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Monday, July 13, 2009

 

Medical make-up mission

Cosmetics for the serious medical worker

 
By Ana Santos
 
Make-up may not seem essential to some, but for 22-year-old Carla Checa, it’s a crucial part of her everyday routine. As a staff nurse at the St. Luke’s Hospital Global City in Fort Bonifacio, Checa is required to wear make-up everyday.

It may be off-putting to think of Florence Nightingale as even remotely glamorous, but try to imagine a different kind of hospital set-up where surroundings are more luxurious rather than drab. An atmosphere that is welcoming and pleasant, rather than stark. This, she says, is exactly the concept of healing that St. Luke’s wants for its patients.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

SKEPTIC TANK
By Tim Tayag

At some point, you’re going to have to deal with China. At some point, you will go to China. And at some point, you will have to buy something in China. This gigantic country is where everything is made from socks to Crocs.

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stuff that works at work

Are you still using the two-finger technique? That may do wonders for foreplay, but not for work. Until voice recognition software is perfected—well enough to accommodate Filipino accents and Taglish as well—mastering the use of “qwerty” keyboards with all five digits is still an essential skill in the 21st century.

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ODD JOBS

Snake bites and elephant stampedes? All part of a day’s work on snake crusader with Bruce George. 

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OFFICE STYLE

The Danes run everything like clockwork. Efficient and yet stylish and trendy, Scandinavians take the lead in making the functional look cool. Coming in on time and making an impression in style—that’s how the Danes do it.

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DIRECTOR’S CUT
By Mao Gia Samonte

It is dangerous to be right in matters authorities over which are wrong?”—Voltaire...

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PARIS: A leading French business newspaper is launching a multi-lingual version of its website using automatic translation, dispensing with journalists but producing often comic results.

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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon

Conclusion
 
Parents of homosexual and lesbian children have the choice to love or to reject... 

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