2009 Review

in photos! also known as 2009 exercise in vanity
Some taken by me, others grabbed without permission. =D

January

Just after our last written exam for the AY

February

As med tech interns in PGH

March

Cluster meeting in San Juan

April

Graduation!

May
Working as a research assistant and for some reason I have found no picture of that.

June

With orgmates... oldest one in the pic.

July

Anatomy group -1 in dissection hall

August

UPerture Photowalk

September

As Ondoy rages

October

 Skating in MoA

November

Friend's birthday dinner

December

TRP opening number

Bonus! Where's Ado?


Hint: You'll have to look for my hair.

Hating on multiply and its broken import function. They're really trying hard to discourage users from uploading pictures first at dedicated photo hosting sites such as Flickr and Photobucket. And right when the Photobucket bulk uploader has started working for me.

Anyway, here are some photos of things from december...

It looks like I'm not going to make my 500th post by the end of the year which is fine. I don't want to make it look like I'm having too much free time in med school. Totally untrue...

And people who made med school not too sucky...

We do have a proper group pic in case you're wondering.

 “The party-list system is not a tool to advocate tolerance and acceptance of misunderstood persons or groups of persons.”Mr. Melo of the COMELEC opines as he denies Ang Ladlad its accreditation.

Then what is the eff*n partylist system for?

And in affirming the proposed inherent immorality of LGBT individuals, shouldn't then the police be rounding up every out and open homosexual and transsexual in the country for being indecent?

Melo also adds, "How do we resolve matters of morality? Through our background."

Do you know we have ethics experts and established ethical committees in the country? And no, they don't use their biased and colored background. They use reason, principles and landmark cases to resolve matters of morality.

And norms don't equate to morals. It may be the norm for politicians to be corrupt, that doesn't make it moral. It may be the norm to pee in sidewalks and other public places and that doesn't make it right.

Walking along the oval...

The weather didn't cooperate and turned cloudy just as the parade was passing by Engineering. It pains me to see how crappy the parade photos turned out.

And trees! Oh glorious trees!

Organic food is not equal to sustainable food.

Why would you even reject technology if it has been shown to be able to drastically improve efficiency (yield per land and labor units)? Because it's natural? F*ck that.

I don't know what's the obsession of those people in the Western hemisphere with going organic and local and all that crap. They want to help the environment AND the farmers. They feel better when they eat "sustainably." Guess what? Farmers in developing countries HAVE to export their goods to your country to earn. These farmers don't give a crap about organic labels because they know that forgetting to apply fertilizers or pesticides (that will degrade into trace concentrations anyway) will determine whether they will starve or survive till the next planting season.Think about the whole picture, the global picture and you'd probably be not so proud of yourself.

Not that I'm arguing against using total rejection of organic methods (buying just local maybe...). Farmers have practices that should be changed in order to improve the environment's condition. Allowing them to use GM crops is NOT of those practices that should be barred. I say keep the good practices and throw the dogma. Don't go romantic on us, a farmer's life is far from romantic.

Weird things...

"Ang ganda mo." totally inappropriate adjective

"Padaanin niyo ang doktor, sa susunod na mga taon manggagamot na iyan." at least hindi ako napagkamalang nurse

While a friend was lining up for the photocopy machine, he overheard two girls whisper my name and my course. It wouldn't be weird if it wasn't in Diliman. I don't know those effing girls.

"Bakit hindi ikaw ang gumawa?" Uh... sorry. Ang dami kayang tinatambak ng org na iyan sa akin na i-isang APP pa lamang  Tama ba namang gawing rep sa interschool meeting ang isang APP?(not that I'm incapable, it's just weird and risky org practice)

Tondo

Life will finally return to normal. I've had fun performing in TRP. Hopefully, next year will be just as fun.