Saturday, June 6, 2009
Thanks!
Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes yesterday! I had a fun day at Disneyland with my Grandpa, and my Grandma spoiled me with a birthday breakfast and steak dinner! I will try to post photos of Disneyland on Monday.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Pizza Party!
Last night I had a pizza-making party to celebrate my 24th Birthday! I was so impressed with everyone's creativity and pizza-making skills that I have a few awards to give out....
Most Traditional: Kevin won the award for most traditional pizza, hereby called the "Kevin" pizza.
Most Unique Combination of Ingredients: Meghan won this award with her brilliant combination of apple, celery, and brown sugar toppings.
Most Creative: Hannibal and Jay won the Creativity award for their stuffed crust!
Troopers of the Night: Melissa and Audrey won the Trooper award for helping set up, slice and dice, and still making delicious pizzas!
Trailblazers: Amy, Eugene and Rajiv won the TrailBlazers award, for making the first pizza of the night!
Most Perserverence: Abi and Jay won the Perserverence Award. For making these two delicious pizzas even though they were already both stuffed!
Best Secret Ingredients: Yiwey won the award for best secret ingredients. He made a Hawaiian pizza with Spam and Pineapple!
Thank you so much for everyone who came and were such good sports and fantastic chefs! I had so much fun and I hope you all did too.
Most Traditional: Kevin won the award for most traditional pizza, hereby called the "Kevin" pizza.
Most Unique Combination of Ingredients: Meghan won this award with her brilliant combination of apple, celery, and brown sugar toppings.
Most Creative: Hannibal and Jay won the Creativity award for their stuffed crust!
Troopers of the Night: Melissa and Audrey won the Trooper award for helping set up, slice and dice, and still making delicious pizzas!
Trailblazers: Amy, Eugene and Rajiv won the TrailBlazers award, for making the first pizza of the night!
Most Perserverence: Abi and Jay won the Perserverence Award. For making these two delicious pizzas even though they were already both stuffed!
Best Secret Ingredients: Yiwey won the award for best secret ingredients. He made a Hawaiian pizza with Spam and Pineapple!
Thank you so much for everyone who came and were such good sports and fantastic chefs! I had so much fun and I hope you all did too.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The origin of "doctor"
The word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach').
Interestingly enough, the word "patient" comes from the latin root patiens, which means "to endure".
Interestingly enough, the word "patient" comes from the latin root patiens, which means "to endure".
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Atul Gawande's lastest New Yorker article
"You come to realize that we are witnessing a battle for the soul of American medicine. Somewhere in the United States at this moment, a patient with chest pain, or a tumor, or a cough is seeing a doctor. And the damning question we have to ask is whether the doctor is set up to meet the needs of the patient, first and foremost, or to maximize revenue."
The Cost Conundrum
What I like about this article is that Dr. Gawande gets at the heart of the problem. We're not going to be able to solve the problem of health care costs by changing who pays for what. What we need is to revitalize the profession of medicine, bring the honorable reputation back to physicians and make sure that doctors are trained and inculcated with a culture of asking the question "what is the best we can do for this patient" and put all other questions or incentives aside. This is what a profession is about, and why doctors have such high respect. It's NOT easy to make this the main objective of your daily life. But it a worthy goal that comes with responsibility, tough decisions, and respect. We have to get back to the healing, caretaking aspects of medicine, the aspects that everyone, patients and doctors can unite behind.
The Cost Conundrum
What I like about this article is that Dr. Gawande gets at the heart of the problem. We're not going to be able to solve the problem of health care costs by changing who pays for what. What we need is to revitalize the profession of medicine, bring the honorable reputation back to physicians and make sure that doctors are trained and inculcated with a culture of asking the question "what is the best we can do for this patient" and put all other questions or incentives aside. This is what a profession is about, and why doctors have such high respect. It's NOT easy to make this the main objective of your daily life. But it a worthy goal that comes with responsibility, tough decisions, and respect. We have to get back to the healing, caretaking aspects of medicine, the aspects that everyone, patients and doctors can unite behind.
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