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Hexcuse me, this is a rather narcissistic post and I hate talking about myself. But for a lack of an appropriate blog topic and the fact that nobody seems to have noticed (heheh), allow me to embark on a supercalifragilistic post on why I decided to cut my hair short one day and out of the blue.

Needless to say, this decision has liberated me. I figured that most women I know grew their hair long to please their partners or attract the opposite sex. Some friends I know would never – for the life of ‘em – chop their mane without consulting The Husband or Boyfriend or Parent. Since time immemorial, long hair has stood for the difference in the sexual hierarchy; it has always been viewed as a symbol of femininity and beauty. We never see short hair waving in a shampoo commercial, do we?
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exchange arena poster

Originally uploaded by annalyn.

Thanks to a sender from the Philippine Business for Social Progress for believing that this blog can help spread the word about their noteworthy project called Exchange Arena. In this endeavor, the country’s top companies are invited to invest 1% of their annual employee time for nation-building.

The idea is to form an army of employee volunteers to work for some development projects in progress. Attention HR managers: this could be a noble alternative to the out-of-town excursions, basketball tournaments, bowling tourneys and badminton sessions you always cook up huh. For all of us: time to set our sights outside our sphere of influence and make a difference. After all, we can’t always complain and complain about the state of affairs in the country without doing anything about it. And I agree with the observation that volunteerism in the Philippines truly s-u-c-k-s. What we have is a country obsessed with the Big Brother, Philippine Idol and run-of-the-mill kimchinovelas. No one truly cares for the plight of our neighbor Juan de la Cruz even if his ignorance, poverty & pathetic state stares at us in the face.
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Gyms are really not the favorite destination of Filipinos, malls are. Somehow we have this crazy idea that walking the whole length of Mall of Asia (with stop-overs of window-shopping in between) already equates to time spent in the treadmill. Women wearing skimpy skirts and midribs are also a common sight in Manila but rarely will you find a mini-skirted woman who is toned and muscular at the same time. A muscled and toned woman seems odd, by our standards. We prefer to wallow in our slimness and we can only thank God that we are Asian, and in some cases suffering from poverty (huh!) In my case, I have a two year gym membership which I am taking for granted because it is for two years anyway and somebody paid for it. I always make the excuse that I have no time and because of this, have cheated on the exercise routines that my trainer has listed down for me. I am just content with 30 minutes spent in the cardio machines three times a week, sometimes only once heaven help moi. Welll, that’s better than doing nothing. I just thought I’d like to share these tips I read in our gym’s bulletin board to inspire me, you and everyone else:

1. Watch portion sizes. Your midsection is the first you’ll notice overeating.

2. Balance your diet. Even a low-calorie diet won’t work if you’re not eating the right foods.

3. Spot reduction only tones. You need cardio to blast away the fat.
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wonder.

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