I Am 24 Years Old

Yep, I was born on the year 1980, which makes me 24 years old (going 25 this November).
However, I don’t think I act entirely my age.

Friendship: I am 20 years old. I tend to get along well with people who are at least 2 years younger than me. Maybe because I am young at heart. Hehehe.
Love: I am 33 years old. I think about relationships as serious, long-term, stable and is always future oriented.
Finance: I am 20 years old. They say the standard you should set is that your salary should always always be greater than your age. I need to work on this one.
Work: I am 21 years old. Somehow I feel that I can do more than what I do now.
Adventure: I am 10 years old. I am not at all adventurous. I am not for risky sports. I hate parlor games. I am afraid of heights. I want to go hiking but do not want to see leeches or stand at the edge of a cliff. I don't enjoy exploring directions and getting lost.
Travel: I am 9 years old. I have been lucky enough I was able to set foot on several places already and got to meet a lot of different cultures. Still, I want to travel more, more and more! I don’t think there’s something such as an “excessive traveler.”
Family: I am 28 years old. Some situations oblige me to act more than what is normal of my age, no big deal though. Maturity is always beneficial.
Body (yes, body! Meaning: physically speaking): I am 17 years old. I think my anatomy matures slower than usual. I still have a voice of an 8th grader. I still have those baby fat that goes away by themselves as time goes by. No matter what I do, I still can’t look at myself (physically) as a matured woman… yung dalaga talaga. Strangers still call me “ne” most of the time, I can still pass as a college student. Last year someone asked if I already graduated highschool. In short, baby faced ako!!! Hahahah (oh no! nasaniban na yata ako ni rigel).

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How about you, how old are you now?

16%

Today, while strolling the mall, we saw a free bone scanning booth (courtesy of this high-calcium milk of course) and since we (me and paolo) needed to kill some time while waiting for the scheduled pickup of the car we left in the carwash; we decided to go try it out.

Several minutes of waiting in line, it was my turn. My right foot was put into the scanning machine, then a liquid was sprayed onto my ankles; then a plastic bubble with liquid in it bloated from the machine until it was able to hold my foot real tight... then the scanning began...a few seconds after, the machine monitor reflected the results and a tiny paper (similar to a grocery receipt) came out of it.

I saw the machine operator's expression changed from a relaxed smile into a confused one, he then asked one of his peers to check the scanning machine's result.

They had a quick discussion and double checked with me:
"You are just 24 yrs old right?" I said yes.
"Is that foot fractured or have been fractured?" I said no.
"Hmmm... okay let's try the left foot, uhm, no, let's just try the same foot."

So I put my right foot onto the scanner again. And a few moments later, both of them had that same confused look.
"Same results."

They then asked me to go sit by the desk where the doctors give you a free consultation. Turns out, I had a 16% fracture risk rate. An osteoporosis case.

I just learned that salty food block the calcium absorption of your body (as you know, I love salty food especially chips!). Same with high-caffeine stuff like coffee and tea (as you know, I prefer drinking hot/cold tea over coffee, but the caffeine content is the same).

Therefore, he told me I need to have at least 1000Mg of Calcium intake every day, either through capsules or (of course) by drinking their product. Need to take leafy vegetables, have sunlight in the morning, weight lifting exercises, soya, and dairy products.

On a positive note, we can still develop bone mass until about our 30's. I still have time.

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Good bye pringles, good bye red chippy, good bye ulam na nasswimming sa patis, good bye iced tea, good bye hot tea, good bye so called slimming teas that don't work.... I will miss you hehehe.

Today I Have Learned

~ that even though my favorite color is red, it doesn't mean i have to use it all the time (and thus is the change of blog template)

~ that eating what you want doesn't mean you need to eat til your stomach hurts (and thus is the birth of my stable diet plan)

~ that even though pink looks good on me, doesn't mean i need to wear it all the time (and thus i need to clean up my closet)

~ that a decreasing bank account doesn't mean you've lost those money

~ that the feeling of sharing is priceless (especially for your family)

~ that i hate my blog template (thus would need at least a day for me to contemplate what changes i like)

~ that it's still best to laugh about silly, stupid, totally nonsense stuff (and thus should lessen being intellectual sometimes)

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Life is all about continuous learning anyway :)

Precinct No. 32

Here's what happens when you are in the office and you still have extra time on your lunchbreak:

Image title: "How do you feel about working for this company?"

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Each of us also has one mug shot. Hehehe.