This is one of the best documentary on the beauty, flora and fauna of the Philippines that I have viewed.-Untamed Philippines
Two Episodes of this documentary are now available at the National Geographic Channel. Enjoy!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/tv/untamed-philippines/
https://youtu.be/4rxc_qiEWvI
Meanwhile, enjoy this video Of Yong Nieva visiting and singing to Macrine, 4 years ago at Chateau Du Mer, Marinduque
https://www.facebook.com/david.b.katague/videos/10206320460666763/
Marinduque:Land of the Morions and Heart of the Philippines, Related website: www.marinduqueawaitsyou.blogspot.com
Planning to Visit the Philippines Soon?
There are hundreds of tourists attractions in the Philippines. But as a lover of the Island of Marinduque (Home of the Morions and Heart of the Philippines), I am indeed partial to its beauty, charm and its friendly and hospitable residents. Therefore, help me achieve my dream of seeing this island becomes a world tourist destination, by telling all your friends and relatives about this site. Welcome, to you all, new readers and faithful followers of this site! The photo above is Poctoy White Beach in Torrijos, Marinduque with beautiful and majestic Mt Malindig in the background. Some of the photos and videos on this site, I do not own. However, I have no intention on infringing your copyrights.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Trump's Wonder Cure Drugs for Covid-19
I received the following letter today from a PAASE member, detailing the dangers of Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine approved by FDA for malaria but not for corona virus as Trump falsely proclaimed in TV the other day. Dr Fauci clarified that Trump announcement was not true. Here's the letter for your information.
"Trump is wrong! It is not meant for prophylaxis or prevention. It should be reserved for high-risk COVID + cases admitted in hospital, and is part of many protocols (together with Azithromycin).
People circulating this, including their recommended prophylactic
dose for adults and children, are dangerous and must be stopped:
The Vibermongerers and Viberquackdocs are even posting the dose:
“Start Chloroquine 500 mg one tablet per week as a prophylaxis for covid
for adults. For kids take in syrup form and equivalent to 8.3 mg per
week dose. Prophylaxis can be continued for 6 to 8 weeks.” NO baseline
screening (retina, heart, liver, G6PD)! Dangerous!
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine belong to the quinolone family.
Although their therapeutic and toxic doses differ, they are related
drugs with similar clinical indications for use and similar
manifestations of retinal toxicity.
Shown to cause severe hypoglycemia including loss of consciousness
that could be life-threatening in patients treated with or without
antidiabetic medications; patients should be warned about risk of
hypoglycemia and associated clinical signs and symptoms; patients
presenting with clinical symptoms suggestive of hypoglycemia during
treatment with chloroquine should have blood glucose level checked and
treatment reviewed as necessary.
Cases of cardiomyopathy resulting in cardiac failure, in some cases
with fatal outcome, QT interval prolongation, torsades de pointes, and
ventricular arrhythmias reported; Caution with hepatic disease,
alcoholism, and coadministration with other hepatotoxic drugs; Caution
with history of auditory damage; May provoke seizures in patients with
history of epilepsy.
May cause hemolysis in glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD)
deficiency; blood monitoring may be needed as hemolytic anemia may
occur, in particular in association with other drugs that cause
hemolysis.
- Chloroquine
- Antimalarial w/ antiviral activity
- interferes w/ viral entry by changing acidification inside of cell
- inhibits SARS-CoV2 co-receptor
- immune modulating activity (we don’t know yet if that’s good or bad for COVID-19)
- Inexpensive, long track record
- In vitro has similar effectiveness against SARS-CoV2 as Remdesivir
- Reported to improve pneumonia, viral clearance, and disease course from China cases (but we don’t have RCT trial data or robust cases of this)
- Requires higher dose than for malaria: 500mg BID
- Limited supply in the US
- Hydroxychloroquine: related to chloroquine
- Preferred as alternative: can increase PO dose, has decreased drug interactions, and is more widely tolerated
- May be more potent against SARS-CoV2 than chloroquine (in vitro studies)
Personal Note: As a retired FDA Chemistry Team Leader in the Division Of Anti-Infective Drug Products, I am familiar of the side effects and dangers of Chloroquine if a proper dosage is not given to the patients. What works in the Lab(in vitro studies) do not necessary translate as safe and effective to humans!
Thursday, March 19, 2020
First Day of Spring in Northern California
| Greetings from my real estate broker! | |
Hi David,
With the damp and cold ushered out for the year, enjoy the lively colors, flowery fragrances, and gentle warmth of the Spring season.
Best wishes for a wonderful season!
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
New and Old Photos from My Album
New and Old Photos from My Album
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| Ditas and Carenna, 2020 It is time to forget the corona virus pandemic and stock market collapse for a few minutes and enjoy the following old and new photos from my Album! |
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| Ditas and Governor Gauvin Newsom, 2020 |
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| Yosemite National Park, Winter, 2020 |
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| Homemade Chili Relleno with Cholula Hot Sauce |
| A Carenna and Ditas Blanket |
| Macrine Eating Breakfast with Caretaker's Assistance, 2020 |
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| Macrine's High School Graduation-She is Seating First on the Right-Front Row Meanwhile, enjoy this short video of the wedding of Amiel and Erika, May, 1019 with CDM as the venue |
Friday, March 13, 2020
My Fifty Favorite Quotes on Cooking
Let us take a break from the depressing corona virus news and Dow's plunging to a new low for a minute and talk about cooking!!

Lengua Tacos-I enjoy eating but not cooking

I did not cooked for almost 56 years. My wife did all the cooking and I did wash all the dishes. My wife was an excellent cook and the kitchen was her territory. In 2013, she was diagnosed with Parkinson,so I have no choice but to take over the kitchen duties. At first, I did not enjoy it. However after a few days, I found that I enjoy cooking. I started creating and modifying old recipes. I also experimented on new spices and sauces.
| This is some of Macrine's collection of cookbooks. They are getting obsolete, as far as I am concerned. When I need a recipe, I go to You Tube/Internet |
Today, I cook and wash the dishes. Thanks the Lord I do not have to clean the house and do the yard work. Needless to say my wife likes my cooking most of the time. Here are some of my favorite dishes and recipes:
https://myfavoritepinoydishes.blogspot.com/
Here are some of my favorite Philippines Dishes:
https://hubpages.com/food/my-favorite-philippine-dishes
Here are 50 of my favorite quotes on cooking and culinary arts from the famous and the not so famous personalities of this decade.
The 50 Best Cooking Quotes of all Time
1.
“It’s not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to
overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion
ebbs and flows. To me, it’s about desire. If you have constant,
unwavering desire to be a cook, then you’ll be a great cook.” – Thomas Keller
2. “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” – WC Fields
3. “If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandmothers.” – Linda Henley
4. “The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” – Julia Child
5. “Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” – Harriet Van Horne
6. “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf
7. “I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation.” – Madam Benoit
8. “Cheese–milk’s leap towards immortality.” – Clifton Fadiman
10. “The way you make an omelet reveals your character.” – Anthony Bourdain
11. “Great food is like great sex. The more you have, the more you want.” – Gael Greene
12.
“Great cooking is about being inspired by the simple things around
you–fresh markets, various spices. It doesn’t necessarily have to look
fancy.” – G. Garvin
13. “Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.” – Sophia Loren
14.
“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian, wine and tarragon make it
French, sour cream makes it Russian, lemon and cinnamon make it Greek,
soy sauce makes it Chinese, garlic makes it good.” – Alice May Brock
15. “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” – Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
16. “Cooking is the art of adjustment.” – Jacques Pepin
17. “Food, glorious food!” – Lionel Bart
18. “There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” – George Bernard Shaw
19. “Don’t eat anything your great-great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” – Michael Pollan
20. “Condiments are like old friends—highly thought of, but often taken for granted.” – Marilyn Kaytor
21. “Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.” – Andre Simon
22. “Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.” – Russian proverb
24. “A chocolate in the mouth is worth two on the plate.” – Anonymous
25. “If you’re afraid of butter, use cream.” – Julia Child
26. “All sorrows are less with bread.” – Don Quixote
27. “A well-made loaf of French bread will leave a thousand crumbs strewn across the table.” – Anonymous
28. “I can’t stand people that do not take food seriously.” – Oscar Wilde
29. “The secret of good seafood stuffing is in starting with cubes of stale bread, rather than breadcrumbs.” – Anonymous
30. “Most seafoods should be simply threatened with heat and then celebrated with joy.” – Jeff Smith
31. “Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.” – Marcel Boulestin
32. “Cuisine has become too complicated — this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.” – Alain Ducasse
33. “Life is too short for self-hatred and celery sticks.” – Marilyn Wann
34. “A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.” – James Beard
35. “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” – Adelle Davis
36. “Fish, to taste right, must swim three times — in water, in butter and in wine.” – Polish Proverb
37. “You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.” – Julia Child
38. “Banish the onion from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it.” – Elizabeth Robbins Pennell
39. “When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.” – Laiko Bahrs
40. “The greatest dishes are very simple.” – Auguste Escoffier
41.”Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini
42. “Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It’s a grain. It’s like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.” – James Patterson
43. “We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” – David Mamet
44.”Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate.” – Jo Brand
45.”The preparation of good food is merely another expression of art, one of the joys of civilized living.” – Dione Lucas
47.”I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” – Erma Bombeck
48. “Cooking is an observation-based process that you can’t do if you’re so completely focused on a recipe.” – Alton Brown
49. “I think every woman should have a blowtorch.” – Julia Child
50. “Food should be fun.” – Thomas Keller
Do you have a favorite culinary or cooking quote?
My favorite quotes are numbers: 5, 10, 12, 20, 30, 41,45, 46 and 48.
Source: https://8womendream.com/dream-guest-post/the-50-best-cooking-quotes-of-all-time

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Signs of Spring in Northern California
| Inside Orchids on Our Picture Window |
| Geraniums in Front Entrance |
| Camelias on Side Yard |
| Orange Ice Plant in Front Yard |
| Fressia on Side Yard |
| Terrestial Orchid on Side Yard |
| Spring Planting |
Meanwhile, enjoy this photo of my recent purchase of mangoes:
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