This is Markus, my mom’s boyfriend. He is a Swiss guy from Switzerland and it is his first time to visit our country here in the Philippines. He’s been here with us for three weeks, and so far so good he really like our country specially the warm weather. He really likes to get well tanned just like my mom. He wants to have a brown skin complexion.

He always go to the beach everyday and do the sun bathing. He ended up having sunburns. Ouch! I wonder why many foreigners loves to get tanned. Its really an opposite side for us Filipinos because we want to have a whiter and fairer skin. Most of our beauty and body products here contains whitening ingredients. I just find it weird because some wants to get tanned while some wants to get a fairer skin.

Being healthy is more than just exercising or eating right. As you get older, you are more likely to make major decisions about your health that includes regular and ongoing treatment and long term health care. That’s what the doctor said when my father in law was admitted to the hospital a few weeks ago.

You know taking care of yourself is important. It means that you have to take an active role in your health so you can stay as healthy as you can. Visiting your family doctor you trust is an important way to take care of yourself. So is doing your best to get the right care and communicate with your doctor. Making a commitment in taking a healthier habits can have a far reaching payoff because you’ll feel better in everything you do.

A few weeks ago, my in laws and I went on a body massage at the golden blind masseurs. This is Cagayan de Oro’s First Blind Massage Clinic. They have a skilled blind masseurs who are fully trained and really helped us feel so calm and relaxed. That’s my main reason why I keep on coming back to their massage clinic.

We all know that having a body massage has many benefits for the body and mind. It is an effective tool for stress relief and it also improve sleep and give us more energy during the day specially when we get a full body massage after a long day tiresome job at work.

Lately, I noticed that most of the friends Ive known suffered from health problems. My friend’s son suffered from asthma attack, an old friend has an enlarged goiter syndrome and my mommy friend’s mom is in comatose stage and is now in critical condition. Along with my other mommy friends, we’ve been planning to visit our friend at the hospital.

We heard that she is all alone watching her patient. Although there were nurses in dickies scrub tops who takes care of the patient, its good to see and visit a friend who needs someone to talk and to rely on to. She had recently overcome her problems from her husband who was also hospitalized a few weeks ago because of kidney infection.

You see, if your health fails, it can overshadow everything else that’s going on in your life. Health can really impact happiness and stress levels. Making a commitment on taking a healthier habits will do better in everything you do.