[Taipei 台北] Wine Tasting Event at Bellissimo Bistro 向日葵餐廳 Valdivieso Chilean Wines Mushroom Risotto Braise Osso Bucco

Six Varieties of Valdivieso Chilean Wine

Bellissimo Bistro 向日葵餐廳

Address: 台北市和平東路一段141巷7號之2
Phone: 02 2391 9722
Date: 2014/10/18
Price: 1600 NT (dinner included)
Valdivieso Wine Tasting Event

I haven't written a restaurant review for a while. Instead I have been busy getting familiar with the research at Harvard and planning the life in Boston. Moreover, this imminent medical relief mission to Nepal requires some preparations as well. Last week, I was contacted by Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps for an interview on the police radio station pertaining to my recent volunteering and future plans. The orientation for the Nepal trip was on the following Monday, so I planned the trip to get the most out of it. I messaged Kelly, a wine retailer and blogger of the famous Les Femmes Co. 微型輕熟女人類誌, for a meetup to learn about her trip to Spain, how she decided to become a wine retailer and start the blog, and her planned trip to Cambodia. Unfortunately, she was busy this weekend because her company was hosting a wine tasting event on Saturday. As a wine novice, I am eager to learn more about wine. So I asked her to sign me up.

送愛到天堂

Landseed International Medical Group
壢新醫院尼泊爾義診 - 送愛到天堂

Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps 臺灣路竹醫療和平會 斯里蘭卡和緬甸義診 Sri Lanka and Myanmar Medical Missions -- 心得報告 A Single Tread in the Tapestry

Shwedagon Pagoda 仰光大金塔

A Single Tread in the Tapestry

     What does it take to make a difference? An important reason why I chose to become a doctor is to help others, the ones who need others’ help. I see several homeless people on the streets, may it be at the underground crossroads, outside of the hospital or out on the streets. A good Samaritan or fellow citizen would give them some change or a bill to ease their miseries. Some even took the extra step and post on the internet for more people to notice. I gave them some spare change a couple of times. And I was delighted to find out that some are genuine. However, I also saw some who used the money to buy alcohol or cigarettes and some who faked their medical conditions. I was disappointed and went out to search for other ways to help the truly miserable people. 

哈佛個人管理課：成大事必備

成大事必備的九種能力
1、擺正心態，敢於面對現實
2、讓你擁有過硬的自制能力
3、把情感裝入理性之盒
4、獨處可以激發思考的力量
5、壓力是最好的推動力
6、以變應變，才有出路
7、自信心是人生的堅強支柱
8、把精力投入到自己的強項上
9、要專心地做好一件事

LOGGED OUT! Internship 結束了! 端午節快樂!!

恭喜各位台大INTERN!

倒數完大家一起拍照~

還有怕吵到別人而帶的牌子叮嚀要小聲一點 :P 

Best Wishes to All of You!

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Frontiers and Perspectives

Recent Advances in Clinical Practice

Background
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is a major health concern:
1. Over 700,000 cases are diagnosed annually
2. One of the leading causes of cancer-related death
3. Main event leading ot deaeth in patients with cirrhosis

Risk Factors:
1. HBV
2. HCV
3. Alcohol-related cirrhosis
4. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
5. Smoking
6. Metabolic syndromes?
7. Coffee may diminish risk

Molecular Events: What Have We Learned?
Expectations from the biomedical community for genetic studies:
1. Easily risk-stratify patients
    A. Risk for developing HCC
    B. Risk for HCC recurrence following "curative: therapy
    C. Disease prognostication for existing HCC
2. Identify common and dominant oncogenic pathways
    A. Carcinogenesis
    B. Invasion and metastases
3. Institute targeted and curative therapies using a personalised medicine approach

[Taipei 台北] 大安臨江街 Zoca Pizza 佐佧披薩屋 My Number One Place for Pizza in Taipei!

The Venezia Pizza with seafood and my favorite cheese，Mozzarella  

Zoca Pizza 佐佧披薩屋

Address: 台北市安和路二段69巷3號 (信義安和站)

Phone: 02 2707 2212

Website: https://www.facebook.com/zocapizzafan

Date: 2014/2

Price: + 10%，around 400~500 per person

Friends' Gathering (3J1K)

Since the start of the internship，our 3J1K group (Jason，Jeffrey，Joey and Kevin) hardly has the opportunity to meet up due to our different rotation schedules。Thus，we planned this date for us to meet up and relax from work。I have read about Zoca pizza from food blogs and thought that pizza is a nice break from eating pork chops，beef noodle soups，chicken drumsticks，and whatever other bentos are out there。Zoca Pizza is prestigious for their wood-fire Italian pizzas and classic Italian desserts。The owner is from Verona，Italy and has been making pizza and desserts since he was a boy。He offers over 40 kinds of different thin crust pizzas on the menu，which is spectacular。In the U.S., we usually get pepperoni，four cheese，supreme deluxe，mushroom or vegetarian。It is interesting to know that there are that many tasty combinations available。