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When the longing for authentic Pinoy dishes strikes in the U.S., Isla Grand stands ready to transport your taste buds back to the Philippines.

Carmina is traveling to the United States to spend time with her family. My dad planned a family gathering for Mother's Day at their favorite Pinoy restaurant . Since reservations aren’t possible, we arrived an hour early to ensure we could get a table for twelve before everyone else showed up. As my dad approached Isla Grand , the branch we visited in Pleasant Hills, California , the host at the door said they could prepare a table for twelve at five o'clock. Later, the server called my dad's name and guided us to our table. The place was bustling with people enjoying meals and celebrating Mother's Day. On our first visit to Isla Grand, I was captivated by the décor, noticing many native items that gave the place a fancy yet authentic Filipino feel. They usually have a live band, but unfortunately, there was no entertainment the night we went. My family had spoken highly of Isla Grand and encouraged us to try the Filipino dishes we’ve been missing from back home. Lech...

Roselle's Wellness


 Roselle's Wellness

Carmina had asked her best friends if they would like to participate in their own wellness giving my viewers that not only herself is concern on what they have lived for themselves.

Roselle requested to fill up some questions for her to answer.

Carmina's Questions to Roselle:
  1. When did you start doing wellness in your life?
  2. What made you go forward fitness?
  3. Did you have any medical conditions during your time toward fitness?
  4. When you started what was the most difficult task between juggling it with your family?
  5. What type of fitness are you doing?
  6. Did you ever go through emotional hardship? Example: Stop doing fitness for a long period of time.
  7. What made you go back to doing fitness?
  8. What was your weight before you had started? What is your ideal weight?
  9. How do you stay motivated to keep up your work?
  10. What is your motto or what do you say to yourself?
  11. How do you reward yourself doing a great job?

Story of Roselle's Wellness

Roselle started doing wellness on January 2016 as my New Year's resolution.

Roselle used to drop off Peyton and Jordan to Kuk Sool Won (Korean Martial Arts) I usually sit, watch, and wait for them. Its family martial arts I always wanted to continue martial arts so I decided to join.

I have anxiety and a lot of stress the time I started Kuk Sool Won. 

I don't have weight problems, always been on my right weight, but I have hypertension (family history).

There's not much difficulty when I started attending martial arts, because I am a stay at home mom and my kids was training with me at that time. Sabrina she was old enough to be at home by herself and doing her own homework, chores, etc.

When I'm training martial arts with my boys, I sometimes go inShape with my daughter Sabrina and we do Zumba, UJam, or use machines.

Yes, once in a while I go through hardships nor do any workout. Like when I had some kind of headaches that happened last year 2020. I didn't know what kind of headaches was that but it's gone now.

It's always my passion to do martial arts but I can only do what my body can. Roselle is 51 years old my bones and body doesn't turn or bend that or this way anymore. 😂🤣

The more I do my training the stronger I get. It controls my blood pressure and it motivates me.

My motto is " Never too old to learn something new".

How do I reward myself? Nothing really, maybe shopping for my kids not for me.

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