How to get rid of Cough and Colds?

It's Monday and I am having a bad day because I'm sick... :( I can't go on like this, it's just the start of the week and I cannot let this affect my job which I am about to lose. Already took some medicine last night but seems like it hasn't abated the cough and colds. I resorted to surfing the net for some remedies and home treatments for the common cough and colds. Here are a few options I am considering doing today. Hope this works for me...  

1. If you find that your throat is beginning to hurt warm up water and add a spoon full of salt to it and do deep throat gargles. 

2. Before you  go to bed just rub some vicks vapor rub. Apply it on the chest, back, neck and the forehead for optimal effect.

3. Get rid of congestion by doing steam inhalation. Just heat up water till it is steaming then put a towel over your head and the bowl of water in front of you and inhale. A five minute bout is usually enough to loosen up the mucus. 

4. Pour a couple of Eucalyptus oil drops on your pillow before you sleeps since Eucalyptus oil in its concentrated form cannot be applied to your skin. This essential oil has soothing and nose unblocking properties. The smell will help keep your nose unblocked all night. You can also mix it with a regular base oil like olive oil and massage it onto your temples and throat region for relief from cold and cough.

5. Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluids to help thin out the mucous membranes in postnasal drip.

6. Take lozenges and hot drinks. Try a menthol cough drop since it numbs the back of the throat thus decreasing the cough reflex. Drinking warm tea with honey can also soothe the throat.

7. Take a steamy shower since a hot shower can help a cough by loosening secretions in the nose. 

Sources:

http://cashmere.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-get-rid-of-a-cough
http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/cough-relief-how-lose-bad-cough

Camotes Islands

Woke up early on a Sunday feeling nostalgic about some good old memories with my dear friends in some of the trips we've made. I wanted to do something out of the ordinary today like go to the beach yet I'm stuck at home with nowhere to go. In the end, I found myself scanning and browsing our old pictures with our last short vacation with my Khaville family in Camotes.

The Camotes Islands are a group of islands that form part of the province of Cebu, in the Philippines. The island group is located east of Cebu Island, southwest of Leyte Island, and north of Bohol Island. We went there about a year ago and stayed in some pretty descent resort. It was truly a very nice place and  I even wanted to go back there if only time allows. I remember the endearing white shores, the clear blue waters, the wide calm lake, and my favorite underground lake which was very inviting. I had no plans of swimming in the dark waters but the sight of it just took my breath away and just found myself in the water just in an instant. 

Here are more pictures we took during our stay... :)

 

Stay Happy!

Here is just a simple reminder that everything happens for a reason, live it, love it, learn from it, and be happy with yourself no matter what! Life is good and I have so many reasons to smile...