Archive for February, 2008

My LSS: Mariah Carey’s Touch My Body (with Video and Lyrics)

Feb 27, 2008 Music

The new video of Mariah Carey, “Touch My Body” has just been released. We had seen several previews about this video pre-release. Enjoy the video courtesy of YouTube. Enjoy!

Lyrics: from MetroLyrics

MC … uh uh uh in the place to be
Oh yea oh yea oh yea oh yea oh yea oh yea oh yea oh yea oh yea

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TV Ratings: Is it only a Filipino’s concern?

Feb 21, 2008 Viewpoints

I was searching for the TV ratings of Gossip Girl, one of my favorite American series but I could only find articles about the TV ratings war between GMA and ABS-CBN. Thanks to Lozada, this network war has ended (for now).

Is it only a Filipino’s concern? Should we be concern in the first place? Why are Filipinos so concern with TV ratings? The answer is simple. Filipinos are “loyal” to everything and TV networks take advantage of that loyalty.

This GMA vs ABS-CBN issue is no longer new. I remember when I was in high school, some classmates argue on the same thing. Listening to them, I saw no point of debating which one is better because my principle then was I couldn’t care to something that doesn’t make any importance in my life.

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Do I need a Laser Vision Correction (LASIK)?

Feb 10, 2008 Medicine, Technology News

I remember during one of the meme tags I have received about the 8 random things about me, I said my left eye is not functioning anymore. And it was sad but true. It’s called “lazy eye” or in medical term amblyopia. It is a childhood disease. I have actually detected this problem since I was about 7 years old during our yearly eye exam in elementary grade. I told my mom about it but she did not want to entertain it because she was saying I couldn’t have a “blind eye” at a young age. Well, it’s one of the misconceptions moms have sometimes. The case has gotten worse over years and now, I only see blurry images with my left eye. Good thing I have my right eye, but I have to wear eyeglasses and contact lenses.

During our clerkship rotation in the EENT department, I was examined by our consultant and officially said I have amblyopi. He has saying that I can have a laser vision correction (LASIK).

The procedure is costly and there are complications I should consider. One scary complication is irreversible blindness.

Well, to answer my own question. I badly need my vision and LASIK may help me to gain it back.

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Why is it important to explain everything to your patient?

Feb 6, 2008 Medicine

During my hospital and clinic exposures as a senior medical clerk, I’ve encountered a lot of patients who switched physicians because of one reason: drug side effects but their doctors failed to mention it to them. For an average layman, he would think that he has been inadequately informed, which was true at some point and the result is broken trust to the physician, especially if he has learned that side effect from a neighbor who claims to have a “similar” experience.

Recently, my fathers’ blood pressure has been fluctuating. His blood pressure was always ranging from 130-140/80-100 mmHg and was maintaining an anti-hypertensive drug. However, recently, his blood pressure rises up to 160/100 mmHg, so he decided to consult his physician who added another anti-hypertensive to his maintenance drugs.

But my father has been complaining to me about his cough which was seemingly aggravated by his additional drug. I explained to him that the drug’s most common side effects is coughing. I’ve been convincing him to go to his physician but refuses to and decided to switch to another internist due to that reason.

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