The Milo Marathon Season Begins!

A great Ad and advocacy through running. The 34th Milo Marathon season begins! The Milo Marathon 42K qualifying on July 4 in Manila. Cebu leg 21k would be on September 5! I always rememeber Milo Marathon for two things. One is I got to run my first 21K on last year's Cebu leg and second, their mantra "Kaya Mo Yan!" has always carried me through when in doubt.

So all the runners out there, prepare and run the Milo Marathon!

Voltaren Gel: A runners best friend.

Voltaren Gel is a promising rub-on anti-inflammatory medication. Think of Voltaren® Gel as ibuprofen in a gel. I was skeptical at first to use this having been use to drinking anti-inflammatory medicines like Arcoxia for a bum knee or a muscle strain or icing it for days if I get to be stingy. I am not really a big fan of NSAID on tablets as its just like carpet bombing your body. You got to be careful on this and I find it a little bit on the scarier side when overdoing it. Rest for me is still the best, but I guess you've got some other friends to help you speed up recovery which I'm sharing with you.

Lately I saw the gel in a local drugstore and decided to try it on a nagging left calf which probably is a muscle strain I got from too much hill training (I have little choice on this as I live in the hills literally), short warm-ups and a shift to pose method when running on them. Its been a month of icing and resting yet every time I push a little bit harder (frequently) it completely comes back. Its not that I could not run on it (pain goes away the longer the runs are), it just not safe to push forward with an injury how little it may be.

So back with the gel, Its basically a rub on, like an ointment, which you get to put on the area where the strain is. The verdict: IT WORKS! Weeks of icing never really got the pain out but with this gel, it just took a day to put it away! A


To all runners, Try it! Its a much safer and faster way towards running again!

PS.Manufactured by Novartis, I bought mine at Rose Pharmacy.

5!

Our Sofia just turned five two weeks. She always wanted a party for her special day. The years of simple and quiet celebrations had finally taken toll on our little princess who got use to attending parties of other kids except her own. We gave in this time knowing that next year would be a party for her little brother Noah. After months on searching for a place that fitted our budget, from the expensive hotel ballrooms to a modest house party, we went in between and something which she actually like. Anyway, its her big day so it was better off for her to decide.


The venue was SM Storyland. Its the same place where her summer art camp was held. The good thing about the place is that it has free rides for kids after the party. The party was great, enjoyable as expected and fun overload. The kids were really having fun and no more seen than in the eyes of our daughter. The years have come by quickly as the day ends everyday. Our Pia has grown to be ever been beautiful, and so playful that sometimes we couldn't keep up with the pace. She learns to read simple books on her own already (Thanks to Kumon!) and speaks english with ease. She has also becoming to be a dutiful girl, misbehaving at times but mostly does what we expect her to do. We look forward to the years ahead of us as a family with another brother coming in a month.

Later on at night at our place, we thrashed the gift wrappings and marveled in her new things. Before she slept that night she blurted out "Daddy, this is the best day ever!".


SM Storyland!


With friends Margaret, Hans and Jewel


Balloon twisting! They ended up making balloon swords!


Games! Games! Games!


Puppet Show!


Ronald Mcdoanld Jr!


Pia with Eli the Elephant


Daddy helping Pia blow the candles on her cake!

Old Things, Present Day

There are the things of the past. Broken, dismantled, unusable, they are now but a fragment of the grandeur that was before. Today they stand as perfect ornaments, revered for what they used to be and the history that comes with them. They are the priceless jewels of the past entombed with emotions and a sense of wonder that minuscule as they are today, they were once man's best friend.

Photo: @ Paolito's Seafood House, Capitol Site, Cebu
May 20, 2010

Pia's Summer Art Experience

Enrolled my kid with summer art school in SM Storyland hosted by UP art teachers. Pia was actually having fun and was always excited to go the art class twice a week. Briefly as it might have been (5 weeks) it was all worth the time. They graduated with all the flying colors that can be made!


My Pia waiting for her teacher to give her the days art lesson.


Her friend Er-Er waiting for her to finish the two hour session.


All the beautiful mess!


Sofia with her graduation art exhibit @ SM Cebu


Future model with matching glasses and hat!


Mommy and Pia at the exhibit. So proud of her!