Albine's Corner

I am a Filipina. I have never seen any episodes of the American TV show, the "Desperate Housewives" but all I know it is a kind of situational comedy series lead by some Hollywood actresses and one of them is Teri Hatcher. It's "season premier" has a scene that has been talk of the town (or of the world) especially when some Filipinos, lead by Kevin Nadal signed a protest against ABC network in the US. What was it all about? ...Here it goes: it started from the show's dialogue between Susan (played by Teri Hatcher) and her doctor. The latter says he's suspecting that Susan's coming to menopausal syndrome and he's referring her to another doctor. Thus, Susan replied she wanna check those diplomas because she wanna make sure those doctors are not coming from some medical schools in the Philippines. Such dialogue flares up many Filipinos, including government officials back here in the Philippines. Then I sought on other country's web publicatio

Semi-Vegetarians - those who are almost vegetarians; they only occasionally consume meat/fish/fowl. Vegetarians - those who consume no meat, fish, nor fowl, but they may consume eggs or dairy. Vegans - those who are vegetarians, and they consume no dairy, eggs, nor honey. Raw Foodists - those who are vegetarians, and the foods I eat are never cooked. source: http://www.veggieconnection.com/ Well, I'm a semi-vegetarian at this time but considering to be a vegan in the future. This is my choice because I'm into a simple lifestyle. Before I came to this preference, I simply believed in "simplicity". That means not going to put my resources (e.g. time, effort, body, money) into destructive ways; or not owning something beyond my necessity. Thus, I believe that choosing a vegetarian diet is one step towards simplicity. Herbal medicine, I think was the main reason why I started to appreciate the vegetarian diet. Then I must also say that herbal medicine is another step