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Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on September 29, 2010, 12:35:40 AM
yes bai lorenz, kung pwede lang kan-on ang bukog ako na gibuhat. 

Hehehe, Bai Ray, nagutum pood ta da. 

Shameful.

hehe, good will among men and happiness and plenitude for my family and friends, by God's Grace. 

# 24   

#5...always. 

the rest, yes, those too.

Quote from: luckybelle on September 28, 2010, 05:41:38 PM
You know what? She's pretty............
Ug si birdie pud...hehehe 
Smile Lorenz

Hehehe. She's a Chemist (Organic Chemist) , with a passion for predatory avian species. Hawks, eagles (she's holding an American Bald Eagle in that picture).

Her beauty manifested in how she operated labs, how she read atomic spectrometers. Her intelligence made her beautiful, sexy, for me.

hehe, something to think about lang gud.

Former loves are former loves. But oh sweet was the love. 

hehehe, your imaginations are too powerful for me

This quote was from my friend Thiru during our last day preparation for our following lab practical. 'twas nothing but friendly amiable exchange between two friends. Something to laugh about.

@ Hubag & Isles, I would have been frightened if the cadaver was talking back to me. 

Thank you for that post, Priscilla.

Advice to the Young

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow  from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11: 9-10

Wisdom and Folly Compared

19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 21 Also take  no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: 22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

--Ecclesiastes 7: 19-22

Wisdom and Folly Compared


11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. 16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy  thyself? 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

Ecclesiastes 7: 11-18

Wisdom and Folly Compared



3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

-Ecclesiastes 7: 3-6

Beauty in honest work


The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much.

Ecclesiastes 5: 12

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 82:3-4

Quote from: islander on September 28, 2010, 11:11:51 AM
which goes to show that after a certain level of income, wealth becomes relative.  so does poverty.  

someone who has never seen a microwave oven all his life wouldn't think of himself as poor just because he doesn't have one.  things unknown are unmissed.

Indeed, Isles.

When I arrived in Bohol and visited Leyte, my uncles tried to dissaude me from eating the local food and tried to take me to the nicer restaurants, however, I requested that we go to the local restaurants and eat the local food as much as possible, only because I wanted to experience the natural delights that the people of the locale enjoyed. I disregarded the fact that I was raised in America, I reverted back to my Bol-anon , specifically, my Valencianon identity when I was in Bohol. I had no problem eating 'kinamot' style when I was in Leyte, nor did I complain on eating only buwad and suka and rice with ginamos nga pait kaajo when I was in Leyte. I enjoyed it actually. I preferred that kind of food and that kind of cultural experience. (I actually developed a fondness for Valencianon ginamos nga i pares sa Kamote  )

A foreigner once said, "The people in Bohol are pretty poor tho..." I disagreed with him outright. Poor to the senses of the European or to the priviledged American with his or her comforts of technology and the plenitude of all things, however, there is beauty and totality in sweet simplicity, as I told him.

I did not come to Bohol to experience the urban hum drums nor did I came to Bohol to be stressed with the precariousness as seen and observed in American City dwellers. I came to Bohol to enjoy the beauty of nature, the exquisite green, the fresh open air, the amiable gentleness of the Boholano, to hear the locale tongue, and to be amongst my people.

What is poor to one person, is rich and cultured to another...

Love gives totally, without expecting anything in return. Lust merely aims to take, take, and never give.

I'll watch the night turn night blue, but its not the same without you because it takes two to whisper quietly.
I'll find repose in new ways, but still cold nostalgia still chills me to the bone.
I miss you... 

my Catherine...

Quote from: luckybelle on September 28, 2010, 08:42:52 AM
hmmm... yeah, such is love...
My M.U in high school wrote to me yesterday, saying he'll keep his heart intact until 43 years...
'cause you know why? I teased him 7 years ago that I'll marry him after 50 years...
Hmm... He's a nice guy

On some nights, when the moon was full, we would drive to Woodcock Dam , north of our college campus. It was quiet, dark, secluded. 'Twas the perfect place for two young lovers to spend time with each other. She would lean back on me, our hearts beating as one. As i took in the scent of her hair, the both of us would look at the stars twinkling up yonder in the heavens, while focusing on the beautiful full moon.

I was crazy in love with her. And she with me. That is why it hurts sometimes when I think of her, because i gave her my heart in its entirety. And when she left me, as much as I tried to demand it back, as i demanded she burn the letters i gave her (which she did...per my request) i was in denial. In truth, i didn't really want her to burn my letters because the feelings that were intertwined with each pen's stroke came from my heart. Each dot mark, each comma, each scribble mark, was written and placed for a purpose, the formation of thoughts beating in unison with the soul's pounding passion.

In my own pride, i demanded her to burn my letters, only because i was hurt of what she said and did to me. In reality, i did not want to leave her, i wanted her to be with me, and stay with me. I would have gone the whole 9 yards with her. But when she burned my letters, the symbolism of what those letters meant, a duration of 2 years were reduced to mere ashes. Everything culminated.

Our separation was painful. After her admitting that she burned the letters per my request, I was in tears. She requested to see me again, phone calls evaded, personal meetings evaded, I forced myself to ignore her, forced myself to hate her, forced myself to kill my love for her. When deep inside I was hurt because the woman whom I truly and totally fallen in love with tore my heart. It was the death of a dream.

Years passed by, lovers came and by, but deep down in my own heart, my darling, oh my darling, I wish you were here with me still.

I forced myself to hate her, but deep down inside, i really don't. Wherever she is now, whoever she is with now, whatever she is doing, i hope she is enjoying her life, and if chance grants, perhaps, just perhaps she remembers me still.




Forgive me Catherine. For I still honestly deep down inside, still love you.
I know you will never read this, but i had to get this out of my chest.



Ever with adoration,
Lorenz

Rest in peace....

Hot car; a definite 'chick' magnet. 

Quote from: jorgeanna on September 28, 2010, 08:19:19 AM
electric piano ..... but a long time ago pa to but i can still read notes.

hehehe mao ba? mag duet ta, Anne!

Quote from: jorgeanna on September 28, 2010, 09:30:34 AM
I just want to thank God for all of his wonderful blessings....
For giving me hope when there was none. For loving me when I was unloveable. And for never never never giving up on me even when I gave up on him! Praise his precious name! Amen.

hehehe Amen! May God Bless you and rain down graces from Heaven to you, Anne. For sure, He is Good.

She was my girlfriend during college, Belle. I would say, I gave my heart to her totally. Part of my heart still belongs to her...

"Its hard to translate your smile, Lorenzo, either you are hiding something behind those beautiful brown eyes, or you just genuinely think highly of me."

(During anatomy lab, 2008, midnight)

Dearest C____________,


The silence isn't so bad, till I look at my hands and see the spaces of my fingers , where your hand used to fit in perfectly.
Trenched in vanilla twilight, i'll sit on the firm porch all night, because when I think of you, I dont feel so alone.
I admit , Catherine, that tho I told you that I would never contact you nor will I ever read any of your letters as a rule, I find myself breaking my own rule. I admit that, from time to time, I think of you...

I admit that I won't forget you. Oh darling, I wish you were still here....

If I could go back in time, i would whisper those 3 words to your ears.


Lorenz,

Poor? Nay, I think not. Rich in terms of culture, ecological fauna, agrarian threshold, and the general kindness and inviting attitude of the Boholano people. I would never trade Bohol for Cebu.

Earlier this afternoon, taking a break from work, I went to a quaint Italian restaurant by Bloomfield. They serve really nice brick-oven-cooked flat crusted pizza with vegetables imported from Italy. Which i guess is the reason for the unusually expensive bill, lol. Its nice to try and taste the different things they have to offer here.

I highly recommend this for people that like the ambiance and the feel. They serve really great macchiatos.

Quote from: chicogon on August 14, 2010, 10:44:20 PM

Big Bang! CD Launching
Sandugo Ballroom - Bohol Tropics
July 16, 2010

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Hehehehe love it!

Quote from: chicogon on November 26, 2009, 02:44:00 PM
I'm glad you like it Enz... sintunao gamay but I truly enjoyed putting it all together, hehehe. Anyway, kung gimingaw na ka sa inyo, or Bohol, or Philippines, diay gamay nga molipay nimo:

Cebu Port Area - Byaheng Tagbilaran

My Tagbilaran City Wharf - Boat Taxi

Pops, i cant help but get really homesick. Beautiful songs, really and truly beautiful. Bohol is on my mind again.

Quote from: Ginger on September 10, 2009, 11:47:32 AM
ahem! good luck, dodong.

Thank You, Hazel.

Quote from: chicogon on August 18, 2009, 06:02:28 AM
Oh yeah, kaila god ko kaayo ni Nang Matie since our Taloto days pa. I used to go with Barney (now Papal Nuncio to Haiti) and John (now a Doctor) to see them sa ilang balay. Ug... nakalimot na unta ko but nahinumdom na sad kog balik coz I saw Nang Matie last July 29 didto sa Chicago during our priests' gathering. It's a small world indeed.

Note: Nakalimot diay ko mention nimo Grace bahin sa Chicago? Soweee

Father, if you're in Chicago anytime soon, I'm currently doing my rotations in Chi-town. Mo EB napood ta if you're ever in town.

Quote from: jorgeanna on September 20, 2010, 06:44:31 AM
Nope. I love their Pork BBQ ...

hahaha. oh really?

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on September 22, 2010, 03:59:18 AM
gerry's grill's crispy pata is so yummy.

Really, Ray? Next time, next time.

Quote from: BolBuhol on September 22, 2010, 05:12:46 PM
sang paborito ang akon nga ginapilipili diri mao ring inasal sang toto

hehehe, namit gid! Molo soup, fried bangus, and then chicken inasal. Ilonggo combo gid! 

Quote from: chicogon on September 22, 2010, 01:40:26 PM
Sa Kaohsiung, Taiwan, mao ni ako preference, bwahahahaha!!! 


Huh!!!


Puti lag agi ay!!! 

hehehe kuyawa oi! Ning serve pood sila ug dim sum, Father?

Quote from: luckybelle on September 26, 2010, 01:24:14 AM
There is one best friend who never fails me
His name is Jesus.

So yes, I trust my BEST FRIEND

Amen, Belle.

The Arterial Blood Supply of the Myocardium {The Heart}.

Presented by: A. Lorenzo Lucino Jr.

Heart Arterial Supply

September 27, 2010

Post the pictures that you've taken today. Starting now!

The Faith & Reason Book Club goes to college this week. Haroon Moghul looks at Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America's College Campuses by Donna Freitas from Oxford University Press.

Freitas is assistant professor of religion at Boston University and Moghul knows his college students, too. He's studying at Columbia University for his doctorate in Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, and serves as director of public relations for the Islamic Center at New York University. He writes:

   

QuoteFreitas takes us to college to find out how American students balance sexuality with faith. Basically, they don't.

    She starts with a curious trend: Teenagers usually follow their parents' religious preferences until college. Then, students shift to an uncertain and lonely spirituality, which doesn't give them the resources to deal with demeaning sexual practices. Young women come off worst: They're expected to conform to pornographic masculine fantasies ("Office CEOs and Secretary Ho's" parties), but also achieve academic success and self-confidence.

    Freitas wants colleges -- and adults -- to show some backbone. Teachers must be mentors, helping students develop a spirituality that responsibly talks about sex and the soul. She's at her best when she takes us into the minds of the bright college kids who fast open up to her.

    But while she points to many real dangers, I was left wondering how her recommended solutions could be realized. For example, how can secular universities appeal to the real student preference for spirituality without turning some students off, or even away?

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2009/08/college-students-confused-lonely-on-sex-spirituality/1

Quote from: cujo on September 28, 2010, 02:36:15 AM
Yeah...Washing them test tubes is a turn on.JUST KIDDING!

hehehe, secret

2nd year of college:


I dated a lady who was in my Molecular Microbiology Lab where we both were TAs (teacher's assistants). When lab was over, as we cleaned instruments and prepared to lock the lab, i would kiss her top lip, and she my lower. This continued until one time our professor caught us.

When I was in high school, i had a girl who i would kiss on the cheek. In fact, she would kiss my cheek, when we greeted each other. We did this from freshman year till probably the end of sophomore year.

As I attempted to kiss her cheek, she turned her head to the right, thus, enabling our lips to touch..for the very first time.

When she did this, her eyes widened, and the only thing i can remember is seeing her emerald green eyes as my lips touched her soft lips.

We never spoke of it ever since.

The new Bacolod City Municipal Hall.

The beautiful city of Bacolod, Negros Occidental.




Government building of Bacolod City


SM Bacolod City

Dinagyang 2010...Viva Señor Santo Niño!!!

The Santo Nino is also very close and powerful source of devotion to the Ilonggo as it is to the Cebuano.

hehehe, pleasure is mine, Wolf. Ilo-Ilo and Negros Occidental has a very very special place in my heart.

Hahaha how cute.

I can tell you're quite the romantic, Cujo.

your dog? really, cujo?

 

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
--Helen Keller

This song is so resounding and heart-touching.

Beautiful...

Owl City - Vanilla Twilight

Ang paghigugma ko sa imo mapagkit sa akon paino-ino
kaangay sang dugo sa dughan
kaangay sang lawas sa tul-an
kaangay sang hangin nga ginakinahanglan

Ang paghigugma ko sa imo indi mapunggan
bisan sang nagligad
bisan subong
bisan asta sa kataposan.

imo pirmi.

hehehe, gihidlaw na gid ka sa molo soup? atchaka..batchoy sang ilonggo?

Namit!

hehehe, maawaon, maluluy-on, maginoo, indi magbastos man gid ang ilongga. Guapa gid ang ilongga, haw.

Women from Ilo-Ilo and Negros Occidental are beautiful, imho.

Yes, indeed, they do have a beautiful festival. The Ilonggo's Dinagyang is equivalent to the Cebuano's Sinulog.

The theme of the fiesta is the celebration of the Santo Nino Jesus Cristo.

Negros Occidental, the sugarcane capital of the Philippines.

Ilo-Ilo Province & Negros Occidental

hahaha dyutay lang pare, dyutay lang. 

Henry F. Funtecha



Since early times, the Ilonggo-Bisaya have been noted to be pre-occupied with merry-making and in eating festive foods. They celebrated practically every family and community occasion. Every celebration was an excuse for gathering, feasting, singing and drinking.

Early Ilonggo food consisted of rice, boiled bananas and tubers, roasted meat and fish, and vegetables usually mixed with grated coconut. Popular meat consisted of pork and chicken which were also used as ceremonial foods. Seafood was also very popular. Turtle meat and turtle egg were considered delicacies. Wild game, on the other hand, was considered to be typical masculine food. All meat was forbidden of pregnant women. Honey was considered an important food and was offered only during special occasions. Local delicacies, with glutinous rice, coconut and brown sugar as main ingredients, were always prepared in any occasion.

The Ilonggo festivity always involved a lot of singing and they have been noted to be very fond of music. They engaged in singing and dancing most of the time. There was singing in practically every occasion, as observed by both the Spanish and the American colonizers. In early times, love songs were accompanied by musical instruments like the "kudyapi" or the "korlong", which were stringed instruments. In the 19th century and onwards toward the contemporary times, the Ilonggos have been noted for their "composo" or ballads accompanied by the "gitara" and the "banjo".

The Spaniards referred to to Ilonggo-Bisaya social occasions as "bacanales" (drinkfest). The native drinks were of at least four kinds: "tuba" which is the sap of coconut palm; "kabarawan", honey fermented with a kind of boiled bark, "intus" or "kiling", sugar cane wine; and, "pangasi" or rice wine (Scott 1995). Both men and women engaged in merry drinking sessions.

With the coming of the Spaniards and the subsequent colonization, the Ilonggo-Bisaya added to their list of celebrations those associated with Catholicism and Western culture. Two that really became part of every Ilonggo and the rest of the Christianized Filipinos have been the Christmas season and the fiesta in honor of a particular Catholic saint. But other religious celebrations have become popular also, such as the Flores de Mayo and the Santacruzan. Of course, the Ilonggos have continued to make every occasion as an excuse for feasting and merry-making. They celebrate important milestones in the life cycle such as baptisms and weddings, birthdays, death anniversaries, successful board and bar examinations, and family reunions. Then, there are the historical and cultural festivals that have been institutionalized in the towns and cities that, in the latest count, have already reached thirty-seven in number in Iloilo Province alone. These celebrations and festivals are occasions and opportunities for the Ilonggos to show opulence and in becoming festive which, certainly, are linked to their being "may bugal" (proud) and "maporma" (conscious of appearance and reputation).

Because of their fondness for merry-making and feasting, the Ilonggos are given to capricious indulgences and, sometimes, spend beyond their financial capacity. Being festive, they are naturally fond of good food. The Ilonggos are singled out for their culinary delights, particularly in pastries and native delicacies... some of these, like the La Paz batchoy, biscocho, pancit Molo, "piyaya" and "baye-baye" have even invaded other parts of the Philippines, prompting a writer to talk about Ilonggo-Bisaya culinary colonization of the country. Indicative of the inclination of the Ilonggos for good food is that most of the clicked businesses in Iloilo and the rest of Western Visayas are fast food centers and restaurants.

By Henry F. Funtecha


One's knowledge of Philippine history tells him that among the foreign people that brought their culture to the country and to Western Visayas in early times were the Chinese. This was done through trade contacts between the two groups of people long before the coming of the Spaniards. As to when the initial contacts between the initial contacts between the Chinese and the Ilonggos occurred, nobody can tell for certain. As to when the initial contacts between the Chinese and the Ilonggos occurred, nobody can tell for certain. However, Philippine and Southeast Asian historical scholars are unanimous in saying that, based on archaeological findings, Chinese trade with other parts of Asia was already in full swing by the 10th and 11th centuries.

The rise in substantial Chinese trade with the Ilonggos coincided with the rule of the Sung Dynasty beginning with 960 A.D. up to 1280 and, later, of the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368 A.D.). Panay archaeology reveals that the inhabitants of the island had already a well-established trade with the Chinese as early as the 10th century. This was more than 200 years before the supposed coming of the ten Bonean datus and their families to the island. The Chinese were trading with the Ilonggos through Molo, which was serving as the commercial port of Iloilo at that time. They bartered silk, porcelain wares and damasks with the natives, while the latter engaged in trading products from their farms, the sea and the forests. Through time, many Chinese settled down in Molo and took Ilonggo women as their wives. The descendants of these Chinese could be found among families in Molo named Consing, Ditching, Conlu, Ganzon, Guanzon, Jocson, Lacson, Layson, Locsin, Sianson, Yulo and Yusay.

It is claimed that among the legacies of the Chinese in Western Visayas was the introduction of a sugar cane variety called "Sakara", that was thought to have originated either from India or Saudi Arabia. The Chinese, subsequently, also taught the natives how to extract sugar juice from the canes and to transform it into solid granules. From sugar, the Chinese prepared a sweet delicacy known as "pinarak" and out of it, they manufactured an assortment of candies that became popular to the natives (Angayen 1973).

Aside from teaching the Ilonggos how to manufacture sugar, the Chinese also left a lasting influence in the culinary habits of the Ilonggos. Those prominent are: batchoy, bihon, hototai, kimlo, lumpia, pancit (including Pancit Molo), siomai and siopao. Then, there are the more expensive Chinese soup preparations that in English are known as "bird's nest" and "shark's fin", and are still popular today in the region's restaurants.

The other lasting influences of the early Chinese on Ilonggo life are the wearing of the "camisa de chino", which is claimed by some writers as the basis of the "barong tagalog", and of slippers; the popular recreational game of mahjong; the use of firecrackers in important family and community celebrations; and the observance of feng shui, or certain folk beliefs and practices that insure success, stability tranquility and happiness to the doer and his/her family.

With regards to firecrackers, La villa rica de Arevalo in Iloilo became famous all over Western Visayas for its awesome and beautiful fireworks or pyrotechnics. This particular district of Iloilo City was once part of the Parian (Molo), inhabited by the Chinese and was made famous as the home of Iloilo's firecracker industry.

One more lasting monument of early Chinese influences in the lives of the Ilonggos is Fundidor. Fundidor is the place of Molo going to Villa or Arevalo famous for its foundry shops initially established by the Chinese in early times. It was here where tools and utensils needed both in the house and in the farms, such as bolos, plows, knives, hoes, rakes and, later, church bells, were manufactured.

As one can see, the Chinese had made a permanent imprint in the culture and history of the Ilonggos. Many Ilonggo families today can even trace their ancestry to the early Chinese traders and artisans who, for love of Iloilo and its beautiful women, decided to settle down permanently in the area, engaged in trade and agriculture, raised children and grandchildren, and passed on their legacies to the succeeding generations.

okey lang ka dyan, pare, indi ako maghampang sa guitara, sang piano lang gid para sa akon.

The desire of love is to give. The desire of lust is to get.

- Ed Cole -

hehe, kahoyng stek haw? indi ka magtokar sa guitara?

the lady in the right is beautiful.

Performed by Rin on the Rox.

Beautiful.

"Knock You Down" - Keri Hilson (COVER)

Piano

beautiful


Shontelle - Impossible • Sunny Choi - International Piano Artist

What type of musical instrument do you play?

Exquisite


Jason Mraz - I'm Yours 2008 Piano by Ray Mak

Breast cancer  incidence declined among postmenopausal women in Canada as their use of hormone therapy declined, according to a study published online September 23 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial of more than 16,000 postmenopausal women in the United States reported in 2002 that the risks of combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy outweighed the benefits. As a result, prescriptions for hormone therapy fell dramatically in several countries around the world and so did the incidence of breast cancer.

To determine whether a similar decline of hormone therapy use and breast cancer incidence occurred in Canada, Prithwish De, Ph.D., of the Canadian Cancer Society, and colleagues, analyzed data from various Canadian registries and from a national health survey for women aged 50-69 years. Specifically, the researchers looked at information on prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy, breast cancer incidence, mammography rates, and self-reported use of hormone replacement therapy.

The researchers found that "the nearly 10% drop in invasive breast cancer rates coincided with the decline in use of hormone replacement therapy reported among Canadian women aged 50-69 years." The steepest decline in use occurred between 2002 and 2004, when use dropped from 12.7% to 4.9%. In that same period, breast cancer incidence dropped 9.6% but mammography rates remained stable.

The researchers write that the decline in breast cancer incidence "is likely explained by the concurrent decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy among Canadian women." They also say the drop in hormone therapy use may be partly explained by the media's coverage of results of both the WHI and the Million Women Study in the U.K., both of which showed that breast cancer risk was elevated with the use of combined hormone therapy. In Canada, cancer rates began to increase again in 2005 among women aged 50-69 years, which might be further evidence of a link between hormone therapy and breast cancer, according to the authors.

"Such a rebound might be expected if occult hormone-sensitive tumors were merely slowed by the withdrawal of hormone replacement therapy rather than prevented by it. If so, hormone replacement therapy may be thought to act as a promoter, rather than a cause of breast cancer," they write.

The study's limitations include the fact that data on hormone replacement therapy use was self-reported - and therefore subject to recall bias - and that data on frequency or duration of use were not collected. Also, data on receptor status of breast tumors were not collected.

In conclusion, the authors write that "further long-term surveillance studies of trends between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer incidence can help reconcile the potential population-level associations of these two factors."

Source: Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Smile.  Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends?  Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over. 
~Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. 

- Sam Keen, from To Love and Be Loved 

by: John Legend


John Legend - Everybody Knows

Quote from: jorgeanna on September 27, 2010, 02:23:38 PM
i dont believe in this proverb. why? modern technology is killing it....

hehehe, so true.

Quote from: www.tubagbohol.com on September 27, 2010, 09:29:30 AM
Did/do you have a Kissing Friend?

hehehe. Secret. 

Quote from: luckybelle on September 27, 2010, 09:21:34 AM
Burag mao gyod na ang mahitabo Bran Enzo

hehe

Belle, i wont mind if i drive a car like this. So long the girl sits on my lap.

Quote from: luckybelle on September 27, 2010, 09:32:48 AM
You're right gyod Dong Bran.

Love is always loving. We may learn to live without the lover, but the heart never stops beating.  
Unless kung patay na ta.. hehehe

yes, indeed, Belle, yes indeed.

To a lover, his/her natural inclination, despite the years, will always be...to love...

King Mizan Zainal Abidin & Queen Nur Zahirah of Malaysia

Their Imperial Majesties, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan.

aha! You're quite the internationalist aren't you, Belle? Nice thread.



Andorra





Jaume Bartumeu Cassany

Quote from: Lollapalooza on September 17, 2010, 09:41:25 PM
wala nako nagteach Bran.. I'm here at DepEd City Division assigned staff sa mga Educ. Program Supervisors..

Ah, oh okay well congratulations on the job change! I am sure you will do Great!

Quote from: luckybelle on September 27, 2010, 01:49:42 AM
Tnood gyod Bran. Hehehe... naa may magpafriend-friend lang......

Yes, Belle, that is true.

Quote from: luckybelle on September 27, 2010, 01:51:30 AM

Hahaha... Sakto ka Bran... Dli na tanto ron... Oo..mother side

hehe, maayo na, Belle. Buutan pero strikta pood gamay so dili duwa-on duwa-on sa mga tawo diri sa kalibutan.

Blessed is a woman who is fierce and and loving at the same time. Blessed is a righteous woman...

If i may add a proverb to this list (for you, Belle):


Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.
-Leo Buscaglia


Keep on loving.

Sweet! Ako ning hunahuna ko gahapon nga mo uwan ugma. Today, it rained.

Weird.

Nag denial naman ko sigoro. Last week I made an appointment with the optometrist to check my vision. She recommended reading glasses.

Quote from: luckybelle on September 27, 2010, 04:14:20 AM
Di ba kaha moreklamo imo bf inig isakay nimo diri?

Girlish kaayo

hahaha asa man pood ang laki mo lingkod ani? Sa lap sa baji?

Or vice versa ...

Quote from: chicogon on September 13, 2010, 04:49:57 AM

The late Fr. Salvador, my late mom and father vesting me during
the ordination ceremony

Beautiful picture, Fr. Your parents were very proud to see their son ordained a Priest...

Quote from: luckybelle on September 26, 2010, 01:39:40 AM
Hmm... grabee ka " his highness name" for a dog..

haha mao pood.

Quote from: luckybelle on September 26, 2010, 01:40:57 AM
My son's name is Justin kaiser for a Fair Emperor/ruler

That is a very beautiful name.

I joked with my dad in naming our dog. I requested that we name him Maha Chulalongkorn, after the Thai King Chulalongkorn the Great.

Walay effect. He preferred 'Kaiser' instead. lol

lol, voila!

Now your brother knows her weakness.

Dearest Blog,

Why is it that when a man decides to smile, women have the tendency to look at the man or at the direction of his smile? I noticed that today as I came back from an errand.

Additionally, blog, why is it that women try so hard to contain a smirk. Containing something so beautiful as a woman smirking, is truly, the denial of a systemic truth.

Truly,

Dear Blog,

I am waiting patiently for the arrival of my 2 glasses. Come already.


L.

Yes. I wear glasses. 

Quote from: Scarb on September 24, 2010, 08:45:04 PM
“The art of medicine
consists in amusing the patient
while nature cures the disease.”

~ Voltaire ~

ahahaha o nice. 

Quote from: Scarb on September 21, 2010, 09:59:18 PM
Hallo Havaianababes..howdy..tnx. for the inquiry..! Shes no longer in ICU..normal ward station na daw-Glory be to God..!

Thanks be to God!