Malunggay (eat me, eat me! 1)

I think I started to eat Malunggay about 2 or 3 years ago. Some friends introduced me to the leaves. Pero dati, I really don't know its use or sa'ang dish sya inihahalo. (Patawa 'no?) Wala kaseng gumagamit o kumakain nito sa 'min (family ko) sa Bulacan e.

Now, I'm a believer. Addict na nga yata ako. Parang lahat ng dish gusto kong lagyan ng dahon na 'to. Sinigang na malunggay, menudong malunggay, paksiw na malunggay... the list goes on.

Anyways here is what I read recently at malunggay.com

Malunggay (or Moringa in English or Moringa oleifera Lamk - scientific name) ...

1) can rebuild weak bones

2) enrich anemic blood

3) enable malnourished mother to feed her starving baby

4) has calcium of 4 glasses of milk

Each ounce of Moringa contains seven times the Vitamin C found in oranges, four times the Vitamin A of carrots, three times the iron of spinach, four times as much calcium as milk and three times the potassium of bananas.

5) has vitamin C of 7 oranges

6) potassium of 3 bananas

7) can make dirty water drinkable

8) treat diabetes and high blood pressure

9) staunch skin infection

10) has triple the iron of spinach and more impressive attributes than olive oil

11) has quadruple the beta carotene, which is good for the eyes and fights cancer

12) excellent fertilizer

13) excellent fuel

you can also look at this site for more info...

http://www.stii.dost.gov.ph/sntpost/frames/julytosept04/pg41.htm

To those of you who are lactose intolerant or don't like milk but want to fill up your body's calcium needs, why not try malunggay? Mas marami pa siyang calcium kesa sa milk, mas mura pa. (di pa nakakataba) Malunggay leaves cost 5 pesos per bunch (per tali) in the markets. (or libre pag may kapitbahay ka na puede mong hingan) While powdered milk costs about 22 pesos per pouch (sachet) (42 pesos ung maliit na box) in sari sari stores. San ka pa?

We can get calcium from veggies as well. I can give you two more veggies that is calcium rich--2 palang kase un palang alam ko--haha!

So when you cook tinola or tahong or clams or soup, try nyo ilagay ang malunggay. SARAP PROMISE! And share with me recipes ha.

Many, many changes

From now on I promise to publish encouraging, uplifting messages that would inspire people to seek better ways of improving and changing themselves.

Wow. Na-overwhelm ako bigla. Haha! :)

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Happy Father's Day!

Gusto kitang maalala na buhay pa. Ayokong magpunta sa sementeryo. Ayokong makita ang malaking parihabang konkreto kung saan ka nakahimlay. Basta ang alam ko, buhay ka sa isip ko. Nakangiti. Nakatawa. Nakatanghod sa may bintana habang nag-aabang ako ng tricycle.

Kainis. Sa Sunday, Father's Day na. Di ko alam kung saan ako pupunta ng araw na yun. Paniguradong magiging madrama ang service ng Church sa darating na linggo. Ayoko nang umiyak. Ayokong isipin na namimiss na naman kita.

Kung nasaan ka man, Happy Father's Day. Pero hindi ako happy. Kahit na isang ngiti, wala kang mahihita sa kin.

what i'm thinking during gradschool breaktime...

had an early off in my statistics class. at 9:30am, i finished my written finals exam. sigh. i'm half relieved, half worried. hope i pass this subject. i've never had a statistics subject in college. having it now in graduate school makes me nervous. so many things are running through my head. so many worries. so many what if's.

school happened so fast. i remembered the time i was praying that God would send me money for my tuition fee last June. now, a semester is finally over. finally. God is good.

now i'm waiting for my next class - business philosophy. hope this day would end soon. i feel the stress on my back. i feel my head throbbing. such agony! a few more hours to go! can't wait! can't wait...