Heartbit
Every one of the 41 posts first published on Heartbit, November 2008 to April 2010.
Heartbit was the second blog, and the smaller, more personal of the two, published on WordPress. It began just as Super Dok was winding down, and the subject moved with it — family first, with food, everyday life, a little travel, and a handful of health posts alongside. The posts were signed AmyMD, the informal counterpart to Super Dok's full byline.
The last Heartbit post went up on April 20, 2010 — the final post of either blog, and the start of a sixteen-year quiet. The old address, heartbit.randyamy.com, is gone from the internet; the complete Heartbit is preserved here, first post to last, together with the comments readers left at the time — nothing missing.
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New Year’s Day Traditions: Do they make sense?
Growing up as a child, I was able to observe New Year’s Day traditions from my mom and dad. Early morning on the 31st, my mom would go to the market and buy loads of fruits of all kinds.
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Spaghetti with a twist
Creamy Spaghetti Spaghetti, my kids’ all-time favorite, was one of the many meals I served on Christmas eve. I was just planning for a cake and chicken macaroni salad which I had readied the day before.
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Giving Gifts
December 2008 Christmas gift giving I give gifts to children every year, often before Christmas. It used to be in the form of medical mission done in my clinic and scheduled at least a month before the date.
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It came…
…on December 8 …as planned And we had it blessed that very day in Manaoag church, Manaoag, Pangasinan. I couldn’t ask for more…
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Dinner at Isdaan
The hectic days of December started with the 3rd mid-quarter exams of my kids. As their all-time tutor, which I am able to perform only on week-ends, I had to set aside some of my activities to give way to this very important role as a mother.
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Fallacies on Hypertension
Within the several years of my practice as a doctor (15 years) and as a professor (10 years), I have encountered countless fallacies regarding hypertension.
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Not just any ampalaya
I was talking to my Tia Rose some days back when she mentioned to me that she buys loads of ampalaya on market days and pickles them so they can have it any time of the day, any day of the week.
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Medicine Night 2008
The annual celebration of the Medicine Night in LNU College of Medicine came early this year. The second year students, being the hosts, decided to hold it earlier than usual (December or January in past years), as they were anticipating the exams that would be coming before the Christmas break, leaving them no time to prepare for the occasion.
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LMA: on its 10th Year
I couldn’t help to be curious on what my kids were into during the almost two-month-long preparation for the culminating activity of their school’s foundation celebration.
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Raymund on Chess
Raymund in green shirt Playing chess is one thing that I have not done in my whole life. Not that I don’t want to but I simply failed to learn it.
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A welcome note
This is my new home. If you enjoyed following my blog Superdok, I hope you would also with this new one.