Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer
Also called: Bronchogenic carcinoma

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Cigarette smoking causes most lung cancers. The more cigarettes you smoke per day and the earlier you started smoking, the greater your risk of lung cancer.
Common symptoms of lung cancer include

•A cough that doesn't go away and gets worse over time
•Constant chest pain
•Coughing up blood
•Shortness of breath, wheezing, or hoarseness
•Repeated problems with pneumonia or bronchitis
•Swelling of the neck and face
•Loss of appetite or weight loss
•Fatigue

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungcancer.html

Below is the picture of my cousin who recently died of lung cancer. The picture was taken a year ago May of 2007. At that time my cousin already knew that his life on Earth will not last for more than 6 months. Me and my other cousins together with him dined out that day and went to a cemetery south of Manila. I don’t know what got to the mind of my other cousin who drove us there. Anyway we had some picture taking and this is one of the pictures we took during that visit. All that time we where in that cemetery I was wondering what was on his mind. My cancer patient cousin moved, joked, talked with us as if nothing is going to happen to him. He was still the same person we knew. He didn’t feel any depression nor anxiety. He said that he became more religious as his faith became the source of comfort and strength. One thing that I will always remember was his difficulty in parting with his family in death. My cousin died last May 30 and he had to go through so much pain.

To all people reading this blog, one way of preventing lung cancer is to stop smoking cigarettes or tobacco. Do it now for your sake and your family.

quotes to live by #008

sorry, I have not posted nor up-dated this blog. I was busy with work and rejoined an e-group. But now I'm back and will concentrate more time on this blog. Let me start off with a quote from Marian Wright Edelman:


"You really can change the world if you care enough."

Thanks for visiting this site.

quotes to live by #007

Everyone has a photographic memory..... some just don’t have film or media card.

(up-dated this quote to reflect the latest trend in technology.)

Han river park bike lanes

Re-posting this Han river park bike lanes which I have already posted in another forum (FM). The bike lanes run on both sides of the Han river. The bike lanes were engineered specifically for bicyclists and pedestrians. Many people do their jogging, roller blading, and of course cycling in this area. If the Philippine government could make an environmental quality project like this one and have it maintained, many Filipinos will benefit and maybe the drug problems will be eradicated. I am hoping an honest and idealistic congressman/senator or even a future president of the Philippines would view this post and emulate what the Koreans had constructed in their country. The following are some pictures of the bike lanes in Seoul and a few bicycle friendly sidewalks leading to the park.




sidewalk leading to the park



tunnel before Han river park





bike lanes





exercise areas beside the bike lanes



snack area



clean toilets along the lane



football, basketball, tennis, and other sports along the bike lane area



my tired bike resting on the grassy portion of the park



this pumps up my adrenalin to bike that extra mile

Old Manila

Vivid glimpses of old Manila, 1930s

Rib eye steak recipe or any other steak

These are maybe the best videos on how to cook steaks. Basically the main ingredients to make a tasty and juicy steak is to salt and pepper the steak and sometimes place a dash of garlic powder. When placed on the grill, sear both sides of the steak about a minute or two each side to lock-in the juice. Move to indirect heat to cook to desired taste.

School Toilets

DPWH admits only 18 school toilets constructed due to lack of funds

Due to lack of funds, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has only constructed 18 toilets which were identified in 2007, according to a DPWH official.

Engineer Ric Mobo, a member of the DPWH task force on school buildings, said they only follow the instructions of the Department of Education (DepEd).

He admitted that due to the shortage of funds, they often cancel the construction of toilets in schools and just focus on building classrooms.

Since mid-2007 to May 31 this year, the DPWH said it has constructed 18 toilets, or the total number of toilets identified for completion in 2007.

“Not all school buildings have toilets. (But) we only follow the specifications of the DepEd, and usually if there is only a limited budget, the toilets are the first to be cut. The priority are the classrooms,” he said.

Toilets also entail additional costs, “because before you construct these (toilets), there is a need for water supply, and this adds to the cost of the school buildings,” Mobo added.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) earlier expressed concern over the DepEd’s neglect of sanitation in the 43,000 public schools where there is a severe shortage of toilets and hand-washing facilities that could expose the more than 19 million public school students to diseases.

“The national toilet bowl to pupil ratio stands at 1:51 in elementary schools and 1:102 in high schools. In ARMM, it’s 1:171 in elementary and 1:250 in high schools, while in NCR, it’s 1:114 and 1:143,” ACT said.

http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080621165


With the above scenario, school children will have no choice but to use the bushes as a toilet. The lack of school toilets and water is one of many obstacles to the young children wanting to have a decent education. This lack of the most basic sanitation requirement of a school should be addressed soonest. The gov't has money for junkets but has no money for the school toilets?

quotes to live by #006

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Epictetus

Filipino attitudes

'Why is the Philippines Poor?'

excerpts from the message of Dr. Arsenio Martin of Fort Arthur, Texas, USA

"The difference between poor and rich countries does not reside in the available natural resources. Japan has a limited territory, mountainous, inadequate for agriculture and cattle raising, but it is the world's second economic power. It is like a floating factory, importing raw materials from all over the world and exporting manufactured products.

"Another example is Switzerland. It does not plant cocoa, and yet is has the best chocolates in the world. In its little territory, the people raise animals and plant the soil only during four months of a year. Not enough, and yet they produce dairy products of the best quality. It is a small country that transmits an image of security and order, and the world's strongest and safest place in the world.

"Executives from rich countries who communicate with their counterparts in poor countries show that there is no significant intellectual difference among them. Race or skin color is also not important. Immigrants labeled lazy in their countries of origin are the most productive in rich European counties.

"What is the difference then? The difference is in the attitude of the people, framed along the years by education and culture and flawed tradition.

"On analyzing the behavior of the people in rich and developed countries, we find that the great majority following these principles in their lives: Ethics, Integrity, Responsibility, Respect for laws and rules, Respect of the rights of other citizens, Work loving, Strive for savings and investment, Will of action, Punctuality and Discipline.

"In poor countries, only a minority follow these basic principles in their daily life. The Philippines is not poor because we lack natural resources or because Nature has been cruel to us. In fact, we are rich in natural resources. But we are poor because we lack the correct attitudes. We lack the will to comply with and teach these functional principles of rich and developed societies.

http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun09/edmata.htm

Ube Halaya

My mother taught this recipe to me.

Ingredients:

1 kilo ube yam root
1 can evaporated milk
2 cans condensed milk
1 Anchor butter
1 cup sugar if needed
food coloring (blue)

Boil unpeeled ube yam in water and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain and cool. Peel and finely grate the ube yam. Heat a big Wok and place the condensed milk, evaporated milk and the grated ube yam. Keep on mixing the ingredients until sticky and add the Anchor butter. Add a little food coloring to make it a little blue in color. Mix until a little bit dry. Taste and add sugar if needed. When done, let it cool a bit and place in containers. You may spread additional butter on top of the yam before serving.

Photography

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Depth of Field




ISO Settings

UP new Charter of 2007

Excerpt from Senator Angara's news article

‘New charter gives UP direction, fiscal autonomy and path to eminence in Asia’

THE signing of the University of the Philippines’ new Charter of 2007, or Republic Act 9500, by President Arroyo on April 29, 2008, was the culmination of intense work that spanned three Congresses. The more than seven years that it took to enact the UP Charter is worth it. And it has become more meaningful because it became a law while UP celebrates its centennial.

A new charter for UP is needed to keep it attuned to the times, to enable it to grow, and to keep it as a leading academic institution. The UP Charter gives the university direction, fiscal autonomy and the potential to be one of the leading research universities in Asia.

The charter removes UP from the coverage of the Salary Standardization Law. This gives the UP Board of Regents the flexibility to design a more attractive and competitive compensation package for faculty and staff. At present a professor from, say, Ateneo receives up to three times more than what a UP professor does. But a UP professor enjoys certain privileges that an Ateneo professor does not, and that is academic freedom, both personal and institutional, as well as security of tenure. My theory is that if a UP professor gets at least two-thirds of an Ateneo professor’s salary, then they are already at par. With an improved remuneration, we can not only attract the best and the brightest but also keep them.

Gifts and donations to an education institution are tax-free. The UP Charter reiterates this because the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs often come up with their own regulations and circulars that negate the intent of promoting education by providing tax exemption and incentives to charitable grants and gifts.

Donations to UP are also free from donor’s tax and can be claimed as a tax deduction. The purpose of this provision is that government is unable to provide all that the national university needs and therefore, philanthropic citizens may be able to supplement what government cannot give.

The charter also exempts from customs duties the importation of economic, technical, scientific, philosophical, historical and cultural books, supplies and materials duly certified by the Board of Regents, including scientific and educational instruments, computer and software equipment. All transactions are zero-rated for value-added tax and all academic awards are tax-exempt.

The new UP Charter makes UP “the National University.” Before, when we spoke of a “State University” UP immediately came to mind. There are about 112 state universities and colleges today, with each of them claiming the status of a “State University,” and the reference to UP was lost. The Charter reiterates the premiere status of UP by making it the National University.

But the characterization of NU is more than an honorific title. In terms of preferences among the hierarchy of state universities and colleges, UP must always maintain the lead in budgetary appropriations. But there is also a corresponding obligation on the part of a National University.

The charter similarly directs UP to serve as the research university in various fields of expertise and specialization, conducting basic and applied research, and promoting research in the various colleges and campuses, and contributing to the dissemination and application of knowledge.

to read the complete article please go to this link

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/june/08/yehey/top_stories/20080608top2.html

quotes to live by #005

We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

UP Padyak Project

The University of the Philippines (UP) through the members and alumni of the UP Mountaineers has come up starting this school year with a project called “UP Padyak”. Its aim is to promote the bicycle as a cheap but safe and reliable means of transportation.

How to fold your T-shirt in two seconds

quotes to live by #004

Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hooters Hot Wings

Hooters is known for their classic Hot Wings. You can try something similar at home.

Recipe
4 1/2 lb. - 5 lb. Chicken Wings (cut into drumettes and flappers)
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup All Purpose Flour
2 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. Paprika
1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper

In large mixing bowl mix flours, salt, paprika and cayenne pepper together, blend well. Cut chicken wings into drumettes and flappers. Wash and drain chicken. Coat chicken in flour mixture, refrigerate chicken wings for 90 minutes.

When ready to deep fry chicken wings heat oil to 375. Place chicken pieces in hot oil, do not crowd. Fry chicken wings until golden brown, remove from oil and drain. When all wings have been fried, place in a large bowl. Add Hot Sauce mixture and mix completely. Use a fork or tongs to place chicken pieces on a serving platter. Serve immediately and with lots of paper towels.

recipe lifted from copykat.com
photo copied from photobucket.com by Starrieidgirl

Test your internet speed access

Speedtest.net is a free broadband speed test with servers located all over the world. Compare your results with others and easily share them.



when you get to the website click on "Test Using Recommended Server" to start the test.

Diet coke and mentos

What diet coke and mentos will do when mixed together.

quotes to live by #003

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

Abraham Lincoln

Subprime mortgage crisis

The subprime mortgage crisis is an ongoing economic problem manifesting itself through liquidity issues in the global banking system owing to foreclosures which accelerated in the United States in late 2006 and triggered a global financial crisis during 2007 and 2008. The crisis began with the bursting of the US housing bubble and high default rates on "subprime" and other adjustable rate mortgages (ARM) made to higher-risk borrowers with lower income or lesser credit history than "prime" borrowers. Loan incentives and a long-term trend of rising housing prices encouraged borrowers to assume mortgages, believing they would be able to refinance at more favorable terms later. However, once housing prices started to drop moderately in 2006–2007 in many parts of the U.S., refinancing became more difficult. Defaults and foreclosure activity increased dramatically as ARM interest rates reset higher. During 2007, nearly 1.3 million U.S. housing properties were subject to foreclosure activity, up 79% from 2006.

The mortgage lenders that retained credit risk (the risk of payment default) were the first to be affected, as borrowers became unable or unwilling to make payments. Major banks and other financial institutions around the world have reported losses of approximately U.S. $379 billion as of May 21, 2008. Owing to a form of financial engineering called securitization, many mortgage lenders had passed the rights to the mortgage payments and related credit/default risk to third-party investors via mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations (CDO). Corporate, individual and institutional investors holding MBS or CDO faced significant losses, as the value of the underlying mortgage assets declined.

Reference: Wikipedia

to better understand the subprime crisis please click on this link

subprime primer

quotes to live by #002

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

William Blake

quotes to live by #001

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

William J.H. Boetcker

How to download youtube video

Here is a way to download your favorite youtube videos.

How to behave on an internet forum

Hope this will be a good reminder for old and new internet forum or e-group members

Favorite websites

this is a very useful website wherein you will find the most popular websites by category

http://www.allmyfaves.com/

Posting in this blog

Those who wish to add a post here in this blog please send the message to this e-mail addy monsay1973@gmail.com

I will come up with a list of house rules that will regulate the kind and type of posts here. This blog site will primarily be used to disseminate information.

Louie

Batch '73 victory party

This is Alice again. Last Tuesday, April 29, the group decided to have a dinner at Max Restaurant in Roces Ave. Ms. Calixto was there, together with other batchmates like Grace Odal, Cecille Sacay, Lilian Serna, Fe Ramos, Sol Abuel and others. General Boysie announced na may blow out para sa lahat ng performers sa Sabado, May 3, together with the unedited film showing of the grand reunion. Some proceed to Klowns, Quezon Ave. after the dinner.
Come Saturday, the party was like a continuation of the reunion. Mas grabe pa dahil bumaha ng mga pagkain and drinks from different batchmates. Pork Barbeque and Pansit were courtesy of Susan Gaffud and Joy Reyes, 1 bilao Maja blanca was given by Amor Marquez, lechon was given by Sophia Arzadon, other sweets and desserts given by Lani Carvajal, Nora Moreto (Flowers on the tables also coming from her), and yours trully, cream of mushroom soup from Sol Abuel, and the rest of the food from General Boysie and Cora Rosales are Diningding, Pakbet, Inihaw na liempo, at adobong pusit(itlugan), wines, beers, softdrinks, fruits and pika-pika. Me cakes pa, I don't know where it's from. Grabe ang reception ng ipakita na yung mga pictures and video of the event. Kanya-kanyang kantyawan, hiyawan at tawanan sa mga kuhang pictures. Ang pikon, talo sa mga kantyaw. Me intermission na sayawan in-between film showing. Me mga dance instructors (Courtesy of Pricess Baby Lucia of Iran) to initiate the dancing mood. We end the party at 1:30am at kanya-kanyang bitbit ng uwi sa mga natirang mga pagkain.

Grand Reunion - April 26, 2008

from marissa romero via text messaging happenings of our ongoing reunion:

"nagstart ng 6pm. national anthem by rmhs chorale, magsaysay hymn then invocation by rey martin. 2 pairs of hosts, FFF, boysie, sol abuel and jun so. right now, recognition of faculty who attended the event...dinner time, kaen muna kme..."---sent 26-apr 18:38:24

"tonight's menu mushroom soup, rols n butter, rice, fish steak, chicken galantina, softdrinks. we just finished acknowledging attendees by batches. batch70 orange, batch72 blue, white, violet, red...sorry hindi k n maremember ung bathces nla. anak ng pating, umatake na naman ang alzheimers. everybody's talking and eating at the same time.kattapos lng i-induct ang new set ng alumni officers. pause muna..."---sent 26-apr 19:04:14

"update...update...raffle part1.congratulations 2 winners..well applauded dance number performed by boysie, rey martin, jimmy gallardo and 5 other gentlemen..feel n feel nla ang pgiging john travolta.."hot stuff" by the dancing mamas n nka-hot pants mga sexy p din naman ang mga GGGs. manila sound, mga hi skul loveteams ewan ko kung knilig cla. nainis o inantok. special dance number ng batch70. ang sumunod ay erotic dance number performed by a couple from batch74, sa attire plang ng lady in flaming red nagkagulo n...and then latin dance 2 the tune of ur fave oye como va nkablack lhat, 3 pairs tsaka may bckup dancders p..pause muna, pause..."---sent 26-apr 20:27:57

"we also paid tribute 2 our departed batchmates whose photos were flashed on the screen while the rmhs chorale sang. after nun, symbolic key was passed 2 batches 64,74,84,94 and 2004..sumunod ang mga ayaw paawat n GGG with a sexy number "don't cha". a project search for the ten most outstanding alumni was presented thru a powerpoint..batch song lead by lani carvajal gavino. last but not the least, u should be dancing...meron pa raw sayawan wantosawa kc der wud b 2 live bands playing"---sent 26-apr 21:19:46

blocking & program rehearsal

Late (10am) na kong nakadating sa Camp Aguinaldo, cz me nilakad pa ako nung maaga. Tapos na silang mag practice ng blocking but naabutan ko naman ang program rehearsal. Andun ang mga regulars except Mr. Glenn and General Boysie. Dumating din ang grupo nila Amy Fischer at Sophia Arzadon, Emma Barquerros, Joy Reyes & Susan Gaffud, Sol, Lemon and Fe Ramos. Nag practice sila Rey Martin, Lani Gavino, June So at Amy Fischer ng invocation at napaiyak pa si Baby Lucia sa ganda ng boses nila, lalo na ni Rey. Ang ganda talaga ng blending ng boses nilang 4. yung mga participants lang ng Manila Sounds ang pinapunta sa MPD for their rehearsal dahil hindi sila magkatagpo-tagpo. We went home after taking our lunch cz we have to rest for a long day tomorrow.

Photo Sessions

We went at Villa Immaculada at the back of Manila Cathedral for the batch photo today, April 23, 2008 at 8am. We had fun posing and making wacky shots. We had the shots outside the place, then inside the venue. Sure you will see those photos in the egroup. We then proceed at MPD for further dance practice. Saw the pictures later in the afternoon at Boysie's office and we went our own way after that. Some went home and some went out with the balikbayans.

reunion site meeting

We went at Officer's Club at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City at 8:30am of April 19, 2008. Most of the Alumni officers were there except Teh, who waited at MPD in the afternoon. Glenn, General Boysie and Oca, Cora, Bing, Evelyn, Lani Carvajal, Fe Ramos, Sol Abuel, and Lemon Tolentino were there. Nagkatuksuhan pa nga when Glenn and Lani were on the stage. Glenn took the opportunity to kiss Lani on her cheek when everybody shouted "kiss". Game lang naman si Lani. The meeting were presided by Sol and Fe with Cora and Boysie on the side. The meeting was adjourned at 2pm. We proceeded to MPD headquaters at U.N. Avenue for the actual dance practice. We had another meeting at the end of the day for the details of the reunion presided by Teh and Cora. We agreed to meet on Wednesday, april 29, 2008 for the batch73 picture

hi Loui,
I'm Alice Acutina-Alshahwan. Ms. Cora Rosales asked me to do the updating for the happenings here. This is a good site you created for the blogs. Congrats!

great work, louie! it worked! congrats. i hope our batchmates will appreciate this and post comments. pwede na tayong mag-start from now with their meeting, dance practices every saturday, good time sa MOA, etc. and let us know what is happening. ok toh talaga

test blog for rmhs

this is a test blog for the RMHS 1973