Milo's Corner

Not healthy for those on a diet, they say…  Rice, particularly white rice, is considered unhealthy on our diet. It is not totally right. Rice has many benefits to our health, all things considered. White rice and brown rice have similar origins. White rice is processed, removed of its hull (the hard protecting coating), bran (outer layer), and germ (nutrient rich core). Leaving only the endosperm that is rich in carbohydrates. On the other hand, the hull is only removed from the brown rice. Making it more nutrient dense and fiber rich than white rice. Both rice are good source of nutrients -  Per 100 grams: Nutrients White Rice Brown Rice Calories 123 111 Protein 2.9 grams 2.6 grams Carbs 30 grams 23 grams Fat 0.4 grams 0.9 grams Fiber 0.9 grams 1.8 grams Folate 1% 1% Manganese 18% 45% Thiamine 5% 6% Selenium 13% 14% Niacin 12% 8% Iron 1% 2% Vitamin B6 8% 7% Phosphorus 6% 8% Copper 4% 5% Magnesium 2% 11% Zinc 2% 4% Brown rice is more nutritious than white rice and has fewer ca...

  This is the poem I wrote after I saw the movie "WALL-E" in 2008. "If I Would Be WALL-E" I will live for hundred years I will put away other people’s garbage and make skyscrapers out of it I will know the true meaning of self sufficiency I will be happy singularly living I will have a lowly cockroach as my pet I will take each day break an opportunity to be my best I will pick up sundries that would make my collection complete I will have time to stop for a moment and look up and wonder who’s out there I will watch my favorite romantic film until it would come true to me I will be a hopeless romantic and holding someone else’s hand is such a beauty I will cross the galaxy to save my true love And lastly, I will see that there’s always a happy ending

I know everyone is familiar with the experience of losing a loved one. It is the saddest and loneliest experience ever.  I remember when I was on training on my first job in a call center in 2004. I received a text message from my sister that my mother died of heart failure from her recent operation due to diabetes. One of her legs was amputated due to lack of circulation and gangrene already festered her foot. My relationship with my mother was neither the happiest nor the best stuff of a relationship that I would love to tell people about. In fact, she was not there in my growing up years because she chose to leave home after a few years my father died. As a young boy I didn't understand everything. Why she left and when she was coming back.  Back then I was always sad and longing that she would come home. No one is taking care of us around that time. I remember I am always hungry and there's no food to eat most of the time because there was no adult person around at home. M...

       Who would have thought we come this far? I have been thinking in starting this blog again lately. I'm not sure what to post and what will be interesting to do myself.      After the pandemic, there were lot of things that are nice to write about as short blog entry. Tidbits. Maybe less than 500 words. I will write short pieces to make it more readable or digestible for anyone who is interested to read.      Most of us did suffer existential crisis during the pandemic. I felt the greatest fear of my life. I was afraid that I might catch Covid19 and die alone. Have you felt the same?       I'd been living alone for most of my adulthood. Yea, I never thought of getting extra baggage like having a relationship or two. But I don't.      I'm a fur parent and certified plant lover. It came about during the pandemic that I got into plants.       I was a fur parent to Milo. He was pure...

i am pretty much okay over all (lols)...  the pandemic is officially two years in a  few weeks from now. it was officially cited by the united nation in december of 2019 as worldwide pandemic but there were few cases already in wuhan a few weeks before that.  it is a known fact that covid19 will not disappear anytime soon so we need to learn how to live with it as the new normal but cautiously now and onwards.  i never get infected so far but i'm very much affected by it directly. some people i know got infected and few died. i saw on fb newsfeed some friends tested positive and some lost their loved ones to the disease. the past two years were challenging in every life's facet - personal, career, family, health, and spiritual  i always felt that everyday the past two years were just days trying to survive and to hope for the best that each day will turn out well.  nevertheless, i'd been an spiritual person since i was young. probably losing a father at a y...

how are you doing in this time of pandemic? first of all, hope we are all well and surviving this pandemic in god's grace. i never expected the impact of this pandemic to my life would be really great. i lost my job and source of income at the onset of the community quarantine. i relied on other people's help and my meager savings to weather the few months into the pandemic. i was uncertain what the future would bring.  covid19 brought so many changes to our lives from the way we socialize to the manner of how we work. the virus changed the landscape of our society - no gatherings, standing a meter away from the other person in public and common spaces, wearing face mask and face shield for protection, etc. working from home became the norm. though i'd been working from home for almost seven years already, i'd never seen this situation where almost all the people i know were force to work at home due to covid19. new normal   i lost my job and can't find one for over...

this was my post about a father that i talk to eleven years ago on my taxi ride going to work... happy fathers day!! i salute all fathers - real father, surrogate father, step father and aspiring father. i like to quote here a story of one of the taxi drivers story i listened to. this is one of those days i commuted to work and the traffic gave me a chance to listen to manong for his story. i started the conversation to relieved boredom. since the taxi was old and sounds rickety. i asked him why there was a sound coming from the right back side of the taxi as if the wheel will come off anytime. he said that there was something wrong with the lpg tank tube right at the trunk compartment. it make a noise as it passes thru the tube to the car's engine. trying to say it with humor. i was so worried after that. i saw pictures of me being embroiled in the flaming taxi on the middle of the road in my head. manong continued his story. he said that he'd been driving for almost 24 hours ...