live longer; love coffee

reposted......


http://ph.she.yahoo.com/study-finds-coffee-lovers-may-live-longer-112209926.html

If you love your morning coffee, a new study finds that your daily habit could protect your health. In a study by researchers from the National Cancer Institute in the US, older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee.

The java drinkers -- especially those who drank three or more cups a day -- were less likely to die from a number of illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and infections -- although researchers found no link with cancer. Results of the study were published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Head researcher Neal Freedman and his colleagues examined the association between coffee drinking and risk of death in 400,000 American men and women ages 50 to 71 who participated in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

"The mechanism by which coffee protects against risk of death -- if indeed the finding reflects a causal relationship -- is not clear, because coffee contains more than 1,000 compounds that might potentially affect health," said Freedman. "The most studied compound is caffeine, although our findings were similar in those who reported the majority of their coffee intake to be caffeinated or decaffeinated."

Still, while more research needs to be done to fully understand the protective components of coffee, Freedman adds that "these results do provide some reassurance that coffee drinking does not adversely affect health."
Coffee has also been shown to improve brain function in mice studies, with researchers probing the possibility of using coffee as a treatment for people with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers in Portugal also recently found that the consumption of caffeine could protect against memory loss associated with advanced diabetes.
Still health experts don't recommend overdoing your coffee intake. The US-based Mayo Clinic suggests no more than two to four cups a day, since more than that can cause insomnia, upset stomach, and anxiety.



.......oh. well, I would agree....No wonder I am posing a lot of news about coffee, because I love coffee a lot.....
.......but remember that too much is bad.....
......so be moderate and know your limit....

toxic friends

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http://ph.she.yahoo.com/8-10-women-struggle-toxic-friends-102329675.html

London, Aug 23 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that 84 percent of women put up with so-called "toxic friends", who are self-absorbed, emotionally draining, critical or backstabbing.

Men did not fare much better, with three-quarters admitting to having had such a friendship.

Sixty-five percent of those polled complained of having a self-obsessed friend, and 59 percent accused their closest acquaintances of being emotional "vampires", draining all their energy reserves.

The poll, of 18,000 women and 4,000 men by Today.com and Self magazine, found just over half had an over-critical friend, while 45 percent reported backstabbing behaviour and barbed comments.

Thirty-seven percent of people questioned also admitted to being turned off by friends who were unreliable or flaky.

Though a third admitted that they would end a friendship with someone who was untrustworthy, 83 percent said that they had let a friendship drag on longer than it should have done because the prospect of "breaking up" was too daunting.

"The reason it's hard to dump a toxic friend is the same reason people stay in all kinds of dysfunctional relationships," the Daily Mail quoted Dr Gail Saltz, associate professor of psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital, as saying.

"There's something in it that you find compelling or familiar," she added. (ANI)

.......oh well, friendship, just like peeing unto yourself, everybody sees it, but only you feels the warmth...
.......as long as you are not hurt, keep all your connections connected. You know what they say, never burn a bridge.

Tanong: Tumawa ka ba?

Matagak ko ng pinag-iisipan ang tanong na ito.

Marami ang natatawa at napapailing pagtinatanong ko ito.

 Iyong iba naman, naiinis at binabato pabalik sa akin ang tanong.

Pag-tinanong kita, sana maging totoo ka.

Sana huwag mong palitan iyong una mong sagot.

Handa ka na ba? Madali lang ito, pramis.

Di ko pa natatapos yung tanong, tiyak may sagot ka na kaagad, ikaw pa.


Ito na iyon, wag ka tumawa agad ha.Alam ko ngingiti ka, di mo mapipigilan ngumiti, alam ko iyon.




Huwag mo gawin makitid ang utak mo.Isang sipleng tanong lang.

MAdali lang ang sagot, may consequences depende sa kung ano at kung paano ka sumagot.

Huwag mo ring isipin gandahan o pag-isipan ang isasagot mo.

Gusto ko yung natural lang. Iyong kung ano lang ang unang pumasok sa isip mo.
 Opps, hindi to maharot na tanong ha.

Oh ayan napangiti ka na naman.
Ganyan lang, yan ang gusto ko, yung tipong COOL.

Ay, patawad, nasa pagatlong talata na tayo, di ko pa nasasabi ang tanong.
Ikaw kasi, ngiti ka ng ngiti, naaaliw tuloy akong bolahin ka.

Ang cute mo pa naman pag ngumiti.

Ngiti ka nga ulit.

Ay tumawa ka na eh.

Siguro iniisip mo baliw ang sumusulat nitong binabasa mo ano? Ikaw ha, huwag ganyan, pagbaliw ang sumusulat, kabaliwan ang sinusulat nun,at nababaliw din ang nagbabasa. Gusto mo ba mabaliw? Hindi malamang. Kaya isipin mo na lang, gusto ko lang ihanda ka sa itatanong ko.


Pramis ito na iyon. Sa dulo ng talata na ito. Opps huwag ka lilingon sa katabi mo ha, malamang, kung nakikibasa iyan, pinagtatawanan ka na niyan. O di naman kaya ay nakikingiti din iyan. Ang tanong ko ay tungkol sa atin. May kasama ka ba? Tiyak hindi mo gugustuhin na may kasama ka pag tinanaong na kita. Dahil ayaw mong malaman nila ang isasagot mo sa tanong na,
       




 "Sinong baliw sa atin?"

Opps COOL ka lang sa sagot mo. Susubukan kong hulaan iyan. Itoy nakaayon sa aking obserbasyon sa mga taong nakapaligid sa akin, sa mga taong nakakasakay ko sa dyip, sa mga nakakasalubong ko sa mall, at sa lahat ng taong nakita ko na, sa panaginip at sa totoong buhay.


Kaya mahigpit kong pinapaalalahanan ang sino man na huwag gayahin ang mga sumusunod sapagkat ito ay ginagawa ng mga eksperto lamang.

1. Sigurado ako na napangiti ka sa tanong ko. Malamang sinabi mo na, "yun lang?". Pag ganyan ang sagot mo, normal iyon sa mga taong nakatikim na ng kulangot. O wag na itanggi, totoo naman. Maalat diba?

2. Kung pagkabasa mo ay lumingon ka kaagad sa katabi mo, isa lang ibig sabihin nun. Ayaw mong amining iniisip mong baliw siya, kaya hanggang tingin ka na lang.
Huwag ka tumawa, iniisip mo bobo katabi mo.

3. Kung napamura ka pagkabasa mo sa tanong. Ay naku bato bato sa langit ang tinamaan, di marunong umilag. Alam ko kung ano nilalaro mo pagkabukas pa lang ng pc mo. (no offense on online games) Ok lang yun, kasama yun sa paglaki ng mga taong kagaya mo.

                         Ang magmura at mamura.

4. Kung sinabi mo ang salitang "ikaw". Aba maghunustili ka, papunta sa akin iyon. Kung baliw ako, kabaliwan ang sinusulat ko at baliw rin ang nagbabasa. Oh eh di bumalik din sayo, welcome to crazy world.

5. Kung nagbanggit ka ng pangalan bilang sagot mo sa tanong, bilisan mo na ang pagbabasa mo. Kung nariyan lang sa tabi mo ang binanggit mong pangalan, naku, mag-ingat ka. Baka masapak ka niyan. Ngingiti lang iyan, pero naiinis na iyan.

Kung wala kang reaksiyon sa tanong dahil takot ka sa magiging outcome o sa mga consequences, malamang ang boring ng buhay mo. Subukan mo rin kasi tumikim ng kulangot paminsan-minsan, ang sarap kaya nun. It adds color to your life.  Everytime na maalala mong ginawa mo iyon, tiyak mapapangiti ka. At least meron ka ng masayang maaalala pag-nag-iisa ka lang.

Pero kung wala ka talagang reaksyon sa kabuuan ng binasa mo. Kung hindi ka man lang napangiti, maaari ka nang magpatingin sa espesyalista. Normal ka pa ba? Pagkat normal sa amin ang tumawa sa mga walang kwentang bagay. Pagkat parte yun ng buhay.

Sa ibinato kong tanong, wala akong balak patamaan o tumbukin.
Nais ko lang ipahayag ang realidad na simpleng nagaganap sa buhay ng mga simpleng mamamayan. Simpleng realidad na maaaring nakaapekto sa takbo ng buhay ng bawat simpleng tao na madalas kinaiinggitan ng iilan. Iilan na masyadong abala sa lipunan, at wala ng panahon sa mga simpleng bagay na tunay na magmamarka sa kabuuan ng pagkatao ng simple at masayang nilalang.

'13th sign of the zodiac'

Though its a bit late to post this, its summer already, but it just pop out of my curiosity.
I would be asking if you guys will accept this to be a part of the zodiac signs. Thus, changing your current zodiac sign. Whats your opinion about this?
As fro me, I can barely say its okay, for I love reading horoscopes, but I don't believe at all.

                                                     credits to  ( please click )

        
Ophiuchus is one of thirteen constellations that cross the ecliptic. It has therefore been called the '13th sign of the zodiac'. However, this confuses sign with constellation. The signs of the zodiac are a twelve-fold division of the ecliptic, so that each sign spans 30° of celestial longitude, approximately the distance the Sun travels in a month, and (in the Western tradition) are aligned with the seasons so that the March equinox falls on the boundary between Aries and Pisces. Constellations, on the other hand, are unequal in size and are based on the positions of the stars. The constellations of the zodiac have only a loose association with the signs of the zodiac, and do not in general coincide with them. In Western astrology the constellation of Aquarius, for example, largely corresponds to the sign of Pisces. Similarly, the constellation of Ophiuchus occupies most of the sign of Sagittarius.



Traits of the Ophiuchus sign:
           from...(this site)
        
Postive Ophiuchus personality traits:
-Tend to embrace and seek to change, disliking routine and ordinary in life.
- Follow their instincts to a fault and can be impulsive.
-Are happy and humorous.
-Are honest to a fault.
-Are often described as intellectual and clever.
-Think with their hearts not their heads.
-Are powerfully, passionate.
-Have a great deal of creativity, imagination and curiosity.
-Are people magnets possessing high charisma.
-Are empathic, people pleasers with a knack for persuasion.
-have a strong sense of justice.
-Are great with language arts and the written word.
-Are passionate and adept lovers naturally.
-Are eccentric and quirky.
-Are driven to succeed.
-Dislike authority, rules, regulation and restriction of any kind. They like to live on the edge.
-Dislike irrelevant and trivial information.
-Have a high sense of pride and arrogance and dislike being treated as inferior or subordinate.
-Enjoy being #1 and being told about it.
-Tend to seek the unknown and are always seeking knowledge and wisdom.
-Tend to take the defense rather than offense.
-Are not "open books" and can be secretive.
-Don't fall well into social labels.
Negative Ophiuchus personality traits:
-Have trouble with monogamous relationships.
-Can be the jealous type.
-Are judgmental and critical.
-Can be restless and irresponsible.
-Procrastinate as a rule.
-Have violent but short lived tempers.
- Are sarcastic and have a dry sense of humor.
-Tend to only keep useful things, including friends, around.

granny's smell

I wasn't trying to stay near them because they love me more than my parents,  but because I felt the loneliness every time I see them walking alone in their spacious house where their kids use to ran around to play. Granny needs more attention now that she is gaining that much avoided- age.  Much of my cousins would say that granny emits an old smell that they cannot stand to eat beside them.

Granny do really smell. Grandpa too, just like all of my grandparents, emits the smell that most of my cousins avoided. But I had learned to love that smell, it was the scent I could breath in every time I need someone to pamper me because I am alone and my parents are both busy working. It was the scent that warms my skin during cold nights, the scent that made me calm during times that I cannot control my anger to my sisters and cousins. During the ups and downs of my childhood, I was raised with the smell they called-old smell.

During summer days, I am used to a piggy-back ride of grandpa when we are hiking up the hill to his bigger nipa hut. I would doze up peacefully on his back, breathing his scent that reminds me his unconditional love and caring. He would then show me his aching knees and wold enjoy the massage that I playfully give. Those swinging elastic skin under his arms and chin, I just love to play them while watching the stars shine brightly during full-moon nights.

During school days, grandma would give me extra piso for me to spare during snack time. A snack is ready though after I finish school. Before grandma and grandpa goes back to their house, they would kiss me a deep warm goodbye cheek kiss. With the bonus of tickling my armpits till I drop laughing. Every perfect test would mean extra cookie, every achievement during recognition, there is an equal reward and an unlimited boasting to their friends, making me quite popular to the neighborhood. And I just love it, annoying but I am happy that they totally show that they are proud of me.

During rainy nights, grandma would hug me under her blanket. To ease away my fear of the storm. She would offer my native cacao drink.

I didn't grew up spoiled though, because grandma and grandpa had always been there to remind me that life isn't just all about goodness. They taught me the value of the persons around me. That most of all, the important thing I should keep is the love between me and my family. Because in the end, it will be them that I can lend on during downfall. That they are the given blessing by GOD, all those I will obtain as I grow-up will be just be the extra blessing that God will send to guide me through this life. They taught me to respect and to never put grudge against anyone. Every downfall is a challenge to stand again and face the world. Respecting and giving way to other is another way of advocating peace. A blessed chick is the peaceful one, those noisy out there, are seeking for food.

But time had passed, and I am now already twenty-one years old. Two of them, both my grandpa's had died already. My grandmas' living alone, though I can see in their eyes that they are afraid, they are not showing it by strongly facing each day with a smile. After the burial of my grandpa just this year, I suddenly think about how they live their lives. That they haven't gotten most of the care. They didn't receive much love, same as they gave us much love but we didn't give it back. We have become busy with our lives that we forgot to give them the attention they so deserved. And when they died, I ask myself suddenly, "Am I deserving to cry?". What my tears would be for, is it for the pain of his living, or is the regret of those days I missed and should have spent with him? When he was still lively enough to play to with, when he is asking me to go home because he miss me a lot,  I just never mind and continue working away from him. I still have the time of my life, I didn't notice that he has his time nearly coming, and that he wants to spend it with us. Oh, why didn't I spare some of my time, just like them when I needed a playmate when I am younger. They would put their chores aside to play with me.

They are not bound to consume all our time, just some assurance that we are not leaving them alone because they are old or because they are smelly.
It maybe true according to the research that they smell, but it wont kill you. Before its late, show them your love, as they did to us. They might not ask you what they like but your smile will melt their worries away about living alone. Like us younger, our old grandparents also love to be with the crowd, so lets not live them their in the corner.