Last February 14, our company celebrated Heart’s Day by launching a more extensive wellness program, emphasizing personal wellness goals for its employees this fiscal year. Taking care of our hearts, literally. The program includes a subsidized blood chemistry fee to determine employees’ blood sugar and cholesterol levels, a series of seminars and consultation with certified nutritionist dietitians from Intellicare and Nestlé (which I really appreciate, and hope other people will have the same chance to sit in because the information is indeed an eye-opener), Biggest Loser/Gainer Challenge (because being healthy does not only involve losing some pounds but, sometimes, gaining more), and free various workout sessions at Slimmer’s World.
Posted: March 8th, 2010 | Blend: Health, Plug, Vanity, Workplace | No Comments »
You don’t have to travel outside Metro Manila, like Subic or Caliraya, to experience bungee jumping. Or, at least, just have that impression that you’re jumping off a soaring structure. We’ve discovered recently that you can do this within the metro, at the bayside of the Mall of Asia. They call it Bungee Fun. I say “impression” because you don’t actually start from the peak of a tall building, bridge, or tower but from a trampoline located at the base of the Bungee Fun structure. You have an adjustable harness fastened around your waist and thighs, and attached to two bungee cords on both sides. Its setup is quite safer than bungee jumping’s.
These random shots were taken last Saturday— Nay’s one day advance birthday celebration at the Mall of Asia. We’ve been relying lately on our Olympus µ 1050 SW (or the Olympus Stylus 1050 SW released in the US) point-and-shoot digital camera, especially when Gabi is with us. Watching over a bulky camera bag with a DSLR kit is a little agonizing while you are also keeping an eye on a hyper kid like Gab, who could run in any direction at anytime. The difference in resolution is very apparent, though. But the images are good enough to capture a few delightful, fleeting instances.
Yesterday was a free weekday for the two of us. Petiks. In the afternoon, we roamed around Gilmore and some subdued street in Cubao scouting for the set of hardware for the PC that he’s going to build one of these days. After our successful task for the day, we headed to Som’s Noodle House along Algier St. (is it Algier or Alger?) near Rockwell Powerplant Mall for an authentic Thai cuisine.
I found this piece of writing from a technical blogger while searching for a Robohelp workaround. Interestingly, the article is not at all technical. It talks about reconstructing a relationship, particularly details accompanying it (which reminds me of the funny priest at my cousin’s wedding last month). Some of you might have gotten this story in a form of an email spam, or seen it from Facebook or other blogs. In that case, please ignore the rest of this entry. But for those of you who have not read or heard about it yet, I am encouraging you to take some time (around six minutes if you’re a fast reader) to absorb its essence.
Wrap up my 2009 Currently-Reading and To-Read counters— then compile new ones.
Spend time with my parents as much as I can— because holidays seem so short and everyone’s getting older.
Back to watching at least two films of any kind each week— since my viewing history has been pretty limited to Hollywood flick downloads, Ellen, Glee, TMZ, and other ETC/Jack TV series.
Revisit my sketchpad— and my charcoal set.
Wakeboard— a one-year overdue goal. Shame on me.
Be more productive like clockwork in my cube— not necessarily mean having to stay for grueling hours but more of plotting tasks sensibly and in good time.
Spend smart— it’s not just all about saving hard.
Stay healthy without being self-conscious— moderate what we eat, jog on a regular basis, take thorough medical checkup earnestly.
Execute some crazy plans— slightly ambitious, but who knows.
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