Health

Dealing With COVID-19 After It Infected Family Members

I scheduled this post to publish today, September 24, 2021. It would’ve been my grandmother’s 85th birthday. She died of COVID-19 almost two months ago, on July 30th. It wasn’t just my grandmother who contracted COVID, though. July wasn’t too kind as my mother, her brother, and brother-in-law (in short, my uncles) were infected as well.I wanted to write this for a couple of reasons – to give closure to those nightmarish 5 weeks, and to remind whoever cares enough to read this to take COVID-19 seriously.

My Relationship With Sleep

Like I said in a previous post, I’ve been having a hard time sleeping for a couple of weeks so I tried taking melatonin. It was effective for sure, but I didn’t want to be dependent on anything on a supposed natural bodily function such as sleep. I weaned myself of the supplement after a week and I’ve managed to consistently get good (unaided) sleep since then.

Story Time: The Time I Ate Two Kilos of Mangoes In One Sitting

Guimaras Island, a small island-province about 20 minutes from Iloilo City, is well known for its sweet mangoes, which are exported to various parts of the world. To promote their famous produce, the local government of Guimaras celebrates the Manggahan Festival every summer. Here, they showcase mangoes and other mango-based products and delicacies like mangoContinueContinue reading “Story Time: The Time I Ate Two Kilos of Mangoes In One Sitting”

Kainan With Kinan Specialty: Chicken Adobo

The dish that I, in my current state, can truly confidently whip up for other people is chicken adobo. It’s the oldest recipe that I’ve learned (okay, the true oldest is cheese omelette… omelet du fromage… but who doesn’t know how to make that?), all the way back to 2011. It’s also the dish thatContinueContinue reading “Kainan With Kinan Specialty: Chicken Adobo”

Rest in Peace, Anthony Bourdain

I just want you all to know that I’m here for you if ever you need a friend, or just someone to talk to. You don’t have to go through whatever you’re going through by yourself.

Remembering My First Panic Attack

Experiencing a panic attack first-hand gave me empathy to those who are plagued by mental disorders of various kinds.
Previously, I was aware that these things happen to a lot of people but couldn’t fully comprehend what made them so crippling. It was an eye opening experience for me, definitely.
I wanted to be honest and share this experience with everyone to spread awareness on mental health.

Getting Physical Again

Today, I managed to join in my first long-distance bike ride since 2014. Four years is a long time and I forgot how great biking early in the morning felt.

My Dehydration Experience

One of the freakiest things to happen to me was my little bout with dehydration on March 5th, 2013. It was an extremely hot day as summer was approaching. To make the long story short, I almost blacked out on the sidewalk along Quezon Street (near SM Delgado). Luckily for me, there was a sari-sariContinueContinue reading “My Dehydration Experience”