Archive for November, 2007

Blog Stress

I have come across on the net (like any blogger has) many articles dealing with blogging, search engine optimization, monetizing a website, and many more tech stuffs.

However, a topic that takes a backseat is what we can call “blog stress”. I have been writing topics in Nursing research which deals with different types and [...]

Relaxation Music Ready for Download

As a follow-up to my previous post Fighting Stress with Sound Therapy, I have prepared some music files ready for download here. I know how difficult it is to fight stress these days especially for bloggers like myself who stay up all night just to come up with posts about their work, family life, [...]

Google Adsense Strikes Again

My blogging life has gotten worse after reading the much-dreaded email from the Google Adsense team. Just this morning, I received an email saying that my account has been disabled. There is no clear explanation as to why this move was done.

The email reads:

While going through our records recently, we found that your [...]

Fighting Stress with Sound Therapy

Stress is something that most of us have suffered from at some point during our lives, whether it is due to exams as a teenager, love-life as a twenty-something, family, bereavement, work, money…the list goes on. There are so many possible causes of stress that it is inevitably going to affect us at some point.
The [...]

Filipino Nursing Excellence

A proud Filipina was voted 2006 best nurse leader in US. This is in contrary to an aired episode of “Desperate Housewives” in which Terri Hatcher delivered derogatory remarks against our humble Filipino health workers working abroad particularly in the US. A separate story on this is on file. Many Filipino health workers reacted [...]

Stress and the Working Nurse

Even at the early beginning of life, stress is being encountered. It appears to be a universal condition which everyone young or old, married or unmarried, Filipino or foreigner, poor or rich, learned or not learned — experiences or develops. In other words, it affects all kinds of people from different walks of life. There [...]

Blogging for Fun and Enjoyment

Blogging as we know it is becoming increasingly popular especially among those with an inclination to writing.
Whether a blogger wishes to express his feelings or opinions, document his experiences or simply want to make money, blogging can be both fun and enjoyable.
However, the road to a successful blog is not an easy one. Many [...]

Finding a Good Web Host for Your Website Is NOT a Walk in the Park

Finding a web host for your website is truly a task not for the faint-hearted. In my case, I have tried one host already (not a significant number compared to others who have tried 10!). However, based on my readings and initial study of choosing a web host, hundreds of website developers and [...]

Sudoku – A Game for Math Lovers

Sudoku means ‘Single Digit Number’ in Japanese. These single digit numbers are placed in a matrix of boxes so as to maintain the sequence of not repeating these numbers in any of the horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines of the matrix.
The addiction to this puzzle has spread amazingly all around the world and people are [...]

Nursing Job Opportunities

Here in the Philippines, Nursing has become the ‘cream of the cream’. It is undoubtedly the best contender for the “Course of the 21st century” if I may describe its popularity among students of this generation. Why? Even doctors of medicine and already college graduates opt to become nurses. Is it [...]

Importance of Instructional Materials in Education

Thirty years ago, educators paid little attention to the work of cognitive scientists, and researchers in the nascent field of cognitive science worked far removed from classrooms. Today, cognitive researchers are spending more time working with teachers, testing and refining their theories in real classrooms where they can see how different settings and classroom interactions [...]

A Brief History of Puzzles

While most fields of mathematics have created puzzles for both academic study and recreational use, recreational puzzles have also led to important developments in mathematics. The fields of topology and graph theory have their origins in the analysis of a popular puzzle by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler. The puzzle is to find a path over [...]