My singkamas obsession

Image from flickr

When I was young, summer was about trips to the beach, reading book after book, watching movies on VHS (remember VHS??), and eating singkamas -- that's jicama in English.

Now that summer has begun over here I've been on the lookout for those carts that sell bunches of singkamas. And I'm a happy girl because I've been able to get my fill of these crunchy and juicy veggies everyday. I peel them and eat them raw with a little bit of salt. I eat them in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening when I come home from work. Obsessed much?

As an added bonus I found out that it has very few calories. Although I shouldn't be surprised seeing as it contains mostly water and starch.

Grabbed from caloriecount

Image of jicama from flickr. Nutritional info from caloriecount.

Haze of sloth

I haven't been running as often as I should, and when I do I don't run as hard as I should. See evidence below:

March data from my GTC

Pitiful. I have been stuck in this rut for quite some time now and I need to motivate myself harder. I've been trying to convince my brother-in-law to register with me late this year for The Bull Runner Dream Marathon which will be held sometime in 2012. After all, we still have about 6 months to train and up our mileage. We'll see. If not next year, maybe in 2 years.

How to be Alone

Single people are not always miserable as some think they must be and this poignant video of the poet Tanya Davis reading her piece How to be Alone is a reminder of that. Somewhere there she says "... lonely is a freedom that breathes easy and weightless, and lonely is healing if you make it," and I couldn't agree more.

This video definitely deserve to go viral, if it hasn't yet.

40 Days of Love

That's been the theme in church since last month, and today's message was "Love is slow to anger." It was a wonderful reminder of how our actions can have a damaging, long lasting effect.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:31-32)

I had to remind myself to be forgiving and slow to anger again and again after the service while walking around the mall with Miguel. He does something I disapprove of and I tell him to stop, then he does it again so I tell him again... this goes on a few times until I find myself on the verge of anger, but then I remember today's message. It's a struggle to control anger but if you start by speaking calmly and kindly, you don't lose control easily. Because I find that once you respond rashly and harshly, the situation can only get worse. And the end result is both of you go home in a bad mood.

So I will try to apply this everyday in every situation until it becomes a habit. Or maybe I'll need to get it tattooed on my arm so I won't forget.

Book love

I'm sure that by this time almost everyone has read that popular post going around the net, the one called Date a girl who reads, written by Rosemarie Urquico. I think the post could be about how girls should date guys who read and it still would hold true.

You know how it is when you get older, how you hold on to certain things more tightly? I think that I could give away or sell on ebay some books, but I shall never let go of these:

I confess I'm utterly obsessed with Agatha Christie books and I could read them again and again.