arco iris: and then life became more colorful...

hello, 2012

2012-01-08T15:47:00.001+08:00

So it really is 2012 already, allegedly the year when the world will end; still others say that this is the year when there will be a new world order or something like that. My opinion? I don't know (nobody knows for sure, anyway) and honestly, I don't care because whatever happens, it is always my goal to make the new year better than the previous one. Before I possibly vanish again from this

december happenings

2011-12-28T23:57:00.002+08:00

December was started off with the annual Tao Rin Pala which was held on December 2. This year's theme was seasons and my Sorority was the first performer in the spring segment. For our performance, the theme was Asian spring festivals. Loved, loved, loved our festive number! Congratulations to our 2014 sisses for heading this year's TRP performance! :) MU SIGMA PHI Sorority - Tao Rin Pala 2011

and i'm back

2011-12-06T19:07:00.000+08:00

I didn't actually go anywhere, I just didn't feel like blogging for the past (almost) two months although there have been some things worth blogging about. There were times actually when I already started writing an entry, complete with pictures and videos but halfway through, I would just lose interest and save whatever work I've done as draft, to be published later but eventually lost in

barong tagalog x valentino?

2011-10-13T12:26:00.003+08:00

I was surfing the web earlier when I stumbled upon the blog Dressed Up For Armageddon. On the homepage was an entry on the Paris Fashion Week Spring 2012 Collection; curious, I clicked it. As I was scrolling down to see the pictures from different fashion houses (just two per house/designer), I was surprised when I saw the pictures from the Valentino runway because they resembled the Barong

random thoughts volume 41

2011-10-11T23:25:00.000+08:00

I've been bumming around for the past week but I didn't feel like blogging until now so here. ********** My pediatrics rotation is over and I would like to give myself a pat on the back for still loving kids by the end of my rotation. ********** I guess it's ok to post it here since you wouldn't be able to buy this at newspaper and magazine stands/bookstores anyway (something about it

and the "real" clerkship begins

2011-09-04T18:36:00.000+08:00

"Real" because although I have been a clinical clerk at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) since classes started last June, I haven't rotated in a big department yet and although my rotation with the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) lasted for four weeks, the ER duties with them was just for 10 hours (talk about benign) and only for four times in one week (for a total of 40

nine weeks into clerkship

2011-08-16T01:16:00.001+08:00

Yes I am still alive and although my first nine weeks as a clinical clerk at the UP-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) have been relatively benign, I did not blog because... I don't know. I just didn't feel like writing that much although there were a lot of things worth writing about. So, let me just go through the past nine weeks per rotation. I'm already done with four rotations; each was

eight weeks later

2011-06-12T18:42:00.000+08:00

It has been a little more than eight weeks since my last post here. A lot of things have happened but I didn't write about them at that time time because 1) I've been having a hard time writing in general for the past eight weeks; 2) I was busy with a lot of things; and 3) there were some things that I'd rather not share here. Anyway, the past eight weeks have been pretty fun and interesting.

goodbye icc year (part 3)

2011-04-15T18:17:00.083+08:00

By the afternoon of April 12, Tuesday, all of my grades for integrated clinical clerkship (ICC) year finally came in so yes, by then ICC year was officially over. I was pretty happy with my grades and I got my highest GWA in med school so far, still not enough for me to qualify as a college scholar, but I was satisfied, especially because for the most part of the year, I had to really read books

goodbye icc year! (part 2)

2011-04-13T20:55:00.000+08:00

I got caught up with other stuff so I'm only posting this now hehe. Anyway, of course a school year in med would not be complete without celebrating it with batchmates. It was an epic night. Tequila sunrise. The welcome drink courtesy of my buddy More tequila sunrise for buddy Nik, Ches, Maui y yo. Kulots. Spot the artificial kulot hehe. Bacardi 151 shots! Ping represent! Rootbeer

goodbye icc year! (part 1)

2011-04-09T11:03:00.000+08:00

After 40 weeks of classes and about one and a half weeks of exams (though we didn't have exams everyday; they were just spread over that period), ICC year has finally come to an end last Tuesday after our pharmacology finals. To celebrate the end of a... very interesting year, my blockmates and I had lunch together (Ced, we missed you!). It was our last block activity as next school year, four of

i miss you lolo

2011-04-07T16:13:00.000+08:00

I was writing another blog entry (that has yet to be posted) when I decided to watch Glee. I stopped watching it a few episodes into the second season and now I'm watching it from the beginning of the current season. I was on the third episode. All of a sudden, I remembered and missed Lolo. I couldn't stop crying. It's been five years since he passed away but until now, it still feels just like

an oasis in the middle of manila

2011-03-18T17:57:00.000+08:00

In search for places where we could buy medicinal plants for re-planting, my groupmates and I found ourselves walking past Nakpil and Remedios to the Bureau of Plant Industry in Manila. When we got there, no one could believe that such a place exists in Manila. It didn't look, smell and feel like Manila! And as my groupmates kept on saying "Para tayong wala sa Maynila. Para tayong nasa probinsya.

last few weeks of icc year

2011-03-14T22:17:00.002+08:00

After 38 weeks of classes, 14 rotations and I don't know how many modules, my third year in medical school is finally down to its last two weeks of "regular" classes (because my last rotation is community medicine) and then a week or so of examsss (yes, they're so freakin' many I don't know where or how to start). I'm not yet that done with Internal Medicine though as I still have to finish a

not-so-random thoughts

2011-02-22T22:04:00.003+08:00

Some thoughts have been swimming in my head since last week, especially since our little Thursday girls' night in post-surgery exam. I know I should be reading Harrison's right now for our three IICBSs tomorrow (hey Harrison's I'm beginning to like you even more) but oh well... A lot of things could happen in 12 months. Or even 6 months. Or even in a period shorter than that. I miss how simple

the first five weeks of the year

2011-02-06T15:20:00.003+08:00

I know it's already the sixth day of the second month and I haven't posted anything for five weeks but there were other things that I needed to do and I've been sick this past week. Anyway, my rotation for the first four weeks of the year was pediatrics. To start the year and everyone's rotations right, we decided to have a little girls' night in during the first Wednesday with some special

goodbye 2010, hello 2011

2011-01-01T01:45:00.001+08:00

Two weeks ago when I met up with Tin to watch the UP Diliman Lantern Parade, she made a comment that I have been hearing for the most part of the year. She said that I looked happy. Happier than she ever saw me before. And that, well, I had a sort of glow or something. I told her that people who don't see me often told me the same thing throughout the year, and occasionally, some people who see

first half of december

2010-12-22T20:35:00.001+08:00

The first half of December before the Christmas break was pretty busy but definitely a whole lot of fun. Follow the link beneath each picture for the complete story. :) OBenign TRP 37: The Musical MUrry Christmas! THE Dr. Solita Camara-Besa 24-hour OB duty and Gawad Panitikang Pangkalusugan Book Launch UP Diliman Lantern Parade 2010 Batch Christmas brunch Sis Day: White Christmas

sis day: white christmas edition

2010-12-22T20:32:00.002+08:00

This fiscal year, it was decided that Sis Day will be held in December and will also serve as the Christmas party this year. This year's Sis Day was held at the residence of Sis Julie Jalbuena, MD '46 in Dasmariñas Village in Makati. We later found out that her house has witnessed a lot of Sorority activities throughout the years and that practically all batches until around batch 1996 have a

batch christmas brunch

2010-12-22T20:30:00.000+08:00

Christmas events are usually held during lunch or dinner. Due to time constraints, my batchmates decided that we'd rather have our Christmas get-together during brunch. So the morning after the Lantern Parade, I went back to Manila to have brunch with my awesome batchmates. Because we love the Hut so much (and well a lot of other reasons), we decided to just have our brunch there. As with other

up diliman lantern parade 2010

2010-12-22T20:29:00.000+08:00

I was a college senior (2007) when I last watched the UP Diliman Lantern Parade (or any Lantern Parade for that matter because I never watched or participated in the UP Manila edition) and I decided that it's about time that I watch again. So after my block's post-OB exams and Christmas lunch, I hurried to Quezon City to meet with Tin, one of my closest college friends whom I haven't seen in

24-hour ob duty and gawad panitikan book launch

2010-12-22T20:28:00.000+08:00

On the third Saturday of our OB rotation, December 11, I went on a 24-hour duty at the Labor Room/Delivery Room (LR/DR). Yep, 24 hours of monitoring patients who are recovering after giving birth or whatever procedure, monitoring patients who are in labor, delivering babies born through spontaneous vaginal delivery and assisting in other procedures. As with our previous LR/DR posts, our 24-hour

THE solita camara-besa

2010-12-22T20:19:00.001+08:00

With batchmates and THE Dr. Solita Camara-Besa The Christmas season won't be complete without Christmas songs and caroling. This year, THE Dr. Solita Camara-Besa was one of the alumnae who wanted us over and hear us sing some good ol' carols. When I found out that she's one of the alumnae to be visited this year, I knew that I just had to go. For people who are not in the medical field, here

MUrry christmas

2010-12-22T20:18:00.001+08:00

Daniel looking very amused with the lights haha. I remember that when I was in college, I would often rant that I could not feel the Christmas spirit. I realized that since I got to med school, however, I actually feel the Christmas spirit more. I don't know if the fact that it gets really cool in Manila once the sun sets contributes to this but I know that the many Mu Christmas-related

trp 37: the musical

2010-12-22T20:08:00.001+08:00

As with my previous years in medicine, November meant preparing for Tao Rin Pala (TRP), the annual variety show featuring different classes and organizations from the UP College of Medicine (and other UP Manila colleges as well) and the different (well, this year only Internal Medicine and Surgery participated) departments of the Philippine General Hospital. The theme for TRP 37, held on December