The Sentiments of a Young Filipino MD Turned US Migrant Nurse

What is it that compels one to abandon a much-sought after career and embrace a life of uncertainty in a foreign country, foreign job and foreign lifestyle? This is the journey of a young Filipino MD who chose to be a US migrant nurse.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Glitch

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One day, I woke up and decided that I wanted to take the USMLE. Factors that contributed to that decision were the conversation I had with m...

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

The Turning Point

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These past few weeks, after my back injury I had a major realization. Nursing job is more difficult than medicine. When I biked with my hu...

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Top 10 Money Saving Tips We Made

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More than one year has gone by since my family and I migrated here in the US. Here are the Top 10 Money Saving Tips which we employed during...

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Benefits of Being an Employee

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As a self-employed doctor in the Philippines, I did not have benefits. There was no IRA that I could invest in. But my husband and I were sm...

Thursday, July 29, 2010

How I Got My Children to Eat Fruits and Vegetables

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It is not a big deal that my children eat fruits and vegetables, though it used to be. I remember how my eldest daughter was as a toddler. H...

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Worry-free and Stress-free Living

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"Martha, Martha, you worry and are troubled about many things, whereas only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the better part, and i...

Saturday, July 24, 2010

The Faces of Poverty

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I thought I have seen real poverty in the years that I have been in the Philippine health care industry. I've seen parents manually ambu...

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