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Yes, can it get any clearer than that? I am definitely jotting that down on our wishlist -- a portable 10 inch DVD player. I tell you, this list is getting longer and longer as the days pass by!

Why, you ask, are we including this gadget? Well, it is for the simple reason that Erin seems to be easily entertained by what she sees on the screen of late, especially if her favorite shows are on. The time will come when she will be a bit older and she will be able to show more appreciation for movies. So a portable DVD player will definitely come in handy especially when we are on the road. With a massive high resolution and high quality ten-inch screen, it will surely keep her entertained for hours on end anywhere and anytime she wants it. If she is happy, then we are happy too.

Got this from Kat. I thought it was going to be easy. But it turns out, I had to google a few to help me out on some of the questions. :P

Instructions:
Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things ... nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person who nominated you has the same first initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

What is your name? Leah
4-letter word: Love!
Vehicle: Lexus
City: London
Boy Name: Leo
Girl Name: Lauren
Alcoholic drink: love potion # 9
Occupation: librarian, locksmith
Something you wear: locket, lip gloss
Celebrity: Lindsay Lohan
Food: lemon, lettuce, leche flan, lollies
Something found in a bathroom: lotion, lavender soap
Reason for Being Late: late in waking up
Cartoon Character: Linus and Lucy (from Peanuts)
Something You Shout: "Let's eat!"

Alright, your turn! :)

A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that J was not wearing the watch I gave him. You see, he wears his watch even if he is asleep in bed. So to see him "watch-less" meant that something must have gone wrong with his timepiece.

I was right. He told me that a screw in the bracelet had gone missing which naturally did made it impossible for him to wear the watch on his wrist. We might take it to mall to have it fixed. But if it is found to be beyond repair, then maybe we'd just have to start shopping around for a new one, like the piece by Patek Philippe.

For all concerned Occupational Therapists, please take note of the following announcement from NBCOT.

Certification Examination and Renewal ALERT

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland – September 26, 2007

To enable NBCOT’s testing and certification renewal contractors to carry out essential administration updates, there will be an examination and certification renewal blackout period from December 15, 2007 - January 2, 2008. No online exam or renewal application or pending applications will be processed during this annual system maintenance period. However, hard copy paper applications will be accepted. Examination testing and certification renewal for 2007 will end on December 14th and resume on January 3, 2008.

For questions about the examination, please e-mail: onlineexamapp@nbcot.org.
For questions about renewal, please e-mail: recert@nbcot.org.

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Few of you might have wondered of the sudden blog identity crisis of BatangYagit.com this afternoon. I changed my profile and title from Batang Yagit to Laong Laan.

A friend, who's making a project for her Mass Communication course, asked me if she could use my blog for her film. The film is about a lonely person named Laong Laan. A part of the film is wherein Laong Laan's friend opened Laong Laan's blog (Batang Yagit's blog). That's the reason behind that I am too much alone in this world post.

Yes, the poem was nice but i'm not in the mood of getting emo. I didn't write the poem either. The author's name was written right after the poem. Hehehhee. There's only one poem I could remember that I wrote for the past 10 years of my life. (It's not that good i think.)








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It has been a while since the last time I made a post on this blog. I've been very busy in school these days that I can't find time to make a post. The creative juices and crave for blogging seems to ran out of my head. I dunno. I'm just exhausted in school stuff.

It's my 200th post and I don't have any sensible topic to post. I hope this one would do.










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• NON SPECIFIC/ CELLULAR / Innate immunity present in our body since we were born
• SPECIFIC

Mediators (non specific)

1. MECHANICAL BARRIERS

• Skin (keratinized)
• Body secretions ( sweat, oil)
• Cilia (transports)
• Mucus (traps organism entering the Respiratory tract)

2. CHEMICAL BARRIERS

• Enzymes (lysozymes)
• Acids ( kills bacteria by denaturation)
  Fatty acids – skin
  Gastric acids – stomach
• Complement system – becomes activated in cascade fashion 1,2,3…..
  Activated Complements System – presents antigen to the bacteria; once activated, has to be removed from the body

3. INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE

Presents the 5 Cardinal signs which is chemically mediated that can come from:

• Damaged tissues
• Inflammatory cells
• Even from the bacteria itself

5 Cardinal signs & symptoms of inflammation:
1. redness (rubor)
2. swelling (tumor)
3. pain (dolor)
4. heat (calor)
5. loss of function (functiolaesa)

FXN:

• forms a barrier to confine infection
• tries to eliminate infectious agent
• initiates repair of damaged tissues

4. CELLS – WBC’s

a) GRANULOCYTES – granulocytic leukocytes; WBC’s with granules inside the cytoplasm

1. Neutrophiles – plenty; 1st line of defense; 1st to respond during an infection
HALLMARK OF ACUTE INFECTION (10days)
Once they leave, they cannot go back (through “DIAPEDESIS”)
CBC - increased Neutrophiles = acute infection
Disease is current; can be bacterial

HOW DO NEUTROPHILES KILL BACTERIA?

• Phagocytic – active engulfing
• Degranulation – release granules in the cytoplasm which contains cytotoxins that kill the bacteria

2. Eosinophiles – mediate for Allergies; Hypersensitivity reaction; Anaphylactic reaction;

Contains vasoactive dilators:

• Serotonin
• Histamine
• Bradykinin

Limited phagocytic activities
“Picky eaters” eat only * complement system, * Ag aggregated with Ab

3. Basophiles – HEPARIN – anti coagulant; lesser blood clots

b) AGRANULOCYTES

1. Monocytes – found in the blood which rids bacteria, virus, and other debris
“scavengers” (10 days in circulation)
ACTIVE phagocytes
DIAPEDESIS – mode of escape w/o damage
MACROPHAGES – once they are out, monocytes take this form; derivative
Neutrophiles, Monocytes, Macrophages = 3 active phagocytic cells

2. Lymphocytes – non phagocytic cells
HALLMARK OF CHRONIC INFECTION

a) T –CELLS/ T-LYMPHOCYTES = (Cellular Immunity)
T- cells mature in the Thymus glands(Lymphoid organs)
Once there is an infection, they become ACTIVE EFFECTOR CELLS

• Natural killer cells – non phagocytic cells which kills by secreting LYMPHOKINES
  kills ON CONTACT; has intimate contact with bacteria (sila ang Police na pumapatay sa kahit sinong magnanakaw - virus,bacteria)
• Helper cells – calls for other WBC’s which circulate around the body by secreting “OPSONINS” (chemically attract WBC). WBC aids in the attack; (nagtatawag para may katulong ang Police sa laban)
• Suppressor cells – the absence of these mediators will cause destruction of normal tissues
  (taga awat kung bugbog na ang kalaban, kung walang aawat sila-sila din ang magpapatayan kahit kakampi nila- “Autoimmune disease”)

b) B CELLS/ B LYMPHOCYTES - mediator of specific immunity

• must 1st recognize specific Ag (nag draw-drawing ng cartographic sketch ng magnanakaw the 1st time na pumasok sya sa bahay)
• acquires Ab’s once exposed to microorganism (ipapakita niya yung drawing niya sa police para next time na papasok ang magnanakaw kilala na ng police at bubugbugin na niya ang magnanakaw)

• improves with exposure (mas madalas niya makita at mas madalas sya manakawan, mas lalo na niya nakikilala ang magnanakaw para lalong maituro at mahuli ng police )

• Humoral immunity

ACTIVE EFFECTOR B CELLS:

• MEMORY CELLS – (Ang “WITNESS” na nag draw-drawing ng cartographic sketch ng magnanakaw the 1st time na pumasok sya sa bahay)
• PLASMA CELLS – makes Ab’s specific to description of the memory cells; (bumubuo ng “TASK FORCE POLICE” para lumaban sa muling pagbalik, dun lang sa magnanakaw na nai-drawing ng witness - “Antigen-Antibody Response”)

  IMMUNIZATION – is the process by which we reinforce our immune system by introducing antigens that stimulate antibody responses

• ACTIVE – our own body participates in the production of Ab’s
  slow acting so it is introduced during our childhood; last longer than passive
  VACCINES – made up of dead, inactivated organisms; parts of Ag’s; or attenuated (weakened virus or bacteria)
• PASSIVE – giving antibodies (Ab’s) especially during epidemic
  Gives immediate protection but temporary (3-6months)
  Ex. Equine vaccine from horses
  A) NATURAL – from mother to baby
  B) PASSIVE – Ab’s from other sources

Random Filipino celebs in Manila, Filipinas and Boracay taken on digital camera, collected by us. Enjoy. Pretty groovy, huh? hehe
Jericho Rosales and Heart Evangelista goofing around during a day off.

Besos with Bianca King, that model girl I forgot her name, and Raymond Gutierrez.


Bianca Araneta feeling proud standing in front of her billboard.

Sneak peek into Angel Locsin photo shoot.

At the beach with Jericho Rosales.

With Raymond Gutierrez again and Richard Gutierrez and peeps.

Old photo with Kristine Hermosa and Jericho Rosales.

Kristine Hermosa en el coche.

At the beach with Bianca Araneta, Maike Evers, and Tim Yap.

En el carro with Bianca Araneta.
With Bianca Araneta again at home with her little perrito.

I'm referring to him as a Filipino singer and will refer to him as such from now on, because the entire world refers to him and has been referring to him for years as a Spanish singer completely ignoring the fact that his mother is Filipina, and they categorize him and label him to whatever fits their preferred racial palette, so I'm gonna do something nobody ever does, especially in the racist eurocentric English and Spanish-language media in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Spain that I watch everyday, which is to acknowledge his mother, grandmother, uncles and aunts, cousins, culture, family, people, and ancestors from the Philippines. MABUHAY!

“Though I was born in Madrid, my being a Filipino is very strong in me,” says Enrique. “When I was growing up, my mom (Isabel Preysler) would always talk about the Philippines. She taught us the things that are very important to Filipino culture such as family, being hospitable to guests, and fear of God. I even remember the Filipino dishes she used to whip up.” - Manila Standard, March 18, 2004

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Enrique Iglesias Talks About Being Filipino

Enrique Iglesias is glad he's not a woman because he couldn't handle having menstruation.
Bang Showbiz

The 'Insomniac' singer insists men have it far easier than women because the fairer sex has to deal with menstrual cycles, pregnancy and childbirth.

He said, "I think it must be harder to be female than male. Apart from having to deal with period pains, pregnancy and child birth, I think women are more emotional than men. It's not just that they find it easier to talk about emotions, I think they actually feel emotions more deeply."

The 32-year-old singer, who has been in a relationship with former tennis player Anna Kournikova for the past five years, also revealed he gets on better with girls than men.

He said, "I'm as comfortable with women as I am with men. Of my closest friends, three are men and two are women.

"I learned a lot about women from my mother and my nanny, but I don't think you really get to know what makes women tick until you have a romantic relationship."

Despite claiming to get on well with women, Enrique isn't a very romantic man.

He said, "Like most men, I'm not very good at romantic gestures."

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Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you look forward to your birthday?
Hmmm... I'd give it a 5. I am indifferent to it because I'll be turning 32 then. Pretty much 'not in the calendar,' as they say! I am looking forward more to Erin's first birthday, which, occurs, by the way, on the same month.

Soup
What is one word you don’t like the sound, spelling, or meaning of?
There are so many words out there so I sought Google's help to give me a shortlist of possible words. Ok, here is my random pick: furuncle. It sounds weird to me. Its definition? Well, it's also known as a boil. In Filipino, pigsa! Yuck! :P

Salad
Do you wear sunglasses when you’re outside? If so, what does your current pair look like?
I used to wear a pair before. But now with a little girl who's keen on grabbing everything in sight, not anymore.

Main Course
If you were to write a book, to whom would you dedicate it?
Definitely, J and Erin. They are the most important people in my life. My world revolves around them.

Dessert
Name a beverage that you enjoy.
I love iced coffee drinks, especially topped with whipped cream! I refrain from drinking them these days because I am still breastfeeding Erin. So whenever we got to a cafe, I just order a cup of hot choco instead.