammer, to the FBI.
3) FBI will discard the check and emails in the trash. 

Witnessed this day the 1st day of April, 2013.

Awesome.

Pasma - Real? ... or Myth?

Is Pasma real or just a myth?

Lately, we had discussed everything about Bangungot - the causes and effects, and the reality and fiction sides of the said disease. Now, let's have Pasma in our discussion.

Introduction

My grandmother often advises me not to take a bath after doing something, especially if I'm soaked with my sweat. The only reason is, Baka pasmahin ka!. I don't know how to translate it properly in English. Maybe this, You'll get pasma!. There's no English word equivalent to that, if I'm not mistaken.

Actually, its not only my granny who diligently warns me about it, but also my aunts and uncles, and my parents. I am sure, its not only me who experienced this kind of cautionary. Perhaps, all of us Filipinos heard it.

Pasma is a Filipino word origintaing from Spanish term espasmo which means spasm. Spasm, according to my dictionary, is an involuntary sudden muscle contraction. That is very much different to Pasma. Like what I had said, there is no English word for this.

Pasma is a unique Filipino illness. It is mostly connected or brought by heat and cold. Its when a the body's muscles (kalamnan) are said to be "hot" and should not be too quickly brought into contact with "cold," in this case usually meaning cold water or air conditioner.[a]

Filipino albularyos enumerated many causes, symptoms, and effects of this disease. They also know how to avoid and treat it by their folk medicine. Medical experts don't recognize this as a disease even though there were reports of people who died of this.

Signs and Causes

People who are execising or working and get soaked with sweat are usually the one who acquires pasma.

A person is pasmado if he has a sweaty palms, and if his hands are shivering uncontrollably. Pasma can also affect eyes, they'll get blurry. That's when you take a bath after reading and/or facing a computer for a long time, or before sleeping while you're hair is still wet.

Aside from the traditional cause of "init" and "lamig," which is a traditional concept sufficiently intact in the contemporary Philippine psyche to be accepted, alone as a cause for pasma, some correlation has been noted with diseases already recognized by contemporary medicine. For example, symptoms of pasma are similar to those found in people with diabetes mellitus and thyroid dysfunction. It has also been suggested that the complaints are often neurological in nature and may be linked to some kind of nervous dysfunction.[a]

The Sweaty Hands, which is one of the signs that a person is pasmado, may be caused by Hyperhidrosis. It is a disorder in which a person had an excessive sweat on face, hands, feet and armpit no matter what the temperature is.

Folkloric treatments for Pasma include massages using ginger, coconut oil, alcohol, garlic, and camphor oil. Soaking in lukewarm salted water or rice water is believed to cure Pasma, as well is Pasmang-bituka, a daily salted decoctions of solasi (Holy basil).[a]

There are reports of people who died suddenly and some became mentally ill pointing the cause to pasma. Even though there more reliable explanation of these cases, Filipino still believe it was the main reason. These victims perhaps just had done something pasmatic, and encountered signs similar to pasma.

I had once a neighbor who suddenly became mentally ill. My granny told me what he did before becoming like that. She said, Masipag kasi ang taong iyon. Nagtatrabaho ng halos buong araw, tapos hindi sapat ang tulog. Isang gabi naligo raw iyon pagkauwi ng bahay. Kinabukasan, nagkaganoon na siya. (He was a hardworking man. He was working almost the whole day, and his sleep was not enough. One evening, he took a bath after arriving home. In the next day, he just became like that.)

Have you read my recent post here, about my neighbor who was suspected to be an aswang? Some people claimed he isn't, that he just died suddenly because of pasma.

Source:
a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasma

4 Foods That Makes Durable Satiety

Controlling food portions is important. People who are hungry even though he had large meals, often eating unhealthy foods, fatty, and high in calories.

As the body's main source of nutrition providers, eating should not just make a full stomach, there must be a mindset change. Eating is a process to include the nutrients that the body needs, so the food choices and appropriate portion should be considered.

If you often feel hungry when you have eaten fairly and overeating afraid because too often hungry, this diet can help you feel full longer, reported by RedBookMag.

Tofu

Tofu is that cheap food can you come across easily in a variety of places, ranging from traditional markets to supermarkets. Soft and tasty food has a high protein complete. By Jen Brewer, an expert on health, soy or soy sauce will keep you full longer. A study also says that those who ate tofu soup before a meal will eat foods 'big' in smaller portions. In addition, a small bowl of tofu soup contains only 50 calories.

Eggs

Do not be afraid to eat eggs. A study showed that people who ate eggs at breakfast will reduce the desire to eat large up to 330 calories. Those who eat eggs can also control hunger better than those who consumed carbohydrate foods in the morning, bread or rice for example. If you are afraid of the effect of egg yolk can increase cholesterol levels, you can eat the white part only.

Pumpkin

The food is one that is rare in Indonesia, but if you find it, you can eat this food as a hunger controller. Pumpkin pieces as much as one cup ends meet as much as 7 grams of fiber and provide nutrients the body needs, even better than oatmeal. Confused process into what you can bake.

Dark Chocolate

Not always chocolates make fat. Choose dark chocolate that is low in sugar and does not contain milk. A study done at the University of Copenhagen found that those who like eating dark chocolate helps someone eat 15 percent less at the next meal. But remember, choose dark chocolate, because chocolate is mixed with milk do not give the same effect.

Choosing Foods Healthier

There are several types of foods that are healthier to replace less healthy foods. Looking for a replacement for less healthy foods are not as difficult as you might think. Here are some of them:

Replace butter with apple sauce

If you need a cooking vegetable oil, butter, or margarine then use applesauce or low-fat buttermilk instead. According to the USDA, half cup of butter contains 900 calories and 92 grams of fat, while a half cup of applesauce contains only 50 calories and fat free.

Ensure reduce added sugar if apples are chosen is kind of sweet. Do not cook too long because low-fat foods tend to dry out if cooked too long.

It is recommended to use a comparison bowl half applesauce and half butter cup low-fat milk for better results. Suitable for recipes like muffins, bread, or cake.

Replace Chocolate Bars with Chocolate Chip

The principle is why choosing a larger portion if there is a smaller portion of the same taste. Each chocolate chip will still taste delicious in cooking and calories are also smaller. Still make sure you choose a quality of chocolate chips or dark chocolate contains the most cocoa powder.

Similarly, if forced to remain should wear chocolate bars, choose the type of dark chocolate with a minimum content of 70% cocoa powder. Dark chocolate contains flavoring as antioxidants and help boost good cholesterol prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Substitute Sour Cream with Yogurt Low Fat

You need a splash of salad sour cream? Pizza you need cream dip? Just use a combination of low-fat yogurt and cottage cheese instead of sour cream. Why? The results of the combination of both thick and tasted the same steadiness with sour cream.

Your dishes will also be lower in fat because of it. If there is, choose the cottage cheese with no salt added so that you can reduce the sodium content in food. Blender low-fat yogurt and cottage cheese in the same comparison for the results to be a sort of puree is thick and soft.

Replace Minced Beef with Poultry Meat Minced

If you need a dish of ground beef, choose poultry meat such as minced meat ground chicken breast instead of ground beef. Make sure you choose the chicken breast without skin. The replacement will make your dishes lower in fat and cholesterol.

Replace with Skim Milk Milk

Pudding or cake ingredients you need milk? Use skim milk instead. Skim milk contains calcium and higher protein and lower fat. With the same viscosity, skim milk will make your dishes lower in fat and calories.

Replace butter with Cooking Spray

Cooking spray is a kind of mixture of lubricating oils, emulsifiers intestinal  and propellant to the usual thin sprayed frying pan to prevent sticking cuisine. Also commonly sprayed cooking spray on a thin flavored vegetables before to allow the flavors more attached to the vegetables. Calorie cooking spray so small that it fits replacing butter very fatty and high calorie. Cooking spray is suitable for cooking stir-fry or saute vegetables.

With a little trick choosing foods a healthier alternative, you can still eat delicious food without having to hoard more fat and calories.

4 Good Fats For The Body

Not all fat is bad, because there are actually two types of fat contained in the food. There are good fats are commonly referred to as HDL, and there are bad fats, also known as LDL. Well, bad fats should be avoided for the sake of health is you. But it shall be served good fats in your daily menu.

What are the good fats. According to Reverse Diabetes, some of these food products contain good fats are healthy to eat everyday.

Avocado

This fruit contains a fair amount of fat, as you order a double cheeseburger. But the fat content is a good fat. Goodness of fat in the yellowish green fruit can lower bad cholesterol in the body.

So that goodness can be picked up, it is suggested that eating an avocado without any additional. Serve avocado in plain so much more healthy for the body.

Brown

Not all chocolate can make your own body fat. Types of dark chocolate contains good fats and rich in high antioxidant. Good care for heart health and lower blood pressure.

It is recommended to choose dark chocolate with a cocoa content of 70% and consumed a little every day to reap the benefits.

Marine fish

Is omega-3 fats which is the best for the cardiovascular system in the body. Eating fish on a regular basis for two weeks, is said to lower the risk of heart attack by 36%.

Suggested sea fish is a type of deep sea fish or tuna and mackerel. In order not to lose the nutrients, you can process fish by baking in the oven, steamed, or made spiced.

Assorted nuts

Nuts can cause acne? it's just a myth. Peanuts, almonds, and other nuts contain plant proteins and fats that can lower the risk of type 2 diabetes. Research carried out to get the results if someone comes in snack with nuts, then the risk of heart attack decreases.

For best results, have a way to process boiled peanuts, roasted and without added sugar, salt or MSG.

Olive oil

Headlines oil anyway, of course, is rich in fat. However, the fat from olive oil are good fats that are beneficial to heart health.

Some people use it as a cooking or baking, mostly also substituting for cooking media and some are drinking. One way or another, for good olive oil and healthy to eat.

See, not all fats are bad. By carefully selecting foods, then you can have a fit and healthy body and longevity. Stay fit and healthy.

5 Mistakes By People When He Doing Diet

Wanted to have a healthy body, slim and can wear whatever, but the error is almost done diet and make everybody healthy body. Be careful, indiscriminate diet bandwagon and origin can actually make up more weight and endanger the health, reported by Newsmaxhealth.

Eating Fat Free Food

Many manufacturers produce foods and fat-free snacks, unfortunately these products would potentially mess up the diet program. Many people think that fat should be avoided regardless of calorie intake. Though food is labeled low-fat or fat-free sugar and calories it contains. You are actually encouraged to consume good fats from olive oil, avocado or fish.

Switch to Diet Drinks

As with drinks, lots of manufacturers to label drinks diet soda or diet. Said the drink is low in sugar or sugar free. In fact, research shows that artificial sweeteners can actually trigger appetite. Research carried Texas Health Science Center showed that those who regularly consume diet drinks or diet drinks have increased waist circumference than the previous 70 percent. If you want to be successful diet program, instead of all the usual drinks you consume with mineral water.

Skipping Lunch Hour

Many people misunderstand that diet means cutting back the amount of food, but it's wrong. Thus bypassing meals chosen many people to lose weight. This way it can disrupt the body's metabolism. Diet is to manage your diet so that adequate nutrition, not excessive and does not make a person feel hungry. Make sure you eat 3 meals a day with protein arrangement, fiber, carbohydrates according to the needs of the body.

Light snacks eaten

Often itchy hand take some 'light bites' to accompany a relaxing time. Potato chips, cassava chips and similar snacks do look light, but it has many times more calories than a serving of lunch complete with side dishes. This is what can make the body get the extra calories and may gain weight without you even knowing. Replace all 'light bites' it with heavy snacks like apples, pears, bananas or other fruits.

Only Sports Without setting Diet

Sports and exercise are good for maintaining physical fitness as well as burn calories, but that alone is not enough to lose weight, there should be a combination of dietary changes. Health experts recommend that you adjust your diet more healthy and fit with daily needs, as well as doing exercises and exercise can burn calories, shape your body and build muscle mass.

Do not misunderstand, ladies! Diet is not to reduce the amount of food in and make yourself hungry. Diet is a healthy diet regulation and in accordance with your daily needs without torment.

Keeping Beauty Skin By Using the Proper Soap

In one day, we usually advised to bathe twice, in the morning after waking up and in the afternoon or evening after a day of activities. Generally, a shower just for the reason to make the body more refreshed and vibrant. Apparently, there are also aspects that must be considered when we take a shower, one of which is choosing the right soap.

Bath soap does things that seem trivial, yes, Ladies. But it turns out it is important you know what we should think. Especially if you want the skin to look healthy, fresh and riveting, the selection of soap would be important.

Soap on the market usually aim to cleanse the skin of bacteria, germs and fungi only. However, as a woman, the skin also needs to be kept moist not? You must be observant and careful in choosing what is contained in your soap. If all this time you just contains an antiseptic soap or content that is only useful for eliminating bacteria and germs, this type of soap usually packaged in liquid and solid form.

In addition, there is also a soap that contains moisturizers. Typically, this soap contains honey, floral aromas such as black orchid is durable and vitamin E. This type of soap is very good to use because in addition to moisturizing the skin, it also restores skin cells are already dead.

For acne prone skin, you can choose the soap that also serves to help reduce and eliminate acne, Ladies. Juniper Juniper oil or oil in the soap, is also very important, choose soaps with this content. Juniper oil is believed to have an element that can be used as a tonic. Juniper oil is a combination astringent properties, antiseptic and anti-toxin is very good for the skin to heal acne problems. The aroma can also generate health, peace and love.

Be wise indeed to be yes, Ladies. Take a bath also be important because the bathroom is an important activity that must be done every day in order to maintain the cleanliness of the body and makes the body fresh. Bath will also make you look pretty stunning if you choose the right kind of soap.