Monday, September 20, 2010

Tips to make your husband feel loved

I have found this great article on our library clippings, and I hope wives out there can read this. Wanna score with your husband? Here are some tips on how you can make him feel loved.

1. Appreciate his work. Let him know that you understand the stress he endures at the office.

2. Don't criticize him in public. If you have to disagree with him, do it privately.

3. Do away with habits that annoy him.

4. Stop nagging him about things you want him to change in himself. If someone has to change, let it be you.

5. Be vocal with your gratitude for the things he does for you. Try to keep you "to-do" list for him at a minimum.

6. Give him special attention instead of always focusing on your children's needs.

7. Instead of waiting for him to remember your anniversary, plan a celebration and kidnap him yourself.

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

A Handshake is more infectious than a Kiss

Like they say, KISS (keep it short and sweet). Did you know that when it comes to getting or passing on an infection, it could be more harmful to shake someone's hand than to share a kiss?

A recent report sends this friendly warning: You're at far greater risk of passing on an infection by shaking somebody's hand than by sharing a kiss. The same report notes that a regular hand washing may be your best bet against the spread of respiratory viruses such as influenza and SARS. It could be more effective than any drug.

Germs that cause stomach infection such as salmonella, campylobacter, and norovirus can circulate directly from person to person via your hands. Stomach germs can also passed on if you put your fingers in your mouth or forget to wash your hands before preparing a food. Breaking the chain of infection depends on how well you wash your hands.
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Ginum

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Ginum is a Bagobo thanksgiving festival that may last for one to four days. Ginum means "to drink" or "drinking". Indeed the festivals features balaba (wine) in jars placed in each cornerof the long house of the datu, where the celebration takes place. A tambara or bamboo altar is placed in each of the various parts of the house. Two bamboo poles (patan-an) decorated with strips of palm leaves and cloth become the focus of the celebration. That is why the Ginum is also called pista sa kawayan or the bamboo festival.

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In ancient practice, Ginum could include the display of enemy skulls mounted on the patan-an as offerings. The indigenous warriors boasted of their deeds. In some cases, the celebration included human sacrifice. Today, it is sufficient to offer a chicken, whose blood is made to drip onto the bamboo poles. Two mabalians or shamans (a man and a woman) and the datu or leading warrior lead the sacrificial offering.

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Present Ginum celebrations focus on drinking, feasting, chanting and dancing to the music of gongs. People also put offerings on the mat prepared for the purpose. These offerings include beautiful clothing, knives and other expensive items. The people petition the spirits for abundant crops, good health, safe travel, and other blessings.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Relationship Traps: How To Avoid It

I had this post on my other blog, but I had to delete that blog because I'm trying to merge its content with this blog. If you want your love life to be successful, here are some relationships don't to keep in mind.

1. Don't try to change your partner. People who say, "If he/she loves me, then he/she will change" will soon find out how destructive this is in a relationship. If you love someone, you have to accept them - flaws and all.

2. Don't reject your partner to protect yourself. Those who feel the need to protect themselves by rejecting someone they love out of fear of being rejected need to sort out personal issues. If they feel they can't hold on to their partner, they have to first learn to accept themselves.

3. Don't expect your partner to be a mind reader. Communication is the lifeblood of relationship. A woman who thinks her man should know her needs is putting unrealistic burdens on him. Know what you want, ask for it clearly, and be ready to accept a yeas or no.

4. Don't think that it's your partner's role to make you happy. Your happiness is your responsibility.

5. Don't accuse your man of refusing to talk. Men will talk when they feel safe under the right circumstances. Don't coerce them into a dialogue if they're not ready.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Indigenous Communities of Davao

Last Saturday we visited the Davao Museum at the Insular Village. there where plenty of display at the museum but I chose to post this one because it would be of great information for you guys out there.

Indigenous Communities of Davao

1. ATA - The Spaniards called the people living in the upland areas Atas, lumping many communities together. Today the term Ata applies to the relatively dark skinned indigenous community found in Marilog, Pakibato, Panabo, Carmen, Santo Tomas, Kapalong and neighboring places. Considered the earliest inhabitants, they were pushed into the interiors due to slave raids conducted by more powerful neighboring communities.

2. BAGOBO - The Bagobos inhabit areas from Toril in Davao City, Santa Cruz, Digos and Bansalan in Davao del Sur, to parts of Makilala and Kidapawan in Cotabato. In 1988, Fr. Juan Doyle described the Bagobos as the most advanced and intelligent of pagans in the Philippine Archipelago. The Bagobos are also called Tagabawas in reference to the fact that they live on the slopes of Mt. Apo. "Tagabawa" means living below(Mt. Apo).

3. BLAAN - The Blaans are found in Davao del Sur, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanaw and Sarangani, including Sarangani Islands. Fr. Mateo Gisbert called the Blaans the most industrious among the mountain communities. A theory advances the view that the ancestors of the Blaans were the Muslim pottery maker.

4. DIBABAWON - The Dibabawons occupy the Monkayo-Salug area in northern Davao. They are a branch of the Agusanon Manobos who live "dibabao," that is live in the uplands, hence Dibabawon, people from the mountains. They were one of the most feared communities and were constantly at war with the Mandayas.

5. GIANGAN - Also called Klata. The Giangans occupy a very small territory stretching from Catalunan to Calinan within Davao City. "Giangan" means forest dweller. Despite this forest dweller appellation, the Giangans who were feared warrior, where also know for their artistry. They wore the most beautiful and colorful clothes in the Davao gulf.

6. KALAGAN - The Kalagans inhabit pocket settlements scattered around Davao Gulf. Most of their settlements are found at the mouth of a long river. Despite their small population, the Kalagans lorded over the entire gulf by controlling key river systems. In the later Spanish documents, the Gulf Kalagans would be identified by the Spaniards as the Davao Moros.

7. KULAMAN MANOBO - The Kulaman Manobos occupy the West coast of Davao Gulf, with pocket settlement also found on the Cape of San Agustin. The Kulaman Manonobos were fierce warriors. They were not known to practice human sacrifices. However they cultivated a fearsome image by beheading their enemies and displaying their heads on spike planted on the beach as warning to potential enemies.

8. MANDAYA - The Mandayas are found in Davao Oriental, Surigao del Sur, Samal Island, Compostela Valley and the Liboganon river valley. John Garvan called the Mandayas "the greatest and best tribe in Eastern Mindanao." A unique feature of the Madayas and Mansakas is the wearing of a breast disk made of beaten silver called "patina." The Mandayas community is one of the largest minority groups.

9. MANGGUWANGAN - The traditional territory of the Mangguwangans used to encompass upper Agusan, the range between Salug and Agusan, Tagum River, Hijo River, Totoy River and Simulao River. Constant warfare with neighboring communities not only reduced the territory of the Mangguwagans but also their populations. Most recent studies indicate that they are related to the Ata Manobo racially and linguistically. Today the Mangguwagans constitute the smallest tribe in Mindanao.

10. MANSAKA - The Mansakas occupy the areas around Compostela, Nabunturan, Mawab, Maco and Pantukan. They are really a branch of the Mandayas, differentiated only by dialectal peculiarities. "Masakas" means people of the clearings ("Saka"). Like the Madayas, the Mansakas were a warrior community, and they had frequent fights with the Dibabawanos and Mangguwagans.

11. MATIGSALOG - The Matigsalogs are found in the eastern section of Marilog, Davao City, the towns of Kitaotao, Quezon and San Fernando in Bukidnon. "Matigsalog" means people who live along the river ("salog"). In the past, these people where simply lump with the Atas. The Matigsalog and Atas were generally the objects of slave raids by the neighboring communities. Despite this apparent subordination of the Matigsalogs by their neighbors, they were also feared warriors.

12. OBO - The Obos occupy Tambobong, Baguio District, Marilog District (on the Davao side), Arakan, Antipas, Roxas, Magpet, Kidapawan and Makilala (on the Cotabato side). As the Obos lived in very remote areas, the Spaniards failed to identify them as a separate community and simply lump them together with the Atas. For a long time, too, the Obos were lumped together with the Bagobos.

13. SAMAL - Also called Isama or Sama. The Samals inhabit Samal Island situated at the north end of Davao Gulf. Oral tradition say that the Samals were part of the invading force of Sharif Kabungsuwan in Magindanaw. They had come from Johore, and one group was blown of course and landed in Samal Island. The Samals were ultimately absorbed by the Mandayas of Samal Island, and are classified linguistically by the SIL as a Kalagan-Speaking Community.

14. SANGIL - The Sangils or Sangirs or Sangirise, inhabit areas in Davao del Sur and Saragani. They do not form a contiguous territory, but live in pocket communities along the coast. They are descendants of ancient migrants from Sangihe Islands, now part of Indonesia.

15. TAGAKAOLO - The Tagakalolos or Kaolos live in the interior areas of Malita and Malalag in Davao del Sur, and also in scattered settlements on Cape San Agustin in Davao Oriental. As their name signifies, the Tagakaolos are people living in the headwaters ("olo") of rivers, and they tended to live in the interior. Like the Kalagans and Mansakas, the Tagakaolos are a branch of the Mandayas. Spanish documents of the 1880s described the Tagakaolos as a peaceful people, who fought back only when attacked.


Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Kadayawan Beauties at the Floral Parade 2010

Aside from the nice floats that attended the Floral Parade in Kadayawan. There were also some eye catching beauties that caught my attention.


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