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The Male Self-care Guide: Dos and Don’ts
The world can be a tough place, especially for men. For a long time, men were expected to take on the brunt of responsibility and handle all difficult tasks without complaint. However, this is not sustainable in today’s world. If you want to live a healthy life and maintain your sanity, you must take care of yourself. Men need to take a step back and relax now and then. This is where self-care comes in. Men need to pay for services like non-surgical hair replacement procedures if and when they need to. The stigma that men face when investing in self-care should be eradicated. After all, men deserve care, too.…
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OEC 2.0 (2016 Version)
So, last year I have created a blog post entitled Exit-OEC. This was about how to create your online OFW data and the process of logging in to bmonline.com where you have to register your details as an OFW and be able to request for an appointment in getting OEC (Overseas Employment Certificate). This year as a prep for my January 2016 (unplanned) vacation, I have gone through the same process but with a little bit of improvements. On this post, I am sharing you my experience during my 27 Dec 2016 – OEC Appointment schedule. I have logged in to my account, schedule the appointment and after completing…
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SFL Love Forum 2016 – My Take Home
SFL Love Forum 2016 Backdrop and the 111 SFL attendees It’s my 4th SFL Love Forum in my 7 years of community life. To many – they might say “ay tapos na ako so di na ako aattend”. But what I realized, attending the sessions/talks over and over again allows you to gain more ideas, teachings, lessons etc. · At first, I was a participant, · second I was a service team, · third I was a guest, · And on my 4th time, just this Friday – I became a speaker. What’s common among all 4 is that I keep myself interested…
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Book Review : Tuesdays with Morrie
Photo taken from the shelves of Abu Dhabi Mall’s book store :) Among many writers, Mitch Albom is one of my favorite! My first ever book review published in Zee – Cebu’s Lifestyle Magazine was another book of him entitled For One More Day. This one is the second book I get to read from this brilliant author! “TUESDAYS with MORRIE“. From the title alone, it gives you an impression of a regular meeting (on Tuesdays) with a person named Morrie. What is the compelling story behind these Tuesdays will make you re-think about how to approach life. Many would say that “Tuesdays with Morrie” (TWM) is a dying…
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8 Years in Abu Dhabi
This is a quick post on how time passes by. My Facebook newsfeed today, 12th October 2016 showed a 7 year photo of me being home in the Philippines. That was my first “OFW Balik-bayan moment” after a year of being in the world’s richest city! Those years seemed to pass in just a click. A lot have changed, few remained the same and one thing has been constant. Changes – Aspects in life such as physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, psychological and more. Remained – Family (also constant), Friends (true one stays), the same JM or BJ that left Cebu in Sept 2008 etc. Constant –…
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SRI LANKA Day 2 – Sigiriya, Elephant Ride & Safari
It’s day 2 blog now! Catch the earlier stories and previous post links at the end of this blog. Day 2 – Sigiriya, Elephant Ride & Safari -Left hotel at 5:30 am – Hike Sigiriya Mountain – Elephant ride – Safari – Head home, dinner on the way at Mango Mango – Arrived hotel at 11:30 pm Climbing Sigiriya in Dambulla Entrance – 4620 Rupees (125 AED) – Kinldy note that Locals & Foreighners have different entrance fee. Tour Guide – starts at 400 Rupees ( more or less 35 AED ++) – Optional. SIGIRIYA as you read it on Wikipedia is world reknown site (a rock fortress)…
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Sri Lankan Foodie – ආහාර (āhāra)
As a part of every travel; it is indeed a good way to know more about a country’s culture with their food. Sharing a separate blog post of our gastronomic adventure in Sri Lanka! Trivia: While in Sri Lanka, the 3 of us never had lunch!!! Wanna know why? . . . Read on! :) Two (2) of the three (3) days tour that we had started early in the morning because of the distance of the sites we visited. Day 1 & 2 – we had our packed breakfast. The hotel packed a very “safe” set of breakfast for the three of us: Cheese Sandwich, Orange or…
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SCG3 – Serve with Perseverance
CFFL 3rd Senior Core Group (SCG) (To be published on #TVM12) You’re so “maingay!” (You’re so noisy!) – I shouted these words to the fellow attendees during a “crucial” start of a team game that we played for the 3rd SCG at St. Paul’s Church room FFO2. Then I heard the crowd laughing! I was focused; I was on a game face and turned on my leadership skills. Our target is to beat 2 minutes and 47 seconds to accomplish the task at hand. The crowd starts to speculate what the game was all about. Group 1 – did it in 7 minutes Group 2 in 3 minutes Group…
