Bread Winner Forever

I am the eldest in the family. I have two siblings, a girl and a boy. I am a dreamer and I never stop dreaming not just for myself but for everyone in the family.

My mother and father both have their ailments and need consistent supply of medications. I have once dreamt of my brother wearing men’s nursing scrubs and hot pink scrubs for my sister. I saw them both as medical attendants taking good care of our parents. Sometimes I become paranoid of things but I am not losing hope- hope that in time we will be able to surpass all the problems that we are having right now.

Only if I can really sustain it, I want to see my brother wearing men’s medical uniforms in real life. I will let him take medicine, nursing or any medical courses which may help our family in the long run.
I believe I have been an obedient daughter ever since. I act as the bread winner of the family until now even if I already have my own. Yet I am not regretful about everything. All that I do at this point, I offer to my loved ones. I always want to see them happy. I don’t want to hear them in pain or even having difficulties in their everyday living.

Only if I can provide everything, I might get them spoiled in a way but that’s my dream for them - to have all the comfort and ease in life. I love them of course and I will always look back on how my parents have brought me in this world.

Life may seem tough at times but with my family beside me, I feel like I have got no problem at all. I guess my faith in God has a lot to do with it. Despite all the troubles and challenges that come our way, our Lord is there never failing to show love in any ways and continuing to shower blessings that His children needs.

Goodbye... for good!

There will be no more entrecards on all my blogs from now on! This will be a goodbye note to that system.. and this goodbye is for good!

Why the sudden change of heart? I was hurt. Erase that, i was mad. I was madly hurt.

I submitted my, NikoEras.com, my 10th blog with them the other day, it is pretty new coz i just recently put the blog on public mode. It was my private blog before. After a few hours they sent an email telling me that it was rejected because it is a spam blog. That hurts!

Maybe because the blog has a generic theme or maybe because the admin of entrecard that time confused my blog to spammy blogs out there. I sent an email right after clearing my thoughts and told them to retract their decision, it is not a spam blog in fact that blog would be my TRAVEL BLOG from now on since we travel a lot lately...

But there, i got NO REPLY from their end up to this very minute. And am losing my patience. To tag someone else's blog as SPAM is wounding most especially if the blog is one of the blogs of a part-time blogger who writes because it is one of the sources of her parent's monthly medication! MY PARENT'S MEDICATION!

I am not over reacting, i blog to make all ends meet for my loved ones so please don't TAG any of my blogs as SPAM or else... All hell will break loose!

The Signs?!

I have lots of stories to tell from our 9 days vacation in visayas two weeks ago. But what I cannot forget was the time we rode a ferry boat from Iloilo going to bacolod. My husband, my daughter and I survived the big waves and angry seas. The ferry boat seemed to be turning upside down. I thought it was the end of our lives.

I thank God for the second life.

I thought it’s the end for me and yena a while ago when the bus bumped the van we were riding home.

I thank God for the third life!

Maybe these are the signs. I guess, God is telling me to change my ways to the better… So if I have hurt you unintentionally – please forgive me. If I haven’t told you I love you lately – know that from the bottom of my heart I always do! And most of all, thank you… for everything!

Love, Happiness, Forgiveness I give to everyone! Peace out!

Safe Family Getaways: Avoiding Airborne Hazards

When planning a vacation for a family or even just a solo trip, where you stay can clearly determine the level of enjoyment. Comfort, distance, safety, accommodations, hospitality and food can all play considerable factors in a trip’s success, but there are a number of lesser-known factors that should also play into your trip-planning. One such element is asbestos – a mineral that was once highly valuable for its incredible resistance to heat – and its association with the cancer mesothelioma.

The use of asbestos has been vaguely documented as far back as ancient Greece, but we know significantly more about the mineral because of its popularity in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many countries mined the mineral and even more countries imported it for mass productions, notably in residential and commercial buildings, such as houses, schools, hospitals and hotels. While that certainly shouldn’t create a cause for panic among travelers, it should at least heighten the sense of awareness about the age and condition of hotels, motels and inns that travelers may
consider for their vacations.

Early mesothelioma symptoms are very similar to common illnesses, like a cold or the flu. It is generally a disease that occurs among men over the age of 55, but there are exceptions that the medical community is only now becoming aware of through intense studies of patients and Mesothelioma Symptoms. The disease has a latency period of 20 to 50 years, which makes it incredibly difficult to diagnose. But as more than 3,000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed each year, it is believed that the number of patients could peak during this decade and after 2020. What this suggests is that there could be even more people being exposed to asbestos than experts are even aware of.

More than 65% of cases of mesothelioma are pleural, which means they occur in a person’s lungs. When asbestos particles become airborne, people are more susceptible to breathing them in and developing this fatal disease. In older buildings, as standard wear and depreciation occur, asbestos fibers are more likely to shed from the source materials and get into the air. Many countries have initiated asbestos regulations; however, companies and property owners have not always been so quick to follow.

Should a traveler make arrangements to stay in a hotel in a foreign country, it would be an especially wise idea to contact that hotel prior to travel to ask if the building is undergoing any renovations. Such a factor could greatly increase a traveler’s risk of airborne exposure to asbestos, as well as the transference of fibers via clothing or food. Women and children have generally lower – if not incredibly rare – rates of diagnosis, but they are equally vulnerable.

Countries like India, China, Russia, and others throughout Europe still have no regulations for asbestos. Australia has strong regulations in place for asbestos use, but the country both manufactured and used the mineral vastly during the 20th century and it is still a great risk.

Even people traveling to or within the United States should do their homework and inquire as to what steps their hotels and other accommodations have taken in providing a safe and healthy environment for travelers.

Guest Post by Matt Phillips

History of Recessions and Forensic Science

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