This is the first time I commissioned the help of my old org in UST, the UST Medical Missions Inc., to hold a medical mission in our community at Ulingan.

Hopefully, this will be the start of our regular, quarterly medical missions.


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It's been a steady and fulfilling year for me.

After med school, internship, residency and fellowship training, I found myself as a consultant, with more free hours to spare than what I've gotten used to in the last decade of my life.

As a result, I had been getting to know myself again, reconnecting with my hobbies B.M. (before medicine), and at the ( Read more... )

Had a nice weekend to catch up with med friends.

Friday: Watched God of Carnage at RCBC with Van and Kat. Despite the terrible traffic, I was able to make it (barely). As expected, Lea's and of course, Menchu's performance were superb. Kaya lang it was a one-act play lang pala and I spent more hours in traffic than the show. We had a nice nightcap ( Read more... )

Yay! After 5 years, I finally was able to watch my favorite Filipino band, Ciudad, in their album launch at Route 196.

I went with Zer and Ninay (and 2 of her friends who didn't have any idea what Ciudad's music was). It's so nice to be part of the local music scene once more, but as proven time and again, I get sick after exposure to secondhand ( Read more... )

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Apart from being the head of point-of-care testing, I also head the blood donor center. And one of my responsibilities (when my sched permits) is to give "peptalks" about blood donation to companies and schools.

This particular peptalk was so memorable to me because it was so organized and the coordinator made sure we got to the venue on time. Yun ( Read more... )

When I got invited to climb this recently opened volcano, I didn't even hesitate to answer, "YES!", even though I don't know anything about its terrain or how difficult it would be to go there.


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For a change!

No grand plans for the weekend. Except to go to Manila Zoo for a U! Happy outreach for our Ulingan kids, attend the birthday party of a college friend's son, watch Cynthia Alexander's send-off gig, and go to my med friend's son's post-baptism party.


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I finally was able to treat my mom to an all expense paid vacation in Cambodia for 5 days. And boy was she happy.


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For Farah's despedida hike, we decided to go to Maragondon, Cavite to visit Mt. Buntis and Mt. Nagpatong. Two mountains with historic significance. Mountains where brothers Andres and Procopio Bonifacio hid and where they were eventually killed, by Magdalo soldiers sent by General Aguinaldo.


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