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I love coconut food delicacies like the ones you posted here. It is indeed a tree of life with so many uses from its roots to leaves.
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Me too. I love all the foods from the coconut as well as the young coconut.
Especially buko salad, wow, it’s delicious. Though it could be costly to make one.
The lumpiang sariwa is also a favorite. Though, I don’t make it but just always buy from an eatery that really makes a very delicious one, even without the dip.
Do you like bukayo too. Here, you can buy a pack for just 20 pesos. I would buy one every now and then and keep it in the drawer of my office table. I eat it for dessert after my brunch.
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I never knew that part “ubod” could be eaten ..i thought you posted a photo of a bamboo shoots but when I googled it it was really ubod..
buko indeed is very useful and deserves to be called “the tree of life” .. we have lots of coconut trees around and just last night I made a buko ice cream.
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@kat2x ,
I suppose you are a Filipino too. So, you don’t know what ubod is.
Actually, it can be eaten raw. It’s sweet and delicious as it is. But when made into a veggie viand with coconut milk, some slices of pork, chopped finger chili and some pepper, a little salt , garlic and onion , it is so delicious!
Also you should have a taste of the fresh lumpia which is sauteed ubod, with some chopped baguio beans, julienned carrots, chopped roasted peanuts wrapped in a wrapper made of egg. It’s so delicious too. Especially with a dip of a bit sweet with chopped roasted peanuts, it’s heavenly.
Buko ice cream? I have tasted an ice cream with buko bits and it indeed delicious too.
SO i bet your buko ice cream is delicious. 🙂
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I think a coconut tree was probably in the Garden of Eden. Eden was a paradise. A coconut is a fruit of paradise. Seems a logical thought. 🙂 I do love coconut!
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Hmm, really you think of that as in the Garden of Eden. I don’t though, because the setting there i think is not of a tropical country. 🙂
So, have you seen a coconut tree? Where did you see it? Have you already tasted a buko(young coconut) salad?
What are the other foods from the coconut that you have eaten?
It’s juice is so delicious too. I suppose you have already drank one. 🙂
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really thats so sweet from you and yoru friend who did all that, nice things means meaningful things not pricey things, its by the menaing oft he things not by the price of the things or by it is sizes, its only has a meaning when its from people you like and when you need it or they need it and gave it to you, its so beautiful to feel for others when they dont say a word and help also without them to ask you to help
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@mangoh ,
Thank you for saying that.
They are after all my parents. I am just trying to return the love they gave me and my siblings while we were growing up. They sacrificed a lot in order for me and my siblings to have a nice life and be sent to college.
Now, that I already have a family, I see to it that I still have the time to be with them in my free days from work and give them the things they may want. Although, my father being a retired judge have a big pension, this little thing such as giving to him this gift that is supposedly for me, made him so happy.
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That is so nice to hear this thing about you my friend. You are a person with a kind and generous heart , because you like sharing things especially when it comes to our love ones.
You share without asking for return and that is what is expected of us when we help people or share our time to help other people.
Really, you volunteered in Central Asia? When was that and what did you do as a volunteer? And were you not given any allowance for your needs there, or were you in allowance basis?
It is really a nice feeling when in our own little way, we are able to share what we have not waiting for any return at all.
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That is how we should be to our parents. Loving and caring. Even if we give them little things, it means a lot to them already.
That’s because they feel important when we give them these things they want. Especially, when they are already getting old, the least we can do is be with them, talk and share stories with them. Time is already getting shorter for them, so we should find the time to even just be with them and give them small things like their favorite foods.
They took care for us all since our birth and until we can be on our own already, so when the time comes that they are already a bit older, we can start paying back those days when they took care of us.
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So funny. Moms can complain about a gift we give them and we’ll bend over backwards so that she will be pleased. :0
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@Treathyl FOX ,
Yes, moms would complain of our gifts. My mother is like that.
She would complain that she has lots of them already, when I gifted her a shawl and a bag.Father got angry at her for being that way and reprimanded her that she should be happy we gave her a gift and it comes from our heart. The next time around , she didn’t complain anymore.
That is why, I like giving a gift to my father, because he would really smile from ear to ear and would thank profusely for it. Little things means a lot to him already. 🙂
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So funny. Moms can complain about a gift we give them and we’ll bend over backwards so that she will be pleased. 🙂
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That was what I am sorry for. I was so thin when not yet married, but after giving birth I gained weight so fast though I was so busy with an office job that time. Now I am overweight, trying to lose some weight. It’s good we decided to go on strict diet and daily exercise of walking and biking every morning. Plus moving a lot while inside the house or walking inside malls (ha ha ha!).
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@ Dina
You are lucky that you have inherited your mom’s genes and that of our grandma’s Chinese lineage, that is why you look younger than your actual age.
You are also always smiling and that you have a positive outlook in life.
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@Ruby ,
Thank you for saying that. I think it’s Ruben and Rose who also inherited that in your family.
But you are correct, I smile and laugh a lot. Simple jokes can already make me laugh out loud already. I also have a positive attitude. I always think that if we are having a problem, we just have to do what we can to solve it. When it cannot be solved, give it to God and just hope it will soon be solved.
Positivism is also helping me really to look and feel young.
Though, you still look young for your age too, Ate Rubs. And so with Ate Ruth. I guess we in our clan have that gene.
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As what they also say, “it runs in the family:
You just don’t laugh, you laugh with your eyes and i think that is one of your asset.
Any problems you have in life, it does not show. You carry yourself well!
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you are good in that post that how women feel but we all have different bodies, and i saw many women that looks really much younger than her real age, i guess this people who smile alot and live the life as it is and take good note of their life experiences as that affect how you look, how you feel, thanks for bringing this issue to us before its late
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@dealio ,
Our positive outlook in life, reflects in our face, thus we look & feel younger. Smiling a lot, laughing and joking are helping us to feel young too.
As to stress, that is inevitable. It comes to each and everyone. We just have to have a good way of dealing with problems so we will not be stressed much.
Do what we can do to solve a problem. But when you cannot you ask from people you are close with. In addition, ask for the help of God. He too, is always just waiting for us to call on him for help.
Though, eating healthily and exercising are the primary things that really helps in us to look and feel young at our ages. 🙂
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I agree, we must avoid eating comfort foods especially junk foods that are not healthy. Many people especially young people resort to eating comfort foods instead of healthy foods because they are always in a hurry, and because of peer influence.
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Nice article! Thank you for the tips which I hope I could follow to the T.
You are right, almost everyone of us have their own comfort food.
For me, my comfort food are peanuts, saba banana (whether boiled, ‘turon’ or with sugar coating, corn, and anything sweet. Maybe this is the reason why I have high blood sugar hahaha.
Food that is also cooked with coconut milk, which we Bicolanos are famous for, is also a comfort food for me
I don’t go so much for spicy foods, which is the norm for the youth of today.
May I also add, there was a study that it is much better if we drink 2 glasses of water before having your breakfast, 1 glass before we take a bath, 1 glass each every meal (that’s 3 glasses), and 2 glasses before you go to sleep, for a total of 8 glasses a day.
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If comfort eating is a habit that you frequently fall back on to try to make yourself feel better, it can be hard to know how to break the cycle.
However, it is possible to stop it.Sometimes, you may think that you’re hungry but this may not actually be the case. Before you head for the fridge or cupboard, ask yourself whether you’re genuinely hungry or not. If your stomach isn’t actually rumbling, you may not really be hungry. If you suspect that you’re bored rather than hungry, distract yourself and see if you’re still hungry afterwards.
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@Michelle ,
Indeed, it is an advantage that we have our online earnings. At least, they accumulate to many when we don’t withdraw them. At least on a time when we needed it we can have them.
It is nicer too, that we have not only one earning site. I am happy I was referred here also, because it helps a lot for me to have more earnings. 🙂
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Some people do not take their jobs seriously, like that project engineer who allowed the installation of the ceilings without the wirings yet inside it. He should know it was his fault.
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Good thing your family sought a second opinion. It is so saddening that some doctors would just decide on conducting an operation on the patient without considering some of the perils involved.
We should also be careful with our diet to avoid such ailments, or the so-called lifestyle diseases.
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From then on, we know already that we should always seek second opinion when it is a serious ailment.
Good thing that now our daughter is already a doctor. We can always seek her second opinion since she’s not here in the province where we reside.
Indeed, even at an early age, we should learn how to live a healthy life without depriving us though, of the delicious foods. The key is to eat in moderation, exercise or being so mobile and having a happy disposition in life.
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Your family made the right decision to consult an alternative doctor. Congrats, your father and father-in-law are still fine in spite of past medical conditions.
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Indeed, we were so happy they both survived.
Although, my father-in-law is still being made to take the anti-cancer pill. He is a stubborn man, would eat even when being told to stop because he has taken enough. So, he is back to having big belly and fat.
Unlike my father, who really followed what his alternative doctor has advised him.
I would always tell my father-in-law of what to do basing on what my father has been advised by his alternative doctor, but to no avail. Well, anyway , at least I have done my part of admonishing him about his ailment. It’s up to him now, if he still wants to live longer or not.
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That’s why when we are told that we have cancer, we should not lose hope. We should just follow what the doctor advises, take the medication and change our lifestyles.
Actually, it is our positive attitude that can help us to battle it. Worrying will stress us and aggravate the cancer, since it is said that stress can make us sick much more have cancer.
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Looks so delicious!It made me hungry, but I could not eat lots of meat/meat products because I am on strict diet. Your daughter could be so proud of your cooking. Congrats!
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Useful information for people suffering from colds. In my case I generally get some cold during change of temperature. Once I had cold for more than four months as there was a viral. It did not stop even after medicines and the doctor advised. It is better to eat normal food and live your life as you live rather than taking medicines as nothing works. I have also stopped taking cold drinks, water from refrigerator, ice creams etc.
I get colds generally when the temperature is varying around plus or minus 10 degrees Celsius suddenly due to changing weather pattern, I also have nasal problem a bit of sinus which add to it. Breathing polluted air, dust particles, pollen’s of parthenium and some other plants also result in colds and coughs. Thanks for the share
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@Krishna Kumar
Really, you had colds for four months! That would be hard. A colds can always bring you a headache.
My daughter said that having colds cannot be because you always drink cold water. ACtually for me, I love cold drinks. Maybe you will really get colds when you are not used to drinking cold drinks then suddely you drink one.
Sometimes too, you first have to normalize your body like when you came from the outside where it was too hot, you should stabilize your temperature first before you drink the cold water.
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