Twittering

Do you have a Twitter account? And if you have, why do you have a Twitter account?

Because it’s free. It’s a message utility. Those are attractive features to me. First, it’s free and second, I can utilize it to send messages to friends and followers(?) . You know the thing you use to update (friends and followers) synchronously. The vehicle to tell the world, “Hey, I just woke up and I haven’t brushed my teeth yet!” as if that matters.

There were geeky observations that this communication instrument is being abused and improperly utilized because some twitterers (?) just use it to market their blog posts, or articles. They say that is unjustifiable. “Errr.. sirs.. am guilty, your honors!” I actually use the darn tool most of the time to update (friends and followers) about my recent posts and articles. Just like that.

Because I cannot think of a sane reason why people would be interested in my daily activities. “Sirs, I am not interesting. I am not MJ. I am not Madonna. I am not Aubrey Miles (who is following me, and my kids told me that it is not Aubrey Miles he he, that it is so easy to fake Twitter accounts – “how true, how true?”).”

And because I am guilty, I tried a different approach. I tried to read the updates of the friends and followers(?). And it’s worth it! I discovered great finds, I mean twits:

from reyna_elena – New blog post: Freddie Aguilar says Charice and Arnel Pineda proved that Filipinos are “monkeys”

from DoreenRulz – Is this shadow the ghost of Michael Jackson in Neverland | The Daily Telegraph

from ringernation – Michael Jackson to be buried without his brain

from cbcpnews – Health NGO to DOH: You should’ve done better combating A(H1N1)

While maybe some of the twitters find the whole activity boring, try to browse and click. You will discover things that might be of interest to you. You’ll find interesting blog pages, too!

When Fast Food Became In

The elderly people or the people of yesteryear said that it was only during the 80’s when hypertension among the ‘old’ set in. There was probably no need for diet pills yet.

During the 50’s and the 60’s until the middle of the 70’s, fast food was not yet popular in the Philippines that is why Filipinos only eat for merienda puto (native rice cake), bibingka (another type of rice cake), boiled or roasted corn ear, boiled kamote (yam), boiled saba(a type of banana), suman (another type of rice cake wrapped in banana leaves) and other native delicacies.

But when the 80’s came, fast-food chains emerged fast. Hamburger, spaghetti, hotdog, ham sandwich and other food rich in transfat and saturated fat were introduced.

Because these fast food stores multiplied along the highways and common places, Filipinos patronize these foods that are quick to prepare and cook. Most often, foods that were served in these fast food stores were oily, and unhealthy. Not only that, these hamburgers, hotdogs, ham, salami and others were made available in wet markets and supermarkets for people to be able to cook them at home. The unhealthy became very easy to obtain.

As time goes on, the menu in these fast-food stores increased and most of them were still oily. Nothing changed. So it is not a question anymore why lifestyle diseases emerged. Poor diet because of these food was the culprit. People ate and ate these foods until it was too late. After some time, it was discovered that people already have hypertension from eating food high in cholesterol.

Filipinos affected by hypertension get younger everyday and the elderly people are actually right in saying that life is better during the old times. Hypertension cases in the Philippines were not prevalent in the past. Today hypertension had become common even among the young.

When Fast Food Became In

The elderly people or the people of yesteryear said that it was only during the 80’s when hypertension among the ‘old’ set in. There was probably no need for diet pills yet.

During the 50’s and the 60’s until the middle of the 70’s, fast food was not yet popular in the Philippines that is why Filipinos only eat for merienda puto (native rice cake), bibingka (another type of rice cake), boiled or roasted corn ear, boiled kamote (yam), boiled saba(a type of banana), suman (another type of rice cake wrapped in banana leaves) and other native delicacies.

But when the 80’s came, fast-food chains emerged fast. Hamburger, spaghetti, hotdog, ham sandwich and other food rich in transfat and saturated fat were introduced.

Because these fast food stores multiplied along the highways and common places, Filipinos patronize these foods that are quick to prepare and cook. Most often, foods that were served in these fast food stores were oily, and unhealthy. Not only that, these hamburgers, hotdogs, ham, salami and others were made available in wet markets and supermarkets for people to be able to cook them at home. The unhealthy became very easy to obtain.

As time goes on, the menu in these fast-food stores increased and most of them were still oily. Nothing changed. So it is not a question anymore why lifestyle diseases emerged. Poor diet because of these food was the culprit. People ate and ate these foods until it was too late. After some time, it was discovered that people already have hypertension from eating food high in cholesterol.

Filipinos affected by hypertension get younger everyday and the elderly people are actually right in saying that life is better during the old times. Hypertension cases in the Philippines were not prevalent in the past. Today hypertension had become common even among the young.