Author: Vivien Nyström
Born in 1979 in her hometown of Kiangan, Ifugao in the Philippines, Vi has moved homes too many times. Since 2020 before Austria's first lockdown during the pandemic, she moved to Sweden. She is still in Sweden today.
The Many Benefits of Garcinia Atroviridis
Garcinia Atroviridis (Thai: ส้มแขก)
So many health-related and other benefits have been attributed to Garcinia atroviridis. Ethnobotanical and pharmacological reports described some of its significant medicinal and preservative properties. Studies have shown that extracts from different parts of Garcinia atroviridis exhibit strong anti-obesity effects, antiulcerogenic, anti-diabetes, antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antitumor-promoting activities.
Purrrrfect Facials
I need not go far for a purrrrrfect facial treatment. I can have one right at home from our little tiger Aiko 🙂
New Year 2015 in Bangkok
Wishing one and all a very happy and prosperous new year!!!!
New Year’s Eve photos
New year’s eve and day was spent with friends and with cousin Jenny in Bangkok.
Before I arrived at their apartment, Jenny and Ate Rebecca made a run for round-shaped fruits in the market to prepare before the New Year countdown right before midnight. After dinner with both of them at Jenny’s place, we went to bed. We woke up at a quarter past midnight and walked to kuya Ricky’s condo which was located just in the next block. Earlier that evening when ate Rebecca mentioned they had macaroni salad, I was ecstatic and could not wait for midnight.
Thankful to kuya Ricky and ate Josie for the New Year’s Eve feast and the freedom to voice out my emotions through their karaoke. Likewise, to ate Becca for inviting me and insan. A Pinoy selection of macaroni salad, dinuguan, puto, pinakbet, and more in between songs. So sarap! 🙂
Cats Love Their Shirted Baskets
I called them shirted baskets because they are baskets with shirts on 🙂
Got this excellent idea of using shirts to cover the cat baskets from a post in The Freecycle Network FB page shared by our friend Josette. The furries LOVE them! Plus I have an excuse to go shopping for new tank tops to replace the ones I used for the cat baskets. 😉
Breakfast in Bed
Thai Visa Run to Vientiane 2015 (MEESUK) – Photos
Thai visa run to Vientiane –> Staying one night in Vientiane during my Thai visa run with Meesuk Travel last January 7-9, 2015
The Winning Tower Condominium, 958/6 ถนนสุขุมวิท 71 แขวงคลองตันเหนือ เขตวัฒนา กรุงเทพ 10110
(They are located along Pridi Banomyong, Sukhumvit 71, Bangkok – between Soi 38 and 40)
Mobile: 081-341-9007 , 080-586-8495, 089-792-1543, 089-446-0008, 084-663-5902
Email: meesuk_travel@yahoo.com, meesuktravel@gmail.com, meesuktravek@hotmail.com
Photos
Taken during the drive to Vientiane, at the Thai embassy, in the hotel, and while visiting the town with my roommates and fellow Filipinos who came with Meesuk
Furries of ITeach Cafe Siem Reap
The pancake house at the ground level of a three-level shophouse in Siem Reap
The second of two houses we lived in back in Siem Reap had three levels. So we decided to turn the ground floor into a business. We called it ITeach Cafe and we had it running the first half of 2014. It was a cozy little cafe that we also turned into a classroom for coding classes in the evenings and in the weekends.
Thai Visa Run to Vientiane 2015 (SWD)
My husband’s Thai visa run from Bangkok to Vientiane with SWD
Meeting point – On Nut BTS –> Tesco On Nut parking lot under the big Tesco sign –> there the vans marked SWD and SAWASDEE are waiting
