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This is the kind of shot that maybe discomforting at first but is all worth the pain.  A flu shot.  A vaccine against the Influenza virus.

I have been invited to a Flu Awareness Seminar and I’d like to share 10 things about Flu that I learned from the talk by Dr. Ruby Dizon of Sanofi Pasteur.

1. Cannot be treated with antibiotics –  Flu is a viral infection, antibiotics are for bacterial infection hence, antiobiotics are not effective for flu.
2. Influenza is a respiratory virus but it is different from the common cold virus. 
3. There are three types of flu - Type A (serious, most common), B, and C (avian).
4. The flu last for about 3-5 days, which can develop to more sever symptoms like pneumonia, dehydration, ear infection, etc. 
5. In the Philippines, flu is most common during the rainy season or between June to August and colder months from December to February.
6. A vaccine is effective for about a year. If you plan to get it, better to have it on March when the new vaccines for the new strain has been prepared.  Having flu shots on March will cover both the rainy and cold months for the new strain.
7. People at risk are: those 50 years old and above, children 4 months to 5 years old, pregnant, those with certain chronic diseases, with medical conditions (i.e. asthma, kidney-related, cardiac/heart-related), people living in high risk areas or conditions (i.e hospitals ), household contacts and out of home caregivers
8. Prevention – apart from the usual diet and hygiene related tips, it best to have the latest vaccine.
9. Vaccine takes about 2 weeks to take effect.
10. Contraindication – TRUE allergy to chicken egg.

*Sanofi Pasteur is the largest company in the world which is devoted in creating safe human vaccines. 

In these times when global crisis is all over the new paper, having vaccines is sometimes thought of as a want rather than a need.  Well, true it’s not so cheap, but medical expenses aren’t cheap as well.

From what I gathered, some doctors charge about Php 1,500 for a shot (which is around Php 4/day in year).  Better than paying an average of Php 2000/day in hospital room for confinement.  

Bakunado ka na ba? I am, take a shot, better be safe than sorry.

It’s the time of year when good friends are dear.. taking time to be kind to one and all…

As the song goes, Christmas is the time when we give gifts from the grandest to the simplest, with a the common thought that we give with a sincere and genuine care for each other. Lots of gift ideas ranging from food, daily necessities, gift checks, toys, and a lot of other choices flood the malls and bazaars (tiangges) all over the metro.

Red Ribbon has just launched their Coffee Walnut Bavarian. Presenting this first in its Premium Selections, this is such a good choice to give our loved ones this season.  A mix of smooth coffee and Kahlua with walnuts, dark chocolate bars, and cocoa powder assembled together in a chiffon cake, this a work of art that is both pleasing to the eyes and taste buds. Our friends and family will definitely feel special receiving a Red Ribbon cake that is created specially for this season.

So make the extraordinary gesture of sharing this piece of heaven to those most dear to you. Visit any of the Red Ribbon Bakeshops or call 8-7777 (for Metro Manila) and take the pleasure of having them indulge in this season’s most delightful masterpiece of all.

College was different, I took up engineering so that I had math all over the place even in my dreams when numbers would try to race me and probably strangle me had they were given the chance. I had to have short sleeps that such nightmares end up just before some gory scenes happen.

Drawing classes were those of cross section of a screw, nut, bolts, and other mechanical things. The joy in getting high marks in perspective views of inanimate objects were not even close to that of a simple doodle in the back pages of my notebooks.

I would have taken up Fine Arts but it was not practical during those times when I had to be in college. I can go back to it anytime, so I thought.

One evening I was invited to a billboard art launch and the excitement rushing through my veins was unexplainable. The adrenaline surge was so high that my brain was getting fuzzy. This is, after all, my first real ART encounter since high school. I mean, okay I’ve gone to a photo workshop, a t-shirt art design and all but my kind of art… aside from photography are paintings, sketches, etc… I may have a sketch pad at work with water color pencils and craypas but this event was different… This was it.

The Public Affairs arm of Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines (OAAP), 2^nd Media opens the biggest outdoor gallery in Asia where we will see artworks in one of the oldest media, billboards, within the stretch of North Luzon Expressway to Edsa. Featuring ten artworks from the most promising Filipino artists, this is called “Manila Outdoor Gallery.”

This gallery boasts of a collection focusing on environmental awareness. And who will disagree that this way is not one of the better ways to drive such a noble message across. Almost all the biggest companies in not just in the Philippines but also international brands clamor for ad space in this stretch of Luzon. They too know that the millions of people passing this route daily will care to take a look, appreciate, and get the message.

Popo San Pascual

Riel Hilario

Eddie Boy Escudero

Jose Terence Ruiz

Mario V. Fernandez

Gary Buenavista

MMYU

Christina Quisumbing Ramilo

Tina Fernandez and Christina Quisumbing Ramilo

Lotsu Manes