The 7^th Annual Convention of the Philippine Academy of Clinical and Cosmetic Dermatology (PACCD) will be held on October 8-9,2010 at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila, Ortigas Ave. cor ADB Quezon City Philippines.  This year’s theme of the 7^th PACCD Annual Convention is “ Two Faces of dermatology: Updates in Cutaneous Medicine and Cosmetic Dermatology.”

Some 400-physician dermatologists from all over the country will attend the plenary lectures and research paper presentations. Another highlight of the 7^th PACCD Annual Convention is a Fellowship night for members only with a Masquerade Ball Theme.

Plenary lectures are Dermatologic Problems in the Overweight and Obese, Pediatric Allergologist’s Guide to the Management of Atopic Dermatitis, Rational Steroid Use in Atopic Dermatitis, Skin Problems in pregnancy, Simplifying First Line Topical Therapy for Acne, The truth about IV Glutathione, Non-Surgical Liposuction: Improved version and Latest trend in Depigmentation Treatment.

Pre-registration for members will be up to August 31, 2010. Only check payments will be accepted for pre-registartion at the PACCD office or mailed thru LBC payable to PACCD.

For more registration details of the convention, visit their website at http://www.paccd.org.ph email: paccd_2003@yahoo.com.

Philippine Academy of Clinical and Cosmetic Dermatology
2/F Room 202, De Ocampo Medical Center
# 2921 Nagtahan St. Sta. Mesa, Manila
Telefax # (02)714-4284; Mobile : 0917-3455195

FIND A PACCD DERMATOLOGIST NEAR YOU

Pinagdiriwang ang Buwan ng Wika tuwing Agosto. Ang paksang diwa sa kasalukuyang taon ay “ Sa Pangangalaga sa Wika at Kalikasan, Wagas na Pagmamahal Talagang Kailangan”.

Kaugnay ng Buwan ng Wika, minarapat ko na magsaad ng ilang mga kasabihan na madalas sambitin ng mga ninuno natin kung tayo ay pinapangaralan.

Ang kahoy hanggat malambot
Ay madaling mahuhubog,
Kung lumaki at tumayog,
Mahirap and pag hutok.

Ang anumang gagawin
Makapitong isipin

Ang gawa sa pagkabata
Dala hanggat sa tumanda

Ang bayaning nasusugatan
Nag iibayo ang tapang

Sa kabang nakabukas
Matutukso kahit banal

Kahoy na babad sa tubig,
Sa apoy huwag ilapit
Pag nadarang sa init
Sapilitang magdirikit

Anak na di paluhain
Ina ang patatangisin

My favorite convenient store 7-Eleven opened their 500^th branch at Eton Centris in Quezon City, making it the largest chain store in the Philippines to date.

I preferred 7-Eleven to the other convenient store because of its excellent service, courteous staff and wide array of products; it is open 24 hours a day and its store accessibility. One heartwarming experience with the store staff I had years ago is when I was so depressed and I need to buy coffee and hot dog sandwich, the staff really helped and served what I need, though its self-service, from then on I know 7-Eleven is my kind of store.

Aside from terrific service of their staff, 7-Eleven is known internationally for Big Gulp® soft drinks, Big Bite® hot dogs, Slurpee® beverages, and fresh brewed coffee. The stores have expanded their food service offerings with a proprietary line of deli items and baked goods, which are prepared and delivered fresh daily. In the Philippines, the local menu has expanded to Hottarice® Meals, Siopao, Pasta, Stuffed Pandesal and desserts.

7-Eleven also offers convenient services including bills payment, phone/call cards and simpacks, and money transfer, where available.

7-Eleven the Philippine’s favorite and most reliable convenience store chain.

“It is the world’s first cheese café that will serve the most number of cheese dishes at 5, 845”.

5845 is the number that shook the culinary world last December 14, 2009. It was when the Magsaysay Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts (MIHCA) and Kraft Eden Cheese successfully created 5,845 unique cheese-infused dishes in one day, a Guinness world record-breaking milestone.

Café 5845 is at SM Mall of Asia North Living Seaside Boulevard area, it will serve pasta such as Penne Amatriciana with Shrimp & Mushroom, BBQ Pork w/ Cheesy Bechamel Sauce as one of the main courses. Vegetarian pizzas to satisfy vegetarian guests and of course, sandwiches such as Chicken and Cheese Panina lined up in the menu, guests are sure to indulge in a unique dining experience.

Café 5845 will serve a different menu everyday and will be featuring some of the dishes used in the record-breaking 5,845 dishes. Café 5845 cheese dishes are at affordable prices.

Friends we don’t have any reason not to visit Café 5845, Guinness world record, finest food prepared by MIHCA staff, and dishes enriched with Kraft Eden Cheese.

Ang Sarap ng Buhay !

Nestlé’s Heaven Ice Cream had a blast party for its formal launch at A. Venue in Makati last June 23, 2010. With men and women dressed in angel’s costume, a foggy and exhilarating atmosphere at the venue, feels like Heaven!

Nestle’s Heaven Ice Cream comes in 4 delicious flavors: Belgian Chocolate Bliss, Vanilla Almond Secret, Strawberry Dream, and Strawberry Dream. Prices range from Php 115( Php 115 ) to Php 175( 800mL) .

Each scoop will truly give an ultimate HEAVEN Ice Cream experience and that tastes just like Heaven on earth!

And the award for the Guinness world of record for successfully putting off 5845 cheese infused dishes goes to Team Kraft’s Eden cheese and the Magsaysay Center for Culinary Arts (MIHCA)! Hurrah for the men and women behind MICHA and Kraft’s Eden Cheese!

Last December 15, 2009, chefs and students from MIHCA , in cooperation with culinary students from Regina Carmeli, Saint Paul College, Centro Escolar University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, La Consolacion College, and Arellano University, gathered at Araneta Coliseum and helped Kraft Eden Cheese prepare 5845 cheese-based dishes.

Truly a fruit of hard work and perseverance, bagging a Guinness World Record for preparing the most number of dishes on display in a single day, proved MICHA’s world class ability both locally and globally.

As a way of celebrating a World Record-the Cheesy way, MIHCA and Kraft foods will launch the Café 5845 at SM Mall of Asia, the first cheese café in the world that will serve the most number of cheese dishes at 5845.

Indeed a remarkable feat for Filipinos in the culinary world! Congratulations to the team behind MIHCA and Kraft Eden Cheese.

The new Dermcare Luxe Wellness and Spa  at the 5^th floor The Block SM North EDSA formally opens its door to its loyal clients today June 9, 2010.

Dermcare Luxe Wellness & Spa

Dermcare Luxe Wellness and Spa boast of services like facial care, body treatment such pure body bliss and body spa, hair treatment and beauty enhancement.

Madam Zenaida Palisoc, the amiable woman behind the success of Dermcare professional group, hosted the inaugural blessing.

Indulge in total privacy and complete pampering in more than 30 Dermcare’s branches all over the Philippines, and experience the unique Dermcare touch. Dermcare has skin products that have been trusted for more than 20 years.

“Kabilang Ka” is the slogan of the Philippines National Statistics Office  (NSO) in conducting the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) beginning May 17 to June 14, 2010. This aims to take an inventory of the country’s total population and characteristics as well as living quarters in the country.

This up- to- date statistics will serve as a guide for our government planners and policy makers in terms of budget allotment and future local government development projects. Census questionnaires will include demographic and socio-economic characteristics, plus housing variables.

About 67, 000 personnel will be sent to the field as enumerators (Data collectors) to implement 2010 Census of Population and Housing with a budget of a little over 2.0 billion pesos.

Our outmost cooperation is necessary for the success of the Philippines 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH). The data collectors wearing official 2010 CPH identification cards will knock on every housing unit and interview each household. The interview will take only about 15 to 30 minutes. All information from the census will be held strictly confidential as guaranteed by Section 4 of Commonwealth Act No. 591 and Section 9 of BP 72.

Let us welcome the data collectors in our homes; this is a very simple way of being involved and helping our country.

My purpose for applying to the DE program and my plans after completion of Graduate study at the UP Open University:

My career has always been involved with education. After graduating from medical school, I have worked with the Department of Education for 16 years although not directly involved with teaching students; but as a physician for teachers and students. I was exposed to a life inside the classroom. I did not stop studying. I had my Masters of Public Health in 2000 at UPOU and I was part of the second batch of MPH-DE graduates. I was aiming for a post in the regional level, but I had a change of heart. In 2002, I took up nursing for plans of going abroad and passed all the necessary requirements (CGFNS, NCLEX, IELTS, NLE). Finally, I changed careers; I left the government service in 2005 to go into full time teaching.

Nursing professors were in demand in 2005. I had this opportunity; I applied as a lecturer in several nursing schools. I have been accepted in all because of my master’s degree and my credentials. In 2006, I got tired of studying maybe because of the too many examinations that I took.  However two years ago, I have that inkling again to go back to school for a Masters degree in Distance Education. But, because of work schedules in the College of Nursing and my children going to college I put it on hold.

Now that my eldest daughter is applying for her master’s degree (MAN) and my son currently enrolled in UPOU, I feel the need to go on with what I like—studying and eventually teaching in an alternative way. I like to do new things and innovate with what is being used at present. I have been using the computer for the last 12 years and my children have been instrumental for me to harness my computer skills. One of the things I enjoyed most these days is blogging. Through this, I can connect with other people, teach, entertain, inform and share my thoughts.

This will be my fifth degree if ever I will finish the course, more letters will be attached to my name. But that is not the essence anymore. I just want to be in school again to know what is new and to eventually impart these to others. I firmly believe that a UP education still the best training I have ever received.  I thank UP for imparting to me what quality education is.

This time, during the course of classes being offered via distance education, I look forward to meet new people, gather new ideas and strategies to use inside my classroom, be exposed to a wide range of age groups, the young and the old and know about the use of educational technology. I hope I still have the capability to be proficient in such technology.

It’s about 11 years before my retirement; this will also be a way of preparing for it. Even at the comforts of my home I can still teach or be involve in teaching in my own little way via distance education.

I was a student at the University of the Philippines Open University 10 years ago for my Masters of Public Health degree. Come May 7, 2010, our first day of online classes, this time as a student (again and again) of Masters in Distance Education. If I have pursued this about two years ago, I’m on my way to graduation. But no regrets, I have other priorities to do for my kids and me during those times.

I have been involved in teaching for the last 5 years. A slight deviation from what I do for 16 years having worked for the government and of course clinical work as a physician. But teaching is always a part of being a doctor, treatment for patients will always include advise about diet, medicines, activity etc.

When I had my MPH at UPOU, we did not have online classes, just printed modules to study and classes once or twice a month at the UP College of Public health (‘was 13 years ago). This time purely online classes, hope it really suits my needs.

Just thinking again, what lies ahead of me with all these challenges in work, family life, and domestic affairs? Will I be able to wear my SABLAY again? I’ll keep you posted. And I’ll be updating you with my life as a distant learner at www.distanceeducationblog.com and at EDUC TODAY.