MikeLigalig.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yw-3rnU4Tk

What do you guys think of his answer?

I'd like to hear your opinion.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105

"Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time--God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen."
1 Timothy 6:12-16   



Christian Pilgrims in the Holy Land,


Indonesian Pilgrims baptized in the Holy Land,
In the very waters that St. John the Baptist baptized Christ Jesus, God Blessed Forever.


Baptizing in the Holy Land,
Following the Apostolic Ways



Christ Continue to Shine In Our Lives.

The original thread was moved to the Political Thread; follow the link:

http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=15074.0

by Eric Clapton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF0n73GwkK8&feature=related

Quote from: orChids on September 13, 2008, 12:50:55 PM
True jod Enzo,pagkita nako sa face sa baby murag nawala tanan.

It must have been like a blessing in disguise, Ms. Orchids. Pain at first, pero joy in the end?

My respects to all the mothers out there; you guys bear the child for 9 months; and experience the pains of childbirth. All for the sake of the child.

3 times sa CS diay? Well think about it this way, Ms. Orchids, you suffered pain pero in the end you got three beautiful children, diba?

no no these aren't my friends, Bem. They're models hahaha! I wish!

I must admit, France has very beautiful eyes.

Spain      VS       France



España





La France



So who wins?

Let's start the international beauties thread.

Quote from: buwadsanga on September 13, 2008, 07:33:31 AM
never! never! i'l fight to the death like our forefathers did! no way!

Buwad,

I'd like to know some reasons why not.

Interested lang ko to hear your point of view.

Quote from: kiamoy` on September 13, 2008, 04:02:26 AM
it is okay for me if we were to be like hawaii...
haii..

and oh..Japanese don't need visas to go to US or any other country.. truE?

Yup, this is true.

Japanese don't need it to visit the US because Japan is part of the US VISA Waiver Program.

The United States and Japan are close strategic partners.

Posing before going to anatomy lab. Like my scrubs? hahaha.

puahahaha! I love Yoyoy!


Yoyoy, "Sabah diya oi, mga higala ayaw mo katu-on ni Max butbuton na. Akoy tuho-i ninyo Kay Mistiso Ko; Kana siya bisaya man na'ag nawong!"

hahahahaha! Buangon jud ni si Yoyoy!

One of the romantic places here in the 'US; Alexandria, VA

Hahahaha! Hahahahahahha!

God Bless You Yoyoy! Your laughter and songs will live on, Sir!

haha 'te Belle, you recorded it diay? mao bitaw this song is very pumpy. Gets the blood going, lol.

by Enrique Iglesias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGBrUMHlSHw&feature=related

by Enrique Iglesias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klWluYoa0_8

lol, like the song too eh?

by A-ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWXyEHoN88

Great song. Good jogging song.

by Soft Cell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA-Vwmdiucw

Classic 80's hit.

The original group was called OMD. An 80's group.

By OMD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJfKyHR5-1M

Ah, heard this song again today in the radio.

Education

I cannot understand why people type in lower case then change to upper case.

Any case, really cute pictures, Bem.

recognition

Yes, ma'am.

Quote from: aleish_Anne on September 13, 2008, 02:15:07 AM
Do you guys have heard of jobs abroad? I need ur help. Thanks.

What field are you interested in? Any specifics?

If there are no nasty links to bad sites, no repeating symbols like dots, or commas, or dashes etc. If there are no bad words and negative pictures; I'm sure it is okay.

lol, will do.

Quote from: kiamoy` on September 13, 2008, 04:25:42 AM
i play lennon's strawberry fields or across the universe..
if dili jud matabang, sullivan's alone again, naturally..

Music lover, aren't you?

I have a feeling that you snore when you sleep, Bem. Tinuud or dili? lol

Bem, I am unable to access my PM.

Send it to my personal email at: branlorenzo@gmail.com

Okay?

If I can't sleep at night?

Well, as of late I haven't had any problem of not being able to sleep. In fact, I wish I had more sleep lol.

When you start graduate or professional schools, one really realizes that sleep is a luxury that we can't have all the time. Hahaha.

If I can't sleep; then I usually read Clinical Legal Ethics. Usually puts me to bed in 20-30 minutes.

The enemies I have are from college; people who like to spread gossips and socialize drama. I can't stand people like that.

Those who have nothing better to do that talk bad about other people so as to make themselves feel better. Let's just say I had a bad experience with one or two individuals like these back in my freshman year of college.

Bem, just treat people like them as pebbles. And walk over them.

LoL, I always view my enemies as a challenge. You know? It stimulates one to do better.


Fight for what you believe in; don't let others belittle you because your view differs from theirs. If you know you're right, then speak up.

That's my view on the matter.

Quote from: oliver on September 10, 2008, 10:38:16 AM
The way our govt handling our country, is hopeless. We are deeper in the hole since, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and hopeless. This country is run by the rich, that the majority poor are ignored and taken advantage. I say we need leadership that truly is run by the majority of the people fairly.
    Certainly the rich don't wanna change the system... but only together we can.. say your peice of mind!!

Oliver,

What you say is true. The corruption in the government of this country (Philippines) is rampant; stemming not only in the executive, legislative, judicial; but to the regional and even local level.

I've pondered the reasons why the Philippines didnt choose to accept territoriality with the United States in the past; but history shows us that it was the nationalism of the country during the early 20th century that ultimately played a role in securing of independence. Which, from their point of view, does make sense.

In their view, it was necessary to liberate the country from colonial control; one that has pragmatized the Archipelago since Hispanidad of the early 16th century to the 20th century.

Currently, the United States has no wish to integrate the Philippines into its control. America, at this moment, cannot afford to provide for an additional 90 million people. Additionally, there are forces within the American society that are against imperialism and further expanding American interests abroad. Annexing the Philippines would be a political as well as diplomatic nightmare for the United States. As America would be accused by the world for Imperialistic ambitions.

The United States is a champion and proponent of globalization; where there no longer is a need to take over a nation; as trade, commerce, and communication can be exchanged at a whim.

The Philippines and its people must rescue itself from the quagmire that it is in.

Cheers,

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

-Winston Churchill

Quote from: buwadsanga on September 10, 2008, 02:56:52 PM
never to american rule with their descrimination and superior race mentality. lets enjoy our God given freedom!!!! i'll fight to the death if they rule in our home islands!!!

Buwad,

When the Japanese invaded the Philippines and took over in 1942; and initiated a brutal regime in the country, did anyone else help?

Did China come to the aid of the Philippines? Did Australia? Did Britain? Did Spain? Did Russia? Did France?

The United States invaded the Philippines in 1944; launching the Largest Naval-based Invasion in the History of the Human Race to retake our islands.

They didn't have to take our islands; as they could have just skipped it and starved the Japanese as they did in Rabaul. In fact, many American strategists wanted to skip the Philippines due to the high presence of Japanese troops in the islands (over 300,000 stationed in defense). Any calculated invasion of Japanese-occupied Philippines would equate to tens of thousands of American lives lost in the recapture of the Philippine Archipelago.

The AMERICANS didn't have to do it. But they DID anyway.

Because General Douglas McArthur, who was adamant about going back to the Philippines, pleaded with the General Staff to take the Philippines; bearing in mind his speech  2 years prior of , "I Shall Return".

The United States lost hundreds of its planes, dozens of its ships to kamikaze attacks as well as tens of thousands of its boys in taking Philippine islands by island. From Bohol to Mindanao, to Cebu, to Negros, Leyte, and the heartland--Luzon.

That demonstrates the American Spirit. You understand?
The fact that they DIDN'T have to invade or liberate the RP. I mean, logically it would have been better for them had they not as it would have reduced their own losses. In terms of man power, ships, planes, etc.

But the fact that they DID recapture the Philippines says something.

And independence was given in 1946, as planned. Despite the Japanese invasion some 4 years prior.


Think about it.

Pancho Villa is also famed for his daring forays into American towns in the southwest and evading capture.

His band was so bad that it actually led to President Wilson's initiating a decree to go into Mexico Proper to find and capture this 'Villa Outlaw' and bring him to justice.

They never did find him. lol.

To reinforce my post in addressing Buwad's statement:


It is also important to note that the United States is the only nation in the world to have initiated legal and litigations to reinforce and uphold the equality and egalitarianism of its citizenry in force and actually set precedent on the matter in the international spectrum; ranging from peaceful demonstrations by civil leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who with his supporters led precedent and actually impacted the Judiciary in the United States by ending the Jim Crow Laws of Racial Segregation in Schools, and Civil Areas. The United States has progressed and led the world in securing racial advantages, especially for races that are underprivileged by providing a mechanism that is called Affirmative Action; to ensure that enough percentages of African Americans, as well as Latin Americans and even some Asian Americans are given the chance to attend and take university spots as well as work positions. This mechanism was put in place to better the chances of living of said racial groups as they compete for work and lifestyle against the more numerous Caucasian-Americans (who make up 70+% of the population).

On a side mark, tho, I personally am against Affirmative Action as I believe that everyone should have equal footing; and not be given special privileges based on one's race. No one should be given a handicap label.

And again, here in the United States, the society is very sensitive to racial words as well as prejudicial actions, which if confirmed, will warrant the termination of one's position in work and even degrade one's personal and professional reputation. Here in the United States there is an abundance of trial lawyers who will take to court those who are guilty of racial discrimination; so there really is no big threat of racists here that much. It's one of those things people have but don't talk about.

Quote from: ms da binsi on September 10, 2008, 11:25:36 AM


that was a crazy statement by Maning Buwad, honest! we could have been the other Hawaii now...pero during that time madatung man ang Pinas, daghan pa natural resources (not now anymore, upaw na ang Pinas) so i dont blame  Maning for refusing the offer and saying that at all...

Very true.

The United States once had a dream of making the Philippines into a territorial protectorate, ultimately becoming a state back in the early 20th century. However, the anti-imperialist league within Congress, supported by men such as Quezon defeated such notions of Philippine dependency on the United States.

Which, in my opinion, was a false dream. As even today; the country is still dependent on the United States for not only military, but economic as well as the political.

The United States has termed Philippine Politics as 'Chronically Flawed'.

This is why the United States will hesitate taking on the Philippines into its own fold. The US, right now, is having problems taking care of 300 million of its own citizenry; let alone an extra 90+ million. Realistically, it won't happen. Historically, it could have happened.

Quote from: buwadsanga on September 10, 2008, 02:56:52 PM
never to american rule with their descrimination and superior race mentality. lets enjoy our God given freedom!!!! i'll fight to the death if they rule in our home islands!!!

First of all, you're wrong.

As an American I find it rather obtrusive for you to refer to such generalizations. The United States is not a homogeneous nation of only one race; rather it is a heterogeneous nation. Composed of many races; from Native Meso-American, African-American, White-American, varying Asian-Americans, Latin-Americans as well as the rising Mixed-Race Americans.

For one to target only some Americans of racism is not only hypocritical but nihilistic. Everyone has a natural prejudice; even the Filipino has it. Only his is worse as Filipinos discriminate even their own people.

Depending on how dark their skin is, how flat their noses are, how small or wide their eyes are, how straight or curly their hair are etc. These are clear examples of provincial cases of innate prejudices. It's natural for any people.

However, the question in mind that is being asked is the political-aspect.

This topic has already been discussed extensively. 

Follow the link:

http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=14189.0

I really like anatomy, 'te. The volume of information startled me at first, but after a while, if you analyze it system by system; it is pretty digestible.

I love getting in the cadaver lab and just exposing the muscles, innervations, arterial supplies etc.

Last week, 'te, we were introduced to craniotomy. Making a transverse cut of the skull exposing the skull in half.  I've never seen so much CSF in my life.

It was amazing kaayo.

Good thread, Bem.

Was in the anatomy lab for 3 hours; analyzing the brachial plexus of the upper limb. Identified muscles and their innervations, functions, origins, insertions etc. We had fresh cadavers arrive today so I was able to start to prepare some of the cadavers and exposing the C5, C6, C7, C8 and T1 nerves of the CNS.

As I was making a longitudinal incision on the upper limb of the cadaver, my partner pointed out that the subject had 'pink fingernails'. It so happened that the subject did have pink nail polish still on her fingernails.

Tomorrow we will expose either the anterior thoraco appendiculars or the suprahumeral muscles.

recognition

Corruption. Sulpicio has his fingers within the Senate, and probably within the Judicial and Executive powers of government.

Something like this disgusts me. Because when it goes down to it; money actually has power to overpower the cries and wails of victims and their relatives.

Reading things like this makes me sick to my stomach.

Pregnancy is directly influenced by the motility of the germ cells (oocyte) and (spermatocyte) as well as the effectiveness of the enzyme Hyaluronidase, which plays a significant role on the spermatid's ability to break through the corona radiata region of the egg; and the ability of the enzyme acrosin, esterase and neurominidase to break down the oovum's zona pellucida region and allowing the spermatid's neurviscular region to enter the oocyte (ovum/egg etc).

When this happens, what we call a Zona reaction occurs; which manifests a chemical reaction that makes the egg impermeable to any other sperm besides the fertilizing spermatid.

When fertilization occurs, there is comletion of the 2nd meotic division; then the male pronucleus and female pronucleus fuses to make the pronuclei--which aggregates to form the primordial zygote. The zygote will eventually form into the blastocyst and formation of the inner and outer cell mass: the 1) Embryoblast and the 2) trophoblast. The trophoblast will then subcategorize into the cytotrophoblast and the sycncytiotrophoblast. Which is responsible for the formation of the primordial germ cells as well as the formation of the embryonic mass and the amniotic mass and amniotic fluid--whith the placental mass.

Fertilization occurs normally in the ampullae of the uterine region (fallopian tube) and imperative to the manifestation of proper pregnancy is the attachment of the embryonic mass to the Endometrium and endometrial epithelial layer. This depends mainly on the amounts of estrogen levels of the female body; as well as the presence of the LH-FSH hormones.

There is a false notion that eating nuts, berries etc increases pregnancies; this is a false assumption.

Either you eat berries or nuts etc or not, pregnancy will manifest or not; as it depends mainly on the female's estrogen levels to allow endometrial attachment. The embryo, upon attachment of the mother's endometrium will absorb decidual cell mass (composed of glycoproteins, peptidogylcans, lipids etc) which provide the embryonic mass with nourishment. Either you eat nuts or not does not matter; as the lipids, glycoproteins is a molecular composition that comes from any food intake: can be meat, bread, fish etc.


Pregnancy and the eventual gestational period is a biochemical-embryological event that does not mainly depend on nutrition; but key to its manifestation is the necessary attachment of embryonic mass to the endometrium.

Key to this is appropriate levels of estrogen in the body. And an immune system that does not attack the embryo; some females have an autoimmune degeneracy that actually attacks the embryo upon implantation on the endometrium; thereby triggering an abortive phase. Where the mother's immune system actually kills the embryo and swallows it; thereby being pinocytized and phagocytized by lysosomal cells : macrophages etc.



Cheers,

One interesting that that I learned this week was the importance of the axillary nerves, in particular the Thoracodorsal nerve, which is important for the upper appendicular limbs. This week I went to the local hospital to observe a patient with damaged thoracordorsal nerve.

The surgery in the inferior part of the axillaputs the thoracodorsal nerve (of the C6-C8) supplying the latissimus dorsi at risk of injury (and this is what happened to the patient). This nerve passes inferiorly along the posterior wall of the axilla and enters the medial surface of the latissimus dori close to twhere it becomes tendinous. This nerve is also vulnerable to inury during surgery on scapular lymph nodes because its terminal  part lies anterior to them and the subscapular artery.

With paralysis of the latissimus dorsi, which happens if there is a direct injury to the Thoracodorsal nerve; thereby denervating the muscle,  the person is unable to raise the trunk with the upper limbs; as occurs during climbing. Furthermore, the person will be unable to  use an axillary crutch because the shoulder is pushed superiorly by it.

Additionally, from observation of the patient and from looking at other cases; the thoracodorsal nerve, can also be injured by punching or applying direct force onto the area of the armpit; thereby not only putting risk of damaging the subclavian nerve, as well as the intercostobrachial nerve; and corresponding arteries.

hahahaha! I know! Na kuratan ko when I saw this video, which my Uncle made, because I already know how ISUG my mommy is. Seeing a video of her holding and firing an M16 only fortifies that view 5 fold. Hahahaha

Isug kaayo jud ning Boholana.

Armalite users gud! hahaha

Hippocrates once said that life is fragile as the dreams that man has in his sleep. Life truly is fragile as it is unpredictable. The more painful if a loved one is taken from us. Make the most of what you have and don't take for granted the love that they give you; as well as don't hesitate to shower your love to those who you care about.

The truth to the matter is that we'll never know if tomorrow is our last or not. One thing is clear; that our Lord is the only one that knows when our time is coming.

Ate Ging, I'm thinking and praying for your friend. I do hope she mourns soon and that she will be alright. You being by her side during this trying of situation is very important to her, even if she doesn't show it now. I really hope she gets through this hard time..


Sincerely,

Throughout Anatomy and Embryology, we've been taught and introduced to clinical cases as well as clinical problems regarding health and lifestyle. I thought it it would be great to share some of the clinical cases I will be introduced to with most of the readers in this thread.

I will reiterate as soon as I have time; in the meanwhile, feel free to ask any questions medico-oriented and I'll try to answer it to the best of my ability.

If not, I'll use my best friend (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary) for help!

Lets begin, shall we?

So yea, apparently my Mommy and my Mommy Wella (my aunt) went shooting with my uncle while I am away for medical school. Hahaha!

My Uncle shot this video and watching it brought a huge smile to my face as well as laughter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esvWDwJQqdE
My own Mommy handing an M16 semi-automatic rifle. This weapon is the favorite weapon of US Army, btw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JTFbVwHg0I
Mommy Wella shooting hahaha! This is the Provincial Director of Bohol, btw.

What I look for a woman?

Well,

She will be a strict lady in the outside,
but soft and open to me in the inside.
She will be cultural and hold importance on family, and children.
She has to understand my way of thinking,
yes I tend to be bogol-bogolon at times, and hopefully she'll learn to accept that about me. Or even play back haha.

She needs to understand that I am very serious at times, and that I don't like to be nagged and will need my own space at times.
She needs to accept my stance on family, my family, my parents and my siblings.

She will be smart; intelligent so as to guarantee that my babies will be smart like their mommy and daddy.
She needs to get used to being a pillow because I like to hug people in bed. Wrapping legs and the like hahaha. So if she will use me as a pillow in return, then all the better. hahaha!

Hmmm what else?

She will give me 4 or more babies. I'm not asking for much. 3 boys 1 girl? or 2 girls 2 boys. Heck even all 4 boys! hahahaha! All I ask specifically is that one boy look just like me--as in curly hair and dakog dughan. My own little Junior.

Financially? She has to be a working and an educated woman
Education? College educated, professional degree etc.
Faith? Roman Catholic

Praise the Lord that all your classes were met! My advice to you in times like that, Inday, is to always maintain a positive outlook on things even if the situation isn't looking good. Because when it comes down to it; it really doesn't help in being pessimistic diba? It only will bring your mood down and lower your spirits. Just a personal advice from me to you.

Thank you for thinking of me haha, you know today wasn't too bad. Our study group is starting to increase its pace in reviews as well as getting on the ball on things.

May the Lord Jesus Christ continue to be our Light.

Good luck this week!

Pare, how is your little one doing? The little guy is walking and running now?

All the best,

Think about it this way.

Even our Lord Jesus Christ, God With Us, The Word Incarnate, The Living Breathing God,

Was born out of the womb of a woman. The Virgin Mary.

Christ Jesus was formed in the womb of a woman; attached to the Mother Mary through an umbilical cord. And grew to an fetus until the Savior was ready to be Born.




Think about it

It still boggles my mind whenever I hear people discuss the topic of human life and hearing one side legitimize abortion of embryos because he or she thinks that human life doesn't start till the 1st trimester of the gestational period.

It infuriates me absolutely.

Idiocy, total and inherent nihilism to the matter blinds people that think like that; who legitimize and even have the audacity to make a debate on the basis of the 'humanity' of an embryo etc etc.

One individual who I overheard before was telling his counterpart that embryos aren't human because they don't have the ability to make rational thought or make decisions as well as cannot communicate. Sitting in that room with that individual, I had to restrain myself from addressing him for civility's sake.

However, I will make this point here (and I admit that I do feel bad in not telling this individual my point of view when I was in that room--as this has been something that has been on the back of my mind for some time now).

First and foremost, the development of a human being DOES not begin during the 1st trimester, 2nd trimester, 3rd trimester or even in such reputable notions that it begins after interuterine life (birth). Human life, begins upon fertilization and conception. Human life begins when the mature male spermatocyte enters the vagina of the female in mass and finds an unfertilized oocyte (egg cell). The sperm with its pre-conditioned instinct will dig deep into the egg breaking through the outer corona radiata of the oocyte, ripping through the zona pellucida with help of the enzyme Hyaluronidase, which helps in the breaking of the zona pellucida layer, thereby allowing the sperm to rip through the covering of the oovum and implant itself deep into the oocyte.

And when this does happen, something miraculous happens, which Embryology has termed as the 'Zona Reaction', which occurs immediately as the sperm head enters the oocyte/ovum. It causes a chemical reaction of the ovum that makes it impermeable to any other sperm. Fertilization happens.

When this happens, the male pronucleus forms, as well as the female pronucleus forms, both merge into the pronuclei, which will later aggregate itself into a zygone. This is the miracle of life.

From the male sperm we have a 23 haploid chromosome, and from the oocyte we have a 23 haploid chromosome. But when both merge into one; we have the combined DNA of both parental codes. The zygote will then grow into a blastocyst. Upon fertilization, the fertilized zygone attaches itself to the mother's endometrial wall. And from this period on, has direct contact and communication with Mother's body. Mother gives the embryo its host of immune system, which protects the baby from disease, mother gives the baby O2, blood, as well as nurishment during the entire gestational period.

Because God is so beautifully intelligent he has already designed the creation of parts, before they even formed. In the newly formed human life, we have the inner mass called the endoblast, which will later become the embryo--form which neural growth occurs, appendages, eyes, mouths, and all other orifices. And we have the outer mass which is the trophoblast, which will eventually become the amniotic sac, and the placenta, that will cover the baby inside the womb--and thus the growth of the umbilical cord that connects the embryo/fetus to the mother.
And there is constant communication between the embryonic body to that of his/her mother.

So, in all actuality, the embryo, upon fertilization and implantation, has been communicating with the mother. And actually disproves the assumptions of people have that the embryo does not think, talk, or communicate.

The baby, during it interuterine life, moves around, dances, and even kicks and prances about inside the womb of its mother. Its mood changes if his/her mother changes. If mom is angry, the embryo, too, gets irritated. If mother is happy and satisfied, the baby will prance about in the womb, kicking around, and stretches its appendages.

It is the beauty of Life. Life that occurs even before the birth of the fetus/embryo. Even before birth, the baby is already attached to its mother. A relationship that will continue on after birth.

And to me, the conception of human life is not only a scientific phenomena, but a miraculous event.

Human Life, begins in conception.

Well today was another typical day. We had had histology today form 8-10, then anatomy form 10-12; and an hour break then we started Embryology from 1-3. From 3-4 we had histology lab; and monitoring and getting used to light microscopy, as well as scanning electron microscopy and staining techniques and identification of particular organelles.

I don't know what some students are complaining about embryology being hard. The material isn't even that bad, i mean its to the point and basic. In my opinion, that is. Anatomy is more of a concern since the volume of information that we have to deal with, especially regarding to medical gross anatomy. The material isn't hard, per se, the volume and saturation needed to be digested is a concern considering the amount of time we have till our first examination. Thank God for the mnemonics and for my study group partners.


It's kind of scary how one acclimates and actually 'gets used' to the demanding schedule. Eh, such is life.

Thats all for today, I guess.

This weekend I went out with some colleagues to a Mexican restaurant to celebrate our 'survival' hahaha. And am amazed at how shy the girls are.


Dani,


Smiling? haha!

Quote from: grazie7y on September 06, 2008, 09:00:18 AM


Walay lingaw.  This was taken last Sunday at the State Fair where Smiffy and I volunteered for the Department of Water Resources.

Hahaha! You guys look like you had a lot of fun! LoL!

Quote from: ms da binsi on August 11, 2008, 10:54:43 PM
What I am talking about are the new batches of Chinese (new comers). They are just profiting from us and enjoying our cheap labor. Some are even engaged in manufacturing illegal drugs in Manila.

ngek!

I know a lot Macky, no prob with that at all. Basta di lang mang exploit sa mga gagmay'ng bata! I know wa na sa Bohol pero naa na sa ubang resort islands, like Palawan and where else, nga daghang mga foreigners nga mga dagko ug tijan nga nag kuringking ug mga batan-on kaajo nga baje  nga minors pa, its very wrong.

I completely understand your point of view, Ate Belle.

And I hold similar views concerning people who come to the Philippines to exploit the people in that way.

My goodness,

What a sight. What a yummy mouth watering sight.

I do concur with Ms. Galope, Anda truly is a beautiful place. The beaches are impeccable.

Mari,

Yes I got your message in my gmail account; I never heard of this show before but I did youtube it and saw the trailer. Looks really really interesting bitaw. You like it ha?



Bran

Quote from: sem.joe on September 09, 2008, 08:07:18 AM
wil u plz indicate the of motive of killing.....

Sem.joe,

Please evade in using multiple periods and or dots.

Thanks

By Amy Smith
JULY 1, 2007 (National Catholic Register)

Medicine is an honorable profession for all practitioners of the healing arts. But for Catholic physicians and medical students filled with zeal for the faith, it is even more. It is something like a calling.

“As physicians we are in a unique position. We are asked to do things that are so personal to the body, and we must have great respect for each person,” says Dr. Caroline Johnson, who is completing her first year of a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency at Banner Health Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix.

Johnson, a 1997 graduate of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., says that her Catholic faith provides her with proper perspective. “Through the eyes of faith I see each one of my patients as created by God, as another child of God.”

Medical student Jaime Rehmann is amazed by God’s handiwork.

“The more I study the human body and the intricacies of how it works, down to the atomic level, it blows me away,” she says. “I’m grateful for my faith to interpret it all. It makes me more thankful for the gift of creation and how amazing God is.”

Rehmann just completed her second year at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. The 2004 graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville spent a year volunteering with medical missions in Ecuador prior to starting medical school.

Fellow student Kasia Szymanek is also in awe of the human body, seeing it as a masterpiece of God’s creative artistry.

“I have really seen God’s hand as I’ve studied embryology, or the study of how an embryo develops,” she says. “Honestly, it’s my favorite subject.”

Szymanek just finished her first year at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The dignity of the human person is central to Szymanek. “You are dealing with people who are made in the image and likeness of God himself and therefore you take this calling very seriously,” notes the 2004 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and former missionary with Fellowship of Catholic University Students.

Their unwavering devotion to the body of Christ prompts these young women to stand up for the tenets of the Catholic faith during hospital rounds or in the classroom.

The culture of death proves challenging for Johnson. She has often had to defend the Church’s teachings on end-of-life issues in the intensive-care unit and on pro-life issues in the clinic.

“I’ve had hard calls to make,” she says. “There have been a few times I’ve had to say No to a prescribed treatment. It wasn’t comfortable, but it led to conversation and to good outcomes.”

Love of Life

Standing strong for Catholic teaching has reinforced Rehmann’s personal faith.

“It’s taking it out of the realm of the mind and putting it into works,” explains the medical student. “Sometimes people look at me like I’m crazy, or naïve, hoping that I’ll come around. They say there’s no way you can practice like that. But I know good, Catholic physicians who are standing for the faith. They’re amazing and inspiring.”

Rehmann’s faith prompted her to help start a new club, Medical Students for Life, for which she served as president this past year.

Szymanek, too, is dedicated to the pro-life movement. She will serve as the president of her school’s pro-life club this coming school year. Last fall, she joined the cause to oppose Missouri’s Constitutional Amendment 2, a stem-cell research initiative.

Although disappointed that the amendment passed (by a narrow margin), Szymanek is even more determined to be a pro-life voice in medicine by upholding the Church’s stance on life and reproductive health. “A great majority of people in medicine are not pro-life,” she says, “and that makes me want to stand up and fight for life with everything I’ve got.”

Sunday Mass is not enough for these young women. The notable challenges in medicine prompt them to constantly seek the Divine Physician.

Caroline Johnson’s weekly hour of Eucharistic adoration provides a spiritually nutritive boost. “There, at the master’s feet, I get my weekly strength to do my 30-hour days,” she says. Prayer, she has found, must be continuous. “I pray all of the time. I constantly ask for strength. I pray about my patients’ treatment. I have to keep rooted in the faith.”

Szymanek agrees. “You have to keep your eyes focused on Jesus,” she says.

Daily prayer, Scripture and participation in Kansas City’s vibrant Catholic young-adult community help her stay focused. So does daily Mass. During her lunch hour, Szymanek attends Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Kansas City. “There I can refocus,” she says, “to give everything to God and get strength.”

Patient Prayer

For Jaime Rehmann, morning prayer is a must. “I’ve found that I need to get my prayer time in the morning; otherwise, it gets lost in classes and studies,” she says, adding that she prays a simple prayer just before meeting with patients: “Be with me, Jesus!”

Throughout the day she offers up her efforts. “As so many of the great saints have said, our work, our studies can be a prayer,” she notes. And she finds Saturday adoration a perfect end to her busy week.

Discernment is key for those aspiring to medical careers, according to Johnson, who once considered graduate work in philosophy.

“It’s not something to be entered into lightly, given all of the bioethical issues. The challenges are very real,” Johnson says. “You are constantly dealing with life-and-death issues. People can become complacent or jaded. You need to have a formed conscience. You need to sit down and pray about it.”

Prayerfully learn about Church teachings, Rehmann advises pre-med students.

“Of course you need to prepare yourself by taking biology and chemistry classes,” she says, “but also fortify yourself with prayer and a good, sound understanding of why the Church teaches what it does about contraception and abortion and other life and death issues. Really seek to understand so that you can defend and explain them to others.”

Says Kasia Szymanek: “Devout Catholics are very needed in this field, and I see a lot of hope for the future for medicine becoming more pro-life. It is very exciting to be fighting in this battle and giving yourself completely to Christ so that he can use you for his glory.”

Amy Smith writes from Geneva, Illinois.

Quote from: smiffytheninja on September 09, 2008, 03:00:33 AM
At 2:00pm, I'll find out if I get my Chemistry class. If not, I have to find 3 more classes to replace Chemistry. I hope I get to stay in this class.  Please pray for me.

Inday,

Hope and pray that all will be fine; you are in my prayers--stay confident in yourself and in your abilities as well as stay competitive with your fellows. In times of stress, just give it all to Christ, who will help you with a clearer mind and stronger conviction in studies. In times of doubt and perplexities, invigorate your faith and your self confidence. And you will do well and More.

You will do well this semester. Keep up the good work!

Always,

I feel like so stressed. Anatomy is like an never-ending barrage of information that must be digested and regurgitated. Embryology is alot of information, i admit, but I actually like it. Ah the shear volume of information that we medical students must stuff in our brains.

Sometimes I find myself studying for 7 hours straight; with intermittent breaks. Lord, please allow my mind to digest all the information and reiterate it in study sessions.

It is so much information, so much more than undergraduate college demanded.

Tomorrow, hopefully my study mates will be able to supplement each other in questions and answers.

Lord, Thou Great Physician, I kneel before thee.
Since every good and perfect gift must come from Thee, I pray:

Give skill to my hand, clear vision to my mind, kindness and sympathy to my heart. Give me singleness of purpose, strength to lift at least a part of the burden of my suffering fellowmen, and a true realization of the rare privilege that is mine. Take from my heart all guile and worldliness, that with the simple faith of a child I may rely on Thee.   


Amen.

Ate Ging, always watch out where you are and your surroundings. Thank God you are okay and that the wounds weren't major.

Please take care of yourself; and if you have time, try to see your family physician just to make sure things are A-Okay.

Always,

Check your mail, Mr. Joey

See you in facebook.

Hmmm, what movie did I last watch?

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Single male here. Pray may I ask, what do we do?

Is it like a courtroom? State the case? haha

Way Nada,

It is our action of analyzing religion itself, and the processes it has made and or practices occluded in time that makes religion innately Human. Every single human being ranging from ethnicity to ethnicity, race to race, has its own form of religious practice: from monotheism to polytheism.

This is a species wide phenomena.

Even the secluded civilizations of Meso-America: The Mayans, Incas, Aztecs, Ahuatls, Toltecs, and the Amazonian have their own form of religious practice and concept of the afterlife. Despite lack of contact with Europa, Asia, Africa etc until the arrival of Europeans in 1492. Yet their civilizations and their religious practices developed almost similarly and identically to that of the Egyptians in terms of dietific pantheons.

The concept of DEVA RAJA or 'God King' which is identified in Hindu cultures as well as seen in Ancient Persia, and in the Chinese Dynasties starting from Chin ending to the Qing, and to the Roman, the Egyptian etc had this concept. Even classical European civilizations had a similar concept: Monarchical Absolutism. The belief that the King received authority to rule over a people and subjugated peoples by God Himself.

I am not attacking any religion, just analyzing, like Way Nada, the concept of Religion. And the practice of it.

One cannot help but be amazed by it.


Bran Lorenzo,

There are always historical premises that led to precedent. I like to analyze things from a macroscopic level, Buwad. The Maranao and Tausug may have been something to be marveled at but their populations didn't even reach million stage during the late 18th century.

Their resiliency, was augmented by the fact that not enough Christian missionaries were sent to Mindanao. History declares that hundreds and thousands of Spanish priests were sent to Luzon, the Visayas, as well as northern Mindanao; but from the texts that I have, it indicates little if any went further into Mindanao.

And it correlates with the time period and the policies enacted by Charles IV. Who, may I add, was a weak King. It was under his reign that the seeds of 'independency' sprouted throughout the Latin World; leading to revolutions in the Americas. It makes it a positive correlation to the Philippines, translating in a weaker evangelistic activity: focusing more on economic advances and developing what was already conquered. 

Yours,
Lorenzo

Buwad, during the late 18th century, Spain had territorial holdings in Formosa as well as in some parts of India as well as had claims in the Mollacas (Spice Islands; Malaya) as during this time parts of the Mollacas was under Portuguese control, and Spain at this time considered Portugal as an 'independent' province of the Empire.

I refuse to accept the fact that the Spanish, who all to eradicated the Aztecs and the Incans (whose populations were in the tens of millions and who had a far more advanced civilization than the Malays) would have been impeded by muslims in the south. And I doubt it would have been too difficult since the population in Mindanao during this time, as documented by Spanish episcopacy was not even in the millions, but in the hundreds of thousands.

The reason for a greater Moro resistance was the fact that Spain, during the late 18th century was in the verge of an monarchical change, King Charles IV, Emperor of the Spanish Empire from 1788 till 1808 adopted a political regimen called Pax Hispanicana Abstantes, which focused more on diplomatic peace and conservancy. Spain, at this time, reached its zenith in power; with control of almost all of North America (albeit the lower half), all of central America, all of South America (aside from Portuguese controlled Brasilia; though Spain considered Portugal and its possessions as part of the Paternal Spanish Empire by right of power), possessions in Africa, territorial rights in India and claims in the pacific, including the Royal Colony of Las Islas de Felipe. The Empire controlled the largest land forces in the entire world at the time, with the rival of the French; the Empire's Navy was unprecedented, and would not be ecclipsed for another quarter of a century by the British.

It was Charles IV's adopting of a conservancy tactic that led to the demise of the Envanglism in Mindanao; as his predecessor, Emperor Ferdinand VI had implemented decades before. Ferdinand VI was one who was as imperialistic and militant in expansion as that his ancestor, Philip II the Great (who our country was named after).

Had the Spaniards continued militant christian evangelism in the south; even as to strategically conquor Borneo and extend its christian evangelism in that island, this problem we have of militant islam wouldn't even have manifested.

It was Spanish Christian Evangelism that converted Luzon, which was Muslim may I add, to a Christian island. And it was Spanish Christian Evangelism that propelled the Visayas (Bohol Included) into a Christian seat.

The Only reason why Mindanao remains the way it is (a large muslim presence) was because of the change of policies enacted by King Charles IV.

Suffice to say, I do not believe that a group of Muslim misfits were able to stave back the might of the Spanish Empire, which quite frankly feared no military force in this earth for almost 3-4 centuries.

The following are the Spanish Monarchs that I discussed above:


Emperor Ferdinand VI, Emperor of the Spanish Empire. Of the Bourbon Dynasty.
This man was a militant Emperor and pursued active conquest. His diplomatic skill was similar to his ancestor, Philipp II the Great. He was raised during the late mid-late 17th century under the notion of Monarchical Absolutism; that the power of the King of Spain came directly from GOD himself.


King Charles IV of Spain. A far more 'laxed' monarch as compared to his predecessors. Charles IV was educated under the notion of European Enlightenment and the concept of Universalism, Fraternity, Egalitarianism. Far less militant as his predecessors, I dare say. His policies manifested this in the Philippines.

Mr. Joey,

Yea I did block it; if you send me an email I will provide you a link to my page. How's the New York weather?

Bran,

Mr. Joey,

I would like to add you to my friend's list in thefacebook.

As I have so much more questions to ask.

My email is: branlorenzo@gmail.com


Always,
Bran

This story makes me want to cry because he was in MY town! Valencia!

My late Lola Nating was part of the Guerilla Resistance, and who knows, maybe this guy knew her when she was still young.

Oh I wish I could meet this guy...

I just saw this now; I already like it.

I've received emails on this and I would like to address it here, alright?

Quotebut when you take up a faith position you automatically abandon reason. you may take it up again in order to gain a better understanding of their faith, but faith in itself is an irrational position.

Response:

Perhaps it starts from an irrational premise based more on intuition and feeling than logic, but after that premise is accepted it can continue with rational explanation of the belief. Most things in life are based on irrational premises though, and generally people accept them without questioning. Examples being the absoluteness of physics, the need for love and companionship, the desire to succeed financially when a moderate non-starvation would be much easier, etc.

QuoteIn that way reason and logic should be 100% effective in convincing us of everything when used on conjuncture with the information provided by our senses.

Response:

Should be, but its not. Different people reason in different ways and on some level we understand this. Reasoning is one tool we have, but our minds are not rational things. If so, there would be no war, little true heartbreak, and little evil in the world. Reasonable arguments would refute all of them. However its impossible for most people to believe something on reasoning alone.

Interest in human development before birth is widespread, largely because of curiosity about our beginnings and the desire to improve the quality of life. The intricate process by which a baby develops from a single cell are miraculous, and few events are more exciting than a mother's viewing of her embryo during an ultrasound examination. The adaptation of a newborn infant to its new environment is also exhilarating to witness.

Human development is a continuous process that begins when an oocyte (ovum) from a female is fertilized by a sperm (spermatozoon) form a male. Cell division, cell migration, programmed cell death, differentiation, growth , and cell rearrangement transform the fertilized oocyte, a highly specialized, totiponent cell (zygote) into a multicellular human being.

Although most developmental changes occur during the embryonic and fetal periods, important changes occur during later periods of development: infancy, childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.

Hence, Human Life begins at Conception.

Pare Ko

This is a really good song, Bem

Very nostalgic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdGzApZ9uv8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjkqfmsbdVw

The American rendition hahaha!

Beautiful song; and singer

Bem, do you know any websites for Parokya ni Edgar song downloads?

hahahaha! def. Parokya Ni Edgar.

This song was pretty hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWzXxMl4FHs

Any stories to tell?

Thick beard, hahaha.

Thats how I know I'm getting older.

I sang this song for a special someone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl7Hd2r0LOs

God knows how long its been since I touched her soft lips.


*Sigh

by Surivor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6CUhK8AlXI


Oh yea!

Here's another tidbit from The Age of Faith: "To appease the Inquisition, some Averroists advanced the doctrine of twofold truth: a proposition, they argued, might seem true in philosophy or according to natural reason, and yet be false according to Scripture and the Christian faith; they professed at the same time to believe according to faith what they doubted according to reason."

Check this out, I stumbled on it while googling: http://www.rtforum.org/study/lesson18.html
It seems that the Catholic Church was still debating the literal truth of the scriptures as late as the 20th century. This kind of stuff is fascinating to me. Here's an excerpt:

129. Conclusion. What Father Jean Levie refers to as the “biblical movement,” is the emergence of a particular method of biblical interpretation, known as “historical criticism,” that stems from a larger movement outside of the Catholic Church and that entered Catholic biblical studies in the 1890s. It is not to be identified with historical science itself. The founders and the principal exponents of this method have been non-Catholic liberal scholars of a rationalist bent. “Form-criticism” and “redaction-criticism” are phases of this method which employ a novel theory of “literary genres” presuming the fictional character of the biblical accounts. Catholic biblical scholars who use this method try to avoid drawing conclusions that undermine the dogmas of the Catholic Church, but their hesitations are not always consistent with the method itself, whose basic principles they do not question. In order to attempt some safeguard of the dogmas of the Catholic Church, Catholic historical-critics (in contrast with their liberal non-Catholic counterparts) maintain the theory of the “twofold truth” of many Scriptural accounts (often of supernatural char­acter), according to which the accounts are mistakenly presented as history and do not relate historical facts but do have an underlying religious message from God. The message coincides with the teaching of the Church, which is thus superimposed upon the inspired text. This theory was condemned by Pope Leo XIII in Providentissimus Deus, by Pope Pius X in Pascendi Dominici gregis, by Pope Benedict XV in Spiritus Paraclitus, by Pope Pius XII in Divino afflante Spiritu, and by the Second Vatican Council in Dei Verbum 11 (somewhat ambiguously in the text of the conciliar pronouncement but clearly in its footnote references). These official documents of the Magisterium of the Church do indeed point out that, for a proper interpretation of the text of Sacred Scripture, careful distinctions need to be made in analyzing the biblical texts and the forms used by these ancient writers need to be recognized and understood. But these documents do not say or imply that the forms of expression used in the Sacred Scriptures in any way are the same as the novel forms used by form-and-redaction critics in the unfolding of what they call “historical criticism.”

I really do give credit to the Catholic Church.

This is engraved in the desk of my former professor and advisor, back in college.


To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Today's mass reading.



Mt 18:15-20

Jesus said to his disciples:
“If your brother sins against you,
go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.
If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.
If he does not listen,
take one or two others along with you,
so that ‘every fact may be established
on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church.
If he refuses to listen even to the church,
then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
Amen, I say to you,
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again, amen, I say to you,
if two of you agree on earth
about anything for which they are to pray,
it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them.”

For me, Bem, it does not warrant this individual to play 'cat and mouse' when it comes to addressing the victims pleas. Additionally, his company has had multiple incidents of these marine accidents.

Many of these ships aren't even fit to set sail; let alone even be declared 'sea worthy'.

Many of these ships are hand-me-downs from other countries; whose main frames have already been structurally damaged. What do they do? They just repaint.

This is catastrophic. Considering the amount of time it took to address the situation; the salvaging of the ship and even addressing the thousands of relatives of the victims.

An incident like this, would have already liquidated large companies here in the 'states.

Think about TWA (Trans World Airlines), which liquidated due to airplane crashes in Florida back in the 90s. TWA, was a leading airline carrier back in the day, may I add.

I would never say that a woman is always the boss. First and foremost, I will make sure that my wife knows where I stand on family and issues. She will have to accept the fact that my loyalty, first, lies to my Mommy, Daddy, and siblings. As I came from my Mother's own womb.

Man and Woman are both bosses. It's all about compromise, baby.

This incident has yet to have been settled?

If something like this happened in the United States, this company and this Sulpicio would have already been barraged by thousands of law suits that would have bankrupted this individual. And liquidated his company.

This man needs to just comply. For the sake of the families that have been affected.

Mr. Sulpicio, you cannot take your money with you to the grave.

May the Almighty Father in Heaven, Who Knows Everything, and whose Heart is with those afflicted and suffering; may our Almighty Father have mercy on your eternal soul.
The hundreds that died in your ship; and the thousands more who are suffering because of their deaths.

Sulpicio, give mercy, so you will be given mercy.

I agree bitaw, aa,

Kaning mga tawo that worry about too much children etc; recent phenomenon ra man ni. Diri sa US ug sa mga industrialized world, population is actually decreasing. We are going through a negative growth rate; especially in western european nations.

I view this as over-secularization of society and the loss of familial importance.

In Europe, which is the ancestral root of Christianity (aside from Judea, of course, but we view that Christianity spread throughout the world due to the Roman Empire; the birth place of The Universal Church: Roman Catholicism), many people in Europe no longer focus their lives in church. Or have adopted an agnostic view of life. The high rates of divorces, had been correlated to high amounts of children suicides, depression and drop outs. Here in the United States, divorce rates is magnanimous; and we have a current problem in youth-related depression, or youth suicides. And there have been studies that did point a positive relation to youth suicides to the familial problems; per se divorces, lack of religious activity.


And I tell you, it is due to the apostasy that is going on in this country. The secularization of this country and its people; the flock that is leaving its churches and failing to hear the word of God. And I do believe that if one alienates himself from God and His calling, it allows one to be targeted by unclean spirits. It manifests in picking up of bad, self-destructive habits: smoking, drugs, drinking excessively, fornication, prostitution, etc.

And it has happened. And is happening.

For me, there is nothing wrong with alot of children; it just depends on personal responsibility and the parents needing to provide for their children. My paternal grandfather was one of 7 children; my paternal grandmother was one of 13 children. My maternal grandfather was one of 12 children. And all were, for the most part, able to graduate high school and provide for themselves. My paternal grandfather had 7 children; and all of his kids finished high school and college. 2 became engineers, 1 became a provincial director, 1 became a nurse, 1 is an electrician, 1 is a businessman and 1 is a physician. And my grandfather wasn't so to say a wealthy man. Hard work. Hard work, patience, and faith in God.


It's all about responsibility, accountability, familial piety and MOST of all: Love and Faith in God.


For there is no such thing as 'impossibility' with Him.

360 has the HD drive, but PS3 has blue ray capability.