Go for MSG-Free food - always!

 Go for MSG-Free food - always:

when ordering food in a restaurant, buying food items in the supermarket, above all, by making it a rule at home NO MSG and its clandestine trade names. 

MSG and BRAIN DAMAGE

What are the other names for monosodium glutamate?

Hidden Names For MSG And Free Glutamic Acid:

·         Glutamate (E 620)

·         Monosodium Glutamate (E 621)

·         Monopotassium Glutamate (E 622)

·         Calcium Glutamate (E 623)

·         Monoammonium Glutamate (E 624)

·         Magnesium Glutamate (E 625)

·         Natrium Glutamate.

·         Yeast Extract.

 
MANY DECEIVING NAMES OF MSG

        MSG and CANCER

EVERYDAY COMMON SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

FROM MSG-FOOD CONSUMPTION

 
MANY SIDE EFFECTS

 MSG and OBESITY

MSG and "JUNK FOODS"

MSG IS EVERYWHERE - BEWARE!

FOOD and POISON

A compilation from the Internet and other sources.

I can “cure” a person who is "naan-annungan".

I can “cure” a person who is naan-annungan.
Dr Abe V Rotor

An-annung is the Ilocano of nasapi-an. Spirits cast spell on a person, the old folks say. The victim may suffer of stomachache or headache  accompanied by cold sweat, body weakness or feeling of exhaustion.

Well, take this case.  It was dusk when a tenant of ours insisted of climbing a betel, Areca catechu to gather its nuts (nga-nga). My dad objected to it, but somehow the young man prevailed. 

The stubborn young man was profusely sweating and was obviously in pain, pressing his stomach against the tree trunk. Dad called for me. I examined my “patient” and assured him he will be all right. And like a passing ill wind, the spell was cast away. Dad and the people around believed I had supernatural power.

There had been a number of cases I “succeeded” in healing the naan-annungan But I could also induce – unknowingly - the same effect on some one else.  That too, my dad and old folks believed.  They would sought for my “power” to cast the spell away from - this time – no other than my “victim”.  What a paradox!   When I grew older and finished by studies, I began to understand that having an out-of-this-world power is a myth.

I read something about Alexander the Great consulting the Oracle at Siwa to find out if indeed he is a god-sent son. “The Pharaoh will bow to you, ” the priestess told him.  And it did happen - the pharaoh kissed Alexander’s feet.  The great warrior died before he was 33.

     

Indigenous Tools and Equipment

Indigenous Tools and Equipment

Dr Abe V Rotor
"A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well being of mankind."
— Henry Ward Beecher

Sled or pasagad, bullock drawn

These are indigenous tools and equipment, many of them are now rare. The younger generation may not be familiar with many of these in the list. Others have simply evolved into new designs or tools which are difficult to trace as to their origin. There are regional variations and have adopted distinct cultural traits. In fact, there are universal inventions which cannot be claimed by a specific country or culture.

1. Trowel (Barrusot Ilk)
2. Hand palay harvester (rakem)
3. Laying hen’s crib (baki)
4. Farmer’s backpack (kuribot)
5. Boat sled (takuli)
6. Bullock Sled (pasagad)
7. Bare bull cart (partigo)
8. Bull cart with sides (kariton)
9. Sledge hammer (maso)
10. Dike (pilapil) bolo (pangtabas)
11. Heavy duty bolo (badang)
12. Everyday bolo (buneng)
13. Dagger (balisong Tag; daga Ilk)
14. Iron nail remover (kabra)
15. Crowbar (bareta)
16. Log saw (sarrotso)
17. Ax (wasay Ilk)
18. Wide brimmed hat (payabyab)
19. Woven hat (kallugong)
20. Planting pole (tik-tak mechanism)
21. Fish basket (alat)
22. Chewing nut bag (tampipi)
23. Scythe (kumpay)
24. Fishing pole (banni-it)
25. Slingshot (palsi-it)
26. Toy hand cannon (palsu-ot)
27. Blowgun (salbatana)
28. Threshing rope with handle (hawak)
29. Threshing board
30. Woven mat (banig)
31. Coconut midrib broom (walis tingting)
32. Soft grass broom (walis tambo)
33. Coco shell cup (ungot)
34. Earthen water pot (calamba, caramba)
35. Earthen pot (for cooking) (palayok, banga)
36. Fish fence (tarit)
37. Fish trap (salakab)
38. Bottom fish trap (kudagdag)
39. Fish net with x-frame (salloy)
40. Throw net (tabukol)
41. Fixed fish trap (bubo)
42. Bird pole trap (taay)
43. Bird loop net (singgapong)
44. Spear (pika)
45. Dugout trap (palab-og)
46. Bow and arrow (pana)
47. Coconut grater (gadgaran)
48. Curve bolo for trimming levees (panabas)
49. Hammer or mallet (martilyo)
50. Lever to draw water from well (babatwagan)

NOTE: Add other tools to this list and arrange them according to use/s.  

Forest Pond 2

Forest Pond 2
Dr Abe V Rotor

 Forest Pond, painting in acrylic by AV Rotor

It is not the Walden Pond of Thoreau;

it is not the mirror pond of Narcissus;

but a pond somewhere in the forest 

in the mind, away from others' views.

A pond in silence and in song all day;

a pond that reflects the stars at night;

and in summer air shimmers the sun,
and from heaven a magnificent sight. ~

A dozen sayings to live by, anonymous

A dozen sayings to live by, anonymous

Compiled by Abe V Rotor

Respite under the coconut tree. Tacloban, Leyte

1. When you stop pedaling your bicycle, you fall off.

2. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether you are busy as you think, or just confused.

3. All work and no play makes it hard to know what to do with your leisure.

4. It is not the whistle that pulls the train.

5. It is very embarrassing to be mistaken at the top of your voice.

6. If you never make a mistake, you may live and die without anyone ever noticing you.

7. Some persons have trouble telling the difference between being tired and being lazy.

8. It's not the hours you put in your work, but the work you put in your hours.

9. To leave footprints on the sands of time, you have to keep on going.

10. Most of us can do more than we think we can, but we actually do less than we think we do.

11. The philosopher who said that work well done never needs doing over never weeded a garden.

12. Many fishermen catch their fish by the tale.

Life on the Farm mural speaks

Life on the Farm mural speaks

Dr Abe V Rotor

Life on the Farm, mural by AVR circa 1995

       The mural speaks of 

- the fields turning gold in the sun at harvest time;

- the wind carrying colorful kites, big and small;

- the stream hissing on its path, murmuring on the rocks;

- the clouds carving faces and creatures to children's delight; 

- birds in the trees chirping at sunrise and at sundown; 

- the carabao being led from the pasture to its shed;

- haystacks growing at harvest like giant mushrooms;

- duhat time and the trees bearing children in their branches; 

- trees whispering in the breeze and cools its shade;

- old trees regarded sacred, home of the unseen spirits;

- mushrooms growing on punso guarded by dwendes;  

- a full moon and one swears he saw a kapre up in a tree;  

- frogs croaking for rain; soon the ponds and rivers are full;   

- the waterhole shrinking, and its fish being caught for viand;  

- herons flying and alighting among the carabao herd; 

- the kingfisher singing in sonorous and unwelcome tune;
- rain coming in downpour, the wind blowing - then calm;
- little helping hands make farm and household work light; 
- work and play on the farm are the same - they are all game;  
- the family gathers for the Angelus and at supper time. ~