Back to Black in 2010

It's the International Year of Biodiversity.


UN Secretary General Welcome Message for the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity from CBD on Vimeo.


It's the Year of the White Tiger.

What's in store for the Taurus?
(from Indrasto Vedic Astrology)

"2010 is going to be a landmark year for Taurus.  Tangible gains might not be many but you will grow in stature  as well create new opportunities and values which would create progress and gains for next few years.


This year will find your creative abilities at an high and there would be practical and rational ideas which will propel you to new heights.  Your view points will be accepted with respect." 

Sounds good to me.

However, according to Chinese Fortune Calendar...

"Snake and Tiger don't fight face to face. But Snake and Tiger cannot get along too well. This implies that Snake's public relationship is very poor in 2010, year of Tiger. Poor people relationship will impact career opportunity, business promotion and love relationship. Therefore, Snake people will lack a peaceful mind and happy mood in 2010. Some Lucky Stars gather in Love area. Snake people need to avoid any argument with boy/girl friends, spouse, close family members or business partners. They must control their temper and emotion when things go wrong. Otherwise, it will be very easy to lose friendships, love, business relationships or career opportunities."

Life continues...


And I'm back to black.

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For 2010...


I want to revive this blog because...


I have a new Lumina Bread Maker...

The Tofu Cookbook by Becky Johnson...

and the Contemporary Chinese Vegetarian Cuisine by Marshall Cavendish Cuisine.

Disclaimer.  All photos are not of the author.  Please click the images to view source.

Thanks to A & B for keeping my inspired... if only I have my own kitchen.


HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

Vegetarian Laksa

Last dinner in Hongkong...





In Cebu International Airport now waiting for my flight to Davao.

May All be Well this Christmas Season

Thanks to youtube user Arven for this video.

Can't help but be amazed how time flies.  It's something we cannot save... something we cannot return to. 

"Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Radish Cake

Photo from Suzie.

This video on how to make radish cake is not vegetarian but should be a good guide on how to make one.  Just omit the unfriendly ingredients and enjoy.

Daisy introduced this to me when I was in Singapore last year. We went to this vegetarian place in China Town.  Looks easy to make so I'm hoping to try it next week when I go home to Davao.

The busy life in Manila has prevented me from updating this blog more often, not to mention I sort of ran out of ideas to write about.  Uncle A said it must be blog burnout.  Maybe. 

It's been a year since I returned to the Philippines.  Many things had happened... career-wise, it's been fulfilling going back to UP.  The city life though is slowly sucking my energy dry.  Commuting via the MRT is convenient but draining.  I hope this 2-week break will allow me to think things through.

For 2010, I will take a sabbatical leave from the kitchen and focus on the journey towards an adamantine body.

Om.

Dark Kitkat

Tired...

Have a break...

Have a...

The Stillpoint

Yo-Ga

Something to inspire us this xmas...

Boracay Yoga

Photo from the Boracay Yoga website.

Boracay + Yoga = BLISS

Flight delayed...

At the Davao International Airport just waiting. Flight was delayed by 3 hours. The airline offered some provisions... chickenjoy and water. Good thing I had dinner before I left home so I'm good. I won't starve really.

Mind is fragmented. Can't think of anything to write... haven't been writing for a while... except for that vegetarian eatery, my bro's birthday, and time spent with family and frients... nothing worth blogging happened. The vegetarian eatery, I've blogged already... my bro's birthday and time with family and friends... priceless. Photos will be uploaded soon... but not today.

Cheers.

Vegelicious Cuisine Davao

Fritz and I were supposed to look for this Evergreen Chinese vegetarian restaurant in Uyanguren (Davao City) but the Universe led us to this small but really nice and friendly eatery... Vegelicious Cuisine. 5 viands, 3 cups of rice, 2 glasses of fresh melon juice... all for only 150php (3.5USD). Too bad I wasn't into picture-taking lately so I didn't have camera with me. Anyway, for my Dabawenyo brothers and sisters, check the place out. It's right in the corner of Monteverde and Sales Streets, in front of RCBC Sta. Ana. You can also call them at (63 82) 2255612. Look for Maricel.

Johann's birthday today. He's now 13 years old. Will post some of his new photos soon. Ciao.

Project Air

What is Project Air?

Called “an idea whose time has finally come,” Project Air is a not-for-profit organization that has implemented a unique program to help allay some of the trauma and mental health issues left in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Focusing on HIV+ women and their children, Project Air uses yoga to help genocide rape survivors manage the devastating effects of catastrophic sexual violence and HIV/AIDS. For the past two years, in collaboration with the medical NGO WE-ACTx, Project Air has reached thousands of HIV+ women and children, prompting the UN to endorse its work—the first time the UN has ever given formal endorsement to a yoga initiative.

To deliver on its mission to help the world’s most vulnerable girls and women, Project Air is now planning its first major regional expansion into Eastern Congo—one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a girl or woman. There, Project Air will work with treatment facilities that are performing life-saving fistula operations for survivors of the horrific rapes that have become the hallmark of the decade’s-old conflict in the region.

Photo and texts from Project Air 2009.

Ice Kachang... yum... yum.

From the The Keropok.

Only 1 Singapore dollar at the hawker center near the Yoga Shala.

The (mer)Lion Roars

Back in the land of Simha...

Bahay Kubo Diet

Copies are available at Pulse Yoga.

Take me to the Philippines

To Geek or Not to Geek

Brain and nose is bleeding already from reading all these books and articles.

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Was reading the Handbook for Researchers (OVCRD, 2007) and...

The committees meet separately to evaluate research proposals within their areas of concern. The number of evaluation meetings may vary depending on the quality and number of the proposals being evaluated.

These committees evaluate the research proposal based on the following criteria:

1. Quality of Proposal - originality/novelty of ideas; scientific or artistic merit and soundness of methodology;
   
2. Timeliness and Relevance - significance to current issues/scientific or artistic domain;
3. Consonance of proposed budget with the research activities and expected output;
4. Status of proponent with the University;
5. Track record of proponent;
6. Potential of publishing a manuscript; policy and programmatic implications; technology innovation with commercial possibilities.

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To geek or not to geek? That is the question.

The Veggie Viand by Yoga Wholistics INQ

"To encourage healing and the development of a healthier and more balanced lifestyle, we offer cooking classes to jumpstart the adaptation of a vegetarian diet." Yoga Wholistics INQ.

Read about the program here.

New Flow Yoga QC website

Must have been an artist in the past life.

New flowyogaqc website.

http://www.flowyogaqc.co.nr/

same address (domain name) different host.

Some things in life can be obtained for free. ;-)

Om.

No Climate Change (yet) in the Philippines

Reposted from http://www.co2science.org/articles/V12/N39/C2.php

What was learned
The two Asian researchers report that "the TLP has an apparent oscillation of about 32 years before 1939 and an oscillation of about 10-22 years after 1945," but that "no long-term trend is found." In addition, they determined that "natural variability related to ENSO [El Niño-Southern Oscillation] and PDO [Pacific Decadal Oscillation] phases appears to prevail in the interdecadal variability of TLP."

What it means
In response to what climate alarmists call the unprecedented global warming of the 20th century -- and about which they express the gravest concern -- the number of tropical cyclones annually making landfall in the Philippines did not experience any net change. All variability was merely oscillatory activity around a mean trend of zero slope.

Reference
Kubota, H. and Chan, J.C.L. 2009. Interdecadal variability of tropical cyclone landfall in the Philippines from 1902 to 2005. Geophysical Research Letters 36: 10.1029/2009GL038108.

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It helps to have scientists in the family. Thanks A. ;-)

Now, what caused the calamity? Maybe the flood was caused by all the garbage that we irresponsibly dumped in the river... or there was just too much water from the sky. I don't really know. Fact is, people are suffering and need help.



Om.

Help the Philippines

Please visit the UN World Food Programme to donate.

Karma Yoga

Asking help from yogins around the world.

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Om