Killer Exams

Had a marathon of exams yesterday for my masterals… Epidemiology, Nutrition, Environmental Health…A mind-boggling combination that left my brain in shock and my fingers in pain (from writing essays).  Not complaining though, as I’m already halfway done with my studies after which I’m going to rethink my career options. 

The Wild Doctor Chase

Check this out!  Doctors are now being rated like food at one insurance company in the US.  Zagat Survey, an entity that produces authoritative restaurant guides, makes this possible for WellPoint.  Parameters other than the doctor’s competency, skills and bedside manners are being used here–trust, communication, availability and environment.  Subjectivity is a clear disadvantage.  Validity [...]

Guilty Pleasure

Just got back from out-of-town vacation at Bataan to hit the beach and tan a little, catch up with my latest read and most priceless of all, do some sleep recovery. As soon as I’m back to the deserted city that is Manila and connected to the internet, I clicked my bookmark to http://delfindjmontano.blogspot.com/ to get [...]

And the winner is…

Watched the much-talked about Q & A portion of Bb. Pilipinas winner Janina San Miguel on You Tube many times.  Couldn’t help but feel sorry for our country.   Her twisted English moreso her damaged frame of reasoning to very simple questions pose the question: which is more important, beauty or brains?  Definitely the first one did it [...]

I’m bleeding from inside my brain

 Still recovering from intellectual shock after watching There Will Be Blood on the big screen.  Shock from moral issues that this Oscar-winning movie presents, primarily the heights (and depths) of one’s ambition and the duel between faith and reason. Portrayed by no less than Daniel Day Lewis, Daniel Planview, the lead character is a man driven by [...]

A big joke

Noli is all set to be the next president.  Read here. Having received a crash course on the presidency, he is poised to fill up the power vacuum that will be left by GMA.  As he is the constitutional successor, he will be in charge of the affairs of this country.  This answers the why; but [...]