Major Daily, Major BooBoos

OMG! This was actually published in Manila Bulletin (one of the Philippines' major broadsheets) the day after the historic 9-hour funeral march for Former President Cory Aquino - known as the mother of democracy in the country. Note that the caption (red underline ours) read President Arroyo, referring to the current President of the Philippines. I wonder if the concerned editor has already lost his job. Hehehe.

Time for Dad and Mom

An elderly man in Manila calls his son in New York and says, “I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are getting a legal separation; 35 years of marriage... and that much misery is enough!”

“'Dad, what are you talking about?” the son screams.

“We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,” the old man says.

“We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Japan and tell her!”

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone.

“Like heck they're getting separated,” she shouts, “I'll take care of this.”

She calls Manila immediately, and screams at the old man, “You are not getting separated. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then , don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR?!?” and she hangs up.

The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. 'Okay', he says, 'It's all set. They're both coming for our anniversary and paying their own airfare!!'

MORAL:

No man / woman is busy in this world all 365 days. The sky is not going to fall down if you take few days LEAVE and meet your dear ones. OFFICE WORK AND IS NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE.

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I received this from an email.
Photo by EZRIDER831 from Photobucket

Too Busy to Blog

Formal in Kobe

Fun in Palawan

Tobacco and illegal drugs have kept me busy past six weeks that’s why I did not have time to update my three blogs. Nope, I did not use those substances, on the contrary, I involved myself in a series of workshops to prevent and control tobacco and illegal drugs, which took me to Kobe, Japan and Puerto Princesa, Palawan, among other places.

In Kobe, I attended the Regional Workshop on Monitoring Secondhand Smoke Exposure conducted by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. In the next months, I will be a part of a cross-country study measuring secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in nine (9) East and Southeast Asia, namely: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The study will measure SHS in selected public places such as government offices, hospitals, secondary schools; restaurants and entertainment venues. Air nicotine and particulate matter (PM2.5) will be measured in key locations in each place. In conjunction with the collection and analysis of the data, a dissemination strategy will be implemented to distribute messages to media outlets and others to generate attention on the need for strong smoke-free legislation.

In Palawan, I facilitated the Health Promotion Implementation Review and Planning workshop for the Dangerous Drugs Prevention and Treatment Program of the Department of Health. This gauged where we are now and what we will do next in promoting drug abuse prevention.

Anyway, I’m not complaining with the additional workload that will keep me tremendously busy in the days and weeks ahead. I just hope I will not have to sacrifice doing my blogs.

Extreme Signage 3

Oh, yeah. Got it! Do not make up room.

(This circulates in the Internet.)

'Wanna Have Face Like A Star?

Wanna look like Zac Efron or other good looking guys? Marjorie Wolfe of Behrman Communications in New York (mwolfe@behrmanpr.com) sent this article to me via email and I want to share this to you. She wrote:

All of our leading young men appear to have a new face - and according to experts, it’s getting feminized. Gone are the days of young actors worshipped for their unique sex appeal and masculine charm. Instead, a new trend is emerging and all our celebrity crushes are losing their edge.

So what’s the formula? Add a sweep of messy hair with a doe-eyed look and place it on a baby face, and there you have it: Zac Efron, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Robert Buckly, and Jason Segeland, just to name a few.

In fact, the New York Observer recently christened the phenomenon as the “New Male Beauty” with NYC facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Steven Pearlman addressing the new facial structure, “These young men all have the same look; a narrow nose trending upwards, wide-set eyes and softer features including the cheekbones and chin area.”

According to Dr. Pearlman, former president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS), his patients have started citing Efron's features as their ideal, instead of the more manly look they have asked for in the past. Individuality, he said, has been overrun by the quest for perfect proportion.

According to the recent AAFPRS Annual Survey, Among male patients, the most common procedures were: Botox, dermal fillers and injections, rhinoplasty (nasal surgery), chemical peels and microdermabrasion.

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I received this photo via email.

First Anniversary

Thank you for visiting this site. MENstream is one year old, that is why I am changing my header. This is the fourth change for the year and I hope you like it.

I am another a year older too. That is why I am doing another blog which I named “HEALTH IS IN”, replacing the now infamous “HEALTH DOSE”. For some unforeseen reasons, this blog has been involuntarily taken out of blogspot last month. I guessed it has something to do with my post on tobacco/smoking issues which has taken the ire of some people in power. Two days after posting that, HEALTH DOSE became what they call as “attack site”. I learned my lessons and I learned them well. Too bad I cannot use my name “tonyroda” as my URL anymore.

To continue my advocacy in tobacco prevention and control, I started “BREAK TIME” (read: BREAK the habit, TIME to quit) two weeks after Heath Dose was taken away from cyberspace. This is a NO SMOKING blog, and I hope this will not suffer the same fate as Health Dose.

Meanwhile, “HEALTH IS IN” will still be about my advocacies on general health issues and concerns. If MENstream is solely dedicated to men’s health and lifestyle, HEALTH IS IN touches health issues in one’s lifespan – not only from womb to tomb, but from erection to resurrection.

Please join me in my other blogs. Just click the widgets on the right side.

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Cartoons on my header and widgets
are done by Antonio Totto, Jr.

Ignite Your Relationship

Are you bored with your partner right now? Is there something missing in your relationship, but you don’t exactly know what? Do you feel that you want to break free?

People who have been married or in a couple for a long time made a decision to love their partner and work at their commitment. Ignite your relationship, here are tips:

1. Lighten up! Don’t get so serious all the time. Break the tension. Poke fun at yourself and your partner.

2. No Arguments. You two may be different in your opinions in some areas - like politics and religion. So, avoid those topics. Talk about things you enjoy and have in common.

3. Time For Each Other. Set up specific times when you can get together. It doesn’t matter what you do: shopping, errands, movie, events. Put it on your calendar and make sure you keep the appointment.

4. Start Over. Remember when you first met? What sparked the relationship? Were you doing new and exciting things together? Well, do it again.

5. Forgive Each Other. Before you forgive your partner, forgive yourself. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves another chance. Get over it and get on with your lives.

6. Touch. Your body loves to be touched. Do it for your partner; play with their hair, rub their hand, a soft kiss, a pat on the leg, back rubs, foot rubs. But do it in an affectionate way, not sexual.

7. Some space. Being together all the time may be cramping you and your partner’s style. Spend some time apart. Let him go to the gym or song classes, while you go to the library or a concert.

8. Element of Surprise. Are you becoming predictable? Day in and day out, doing the same things. If you are becoming trapped into a habit or schedule, break it! Do something on the spur of the moment. Surprise your partner and do it together.

9. Secret Getaway. Plan a trip or a place, where the two of you can be alone. Take your time and enjoy each other. Take it slow and make it romantic.

10. Communicate. A lot of times when relationships are having problems, the talk stops. Here is where you need to learn to listen to each other. Each of you should be able to just talk about anything and everything. Don’t make any judgments. Listen. Let down your guard, no yelling or arguing. Just talk to each other.

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Photo from the Internet.