pAsTeL CoRnEr

where I blog about the fun things I do to entertain myself…

exploring the wild

My friend L came back from a month vacation in the Philippines with lots of adventure stories. His husband is into mountaineering so they were exploring several mountains in Luzon during their trip. She said that once, the place they hiked didn’t even have paved path, they have to cut off bushes as they were [...]


how to get rid of the bulge?

Ugh! I was looking at my pictures taken when we had a picnic last weekend and I am disgusted with my tummy! It has already been three months since I gave birth but it hasn’t shrunk yet! I still look like I am 3-4 months pregnant!!! Worst thing is, it’s already spring and I can’t [...]


just a simple urine test instead of colonoscopy?

Here’s some promising news in the medical world. Just a simple urine test might be all that’s needed to help diagnose colon cancer. A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina are studying urine samples from 123 people (60 subjects with colon cancer and 63 without) to determine the differences in composition and [...]


tea and dental health

Aside from being an antioxidant and stress-reliever, tea has other numerous health benefits. For instance, popular movie personalities endorse herbal slimming teas, you’d think they’re taking the best diet pills with their slender figures. Also, studies in Japan have shown that drinking green tea may improve dental health particularly reducing the risk of periodontal disease. [...]


planning nutritious meals for the family

Some parents might be too complacent when they have kids that are not hard-to-feed as compared with those who are picky eaters. But according to nutrition experts, even kids that are not picky with food might not be getting the needed nutrients in their meals, thus parents should see to it that the food they [...]


pets vs. gadgets

Okay, nothing to be alarmed about the title, it’s just that pets have become prone to gadget-related injuries for a lot of reasons. It’s interesting to know that the iPod tops the list of the top ten gadgets that could harm pets according to a survey as reported by Britain’s Daily Telegraph. We know our [...]


sleep my darling baby…

The few words in the title above are actually taken from a lullaby which is popular in our family. Mom used to sing it to us when we were infants, then we used to sing it to our nephews and nieces when they were still cute babies, and now I usually sing it to my [...]