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Tired of the new rules, Carmina closed her Google Maps account — what pushed her over the edge?

It’s been months since Carmina last posted on her Google Maps. I started doing it just for fun, exploring new places to dine and travel, and sharing those spots with others. Back in 2017, I wasn’t even blogging yet. Over the years, I received numerous email updates about changes, but in September, the removal of followers on Google Maps felt particularly strange. There’s no point in complaining about it. I decided not to close my account, as it wasn’t an option, but I did delete all the photos I had contributed over the years. I have fond memories of seeing which photos were popular and had hoped to share them with you. It was surprising to see how many views my pictures had accumulated. While deleting them, I noticed that many restaurants and bakeries no longer exist, with some marked as unknown on the map. Most of my photos were from the pandemic period, a time when I could fully express myself and write about the food I enjoyed. Let's take a trip down memory lane with Carmina th...
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Mobile Phone Experience

Every one year or two years I would get a new mobile phone depending on my family needing a new phone. I am the only girl and I get the new gadget that comes out in the market. I have a phone carrier through Globe in the Philippines. Our contract is every two years. I have four accounts from Globe. I have two accounts that the expiration date falls the same year. The other two interchange to the next following year. This way I get a new mobile phone every year. The first time I had a mobile phone was the iPhone 4s that just came out in the market during those year. I had my iPhone just for two weeks. It was stolen from me when I was shopping at Tutuban. It was the worse experience I have ever encountered in my life.  I realized that point in my life bringing an expensive mobile phone in Divisoria Mall is not safe in the Philippines. I never brought out my phone in public. There was a lady who dressed really nice and expensive clothing. She wore black sunglasses. She w...
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Okra Cure for Diabetic

When you reach a certain age you end up being diabetic and it comes from your parent's genes or comes naturally from all the sweets you have been eating. There are some people who are afraid of needles when they reach the point when they need to use insulin to balance their sugar level. How do you prevent to take insulin for future reference the doctor say to take Metfromin oral diabetic medicine. It is best to consult your doctor before you start taking Metfromin. Too much medicine can damage your kidney. The herbal way is drinking okra water every morning before eating your breakfast. I was told by my Aunt who introduce it to my Father in-law who is also diabetic to try drinking it every day. His blood sugar went down after drinking it for a month. Okra Recipe : Ingredient : 1 piece of okra slice half way lengthwise 1 tall glass of drinking water Step 1 : Fill up the drinking glass with water and place the okra inside over night. Place a lid to cover...
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Requirements For Your Child to Study in the Philippines

Before you decide to move to the Philippines it is best to apply for dual citizenship. The school will question if your child is allowed to attend school. They will request your passport, dual citizenship and birth certificate. What are the process when choosing the right school for your child in the Philippines? First Step: Choosing a school if you want it to be Catholic or Montessori. Most schools are not co-ed most of the time they are all boys or all girl school. Even if our kids go to a Catholic Private School our school is like going to a Montessori in California.  Only difference the school in the Philippines every one is wearing school uniforms to make all students equal.  It just depends on what school you decide to pick for your child. Second Step: Inquire at the school and fill up an application and give them the required documents Schedule your child for an entrance test to be able to enter the school There will be a payment for the test to ...
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My Experience Starting My Own Blog

I learn a lot of things when I started making this blog. I read a lot of articles and watched videos from YouTube letting people know it takes six to eight months to be accepted by Google AdSense. At first I was feeling discourage while reading tips from other people. Yes, it is true you need to purchase your own domain name. I took the courage to purchase my own domain name from Google Domain. You need to figure out what is the best domain name that suit the website you will always write about. I picked Carmina Lifestyle it is based on myself with all my experience. I read it is best to pick .com based on .net or .org. The reason why I wanted to write this is to let people know don't always believe what people say in the Internet. My reasons is they said, not to add videos to your blog and put it later when you get accepted by Google AdSense. Actually, I did the opposite I placed videos in my blogs from places I had traveled. I even placed website link where pla...
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List of Filipino Vegetables Used in Filipino Dishes

In the Philippines we have variety of different type of vegetables that are cooked in our Filipino dishes. Sayote Chicken tinola  Sauté vegetables cooked with shrimp or pork Upo   Saute vegetable with shrimp or pork  Made into a soup Mungo Beans   Cooked with spinach and shrimp or pork Malunggay Cooked with mungo beans Soup  Made into pandesal (bread) Ampalaya  (bitter melon) Cooked in gata (coconut milk)  Saute with shrimp Salad with vinegar, onion, tomato, salt and black pepper Eaten with buro (fermented rice) Kamote (sweet potato)  comes in color purple or yellow Fried Boiled Baked  Added in Dessert such as ginatan Added in Fresh lumpia Pechay or Chinese cabbage  Cooked in Nilagang Steam Stir-fried Kangkong  Cooked with sinigang (sour soup)  Fried by adding batter  Steam eaten with bagong (shrimp paste) Puso ng saging or ...
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Party Favors For All Occasion

Party favors are inexpensive in the Philippines. Every time we have a relative visiting us they would always ask me to design a banner for their Grand child. The only thing I would ask them is pictures that are from a camera and the birthday theme in order to find the right design for that occasion. Here are the sample of the banners I have created on my own based on my own experiences: My sister asked, me to design one for her daughter when she had graduated this year. I brought the tarpaulin with me when I had arrived to attend the graduation of my niece. It is best to give at least two months of time to purchase items online. I didn't have enough time when my sister asked, me to purchase graduation party favor for my niece. The only possible solution was to find a seller that can provide it on time to arrive at a selective date. My relatives that usually arrive every other year would always ask me to accompany them at the 168 Shopping Mall, D...
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