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Running

I have been walking (with a little running in between) last month for a few days a week but this has stopped when we were ravaged by a super storm. I don’t know, I was somehow afraid to walk the streets where the flood waters flowed along 🙁

I lost some weight while I was doing my morning rounds, I must say. On days I don’t go out, I try to do (an imitation) of sun salutation movements. Both when combined contributed to the little shrinking of ze waistline. That is until I stopped the routine.

And now I am back to the waistline that needs some trimming.

Ahhmm, I am tempted to do quick weight loss but I know I need more than that.

Why? I am looking at a goal, even if it the shortest distance. Oh well, it may be a possibility and I will not just keep my fingers crossed, I will get up and go out and start reaching for that goal, one step at a time.

Tags: fitness, thoughts

Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 19th 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,introspection,Trivia | Comments (4)

Sunflower Days

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My other entry, almost sunset photo is here.

Lovely sunflower eh? I wish to see lots and lots of these. Why?

With so much destruction and devastation brought about by the two typhoons that ravaged the country recently, it is easy to just pretend that everything was just a bad dream but its not.

I long for sun-kissed days, even parched lips and prickly heat, days at the beach, sunflowers and colorful sunsets.

A little rain every now and then to quench the thirst of the earth and to bring a refreshing feeling would also be perfect.

I can dream, can I?

“Lord, we don’t need this one now to add more suffering and to sow more panic and fear to what we have been through.”

Tags: family, introspection, nature photo, Philippines, Photo Hunter, sunflowers, thoughts, typhoon

Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 17th 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,introspection,Visual Delights | Comments (7)

Typhoon Pepeng/Parma Caused Massive Flooding

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We have been too focused on the ill-effects and devastation of Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana effects that the devastation of Pepeng/Parma which pounded Northern Luzon for more than a week was not given due noticed until the devastation was widespread.

Massive flooding in so many places which not just affected crops but homes and businesses as well. There have also been a lot of casualties caused by landslides.

Sigh.

It would have been great if the government can provide mobile homes to our affected countrymen as temporary shelters but as it is, rescue boats, rubber boats are not even available to be used.

I sincerely hope rescue efforts will continue so help those who were affected.

I sincerely hope and pray that relief goods would reach the right people too.

Tags: Parma, pepeng, Philippines, summer, thoughts

Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 11th 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,introspection | Comments (1)