Surgeons Do Not Cry: On Becoming a Doctor in the Philippines (First Edition) by Ting Tiongco JUVENILE LITERATURE - Filipino

Surgeons Do Not Cry: On Becoming a Doctor in the Philippines (First Edition) by Ting Tiongco JUVENILE LITERATURE - FilipinoThe stories of an institution like the University of the PhilippinesPhilippine General Hospital (UP PGH) are timeless. But as it is often said nothing ever really happened unless it is written down. There are so many stories to tell of the agonies and triumphs of both doctors and patients, who have peopled this venerable institution through the ages. I wrote the stories because I firmly believe that healing is a mutual process; that the healer is very

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as well as the similar hatred for all that was Spanish on the part of some more recent self-proclaimed "nationalist" historians among Filipinos

and the actions and decisions of migrant Filipino women in maintaining families and communities

he refused to restrict his art and even flouted traditional notions of originality by appropriating other artists and imagery

Lorraine Carr's triumph in this book is of the highest moral and social journalism

Then it drizzled

Celia finds the way to clear the path to the American Dream

to the town's legends and myths

discomfort and danger

Christmas in the Philippines is like a tall glass of halo-halo

They are the mansion

Story by Kora Dandan-AlbanoIllustrations by Ara Villena