The Freudian Slip Of A Bacolodnon

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I am a longtime poet submitting my poetry in deviantart.com. My deviantart profile is bayen.deviantart.com . Now I am reading my poetry! Thanks to snapvine, I am reading these poems aloud and recording them for others to listen. There are some poems that are nice to read but listeners only understand these poems better when they are read either by someone else or by the poet himself. I invite you to listen to my poems. All of these poems so far that I am recording and leaving at snapvine are those I submitted in deviantart. For my voice blog, click here . Thanks a lot for the support, especially to fellow poets who have been helpful to me through your criticisms and suggestions. Thanks.

Here's the tribute video we presented during the graduation of the interns of BOLMSH batch 2006-2007. The tribute video is in honor of our doctors and nurses in Bacolod Our Lady Of Mercy Hospital. They are mentors, but most especially, they are friends. P.S. Happy Birthday, Ma!

I should have posted this video much earlier but it got "trapped" in JJ's laptop. Thank goodness he still managed to save it. So I uploaded it in my youtube and I wish to share it with the rest. To Con-Con, Melvin, Leah, Andy, Ken, Joanne and JJ. Good luck on the board exams this February 2008. Good luck also to the rest of my medschool batchmates who are now taking up their residency training, especially to Peewee who is now at St. Luke's taking up neurosurgery. Chat ta next time pee ah!

I forgot to blog about this the other day. Fortunately, my head is much cooler now that I can already blog in straight English and not mostly in rude Castillan. A few weeks ago, the house was caught surprised when without warning the water stopped running. At first, we were not alarmed about it. Usually, at that time of the day, there are interruptions in the water supply but they are commonly brief and would normalize after an hour or so. So, I didn't call up BACIWA (Bacolod City Water District) to complain. It was already late in the afternoon when I realized that the water supply didn't resume and that the faucet was desert dry. I called up the complaint desk and asked about the problem. At first, the voice on the other end of the line was also quite surprised that our "area" had no water. There had been no reports about any water interruption during that day, except somewhere in Sum-ag. They promised to report it to their maintenance department. I went out of the ...

DOH called up yesterday. I was told that I will be assigned to the municipality of Candoni. It could have been better if it was nearer like in Don Salvador Benedicto but as earlier blogged, DSB was not granted a DTTB for this year. Maybe next year if they are already approved by the DOH, then maybe I can get relocated from Candoni to DSB. But that depends. We don't know what the future brings. It is an adventurous ride. I have now taken this road. I may not be able to know what will lie ahead of the road which I didn't take, but certainly, whether which road I chose, there will always be regrets and fulfillments. By having taken this road, I have chosen a destiny for myself. Now, it is up to me to make the most out of it. I am currently doing my research. I am reviewing my textbooks, re-reading del Mundo's Pediatrics and Harrison's Internal Medicine textbook. I am also reviewing DOH programs and even browsing the net on World Health Organization Health Programs. The WHO...

A few days ago, my wife and I watched the HBO original movie, "Walkout". I am posting the synposis of the film here, as taken from their official website. "A film with a powerful message that resonates 38 years after the events it depicts occurred, Walkout is the stirring true story of the Chicano students of East LA, who in 1968 staged several dramatic walkouts in their high schools to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions. Aided by a popular and progressive young teacher, Sal Castro, Paula Crisostomo and a group of young Chicano activists battle parents, teachers, bureaucrats, the police and public opinion to make their point. Along the way, the students learn profound lessons about embracing their own identity and standing up for what they believe in. Set in 1968, a tumultuous year that shook America to its foundation, Walkout is a vivid reminder that people can change the world. The producers of Walkout have a very personal reason for bringing the dra...

Today is a lousy day. Yesterday I just had another tooth extracted. Earlier that day I visited my dentist and had a huge molar cavity filled with temporary filling. The original plan was to make it permanent a week from yesterday if the tooth wouldn't sting again. But while I was in the middle of my blog an hour after, my tooth just kicked up again and it was very painful. So I hurriedly went back to my dentist who was scheduled to leave for Macau that evening and won't be back until Saturday. Change of plan: tooth extraction was the only solution. So after a few punches with the syringe filled with anesthesia, some pulling and tugging, I was liberated from the pain! In celebration of that freedom, I was thinking of posting some text jokes I saved in my cellphone's inbox. Every time I would read them they always make me LOL. Most of the jokes are written in Hiligaynon though so I will be trying my best to translate them into English. First Love Child: Nay, Tuod bala nga ...

"Cast Out Into the Deep" I just learned yesterday that the only vacant spot for Negros Occidental under the DTTB program is the municipality of Candoni. At first I thought there were two vacant spots: the other one is Don Salvador Benedicto. But a friend who was also enrolled in the DTTB program inquired at the DOH and she was told that only Candoni is vacant. My wife and I talked about it and she asked me, "teh, kalayo man na. Alang-alang na mag residency ka subung?" I told her, I don't think it is still too late but I have not conditioned my mind to enter residency. I have gone this far now to look back and change my mind. Candoni is quite far. Okay, very far. According to Wikipedia, Candoni is a 4th class municipality with 9 barangays and a population of 19,987 people. I am still hoping I can get my assignment in Negros Occidental. And since Candoni is the only vacant spot so far, I am still hoping I can get that particular assignment. Candoni is around 3 and...

I just came from the public plaza to witness the 28th Masskara Festival, a unique festival of Bacolod City, Philippines. Yesterday I also dropped by the plaza to watch the barangay category of the competition. As usual the bleachers were filled with people. At first I was seated at the upper portion of the bleachers right at the center, but organizers suddenly announced that those at the bleachers should vacate the place to give way for guests. By that time the bleachers were already 90% filled up with people. So the "masa" went down the bleachers and stood under the blazing sun while tardy guests went to take their place in the bleachers area. Anyway, the parade started at around 2 pm and the actual arena dance competition began at 3 pm. After the first group performed, I left the plaza, fought my way against the crowds in the streets and took some pictures of the masked revelers in Araneta street. Again, I hated this year's theme dance/song. Suggestion: can we get rid o...

I am a Masskara Baby. I was born on the very first Masskara 27 years ago. This year is the 28th Masskara fetival in the City of Smiles and also the 69th Charter Day of Bacolod. The Masskara fever is rising and Bacoleños are showing the entire country how to partee. The big party started midnight of Oct 19 when the annual countdown at the city hall was held along with spectacular fireworks. In the morning of the 19th, various activities around the city were held. In the afternoon, the annual Charter Day civic parade was held. In the evening, for the first time, the Electric Masskara was held along the long stretch of Lacson highway. The night was capped with another set of spectacular fireworks. The 20th and the 21st will be spent for the annual Masskara parade and streetdance party. The barangay category competition is today, later at 2 pm, while the open category will be tomorrow, same time. Tonight, another set of "electric" fantasy floats will be parading along Lacson hig...

Oct 14 came like any other ordinary day. The day started very early with an early morning jog at the Lagoon Park with my wife. We then fetched the co-celebrant in my parents' place and went to mass by 10 a.m. The gospel reading was coincidentally about thanksgiving. It reminded me to be thankful for what I have in life. Looking beside me where my wife and two children were, I could not help but feel blessed to have such gifts. The afternoon was spent at home eating the cakes and buko salad my mother-in-law made and brought to our place the night before. That evening, it was spent intimately with family and in-laws. We had dinner at a restaurant where the waiters sang a birthday song for us after they learned we were having a double celebration. My son was expecting a children's party so we had to explain to him that we wouldn't be having such kind this year, but maybe next year. The last time I celebrated my birthday party was last year when my then fellow interns and relat...

The past few weeks I have been travelling like crazy. Within just 14 days, I was travelling from Bacolod to Cebu to Mactan to Manila and back to Bacolod then to Iloilo and back again. The great thing about it is that I was travelling alone and with a limited budget and with no contact persons to help me find a place where I can stay, the internet became my best friend. Through the web I was able to book tickets, browse over maps and surf through available hotels in the area and made reservations. Nowadays, online reservation is the most convenient way. When I booked my plane ticket to Manila, I had it done online and what I carried was only an e-ticket. So even if I lose the e-ticket I can just let the counter browse over my name, present to the counter a valid i.d. then get my boarding pass. Whereas if you lose your paper ticket, then you really lose your ticket. Hotel reservation is another thing and online reservation is really very helpful. There are many online sites which offer v...

I have the smallest garage in the world. It is a garage which can fit my car and nothing else. The garage is actually beside a "veranda", if you would like to call it and it is small enough to fit my car, my son's tryke and my 2 other dogs. I would like to have a huge cabinet though where I can place some of my carpentry stuff and other gears. Usually I am keeping some of my old stuff, like old books and broken computer gadgets inside another old store room but that even is starting to fill up. The garage is beginning to become an alternative storage room. But it is a magical world really. It is a sanctuary and hopefully I am trying to make it a space just enough for me to work on some electrical stuff. If I have things my way, I would like my garage to have a nice working table with small cabinets below where I can keep all my working stuff, perhaps store them accordingly like one cabinet is for all the stuff pertaining to the car, another cabinet pertaining to all elect...

I may not be able to log on to the net on Sunday so I decided to write this blog today instead. I am in the middle of the crossroads of life, where destiny demands a choice for me to make. The life which I will live will depend on the choice that I make. It is a difficult choice and I have to personally dive deep inside of myself in order to find enough good reasons why I should be making such a particular choice. The past 27 years have been altogether one wild ride. This year, I shall end up a chapter of my life and start a new one. It is a "new" one simply because it is the beginning of a life founded on new things, on new choices, on new probabilities. What is not new perhaps is the set of difficulties and challenges that lies ahead. I am not sure what Destiny has left for me in the next few steps ahead of my journeying life. I am not sure how my stars have been mapped for me. I am not an exclusive fatalist. I believe in fate but not so much as a predestination of man but...