Month: July 2026
PAMANA PH at Metro North
Grateful for the opportunity to speak at Metro North Medical Center and Hospital, spotlighting Performing Arts Medicine and Physiatry during their Physiatry Day/National Disability Rights Week celebration last July 22. The celebration also featured singer-songwriter Meg Fernandez, who is the first Filipina opening act for Taylor Swift. Since our lectures preceded Meg’s performance, we like […]
67. iForgot, so iDoreen steps in (2026 annual monitoring)
A Doreen the Breast Cancer Mascot post! This is the first year that I’ve been “upgraded” (or is it “downgraded”?) from every-six-months to annual breast cancer monitoring. Tests are done, just need to see the oncologist soon for the official medical blessing! A spoiler alert that you will welcome: pertinent imaging and blood work are […]
Tribute Video for Dean Mauricia Danguilan Borromeo
After a few not-so-memorable piano teachers who made me contemplate giving up on piano lessons, sixth grade 12-year old me somehow landed on Prof. (later Dean) Maurie Borromeo’s available 8 AM Saturday morning piano lesson schedule. I have to thank whoever assigned me to her upon enrollment in the [University of the Philippines] UP College […]
