50 things to do during sem break

by: Dr. Henry L. Yu

1. Go swimming or sunbathing.

2. Read books, magazines, news clippings, etc.

3. Listen to songs that will recapture the memories of yesteryear.

4. Watch the late night TV shows.

5. Do an early Christmas window shopping for friends and loved ones.

6. Connect to friends through email.

7. Text your friends some jokes or thoughts that will make them LOL.

8. Have a food binge with your former barkada.

9. Avail of the 50-70% Sales Promo.

10. Go nature tripping.

11. Wear those outfits that which you haven't worn for the longest time.

12. Assort things in your drawer.

13. Stay idle and lazy for a day.

14. Have a leisure breakfast.

15. Catch up with friends whom you haven't gotten in touch with for quite sometime.

Call for Entries in RAFI's blogging contest

Want to have the chance to win P25,000 while promoting inspiring stories and work of recognized development workers in the Visayas and Mindanao in your blog?

Then join the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Incorporated (RAFI) Triennial Awards Blogging Contest.

It is open to bloggers aged 13 to 35 years old

Quoting RAFI's Press Release:

The contest highlights the RAFI Triennial Awards and its awardees and finalists. Guided by the theme, “Shaping the big picture of change”, entrants are expected to do background research on the lives and works of RAFI Triennial awardees and finalists nearest their area.

The RAFI Triennial Awards is an awards program of RAFI given every three years to recognize the philanthropic, humanitarian, and holistic efforts of individuals and institutions in the Visayas and Mindanao in enhancing the quality of life of the communities they serve. It is now on its 5th run with conferment of awards in 2012.

To join the RAFI Triennial Awards Blogging Contest, individuals should register through www.rafi.org.ph. Entrants must have an existing and updated blog for at least six months. 

All blog entries must be original and written in English, with a minimum of 1,000 words and maximum of 4,000 words. Entries should not have been entered or won in previous competitions. Writers must at the end of their blogs indicate, "This is an official entry to the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) Triennial Awards Blogging Contest." and include a link to the RAFI website.

The criteria for judging include 50 percent for content (originality and alignment to the theme and research value) and 50 percent for writing style or composition (including technicalities).

A contest participant is allowed a maximum of three blogs that feature different awardees and finalists.

After posting their entries on their blogs, entrants should email application form, URL of the blog post, and electronic copy of at least one valid ID to ellen.red@rafi.org.ph with the subject header: Entry to the RAFI Triennial Awards Blogging Contest.

Entrants must ensure that their blogs are accessible until winners are declared in January 2012.

The blogging contest started last Sept. 30. Deadline for the submission of blog entries is Dec. 15, 2011.

Prizes are as follows:

• First prize: P25,000
• Second prize: P20,000
• Third prize: P15,000
• All entries of winners and finalists will be consolidated and published in a book.

Visit www.rafi.org.ph. for more informtion on the RAGI Triennial Awards.

Press Release: Groupon Philippines Lends Online Platform to Support HIV Awareness

MANILA-- Groupon Philippines (www.groupon.ph) will feature an unprecedented online deal on September 11, 2011 to support The Love Yourself Project, which aims to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines through education and counselling.

The deal, which will go live on 9/11, will raise the ‘9-1-1’ emergency signal on the staggering rise of HIV cases in the Philippines. According to a July report from the Department of Health -National Epidemiology Center, the Philippines is in the brink of an epidemic-level spread of HIV. July 2011 registered 204 newly-diagnosed HIV cases, the highest logged in a single month, and a 56% increase compared to the same period last year. The Philippines is 1 of only 7 countries worldwide where HIV cases are increasing.

The deal will allow anyone with internet access to donate to the cause either through a P100 cash donation, a P400 donation which comes with a free Love Yourself t-shirt, and a P1000 donation that entitles Groupon holders to the Love Yourself photo-shoot on September 24, complete with a pre-shoot styling session and a free Love Yourself t-shirt. The deal will run from September 11 and end on September 13.

Frenzy condoms also agreed to match each Groupon sold with an in-kind donation of condoms, which will be distributed during The Love Yourself Project’s various outreach, testing and counselling sessions.

The deal is Groupon’s inaugural G-Team deal outside North America. Groupon was born out of collective action and fundraising platform The Point in 2008, and later channelled its philanthropic roots into the launch of G-Team. While Groupon enables shoppers to discover the best their city has to offer, G-Team further connects consumers to their cities by spotlighting local organizations. Facilitating support through the collective action-by-tipping point model that Groupon pioneered, G-Team campaigns are designed around an organization’s specific need, like fundraising to create school supply kits, but only ‘go live’ if a certain number of people agree to participate. There is no cost for mission-driven organizations to participate in G-Team and all proceeds directly benefit the featured cause. This innovative approach to fundraising has raised more than PhP12M for various organizations.

“We are excited to employ the ‘people power’ model of Groupon’s G-Team to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines,” said Ronivin Garcia Pagtakhan, CEO/President of The Love Yourself Project. “We are honored to be the first organization featured by The G-Team in the Philippines.”

To avail of this deal, just log on to www.groupon.ph at 12 noon on September 11, 20011, and follow the instructions. While there is no cap for the P100 donation, quantities are limited for the t-shirts and photo-shoot sessions.

About Groupon

Groupon, launched in November 2008 in Chicago, features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, eat, see and buy in 45 countries around the world. Groupon uses collective buying power to offer huge discounts and provide a win-win for business and consumers, delivering more than 1,000 daily deals globally. To subscribe for the best deals in your city, visit www.groupon.ph.

About The Love Yourself Project

The Love Yourself Project aims to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among the youth and key affected population in the Philippines, primarily through education and counselling. It is the first project by the VINN Advocacy group, which was founded by Twitter Shorty Awards Nurse of The Year Awardee Ronivin (Vinn) Garcia Pagtakhan. The Love Yourself Project is supported by popular TV personality Boy Abunda (United Nations Population Fund spokesperson), Rep. Rissa Hontiveros (Akbayan), and actors Paulo Avelino and Rocco Nacino.

Contacts

Groupon Philippines
Richmond Ezer Escolar, Chief Marketing Officer

0917-5698463; richmond@groupon.ph

The Love Yourself Project

Chris Lagman, External Affairs Officer

chris@loveyourself.ph

AN OPEN LETTER TO CIM CLASS 2010

To my dear fellow doctors and colleagues,

 

Congratulations to all of you for passing the August 2011 medical board exam. Thank you for bringing honor to CIM in continuing to propagate the name and living up to the legend of our alma mater. This is indeed one such great achievement - a pride of kith and kin – mom and dad, brothers and sisters, lolo and lola, uncles and aunties, cousins, as well as teachers, classmates, friends and all the significant others. 

At this point in time, I’m sure you are at a crossroad, facing the challenges of what lies ahead. Yes, the feeling of having passed the medical board exam is indeed indescribably exciting as it is overwhelmingly exhilarating for you to jump with joy because, at long last, you will now have the license to practice medicine, with an M.D. after your name. I’m sure too that a series of thanksgiving parties will be tendered and congratulatory ads will occupy not a few pages of the newspapers. Indeed, this is one great moment that calls for a celebration like no other.

Like you, 32 years ago, I was also at a crossroad after passing the medical board exam, not knowing what lay ahead. Would I have my residency training in Cebu or Manila or the U.S.? What field of specialization would I go into? So many questions. So many challenges. 

After all that has been said and done, be it as it may, at the end of the day, there’s only one thing we all should be or try to become: PHYSICIANS WITH A HEART.  

 

Congratulations once again. I join you in this penultimate joy of passing the medical board exam. To God be the glory and honor. Forevermore.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

Henry L. Yu, M.D.

Dr. Henry Yu is a writer-contributor for a local newspaper and is a CIM alumnus and faculty member. 

Velezian Alumni Event Alert: General Assembly for Medtech Alumni

Velezians Inc. and Velez College Medical Technologists Alumni Association (VMTAA) cordially invites Velez College Medical Technology Alumni to a General Assembly with Scientific Lecture on July 9, 2011 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at the Cebu Institute of Medicine Amphitheater 1.

There will be NO registration fees.

The Scientific Lecture will be on Tumor Markers by Dr. Ellie May B. Villegas.

There will also be an Election of Officers which will be crucial since the Global Velezian Medtech Class Reunion in Cebu City will be held early next year around the month of January.

There is an ongoing poll on the date when the said reunion will be held in Cebu at Velez College BSMT Facebook group page.

CIM SSC Officers for Schoolyear 2011-2012

As Cebu Institute of Medicine (CIM) prepares to host this schoolyear's APMC Annual Convention, the new set of CIM SSC Officers will be very important.

Announcing their new set of Student Council officers:

• President: Joseph Brian Costiniano
• Vice-President: Francis Tulod
• Secretary: Kara A. Mendoza
• Treasurer: Jo Anne Liao
• Public Relations Officer: Ricca Cortes
• Year Representatives:
• First Year: Bea Calderon
• Second Year: Jose Orlanda
• Third Year: Maximo Arnado Jr.

Congratulations! The students are counting on you to do a good job.

Chicken to the Max with Max's Chicken All-You-Can

Due to the clamor for this promo, Max's Restaurant is bringing back its Chicken All-You-Can Promo in Cebu from June 10 to July 10, 2011 from 6 PM to 10 PM for P199. Fried chicken lovers out there can satisfy their craving for their "sarap-to-the-bones" chicken that comes with an ice-cold glass of any Pepsi product drink which can be upgraded to bottomless drink for only P28. All that remains to be ordered is the rice.

We were fortunate enough to experience the Chicken All-You-Can promo complete with a dance performance by Max's SM Cebu employees to signal the start of the promo. Every 6 PM, a similar show-stopping performance will highlight the start of the promo each day.

Then, it was Chicken to the Max when and where one could have all the chicken he can consume. "Makabuang!"

As a bonus, Max's is also giving away P20 coupons for every P200 spent during the Promo. The coupon can be used to buy any Max's products within a year after issuance such as the assorted polvoron and the other sweet delicacies and pastries of Max's.

You can log on to Max's website and Max's Facebook fan page and be a member of their Fan page.

Students, if you are looking for a different eat-all-you-can, you may try Max's which is proudly Filipino.

Max's Restaurant has branches in Cebu at the 3rd Floor of SM City Cebu as well as in the Ayala Center Cebu.