Bohol

So I guess I should consider myself very fortunate. I have been to many more destination that most I suppose, yet there are still people who travel more than I, but in the short time that I have been given to explore this earth, I have done my fair share of exploration.

Just recently, I went from Manila to Tagbilaran, Bohol. We stayed at the Dumaluan Resort on the island of Panglao. Food was very expensive at the resorts only resto so we asked the lifeguard at the pool who recommended a barber shop. This particular barbershop was a home business just a few kilometers walk from the resort and the owner was from Quezon City and was a chef. He made us chicken, and pancit canton, and spaghetti and chicken adobo.

The day tour brought us to the blood compact, a site where historically men slit their wrists, and dripped their blood it into their wine cups which they shared. We then went to historical churches, including the second eldest church in the Philippines. Following that, we visited the Tarsier. It's a little monkey creature with giant eyes, very cute and koala-like. Then we had lunch on a Loboc River Cruise, where the restaurant floats along the Loboc River and we are entertained by locals along the way. Then after fighting the crowds for the CR (comfort rooms, aka bathrooms, wash rooms, rest rooms), we ventured to a butterfly sancturaty where we saw bakla butterflies and learnt that mariposa are moths and they differ from butterflies in that they are active at night, whereas butterflies are active during the day.

Chocolate Hills, after an earthquake, caused the land to look like Hershey kisses.

Then we went to look for a bathroom at an animal sancturary. It was very cheap, and we were given Peacock Feathers which have fallen off, and was able to hold a baby python.

Worlds Largest and Longest Python (in captivity), and we were entertainted by the python princess, a bakla who sang and danced along to Lady Gaga.

Weight Loss

So many who have known me are surprised by the way I look today. It's simple really, I just stopped eating simple carbs. That includes rice, noodles, potatoes and bread. The reasoning behind this is I live a fairly active lifestyle, being a swimmer and runner, yet I weighed in at over 360lbs, even whilst eating ice cream and chocolate, which I wasn't willing to give up. Simple carbohydrates break down to simple sugars, which, if not burnt off become stored in the body as fat.