Have You Tasted The Philippines “Barako”? Also known as **Liberica, Barako** is a coffee variety grown in the Philippines. Rich, bittersweet bite, it makes a strong drink that resembles its name – which literally means “**strong man**.” For the plant is known for its firmness and resistant to drought. Barako is great if it is sweetened with brown sugar and it can be served as espresso. The aroma is rich and tempting. My dad used to drink this kind of coffee every time his…
What’s The Best Advice You Ever Had? For me, it happened so long ago. I was in 4th grade then, standing outside the door of the 5th grade class and watched a kid a year older than me playing ukulele (a small guitar- like instrument) in front of her class. Everyone was in awe including myself and I said to myself, *“if I could only make music like that!”* Unknowingly, my music teacher was at my back watching the kid performed too and she suddenly offered me her ukulele and…
What Causes Back Pain? The back must be the most beaten up part of the body from day to day activities and habitual poor body mechanics. While, there are doctors and the physical therapists that could take care of those problems, we have to do our part on how we can avoid them. A wide range of things can cause back pain, trouble with kidneys; prostate or liver; arthritis and various infections; posture, lifestyle and even emotions! So, what are these **common causes of back…
The Missing Flower Girl The groom waited at the altar, and the bride in the car is waiting for her walk of a lifetime, but the entourage is still in chaos, one of the flower girls is missing! Early morning the school chapel was ready for my wedding. There were flowers everywhere, my favorite white calla lilies were perfectly adorned on the sides of the path with petals of red and white on it. The white arches cascaded with baby’s- breath flowers, and the pale green leaves…
Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk – In My Lens Every first Saturday of October, this famous American influencer and photographer Scott Kelby organizes a worldwide photowalk for all photographers- professionals, amateurs and hobbyists. Usually, participants were formed into groups from different key cities around the world and with our cameras, we are off on a photowalk on that same day documenting the people, the walk of life, landscapes, nature and sceneries of our respective…
Dream Interpretation: Wedding Got caught up with work two days ago that’s why I only have now my only chance to write and arrange my thoughts for this new article. Obviously, this would be the interpretation of the dream which I shared here- The Missing Flower Girl <- click this in case you missed reading that article. https://read.cash/@LykeLyca/the-missing-flower-girl-7a6c64b9 I was searching the internet for the interpretation of my dream – about wedding. And as I look…
Help Your Child Excel With Online Classes This Covid19 pandemic brought a lot of changes to our day to day lives- frontliners have to wear Personal Protective Equipment, ordinary citizens need to wear face mask or surgical mask whenever we are outside our homes, and even our children's education. Kids now should adopt the new normal ways of schooling via online or modular methods, while our government fights against this pandemic and discourages schools to conduct classroom…
The Mirror’s Reflection of You Literally, you might see a woman with black hair in ponytail, oval face, with elegant straight nose, pouting lips and perfectly trimmed eyebrows, fat body figure on skinny fit jeans and white shirt. Or, a barrel chested man of athletic stature, undercut blonde hair, roundish-almond eyes, long nose, and etc. We all have that unique features of our self physically but beyond that what else can you see? We also see our flaws, the fresh pimple you…
Have You Tried Bidding Items Online? In Facebook, you can find lots of online shops through a Facebook page or some through their personal profile. One of my friends there makes bidding a strategy to make good offers from her preloved or previously owned designer stuffs like bags, dresses, blouses and jeans. I didn’t entertain much about it, though I'm a woman and I do have weaknesses on such things too sometimes, just this pandemic teaches me a lot of reason to start saving…
Gossips and How to End it? Do you ever gossip? I think, we all do.. at some point in time. Gossip is as universal as eating and sleeping. We might deny that we never indulge ourselves in gossiping about our colleague and neighbor, but we do talk about politics and how you hate the protagonists of your ideals, and how about our favorite TV/ movie stars and why they ended up with better or worst lives, those are still considered gossiping. Whenever we gossip, and no matter…
Simple Joys in Life Today is my off from work, and the plan is just to stay home, listen to some good music and relax, scribble my thoughts and write something to post in here. Woefully, there was an unannounced power interruption - no electricity and no internet. What a life! But nevertheless this day turned out to be a productive one, as I tend on the plants, clean the porch and cook a hearty lunch for the family my mind is also typing bits and pieces of the simple joys in…
Philippines: Luzon Food Habits and Practices The Philippines is a country of many regions. One region is separated from another by mountains, rivers or large bodies of water. The people of each region have their own favorite food, delicacies and their unique ways of cooking them. The **Northern Luzon** area comprises of the Ilocanos and the Igorots of the Mountain Province. They are best known of being thrifty and industrious people - in a sense that they had propagated rice…
Are You a Fan of Food Fads? I’m not against natural and alternative medicine, actually I believe in a lot of herbal and natural food as a means to prevent or might cure illnesses. I just don’t like when food fad companies confuse people about the facts. The exploitation of nutritional pseudo-science is a highly profitable business nowadays, now that a lot of people are resorting to alternative medicine. Some food faddist masters in misinforming the public. Often, they use…
Philippines: Visayas Food Habits and Practices This time, another article to showcase the Philippines. Visayas consist of many islands, thus regions are separated mainly by large bodies of water. Food habits and preferences are predominantly from seafoods - fish, crabs, shrimps and seaweeds. Moreover, fishing is not only as food source, but a livelihood too. The **Eastern Visayas Region**, still got some influences from the Bicolanos maybe because of its proximity in terms…
Hakuna Matata: No Worries – Why Worry? Hakuna Matata means no worries, this was the title on one of the songs in Lion King. It was a philosophy by the three friends - Pumbaa, Simba and Timon. They lived a life of no worries – for once in their life. However, when all the life and throne threatening events happened, they worry too! We can say that nothing is perfect! But, what a great feeling is it to live a life of no worries for once, right? For 30 years, I admit I have…
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