Arroyo pops her pills to keep going

Arroyo pops her pills to keep going

MANILA (AFP): Diminutive Philippines President Gloria Arroyo
said on Tuesday that sleep, golf and a big dose of post-menopause
drugs keep her going in the difficult task of ruling the Asian
nation of 76 million.

"Clean living I guess. Time management. I try to get seven
hours of sleep a day. If you want to have your creative faculties
to work fully, as your analytical faculty, you should have seven
hours a day," she told reporters.

"Also I take my vitamins, my calcium, my post-menopausal
medicine religiously," she said, joining the reporters in
guffaws.

Arroyo, who turns 54 next week, said she forces herself to
rest on Sundays, when she either hits the fairways or watches a
movie.