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Official Publication of the FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY Dr Nicanor Reyes Jr School of Medicine Alumni Foundation ECTOPIC MURMURS Volume 23 Number 3 March 2012 Opinions and articles published herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect that of the FEUDNSM Alumni Foundation ST BOARD MEETS MARCH 31 FFFAITHFAITH CORNER REV MELVIN ANTONIO MD 65 in SAN FRANCISCO The Season of Lent which begins on Calendar- and weather-wise, Message from the the traditional Winter meeting Ash of the FEUDNRSM Board of CHAIRMAN Wednesday Trustees is a Spring meeting In March 1842, Dr is the this year. Crawford Long used ether as a busiest With the Winter 2011-2012 general anesthetic season for so mild, unusually warm and for the first time clergy. I minimally snowy, the meeting while performing REV MELVIN apologize scheduled for Sunday, March surgery to remove ANTONIO MD for not 31, 2012, at the Crowne Plaza a tumor from a providing Hotel Resort in Burlingame CA man’s neck. It has my readers an article in the 94010 will be a blast. been reported that FEUMAANI March issue. As I Please call 800-411-7275 catch a breather, I offer Ectopic PEPITO C he charged $0.25 and use the code FNM to RIVERA MD for the anesthetic Murmurs readers my thoughts reserve at the hotel which is and $2.00 for the on this season of faith reflection about 10 minutes from San surgery. One hundred years and renewal. Francisco Airport. The hotel later, on March 14, 1942, Dr Verses from the book of the rate is $95 per night; and a free Orvan Hess went to meet with prophet Joel (Chapter 2) is shuttle will be available 24 another physician to discuss traditionally read on Ash hours a day from SFO to possible treatment options for Wednesday at many Christian Crowne Plaza. one of his patients who was churches. The prophet wrote The business agenda to be near death. As he waited for the his book presumably during the preceded by an hour of physician to wake up, he period of reconstruction of the Category I AMA - PMAC noticed a Reader’s Digest and holy Temple in Jerusalem as the Physician Recognition Award read an article about soil Israelites returned from exile in continuing medical education bacteria being used to fight Babylon. It was during the by Arsenio Martin MD on Streptococcal infection in exile that God’s people Pulmonology Update and as animals. He researched further reflected on the reasons why already noted in an earlier issue and found that the new drug had they were taken captive and is, as follows: not been tried on humans, their Temple and their cities l. Opening Prayer – Dr Noli decided to try it on his patient destroyed. They came to the Guinigundo and after only one injection, conclusion that their idolatry 2. Roll call by Dr Minda witnessed the beginning of her and their open disobedience of Santangelo recovery. The new drug was God’s statutes caused their 3. Approval of previous Penicillin. misfortunes. They needed meeting minutes (Dr I think it appropriate that words of hope and Santangelo) these breakthrough achieve- encouragement as they rebuilt 4. Chairman’s report – Dr P ments occurred during the their cities and the Temple. C Rivera, continue to page 16 Joel shows the Lord using and continue to page 17 continue to page 16 SILENT PRAYEPRAYERSRS THE DUMPSITE TENDERLY OF BLISSFUL OF MANILA’S YOURS FEELING GARBAGE NOLI C GUINIGUNDO MD 62 FEELING GARBAGE This time around, Ding and I A Tribute to Eve and RUMINATIONS OF had plenty of time to attend the Fred Munar ENVIRONMENTAL Balik -FEU. ULYSSES M CARBAJAL Last year we ACTIVIST MD MTh missed all the Introduction. When I This is the fourth of a series of continuing opened my articles on environmental medical computer. havoc to our land education CESAR D CANDARI MD April 27, NOLI C meetings and 2005 how FCAP Emeritus GUINIGUNDO MD the grand ball shocked I I am the at the Crowne Plaza Hotel was to pick founder and Manila Galleria. The uncertain- out a news chairman of ty of the weather was to blame PANDAN ULYSSES M item on it, a nasty snow in Detroit CARBAJAL MD regarding ANTIQUE and Memphis. the passing FOUNDATI Memphis did not snow clean ON Inc away of Rogativa Pinaroc and made it difficult to land or CESAR (PAF). Munar (Eve, for short)! And the CANDARI MD take off at the airport. month of her demise was March PAF has Detroit was fine. — the same month when Paz reached a huge milestone in This time, we scheduled our Milaor-Poblete, our piano Antique's history when in trip one week earlier and we teacher, breathed her last. As November 2000, four months had a good allowance for previously published in the into its existence, it was put to a delays, etc. Cyberlink — the official internet rigorous test as it took a stand to We had plenty of time to newsletter of the Adventist oppose Metro Manila prepare for the Balik-FEU. Our University of the Philippines Development Authority's plan plane took us from Monroe to (AUP), Paz’ demise had evoked of Jejomar Binay to dump Atlanta, then straight flight nostalgic memories on Just a Metro Manila's garbage in from Tokyo to Manila. NAIA Song at Twilight — a majestic Semirara Island, Antique airport was less crowded and piece she had taught me to play province. As chairman of PAF, got through the line smoothly on the piano. Likewise, even I took charge of the strong and without much hustle. more profoundly, the death of protest in open letters to the We went straight to Manila Eve, a budding pianist, now powers that be in Philippine Galleria in Pasig, the place I reminded me of another political leaders. have recommended to our enthralling song --- Schubert’s It started this way: A hot classmates and those who are Serenade: topic about what to do with coming home first time. The Metro Manila’s trash problem is place is next door to the Crowne Through the leaves, the night under consideration by the Plaza Hotel Manila Galleria, the winds moving, Metro Manila Management venue of the Balik FEUgrand Murmur low and sweet; Authority (MMDA). Remember ball and also next door to the To thy chamber window, roving, the recent Payatas and the Robinson Mall. The latter is a Love hath led my fee; Smokey Mountain’s sad stories multi-floor modern shopping Silent prayers of blissful feeling about their garbage? Now the area that has always been home Link us though apart. San Mateo landfill in Rizal to me and Ding. province will be closed by the Wednesday, January 25 th continue to page 11 end of the year and Manila’s was for golf. Thursday, January garbage must be dumped continue to page 14 continue to page 8 EEECHOECHO FROM THE CLASS 59 ANTIANTI----MININGMINING PAST MORAYTA ANTIQUE A Lasting Legacy Mini-Reunion PROVINCE PHILIP S CHUA MD 61 ROLANDO RECIO MD 59 Let us not It all began while singing the SHALLOW TOWN have the delusion FEU Hymn at the opening of OFFICIALS that we are the scientific papers program in This is the third of a series of Americans the 2009 Balik -FEU general articles on environmental havoc simply because homecoming at the Fairview to our land we are citizens Campus. When we came to the CESAR D CANDARI MD 61 of the United phrase, "In thy happy halls our FCAP Emeritus PHLIP S States. Our DNA young hearts saw the light....." I In my article, CHUA MD is unalterable. made a double take when it Anti-Mining We are forever struck a chord; it did not feel Antique Filipinos and should be proud right. Our Class graduated Province second of our noble heritage. while our Alma Mater was still of a series I beseech all of you, my at the old Morayta Campus and (ECTOPIC fellow alumni and fellow here we were at the new more MURMURS Filipinos, to always remember modern building but which felt CESAR 2012), I wrote our Lupang Hinirang and our very foreign to us. I did not CANDARI MD “Who are we to wonderful people back home. finish singing because I was blame? Those people we have As I have stated before, thinking about it. A few days elected to lead us are the ones leaving this world after this life later we celebrated our Golden we must fault. They are shallow is not a tragedy. Dying without Jubilee at Sofitel Hotel in Pasay because they have become significance, without making a City after which those of us enslaved by gross materialism, difference, without leaving who came from the United by the glitter of gold and its behind a good legacy, is. States returned to our adopted equivalents.” As we gracefully travel to country. The following was a product the twilight years of our life, Two years passed. Then, of exchanges of opinion with looking at the golden horizon when a small group of our Ed Rodillon, a co-protester beyond, soul-searching as to classmates here in Manila met from my hometown. For what good we have done in this again to discuss our class edification, it was written with world, let us also reach out to follow-up mini-reunion my hope it is not a rant and our Motherland with love and scheduled for 2012, the rage, rather an erudite literary compassion, and leave behind a question that came up was, expedition.