One of the events cancelled (or for more emphasis, cancelledtht) by the rapidly escalating Corona crisis was the short story writing workshop I attend twice a year. In these workshops I am coerced to write. I like the pressure of… Read More ›
Blogs
Melodramatic Syndrome of Melancholia (MSM) and Bludgeonella’s Bludgeonings
My friends (and I) are going insane, for different reasons and at varying degrees. Some are weeping from fatigue, others from the overwhelming sense of injustice, while others are just getting bored out of their wits. No sense being dismissive… Read More ›
Quarantine Magnum
A couple of months ago a patient gave me a Magnum ice cream bar, and by the time I was able to bring it home it was already sloshing inside the packaging. For weeks I’ve been attempting to take it… Read More ›
C#!ck@ To The Highest Level
One of the skills that I would have to re-train myself for once the ECQ is lifted (and I survive this pandemic!) is talking to people face to face. I am neither the most articulate nor the most engaging speaker… Read More ›
Tonight’s Soap Recap!
I hardly have any subscription to anything because I’m totally stingy, and again I blame the poverty mindset of hellowship. But of course if someone offered to let me borrow a Netflix group account, who am I to refuse. But… Read More ›
Love on Valentine’s
By 2019 things were sort of going well for me. I was finally happy with my work schedule, the clinic load was just right, my skin was getting quite fantastic, and months have passed without me obsessing that I was… Read More ›
Last Will, Testament, and Endorsements
For the past few days I’ve been waking up with some mild, constricting chest pain and whereas before I would automatically assume “THYMIC CARCINOMA!”, it is now the virus that instantly comes to mind. Someone in the house would cough… Read More ›
Indio In The City
I was in NAIA 3 by 2 am for my 6 am flight to Spain, and I couldn’t be any more disinterested. Trips are fantastic and I enjoy them immensely once I’m in the destination, but I abhor the long… Read More ›
The Doody Chronicles
By June 2016, seven months after we have enthusiastically submitted our application forms and paid a hefty amount for gym membership we have finally decided to actually work-out. We were getting old, cholesteroly, and dyspneic at rest, so we knew… Read More ›
MOMOL vs Beach Sex
“I’m watching The Affair on TV,” Helliza messaged. “It’s about Richard Gomez who fucks…” “I know,” I interrupted her with glee. “I’ve seen it in the cinema. I had a date.” “Who was your date?!?!” Helliza enthused. A few months… Read More ›
Pa-check-check.
I’ve recently deactivated my facebook and instagram accounts, and was astounded at how infrequently I am now checking my phone. It has hit me that I’ve become addicted to checking out the photos of other people, specifically toy photos, that… Read More ›
Sliding and Whining and Overcoming in Sagada
A few weeks ago we had our midyear oncology convention in Baguio. I’ve always been leery of conventions, as most of the stuff that would be discussed could be read on the internet. But then again, everything could be done… Read More ›
One More Try
Today I only have one patient to rounds, and I have no scheduled clinic, tasks, and other responsibilities (as far as I want to admit–of course there are my QURE responsibilities where I have to score the online tests of… Read More ›
Gaaaah!
“Ayoko nang umasa at masaktan na muli,” I texted Tokwa Boy– pure, visceral, jinarteritic words I never thought I would tell anyone, much less to someone named Tokwa Boy. It was in response to his text message: “Kapit bayan!” We… Read More ›
Gift-elyamae
Of all the things I am most lazy about it’s buying clothes. I hate it. I hate shopping. I hate picking shirts and most specially pants, going to the fitting room, undressing, and putting them on. Then going out to… Read More ›
Zen
Helliza is back in the shore. She has successfully completed her internal medicine training and passed the specialty board exams, and while she has the option to leave–LEAVE!– the hospital, she has decided to stay and train further to become… Read More ›
14 Years
For some strange reason this blog has beckoned to me to write today, and I discovered that tomorrow would mark the one year that I have not written anything. Gone were the days when I would get all fidgety when… Read More ›
The Mother Model Of Marketification
We’ve always known that no hospital or other doctors would be tripping all over themselves to refer to us once we started our practice, but we never realized how difficult it would be just to make people know that we… Read More ›
Sober
In one fantastic episode of the TV show Smallville a super-powered girl sits atop the town water tank making muni-muni. Meanwhile Lex Luthor is thrown into a cell for killing Lana Lang, while in China Lana Lang is shown very… Read More ›
Snap Out of It, DC!
By 2010 the long cumbersome individual storylines that have prevented the major characters of DC from coming together to form the Justice League once again have been coming to a close. The “walking saga” written by Michael J. Straczynski which… Read More ›
Supposed Former Melancholia Junkie 