Living in the City

Birthday Cookies from Doc Lu Friends come and go but not this one.  I am not really a pastry eater, but this morning my good friend Doc Lu came over to personally greet me (she's been greeting me everyday since Nov 19) sweet huh.. gave me these super delicious cookies oozing with nuts and nuts and nuts .. wooow.. masarap talaga..

From a very distinguished Doctor who was my high school classmate. Hello Malou, Advanced Happy Birthday and I thank you again for your help in the creation of a textbook for world audience. I will donate one to the UP College of Medicine. As you see below, you are acknowledged. The book will be out in print, 600 pages, color coming Feb 2012, so I am quite up to my neck in making this happen. Sorry if I miss the big event and apologize to all.   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS   We, at the onset, would like to express our gratitude to the staff of Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, and especially to our ever gracious medical editor, Thom Moore. Since we may not be able to thank all the staff who made this book possible, we ask leave for not including everyone. I would like also thank my former mentors who started me on the path to hematopathology: Dr. Jen Lin of New York and Drs. Dick Neiman and Atillio Orazi, formerly of Indianapolis, where I had my hematopathology fellowship. S...

Health Benefits of Lavender Essential Oil I love massaging a combined mixture of lavender essence oil with  virgin coconut massage oil. It really does wonders to the many "old age"  aches in my body. And that's just the beginning. For me,  lavender reduces tension because of its wonderful scent. Read the Health Benefits of Lavender Essential Oil.

Travel and the  time of your life At 25,  you start thinking of having your own family.  Exciting to be young. Dreamland, well it felt that way. The wedding and then just like in the movies the scenes played out right before your eyes,  the  trips back home with babies in your arms.  Blissful  love peppered  time.  But, there were sadness too.  Partner and all, children in tow.  Life punctuated with  christenings, countless birthdays, anniversaries,  and holidays. They all  added up to the glitter of  an already  full professional life.  There were dozens of dull times too, making choices, praying that joyful times would drown out the noisy part of  both  job and  family.  In between being a daughter, mothering and the better halfing, the professional life seemed to have flourished as well. How could I have all done that? Not without the hard work. The  sleepless nights....

Icon Steve Jobs Dies Famous Quotes from Steve Jobs: * “If Apple becomes a place where computers are a commodity item, where the romance is gone, and where people forget that computers are the most incredible invention that an has ever been invented, I’ll feel I have lost Apple. But if I’m a million miles away, and all those people still feel those things… then I will feel that my genes are still there.”     * “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”     * “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”     * “My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”     * “When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s...

Typhoon Pedring as seen from our veranda Local Time is September 27, 2011 at about 11:00 A.M. Marikina River is at Level 17 expected to breach Level 18 this afternoon possibly because  of Monsoon rains plus effects of Typhoon Pedring. Nothing but rain clouds Roof of our neighbor's house.. the only thing visible at the moment Trees swaying in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions

Will Try Virgin Coconut Oil Again I have just scanned through Dr Vermen Verallo's book on coconut oil. And if not for it's steep tag price at National Book Store, I would have bought myself a copy. Tsk.. tsk.. I have a personal anecdotal experience with extra virgin coconut oil . In 2003, someone from the mall convinced us to try it for my hypertensive condition.. it was quite expensive Php110 for 120ml I think;  which ran out after a week with two of us taking it one tablespoon everyday. I used extra virgin for almost everything. Aside from the daily dose, I used it for oil burns, insect bites, for massaging back and shoulder aches;  I even tried to use it to  dissipate the effects of my sinusitis.   It  was the perfect solution for almost every thing.   For about a year I  continued taking it. Alas,   my  doctor found out and she ordered  that  I immediately stop because according to her, the oil  will d...