more coffee please.

THE reason I drink coffee, aside from its sweet aroma, is because of its energizing properties. I need coffee to be able to concentrate, stay up late and endure long hours of work.

So how does coffee works?


Caffeine, the active compund found not only in coffee, but also in tea and chocolates, competitively inhibits adenosine, stimulates epinephrine production and delays dopamine degradation. Yey!

When is the best time to drink coffee?
Studies have showed that the levels of cortisol is directly related to one's level of alertness. Hence, if your cortisol levels are high, you don't really need that extra buzz you get from coffee.

Cortisol levels peak around eight in the morning, then rises again around lunch time and again, around six in the evening. Hence, ideally, you don't have to drink coffee around this time because these are the times that you are most alert. Rather, drink coffee just before your cortisol levels dips just around 0930H, or around 1500H. It is not advisable to drink coffee in the evening, especially if you have no reason to sleep late. Tada!

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