The Freudian Slip Of A Bacolodnon

I am excited about the coming 2009. I feel 2009 will be the year. 2008 was a year of mixed blessings. Yes, they were all blessings, despite the stresses and obstacles. But I feel 2009 will be a better year. I think though that the final months of 2009 will be quite unstable and ambigious as of the moment. I will be coming upon another crossroads in my life come October of 2009. Nevertheless, a lot of things are going to come my way this 2009 and although I don't want to pre-empt them, I believe that if one is very determined to have things for himself, he needs only a little bit of faith. 1. Palawan Trip - my wife's family is planning a reunion in Puerto Princesa come April. By some coincidence, the Association of Municipal Health Officers of the Philippines texted me a few weeks ago informing me in advance that the next AMHOP National Convention will be in Palawan on April 28 - May 1, 2009 at the Legend Hotel. It will be my first time to go to Palawan. 2. HLMP Training Module...

2 days before the New Year and it is only fitting to look back at the "old times", past memories that will perhaps last a lifetime. Old times like college life and high school days, when times were a lot more care-free. Old times like my extracurricular activities with Campus Peer Ministry or Yearbook USLS or Premed Society. Old times like the birth of my kids and the birthday parties we had to plan out. Old times like the internship days and post-graduate internship days with friends. Old times that will never be forgotten.

When I first saw this on MTV I was blown away by this four goofy guys dancing on treadmills. It was very very cool and obviously these nerdy looking guys were very funny. Not to mention very talented. A reminder of the video: While I was surfing the net, I found another similar video, but this time performed by another group of goofy high school students. It was almost a perfect clone. It was very hilarious. Two thumbs up for these kids. If we play the two videos together, you will really see how perfectly these kids were able to copy the original. I bet they won that talent show in school. It was really very funny.

If only I have things my way, then probably this list would be my ultimate wishlist. Christmas 2008 has just ended so perhaps I will be waiting for 2009 Christmas to have this "too-good-to-be-true" wishlist to come true. Hey, I can dream, can't I? And maybe some generous philantropist will happen to drop by my blog and get to read this, then maybe he can grant me my wish. Of course, I am in search for an old lamp where a superpowerful genie resides. No, seriously. This wishlist is perhaps the ultimate wish list of my entire life. And yes, it is a wishlist that will satisfy the child in me. So, here goes: 1. Lest I be accused of unpatriotic, it is but a fervent desire to leave the country (at least for a vacation, if not for work) and relocate somewhere else. I am thinking Canada. Maybe because it is much closer to the U.S.? Actually, a GP like me would have a much easier time getting a visa to Canada now, according to the latest bulletin from the Canadian embassy. For GP...

It was a boring afternoon yesterday and so my daughter and I went surfing through youtube for her favourite animations and dance videos. We came over Beyonce's single ladies video and my daughter was just loving it. We would usually see it on TV but after seeing the related videos in the youtube, we discovered how much this dance craze has evolved and cloned itself. Many wannabes uploaded their own versions of the Beyonce Dance and I tell you they are totally hilarious. I was amazed to see this young kid named Arianna do the Beyonce moves in youtube. She was very cute as well. And then of course, there was this guy named Shane Mercado who has become an internet sensation because of his own version of Beyonce's Single Ladies. And there are other people in the internet showing their own Beyonce steps. I was wondering if we can also copy the moves and adopt it as our new "hataw" steps for the upcoming Heart Month this February 2009. Hmmmm...I wonder if my midwives can ke...

Tonight, my high school batch will be having its annual reunion. This year, it is more special considering that it is our tenth year as alumni of our school. One cannot imagine how time flew. Yesterday, we were immature high school students enjoying the company of each other in the school halls, covered court, handball court, Nene's, library and elsewhere. Today, we are professionals, with families of our own, having travelled various parts of the country and even the world. Class 1998 of USLS-IS has indeed gone far. I am proud of my batchmates and although I haven't seen many of them since the day of our graduation from high school, I still keep in touch with most of them. We are maintaining our yahoogroups for the last ten years now and although our website is currently down and undergoing renovation, we have been keeping ourselves updated through the various blogs of our batchmates. Best-friend-since-grade-five Renalyn is now married and working in Dubai. Ex-fling Rommel is ...

This Christmas I have received gifts which were actually in my secret wish list. However, most of these "gifts" were gifts for myself. It was high time to pamper myself after one year of hard work. Among the "gifts" I had this Christmas were: 2 pairs of sandals, one from my sister and one from my wife. Perhaps they have lately noticed that I have been walking around barefoot inside the house and mostly I would wear those white tennis shoes whenever I go out. They both have the same thing in mind. Another gift I had this Christmas was a 6-in-one aquarium filter machine. I wanted to give more attention to my aquarium this time. Before, I only had one turtle and 2 Shebunkin fish. When I bought my new filter machine, I decided to add one pair of angel fish and 9 small carps. Of course, I still have another dragon fish in my smaller aquarium. Perhaps my best gift for myself is my new canon pixma 3-in-1 printer. It is a printer, photocopier and scanner all at the same tim...

We have just opened our Christmas presents at exactly 12 midnight, right after we had our traditional family noche buena. The kids were enjoying their new toys of course. I got two pairs of sandals for Christmas. Of course, among the best gifts I enjoyed (which is actually a gift for myself) is my new 3-in-1 canon printer. Merry Christmas everyone!

Let us remember that in the middle of all the lights and glamor of the Holidays, the commercialism and the superficial decorations that add some aesthetics to the celebrations, the piles of gifts we are to receive and have already given away, it is Christ which is the very reason why we are joyfully celebrating tonight and tomorrow. Christmas is Christ's Day, a commemoration of his birth, when "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us". The Love story between God and Mankind began when God Himself took the form of Man in the Person of Jesus Christ. Christmas is the day when we recall such outpouring of self. Tonight, let us remind ourselves of the very source of everything that we enjoy. There have been many attempts to erase the figure of Christ from the celebration of Christmas. Let us make an effort to bring back Christ to Christmas. While there is nothing wrong with celebrating Christmas with carols, lights, games, food and fun, it is not perfect if the celebration is...

I was lying in bed last night suffering from tension headaches and I was watching this presentation in EWTN. It was about a scientifica analysis of the Star of Bethlehem. Of course, as read in Scriptures, wise men or magi went to Judea, following this Star which was to be the sign of the birth of Israel's king. "We saw his star in the east and we have come to worship him," (Matthew 2:2) said the magi to King Herod. While I was listening to the explanations and the simulations of the star patterns over the night sky of Judea, I was just blown away. Quoting scriptures and laying them side by side with Scientific facts and Historical accounts, it was very clear that indeed there was a star over Bethlehem during that Christmas Day. It wasn't a meteor or comet. In fact, according to the explanations, it was a conjunction between the planets Jupiter and Venus, the King Planet and Mother Planet. The conjunction happened within the constellation Leo, the Lion, which in the an...