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Letters from the Frontline - Clerkship
The fact that I am able to write this is suggestive ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Kulebra (Spanish for snake) refers to shingles in the Philippines. It is an infection of peripheral nerves that manifests with blisters affecting only a narrow section of the body (dermatomes). It is a recurrence of varicella infection and is more frequent among the elderly than in younger age groups. The blisters can be exquisitely painful and can ( Read more... ) -
Band-aids
Later today I'll be in Quirino seeing pediatric neurology patients. Last I was there, the pediatric ward was sorely trying - my patient was fussy, sensitive and moody. I wanted to be just angry but professionalism cannot allow me just yet. Ranting will have to be saved for later. I don't want to be eventually brimming with expletives so I'm ( Read more... ) -
24 years, 82 days, 8 hours and 44 minutes old
The first day of December in the last year of the double zeros ( Read more... ) -
Writing Exercises 1
I’ve been the section editor of the yet unborn school paper for the past three months. We’re targeting November to be our launching month so now is effectively crunch time. As I prepare myself for the coming writing load, I’ve realized that this blog is an effective way to polish off the rust and sharpen the pen. So now I plan to post at least ( Read more... ) -
Mooooove!!!
As I make use of the partial psychosocial regression necessary for surviving medical school, I have come to appreciate certain things that don't change. One thing that will not change is my fondness of bullet-style blogging ( Read more... ) -
Artificial Food Price Crisis?
I just watched ANC's interview with Albay governor Joey Salceda wherein he discussed the food shortage and price crisis. Hearing him discuss the issue and speculate on the causes was simply amamzing. (I'm not selling Smart, in fact I subscribe to Globe.)The food crises (a label the government will never use although it is in fact applicable) is ( Read more... ) -
L P A
A drop in a bucket
A leaf in a copse
A grain in a beach
A mote in a cloud of dust
Is it any less if the ocean loses a spray
Or if the storm lets off a gale
The ocean will continue to swell
And the tempest to brew
A ray cuts through
The dark and the dreary
Pale, wavering and lone
Hinting of the sun
The clouds roil and growl
Gray is the shawl
Gray is the air ( Read more... ) -
slow days, and seasonal disorders...
The weather is affecting me more than I am expecting. Perhaps it is because I missed two weeks worth of exercise already... huhuhu... I miss exercise... I mean the weather is affecting me, not only in terms of snot and coughing, but that I am actually dreary as well...
Matagal ko nang inaabangan na kumalikot ng bangkay kaso sa susunod na linggo pa ( Read more... ) -
being sick sucks!
I have flu. The last I had it was just this summer, during Transumm. It seems that medical school is getting to me. But still, so far, it loves me, and I love it back. :D ( Read more... )