my new doctor-hero!

HER name is one those that we were required to memorize as an elementary student. Fe del Mundo -inventor of the incubator for new born babies. In college, I heard she was the founder of the Children's Hospital (I am not even sure if it was Philippine Children's or National Children's Hospital). My classmate told me that Fe del Mundo was her pediatrician. But I didn't give much of a thought about her until I read this article.

Well she only accomplished the following:

• class valedictorian, UP Med 1933
• was granted scholarship by then president Manuel L Quezon
• got into Harvard Medical School
• finished Master's degree in bacteriology
• set up a hospice in an internment camp during the Japanese invasion
• opened the first Children's Hospital in the Philippines
• published over a hundred articles, reviews, and reports in medical journals
• still made rounds to check on patients when she was wheelchair-bound at the age of 99!

Respect!

ppt.

I feel that med school is making me dumb.
I miss making powerpoint presentations.

#HBR

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

1. When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible.
2. Seize the moment to act on your goals.
3. Know exactly how far you have left to go. Monitor your progress.
4. Be a realistic optimist.
5. Focus on getting better, rather than being good.
6. Have GRIT. Grit is a willingness to commit to long-term goals, and to persist in the face of difficulty.
7. Build your willpower muscle. Your self-control “muscle” is just like the other muscles in your body — when it doesn’t get much exercise, it becomes weaker over time. But when you give it regular workouts by putting it to good use, it will grow stronger and stronger, and better able to help you successfully reach your goals.
8. Don’t tempt fate. No matter how strong your willpower muscle becomes, it’s important to always respect the fact that it is limited, and if you overtax it you will temporarily run out of steam.
9. Focus on what you will do, not what you won’t do.

Happy 2014!

IF you think back, and replay your year

- if it doesn't bring you tears of joy or sadness, 

consider the year wasted. - John Cage 

ring. ring.

TWO years down.
Many more years to go.

Here's to our happy ever after!

I love you my dear.
always had. always will.

and his back!

TOGETHER again after a year! <3

charisma.

Edited repost

“CHARISMA is a primal energy, a sexual energy, a spiritual energy." If you accept that definition, then we all have it. The question is not can I have it, but what are some of the ways in which I can access this energy to bring more out of me and connect more people to me?

Indeed. Here are four ways we can all get a bit more charismatic, starting today.

1. Hone Your Hidden Social Signals.
“Honest signals” refers to the nonverbal cues that social species—like us—use to fine-tune our communication. Interestingly, they actually impact the person you’re talking to. In other words, the more happy and upbeat you are, the more so your conversation partner becomes. There are biological functions that transfer the signals. “If I’m happy, it almost literally rubs off on you.”

2. Be a Better Reflector
Be more energetic. Talk more, but also listen more. Pick up better on cues from others, draw people out by asking questions, and get them to be more outgoing.

One strategy is mirroring: tilting your head the same way or imitating the stance of the person you’re talking to makes the two of you more empathic, more in sync.

3. Quit Being So Polite
Common ground is, in many ways, a wonderful thing,. The singular quest to find it, however, is not. It puts a strain on a conversation. Common ground means you will like me. You will not feel uncomfortable. More importantly, common ground means I won’t feel uncomfortable. We will have a pleasant and neatly bound conversation. And, yes, it will remain ever so predictable and fake.

Instead of discussing the weather, go a level deeper. When we reveal something personal, it gives our listener permission to do the same. It is oversharing, but the more risks we take in being vulnerable, the more people are drawn to us because we seem real.

4. Show More of Yourself
Think to yourself, ‘What are some unexpected things going on in my life that are appropriate to share?’ In fact, the two biggest liabilities when it comes to unleashing charisma are not being curious about the person you’re speaking to—and not sharing enough about yourself.


When it comes down to it, charisma comes from authenticity and we do ourselves a disservice by not showing up as our whole selves. “A lot of us have so much hidden inside that we don’t reveal,”