The Conjurors

The Sampaguita Gardens located in New Washington Kalibo Aklan is home of Precious Moments creator Samuel John Butcher. Never in my life, I have seen hundreds of dolls in various colors and sizes. Luckily, they arent porcelain hence they are pleasing to look at. We arrive at the museum/park/manythingscanbedoneinthearea at night after negotiating with three tricycles with round trip prices ranging from P300 to P600. We are locals not tourists but nature has its own mysterious ways and we were able to get a roundtrip fare of P250. It was worth the ride and worth the visit despite the fact that we werent aware that the owners house can be visited up to 7 pm. And the P50 consumable entrance fee was an added bonus. The Christmas Museum was closed hence we still managed to have fun. (pictures copyright-ask permission pag may time i repost)

CRUSH

The thing about having a crush is that it sucks you dry. It takes your time, giving additional breakage to your split ends, adding more lines to your aging skin and can totally make you a klutz due to days of missing. Worse, you stare blankly at the sky with a developing grin making someone doubt your sanity as they accidentally see you in your stupor.

We all undergo this passage when all our hormones are raging and blame our genetic legacy why we were not gifted. It all begins on a one fine morning when the world is on our side and from afar we see a heavenly sight, so pleasing if only our tonsils can shout in glee and our heart beats as fast as the leopard. We smile to ourselves but when the object of our affection is within arms reach we pretend as if no one was there. We abhor their presence especially if unprepared and yearn for their scents or shadows when they are not around. Call it crazy but no matter how confident we are on certain matters, we get tongue tied, we get catatonic when they are present worse our speech transforms like that of an infant. “Hi” then an uncertain smile then leave. For someone out of stratosphere it may be the shortest conversation but for us it will forever envelope our memories, keeping us awake at night. If only we can develop wings turn midnight or teleport ourselves to the closets of our desires or be invisible just to observe them in their day to day lives. What they eat, how they lose their bowels and all those little things. Call it creepy but we reach that certain point that we search a memory or find a memento, take example not washing your shirt after they touch you, thinking at the end of the day at the confines of your room that their hand is still their clutching your shoulder softly or giving you a free massage. Despite all the audio-visual hallucinations, we find comfort in this near psychiatric measures even losing our neuronal circuitry to satiate our temporary madness. 

          We go on in this hysterical state hoping that this deep dark secret of ours will never be unveiled until the moment that people starts to stare at you and talk behind your back. Really? A crush on that person? The nerve! And then we get paranoid. We lose our logic, our confidence withers and our personality vanishes.    

          We would rather hide under the sheets than have a breath of fresh air. We would slowly wilt away like a plant placed under the heat of the sun until our moisture dries up. Our crush can bring us hope or dampen our spirits. But the fact remains that they can change our life perspective. And then we try to do all things to forget them, to stop them from recurring in our thoughts, controlling our brain. We try hardest until our reserves are used, until the moment that we want the ground to swallow us up and the world to end. But reality bites and we try to live one day at a time, hoping that we survive in one piece. Our spirits broken and our flesh destroyed but we slowly pick up the pieces and retrieve our sanity. Seconds seem like days and days seem like years. We blame ourselves with endless questions in mind. We cry until our tear ducts scream, we doubt ourselves and curse our existence until our bodies get numbed and accustomed to all the drama. We are alive but we don’t live at all. But we fight, we fight for we know that we should take control, we try to build what is left until we wake up one morning and the feeling is gone. Like atlas had lifted the world on our shoulders. We then live the life we should have lived. And we recover ourselves and the people we had lost in the process. We stand up because we know we will survive. And life continues until that one fine morning when another heavenly sight will appear again but we already know what to do yet sometimes, most of that sometimes, we subject ourselves back in the same old process again.

 Familiar music below to enjoy your read. Credits to the respective artist.

SPMC Family Medicine Fund Raising

The Department of Family and Community Medicine of Southern Philippines Medical Center had a fund raising project last July 3, 2013 by having a movie screening of the second installment of Despicable Me. With sold out tickets, the moviegoers attended the activity at SM Lanang Premier tagging the whole family. A small program was held prior to the show with Dr. Evelyn Lao, the department chair, giving the opening remarks. Raffle prizes were drawn giving out gift certificates, USB, Skin Care Lines and Android phones. Special thanks to all our sponsors (video inset - supposed to be played during the show but there were technical issues with SM video system), the activity will not be possible without your support. Kudos to all the residents especially to the chairman of the event, Dr. Amor Guinmapang. Until, the next fund raising projects. Proceeds will go the Asthma Club, Geriatrics Club and the Hospice and Palliative Care.

The kids and kids at heart

the organizers, murag college lang

Residents and Consultants, side view din pag may time

tapos na rin!!!!

Why You Should Watch Man of Steel

5 Reasons why you should watch MAN OF STEEL (Superman)
5. Henry Cavill. ( a resemblance of Christopher Reeve, he's charming, emo king, best dressed Superman suit. I have got to ask his diet scheme.)
4. Stellar Casting. (Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe, Christopher Meloni, Amy Adams to name a few) it made the movie interesting to watch. A performance worthy of applause.
3. Computer Generated Imagery - I can't help but say Wow, Amazing during the entire show. It was a visual feast. Feast is an understatement.
2. Story Line. Well-established characters. The story was weaved creatively enough to bring the audience in an understanding the pre and post heroic sequence of Superman. And this is not just your ordinary Superhero movie, it had a heart.
1. Best Superman installment PERIOD
A warning to exercise your eyeballs prior, for the fighting sequences are long, enough to give you vertigo. Growing up and watching Superman movies, this sets the beginning of his story while the previous serves as a continuation of his life. 4 flavored popcorns.

BASTED

                        “I think of you as my friend, buddy . . . I couldn’t think of anything else … My heart has been taken somewhere already”. My world collapsed.

                        Finally after two years of vague status, I was able to ask the love of my life, thru text – devoid of facial expression and emotion, what I am to her. If there’s any chance of going beyond . . . . more than friends.

                        She was my blood, my air, my sun. There’s never a day that I cannot think of her. I was struck with Cupid’s arrow and no matter how many times we fought, my love for her never fade, instead it grew. We were, in the eyes of the general public, MU. In colloquial language, mag-un. My friends, in the beginning, already told me to settle the record straight. But I was too afraid to ask, I was torpe.  I never had the courage because I was hoping she was feeling the same way. I was wrong.

                         Last night, while watching television, a sudden force came into me. I ask the most dreaded question that I was avoiding for years. And I got what I wanted. Reality slapped me in the face and I was stoic. It made me weary. I wanted to cry but there were no tears. My heart was crushed. I am so stupid and it’s my entire fault. It is true then that Honesty is such a lonely word. While I was lying in bed, I couldn’t help but wonder – after all those caring thoughts, kilig text replies, unforgettable moments we’ve shared and the countless I love you – all that was for friendship? Huh? What are the boundaries? How will you know that you have crossed the demarcation line? The moment I close my eyes, tears fell.

                        I woke up today with the realization that some of my friends and my only elder sister would definitely laugh at me if I break the news. For not listening to their views and for being persistent. Now that everything is in place all I have to do is to remind myself always that I am just her friend, her buddy – nothing more.

GWIYOMI Doctors

Our version of the popular song, GWIYOMI. Its our way of starting the day light and fun before we go to our patients. Enjoy!

SEDA Abreeza Hotel - A New Beginning

One of the perks of my profession is exploring new places as scientific lectures or simply called round table discussions are held in various places around the metro. The recent info drive was held at the new SEDA Hotel right beside Abreeza Mall located at J.P. Laurel Ave. Bajada, Davao City. Opened last March 2013 and still with its final completion, we arrived through their underground parking which only caters 51 spaces. That caused a stir below as drivers were having a hard time searching for a parking area. We rode the elevator to the ground floor and when we reach the area we were greeted with a minimalist feel having white and black as predominating color scheme. The staff greeted us in Dabawenyo dialect. The lobby had several MAC computers installed that if only I can bring one home. The function room was spacious and the comfort room contained huge mirrors enough to support your vanity. I have got to see the bedrooms. I was not able to get a picture of the whole Mezzanine area due to an ongoing event (gatecrashing is not my style.) Overall the SEDA Hotel is one new kid on the block worthy to be discovered. Pictures, copyright, below.

Happy Campers

food, glorious food

some salt and pepper please

a refreshing drink for the summer

as shiny as your forehead

pop art

mezzanine area

hmmmmmm

Food for the Road

  Throwback Pictures during the Dahilayan Road Trip. Thanks to Atty Teen's printed write-ups our tummies were good to go. The Dahilayan Resort Cafe gave our tummies a run for our money.

The Cafe

interior

the eaters

ang rice. bow

chicekn...quite dry though

sizzling fish . . . tastes good

playah

Pakbet was good