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Asian Skin

Most of Asians are prone to skin pigmentation. Reason is pigment cells in Asians are more reactive to sun-exposure and trauma. They form pigmentation easily even just a minor sun exposure of skin injury. Also our genetic make-up predisposes us some special types of pigmentation, such as spotty grey pigmentation. on the cheeks called Hori’s nevus. There are top three tips to protect your skin: * Use the common and traditional sunscreen protection for your skin like a hat or umbrella; * Of course you have to wash your skin, but be gentle when cleansing your skin and make to sure to moisturize daily. It is best to moisturize right after a warm bath, and I personally recommend Ponds Cream for facial moisturizer, and Vaseline & Myra-E for body lotion. Always remember the spots where your skin dries out more – your knees and elbows, so don’t ever skimp on those areas. * Lastly, have a healthy diet. Make sure to eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables and reduce your intake of salty foods, as well as sugar and fatty foods. Having a healthy lifestyle will not only benefit your physical health but your skin as well, exercise regularly as what health experts say to attain glowing skin. Hey, don’t forget to manage stress levels ;)

St. Luke’s Medical Center for Cancer Patients

We have a thing that Philippines could be proud of. St. Luke’s Hospital has this reputation for being an expensive hospital, yet very competent.. in short your money will not get wasted once you are in St. Luke’s. St.Luke’s Hospital is the one with the most advanced and most complete facilities for cancer detection and treatment in the Philippines – The Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanner. It is the sole Philippine affiliate of the best and most prestigious cancer center in the world.. (o d ba bonnga ang ‘Pinas!) it is chosen by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center because it offers the most advanced technology, the most complete facilities and comprehensive expertise in cancer diagnosis and treatment in the country. Cancer do not choose whom to attack, it may be our loved ones or ourselves, because of PET Scanner we need not to bring our cancer patients abroad for more expensive treatments, thanks to St. Luke’s!

RISING ASIA

Time can never tell that maybe in the future Asia will no longer get behind the US and Europe when it comes to riches. Talking about riches, three of Asia’s nation got the seats for the highest growth in the population of millionaires. Heading on the list are Singapore, India, and Indonesia. Other countries also saw increases are South Korea, UAE, and Russia according to figures

 

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SINGAPORE - - - 21.2%

INDIA - - - - - - 20.5%

INDONESIA - - - 16.0%

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SUMO WRESTLING

sumo.jpg  SUMO WRESTLING is the national sport of Japan. I don’t know what’s really into this fight game that even non-Japanese are so hooked into this sport. I mean as for me, well, I love about Japan but with regards to my opinion in Sumo Wrestling, actually, it’s kinda enjoyable to watch it but I’d rather watch the wrestling of western people - you know WWF ( I’m a big fan of Hulk Hogan :) ). Actually, the thing that made me irked to sumo is that it has very, very long introduction, I mean, I have seen once a whole fight in TV - NHK Channel and despite of the language barrier (you know everything I heard are all Nihonggo words) still I continued to watch. Before the two wrestlers will fight and bump into each others bodies, there were so many formal procedures they are doing; ceremony, ritual and everything that made me bored, but nevertheless once the real fight is going on, and the two big, fat wrestlers are pushing each other, that’s the time I am getting really fun and entertained… can’t help myself but shout and cheer too, even though I don’t know them at all hahaha. For the year 2007, there were a number of SUMO WRESTLING TOURNAMENTS in Japan. Last March, was in Osaka, and just recently for the month of July happened in Nagoya. Tokyo will hold 3 tournaments: January, May, and September. The last tournament will be in Fukuoka on my birth month – November. Each tournament will start and end on a Sunday and will last for 15 days.