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When Mom Violy spotted Crisostomo’s handwritten menu, something in her chest lit up: home-style lumpia, sinigang steaming in clay pots—could this be the comfort food she’d been missing?

Carmina informed Mom Violy that she would visit her home on Saturday, November 8, 2025. She asked if Mom Violy wanted to go out for lunch and mentioned needing to do some grocery shopping due to an upcoming big storm. Mom Violy suggested trying Crisostomo, a Filipino restaurant inside Robinsons Magnolia. Carmina forwarded the menu for her to choose what she wanted to eat, while Carmina already knew her order. I chose pork barbeque served in a set of three pieces with a vinegar dipping sauce. I skipped rice and opted for lumpiang hubad, fresh lumpia without a wrapper, topped with peanut sauce.  Mom Violy initially craved the classic Pinoy paella, but when it wasn’t available, she decided on sinigang na baboy with an extra serving of rice. A family member chose sisig with garlic rice. Carmina enjoyed her meal with Mom Violy and particularly liked the  lumpiang hubad , though she kept wondering why it had no wrapper. I explained that it’s called "naked" because it’s served witho...

Cure Sore Eye


As the climate changes and people who touch their eye often sometimes get sore eye or what other people call it pink eye. Sore eye is a common airborne disease that floats around in the Philippines due to the smog and pollution that we breathe outside. Sometimes you can get sore eye if it is from allergies or someone in the house also has it. 

It will start off soreness in your eyes when you wake up and your eye lids will not open sometimes you get it only in one eye.

Sore eye looks like your eye are sore and it is so itchy just the feeling when you have allergies. But the way to determine your eye when you cannot open your eye lid due to the mucus that has form inside your eye lid.

Try washing your eyes with a face cloth with warm water and place the face cloth on the eye that is affective to remove the mucus that is in your eye lid for five minutes.

It is best not to wear your contact lens during this process in order for your sore eye will heal faster. Always wash your hands and make sure you don't touch your eye so often.

It is best you don't go near anyone near your home if you are living with someone in order for them not to get it from you.

How long does it take sore eye to heal?  It takes one week to two weeks to heal your sore eye.

Your eye doctor will prescribe you Moxifloxacin Dexamethasone Phosphate Vigadexa to cure your sore eye. This eye drop is only for you to use best not share with anyone else who ends up getting sore eye this way you prevent spreading it to someone else.

The price of  Moxifloxacin Dexamethasone Phosphate Vigadexa 5g the cost is PHP 300.00 ($6.00) and up. 

Sore eye is in season usually Mercury Drug Store will run out on their supplies and this is the only eye drop to cure during this process.



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