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      It's the holiday season once again friends and what does this mean?  We are all guilty of one thing, over-eating.  It seems that food becomes irresistible during the holidays.  No matter how hard we  try, we just cannot resist the urge to try the food that is offered by friends whether in the office or in the department stores.  There are many free-tasting of new products introduced in the market everywhere like ham, and etc.  They just materialize everywhere during the holiday season.  Food becomes just so tempting that we can't resist buying and eating.  It seems that the holidays is the excuse to eat the things and drink the beverages that we skipped the entire year.     Of all the things that you eat and drink during the holidays (or even in ordinary days), you should not forget to drink one important item, wine. Wine is healthy as it does wonders to your system. Here are the benefits that you get from sipping wine.  But first, according to experts, wine should b

     In the Philippines, natural calamities like typhoons and earthquakes are very common.  The Philippines get over 20 typhoons annually.  Some of these typhoons could be only Signal No. 1, the weakest type, but some could really be destructive just like the holocaust-like "Typhoon Yolanda" which damaged not only properties, but also killed thousands of people in the Visayas region, especially in Tacloban, Leyte.    Some people would have their own list of things to bring and do during emergency situations.   I guess that depends on what each one would prioritize.  It really does not matter, as long as people prepare for eventualities and most of all, as long as they have the presence of mind to get the things that they ought to get before tragedy happens.     I n preparing for emergency situations, there are two basic steps a: what to prepare in case a calamity strikes and what to do after the calamity, while in the evacuation centers.  Well, as a responsible individu

            P umpkin is one of the underestimated vegetable, but it is one of the abundant ones in the Philippines.   Slowly however, pumpkin is gaining serious recognition as a very versatile vegetable.  I have seen it prepared in different ways.  The Japanese would grill it.  Koreans would make it into croquettes and sometimes healthy kinds of juices.  And there would be more in  the future. All one needs is a little creativity.        I discovered my own recipe when I tried to find a way to utilize a medium-sized pumpkin. What i did was I sliced the pumpkin into smaller slices for easier mashing.   And then I placed them in a kettle with water not more than the amount of pumpkin.  Just enough to soften the pumpkin and be mashed easily. Once it is soft and can be mashed, you can prepare the following: tofu - diced into small pieces ground meat (for the vegetarian, you can skip this) garlic onlion salt  pepper evaporated milk water (the amount would depend