It's me, Chiara Marie!
Dear Younger Me, You actually came out at a normal weight, at 8-something pounds. Eventually you grew to be a chubby kid. It was the 80’s; everybody loved fat babies. You got chubbier and bigger, and Mama eventually had a hard time finding things that would fit you in the kids section. By the time …
This has been a topic in a few blog posts and articles that I’ve seen floating around the Internet. The title (bluntly translated, “Whoa, you’ve gotten fat!”) is used as a form of greeting by Filipinos, mostly from the older generation, who are oblivious of how this statement just does not work anymore. From what …
What do you do when you have vinaigrette salad dressing in your fridge that no one wants to touch? It can become a surprisingly great marinade! Somebody gave my mom got a bottle of balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing a few months ago. It was one of those mass produced factory dressings that you find in …
I can happily tell myself that I’ve gotten into the routine of being physically active! So now it’s time to take a closer look at my nutrition. One of the things that I’ve noticed over the past several weeks is that I have a weakness for the Goya chocolate spread that sits on the dining …
Meet Mai Tai the cat. My cat. My little bundle of fluffy joy. It has always been a childhood dream of mine to own a furry mammal but an asthmatic younger brother pretty much made that impossible. Fast forward 20 years, said brother asked me, "Was spending all that money worth it to bring …
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I have dubbed 2014 as my year of fitness. This is it. NO more excuses! While I resigned from my previous job to concentrate on my doctorates studies, my situation gives me the perfect opportunity to concentrate on improving my health. A few years ago, I signed up for a lifetime membership in Slimmer’s World, …
At the beginning of the year, I purchased a voucher from Deal Grocer to try a one-month unlimited Bootcamp challenge in CrossFitMNL’s Alabang branch. To those unfamiliar with the term “CrossFit,” the PR term is, “the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial …
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I was lucky enough to be able to take the time to venture out of little Las Pinas to meet up with my good friend, Sheena. As the Housekeeping Manager in a five-star hotel, our group of friends have already labelled her as The Busiest Woman in the World! It was a day of catching …
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This is an old post that I never had the courage to put on a blog. I am still scouring my Facebook page for the photos. There were some awesome ones that would be lovely to share. Happy reading!****************************************************************************My friends and I had a sudden sense of patriotism and decided to take a historical field …
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A lot has happened between 2013 until the dawn of 2014. I was working as the Public Relations Officer in a hotel in Alabang, re-discovering my knack for writing, and took up the ultimate academic challenge – getting a doctorates degree. I realized that I had spread myself out way too thin and I was …
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