Ted's LaPaz Batchoy!

Morning guys! After shopping the whole afternoon in SM Mandurriao (one of the 3 SM malls in Iloilo!) yesterday, we just rested in our hotel. SM was having a 3-day sale and since my lolas are shopping addicts, SM was a priority. Hehe!Ü We just finished our breakfast in Ted's LaPaz Batchoy here. There is also Ted's in Davao but the batchoy broth there was oily, salty and MSG-laden :-S The broth here is almost clear, flavorful but not salty and with a hint of sweet taste. I demolished my special batchoy in 10min, hehe!

Just landed in Iloilo!

After 1 hour and 30 minutes of traveling from Davao, my two grandmothers and I finally arrived in Iloilo's brandnew international airport. According to my father, it just opened last November. Cool!Ü My parents planned to visit Bacolod, Dumaguete and nearby provinces to tour our grandmothers. Last year they toured the lolas in Luzon tourist spots, Bohol and Boracay. Yup, my parents are GOOD children! :-)

weather weather lang yan! hehe!

picture picture! =)

wanna live longer?

A very simple question, right? And I'm sure most of you would say YES. Longer life would mean more time to do all the things you wanna still do. It would mean less teary goodbyes to family and friends who died of "old age". Longevity is really a great idea, but I must admit, I was against it before. Why? Because I had the misconception that living longer equals your body will be ravaged by aging so you really can't enjoy your so-called "twilight years". But as one blogger (Scott) put it,

Aging is a disease, like any other. Our cells are programmed by nature to decay and to divide only a finite number of times. This doesn’t have to be a certainty – we are advanced biological machines, and this is an engineering and science problem that can and will eventually be overcome.

Yes, it IS possible to live longer and still be at the "prime" of your life! And that's why I'm supporting the call for serious research on longevity now! We aren't talking about immortality here (but that would be great huh?? LOL) or artificial life. If you wanna be enlightened on this issue before taking a stand, read the resources below. And if you wanna earn a quick $20, blog about supporting longevity and email Scott HERE. His full post about longevity is HERE.

Resources:

• Life Expectancy Of Yeast Extended To 800 In Yeast Years
• The End of Aging? Inside the New Hunt for a Cure to Growing Old
• Aubrey de Grey thinks he knows how to defeat aging, live to 1,000.
  
• Stem Cells Enable Paralyzed Rats to Walk, Ready for Human Trials
  
• Rare Gene Mutation Plays Role in Longevity
• The Next Big Thing? (Stanley Bing, Fortune.com)

a blissful massage!

Late last year, after our Lake Sebu family trip, Labsie and I finally had our first commercial massage in Body Bliss. We badly need it to iron out the muscle kinks we incurred while traveling. And the massage we had in Body Bliss did just that at an affordable price! :-) Labsie and I both 'ordered' the Tension Reduction massage. My masseuse was gentle yet firm, and did a great job! I felt brand new after 45min of blissful massage :-) Body Bliss is located in the NetFront building, beside Marco Polo and fronting Aldevinco. Go try them out!Ü

blogging is good for your health!

And that's according to a scientific study! =) Below is a snippet about it over at Discovery News --

Blogging can help you feel less isolated, more connected to a community and more satisfied with your friendships, both online and face-to-face, new research has found.

The research, from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, found after two months of regular blogging, people felt they had better social support and friendship networks than those who didn't blog.

Interested to read blogging's full benefits? The full article is HERE! Go click! =)

US presidentiables down to 4!

Last night I watched the evening news and found out that Hilary Clinton won the last 3 state primaries against Barack Obama. This meant that the two are tied and neck in neck in the race in being the Democrat's presidential candidate. Guess Hilary's smear campaign against Obama worked great. Hehe! As for the Republicans, they are down to 2 candidates also. John McCain seems to be the one leading.. Anyhoo, below is a survey from dNeero with regards to the upcoming US presidential elections.