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Parts of Japan are Sinking

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Visual proof that parts of Japan are sinking. Some guy was gracious enough to spend some time and splice together some videos. First a 2006 movie trailer of Japan Sinking. Then actual footages of liquefaction and ground movement. Then the March 11, 2011 tsunami.

It’s pretty obvious that in those places where the tsunami hit, their real estate prices have plummeted. Also in the places where liquefaction is taking place, those real estate prices will plummet too. And if you happen to live in places where the liquefaction is taking place, you should get out.

What is troubling is that since Magnitude 9 earthquake on March 11, 2011, the earthquakes in the Japan have continued, big ones at 6 and 7 magnitude seem normal these days.

It’s all part of earth changes. The only guarantee in this world is that nothing remains the same, nothing is forever, change is a guarantee. It does look like parts of Japan are sinking, along with the uninhabitable Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown, it’s just time to move on and move out for a lot of people.

Paleo Diet Recipe for Beef Barbecue Makes it Fun for Kids

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Paleo Diet pushing on my children. I can pleasantly report that I have great success with my children desiring beef barbecues. I want children to eat seared / rare beef but it has been a difficult hard sell. But if I put the same beef on a stick, they love it. The following is the beef barbecue recipe I use:

  • Have butcher slice beef very thinly. In my case I but sirloin because it’s the most tender cut.
  • Put sea salt and freshly ground pepper as you like. Optional add honey.
  • Use a flat frying pan. Use beef lard on the pan. We have stopped using charcoal directly because the charcoal fumes stick to the meat.
  • Sear some 10 to 15 seconds according to the child’s preference.
  • I let my children do the searing themselves for fun.

Some pictures:

Bike Safety Gear and How Not To Get Hit By Cars

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Our 3 kids have learned how to bike. Along with their cousins and 1 aunt they have formed the “Wheels Club”. They bike around the village. I’m not too happy with their safety. I need to get a bike of my own to accompany them. Teach them hands on how it is done. A few days ago my little girl got into an accident and her front tooth (temporary) bled and had to be pulled out. And she has a big bump on her forehead. Yesterday my first born son got into an accident and had bleeding on his left knee… easily taken cared of by dried ground cayenne.

We need to buy bike safety gear. Helmets, elbow pads, knee pads and gloves. Although my sister in law thinks pants are enough because children tend not to want to go through the bother of wearing bike safety gear. Or maybe I just have to set the example. I do need to buy a bike for myself first.

Then I came across a very helpful site http://bicyclesafe.com/ and it has very useful practical tips on “How Not to get hit by cars.”

I will be discussing this with my kids this morning.

Fukushima Nuclear Radiation Disaster Affects Us All Globally

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A very revealing Jeff Rense interview with Yoichi Shimatsu – Fukushima Worse, Virtually Hopeless. Major ecological damage. Absolutely no no no to nuclear power plants. Fukushima experience debunks all those previous nuclear power plant safety claims.

This Fukushima disaster will last for months and months and the effects will be with the whole world for years and years. TSHTF, TSHTF, TSHTF.

Jeff Rense says “There is nothing green about nuclear energy… nothing!”

Protect yourself. Eat lots of raw animal fat to cleanse your system. Eat iodine rich foods.

Any other products and ideas welcome.

Raw Beef Brain Ceviche – Kinilaw

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I went to the wet market 6:30 am this morning and was able to buy beef brain for 100 pesos, including part of the skull. Back home it was time to make some fresh beef brain kinilaw – ceviche. Here is the simple recipe.

Raw Beef Brain Ceviche Kinilaw

Raw Beef Brain Ceviche Kinilaw


Freshly squeeze some 6 to 7 calamansi.

Chop up 1 big onion, red or white.

Mix with beef brain.

What the concoction does is to kill the blood flavor of the freshly slaughtered brain.

So you taste all brain. Which is quite good. I still have 1/3 of the beef brain left in the refrigerator. I may finish it off tomorrow.

Happy brain hunting!

Paleo Diet Ice Candy with Mangoes and Coconut Cream

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It is mid-April and we are in the peak of a hot summer season. My wife and children decided to make paleo diet ice candies made from ripe raw mangoes and fresh raw coconut cream. Here is the super simple recipe and pictures:

Buy your very ripe mangoes, make sure they are naturally ripened, they should smell sweet.

Buy your coconut niyog and have it shredded.

At home slice open the mangoes

Press your shredded coconut meat and get the coconut milk / cream.

Get your ice cubes from your ice tray.

Put the combination of mangoes, coconut milk and ice cubes in a food processor / blender. And blend.

Pour in standard plastic ice candy wrappers.

Put in freezer.

Enjoy later in the mid-afternoon heat.

Avoid Head On Collisions: Actor AJ Perez Dead

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Actor AJ Perez died last Sunday. Reports said he was riding a van and was asleep. The van got into an alleged head on collision with a Partas bus. But later reports said that the accident was not a head on collision, but another kind. My family and I just came home from a 10 day Luzon tour so we did a lot of driving from Manila to Bayombong to Banaue to Tuguegarao to Pagudpud to Vigan to Tarlac and back to Manila.

Most of our provincial highways are merely 2 lane roads. Overtaking is constant. There are a few 4 lane roads near Tarlac city, but most are 2 lane roads. Here are some of me and my wife’s notes on how to avoid accidents on these dangerous narrow roads:

Expect anything over a hill… so do not overtake coming up the hill, you never know what may pop up.

Expect anything behind a sharp mountain curve.

Drive slowly and comfortably compensating for your own errors and other drivers’ errors. This is important. I will drive only 60 to 70 kph on the 2 lane roads. And only when absolutely clear do I go at 80 kph and I keep my distance from the next one in front of me. I have room to compensate when I brake my car so if the driver behind me cannot brake in time, I advance my car more. This has saved me a couple of times from being sandwiched.

Overtake only when absolutely sure and that there is a margin of safety for you to come back to your spot. Not those one shot overtake or be dead type of overtaking.

Take note of your airconditioner compressor kicking in when overtaking. I don’t care if I’ve got a powerful Toyota Fortuner, when in a tight overtake, I turn off the airconditioner compressor just to be sure. It’s that extra margin of power that may count.

When tired or sleepy, stop. Don’t drive. We spend the extra money to stay overnight in hotels. We did hotel stops in Bayombong and Tuguegarao to break up long trips.

Don’t text or call on your cell phone when driving. When the office needed my attention with a few phone calls, my wife took over my driving.

Avoid driving at night. Drive only during the day. Night driving adds the danger of not being to see as clearly as in the day. It’s faster for the buses as there is no traffic, and may make business sense for the bus company, but for us normal and infrequent road trip family parents, day driving is a must.

We drove towards the direction of Tarlac last Saturday afternoon but there was much traffic. So we took a detour and hit directly La Paz instead and got on the SCTEX.