Hi there! Welcome to my blog! I am voting for my own blog, Life with Ria for the Philippine Blog Awards 2010 Bloggers Choice Award. I am voting for my blog because I have blogged sincerely and earnestly the past year. I have shared my life, my knowledge and skills, my interests and passions, and all that I have through this blog. You can say that my life has been an open blog. LOL! I try to be witty sometimes. I hope you'll consider voting for my blog too. For your consideration, here are some of my blog posts from the past year that I think best represent my blog and the things I am passionate about: Julie and Julia... and Me: "It’s not about cooking and baking. But love and passion." This is Mindanao: "The artwork highlights the differences in beliefs, culture, and lifestyle of the three groups. It is the aspiration of every Davaeoño, every Mindanaoan that these three groups will live in peace together, cooperating to uplift and develop our land of promise… Mindanao." Being a Duck: "Paddling… crazy ass fighting of emotions, struggling to beat the odds, to survive this crazy life. As I’ve told a…
Category: life
Coughs and Colds, Asthma, Allergies, and Medication
Growing up, I was sickly with lots of allergies and hypersensitivity to weather changes. I had rhinitis almost everyday and would have fever or flu when the weather changed, especially during the rainy season. Being asthmatic and allergic to a lot of things -- shrimps and crabs, chicken, chocolates, dust, and pollen, among other things -- any minor illness would usually result or snowball into something inconvenient or worse. A simple cough can lead to asthma or can be a symptom of an asthma attack already. Everytime I was sick or suffered from asthma or eczema attacks, my mother would use a combination of synthetic and herbal medication. She would often have soup with malunggay prepared. And for my skin allergies, there was always boiled guava leaves. I had to undergo these herbal medications alongside synthetic drugs such as salbutamol for my asthma, antihistamine and ceterizine for my allergies, and paracetamol for my cough and colds. In college, I developed hypersensitivity to pain relievers and became allergic to it. So now, I am very careful with choosing the kind of medicines I choose. While I can take cough medicines, decongestants and antihistamine, I can't take medicines combined with paracetamol, aspirin,…
Brian Bonguyan and Aimee Go-Bonguyan
My cousin, Brian just married his longtime girlfriend, Aimee. Aimee has been like a cousin to me for the past 13 years. Now, she's officially part of our crazy family. Errr... Aims, bawal na mag-back out. Welcome! Our family has had several weddings in the past few years, but Brian and Aimee's is the best we have witnessed so far. Why? It was a beautiful wedding even made more beautiful by their cheesy love story which has lasted for 13 (almost 14 years). Brian and Aimee became a couple when they were just 13 years old. They're both 27 now and both have never had any other relationship with other people. They are each other's first and last. TIBAY! On October 15, 2010 (as the feng shui calendar dictated), Charles Brian Jose Bonguyan wed Aimee Wee Go. I was supposed to write their vows, I did. But they both forgot to bring copies to the church. LOL! Here are their vows as I wrote it: Brian to Aimee: I have loved a lot of things in my life: GI Joes, cars and racing, photography, airsoft, wakeboarding, farming... but one thing remain constant in my heart, you. I have loved you…
I’m Giving Up My Christmas
I am celebrating Christmas, but instead of asking for gifts, I am asking my friends and relatives to donate money to My Charity Water Campaign. My aim is to raise $5,000 by January 1. I know it is a lofty goal, I probably won't reach it, but I believe it's worth a try. Watch this video to know why I'm giving up Christmas: $20 provides for clean water for a person for his entire lifetime. Imagine that. Just $20 to give another person a chance of having a healthy, dignified life. I hope you can support me on this one. Every dollar counts. You can donate through this LINK. Or you can help out by posting on Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, and other sites about my campaign. The link to my Charity: Water Campaign is at http://mycharitywater.org/giftcleanwaterforChristmas. Merry Christmas! :) This is a belated Blog Action Day post. ;-)
Before and After
That was me (with blockmate Benj Pasaporte) grudgingly doing field work at San Pablo, Laguna's Seven Lakes. I weighed around 160 pounds with a waistline of 38. LULS! This is me now... Well, PicLyf's camera is a bit deceitful, I have chubbier cheeks and a bigger tummy than what the photo shows. Anyway, I am currently around 135 lbs (or more, I really don't know) with waistline down to just 30. Before I took steroids, I was 130 lbs with waistline 28. Point is... a lot of things have changed since 2003. And it's not just the looks. I am much more confident and happier where I am. Being a science major and the potential for a career in science was exciting to me. I had been training for it for around 9 years before I shifted gears, went home to Davao, studied Education, shifted gears yet again... and is now a writer. Online and offline. Even as a kid, I had wanted to be a writer. But life happened. I went to a science high school. Took up a course that excited me. I'm glad those things happened. But I'm happier I am where I am right now. Doing…
Pagbabago
Most people know me as the Diyosa Blogger, a multi-tasker, a professional blogger, as a lifestyle columnist, a writer, the girl who's up for anything anytime of the day, a poker player, the loud girl whom you should never anger, the girl who makes guys cry, kaladkarin, palaban, scary. I am known by a lot of things for a lot of different reasons, and those are mostly true. WERE mostly true. This was who I was... Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. While I was not exactly the wildest party girl in town or the most adventurous person in the world, I had a crazy life. I lived alone, woke up around 11 am every day, went out to work online at coffee shops, attended events, went out on most nights, worked online at home, and slept at 5 am. I had multiple jobs, hang out with different groups of friends, had vices, and dated a number of guys. That was then. Now, this is where I live... Lookie, they're strapping me in... I don't actually live in an actual bubble now, but it seems like I am. For two reasons: I have to protect myself from the world…