I had a very lovely job : empowering patients about their disease and treatment choices, as an adult Nurse Practitioner of one of the biggest insurance companies in the world. It was a challenging and difficult job, yet, I  Iove  it very much. The remuneration package was top notch,  with 6-figure basic salary with bonuses […]

Just got back from a nice vacation to celebrate my retirement again. I have been asking myself why I am always victimized by sociopaths and pathological liars who have no personal dignity nor integrity like Aljohn de Leon and others. It must be that I am too kind..too blind,  to see that some people are […]

Happiness is contagious, a disease without a cure. It comes from within, you do not need anyone to make you happy. I will be happy and HAPI, just the right combination for my purpose in life. I do not plan just to exist. I want to live a life full of happiness and HAPI-ness. Besides, […]

Self-entitlement is rampant everywhere, but worse in the Philippine society.  Some Filipinos think that they are entitled to my money when I ask them to do things that they voluntarily do,  like activism and propagation of critical thinking. I must be naive to think that they do it for humanity’s sake. I did not know […]

Some people will remain bitter all  their lives: > those who have wrong perceptions and always misconstrue other people’s words, so that they can feel good about themselves. > those who have been banned by successful societies . > those who are not successful in their career. > those who are poor leaders, resigned fast […]

I have been lucky, blessed with a good set of teeth since childhood. I grew up poor so,  I was not able to eat tons of candies and sweet nothings when I was younger. I always  had  ample serving of  green mangoes fresh from a tree, hard guavas, sugarcane trunks stolen from the field in my […]

  A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead I always enjoy going to nurse practitioner conference annually to quench my thirst for new knowledge, and of course, to see lovely places in America. This time, the venue was in Savannah, Georgia. Would […]

A virus (from the Latin virus meaning toxin or poison) is a microscopic infectious agent that can reproduce only inside a host cell. Viruses infect all types of organisms: from animals and plants, to bacteria and archaea.[1] Since the initial discovery of tobacco mosaic virus by Martinus Beijerinck in 1898,[2] more than 5,000 types of […]

My youngest sister who lives in New Jersey suffers from idiopathic anaphylaxis. Her last attack was 2 months ago in May when I had my jury duty. It happened in her jobsite after a meal most probably loaded with the stuff that she is allergic to. The manager at her work place called 911. They […]