On Christmas, being healthy and FREE shoes

September is the first of the “BER” months and marks the start of the Christmas season in the Philippines. By this time, Christmas lists are already being prepared and Filipinos would already start buying gifts in order to avoid the Christmas rush. Another thing that will be very noticeable when the “BER” months start is the Christmas decorations being sold in shopping malls.

Sunday, Abhie was asked by her mom if she could assist her in setting up their shop at The Podium. The management of The Podium has again offered them a space to display and sell their Christmas decorations. Being the helpful boyfriend that I am, I picked up my bebee and along with Ate Rizza and Lola Aida we went to The Podium to meet up with her mom and to help set up their shop.


It's cheaper to be unhealthy

People are now becoming more health conscious, they go to the gym to exercise regularly, do sports and eat right. But why is being healthy becoming more expensive. Going to the gym for example, there is a sudden proliferation of franchise health clubs that charge its members with high monthly fees. It is not really necessary to enroll oneself in these foreign franchised health clubs because the result one is aiming for can be gained through other means of exercises or through small and non-franchised gyms. However, what really struck me most was the high expense of eating healthy.

Abhie asked me to go with her to buy cup of lemonade. Restaurants in The Podium however only offer iced tea. Went inside Sugarnot to ask if they have lemonade or dalandan juice, but they don’t. The waitress however told Abhie and me that there is a juice bar on the ground level. Jugo Juice was right beside the elevator in front of Deli France. Abhie ordered a big cup of fresh orange juice and it costs Php 240.00. I watched them prepare the juice and they used around 7 oranges to fill the cup; seven oranges for Php 240.00? I can buy twice as much orange, or more, for the same price. They may reason out the price because of their location or the fancy juicer that they use but it is still very expensive for seven oranges.



This made me ask myself why it is expensive to be healthy. Why is it that organic foods would always cost more? Why can’t there be more restaurants who can offer food that can compete with our ever reliable fast food chains that offer reasonable priced foods that can satisfy our stomachs? Oh well, maybe I am just having these thoughts because I am still a minimum wage earner. But still…. Enough! =p

Thank you Metrobank

Abhie got these funky new pair of Adidas shoes for FREE courtesy of Metrobank. Again, THANK YOU METROBANK!