Leaving is dying, a bit...This is how I'm feeling (a bit drama spices up your life) now I decided to definitely using my new home at Wordpress. During my short time at Blogspot I've made new blog friends (not buddy, it reminds me of voluntary buddies who keep company cancer patients). I move everybody on my blogroll to this new home. Please change my new url as you can see below.
For new visitors, I gladly welcome you here http://chezlorraine.wordpress.com/.
Ciao!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
What do you think about this?
Concept of my new home.
Been working for a week on this and still amazed of the possibilities at WP, even for me who are not really into html stuff. So, speak out! I am dying to hear your opinion about this concept.
Been working for a week on this and still amazed of the possibilities at WP, even for me who are not really into html stuff. So, speak out! I am dying to hear your opinion about this concept.
Pink Ribbon
October is the month of breast cancer awareness worldwide. For those of you who don't know what Pink Ribbon is, click here for Wiki information. The Dutch Pink Ribbon fund for Breast Cancer Awareness has been issuing the Pink Ribbon Magazine for the past 4 years. On its site, I found a link for a Pink Badge, which from now on appears on my blog as a sign that I sincerely support this initiative.
In the Pink Ribbon glossy magazine, sold for € 4,99 each, the makers (editors, journalists and other staff etc. are from well-known glossy such as Marie Claire, Elle) work voluntarily. Editorials are the one and only income sources to be able to publish this glossy. The turnover would be donated to Pink Ribbon fund for breast cancer research.
The facts about Breast Cancer (as stated in the Dutch Pink Ribbon Magazine, year after year, to build more awareness):
Breast Cancer is the most type of cancer found in NL
1 out of 8 Dutch Women would get it
Dutch Women will be called on a mandatory mammography at the age of 55 by the Ministry of Health (in the USA this happens on the age of 40).
Men can get breast cancer too
Self check after your period does help to prevent this or to discover a bump in an early stage
Using roll on deodorant will not cause breast cancer
I won't write about the content of this initiative as you all could read it elsewhere (through the link to Wiki I put above for example). I prefer to write about my own experiences with this type of cancer due the presence of cancer gen in my family (of both sides). I underwent two operations (when I was 17 and 21 years old) to remove a suspicous bump on my breast, so did my sister. This is the reason why I stopped smoking. The bump was a benignant tumor though, but still I was scared to death at that time.
Psychologically speaking, breast cancer for women is a very tough disease. It is severe enough to have cancer on your breasts, when they are to be amputated the effect on yourself as a woman would be huge, not to mention the hair lost due to the chemotherapy. After all, sick or not, most women of all ages, love to take care of their body.
I know/knew women around me who survived after some painful & torturing chemotherapy sessions, lost their weight and hair, forced to wear wigs and now their hair grows again. Some didn't survive it, some prefer not the have her breasts amputated risking death to follow against the wil of their husband/boyfriend.
So I dedicate the month October and this post to tante Wiwi (in memoriam), bude Wan (in memoriam), Frank's mother (in memoriam), Marijke, Thea, Sam and other ladies I don't know by name.
In the Pink Ribbon glossy magazine, sold for € 4,99 each, the makers (editors, journalists and other staff etc. are from well-known glossy such as Marie Claire, Elle) work voluntarily. Editorials are the one and only income sources to be able to publish this glossy. The turnover would be donated to Pink Ribbon fund for breast cancer research.
The facts about Breast Cancer (as stated in the Dutch Pink Ribbon Magazine, year after year, to build more awareness):
Breast Cancer is the most type of cancer found in NL
1 out of 8 Dutch Women would get it
Dutch Women will be called on a mandatory mammography at the age of 55 by the Ministry of Health (in the USA this happens on the age of 40).
Men can get breast cancer too
Self check after your period does help to prevent this or to discover a bump in an early stage
Using roll on deodorant will not cause breast cancer
I won't write about the content of this initiative as you all could read it elsewhere (through the link to Wiki I put above for example). I prefer to write about my own experiences with this type of cancer due the presence of cancer gen in my family (of both sides). I underwent two operations (when I was 17 and 21 years old) to remove a suspicous bump on my breast, so did my sister. This is the reason why I stopped smoking. The bump was a benignant tumor though, but still I was scared to death at that time.
Psychologically speaking, breast cancer for women is a very tough disease. It is severe enough to have cancer on your breasts, when they are to be amputated the effect on yourself as a woman would be huge, not to mention the hair lost due to the chemotherapy. After all, sick or not, most women of all ages, love to take care of their body.
I know/knew women around me who survived after some painful & torturing chemotherapy sessions, lost their weight and hair, forced to wear wigs and now their hair grows again. Some didn't survive it, some prefer not the have her breasts amputated risking death to follow against the wil of their husband/boyfriend.
So I dedicate the month October and this post to tante Wiwi (in memoriam), bude Wan (in memoriam), Frank's mother (in memoriam), Marijke, Thea, Sam and other ladies I don't know by name.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Image and Identity
Borrowing the terms Image and Identity from my Marketing Teacher: Identity: what you are as a person (sex, occupation, civil status, other status) according to yourself, Image: the way people see you as a person. The ideal situation is of course when Image matches the Identity.
This week I attended a seminar about this. During this event, there was an inevitable session to analyze the difference between Identity and Image. Guess what? 4 colleagues from other department who followed the session in my group were surprised to discover new things about me (yes, this is the reason to hold such session or I was just being very honest..). My image in their eyes was: humble, happy & polite while I am proud to be direct & assertive (I'd come a long way to reach this). I found it intriguing that my Image didn't match my Identity, so there's something left to guess about me.
What about you? How do people see your Image and what is your Identity? This without being JaIm of course :-D.
This week I attended a seminar about this. During this event, there was an inevitable session to analyze the difference between Identity and Image. Guess what? 4 colleagues from other department who followed the session in my group were surprised to discover new things about me (yes, this is the reason to hold such session or I was just being very honest..). My image in their eyes was: humble, happy & polite while I am proud to be direct & assertive (I'd come a long way to reach this). I found it intriguing that my Image didn't match my Identity, so there's something left to guess about me.
What about you? How do people see your Image and what is your Identity? This without being JaIm of course :-D.
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