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Eating a Pete Does Not Stink! for Health, Life, Happiness, and Prosperity 15 Years of Pete Therapy Bambang Subaktyo EDV.F.T. English Version, September 20, 2013 I have no THRONE1) only a modest TREASURE and INHERITANCE did not exist Just 'Cinta­Kasih­Sayang' (CKS)2) and 'Ilmu Pengetahuan' (IP)3) that I can give as heritage to Zulvia, my beloved wife, Putri, Ratna and Eko, my loved kids and their friends as the next generation. This book of Pete Therapy is an embodiment of CKS + IP Hopefully this pete therapy will bring health, life, happiness and prosperity, much better in the future. 1) THRONE = tahta, TREASURE = harta, INHERITANCE = pusaka 2) Sorry, I can't find any matching word in English for 'Cinta ­ Kasih ­ Sayang' Cinta is LOVE to God, Kasih is Love to somebody (human, any God's creature), and Sayang is Love to Environment. If someone Sayang to the Environment, that's mean he/she Kasih to anybody. If someone Kasih to anybody, that's mean he/she Cinta to God. 3) 'Ilmu Pengetahuan' (IP) = SCIENCE & KNOWLEDGE Foreword Eating a pete does not stink! Eating pete does not stink! ... Pee does not smell of urine after eating a pete!? I am sure, you would say: Nonsense! Impossible! No way! LIAR! Dreaming! People say pete stink, eat petes will produce and emit that bad smell (odor)! Eating a pete will definitely smell, very unpleasant, pungent urine! People called Pete as stink bean! In fact, some say 'evil smelling bean'! That''s what peoplle say ...... but for us (me & my famiilly),, eatiing pete does not smellll.. There iis absollutelly no smellll of uriine,, pee giives no bad odor!! Imagiine! Eatiing pete,, pee does not smellll at allll!? I still dare to say that it does not smell after eating pete. There is absolutely no smell of urine, pee does not smell of bad odor, also sweating does not smell of pete, indeed it tasted fresh, the body feels healthier, even easier defecation (provided by some participant of therapy pete!) Urinating without bad odor is not impossible, miracles is present in pete fruit (Parkia speciosa), a fruit that is often avoided because of the smell, which was underestimated and considered plebeian. It had a secret hidden beneath the odor that many people hated. The fruit has the ability to maintain health by cleansing the blood/body of impurities/toxins/poison and a myriad of other i secrets. I am not llyiing!! That eatiing pete,, uriinatiing giives no bad odor.. I do not lliie,, even thousands of partiiciipants allready know about thiis.. Pee giives no bad odor ...... after performiing pete therapy!! Especiialllly iif I tellll you,, pete iis ''sllow--viixgrx''1)),, you defiiniitelly woulld callll me a lliiar.. For thiis one,, I allso do not lliie!! After 15 years of pete therapy, I get a direct sensational therapeutic benefit. I want to share the experience and the enjoyment of pete therapy, to introduce this therapy to people in the world, invite everybody to try this therapy, it certainly will not bring any harm, almost no side effect, instead it will bring direct and indirect benefits for everyone who perform this therapy. There were a lot of people giving cynical comments when I offer this therapy. Some of them were just silent, not saying sarcastically, but from the countenance and gestures clearly visible, I just assume what I offered is something that they might not receive. Some were laughing, some were smiling, some were 'cool' but give the impression of "it's not important", some seemed to be interested but had never tried, etc. Even when I say there is some effect of 'Slow-vixgrx', they keep on mistrust, they don't believe it anyway! This book 'PETE THERAPY' offers a relatively inexpensive healthcare solutions, invites the public to try to perform pete therapy to get health, a better life, have happiness and prosperity. The more people participate to perform this therapy and managed to find the secret of the pete fruit will eliminate any misdoubts about the ability of pete. The Fiirst Versiion When I wrote the first version book, in May-June 2012, there were about 600 people who performing pete therapy. They were relatives, friends, or people I've ii just met, who had received my advice (directly or indirectly) to carry out pete treatment. I have to say thank you, because without their willingness to try pete therapy, the ability of pete fruit in health care or to cure disease will not be visible. The 2nd and 3rd Version just like the first version, but with a slightly layout modifications. The 4th Versiion,, September 26,, 2012 As the 4th version, in September 2012 still in progress. I and 2 friends from alternative medicine specialist ('ahli pengobatan alternative'2), Mr. Agung and Mr. M. Nasro S.H.) estimate that in August 2012, there were about 2000 participants in the therapy. Over the last 4 months, socialization of the therapy has been going pretty fast, I use several media: short messages (SMS), email, blog, facebook (internet) or chatting directly, meanwhile, Mr. Agung and Mr. Nasro provided this therapy to their patients who require treatment for various diseases. Mr. Agung provide this therapy to allmost all his patients who come to his practice, there are approximately 30-50 patients @ day; and in the meantime, until September 2012, Mr. Nasro successfully provided this therapy to more than 100 people. The 5th Versiion,, Jully 30,, 2013 We (I, Mr. Agung, Mr. Nasro and some friends as disseminator of the therapy) estimated, that by March 2013, there were about 10,000 active participants in therapy. And as the version 5 is written, would have been even more. In June and July, 2013, was quite difficult to invite people to participate in therapy because the pete fruit is hard to find, if there is any, the price could reach Rp. 25.000,- per linear (about 2,2 US$). Based on my notes from the participants' experience of therapy, allmost all participants felt getting health, got healing on some disease, having happiness ... etc ... therefore I feel this therapy needs to be socialized, not just in Indonesia but to any foreign countries. Pete therapy answered many health iii problems. From the participants that I could reach, talk and hear, I noted their success stories, PETE THERAPY is providing positive results for allmost every participants, they have been cured of various diseases, getting back their happiness in sexual relationships, thanks to SLOW VIXGRX effect, they got a new chance in their life, full of spirit, full of confidence as they believe, to be healthy do not need a high cost, it's easy to maintain health care, because pete fruit is available and easily obtained. Behind the success of getting people to join the therapy, there were also several unsuccessful, some people still misdoubt the truth of this therapy. For them, it's like a fairy tale therapy, how can PETE thats so stink (still hold a priori and underestimated) can bring health? ... can bring and increase happiness? Some people are so difficult to be assured, some need almost 2 months to be convince to join the therapy ... until eventually he would try ... and what happens next!? This guy is being addictive, he feels even hanging on pete! After passed the 2 weeks therapy, he just continue eating pete everyday. Last time I met him, he told me ... he found happiness in sexual relationship ... how could that happen!? Behind so many success story from the participants, I also found some problems in the implementation of pete therapy, it is the improvisation in the implementation. Some people are improvising in order to continue running this therapy despite having to go to the office. Some participants modified the recipes or the mode of the therapy which then caused abdominal pain, lumbago pain and back pain. The Englliish Versiion,, September 2013 This book you read is the English version, it's not just translated into English, but also reduced, things that are not important for people outside of Indonesia, iv will be removed. The section Pete Therapy Experience is also reduced, just a summary of all testimonies, a summary of pete's ability to treat a variety of diseases. The section Biography / Discography is removed. Jakarta, September 14, 2013. 1) Slow-vixgrx, replace the letter 'x' with 'a', because I do not want to be blamed by the manufacturer of the drug enhancer, that vixgrx 2) traditional healers, alternative medicine experts, alternative treatment specialist, someone who have the capabilities of alternative treatments/medicines v Table of Content i Foreword i - Eat Pete Does not Smell! ii - I'm not lying! 1 The Book: Pete Therapy 4 Exploration of Pete 4 - Pete Smell the Urine 4 - Pete Not Classy, Countrified, Lower Class!? 5 - Why Should the urine smell!? 6 - Eat Pete Not Causing Odor? 7 - Pete Initial Therapy 9 - Sharing My Experience 10 - Unknown, therefore unloved 11 - Background of writing this book 12 - Acknowledgements 14 Prescription Pete Therapy 14 - Recipe / How to Consume Pete 14 - A. Major therapy 18 - B. Water Boiled Pete's Skin (POD) 20 - C. Pete refilling 21 - Relatively Low Cost 21 - My Expectations 23 Pete Therapy Experience 23 - Natural strength equal the power of the Almighty. 24 - Kelinci Percobaan 25 - 3) White Radish + Celery Leaves 26 - 5) Raw Pete Juice 27 - Warning!!!. 28 - Resume of Pete Therapy Experience 29 - Feel The Change 31 - Zulkifli's Testimony 33 - Pete Therapy Improvisation Experience vi 33 - Improvisation which cause Fatal 35 Closing Messages 39 Reading List 45 Additional Notes 45 - Skin Regenerative 45 - Obsessions, Addictions and Dependency of Pete!? 46 - Logic Pete, Pete Strength 46 - How To Store Pete To Make it Durable 47 - Further Research vii The Book:: Pete Therapy PETE does not allways cause odor In September, 2013, as I translate the book of Pete Therapy into English, almost all writing about pete, on various blogs or a lot of research in foreign countries still refer to pete as 'Stink-Bean' or even refer it as 'Evil Smelling Bean'.
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