BEATING THE HEAT

What can beat the heat?

Or better still, what must one do to beat this heat wave that

will be here until September,

when Summer is supposed to go?

Hmm...

lemme see......

Aside from the usual::::>

or

this>>>

When I was young, I remember Tatay boiling

some Green Mongo and letting it cool inside the ref.

He then adds crushed ice

[parang sa Halo-halo]

then sugar and lots of milk.

I didn't understand why

so I asked him why he tales time eating those.....

Eh pambata lang ang pagkaing yun, right?

He only said that it helps cool the body temp down.

I didn't pay much attention to that

until I saw on the tube

some medical segments on

how to survive the heat this Summer.

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Actually in some parts of China,

and, specifically in Taiwan,

people there never....

[take note: never, ha.....so they say over there....]

experience heat stroke, or sunstroke.

It's becoz they have the food to

counter those.

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I perspire easily, so I belong to the yellow group.

Some people do not seem to perspire that much.

They remain cool amidst the sun and the heat.

Those people belong to the red group.

Now the Yellow group, to which I belong

must partake of foods to help cool their body down.

These are: NASU[eggplant], TOMATO[tomatoes]

and SUIKA[watermelons].

I do not know why Japan has no Green Mongo

like those we have in Inang Bayan.

They eat lots of veggies but no Green Mongo!

So i guess I have to settle for

Tomatoes and Watermelons, huh...

plus gallons of

unless Maki sends me those Green Mongo

via EMS!

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