Putek!

Unang pagsusulit na namin sa 152(Med and PH microbiology) bukas!

Ano nga ba namang buhay ito?!

Nakakatawa kasi parang wala ka na talagang pwedeng kainin o inumin na ligtas sa mga microbyo at mga bulate pero ayos lang kasi ang galing-galing naman ng katawan(at ng mga kaibigang mikrobyo) natin makipaglaban sa kanila... ay sa bulate pala hindi. = p

I just had a fight with my mother. Well, it's not so much a fight as she was the only one who blew her head off. In the end, I was the one who had to say sorry. I hate apologizing when I know I am the one who is right. Maybe, I shouldn't have said that last thing but that was also her chance to accept that she was wrong and end the argument. But I did end up apologizing to her, partly because I still live under her roof and plan to do so for many more years to come and mostly, because she is my mother who still can't accept that her child has managed to show her one of her flaws. In addition to this, she still can't accept that I have already learned many of the things that she wants me to learn from her. Hay...

Nearing the end of our fight, she implied that she's afraid that when we grow up we're just going to dump her and mistreat her. That's not going to happen unless this one big thing turns to a mess. Any way, barring any major disagreements, I'll probably not be able to leave my parents. Relatives? maybe. Brother? Why not? With my career plans, I'll probably won't be able to support them or take them to big trips and vacations or hold big parties for them but I won't leave them. They're my parents. As much as it sounds illogical, irrational and stupid. That's the argument I'm using. Hm...

Unfortunately, my mother seems to have this idea that once I become a doctor, I'll go to the specialist route(ex. cardiothoracic surgeon specializing on post-op care) and end up becoming rich. Nyeh! I won't become those (mostly) overpaid people. I hate it that a patient have to pay tons of doctors who in the end just gave her a referral and not a proper diagnosis(and treatment or management plan). Herbert(Frank not Brian) is slightly right to dislike specialists. I want to become a MD(probably a Family doctor) and a DrPH and a researcher and a professor. Those are not exactly the most lucrative careers available to a person who is going to have higher education. I don't even know how I'm going to support my future child/-ren and my mother have to learn to accept this. I guess they deserve big trips, vacations and parties especially my mother because she is a self-made woman and a person who managed to harness her resources to gain wealth but I won't be able to provide those for them. Then again, maybe I will become rich.

Tapos na ang unang linggo ng pangalawang sem pero pakiramdam ko isang buwan na ang nagdaan Gusto ko na ata mag-sem break uli lalo na nang hindi ko naman nasulit ang sem break ko. Hindi tulad ng CAS kung saan hindi nagpapakita ang mga prof at instructor sa unang linggo, sa CPH unang araw lecture agad. Ano ba naman iyan?! At dahil nakita ko na ang mga schedule ng exams, activities at class lectures, na-to-toxic na ako. Idagdag mo pa ang lantern parade at ang sayaw manila. Buhay talaga...

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Nasasabik na ako dahil mag-lalaro(nyek! mag-e-eksamin) na kami ng tae. Kaninong tae? Uhm... sa akin. Sana lang wala akong makitang bulate.

Great! I have a cold(sipon). It started with a slightly annoying sore throat, progressed to a very painful one then some random bouts of heavy mucus secretions then finally a full blown cold with a matching headache. Thank the heavens(Did I just say that?) for Strepsils, Suka+Tubig+Asin gargle and Cynosal(my preferred drug for colds and headaches). I also had a slight fever before the final stage. Hopefully, it'll only last for a few days but knowing my lousy(but not compromised) immune system, it'll probably end next week.

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I've just learned that Book3 of Avatar: The Legend of Aang can now be viewed. Yey! I've just seen the first episode, it seems it's going to be a darker moodier final season.

Day 2 and 3... day 2 morning spent on the sea(in a boat, of course) and on the beach, afternoon for sleep and night for swimming and more sleep. day3 morning, we went to the airport and flew to home.

Me and my Dad(It's morning; I'm still grumpy.)


Different shots of the sea(and sky) from the boat. Notice the beautiful cloud formations and, on the last two, some dolphins.











A starfish, unfortunately, it's not orange so it can't be called Patrick.





Random self pics, enjoy(?)

















On the boat with my family



Dinner


The end of Day 2

Day 3

At the hotel


At the airport

All the Pictures, Thanks for to Sony Cybershot.

Here are the pictures (finally!)...

Day 1:

Landing in(on?) Bohol. I hate these kinds of pictures but my parents always insist that we take them.



First stop is the Blood Compact site. I actually saw the bronze version of this sculpture in the Manila Metropolitan Museum. This one is made of stone I think but it boggles me how they made the raised arms.


Here are the Chocolate Hills. They're huge! And some vanity pics, I obviously need to sleep some more.











Now on to this rickety bamboo bridge. It is relatively safe as there are steel(?) cables supporting the structure but the bamboo still bears the brunt of the weight.


I just can't resist. The nuns look so cute.


It was so slippery, I lost my balance and dropped my book. Fortunately, it just suffered the mud and not the water.


Next is lunch in the floating restaurant. It was nice and even beautiful, after you accept the fact that the river will never be blue as the sky because of the silt, sand and mud. The food was not THAT delicious but I like the langka dish and their pansit.












Of course, how could we forget the Tarsier. We didn't go to the reserve. We went to this shop where they show the tarsiers to tourists. It's really an ugly place and I can't believe the DoT, DENR and the LGU of Bohol allows it.


Inside a nice cave. There is a deep pool of water; it's just too bad I do not have my shorts with me.

In the hotel(Bohol Diver's Club), after a long long day.

End of day 1

Day 2 and 3 will be on the next post. I'm tired of this very slow internet connection and I hate crappy blogger upload tool(I used photobucket instead).

Some things I've pondered on over the sem break and I think are true. I'm too lazy and incompetent to make a critical and beautiful discussion of these things I'll just list them down(in no particular order):

1. Being boring is a sin to mankind. Boring meaning becoming content, stagnant, unchanging, not developing, not helping or being a commensal(parasites are actually good since they provide adversity resulting in innovations).

2. The Homosexuals should not believe that they need to work hard or get rich or do something noteworthy before they gain the respect and/or tolerance of society. Many heterosexuals do not even deserve to be tolerated yet they are(ex. politicians).

3. Related to 2, the Filipino society is hopelessly homophobic and will remain this way for at least 2 more generations(unless the Martin Luther King of the Filipino homosexuals will appear).

4. Proper sex education for all is a good tool for population control and in prevention of STI's, however; for practical purposes, use of contraception and condoms is currently the best method to achieve lower growth in population and infected people. Related to this, many have a point that sex education may be better taught by parents but they always fail to remember that these parents are usually as ignorant as the kids they're supposed to be teaching regarding reproductive health.

5. Use of condoms should be encouraged. I have now 2 nephews concieved(but not born) out of wedlock. To the Church: They already performed premarital sex, do you really want them to commit more sins by bringing to this world an unwanted child? No, adoption won't do for Filipino society. It's either marriage or abortion, usually. And about STI's, they already have eternal hellfire waiting for them after this life(at least, according to you), why not allow them to be safe from HIV, Hepatitis, Herpes and some other icky diseases and live a relatively happy life here. What is 60 years compared to eternity any way?

6. Religion is indeed the opium of the masses.