A Girl’s Notebook :)

When talking about zebras, giraffes, elephants and other wild animals, we only thought of finding them in the plains of Africa. But who would have thought, that these animals can also find a home here in the Philippines.

While checking my newspaper clippings last night, I stumbled on a picture of a Zebra with a title, “Zebras in Calauit”. I read the caption underneath it and that picture was taken in a sanctuary located in Palawan. This morning, I checked on the Internet to know more about Calauit Game Reservation and Sanctuary. Well,  Calauit Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Busuanga in the northern Calamianes Islands in Palawan. It is home to exotic and endemic species of animals that roam freely in its verdant hills and plains. Animals that can usually find in the grasslands of Africa.

Calauit is not only home to exotic and indigenous animals but since it is an island, it is also home to different marine animals. Antoinette is fond of animals and when I have enough budget I would definitely bring her there.

ZEBRAS

GIRAFFES

ELANDS

DUGONG  

SEATURTLE

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this “sludge” reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

I received an interesting email from my friend Vane today. And, I like to share it with you..

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand .

And lollipop is the longest word typed with your right hand. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn’t you?)

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange , silver, or purple.

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘mt’. ? (Are you doubting this?)

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

The sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’ uses every letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you’re going to try this out for accuracy, right?)

The words racecar, kayak and level are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes) (Yep, I knew you were going to ‘do’ this one.)

There are only four words in the English language which end in ‘dous‘: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You’re not doubting this, are you?)

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: ‘abstemious‘ and ‘facetious.’ (Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that’s about what my memory span is.)

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too.!)

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that also).

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.)

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls.

froze completely solid.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.

Women blink  nearly twice as much as men.

The Rain-Thomas Kinkade

This is a Thomas Kinkade painting It’s rumored to carry a miracle!

Now you know more than you did before!!