Friday, September 19, 2008

Jason's Post-Bday Bash

yesterday was a very interesting day for me. in the midst of the "PLM Payback Doctors Program", i lost a collegue who intially agreed to relive me at Trans-Am Clinic while i go on pre-residency program at OMMC, in exchange of the payback program. so i decided to scout for my reliver. i thought of paula. i texted her two days ago about it. in the course of our communication i found out that she applied for a derma pre-residency at dermclinic for four months without pay which was really very infair for her. after making her wiegh all the pros and cons (more cons at that), she decided to join me on my racket at my husband's clinics while she awaits her most desired residency program at OMMC. Paula and I agreed to meet at Rob ermita to talk things out, and wapi soon followed to orient her. after that we went to my husband's office since wapi needed some stuffs for the clinic.

these past few days sobrang toxic ng nani. lage sya galit pag tumatawag sakin, complaining how he's so burned out with work and all his frustrations. i kept telling him to chill down and relax (which i know is hard with all the work he has to put). a little side story....the other day, i went to PRC to get my liscense card and met up with pam (who had her lisence number all mixed up). since my nani was going to trans-am that afternoon, i asked if i could mit him up at the clinic so that i could also see the progress of the place where i would work for 2 months. at trans-am, my nani was again frustrated with the filthy job the workers did with the clinic. sobrang galit nya (samahan pa nun isa nyang faithful staff), naawa ako kay manong worker na all the while kept quiet while he internalize all the deficiencies of their work. i understand my nani. if you are paying for a job that does not make right, i know that i myself would get furious as well. so i can't blame him for scolding and reprimanding the manong worker. all the while i was with pam, she got so fazed with my nani. nakakatakot daw. hahaha. sbi ko ganyan lang tlga yun. but sbi ni pam gumugwapo daw ang asawa ko. yeah mas gwapo ang asawa ko pag galit. hahaha.

so going back, me, paula and wapi went to makati. and since my husband was not really feeling well with work, i bought him comfort foods...CHOCOLATES! he loves chocolates. anything sweet. anything that could elevate your blood sugar is his cup of tea. so i bought him a mocha mudslide blended coffee and a cake (pronounced as "cock"). im glad he liked it. he said nawala daw pagod nya sa work (of course, nakita ako ng asawa ko, e pogi ako nun kaya sobrang erase lahat ng pagod nya....o! wag ka na mag react dahil totoo yun nana). so there in makati we also met another doctor who turned out to be related to our clerkship groupmate and batchmate. like her "pamangkin" she was so kikay and loud, a nice person to be with. after all the chitchatting, paula has made her decision to drop the dermclinic and work for my nani instead and payback at PLM on her free times. which i think is a more reasonable and feasible thing to do rather than waste your liscence in a job that doesnt pay.

paula said i was so tamed in my nani's office. actually my insides wanted to burst out and hug my nani (who was gorgeous with his tucked polo and pants sitting so cute in the back of his table looking so fine, signing sorts of cheques... geez!). sobrang hirap ng di mo pwede landiin ang asawa mo kse bawal and professional ethics would deem it immoral. sobrang pigil na pigil ako nun. hahaha. now i understand why my nani didnt put me together with him inside the same workplace. magmumukha akong kabit ng isang may asawa na susulyap sulyap lang sa office ng boss nya. hahaha. anyhow, after meeting up with my nani we headed off at Dampa for jayson's bday.

before going to dampa, we picked ara up at buendia. it was the first time since i saw her after the boards. sobrang nag drama pa ako sa kanya sa multiply na pumunta sya. in fairness, pumatok ang drama ko. hahaha. of course mataba sya as expected (but mas mataba daw ako sbi nya). sobrang saya ng bday ni jayson coz ara was there. i was actually a little apprehensive with what im gonna say so as ara would not feel comfortable. but all let loose and as usual, we were a bunch of loud people (mga doctor pa kme nun ha). boses pa lang ni karen buong bayan na nakakarining, dagdagan pa ni jayson buong mundo na may alam ng pinag uusapan namin, hagikgik ni doc eva abot hanggang MOA. haaay! mga hayop nga naman pag nakawala di mo mapipigil. hahaha. the food looks good (syempre tinignan ko lang yung mga seafoods), but the liempo and sisig was more tastier. hahaha. so after the dinner i drove karen and ara home. ara and i was able to talk after we dropped karen at her house. talking to her enlightened me that she was indeed ok. nothing really changed, she was still full of stories to tell. so full, nakalimutan nya kwento si josh (allegedly boyfriend nya hahahaha peace). i always tell her to face her fears by seeing us, i just realized it wasnt her who is afraid...it was me. i admit i was afraid seeing her coz as much as i would like everything to be ok, the problem is how would i approach her, how would i treat her. she said to treat her like we would before, which was actually what happened. interestingly enough, everything seemed like normal. a big relief for me. hahaha. ara is a very good friend of mine. she was the one who told me to hang on at MCM when i already wanted to quit, she was my constant groupmate in clerkship and in internship, we were even close to be drop-outs in surgery class. in the 6 years we have known each other... i guess we have shared so much things and experiences to be treasured for a lifetime. i was really happy seeing her. and i know she is a strong willed girl and she can withstand all obstacles to come (don't worry sbi ng nani wla ka din daw interview sa kanya... confirmed na yan kaya wag mu na compare ang pagmamahal ng nani ko sa inyong mga friends ko... ika nga ni tito tim "kaibigan ko kayong lahat").

haaay... buhay... saya!

Monday, September 15, 2008

New Life is about to begin


Over the weekend i had two very significant event

A. SPECIAL DUTY

I was called last thursday by my chief resident dra. Santos of the Dept of OB-GYNE of OMMC, asking if we could go on a special duty on Saturday since the residents will be having their in-service exam. i quickly said yes to make them see that i am eager to be part of their department as a resident physician (a plus factor). so me and pam went on duty. pam was put in the delivery room and me at the ER. it was a relatively benign duty. i think we only had 30 or so admissions. but i got toxic nevertheless coz i felt that i was doing an intern's job. i was interviewing patients, doing IVs, making THOC forms, and most frustratingly.. i was the one being pushed by my seniors to borrow blood from the patho department. When i was a clerk it used to be my job. i was good at borrowing bloods, making lambing to patho people and making them beleive that our patient really drastically in need of BLOOD. during my duty, i felt that it all came back. Since my clerks didnt have the guts to borrow blood (since one of my clerk got demerited by the stupid patho people), i was forced to run and make sure that our patients for OR has blood. it was a tasking job since with the addition of me playing a role of an intern, i was suppose to play the role of a resident. doing IE's (internal examinations), making diagnosis, reporting it to my immediate senior at the ER and making sure that all of my clerks are doing their job. at 10pm i was asked by dra. Cha to be the first assist at a CS (cesarian section) of a single footling breech. i was nervous. but she taught me well. she even gave me the task to close the operation leaving me and the clerk (as my assist). she gave her full trust in me that i would be able to close it without dehiscence. for that i was so proud.

i didnt had any sleep, not even a single minute power nap. at around 6:30AM i was pulled out of the ER to accompany dra. Santos to make rounds of our 50 in-patints. i was tasked to examine every patient, write down at the charts while dra. is busy doing discharge IE to "may go home" patients. however my orders in the charts are limited to those who are obviously for discharge and doesnt need any interventions whatsoever, since i dont have an item yet and im not relatively started yet with my pre-residency. it was a long 2 and a half hours of my life. what made it even more tasking is that the clerk in-charge at the wards, didnt had the laboratories pasted on the charts which should have been done earlier so it would be easier for me to discharge patients. during my clerkship days its an instant demerit. but its the clerk's 1st week rotation at OB so basically they may just be adjusting.

at around 9:30 we finished our rounds and our chief resident allowed us to go home early to prepare for the oathtaking. i went home with all of my muscles aching. when i arrived home, i took off all my closed, slumped in my bed, and went to a power nap. until my nani called me up saying he's all ready to leave the house for my oathtaking. HALA! i was late. i immediately had a bath, beautified myself, and drive off at our meeting place.

B. OATHRAKING

12:30 nana and I met at harbour square. i was still in dazed but i felt i look good. di ba nani? hehehe. sobrang awa ng nani sakin coz i havent eaten thats why he bought Jollibee and let me ate in the car. sobrang maalaga ang hon. after eating we went to PICC to look for a parking. while nearing the place, we saw hundreds of people lined up outside the blistering sun, basking in the heat. my nani burst out (tangna! anu ba yan!). nahiya tuloy ako sa nani ko coz i know he hates the sun. nana brought his kenneth cole jacket for me to use but hardly did coz of the heat. anyway, we got inside PICC but since the inductees and visitors where put in separate places, my nani was forced to play "staker" taking pictures of me in about few hundred feets away (if only i had my nikon camera already). ang likot likot ko daw sbi nya, even from afar he was able to see how uncontented i was sitting four rows in front. i was chit-chatting, taking pictures, laughing, making fun of people. all that nani was able to see. the whole time i was chatting with my frends, me and nai was exchanging texts, making kulet with him as well. if you ask me i dont remember anything with ceremony. all that i could remember was us making fun of the parents of the top 10 examinees. we were able to assess whether they came from a well-to-do family or from those humble families.

after the ceromy we were told that we could get our lisence card at the lobby. and since i was so wise enough, i wasnt able to bring my claim stub. so after the quick picture taking with friends, i told my hon that id like us to go out na since it was like a pandemonium inside and i was starving to death. hon wanted us to have a dinner buffet, but i told hime we could eat at anywhere non-fancy coz syempre mahal din un and talo kme sa buffet coz di naman ako madami kumain except if its rice. kaya ako tumaba ng ganto dahil sa rice. hehehe.

nani kept asking me if i had second thoughts of him joining me at the ceremony. he felt so undeserved coz most of the inductees brought their parents and family, i brought my boyfriend instead. he wanted me to stay longer at PICC with my friends but i opted to be with him and leave early. dami hang-ups ng nani ko. hehehe. actually, i really felt so proud i was with my boyfriend. i told him that all my life i was with my parents, they were there with all of my graduation ceremony from kinder to medskul. right now is a new life for me as a doctor and as a professional, i just felt it right to have my husband be part of my new beginning. i was proud of my husband coz unlike any other boyfriend, he wants to be there in every step that i make. unlike any other boyfriends, my husband never makes any alibi coz he cant come, whenver i ask him to be with me he would always commit on that date (unless if its really toxic for him, which i really understand). i know it was sunday and he should be resting in the house and sleeping but he made his way to be with me. i may not have my parents during that very eventful time but being with him made it more special coz it is a time where i officially create a new life for me and for my hon. eventhough my parents werent there, i didnt really missed them coz i felt they were there, coz my nani acted like one. he wanted me to pose for every nook and cranny of the entire PICC, he got mad with me soaking wet from perspiration, he even put a towel at my back (talk about me being a baby), daig pa tlaga ng nani ang mga magulang ko. hehehe. like my parents, my hon wanted everything that is best for me and i appreciated it very much. it was a boring ceremony but hon and i made it fun. we always have fun when were together. it has already been 7 months but we still enjoy each other's company.

in this age and time, its really hard to find someone whom you can have fun with and stay with without having to fear that it might just be temporary. with my hon, i feel like we're to last a lifetime. the way he sees me with his eyes, his kiss, his hugs always make me feel like were meant for each other. eventhough i havent slept, i look haggard and all, he always sees me as the most beautiful person. thanks hon. No words could ever describe how lucky i am and blessed to have him as my husband, but all i know is that i love him with all my heart and soul. nothing can ever stop me from loving you hon. i look forward to our future and our lives together.

you are my light, my strength, my everything. i love most dearly with all my life.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

habang may buhay may problema!

my hon has been bickering about my qualms in life. how i got this trend of putting problems into simple things in life. i will enumerate the many problems that govern our lives right now.

PRESENT PROBLEMS:

1. weight loss
2. enormous e-mails from non-sense agents of my nani
3. dwindling money for my grocery
4. my landline's frequent crash down
5. my vaio's recovery disk (which i havent still created)
6. my nani's clinic manager who hasn't come back yet in new zealand
7. the lack of med tech to work at my nani's office
8. the slowly diminishing palatable "panghimagas" for my nani (nani seems to have tasted everything)
9. my nokia phone's frequent hang down
10. my nani's recurrent sinusitis, headache, and his "normal" BP of 170/100
11. motorbikes that always get to my nani's nerves
12. the lack of sleep my nani has
13. the pressures of work
14. the pressures of people submitting resume's to my nani (he wants to help everyone)
15. the pressure i give my nani all the time. hehehe

FUTURE PROBLEMS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW AS IN URGENT:

1. our new zealand migration (my nani as the principal, me as dependent)
2. work in new zealand (gusto ko kse pagpunta dun may work na... di daw ganun sbi ng nana)
3. my work here
4. my residency and the time it will steal from our relationship
5. our downpayment for our future condo unit
6. how to tell my family i have a boyfriend (i wish it would be as easy as wapi's)
7. the need to create a new organizational chart in my nani's work that would include me and everyone else below me
8. my monosynaptic moments
9. my slow thinking (papatunayan ko sa inyong lahat na di ako ganun! my brother is not a pig! i may be a pig! but i dont eat leftovers! walang tong kaugnayan gusto ko lang magdrama!)
10. i need to learn how to cook
11. i need to learn to eat whatever it is in the table
12. i need to learn how to drive right handed coz in new zealand sbi ng nana is that its everything in opposite
13. i need to learn how to make pastol the tupa, coz malamang while i study to get a job as a doctor in new zealand, magpapastol muna ako and driver ng nana.
14. the pressures involved in me being a recruiter for my nani. haaay!
15. kung matatagalan ba ng nani ko yung pagiging autistic ko! hahaha

i love you nani! im sure madami ka pa idadagdag dito! cge lang nana! dagdagan natin ang ating mga problema. tama ka habang may buhay may problema. mabuti nang nagmomoblema kaysa sa nakabaon sa lupa. etong mga problems na to ang magbibigay kapayapaan sa mundong ibabaw. ito ang magbabangon sa ating lahat. in all honesty, masarap mamboblema kung alam mo na may kasama ka sa problema, di ba nani? kaya asahan mo hon andito ako sa lahat ng mga problema mo at pinapangako ko na dadagdagan pa ang problem mo para di ka na magisip ng problema. hahaha

mahal na mahal kita hon! mwah! i miss you already!

my nani and the real world

Time flies really fast....parang kelan lang, intern pa lang ang nani ko. sinamahan ko mag medical mission (circumcision) sa pasay, dinadalhan ko ng food sa MCM during his non-sense intership duties, kinukulit ko mag aral for the boards....
Pero ngayon, eto na...hinahanapan ko ng trabaho as a clinic physician...toxic man ang nani, pero it amazes me so much to know and realize that finally, my nani is facing the real world of being a professional. There are times when he would still act like a baby ( he likes to play sally's spa and jojo's fashion show which are downloaded from the internet )but after the boards, Im starting to be dependent on him when I'm too tired to think of drugs that could alleviate and treat the symptoms and diseases of my regular text mates (executives needing medical advice and/or prescription). Buti na lang doctor din ang asawa ko kung hindi,wala akong pagpapasahan ng mga patients na pro-bono ang consultations sa kin! hehehe.

It helps to know that we share the same profession, the same passion to help others, and the same line of thinking when it comes to particular "issues" like disease management and interventions. It feels great to know that when I'm too lazy to recall dosages of certain medications, I just forward the text messages that I get to my nani! hehehehe..sya ang tinotoxic ko to text back with the complete prescription. I'm just savoring these times wherein my nani is still bumming around his house and waiting for the pre-residency program at OM. I know I can never make kulit again when he starts to go on duty na. Ayan ang totoong buhay. Life is not always a walk in the park. It's not always sleeping in your quarters and binge eating. It's not always daldalan. It's not always being pa tweetums. Hehehehe....I know and I believe that my nani can do whatever he wants and achieve his goals as long as he puts his heart and mind in it. I always tell my nani not to worry so much coz some of his friends are just taking things one step at a time. Naiinggit siya sa mga nagmoo moonlight.Gusto na daw niya kumita agad. Pero gusto din niya mag residency muna. Magulo ang isip nya nung isang gabi. Naiiyak pa. My nani tends to be a worrier. He has his tantrums about not knowing what to do with his life.He worries a lot about the future. "Habang may buhay, may problema"...yan ang motto ng nani ko ngayon...Whew! Siya ang naka acquire lahat ng traits ko these past months that we're together.

Ako? I never worried about his future. I always believed in my nani's capacity to be an achiever. Di ko nga akalain na makakapasa ng boards yan dahil sa lifestyle niyan. Puro lakwatsa. Puro daldal. Pero I know that my nani is a gifted child! Ok ang synapses ng neurons nyan kaya madaling makaretain ng information. May echolalia lang minsan. Matigas ang ulo. Mayabang pag kumanta. Pero alam ko may ibubuga talaga ang nani ko! Hehehehe. Peace!

Minsan lang medyo na de- derail ang utak. Pag medyo after 6 pm ayan na umaatake na ang anxiety nyan.Kung ano ano ng mga bagay ang inaalala. I always remind him to be more focused about his plans of going into residency. I gave him the option and opportunity to be one of our clinic physicians too.(In fact, one of his friend is already deployed in one of our accounts). He just doesn't know that there are a lot of opportunities when you are a doctor. Someone has to make him realize that. And I guess that's my role now. To help my nani to become more focused, and less myopic! hehehe...Baka need mo na ng new contact lens.Hahahaha!

We are already 7 months and still going strong. Parang ang dami na naming pinagdaanan but our love for each other is the binding force that keeps us together. He was here in my office last sunday to be oriented about company policies and the kilig factor that he is my nani and at the same time, one of my subordinates, never ceases to make me feel good. Hehehe. Sobrang likot nga lang dito sa office ko. Lahat kinalikot. Lahat gustong tignan, basahin. He even checked my books. He even tried to get some lube. hayyyy nakow!

Nevertheless, Im looking forward to his "treat" when he gets his first paycheck coz alam ko ang sweswelduhin ng nani ko eh pinaghirapan niya...bilang isang doctor. bilang aking nani who is now ready to face the real world...

Happy 7th monthsary nani ko! Love you with all my heart.

Sunday, September 07, 2008

nani's angels brought me here (nagkahernia ang nani after this)

angels.wma - nani

refresh mo to nani dali!

this the blog my nani has been waiting for. since his last post dated september 2, nani has been refreshing endlessly our blog site to see if i already blogged. he said before in his previous post wala ako gratification delay now yun pla sya pala yun. hahaha. so quits lang nani ha. :)

my nani and i spent the entire weekend in tagaytay as a post birthday and a pre monthsary celebration (sept 8). we stayed in DAP na ang sbi ng nana e may mumu daw, kaya napilitan ako na wag patayin yung tv while we sleep. minsan nagigicing ako at the middle of the night kse may naririnig ako. hilik lang pla ng nani. haaay! earlier that night we spent watching "the mummy 3" on my laptop. we had 7 bottles of beer, 3 nagaraya crackers, 2 fudgee bar (pang himagas ng nani)and boy bawang. manghang mangha ang nana kung pano ko kainin yung nagaraya, eat it by layers kse. hehe. i can just imagine the two of us living in one house cgro we'd just spend our entire day eating. kain ng kain ng kain! kaya naman when i checked, i weigh 150lbs, nana is just 170lbs. imagine, 5'5 ako and 150lbs! grabe! yoko na papapayat na ko! mukha na daw ako kettle sabi ng hon!

earlier this afternoon, after our tagaytay hideaway, we went to my nana's office to check up on some of his stuffs and to orient me and wapi for our job as retainer physician in thier company. kating kati na ko maglikot sa office but sabi ng hon e bawal daw. kaya ayun i just observe my nani while doing somethings in his desk and typing his minutes. im so amazed how my hon transforms into a corporate tycoon behind his desk. very focused while typing, his eyebrows would meet in the midline from time to time, gritting his teeth with very nonsense email he recieves and the way he would press the keyboards was with so much fury. ibang iba ang hon pag wala sa office. sobrang kulit, parang bata, gustong gusto nya pinauulit yung sinasabi nya sakin. he loves to eat chichiria. kahit anung pagkain na nakalagay sa makulay na lalagyan gusto nya. ika nga "himagas". from voice combo to fudgee bar, from marie to rebisco, and from knutella to pancakes, name it he loves it. buti nga ngayon medjo naglie low na sya sa hotdog (di na daw masarap sa kanya). thats why i wonder...kailan kaya di magiging masarap sa kanya ang pancake. haaay! ubos ang grocery namin cgro pag kme na magkasama sa bahay. tsk.

hon, thank you dun sa bracelet na gift mo ha. i really love it. thank you sa paghelp sa mga friends ko to have a job. i know its really too much, but yet you make it a point to reach out to us new doctors. thank you for loving my friends and my family all this time. im so proud of you "hon-boss"!

7 months na kme ng hon ko! doc lea asked me the other day if we fight, and im proud to say we havent fought or had misunderstandings for the past months. before i used to have a lot of tantrums of just about everything. i guess i have already outgrown them. i guess what one of the things i have come to understand in our relationship is the value of each other's lives. our individuality has not ceased to mingle with our growth as a couple. right now i can say i understand clearly the pressures my nani's job gives to him and he in return understands the little qualms i have with my live as someone who is just starting to venture into the real world. i am proud to say he has never left me, he lifts me up when im down and carries me when i just cant seem to walk. he gives me confidence. he believes in me when i dont with myself. im not just lucky to have him but im proud i have his heart. i love you nani. i cannot think of anyone better for me to spend my entire life but with you. you're my betterhalf. i love you so much. no words could ever describe how i feel for you. but hopefully i can make you feel how much i trully love you.

7 months and there are 7 things i got to know about my hon:

1. mahirap sya gicingin sa umaga. but amazingly he never gets late in the office.
2. he hates it when i make likot in bed. gusto nya kung ano pwesto namin pagnatulog yun na yun until morning. hehehe
3. he loves to eat "himagas", pagkumain sya ng matamis gusto nya maalat after (hindi ako ung maalat na tinutukoy...matamis ako)
4. when he climbs inside the car the very first thing he would do is to check on me. kakalikutin nya damit ko, aayusin nya kwelyo ko, lahat! lahat lahat! laruan ba ako nani?
5. i notice he seldom says cheesy stuffs about me or about our relationship. but when he does, its super sweet. he's a man of few words when it comes to US. which i find very attractive.
6. he makes scribbles of his classmate's vagina covered with webcobs on his papers during his medskul days. aside from that, my nani writes so legibly.

and

7. he values me. he loves me so much and takes care of me always. unmindful of his busy workload, he never misses to call or text me. he introduces me to his family and to his workmates which i find very endearing. it shows how proud he is of me.

i love you so much my honey! kahit na i-refresh mo pa tong page na to a hundred times... di ka nananaginip kse nagblog nga ako. pwede ka na matulog ng mahimbig. hehehe. i miss you already. i miss your kulit. lapit na tau magsama hon. mahal na mahal kita sobra sobra. mwah mwah mwah!

happy 7th monthsary my honey!

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

happy birthday to my nani small but terrible (literally and figuratively!)

After my nani passed the boards, catch up mode kami to spend quality time together…dami ng nangyari since he passed….

1)Gimik/celebration with Doc Leah
- We first watched that bakya movie of Sarah and John Lloyd. Saya. Kami lang ang tao sa cinema. Tawa lang kami ng tawa ng nani. Pero it was a memorable exprience coz it's the first movie that we enjoyed. Most of the movies that we watched before, PALPAK. Predictable. Boring.
Later that evening, we decided to call Doc Leah, my nani's ENT resident friend. Sobrang cool kasama. No hang ups. We ate isaw, barbecue, tenga ng baboy muna(so unhealthy considering that we are all doctors and we should promote healthy eating!) before we got a room at Music 21. There we sang our hearts out. Kain. Inom. :-)Leah had to rest na coz she's on duty the following day so she had to go home early. Starbucks muna kami ng nani. Tagal naming hindi uminom ng fav namin na caramel machiato. Whew. Kakamiss talaga. The following day, punta kami ng Makati Cinema Square to buy pirated DVDs coz my Nani was deprived of such privilege during the reviews. He needs to catch up. Dami naming nabili na DVDs.

2) Weekday dinner
- 3 days after, dinner naman kami ng nani sa isang Japanese burger house sa Makati. My nani got his ratings in the boards and he processed his papers for the oathtaking. Im the one and only lucky person who gets to be with my nani on September 14 during the oathtaking. Yehey! Thanks nani. Ako ang bwisitang pandangal mo! His mom was not surprised at all that I'll be the one to attend the significant event in my nani's life. Perhaps, nakuha ko si Mama sa mga pasalubong from different places that ive been, like the dried mangoes, danggit, ground coffee, (from tacloban, ormoc, cebu, davao, pampanga, etc.etc)hehehehe. Now I know the shortest way to my mom - in-law's heart. Pasalubongs from different provinces in the Philippines.Harharhar!

3) Birthday celebration of my nani at his house in Paranaque
- My nani decided to have a dinner and booze party last Saturday with his doctor friends and pre-med buddies. Met his mom. Made the "MANO PO" gesture and Doc Leah followed. Hahahahahaha.... Nagulat yata si Mama sa ginawa namin. I also met his best friend Margaux who's very kikay and accomodating and makwento and the moment my nani introduced me to her, she gave me a smack on the face! :-) Sobrang cool and sincere and I know how much she loves my nani as a friend. Glad to finally meet her in person last saturday. walang katapusang tawanan lang kami ni Doc Leah and kwentuhan with my nani's friends. Gave some pieces of advice to the new doctors about residency and pursuing corporate medicine eventually. Hayyy... Parang ang tanda ko na... Drank beer and tequila. Ate the cake that I brought for my nani hahahahaha....Sarap ng food nila. Galing magluto ni Mama. My nana was the one who prepared the inihaw na liempo based on the recipe that I dictated through text. Galing. Sarapppppppp! :-)Pwede na mag -asawa ang nani ko talaga. Listened to Wapi's kwento about opening up his true sexuality to his parents. Touching. And I never knew that Wapi is such a composed person. Poised. Relaxed. The way he cried and the manner that he wiped his tears during the confession to his dad made us laugh our hearts out! Brought Doc Leah home. Enjoy ako sobra sa advanced bday celebration ng nani!

4)Interview of my Nana at Ospital ng Maynila, OB-Gyne Department
- It was just this afternoon that my nani had his first "job" interview. He is applying for residency na! waaaaaaaahhh! Kabado ako for my nana since I woke up this morning. It's his 26th birthday tomorrow and I was kinda worried that if ever he messes up during the interview, iiyak na naman yan. At mag eemote. At birthday pa niya tomorrow. Baka sabihin na naman niyan na he got a bad gift for his birthday if ever boldyakin siya ng mga OB consultants sa OM. hehehe. My nani is really bent on pursuing that lochia smelling, meat cutting, names calling, messy but prospectively lucrative field of obstetrics and gynecology! whew! No one can stop him. No one can influence him to take up derma, radio or pathology. No one can hinder his dream of becoming a bungangero OB in the future! Ive been texting him the whole afternoon kung kumusta ba interview , ano na nangyari, etc etc. Im glad that when we got to talk, it turned out well. He nailed it! He talked about his pro-life advocacy, his singing talents and his IT skills in creating web sites. I hope that these things could be of aid in his acceptance at OM!:-) I know deep inside that my nani can always surpass every challenge that comes his way like the internship, the boards and lately, the interview with OB consultants. Na prapraning lang ako minsan dahil baby pa talaga nani ko (physically and mentally).
He may still look like a little boy with his cute little hands and feet and his big tummy. He still acts like a toddler at times when he makes lambing. He has his tantrums like a child pag sabay sabay namin siyang inaasar ni Doc Leah. He may be restless sometimes like an ADHD patient. He may cry incessantly like a mentally retarded person. All of these traits can be translated into immaturity and not being ready to face the real world after school. BUT WAIT!!!!( should be pronounced like in TV HOME SHOPPING pag may extra freebies or discounts na pinamimigay pag bumili ka ng treadmill!) kahit parang retarded ang nani ko, I am always amazed by:
a) his great talent in singing kahit na medyo mayabang;
b) his defensive driving skills and galing sa pag park ng patalikod;
c) his commendable writing skills ( please read his blogs);
d) his being conceited ( he’s gwapo daw ang talented!);
e) his intellect;
f) his sense of humor;
g) his being a very opinionated person most of the time but still listens to what I have to say;
h) his determination to succeed in his chosen field;
i) his great interpersonal skills (that’s why he has billions of friends);
j) and finally, his being a very loving partner to me………. (ito ang ultimate!!!!!)
These are just but a handful of reasons why I tagged my nani as small (like a little boy) but terrible. Watch out, world. My nani is here to rock your world. Or rather, nandito na ang nani ko para ma pwing kayo sa mata. Sabi nga nila, mas nakaka-pwing ang maliit na butil ng buhangin kesa batong malaki. Yan ang nani ko.


Happy 26th birthday nani!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!


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