Do you have this stubborn neck and back pains specially when working? I have good news people! You don’t have to get out of the office to exercise. Stand in your area in the office, raise your arms up, reach for an imaginary object that is high above your head. Do this one arm at a time for 8 counts each. Do this again, this time, sideways. Simple exercises like this help develop muscle tone and contribute to a relaxed body.

Stretch like a cat – this is the painless way to ease neck and back pains. Meow!

If  I really wanted to make a difference I would..

Encourage others to pursue their dreams.

Make a wonderful difference by helping others keep their dreams alive. Encourage them to evaluate what practical planning and preparation must take place before their dreams become reality.

Inspire someone to reach for the stars. It could be that one day someone you know will find the courage to do something remarkable because you were there to urge them forward.

Do you have this weird thing about a particular song stuck in your head? Then you heard it over and over bugging your brains out?! Sometimes you hum along, then, you heard yourself singing out loud and you can’t help it anymore it’s repeating again and again.. Well, it’s LSS (last song syndrome) for you guys who doesn’t know what it’s called.

I have a daily dose of LSS and I’m going to pass it on share it to you My LSS of the day is…

Someday We’ll Know by New Radicals

I bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow
I watched the stars crash in the sea
If I could ask God just one question
Why aren’t you here with me tonight?

Someday we’ll know if love can move a mountain…

These particular lines keeps on playing in my head. Aarrgh! Someday we’ll know…

According to CNN as of late Sunday, Mexican health officials reported 568 cases and 22 fatalities linked to the flu. WHO says it has confirmed 506 cases and 19 deaths in Mexico.

The world has 898 confirmed cases of the virus, known to scientists H1N1 virus, in a total of 18 countries, WHO said Sunday.

The United States has reported 226 confirmed cases in 30 states. The U.S. cases include one death — a Mexican toddler visiting relatives in the United States.

According to WHO, Canada has 70 confirmed cases; the United Kingdom has 15; Spain has 13; Germany has 6; New Zealand has 4; Israel has 3; France has 2; and Austria, China, South Korea, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, Costa Rica and Ireland each have one.

This is getting very very serious and really scary so please everyone take care of yourselves! And let us all pray for those who are afflicted with H1N1 Virus (and those with other health problems) and pray, pray real hard that the Philippines, our country will be free of this virus. I know there are some cases here that are being monitored and if ever the virus will spread, that’s the scariest thing because we are not ready. We all know that we are not ready, even if the government says we are, but truly we are not! Cases being monitored and the Department of Health needed the help of other countries because we don’t have the capability to identify if it’s the H1N1 Virus or just an ordinary flu (the symptoms are almost the same) so it’s very difficult.

I pray to God that a vaccine or a medicine will be available soon to cure those who have the virus and it will be over. Pray people, pray!

My today’s advice is..

When you lose, dont lose the lesson.

I was looking for James Morrison’s lyrics when I saw this 25 saddest songs in the whole world (spinner.com). I got very curious and view all the songs but much to my dismay I didn’t know most of the songs. There are explanations though as to why it is one of the saddest songs.

Here are the list of the 25 saddest songs in descending order:

25. The River – Bruce Springsteen (1980)

24. Nothing Compares To You – Sinead O’Conor (1990)

23. No Surprises – Radiohead (1991)

22. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke (1964)

21. Space Oddity – David Bowie (1969)

20. That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon (1971)

19. Lost Cause – Beck (2002)

18. I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You – Bee Gees (1968)

17. Back To Back – Amy Winehouse (2006)

16. Shilo – Neil Diamond (1968)

15. My Mom – Chocolate Genius (1998)

14. Anyone Who Had A Heart – Dionne Warwick (1963)

13. Naked As We Came – Iron and Wine (2004)

12. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning – Frank Sinatra (1954)

11. Brick – Ben Folds Five (1997)

10. In The Real World – Roy Orbison (1989)

9. Concrete Angel – Martina McBrride (2001)

8. Dance With My Father – Luther Vandross (2003)

7. Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley (1994)

6. He stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones (1980)

5. I Know It’s Over – The Smiths (1986)

4. Hurt – Johnny Cash (2002)

3. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles (1966)

2. Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday (1941)

1. Chicken Wire – Pernice Brothers (1998)

I have read the book For One More Day by Mitch Albom. It’s a sad book for me because after reading it, it makes me want to hug my mommy but she’s not here anymore. Last Sunday (Mother’s Day), I kept on looking at her picture and missed her terribly! This book is very inspirational. It makes you realize how much our mother eternally loves us even if we had taken them for granted.

For One More Day is about Charles “Chick” Benetto, the man who gets the chance to spend one more day with his mother, who died 8 years earlier.. It is about how he had taken his mother for granted his whole life then caught up with all the guilt after she died, he became wasted and tried to commit suicide. This is where he get to spend one more day with his mother in a between life and death world.

For One More Day will make you realize the power of a mother’s love. This book is dedicated to all the wonderful moms who never stop loving us and sacrifices so much just to make us happy.

Love you so much mommy! I really wish you’re still here…

I love watching reality series and one of the shows that I like is the Rachel Zoe Project. Rachel Zoe is a celebrity stylists who attempts to balance her professional life with her personal life while dealing with her fighting assistants and her husband-partner Rodger Berman. The Rachel Zoe Project also features Zoe’s longtime assistant Taylor Jacobsen and Brad Goreski, Jacobsen’s newly hired assistant who clash due to conflicting personalities.

The series is always full of drama between Taylor (who doesn’t comb her hair) and Brad. It also shows how Rachel handles all the stress – fashion related or not. I love it when Rachel dresses the celebrities and makes them sooo glamorous it makes you wanna die of envy! That’s bananas!

If I really wanted to make a difference I would…

Keep in touch with my friends

Appreciate the friends who have made a difference in your life, and ask yourself if knowing you made a difference in theirs. Celebrating those relationships will help you see how one life can affect another.

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer. He is the former WBC lightweight world champion, WBC super featherweight world champion, IBF super bantamweight world champion, and WBC flyweight world champion. He has also held the Ring Magazine titles for featherweight, super featherweight, and light welterweight divisions. For his achievements, he became the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight divisions. He is currently the IBO and Ring Magazine Light Welterweight champion and is rated by the Ring Magazine as the #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world.

Whew! Do I need to say more?

I have been watching the reality series “18 Kids and Counting” on TLC and Discovery Health Channel. It’s about the Duggar family – Jim Bob and Michelle and their 18 children. The eight girls and ten boys all have names starting with the letter “J”. The children’s names are Joshua, Jana and John-David (twins), Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah and Jeremiah (twins), Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, and Jordyn-Grace. All of them looks like they still live in 1980′s and the girls are “mini me” of the mom and same as the boys to their dad! 18 kids and counting, what is she a pig?

I get so soooo annoyed and felt pretty sorry for the kids everytime I watched the show. Mom is always giddy and lives in a fairytale world, everything is perfect for her. Dad is the leader of the cult, smooth talker and a real sex machine. Their army of slaves children are assigned with all the household tasks that you could think of and even taking care of the newborn. No more chores are left for mom and dad but to make babies! Gggrrr, disgusting!

I’ve been reading the international bestseller novel from Japan “Train Man” by Hitori Nakano. It’s pretty interesting because you’ll find yourself reading an internet chatroom threads, not an ordinary novel for sure. The story goes like this..

Train Man is a geek who is not brave enough but still defends the ladies from an obnoxious drunk on a Tokyo train. The girl that sat next to him sends him a thank-you pair of pricey Hermes teacups. Train Man doesn’t know what to do next so he turns to the world’s largest online message board and asks for help. Their love story is told as a series of Internet chatroom threads:As he unveils his progress and each new crisis-from making conversation to deciding what to wear on a date, and beyond. In return, he receives advices, encouragements, warnings and sympathy from the anonymous netizens. Train Man also discovers that we really do live in a universe where anything can happen.

A simple story that became a multimedia sensation in Japan, generating a smash-hit TV series, a blockbuster film, and multiple manga series. Interesting!