Sunday we drove from Marikina to Infanta via the new mountain road, the Marikina – Infanta road. It’s probably the 6th time I’ve traversed this road and finally this time all the bridges were finished! There were just 2 short hundred meter uncemented road stretches. We used Google Maps on my Ipad and saw Google hadn’t updated their map as the road stopped half way in the electronic map. I’m hoping our driving through the road will allow Google to update their map. The drive was very pleasant. I brought a driver with me, my cousin.Continue Reading
10 Vegan Sources of Protein – May Kill Your Kidneys and Flood you with Estrogen
I have major disagreements with an article I found that listed 10 Vegan Sources of Protein. This is a major recipe for killing people’s kidneys. I wish they would stop spouting these dreadful vegan protein excuses to not eat animal meat. Vegan sources of protein are incredibly low in FAT… and being low in FAT or even ABSENT in FAT is a total kidney disaster. Dialysis centers are a booming business because of many people embracing the low fat diet hysteria. Vegan protein sources are the epitome of high protein and ultra low fat. So you may wind up killing your kidneys eating vegan sources of protein.Continue Reading
Cancer is Curable Now Movie Review from a Fellow Cancer Healer
I’ve had my share of helping people with cancer. I’ve had my own share of helping people get well of allegedly incurable diseases. I’m the network administrator of a forum where members are all familiar with curing incurable diseases. I’m friends with professional healers who cure incurable diseases every single day. There is no such thing as incurable diseases. Everything is curable with truth in the principles of health and healing. We know and practice these health truths every single day.Continue Reading
Indoor Pollution Avoidance: Coffee for Wood Stain and Beeswax for Wood Finish on the High Ceiling
In 2009, a great flood caused by Typhoon Ondoy ravaged our village and submerged our 1 story home in fine grained mud. As we struggled to get back up on our feet as our loved ones survived, I had to move my office which was in the same village, and we lost a car and all our belongings, we had the house cleaned, but for some reason missed the 6 inch gap between the indoor ceiling and the roof.
This mental lapse came at a cost to our health as the indoor air pollution finally caught up with us as family members were getting sickly. We finally traced illnesses to the mud that got stuck in between the indoor ceiling and the roof… now fine fine dust trickling down to our indoor air.
To survive in that home I resorted to buying an expensive dedicated air cleaner apparatus and a 3m filter in our air conditioner. The children and my wife avoided that house and stayed in the adjacent house instead. We were getting ready to have the house ceiling fixed when our son got into a health disaster which was in the making for many years due to incompatibility with regular cooked food… our resources and attention were diverted. Now that our son is almost well, we point our attention to the ceiling repairs.
The carpentry work has been completed. The carpenters brought down 8 sacks of mud / dust from the ceiling. Wow! That much. That much can make anyone sick.
Now for the finishing. But of course we wanted complete indoor pollution avoidance. We know that oil based wood stains are toxic. And common varnish is toxic. My wife’s nose will definitely notice for months. Unacceptable. I scrounged the internet for non-toxic brands, I went to the local builders store and they had nothing non-toxic. So those commercial non-toxic options are still not available here in Manila? It was to time to make our own.
A few more searches and I came up with using instant coffee for wood stains! Wow. Cheap! And non-toxic. We tried it on a sample wood board, it works!
For the wood finish, the choice was 1 part beeswax and 4 parts olive oil mixed together and heated in the toaster oven. Tested it on the wood board with the coffee stain and yes, it works too!
The finishers will come in tomorrow morning. Here’s hoping in 4 days we can move in back to our now clean breathable home.
Petroleum Nut Herbal Oil / Hanga Herbal Oil / Tagongeret Herbal Oil
When I was in the Saturday market of Sagada (Saturday), there was a herbal oil salesman. He was selling: Tagongeret Herbal Oil (brand) also known generically as Hanga Oil or Petroleum Nut Oil. Saying this was a novel herbal preparation from Bicol Province (south of Sagada).
The demonstration was pretty curious. The man had an LPG fueled pan filled with the nuts and the oil. Seems the boiling point of the petroleum nut oil is very low. So low that the man demonstrating the oil application put his hand in the boiling herbal concoction and applies it on the public audience willing to test it on themselves.
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The price was pretty steep for me P 100 per small bottle. I understand the transport to Sagada was expensive. I bought 5 bottles anyway, he gave me a 100 peso discount.
At that time I had some big weeping insect bites in both my elbows so I tested the petroleum nut herbal oil on those. The immediate reaction was crystalization of the weeping wound there. I didn’t know if that was good or bad. But after a week my arms had healed. Was the petroleum nut oil instrumental in my healing? Or was my body just healing anyway?
The list of alleged answers to several diseases was impressive, I took a picture:
- Arthritis
- Wounds, Eczema, Boils
- Scabies, Tinea
- Stomach Pain
- Inflammations and cold spots
- Asthma, cough, colds
- fevers and flu
- heart disease
- varicose veins, athletes foot
- stroke, paralysis, insomnia
- migraine, headache
- high blood
- cramps
- toothache
- diseases of the skin
- skin itches
I merely directly translated what I saw on their advertising signboard. Which continues below.
How to use:
- Heat the bottle in water before applying on the part of your body that is sick.
- Apply on that part of your body that has pain or has a problem.
- It is better when the herbal oil is hot because it is more effective that way, especially for stroke and paralyzed for faster revival of blood vessels.
No chemicals and side effects. Can be used for children and women who have recently delivered babies.
Contact: +63-912-953-5627 and the seller Joel’s number is 0912-953-5627.
The website on the picture does not work. I get a 404, does not exist.
I did find some links on the internet that may help you investigate this:
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http://mspitot-chicgirl.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-petroleum-nut-oil-help-me-with-my.html
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http://pinetreephill.blogspot.com/2010/02/importance-of-petroleum-nut-to.html
DO NOT DRINK. For external application only.
I am currently experimenting with this oil for myself and my son. If these reported remedies are correct it seems this oil gives good fats, and is anti-fungal, and anti-microbial.
The seller Joel, asked if I was a healer, I said yes. So he gave me his personal number so I can buy from him in bulk at a discount. I posted his number above.
Video of Joel selling the Petroleum Nut Oil in Sagada.
Ipad 2, Android, Google Maps on Road Trip Manila – La Union – Baguio – Sagada
We just concluded our road trip from Manila – La Union – Cervantes – Abatan – Sagada, then back Sagada – Baguio – Manila. We had our trusty Toyota Fortuner and a stash of handy gadgets in the car to help us navigate without fail. In 2012 and beyond, there is no excuse for not having an electronic Google Maps capable device ready and handy. And to have uninterrupted battery life on still short batter lifespan devices, we had a power inverter in the car plugged to the car lighter… in the case of the Fortuner, it had a receptacle specifically for additional devices like our power inverter.
We also had a power strip which connected to the power inverter. The power strip had 6 outlets. We could charge all our gadgets while we were driving. I had the power strip under the arch of my legs. We could charge: the Ipad 2, the small Samsung Android with Wifi Transmitter Tethering, the bigger android Dell Streak, and we could charge 2 digital cameras. At first my wife thought I was insane to plug in such a tangled mess, but she saw the benefits of it all.
Last year we used only the small Samsung Android. But now we had an Ipad 2 which is so much bigger which translates to comfort when reading Google Maps. And besides, Ipad 2 Google Maps has neat functions that make map reading a joy. Having a Wifi on board the car made us feel like a provincial bus. Hey it works. Dell Streak had no tethering function, booo.
We brought with us 3 internet 3G providers, Sun, Globe and Smart. My Sun was only in the Huawei dongle for the netbook. The Globe was in the Dell Streak Android, the Smart was in the Samsung Android that provided the internet. Smart came out to be the most reliable with almost continuous coverage until Sagada. Globe was nowhere in Sagada.
Smart cellular internet in Sagada was difficult, but it was the only one available. At Rock Inn, I only got an E connection usually, but at certain times of the day and certain spots I might get a 3G connection. Down town, at some times I can get an H and sometimes 3G and worse it gets to E.
This is the 2nd year we have been depending on Google Maps for our road trips. Saved us lots of time. If there was traffic, we can always do a detour and would know where to go. Such as the Tarlac traffic was impossible, we used the detour coming to La Paz to enter the SCTEX highway. In Baguio City, we always knew where to go, except for the dizzying one way streets.
I used prepaid loads for Smart and Globe, my Sun is part of a cheap plan, but coverage is only in the big cities.
Maybe this would have been more convenient with an iPhone 4S ! But the screen size would still be small even with the fine resolution.
Enjoy your next road trip! Always bring a Google Maps capable device with you, there is absolutely no reason to get lost these days.
You can buy car power inverters in CDR-King.
Sagada Philippines: Dangers, Warnings, Parental Duties and Rewards Part 03
Warning to fellow parents: I think it is a must for each and every parent to first go to Sagada and go to the actual treks themselves before involving any other children or even spouse. See for yourself, take pics, videos, experience the trek before you get your entire family to jump in. Honestly, if I had gone trekking by myself to all the 3 treks… Pongas Falls, Balangigan Cave and Marlboro Country… the only child friendly trek would be Marlboro Country… I would not have taken my kids to Pongas falls nor Balangigan Cave. I would have waited until they were teenagers.
The rewards after having experienced and survived the risks. Our 8 year old 2nd son survived a 10 foot fall in the rice terraces… luckily no injury! (If that fall happened in the waterfalls, he would have died.) Again that 8 year old 2nd son and our 7 year old young daughter in the relatively safe Marlboro Country hills… almost had a tragic accident if it were not for my parental presence of mind. These 2 children were competing against one another on who gets what wild strawberry the guides and other grown ups point to. There was one particular instance when there was a strawberry bush in front of me and someone pointed that out. The 2 young kids scrambled, running almost diving to compete to see who gets the strawberry first… if they were left all to themselves, would have fallen to their DOOM as this was at the edge of a CLIFF they could not perceive at their short stature. But the cliff was evident to me as their dad at adult height. So I shouted out loud and was able to grab a hold off both of them! And showed them the folly of their ways how they may have fallen off hundreds of feet down.
The rewards? It’s the human mountain life experience. We urbanites have been sheltered for too long in the city with every attempt to make things safe and convenient for us. There are no tricycles, no jeeps, it’s all walk up and down. We are woken up to the true nature of things in the mountains. There are no life guards, there are no police men, there are no safety engineers… danger is everywhere, cliffs are everywhere and you must use your brain to learn it all… and the natives of Sagada have it in their instincts. Their children grow up strong and hardy and smart… those who survive, that is.
So coming to the end of our Sagada trip, what do I think of Sagada? Awesome! I love it. I want to come back, relax, take leisurely Marlboro Country type safe treks, adults only… maybe for planning, for recharging, rest and planning sounds good. Maybe next time check in to a hotel with broadband internet connections.
I make no excuses for my need for an internet connection, I’m a network administrator and I do need internet to manage servers that may require my attention.
End of 3 parts.