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Native Village Inn, Uhaj, Banaue Rice Terraces – Welcome to Paradise

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The first leg of our Luzon road trip took us to Native Village Inn located in Uhaj, Banaue. This inn was built on top of a hill with the most majestic view this section of rice terraces. I will first discuss Native Village Inn, its accommodations, ambiance, hospitality, facilities. Getting there belongs to another blog post.

Banaue Native Village Inn Picnic View

Banaue Native Village Inn Picnic View


The picnic view on a clear afternoon.


The picnic view on regular cloudy morning.

Banaue is cool, cool, cool. The air is fresh fresh fresh. The views are spectacular, majestic, astounding and every superlative you can think of. You think you’ve driven up steep enough? The last leg up the green entrance gate is even steeper. The welcome sign is befitting: “Welcome to Paradise We Hope You Have A Pleasant Stay.” Oh yes, we did, we did.

Every architectural detail in Native Village Inn just so blends with the location. Native Village Inn is also blessed with the traditional highly skilled craftsmanship of the Ifugao. Their huts, their furniture, their decorations.

There are 2 fireplaces, one outside and one inside. At the time we stayed there, the indoor fireplace exhaust was out of order.

We stayed in authentic traditional Ifugao huts. The mattresses filled the entire floor space. The design of the ifugao hut is suited for this cold climate. Inside we had electricity, working 220v AC outlets where I got to charge my cell phones and netbook.

Smart and Globe have signals. You can call and text. I even got to do some internet. Slow GPRS. But when I needed to reboot a server I was able to connect via ssh terminal and do my thing. I got to sleep soundly and my good dreams continued.

Outside were mens and womens toilets. Modern toilets. With the amenities you are looking for. Toilet seat, tiles, lots of good quality toilet paper. And they have fresh running water, including a separate sink. I never tried taking a shower. No way in this cold weather.

The individual huts which accommodated guests were surrounded by a tastefully designed garden of various plants and flowers native to the area. This paradise is literally at the top of a mountain so everywhere you run to will wind up in the edge of a cliff. So watch out for your very young children.


My son takes a video of the accommodations.

The staff were very courteous, they were 3 ladies. They did the kitchen stuff, the cleaning stuff and the butlering stuff. The food is conventional Filipino food. I’m a raw foodist raw paleo dieter so I can give no comment. My wife and kids seemed to be okay with the food.

The highlight for me was the main picnic table. This is where we have our breakfast and lunch. The most immense, Imax, spectacular mountain view of seemingly endless rice terraces, the road to Hapao and more mountains. This is paradise. Paradise you wish you could stay in forever… it’s like a dream. A dream come true where you get to forget everything else and just be happy with your loved ones.

The drive up to Native Village Inn via the Banaue to Hapao cliff road is muddy tricky. You must have off road tires and a 4×4 for safety and confidence for all you fellow urbanites. Preferably go up and down with a local guide. Or you can leave your vehicle in Banaue town proper and hire their own local vehicle and local driver to drive you up.

Contact Native Village Inn via their official website: http://www.nativevillage-inn.com/

Earthing Grounding While Sleeping Success Experiments with Myself and My Son

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Last weekend beginning Friday night I made sure I slept with just the mattress on the floor of 1 story house… grounded. I slept very very well. In fact I wanted more sleep Saturday morning and Sunday morning. Just in time for healing maybe a small bone crack in my stubbed right toe. It felt like deep healing resting sleep. I felt so amazingly rested I tested this same grounding experiment with my 9 year old boy.

My 9 year old boy is small. He’s the first born, usually the first borns are smaller. My 7 year old boy is already heftier than my first born. As a coincidence, with our sleeping arrangements, our 2 younger children sleep in the mattress on the floor, while our eldest child sleeps on the elevated bed. Maybe our first born being unfortunate to always sleep on the elevated bed is not grounded and has so for years. Is that what is keeping him from growing faster and heftier?

Last night we started the grounding experiment. I had my boy sleep on the mattress on the floor for a change. Just before falling asleep he said that mattress made him feel sleepier than usual. And when he woke up he told me he slept really well. Ha ha. Maybe I was suggestive and my boy lapped it up.

The real key is consistency. So let’s see as the weeks go on if sleeping grounded will make a big difference in my boy’s health.

If you have pain or have health problems, grounding really works while at work or at sleep. Every little bit helps when you are sick and all those little bits add up. I think grounding is a big deal. That’s why I encourage children to walk around barefoot. I even remember my teacher Barefoot Herbalist MH give a lesson that some really sick people were told by their healer to dig a hole in the ground and sleep in it.

Is There a Cure for Cancer? Yes. Everyone Can Do this.

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Question: Is There a Cure for Cancer? Answer: Of course there is. It’s right here in this website. You are looking at it. In this very blog post I will outline the cure for cancer. This blog post is for all of you who have cancer. I claim to teach people how to cure cancer for free and people who follow my advice are cancer cured. Cancer is easy to cure when you know how. And I smugly know how and I’m sharing this for all to be cancer free. Continue Reading

Earthing, Grounding Your Body May Eliminate Pain and Electrical Disturbances

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The charismatic David Wolfe introduces earthing. Grounding. A 5 part video. Electrically grounding, being connect to the earth is a very very big deal. Your ailment may just be caused by faulty electrical flow in your body.

Check out the rest of the videos in youtube.

To show the practical application of this concept in an electrical multi-meter, you can actually measure this grounding. How to get grounded cheaply. For all you electrical geeks out there. Try this!

Better living through electromagnetism: electrical grounding technology.

So what are you waiting for? Just walk barefoot on the ground. Stand beside a tree, touch the tree, touch the plant.

Sleep on the floor of a house in the first floor, a floor that is grounded.

Super easy.

Yeast Infection No More – A Healer’s Review: Scam or Real Deal?

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I consider myself a hobby healer, a family healer. I saw a query in curezone.com that asked:

Curezone thread here.
Has anyone here ever seen an impartial review of the book “Yeast Infection No More” by Linda Allen?

I’ve looked and looked, but for every search revealing “reviews” the links just deliver one to a page with ad copy for the book. There seem to be no negative reviews, how strange.

Can anyone on this forum comment on this, whether you’ve bought the book and want to share your true experience, or even if you’ve seen an impartial review that I can look at?

Thanks,
Wiredolly

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Manila Waldorf School Open House Feb 19 and March 5, 2011 – Looking for a new school?

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Looking for a new school for your precious little ones? Let me share a secret with you. We send our children to Manila Waldorf School in Timberland, San Mateo, Rizal. Our kids don’t watch TV and they don’t get burdened homework and tension rising exams. They get to play musical instruments, play with non-plastic toys, really learn ideas, lessons… not mimicking circus tricks and memorizing useless factoids… enjoying life with fresh clean air overlooking the polluted city below.

Announcement: Manila Waldorf School Open House General Orientation in MWS Timberland on March 5, 2011 from 10am – 2pm. Our Kindergarten orientation on Feb.19,2011 (9am-12nn).

Parents and children are invited to see our new campus in the idyllic place Timberland.

Hope you can explore the possibility of choosing Manila Waldorf School. See you there!

Manila Waldorf School
Timberland Heights
Spine Road, Guitnang Bayan 2, San Mateo Rizal
contact@manilawaldorfschool.edu.ph
Telephone 570-7038 Telefax 570-8138

Website: http://www.manilawaldorfschool.edu.ph

Back Pain Cure et al: Holistic Master Acupuncturist, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kung Fu and Tai Chi Master – Caucasian, English: Sifu Sam

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Sifu Sam is someone you dream about visiting and treating your entire household on a regular basis. He is a true holistic teacher and healer. Sifu means master / teacher. Sifu Sam a master at the highest levels of acupuncture with moxy plus massage plus tens machine, which he combines with his holistic approach to diagnosing and treating diseases, injuries and blockages in the human body. He combines this with his knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine where he also prescribes to you a recommended diet and Chinese herbs. He combines this with exercise where he teaches you hands on about Tai Chi, Kung Fu and Yoga. Sifu Sam is the complete house visiting healer. And he has the ripped physique of a martial arts fighter. A good role model for children. Sam is a treasure.

Racially, Sam is of Jewish descent. Sam grew up in Australia. He learned from his Kung Fu and Tai Chi in Australia’s Shaolin Yau Kung Mun. Sam in his younger days liked competitive martial arts. Then he got interested in healing and learned Traditional Chinese Medicine and a whole lot of acupuncture. His style of acupuncture is both diagnostic and healing at the same time.

Diet wise, Sam’s own practice is of organic nutrition, more or less paleo diet in content such as raw vegetables, raw fruit plus raw sea food and seared sea food. Sam partakes in healthy carbohydrates for his athleticism with brown rice and whole wheat. (he’s not allergic to wheat)

Best quality of Sifu Sam is he speaks straight English and some Tagalog! The secrets of Chinese medicine de-mystified in straight English for you! He has been in the Philippines long enough, his mission in life is to be a healer in the Philippines, to teach the Filipinos a better way of life, and probably set up many healing centers so that an army of future Sifu Sam’s can heal the entire country.

And Sifu Sam is a great story teller and teacher. Fun to be with. For Grandparents, for the parents and for the children.

So how good is Sifu Sam’s healing?

Cured my 75 year old father in law of 10 years of “incurable” back pain. Plus improved his fading hearing on his left ear. Effectively rolled back the years, given my father in law new youth. 3 or more sessions of his masterful acupuncture, some Chinese herbs, a prescription to partake in eating raw oysters regularly and ta dahhhh…. awesome results. When all the western MDs have given up, all the Chiropractors and Dorn healers had given up, Sifu Sam delivers and cures 10 years of back pain. How about that huh?

Some pictures of Sifu Sam

Here is a video of Sifu Sam teaching Kung Fu and Tai Chi.

Diseased? Sick? Back pain? Nerve problems? You are in luck! Sam is usually either in Metro Manila or Boracay. You might be able to get into Sam’s busy schedule by replying here in this blog post. Tell me your problem, your name and cell phone number, and I will get Sam to text you back.