tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27937515647105538892011-08-17T11:09:44.933+08:00beginning at the end of novembernesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.comBlogger7051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-63236926177641221072010-10-19T07:38:00.002+08:002010-10-19T07:40:17.929+08:00

Oh, yeah!Going with classmates on our first out-of-town, far-far-out-of-town trip, to Butuan, this Thursday.Woot! Woot!

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RANKNAMESCHOOLRATING(%)1GEORGE MICHAEL NGO SOSUANUniversity of Sto. Tomas92.302JOSHUA TAY UYBOCO University of Immaculate Conception - Davao91.903IRISH MAY GALICIA COTrinity Universtiy of Asia (Trinity-QC)90.704JERICHO MIRANDA CARMONAColegio de San Agustin -Bacolod City90.305FRANCISCO IV PATLING TRIAUniversity of Sto. Tomas89.406RASHID TUGO IBRAHEMManila Central University - Caloocan City89.20

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-67388398556858701202010-08-22T14:25:00.002+08:002010-08-22T14:28:35.457+08:00

Do come visit us at the SU Medical School Open House on Monday and Tuesday,August 23-24, from 9 am to 3 pm!

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I wanna scream I wanna cryI wanna jump up and down and flyNews just got aroundthe SU Med School had blasted off the groundOur very first graduatesall passedthe 2010 Medical Board Exam!Fireworks!Cannon blast!Let the drums rollLet the confetti flowSU Med SchoolGo! Go! Go!

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-34636347245249808702010-08-07T19:10:00.007+08:002010-08-09T13:55:56.456+08:00

Could it be true? Fly from Dumaguete to Cebu for only one peso?Well, yes and no. Yes because the Cebu Pacific ticket on sale was really only ONE SHINY PESO! But no, because there were taxes to be paid amounting to 18.50 pesos therefore the actual amount that I paid was 19.50 pesos. Wheehaaa!! It will take quite a while for me to get over that!So yesterday, this here below is the plane with

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Batch '78 tapok again last May 19 when Jane was here. This was at Sundown, the new bar and resto right beside Caltex Station across Robinson's Place.The usual suspects are here: Abe, Grace, ako, Leolyn, Luis, Debonaire, Eugene, Marie, Bong S., Edu, Dodging, Rummel, Eric, Jane, Chona, Zenov, Joey.

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-47124632165332431652010-05-07T14:30:00.005+08:002010-05-07T15:52:43.073+08:00

an example of today's text-on-billboard language:______i love this one! secrets! jazz give me the conselation prize!

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For the nth time in a short time, I am in UP Diliman again, this time for the Physiology Society Annual Convention. And I am so loving being in campus again! Wwwwwhoooooooo hoooo!!

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A couple of weeks ago, I left my Smart cellphone in the pool shower room (amf!). Almost in a panic and with a sinking sensation in the pit of my stomach, I dialed my Smart number hoping against hope that whoever found it would have it in her (I left it in the female shower room) heart to answer.Lo and behold, after several rings, a young voice answered. "Miss," she said, "I found your phone in

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Gosh, is it March already??? And even that is about to end.Been here and there and back again.

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From nowhere, really. Just have been preoccupied with stuff and stuff and have sort of forgotten that I actually have a blog!!It's been a month that I've not been here. Huwaaw.So what's been happening this past month?My laptop is ok now, except that they forgot to reinstall Photoshoppe and my printer. It sounds such an easy problem but really, for me, it's not. ::Sigh.::And what else? Oh, I

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-28385121514139599622010-01-29T21:33:00.002+08:002010-01-29T21:43:14.345+08:00

I've been Top-Less for more than a week now.Well, actually that should be LapTop-Less for more than a week now because I left my computer at the computer shop Wednesday last week yet, on the morning before we left for Manila. But incredibly, until today, more than a week later, my laptop is still not fixed yet. Grrr.So I'm just posting from the kids' computer, which is not very conducive to

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Leaving for Manila today with 19 medical students(!) and some faculty members to attend the annual medical schools' convention, this time to be held at my alma mater, UERMMMC. I have a feeling we are going to be the biggest delegation this year. Go SUMS!

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the newlywed's first danceA week ago to be exact, on January 11, 2010, our surgery resident Herbert Rebaya and his long time sweetheart, our former student nurse, Louella Mendoza, wed in a love-filled ceremony and reception at El Pueblo Genovivo.H and L

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-84909221945255186572010-01-16T23:55:00.001+08:002010-01-16T23:57:20.157+08:00

To prove that I really, really liked that Avatar movie, I watched it again today, yey!!With my parents and nephew, three generations kami didto.

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I just got home from our OR OUTing at Robinsons where we had a gulped-down lunch of finger-lickin'-good KFC chicken and where someone (who will remain nameless) said, "This mushroom soup tastes different" before he found out that it was the gravy he was scooping up!! Heheheh. Gulped-down because we wanted to catch the first showing of Avatar at 11:25 am. It was quite funny eating with someone

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-27408531455369519582010-01-08T23:45:00.003+08:002010-01-09T00:30:16.460+08:00

Needless to say, the Operating Room (O.R.) is a very high-tension place. Many of the things that happen there are acutely, and literally, a matter of life and death. Oftentimes, energies are in high gear, movements are very precise and well-coordinated, sequential events anticipated, instruments snapped smartly, equipment humming smoothly. Sometimes things can get harried, and a lot of things fly

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-44020399382801945182010-01-03T22:09:00.004+08:002010-01-03T22:26:23.062+08:00

It's been eight years today since our dear Lola Agre passed on.

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This new morning of this new year of this new decade, I find my hands full. Of flowers. From our yard. From the the manicurista who painstakingly drew tiny white petals with a pink center dot on each and every nail of my middle-aged hands.Such delicate skill. Such intricate artistry, from the human and the heavenly. Such is the mystery of the precious moments we hold in the palms of our hands.

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is hard to have when...a mother of ten suddenly finds that the new growth in her belly is not baby number eleven but a vicious, monstrous tumor.a ten year old boy collapses and goes into coma when a blood vessel ruptures in his brain.a newly-wed couple learns that what was originally thought to be a benign cyst in the wife's ovary turns out to be malignant.the brother of my dear classmate passes

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-71207890812893253382009-12-29T06:29:00.002+08:002009-12-29T10:45:29.042+08:00

The year is almost ending and incredibly there's a tremendous backlog of things that need-to-be-done-but-have-not-been. Foremost of which is writing, as there have been a handful of things I really wanted to write about-but-haven't.Secondmost of which is to really, really clean up my room (and house, why not?).Thirdmost of which is to finish wrapping the gifts scattered in my bedroom. I've been

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-63864490872643926742009-12-24T23:02:00.005+08:002009-12-24T23:47:48.166+08:00

It's kinda hard to be jolly when somebody filched my precious Nokia phone this afternoon at Lee Plaza. It's not just that the phone was expensive, I had pictures and important text messages there.Bummer.And Patrick lost his wallet, with all his IDs and ATM cards, perhaps in the bus, on his way from Cebu to Dumaguete tonight. Arrgghh.Then my car's thermostat went way, way up with matching smoke

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-57222616126148705802009-12-19T17:51:00.005+08:002009-12-19T18:12:12.638+08:00

here we are!i'm in the apple green grass skirt, Agong is wearing a blue g.s. while Nini has an orange g.s. Behind Nini, is Connie, in a darker orange g.s.wheeee!!!ito pa.di ba bongga?!heehee(more later)

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When I was a child, I secretly envied my cousins and friends who went to dancing lessons, mostly because I wanted to wear the fancy dance costumes. But such luxuries were way out of budget for us so I buried my nose in reading free books instead.Fast forward many years later, when one December afternoon Dr. GCA tells me, "We're going to practice our Hawaiian dance at 5 pm, why don't you join us?

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by Alfred Lord TennysonI hold it true, whate'er befall;I feel it when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all. Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek'd against his creedSo runs my dream, but what am I?An infant crying in the nightAn infant crying for the

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-74767885013114443802009-11-28T00:21:00.005+08:002009-11-28T00:26:17.003+08:00

Reason Number 463 why I've not been writing here a lot:Ahehehe! Saw this shirt at SM North Edsa last week and just had to take a snapshot of it. Boohoo!

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November 25: Happy Fiesta, Dumaguete! This is the religious holiday of Dumaguete, celebrating the feast St. Catherine de Alexandria. This is when the pigs become lechon and the young coconuts become buko salad.November 24: Charter Day, Dumaguete. This is the official non-working holiday of the city with matching city parade and closed offices. Aka bisperas, some pigs become lechon and humba on

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-55139204195602416092009-11-16T00:10:00.002+08:002009-11-16T00:15:03.255+08:00

:-DHurray to Manny Pacquiao!::fans jumping up and down::

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Our computer technician, Greg, is familiar with worms, the kind that replicates itself in computer programs. Never did he imagine that one day, in his stint as the Learning Resource Unit Officer in our school, he would be encountering (and in fact dissecting) another kind of worm, namely the lumbricus spp., humble earthworm of the kawayanan.And why the earthworm? Well, it's because earthworms

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Okey, so this is like... one week late?But since it's still November, I still want to post this here. If only because it's not a very common site in the Philippines, where instead of Halloween we have Tingkalalag, which means Time of Souls.So, BOOOOO!!Kalabasa with lights

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The blurb inside the ice cream tub cover says:"One bite of our Macaroons and we're confident you'll agree they're one of the best. Moist and very chewy, they're made with lightly sweetened milk and mixed in with tender grated coconut shreds oven-baked to perfection. Scattered in a light , buttery classic vanilla ice cream, and swirled with rich caramel fudge, Macaroons in Vanilla ice cream is a

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I am a cake lover and not an ice cream girl, meaning I can skip a meal just to eat cake and I can be perfectly happy not eating ice cream for a year. Until last Monday, at Jean's birthday dinner, where for dessert we had Selecta's latest flavor, Vanilla and Macaroons. Vanilla is too bland and blah for me, macaroons too oily, but the combination of the two just hit the right spot and I found

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-8873958302932431822009-10-27T22:57:00.001+08:002009-10-28T12:26:04.223+08:00

Found a great blog about Dumaguete:My University Town Blog

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This is a blurry celfone photo of my helper Ellen's baby girl, Angel, born by Caesarian section last October 11, while I was in Manila. Arrghh. I promised Ellen I would be with her when she gave birth but I wasn't able to keep that promise because her CS was an emergency one for fetal distress.Gladly, both mother and baby are ok now, 'home' already and getting used to their new life. However,

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-51495188865428441242009-10-25T21:16:00.004+08:002009-10-25T21:46:59.843+08:00

It's the last day of the Negros Oriental Buglasan Festival 2009 and we're going to the boulevard to see the fireworks! Yey!!Some links:Buglasan 2009 HushBuglasan pics by The Scalpel MasterStreet dancing by Revenui

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Surprise! I'm back, writing again, after a week of wandering in the limbo land of the plants and zombies. (I am getting very good at that game, heheh.) It's sem break in Silliman so the teachers and students are all in zombie mode. Relaaaax our brains, that's our motto during this three-week-vacation time, of which only one week is left. -_-So what will I write about?First, there's the swimming

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-76736951444688937102009-10-18T22:19:00.007+08:002009-10-19T00:57:00.901+08:00

This is one of the classrooms on the second floor of Palma Hall at UP Diliman, where we had a conference over the weekend.I felt like a ghost revisiting a fave old haunt, knowing full well that I can't go back to that time and place, yet wishing so anyway.

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Something good has been going on at the local LTO (Land Transportation Office) lately: one can actually get a replacement for a lost driver's license in just one hour!I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't experienced it first hand yesterday. Where before any LTO transaction was fraught with red tape, muddled instructions and a generally primitive operating system, these days the LTO has

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-31712153861740809022009-10-16T21:41:00.004+08:002009-10-16T21:44:59.750+08:00

My dear friends Erlyn, Atit and their children: Gabby, Kurt and Kyle, before the boys had their hair cut.

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As serendipity would have it, Batch 78 Manila group had a tapok while I was in Manila last week. Here we are all warmified in the photo, even as Evalyn and I were shivering in the centralized airconditioned home of Atit and Erlyn.From left to right: Evalyn, Sheila F., ako, Judge Bel, Erlyn, Justice Atit, Rolito and Alan D.Not in the pic are: Hya, because she has moved to Dumaguete (!), Mitch,

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-54105766181028269402009-10-11T00:46:00.004+08:002009-10-11T00:58:13.493+08:00

Even as the country reels again from another typhoon, other kinds of Floods are happening as well.F1: Flood of donations from generous groups and individualsF2: Flood of rebuilding and repair efforts for those affected by Ondoy and PepengF3: Flood of plastic, by Miriam Coronel Ferrer, a comtemporary in UPF4: Flood of memories as I walk thru the hills and halls of the UP Diliman campus

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-75522968815407784472009-10-08T23:34:00.010+08:002009-10-09T01:11:07.031+08:00

(Warning: some blood and tissue here.)A staghorn calculus is not a deer doing advanced mathematics. Rather, it is a stone (or stones) thats form inside the kidney and over the years, takes on the shape of the renal calyces of the kidney, hence the name.This x-ray (copied from the Diagnostic Radiology of Houston, Texas) shows a staghorn calculus on the left kidney. Notice the stone's resemblance

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At this rate, it won't be long before I get really fat.Last night we were at Nerisse to savor their delish kare-kare and bagoong. With plenty of rice, of course.And tonight we were at Ka Waway and had one plate of sizzling sisig. Each. The sisig was so spicy hot, a lot of rice was needed to balance the taste. Of course. ;pSo tomorrow, I need to do many pool laps. Some of those laps will be

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-85629787579206136492009-10-04T21:16:00.002+08:002009-10-04T21:27:59.344+08:00

Yup, I'll be moving to UP Diliman this coming Friday, but only for a weekend conference.Everytime I go to Manila, visiting the old Diliman campus is a must on the really-want-to-do list. And if time permits, I indulge and savor walking thru the Silliman-like grounds, reminiscing the past with nostalgia, as old people are wont to do.That is why I was quite ecstatic when I learned that the venue

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-66329378456368995052009-09-30T21:21:00.001+08:002009-09-30T21:23:55.869+08:00

This week is the last week of classes at SU before the final exam week. Naturally, it's a terribly busy time for students and teachers alike.

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Like never before, the Philippines was badly hit by Typhoon Ondoy over the weekend.Here's a video taken at a place that is close to my doctor's heart, as it is where I learned the rudiments of medicine.It's not a funny video at all, so maybe it's best to turn off the sound while playing this so you won't hear some inappropriate jocularity.

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-22691042593522617092009-09-27T00:45:00.006+08:002009-09-27T00:57:05.799+08:00

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It's Medicine Week in Negros Oriental from September 20 to 27 and there have been daily activities which I haven't joined except for tonight's event at the Honeycomb Restaurant, a physician/pharmaceutical partnership called "If you can DO IT... we can DUET!" What else could it be but karaoke singing, a most favorite pastime of Filipinos, irregardless of profession or age. This duet (doctor and

nesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01325917167727003033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2793751564710553889.post-74234758419317837162009-09-19T17:02:00.006+08:002009-09-19T17:10:24.197+08:00

A children's musical at the Luce Auditorium tonight at 8 pm.

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and loving it.The people I know who like to eat the controversial durian do so with an intensity and gusto that border on well, ecstasy. No matter how naysayers try to dissuade them from partaking of the evil-smelling spiny fruit, the durian aficionados just smile their knowing smiles and dig in with alacrity. They claim that whatever (minor) discomfort brought about by the strong smell of the

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.............. we remember.

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you may now kiss the bride......and little Nathaniel, too!pretty purply bridesmaids all in a rowwedding nymph peeling her anagon at the boulevardmike, lalaine, mahaderang mader, loraine, reymondthe reception was like an evening show. the newlyweds entertained us with their superb singing and dancing skills. indeed, their love story began when they first did a duet way back in 2002.

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Today is O-Nine-O-Nine-O-Nine!(yoon lang po)

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Now that the SU Founder's Day Celebration is over, the students' and teachers' noses are back to the proverbial grindstone as we cram all remaining lessons and projects into the last five weeks of the semester. Schedules and syllabi have gone haywire this term thanks to the one week delay at the start of classes in June because of the H1N1 pandemic, the numerous non-working holidays declared by

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I was cleaning up my computer memory over the long weekend and saw these interesting interphases between rock and roots, in different places that I've been to this summer past.Looking at the images, I remember the trips all over again. I am awed. And grateful.

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There's been quite a spate of new restaurants opening in Dumaguete just this past month: there's the newly renovated Kamalig Restaurant that has relocated down the same street but this time very near the Boulevard; there's Chicken Dinagyang which took over the place that Kamalig left, also along Katada Street; there's Sultan's Place beside the newly opened Hotel Nicanor along San Juan Street;

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I like this. A lot. The very nifty GE Dash 2500 vital signs monitor.The Dash 2500 includes: 3 and 5 lead ECG with EK-Pro™ arrhythmia analysis Respiration monitoring

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Is Dumaguete the brownout capital of the Philippines?:-(Electricity went off at dawn today and tsismis goes around that power will be restored on Saturday yet. Reeeaally. But na lang may Jollibee na may free wifi. In fact, umaabot across the street sa ChowKing. Nice.

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makalingaw ni!

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In case you didn't know, it is a tradition of SUHS graduates to have a "batch project". This is an activity or an endeavor which the batch deems worthy of time, effort and finances. Through the years (31 and counting) since we graduated from SUHS in 1978, we have had different projects like donating appliances and tents to our alma mater. The latest project has been the sponsorship of one poor

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some of my SUMS studentsCW: Pia, EJ, KringKring, Francis, Kianwith my friend-since-elem-days, now Manila-based reconstructive and cosmetic surgeon, Radi V. A.

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::masyadong hectic ang araw na ito. di nakayanan ng powers ko ang mag-blog.::

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The official color of the medical school: green for life and neon for modernity.Go SUMS!Pretty ladies, the corps of sponsorsSillimanian cycling enthusiasts join the parade.Stay healthy, Dumaguete!I'm not a member of the SUFA (SU Faculty Association) but I like their banner.The SU Medical Center contingent led by Admin Bert Montebon on the front row.(Thank you Budoy Lim for sharing the pics.)

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Made booth rounds tonight and I could see why the booth gathering is aptly called "Hibalag" as I did meet there a lot of friends and acquaintances that I haven't seen in a long while. The both area is more brightly lit this time compared to previous founder's days and I like it this way, it seems a less likely place for hanky-panky.The highlight of the booth rounds, of course, would be going to

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Today's been a flurry of activities, inaugurations and dedications all over the university. At the Medical Center we had the blessing and dedication of the Palmore Circle, the rotunda in front of the main hospital, in honor of mission workers James and Mimi Palmore. The Medical Arts Building has a new address, it's now at 1 Palmore Circle, Silliman University, while the main hospital building is

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WINNERS ALL!(l-r) Dev Montenegro, Jeni Bomediano, Muneer AbuRumman, Gagay Dinampo, Paolo Tabaloc, Chrystal Centeno, Charles Moncal, TJ Merecido

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Lolo Cente, Lola Agre and all of us!Tita Mary recently arrived from a three-month vacation in America and she brought back with her this precious photograph from Tita Gloria's album. This was taken circa 1975 during one of Tita Gloria's visits.

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The Silliman Founder's Week Celebration began yesterday with a Torch Parade and the opening of the booths. My bff Karen Christine is here, after twelve grueling hours of traveling from Iligan City in Mindanao. So not much blogging as it is time for morning-the-night talk story.Happy Founder's Week, SU!And Congratulations to my high school classmate, Mark Rendal, who got married today in Davao!

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Remembering Ninoy Aquino whose death at the airport tarmac 26 years ago today changed the course of Philippine history.

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Swimming has been agonizing for me these past two weeks, thanks to Coach Meriam who noticed that though I could swim many, many laps in the Olympic-length pool, I was doing it the wrong way."Kapoy kaayo ng imong style, Doc," she said one evening a fortnight ago. "Your hips and legs are way too low in the water, your body is almost at a 45 degree angle." I wanted to protest, "No, it's not kapoy,

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Twentyone year old Ileana Renee Verdun Lanes, will hold her first solo exhibit of her acrylic paintings on August 29 to September 29 at the Casablanca Restaurant, along Cervantes St., Dumaguete City.Come and get more than a 'Glimpse' of this young artist's craft and persona.

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Doctors' clinics at the SU-MABDr. VTR'sDr. BPF'sDr. AES'sDr. RMTO'sDr. EBQ's Dr. DVO's Dr. STF and Dr. SLF'sDr. LEFT'sDr. DMA and Dr. RGA's Dr. KGK's Dr. MSB's Dr. EPK's clinic________________________________Dr. MAS' clinicmed-surg in acrylichalf-of-the-clinic

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::It's my mother's 78th birthday today so we've been busy with food and stories, food and stories, food and stories...::

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We had dinner tonight at the Monkey Grill near the boulevard. Lolo Vito scanned the menu and declared, "I want to try the Monkey Grill Iced Tea!" curious as to what jungle delights it could bring.But when the drinks came, there was nothing reminiscent of a monkey or a grill in them. Oh, well. Lolo and Lola are the easiest people to please. They happily sipped away anyway.

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::fell asleep::

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and checking and rechecking for the nth time.not yet finished.

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::i am excited to check the exam papers now, see how the students fared, if they understood (and remembered) our lessons.::

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::now taking my own exam, to see if i can answer it without looking at the book or my notes.::also to edit concept and grammar: a poorly worded question can add to the student's confusion and panic.the result:tsk tsk. quite a difficult exam. perhaps not passable without some serious study time.

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::making test questions::

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August 10 to 14 is the Midterm Exam Week in Silliman. At the medical school we call it the Bi-Monthly exam. Whatever the name, the coverage is the same: from the beginning!!

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Batch '78 is at it again...We had a dinner tapok at Rummel's place last Wednesday to plan for our upcoming Founder's Day activities and also to plan for our next batch project as our high school scholar is already in her senior year and hopefully will graduate this coming March. As perfect timing would have it, Tony N., was in Dumaguete, on vacation with his wife, Miloy, and their youngest

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Lots of rambutan fruits from our rambutan tree!Well, technically it's our neighbor's tree. But since our neighbor is Tita Mary and the fruit-laden branches lean heavily over our yard, then it's practically our tree as well. Heheheh.red rambutanopen and ready to eat rambutan

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Post-grad intern Julie and nurse Windy, both in their early twenties, flash the peace and Laban signs, hand symbols of sorts for the peaceful People Power Revolution that happened around the time of their births.

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**Leah Salonga sings 'Bayan Ko' at funeral mass**Jose Mari Chan sings the poem Ninoy wrote for Cory**Kris Aquino's account of her Mom's last days

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It's Cory Aquino all over the television stations. And I don't mind. Nobody minds at all. I am discovering more and more what an incredibly extraordinary yet simple woman she was. She is my idol now!During the necrological service tonight at the Manila Cathedral, several people gave eulogies. As eulogies go, only good things are said about the dear departed. But these eulogies were quite moving

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Yellow confetti and ribbons rained down from buildings along EDSA and the streets of Makati, as thousands of people came to view the funeral convoy of President Corazon Aquino as her remains were brought from La Salle Greenhills to the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, where hundreds lined up to pay their last respects to our beloved former leader.Meanwhile, story after story keep pouring in, for

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HANDOG NG PILIPINO SA MUNDO'Di na 'ko papayag mawala ka muli.'Di na 'ko papayag na muli mabawi,Ating kalayaan kay tagal natin mithi.'Di na papayagang mabawi muli.Magkakapit-bisig libo-libong tao.Kay sarap palang maging Pilipino.Sama-sama iisa ang adhikain.Kelan man 'di na paalipin.Ref:Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarunganAy kayang makamit na

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Cory, in signature yellow,flashes the L for Laban (Lakas ng Bayan) signI was a medical student, deeply immersed in Pathology and Pharmacology, and only vaguely aware of the political turmoil going on in my country, when Philippine history took a dramatic turn with the cold blooded assassination of opposition leader Sen. Ninoy Aquino in 1983 and the unexpected rise to the presidency of his widow

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Sige na lang gaulan diri sa Dumaguete niining niaging mga adlaw. Matud pa sa balita, duna kunoy bagyo nga ginganlan ug Jolina na milabay karon sa Pinas. Ug karong sunod bulan sa Agosto, adunay tulo ka bagyo nga expekted na moabot. Panahon na pud sa baha, pisak, magkasakit kay naulanan, mga nilabhan dili mauga, ug andar na sad ang mga kisame nga gatulo. Ug tungod kay wala pa man nahuman ang mga

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"SHIRIMIRI" fragmento- Gabriel CelayaLlueve y llueve?Que delicia sentirse en lo fluyente,ser un hombre corriente-Llueve: Fiel definicionde lo que empieza y no acaba,divinamente sin yo.Llueve y llueve, y llueve. Llueve,llueve con constancia, amorde lo que siempre vuelve!Llueve y llueve. Nada pasa.Es decir, pasa la nada.Llueve tan, tan de verdad, que se descansa.Llueve sin mas. Llueve

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Lolo Vits, Lola Cons and Lola Nits went up the stage with proud parents Jovitt and Jean when Anton received his award for academic excellence from Silliman Elementary School.Hurrah, Anton! Good work and keep it up!!

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Congratulations to new board passers:DIANE MARICEL NUIQUE MIJARES, BSN, RNNATHALIA GALVEZ ARENAS, BSN, RNCHRISTOPHER DESCALLAR UY, BSN, RNand to ST. PAUL'S UNIVERSITY, Dumaguete for a 100% passing rate in the June 2009 Nursing Board Exam!!

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Mike's friend gave us a packet of candied dates from the Middle East.Now unwrapped and ready to yum.I love the caramel crunch.

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Tomorrow PGMA will address the nation and tell us how well our country is doing in spite of the global economic and environmental crises. Then why am I so not looking forward to hearing it?I like fiction. But only in books.

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Doctors' clinics at the SU-MABDr. VTR'sDr. BPF'sDr. AES'sDr. RMTO'sDr. EBQ's Dr. DVO's Dr. STF and Dr. SLF'sDr. LEFT'sDr. DMA and Dr. RGA's Dr. KGK's Dr. MSB's ______________________________Dr. EPK's clinic ceiling curls curly chairsecret storageall-dressed-up dressing trolly

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This is the Odessa Opera House in Ukraine, touted to be one of the finest architectural structures in Europe, once host to concerts conducted by Peter Tchaikovsky and ballets featuring Anna Pavlova.I've not been there yet, but my poster has. Courtesy of my friend Vicky. Wahah! Thanks, Vick. :-)aNesstajah in fantajahI'm wearing this cool Marc O'Polo shades Vicky brought all the way from Germany.

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Attended the art exhibit of recent works by four artists: Amihan, Jana Jumalon-Alano, Mikey Teves and Rianne Salvarita at the Boston Cafe Art Gallery tonight.

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There was a solar eclipse visible in the Philippines today but by the time I remembered to look up, it was already past twelve noon and there was no more eclipse to be seen.This image here was taken by Azrael Coladilla when a partial solar eclipse was visible in Manila in January of this year.

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