Papa Bear and Mama Bear celebrated their birthday last November 24 and November 25 respectively...

Arthur at Kathy, maligayang kaarawan muli sa inyong dalawa!!!

The other night (Thursday night), a friend of mine mentioned to me that he heard news about a nursing student from UST who died in Mindoro after mountain climbing… It was on the news paper yesterday (Friday) and I just got to read it this afternoon… It was Ms. Frana Escalante, a graduating nursing student of UST and a member of the UST Mountaineering Club… Her decomposing body was found along the Ambuyegkeng River in Oriental Mindoro after 13 days of searching…

1. No Breakfast - People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degenaration.

2. Overeating - It causes hardening of the brain arteries leading to a decrease on mental power.

3. Smoking - It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer's disease.

4. High Sugar Consumption - Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution - The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation - Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

7. Head Covered While Sleeping - Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working Your Brain During Illness - Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking In Stimulating Thoughts  - Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

10. Talking Rarely - Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very
hot in bed last night.

Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.

The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be
depressed.

The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

Discharge status: Alive but without my permission.

Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

The patient refused autopsy.

The patient has no previous history of suicides.

Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.

Patient's medical history has been remarkable with only a 40-pound weight gain in the past three days.

Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.

Since she can't get pregnant with her husband, I thought you might like to work her up.

She is numb from her toes down.

While in ER, she was examined, X-rated, and sent home.

The skin was moist and dry.

Occasional, constant infrequent headaches.

Patient was alert and unresponsive.

Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she
got a divorce.

I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

The patient was to have a bowe l resection. However, he took a job as a
stockbroker instead.

Skin: somewhat pale but present.

The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on
the abdomen and I agree.

Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.

Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

1. Ano!? Yan lang di niyo pa kayang gawin at iuutos niyo pa sa akin?

2. Hellooo! Gawin niyo na iyan no para naman huwag niyong makalimutan kung paano mag-isip.

3. Sir, makinig kaya kayo sa akin!? Pwede?

4. Puwede ba, busy ako? Mamaya na po yan.

5. Gumawa kayo ng sarili niyong presentation!

6. If challenges are more important than financial rewards, then why don't you just trade in your salary for my challenges?

7. Pwede pong paki-decide kung alin sa 10 inutos niyo sakin ngayon ang talagang urgent?

8. Absent po ako today. Wala lang, ayaw ko po kayong makita eh...

9. Pwede bang mag-all expense paid na vacation? Sige na naman, pagod na pagod na po ako eh.

10. Sir, bili niyo naman akong yosi. Sige na! Sa inyo na lang po yung sukli.

11. Uwi na po ako ha. Bahala na kayo dito sa opis.

12. Sir, pwede po bang taasan ang sweldo ko? Ang hirap kasi ng trabaho ko eh, ang pakisamahan kayo!

13. Mag-reduce naman po kayo! Mukha na kayong balyena eh.

14. Bakit po pag kami walang ginagawa pinapagalitan niyo kami? Pero bakit pag kayo ok lang?

15. Akala niyo ba magaling kayo? Wala lang silang mapiling iba kaya kayo nilagay diyan sa pwestong yan!

16. Ma'am, ang bait niyo po talaga. Sana kunin na kayo ni Lord.

17. And it is with utmost sincerity that I wish you the best of luck spending the rest of your afterlife rotting in hell at Satan's side where you belong.

18. Kung totoong nag-client call kayo patingin ng service report niyo!

19. Sagutin niyo naman yung telepono. A little exercise won't hurt.

20. Sige, gagawin ko po ito. Pero pagtimpla niyo ko ng kape.

21. Shut up when I'm talking to you!

22. Kayo itong may pa-kotse tapos ako uutusan niyo pumunta sa meeting? Ano kayo, hilo!??

23. Ano?!! Di niyo alam mag-print? Sayang ang laptop niyo ma'am.

24. Sir aminin niyo na po, nagpapa-cute lang layo sa client. Kunyari pa kayo na binebentahan niyo siya.

25. Ang ganda ng resulta ng pagkaka-plastic surgery niyo, banat na banat! Lalo tuloy kayo pinagtatawanan eh.

26. If you really think it's that important, di kayo gumawa.

27. Sir, palit tayong sweldo!

28. Ang sarap po siguro ng trabaho niyo no? Biro niyo utos lang kayo ng utos samin. Ang laki pa ng sweldo!

29. Gusto niyo mag-trabaho naman for a change?

30. Do my work over the weekend?!?! At baket!? Sino kayo para utusan ako?

31. Ngayon na due ito? Eh di kayo gumawa!

32. Can't you see I'm goddamn busy?

33. If you need me, bukas na lang. May date po ako ngayon eh.

34. Asus!! Mage-edit lang hindi pa kaya! Kayo na lang ang mag-edit para hindi sayang sa oras.

35. Sir, tinatamad po akong pumasok ngayon e. Sa bahay na lang po ako mag-iinternet at mage-games, ala pang gastos.

36. Huli kayo! Nanonood din pala kayo ng VCD ha!

37. Sir, lahat po ng kelangan niyo nandyan na. Kelangan niyo lang po tingnan mabuti!

38. Tsk tsk tsk, yan na nga ba sinasabi ko e. Ayaw niyo kasi makinig sakin.

39. Pwede bang sakin na lang position niyo?

40. Nagtataka talaga ako kung bakit napunta kayo sa puwestong yan.

41. Hay naku, sa dinami-dami naman ng pwedeng maging boss, bakit kayo pa ang napunta sakin!

42. Basahin niyo muna ang lahat ng email messages niyo bago niyo sabihin na hindi ko pa nagagawa yung pinagawa niyo.

43. Magre-resign na po ako. Hindi ko na po talaga kayo kayang tiisin eh.

44. Hindi po Inday ang pangalan ko, kaya wag po ninyo akong utusan.

45. Hindi po bottomless pit ang MS Outlook Inbox mo. Talagang titirik ang PC niyo kung hindi kayo magde-delete ng email!

46. Kabit nyo po ba yung prinomote mo?

47. Aah, sir, crush niyo ba ko? Yung seryoso? Lagi niyo na lang po kasi akong inuutusan eh.

48. Why do you keep on doing this to me? Do you feel threatened by my genius?

49. Boss, VCD o, bold! (Greenhills Virramall style)

50. Daddy, Monday ngayon. Yung baon ko!?

51. Bukas ko na lang po gagawin yung pinagagawa niyo ha? Maglalaro pa ko ng Counter Strike eh.

52. Pwede ba tigilan niyo ko?

53. Kasama ba sa job description ko to?

54. If I do what you tell me to, will this change the world?

55. I'm not sure if it's your good looks, your family connection or your charming disposition kaya ka andyan sa puwesto mo. But I'm definitely sure it has nothing to do with your intellect.

56. Okay lang umabsent kayo. It does not really matter. Mas maaga pa kaming makakapag-lunch.

57. Ang OA niyo naman. Kino-complicate niyo pa ang mga simpleng problema para lang magmukha kayong may alam.

58. You're just insecure. Palibhasa, deep down you know you don't deserve to be the boss of someone whose brilliance you can only dream of!

59. Sir naman, hindi naman po lahat ng tao kasing bobo niyo.

60. Karapatan ko nang umuwi pagpatak ng 5pm, 8 hours lang ang binabayaran sa akin eh! Karapatan ko ring mag-absent! At karapatan kong ring masulit ang 1 hour lunch break ko!

61. Ma'am huwag na po kayong mag-english. Lalo lang pong nagiging obvious ang pagiging tanga niyo.

62. Sir ano ba!? Lagi na lang ba kayong magre-request ng blow job sakin!!?? (In a really loud voice)

63. Sa tono ng pananalita niyo parang naiintindihan ninyo ang pinag-uusapan namin ah.

64. Sana po pwede ko rin kayong i-evaluate no? Sigurado lagi kayong bagsak sa akin.

65. Kung ano man po ang kasalanan ko ay kasalanan niyo rin. Boss ko kayo eh.

66. Maglinis naman po kayo ng table niyo.

67. Hoy! Ikaw, halika nga rito at tulungan mo ko!

68. Saang planeta po ba kayo nanggaling at hindi ninyo alam ito?

69. Ano naman ang mapapala ko kung gagawin ko to?

70. Inaantok ako. Tulog po muna ko ha?

71. Bakit ganyan po kayo magsalita? Napo-possess ba kayo ng masamang ispirito?

72. Sir, umabsent naman po kayo paminsan-minsan. Masaya po kasi ang buong office pag wala kayo eh.

73. Huwag nga kayong makialam samin!

74. Kelan kaya kayo mapapalitan bilang boss namin?

75. Aha!!! Sir bakit kayo naglalaro ng games!? Bawal yan ah!

Bad News for Nurses
By Elrond Galaraga
SunStar: Sunday, August 01, 2004
Talisay City

This is not good news for our nurses, parents and their children who are taking up nursing and desperate to escape the spiraling poverty of the Philippines. Our nurses are no longer the top priority for United States nursing recruiters.

With such a well-sought profession, other countries are expectedly piling up on the bandwagon, and if our government does not make drastic moves to reorient our nursing educational system to beat other countries, we will end up being "Filipino last."

India alone, an equally desperate country with a force of 1 billion people, has already cornered the Florida market, guaranteeing the entry of 8,000 Indian nurses into the US nursing workforce.

With powerful support from the Indian government, their nurses are being produced like assembly line products, fully trained in American English and ready to pass the CGFNS, TOEFL, TSE and the all-important NCLEX.

South Korea, likewise, is gaining ferociously on the competition, as evidenced by the 100 percent leap in their examinees passing the NCLEX for the first quarter of this year.

The South Koreans even asked a famous  university in Cebu to hold a special class for their nurses. This would generate  revenue and virtually keep the board exam passing record of the university clean since the Koreans won't be taking our local board exams.

India, which had only about 200 NCLEX passers in 2003, also registered a massive rise of 100 percent for the first quarter of this year only.

The ever-present Chinese are right behind the pack, getting our teachers to train their nurses in English, as the Koreans are also doing in Cebu. What an irony, to be training foreigners to take jobs
away from our own nurses.

There has been disturbing news that recruiters are now looking to other countries since Philippine nurses are flunking the examinations especially the NCLEX.

Government must do something to help our nurses go abroad by adopting a more American method of Nursing and enforcing the use of American English in our schools.

For a country like us, whose only remaining viable export is skilled manpower, losing the job market for our nurses, because of ineptness, lack of foresight and support on the part of our
country's leaders.

will only make matters worse. Not only the parents, but also the whole country will lose.

With the Iraq pullout mess still fresh in American minds, we better be prepared for the worst.

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. "There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.

"One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand."
"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil."

"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."

"Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside."
"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write."

The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.

Now replacing the place of the pencil with you. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.

One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.

Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.

Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.

Four: The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.

And Five: On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties.

By understanding and remembering, let us proceed with our life on this earth having a meaningful purpose in our heart.

Author Unknown

The Bible says that God is the potter and we are the clay. He is the master and we are the servants. With God's leading and the still small voice of the Holy Spirit guiding our steps, we can do great things with our life. Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish. Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change. (Isaiah 64:8)

God has put breath in your physical body for a reason and so I hope you will seek Him in prayer to find out your purpose and what plans God has for your life. Only when we seek Him can we find out the plan of the Lord for our life. I encourage you to be submitted to the Lord just as a pencil is submitted in the writer's hand. (Proverbs 3:5-6) (Jeremiah 29:11-14)