I’ve had my goodbye speech prepared for each patient. It was concise and direct to the point, but not devoid of the genuine sense of farewell. This is because I’ve discovered that patients who had no idea that their doctor… Read More ›
Blogs
Anti-Dugyot Support Group 2013
And who should I see walking into the Shrine Motherfucker Cafe but Ms. Montgomery Burnz. After a few quick hello’s I asked her, being a chief dermatologist, “how do I destroy dark… Read More ›
Liner Notes
I know zip about the intricacies of jazz, but I sort of like listening to it. This is due no doubt to the pernicious influence of having watched numerous times one of my favorite movies, The Talented Mr. Ripley, adapted… Read More ›
Be Positive!
Nag ring na ang alarm clock, cellular phone, ipod, at iPad ko ay hindi pa rin ako nagising. Pagtingin ko sa orasan ay laking gulat ko nang makita kong 8:30am na. Nag give-up na lahat ng alarms, at naka limang… Read More ›
General Nastiness
Was asked by Tsutsugamushi to come with them in their Binondo food trip a few weekends ago but I had to decline and when she asked why, I screamed over my dysfunctional cell phone, “Kikimo! KIKIMO!!!” Obviously I meant I… Read More ›
Eclair Pains
In 1997 The Philippine Collegian released a lampoon tabloid issue which contains some of the funniest bits of lampooning I have ever read. It was downhill from there, but at that point I became greatly appreciative of comedic writing. I… Read More ›
The Best Strawberry
I’ve been meaning to finish a short story that has been sitting cold in my hard drive for a few months now, but for some reason I could never get around to doing it. Most probably that reason is that… Read More ›
Cassandra On A Rampage
A dating rampage, that is. Having had no life outside medicine for twelve years, Cassandra has decided that she is a woman of the world. In the few times I would see her what should she regale me with but… Read More ›
Turn Your Lights Down Low
Woke up at 6 pm with a crushing headache, the sort where you imagine a vise clamped on your head and you just hope that someone would very well make it quick and do the deed already. And in my… Read More ›
Forms and Requirements and Things to Pay
We had our hospital-wide residency and fellowship graduation this morning. Once again, as in the ten other graduations we’ve attended in our lifetimes, inspirational speakers uttered the phrase “this is not the end but merely the beginning”. And don’t we… Read More ›
Domesticated
One of our favorite things to do while waiting for a friend during meet-ups is guessing what his opening line would be. Given our friends’ relatively whiny profile the first line is usually “HAY NAKO!”. The said friend would then… Read More ›
Beware The Gray Ghost!
It is with much authority that I declare the 90’s cartoon series Batman: The Animated Series the best TV show of all time. It is not an opinion. It is an established fact, which I have established with authority and… Read More ›
Craptastically Convivialic Corpulence
There were a few peeeeekchur worthy non-events the past couple of months, and as I was reviewing the photos for deletion in my camera I noted that I now look like a ref. I have grown fatter than ever, with… Read More ›
Donuts
After attending a children’s party Jerus, Ruth Marx, and I decided to walk around Glorietta. Jerus and Ruth Marx are two of my closest high school friends. Ruth Marx is a boy, but I’ve been calling him Ruth Marx for… Read More ›
Roundsing
Was making rounds a couple of days ago in the peripheral areas of the hospital, and having done most of our stuff in the Cancer Institute we sometimes find that it requires extra effort just to walk to these peripheral… Read More ›
Cassandra Nova Goes On A Date With Hell Boy
A few nights ago as I was sleeping comfortably in my tiny, tiny room I un-fondly call The Coffin, my phone suddenly rang violently–and who should it be but Cassandra Nova, who was quite frantic. It was one of those… Read More ›
Pinna Melanoma Recurrence
A year ago I’ve posted much to everyone’s disgust (or nonchalance) that I have pinna melanoma. Of course as soon as disgusting pus started spurting out of the pinna I sort of thought, maybe this isn’t melanoma, maybe it’s something… Read More ›
Ninth Floor
One morning while leisurely having breakfast in their mansion Zlurketh’s dad happily announced to Zlurketh: “Get dressed. I have enrolled you in a modeling class.” Zlurketh (aka CASSANDRA NOVA!) choked on… Read More ›
Truths
There are few unalterable truths in life, like if you stay up until 1am and turn to WOWOW back in 1998 you would see a Japanese guy doing a Japanese girl with all the sensitive parts and points of contact… Read More ›
Contemplative Crap
And before we knew it we are running at four months to go before training ends. My greatest fear is to die before all of this wraps up. Or if not die, become debilitated for some reason. For instance, i’ve… Read More ›
Supposed Former Melancholia Junkie 