Month: <span>September 2020</span>

Published 29 September 2020 by

Coffee, But Not Dalgona! 

"Everything good in life is either illegal, immoral, or fattening."1

Coffee has been one of the most commonly consumed beverages in the world. More recently, the ‘quarantine’ coffee, or its more fanciful name ‘the Dalgona Coffee’ has taken the world by storm. It looks stunningly beautiful and eminently instagrammable. It has a texture and taste like silky ice-cream. But I hate to shatter your dreams. It may not match up to the real thing. Yes, I am talking purely from the health perspective. read more

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↑1  There is some question as to the origination of this quote. It has been attributed to Alexander Woollcott, W. C. Fields, Frank Rand. According to The Quote Investigator(https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/09/fattening/),  the first known instance of the expression was used on Woollcott’s radio program and attributed to an individual named Frank Rand.

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Published 12 September 2020 by

Privileged in Pandemic 

"Authors do not choose a story to write, The story chooses us."
                                                                             Richard P. Denny, Author1

Once in a while, I get a phone call from my old students, asking about my welfare in this pandemic. News reports in the media on escalation of SARS-COV-2 infection among healthcare workers could be a reason.2,3 The concern expressed by them gives me a warm feeling. It also allows me a peek into the mind of this generation.  read more

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↑1 https://www.idlehearts.com/1648311/authors-do-not-choose-a-story-to-write-the-story-chooses-us
↑2 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nurses/over-90000-health-workers-infected-with-covid-19-worldwide-nurses-group-idUSKBN22I1XH
↑3 And Nguyen LH, Drew DA, Joshi AD, et al. Risk of COVID-19 among frontline healthcare workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study. Preprint. medRxiv. 2020;2020.04.29.20084111. Published 2020 May 25. doi:10.1101/2020.04.29.20084111)

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