The Vegan Lifestyle

It is rainy season again! PAGASA warned of 4 tropical cyclones entering the Philippine area of responsibility on this month of June, and 2  had already come.

The southwest monsoon rains brought on by the typhoons inundated some areas in Luzon. The heavy rains caused flooding in Manila, and other areas in the metropolitan that caused heavy traffic jams, and suspension of classes in affected areas.

During this rainy season, we need to be extra careful of the stagnant rain water in our yards. They can easily become breeding places of mosquitoes that can endanger our health with malaria or dengue.

Last night my wife told me that the daughter of our neighbor was admitted in a nearby public hospital because of dengue. She  had a high fever, and the doctor found out that she had low platelet count.

We should protect ourselves from mosquito bite to avoid getting malaria or dengue. We should clean our yard regularly and eliminate breeding places of mosquitoes such as open containers, tires, and others. If possible, we should sleep inside the mosquito net to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes.

Dengue comes from the bites of mosquitoes that breed in clean stagnant water. The dengue mosquito rarely thrives in dirty waters such as in the canal or trenches. And these mosquitoes stay on plants and usually come out around 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Most victims are children who usually play in the garden.

Malaria on the other hand is caused by the bite of the female anopheles mosquito. It thrives not only in clean but in dirty stagnant water  as  well. It mostly bites during the night.

The rainy season had just started with more typhoons coming to bring more rains. Let us regularly clean our yards and destroy all breeding places of mosquitoes and protect our family from dengue and malaria.

The rainy season had just begun. It was raining yesterday and last night. The rain has not stopped. It is still raining as I write this post.

As usual we have this flooding from the rain water. In our community where there is no proper drainage system, all rain water run on the streets down to low areas. Improvised canals along the streets are clogged with eroded soils from the top.

I felt the cold as the rain poured heavily last night. It is still raining this morning and the wind is getting colder. It was announced in the radio this morning that there is a low pressure area, and this rain and wind could have been brought by this.

In times like this, we need to put on proper clothing to protect our body from cold. Let us wear clothing that will make us warm and comfortable such as sweaters, sweat shirts, woolen clothes and socks,  bonnets, turtleneck sweaters, and jackets to protect ourselves from cold.

I remember working in Qatar in 1996. The months of January and February were extremely cold. It was winter in Europe, and this cold winds from the north were blown very coldly to the Middle East! I had to wear a lot of thick clothes just to keep warm and comfortable. It was terribly cold that we could not stay outside for long.