Suspend-It

Have you heard of the term bullion before? Well I was in a meeting earlier with some clients and during the break they were all talking about “investing in gold and bullion”. I am not sure if the bullion they were talking about is just another term for stocks or something. Either way this made me so curious that I approached the client and asked.Good thing the client was in the mood to give me a brief lesson about protecting investments. He told me that there are instances when it is best to invest money on gold especially if you foresee it to increase in value. The concept is just the same as buying stocks. Buy it, let it increase in value, then sell it. Bullions however are a little different. These are bundles of precious metals like coins which control the currency. So this is sort of investing in currency values rather than in stocks. Confusing? Well, I still am confused too. Hehe.

I am not an avid fan of sleeping pills or sheep-counting just so I could fall asleep immediately. In other words, I am not in need for any best sleeping aids, at least not until recently. Before, I just close my eyes and settle myself in bed, soon I’ll be fast asleep but now I just have a few hours of sleep then in the morning I wake up like I haven’t slept at all.Sleeping pills scare me. No reason at all, they just kinda freak me out. Sheep-counting is tiring ( and it’s not like I’m a Mr. Bean who practically falls to bed asleep immediately after counting sheep from his cardboard filled with pictures of sheep ). Plus, I do not sleep immediately when I’m tired. I always end up having ridiculously scary nightmares and wake up in the middle of the night, or maybe dawn, with my heart pounding and racing. And it’s as if I’m always in paranoia mode, I always had to remember to position myself sideward, ‘cause it’s also when I lay flat in bed ( as I’ve come to observe ) that I suffer weird nightmares. Sorry for ranting about these things. I am just trying to put myself to sleep.

Yep. It’s a three-layered pimple. And they just keep popping on the most prominent spots on my face – especially on my chin – ever since I hit puberty. Frankly, having a pimple within a pimple within a pimple almost weekly, and sometimes having two at the same time is the worst kind of acne you can ever have. Why? Because it’s harder to get rid of three layers! *sigh*

I’ve pretty much tried all remedies to avoid that and with a goal of having a pimple free, if not clear and smooth skin. In my hunt for the perfect remedy, I experienced peeling, redness, itchiness, and even allergy just for trying them out. It was through this that I also found out that the method and means with which you wash your face can either cure acne or can actually make it worse.

In my trial and error experience, I have actually found an acne face wash that solves most of my problem – except for the ones on my chin. It was only later on that I found out that my toothpaste was actually the culprit that’s been causing those severe pimples because of the harsh ingredients. With a simple toothpaste switch, I got rid of those three-layered pimples!

My friend Rei recently got married, and no, it’s not a gunshot wedding – she’s not pregnant. It was a happy-romantic wedding. ^_^

With the couple being very career oriented, Rei told me, they have no plans on having kids for the next two years. Given that she’s only 25, it does seem practical. However, even with thorough planning and a combination of safe sex methods, pregnancy is still a possibility – especially for a newlywed couple. So, just to be on the safe side, I told her to start taking a daily prenatal vitamin.

For those who don’t know, prenatal vitamins are specially formulated multivitamins that is designed with pregnancy and breastfeeding in mind. While the supplements contain numerous vitamins and minerals, their folic acid, iron, and calcium content are especially important. These vitamins and minerals help reduce your risk of having a baby with a serious birth defect since a lot of defects develop in the first 28 days after conception – the time before many women realize they are pregnant.

So for the newlyweds, do consider prenatal vitamins at the onset of marriage. 0;) After all, you want to reproduce healthy, adorable babies, don’t you?

All I wanted when I was a child were lots and lots of toys. I want my own room screaming of them. But my parents only gave me what they think I needed, and a very few of what I wanted. And of course, I didn’t get to have my own room screaming of toys. It would have satisfied most of my childhood fantasies, one room filled with all those preschool furniture and stuff that I can play and explore with. Though on the second thought, I kind of got what I sort of wanted. Not exactly a room with four walls, but one that is much wider and more adventurous. I can draw wherever and whatever I want without being punished for drawing on walls. I can run around and scream all I want. And I get to have my own set of toys through innovation. Like my own toy gun through pieces of wood, some nails, wires for trigger and rubber band for bullets. Spare cartons and cardboards put together to serve as playhouses. Wonder the dark with my improvised flashlight — an empty can of milk big enough to hold a candle inside, with wire as handle ( oh, and we get to put holes on the close end for various designs that is reflected when you lit the candle ). So now, I don’t really think I needed that one room, for it turned out that what my parents gave me was way better than what I wanted.

A friend of mine was recently hospitalized for side effects caused by taking diet pills she bought from the internet. I think the name is hydroxycut advanced. This brand was suggested to her by another friend because it was popular and effective years ago. Unfortunately my friend did not do any research about this product and just took the word of her friend for it.

The doctor explained that last year, the FDA issued a warning to the public not  use these drugs because of side effects that were discovered. This included general weakness, depression, liver damage, and many more. Good thing that my friend was immediately taken to the hospital in the first symptom. Else she could have had permanent damage to the body or even worse, she could have died.

I’m sharing this story to you as a lesson to those people so stubborn to consult a doctor first before taking any drugs. You don’t even know what those pills are made of so better consult a pro.

Stress really takes a huge toll in the body especially when you are regularly in it in a long term basis. It causes your body to wear and tear just like a car’s engine. When your body cannot handle the stress anymore, it fights back. Stress causes the body to produce toxins which can often lead to serious illnesses.

Most people take stress for granted, thinking that a simple day off can easily take off the stress in the body. As this may prove true to some, most people, after a vacation leave, just feel the same way they had before their time off. Often you will hear them ranting about feeling old at a young age, or perhaps hear them searching for the best weight loss pills.

So what are the best ways to cope up with stress? Well since stress causes our body to release toxins, we must fight these toxins by living healthy. A balanced diet, and active lifestyle, and a clean living environment can help counteract the effects of stress. Natural detoxification like fruit diet, fasting, and exercise will do the trick.