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Ma'am Pia is right.
God is telling me to stop drinking Coke.



WASHINGTON - People who drink 2 or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.
Sugar may be to blame but people who drink sweetened sodas regularly often have other poor health habits, said Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota, who led the study.
"The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin in the body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth," Pereira said in a statement.
Insulin, which helps the body metabolize sugar, is made in the pancreas.
Writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Pereira and colleagues said they followed 60,524 men and women in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for 14 years.
Over that time, 140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic cancer.
Those who drank 2 or more soft drinks a week had an 87% higher risk of being among those who got pancreatic cancer.

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Forgive me for my lack of posts. I've been nursing a sore tongue—no, not from too much gossiping, but from too much Golden Spoon.



When I like something I tend to eat it everyday until I get sawa.
Like I ate KFC for four years straight everyday in the '80s. And then for years I couldn't eat that anymore.
So after the fifth day of Golden Spoon I felt a sore spot on the left side of my tongue. That was my signal to stop, because apparently too much sugar causes yeast infection on the tongue and makes it sore.
The solution is to take Vitamin B and stay away from sugar for a while.
So while I'm having this annoying painful tongue, I've been in a bad mood.
Bad mood = no posts.

Ben didn't want me to go to Hong Kong with Cedric.
I tried all sorts of bribes, including the biggest Playmobil, but no dice. Finally on Sunday he agreed on the bribe of a hedgehog, just like his cousin Yogi has.
After lunch we drove to Cartimar to look at the selection. The hedgehogs really grossed me out, tell you frankly.
Markus wanted a monkey, which also grossed me out. They look so kawawa.
Ben pointed to some chicks, which we've raised before until they some of them started laying eggs and some became roosters and started waking up the neighbors at 4 AM.
We received a memo from the Village asking us to get rid of the farm animals.
I convinced Ben to settle for a couple of hamsters by showing him the lovely hamsters homes they were selling.
We got two hamsters, a house, food supply, two small sacks of "hay" and a spare water bottle for the nice price of Php 900.



That night I had dinner with some cousins who had just come back from Palawan.
My niece Amanda, 8, picked out 16 hermit crabs from the beach and brought them home in a Cup o' Noodle.
Over dinner I convinced Amanda to give me eight hermit crabs for my boys, in exchange for eight Hello Kitties from Hong Kong (another bribe).



The boys were ecstatic. They now had two hamsters and eight crabs, plus one fighting fish from a children's party.
Problem was, the hermit crabs had no food. Today we went to Megamall to look, after pigging out at Mann Hann.
The pet shop on the basement had none. I was about to give up, but on the way to the department store, we happened to pass by a glass cabinet vendor selling funny dry aquariums, and I was thinking, how odd, right next to the pet shop.



I asked the girl behind the cabinet quite randomly, would you happen to have hermit crab food?
Why, yes.
What the??
I am never this lucky. What do you know, it turned out to be a store called Lucky Hermits, right in front of Comic Quest at Basement A.



They sell hermit crabs from Php 150 up. The biggest one was bigger than my hand, I almost vomited my Mann Hann.



The boys took home one hermit crab each, whose shells were painted like Spiderman and Pokemon, plus food pellets.
We bought extra shells at the Filipiniana section of SM department store to decorate the aquarium. Some of the shells serve as food and water containers, while some can be extra homes for the crabs, in case they grow and want to move.
As of this evening, the Pokemon crab moved into a more traditional brown and white striped shell.
While I'm normally grossed out by any creepy crawler, this one was quite fascinating to watch.

You may remember Ivan Man Dy of Old Manila Walks who made tusok-tusok the fishballs with Alain Tony Bourdain in No Reservations.

Photo: Christian Anonuevo

Now Ivan has come up with The Big Binondo Food Wok Map, your ultimate food and culture guide to Chinatown.
The map contains restaurant and shop listings, heritage trail, coupons, freebies, and more.



The map is available to those joining Ivan's BIG Binondo Food WOK tour (regular tour rates only)
or at the following selected retail outlets for Php 100 each.

in Manila
• Bahay Tsinoy Museum (Intramuros)
• La Monja Loca Store (Intramuros)
• Silahis Arts and Crafts (Intramuros)

in Makati
• Libros Filipinos Bookshop (Filipinas Heritage Library)

in Quezon City
• Popular Bookstore

You can also get it by mail order via local courier (plus shipping fees).
Email fun@oldmanilawalks.com or text +63 917-329-1622 for ordering inquiries.

Or, you can join our giveaway by answering this question in the comments section below:
If you were a Chinese dish, what would you be? And why?
You must include the Pepper Lunch branch you'd like to claim your prize from.

We'll select five winners of the map, including Team Manila x Pepper Lunch notebook, Tickles x Chuvaness charm and Php 500 worth of Pepper Money (x5). Plus, the best answer gets two slots to Ivan's tour for free.



I'll post the winners before Chinese New Year.
xoxo

Get to know Ivan at http://manilastreetwalker.wordpress.com/

Mo Twister interviews Quezon City Councilor candidate, sexy actress Ara Mina.

Photo: Everywhere We Shoot

A lot of you have been asking questions on adoption in the Philippines. I'm no expert but I'm in touch with DSWD social workers who have asked me to help them get the information out that, yes, they do need more people to foster and adopt.

This February 6-13 is Adoption Consciousness Week.
It aims to promote awareness on legal adoption and foster care services, and increase the number of adoptive parents who may want to legalize the adoption of children under their custody or directly placed with them.

If you're interested, take advantage of Adoption Desks that will be set up this Feb. 7, 2010 at SM Centerpoint, SM Southmall, SM Fairview, SM Manila and SM Megamall.

Other activities include orientations on the Anti-Trafficking Law (RA 9208) as well as the new Republic Act 9523, also known as an Act Requiring the Certification of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to declare a “Child Legally Available for Adoption” as a pre-requisite for Adoption Proceedings.

For further inquiries, please feel free to contact the two social workers helping me with our adoption:
Janet Salvador and Crystal Joy Tambalan of the Adoption Resource and Referral Unit, DSWD-NCR
janetsalvador@yahoo.com
thyfaith_1205@yahoo.com
or call them at (+632) 488-2754 or 734-8622.

http://dswd.gov.ph/

This February 6, brace yourself for three shopping events beginning with Style Bible's sample sale at the Fort.



Then hop over to the Spotlight Bazaar at the Rockwell Tent.



http://spotlightbazaar.multiply.com/

At 3:30 PM catch the opening matinee of Rent at the RCBC Plaza
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Don't forget the Asian Cultural Council's fundraising auction at Finale Art File at 4 PM.
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http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/

You know it's campaign season when funny vests and cheesy songs all come together.



Via: Candifier

First love never dies


Cedric's Valentine last year


Divine, darling


Ma'am Pia


Cha-Charina


Freida, not Fonda


Uy!


Jazz fooling around


Ang totoong type niya: Andrew Cooper Noah Mills


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Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 39

What's hot?

Woke up at the Pen


So early in the morning


The car was waiting


Breakfast at Hermès


Nice catalog


Dinner with Jude


At Greenbelt 5


Cause Mich is off to London—again!


The lady is no longer a baby


Past meets Present


Vince and Daryl


Ivar and Joey


And I'm off to the Bench Playground


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