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First shot of beer

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Drinking Beer

I had my first glass of San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen!

7 months after my Lap Chole (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy) operation, I found myself holding an icy San Miguel beer. Not just holding the glass but drinking the beer.

First reaction – I almost forgot the taste of cold San Miguel Beer. I waited some minutes for my system to react to the beer. And since it was a round-robin shots, I had ample time to feel how my stomach would react. But I only had the normal system reaction – burping. Then I had some more shots and I feel no stomach pain, no adverse reaction.

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Dinuguan – a favorite food

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Eating Dinuguan without Gallbladder

Yesterday, I ate another favorite food – dinuguan. Its been a while after my Lap Chole (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy) operation last October 1, 2009. For more than 6 months, I wasn’t able to eat and taste the dinuguan.

Dinuguan (blood stew) is a Filipino dish that is composed of pig’s inner parts like stomach, intestines, liver, ears, and snout – mixed with its main ingredient – the pig’s blood. It is usually cooked with vinegar, fish sauce or soy sauce, garlic, and chili to make it spicy.

It so happened that when I went to my mother’s hometown – San Remigio, Cebu, my uncle-in-law’s family celebrated the death anniversary of his sister, Susan Green.
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