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I was in highschool the first time I was told I’m older than my age (read: reasons/thinks/talks like 20+). It was that precious innocent state where our group JJBADMonicaryleia (first five letters were our first names’ initials and second part was the other three who ‘merged’ with us) was born. I’ve no idea [...]
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Bottlegreen drinks
Last week I’ve piqued on two flavors from Bottlegreen. While Cox’s Apple tasted like Cali’s Apple drink, the combination of elderflower and pomegranate as a drink came a little weird for me. Maybe it’s because I’m not oriented to floral flavors. Few days ago I got another two bottles of Cox’s [...]
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While the neurosurgeons revived the debate last week about the causal relationship of heavy use of cellphone with three types of brain tumors: glioma, cancer of the parotid (a salivary gland near the ear; and acoustic neuroma, a tumor that essentially occurs where the ear meets the brain, the technology news site CNET recently ranked [...]
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Peri-ampullary cancer: the growth of tumor in the ampulla, a passage of bile duct in the intestines. From the liver, bile duct supplies bile to the intestine, the liquid which digest the food in-take of a person. If the ampula has a tumor, bile doesn’t flow in the intestines resulting in inflammation of the bile [...]
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Sosi Streetfood, Mall of Asia
I am writing this with no offense to the streetfood vendors and patronizers. Occasional eating of squidballs sold in Ayala Ave. is actually one of my simple pleasures. The last time I craved about it was last month that I took this photo:
Fronting People Support Building, Ayala Ave.I cooked some at home [...]
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