Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Happy 2009 Everyone!

Thank you everyone for a wonderful 2008! Thank you for all the memories and the laughter! :D

Let us all welcome the year 2009 with a BIG BANG!

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!



Sunday, November 30, 2008

Review: Hairspray the Musical in Manila!

Nov 29, 2008

Me and my friends (Zye, Alex, RJ, Leslie, and Paola) watched HairSpray Musical in Star Theater, CCP Complex.

Pretty excited when I saw in the newspapers that this was showing in Manila. I didn't think twice to watch it.

anyway, here's the my review

The Stage: WOW! Hard work really paid off here. It was good and very colorful. Very 60's. I must say, it's more or less at par with the theatre stage in the UK. ;)

The Sound: WOW again! :D Hindi sabog, and at first we thought minus one lang ung nagplay, but I guess may mga live orchestra playing somewhere coz we saw some musicians going home carrying their instruments. One slight problem with the actors' and actresses' voice, may ibang mahina, may ibang parang muffled. But overall, it's ok :D

The Singing: Galing! :D All of them did a great job! And Michael de Mesa (Edna) can sing!!! Wow! dun ako nagulat. Hands down kay Dulce (Motor Mouth) and Nyoy Volante (Seaweed) :D Madel Ching (Tracey) was also great! Very nice for an theatre debut :D

The Acting: I must say.. this is one of the best. Madel Ching (Tracey) did very well in portraying her role. As I said, she is good and very cute too :D Monica Reynoso (Penny) was sooooo good! And galing niya! Wala na akong masasabi. Of course, Michael de Mesa, hands down talaga. And who would've thought Nyoy Volante can dance?! Galing din!

Overall: I'll give this one a 4.5/5 stars. Why the .5? dapat perfect kaya lang was a little disappointed with the place. The theatre was HARD to find! Ang liit ng signs nila, and we thought it was near Aliw Theater since they have the posters there too. We were late 3 minutes tuloy.. Enough about that.. All I can say that this is a GREAT production. I enjoyed watching this as compared to WestSide Story. Everything was great about this musical, from the stage to the actors to the production. GALING! :D I guess Atlantis Productions did justice to the musical :D

To those who haven't watch, WATCH IT! I highly recommend it! :D

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Wish list for Xmas :P *nagpaparamdam*

Sino kayang mabait na magbibigay sa akin nito :P hehe
Some info about that bag.. it's a Lacoste Metro Premium Document Case Reference no. m82008,

or...
Sony Ericsson W902 phone
or a Canon EOS 1000D

Libre lang naman mangarap :P pagbigyan niyo na hehehe

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Windows 7... Redmond.. started their photocopiers again..

As we all know, Windows Vista has proven to be a FLOP for Microsoft. The Windows OS that gave a lot of headaches to both consumers and business industry using Microsoft as their OS. Consumers were better off with Windows XP, didn't even bother to upgrade to Vista. Even Microsoft has to extend support for Windows XP for a few more years. PC makers like HP, Dell, has to offer options for Windows XP as the OS even if they are selling Vista-PCs already.

And now, Microsoft after a one year of release and after some point of denial has decided to make Windows 7. The next Windows version. Pretty funny.. first they said that it's not a major update.. now they say it is.. I guess they have come to their senses that Vista is INDEED a FLOP..

So what's new with Windows 7? So far, it's still under development, and they are planning to release it Late 2009 or Early 2010. And here's what they have "photocopied" so far...

The "new" taskbar of Windows 7

hmmm they changed it... and it looks like the DOCK of MacOS X.. tsk tsk...

Next.. options for the application on the task bar wherein you don't have to view the window in order to control...
funny... Mac OS X has this one since 10.1... tsk tsk...
They call this "Jump List", where in you see the windows of one application with a click.
Pretty handy? Hmmm... I think Mac OS X 10.3 called this... Expose.. not only the windows of a certain application.. there is also an option wherein you could see ALL the opened applications, with just one click.


and they said.. an "improved" Start Menu... ummm.. what's the improvement here? Took out some.. still looks the same...

tsk tsk tsk... I guess Microsoft really has no NEW ideas... tsk tsk tsk.. Redmond is really a photocopier..

So.. Windows 7.. as one of the Windows enthusiast from (Winsupersite.com) said.. "Let's pretend Vista never happened.." haha Blocking defense mechanism? So immature..

Oh yeah.. Mac OS X 10.6 / Snow Leopard is due mid-2009. Pretty good stuffs awaits us Mac users.. Wonder when we'll see these technology in Windows? maybe Windows 9? :P

Switch to Mac! ;)

life's happier :P

Monday, October 20, 2008

Reasons to Get a MAC :D

some Apple "Get a Mac" commercials giving you more reasons to Get a Mac! :D Funny ung mga ads, but these are reality :P

Better Results


Viruses



Calming Teas



Security


Bloated PC



Surgery




UK Version of Restarting



That's all for now :P

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Apple Intros NEW Macbooks and Macbook Pros!

Drool-worthy..




The NEW 13.3" Macbook
MacBook Configurations

The [B]2.0 GHz[/B], 13-inch aluminum MacBook will sell for $1,299 and include:

* 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1280 x 800 glossy display;
* 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3MB shared L2 cache;
* 1066 MHz front-side bus;
* [B]2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB;
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;[/B]
* 160GB serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
* a slot-load 8X SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
* Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* two USB 2.0 ports;
* one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;
* [B]glass Multi-Touch trackpad[/B]; and
* 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.


The [B]2.4 GHz[/B] aluminum MacBook is priced at $1,599 and includes:

* 13.3-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1280 x 800 glossy display;
* 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3MB shared L2 cache;
* 1066 MHz front-side bus;
* [B]2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB[/B];
* [B]NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;[/B]
* 250GB serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
* a slot-load 8X SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
* Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* two USB 2.0 ports;
* one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;
* [B]glass Multi-Touch trackpad and illuminated keyboard[/B]; and
* 60 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.





MacBook Pro Configurations

The [B]2.4 GHz[/B], 15-inch aluminum MacBook Pro will sell for $1,999 and include:

* 15.4-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1440 x 900 glossy display;
* 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3MB shared L2 cache;
* 1066 MHz front-side bus;
* [B]2GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB;
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;
* NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics with 256MB GDDR3 video memory;[/B]
* 250GB serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
* a slot-load 8X SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
* Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* two USB 2.0 ports;
* one FireWire 800 port;
* ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
* one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;
* [B]glass Multi-Touch trackpad and illuminated keyboard[/B]; and
* 85 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.



The [B]2.53[/B] GHz aluminum MacBook Pro is priced at $2,499 and includes:

* 15.4-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1440 x 900 glossy display;
* 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB shared L2 cache;
* 1066 MHz front-side bus;
*[B] 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM;
* NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics;
* NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics with 512MB GDDR3 video memory;[/B]
* 320GB serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
* a slot-load 8X SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive;
* Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately);
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* Gigabit Ethernet port;
* built-in iSight video camera;
* two USB 2.0 ports;
* one FireWire 800 port;
* ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
* one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;
* [B]glass Multi-Touch trackpad and illuminated keyboard[/B]; and
* 85 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.


I want one.. parang gusto ko na ibenta Macbook ko.. :P

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Review: West Side Story

Carmel, Leslie, Elaine, RJ, Alex, Donna, Yentl (w/ bf), and Zye (w/ bf) and me watched West Side Story yesterday (Oct 10, 2008) in the Meralco Theater.

I was really looking forward to watch this musical. And it was kinda funny because we were really praying that Joanna Ampil will be the one who will be playing as Maria and not Karylle. And I guess we were lucky. It was also funny because when it was announced that Joanna Ampil was playing that part, most of the people in the theater rejoiced! hahaha guess walang may gusto kay Karylle? :P Christian Bautista played Tony.

So here goes..

The Stage: It was... okay... but they should've done a better one. It didn't made me feel like that play was set in America. There was this one part wherein they were knocking at the door, and the walls were also vibrating! Funny.. I've seen Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo and they had better set than this one..

(as leslie, elaine, and carmel said, don't compare to broadway daw.. pero my point is this was a broadway production.. they should've tried making the set better... or maybe because sa Meralco theatre lang.. heheh)

The Sound: SABOG... I'm blaming this to the sound system of Meralco Theatre... Ok na sana, pero sabog eh... Even during dialogues, there were some part na humihina ung boses, there were some part na sobrang lakas nung boses and even the sounds. I haven't watched this sa Broadway, but I find it to have so much dead air... I was hoping that before it started may music, when it ended and they were bowing to the audience, may music din... but there was none... Kinda bland lang...

The Singing: Hands down kay Joanna Ampil, she was great.. but still the sound system of Meralco theatre didn't give her justice.. There was this part when Anita and Maria were singing together.. ang hina nung kay Maria, and Anita's was loud and halos sinapawan na ung sound ni Maria..
Also to Christian Bautista, he's good at this. I guess he really belongs to the theatre.

The Acting: Hands down for the girl who played Anita. Ang galing niya! She dances good, she sings good, she acts good.. One comment though.. she sounded like the aunt of Happy Slip...
Another thing that I noticed.. the accents... I have no complaints for the American accent.. but the Puerto Rican accent.... *sigh*, they didn't sound like Puerto Rican, more like a Filipino... at least Joanna Ampil did some justice to it... but the others... I was wondering if they had training in this... just as I said Anita, sounded like the aunt of Happy Slip...

Overall, I must say, maganda ung musical. I had fun watching it. ;) I rate it 3.5/5

And bakit every act/song pumapalakpak ung audience.... hindi naman ito variety show... heheh

I really hope that more and more musicals would be produced here in the Philippines. ;)




Sunday, September 21, 2008

Loving this Song.. "Ngiti"

Loving this song.. :D

Ngiti
by Ronnie Liang

Minamasdan kita
Nang hindi mo alam
Pinapangarap kong ikaw ay akin
Mapupulang labi
At matinkad mong ngiti
Umaabot hanggang sa langit

Huwag ka lang titinginsa akin
At baka matunaw ang puso kong sabik

[Chorus]
Sa iyong ngiti ako'y nahuhumaling
At sa tuwing ikaw ay gagalaw
Ang mundo ko'y tumitigil
Para lang sayo
Ang awit ng aking puso
Sana'y mapansin mo rin
Ang lihim kong pagtingin

Minamahal kita ng di mo alam
Huwag ka sanang magagalit
Tinamaan yata talaga ang aking puso
Na dati akala ko'y manhid

Hindi pa rin makalapit
Inuunahan ng kaba sa aking dibdib

[Chorus]
Sa iyong ngiti ako'y nahuhumaling
At sa tuwing ikaw ay lalapit
Ang mundo ko'y tumitigil
Ang pangalan mo sinisigaw ng puso
Sana'y madama mo rin
Ang lihim kong pagtingin

Sa iyong ngiti ako'y nahuhumaling
(Sa iyong ngiti)
Sa tuwing ikaw ay gagalaw
Ang mundo ko'y tumitigil
Para lang sa'yo...
(Para lang sa'yo ang awit ng aking puso)
Sana ay mapansin mo rin...
Ang lihim kong pagtingin
Sa iyong ngiti...


Sunday, September 14, 2008

Boooo!!!! Laarni!!! Boooo!!! PDA!!!

Very disappointing.. this season's Pinoy Dream Academy..

yeah.. that Laarni has a nice voice.. pero hello! her personality sucks! I'm sure she won't get far... ngayon palang Diva na siya..

and oh... WHY! MIGUEL!?!? WHY?!?! 3rd place? MAGALING ka ba? duhh... magkano mo binili ung votes mo?!

hay... much more deserving si Liezel.. hay... very disappointing.. bakit ganyan magjudge mga Filipinos? hay...

Nakakadepress...

BOO!!! LAARNI! BOO MIGUEL!!!

Sunday, September 07, 2008

WALA BA KAYONG COMMON SENSE?


This morning, NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF GREATER MANILA is having their foundation day. This certain car is parked IN FRONT OF OUR GATE! COMMON SENSE, Gate yan, why park in front of it?! Good thing my parents have already parked the car outside, then yung problem is when they come back. Low and behold, nung nakabalik na sila, NANDUN pa din ung car. We have already asked the incompetent guards of Notre Dame to page the owner of the car, but one hour has passed, wala pa din. The incompetent barangay tanod's who are in-charge of the parking were also STUPID! Di daw nila nakitang nagpark. WHAT INCOMPETENT FOOLS!

Are they really that STUPID!? Common sense will tell you that you are blocking the gate, and the folks living there might have a car that it's a Sunday and they might go out anytime. Simple COMMON SENSE wala sila!
This is not the first time that has happened to us. Ever since talaga ganyan na. Maybe the parents/drivers/students are just plain STUPID!

i don't know what this school is teaching their students.

TO THE OWNER OF THIS CAR:
Ay, STUPID...

PA-CHEESEBURGER KA NAMAN! BURGER! BURGER! BURGER!



Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Help me name my New Macbook

Yey!
Naming Mac Laptops is a MUST! just kidding, parang trend lang naman.

I named my 12" Powerbook G4 "Chelsea" (the right one on the picture) And now she has a partner, my new Black Macbook. It's been a week since I got it, and still can't think of a name. But so far I have listed down 3 names.

Hawk, Sparrow, or Falcon. Still can't decide which one I'll use. Can you guys help me? Or may other suggestions kayo. :)

Help me name my New Macbook


Calling all Thomasian Apple Users


We have our own MacUserGroups (MUG) site made specially for us Thomasians :D

just click this link

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Beijing Olympics 2008

Speechless sa opening ceremony. Galing talaga! I want to watch it all over again!

Loved the first one, wherein they beat the drums then it lights, until the countdown! Whoah!

Loved the one with the chinese characters (a little trivia, that was what the chinese used when they invented the printing machine, mga little "stamps" with the chinese character), akalain mo mga tao pala ung nasa "boxes" na un and they form big chinese characters! And galing ng coordination!!!

Go Team Philippines!!!

中國加油!

台灣加油!

Monday, August 04, 2008

DON'T VOTE FOR LAARNI!

yeah.. may oras pa ako manood ng PinoyDreamAcademy.

Yeah.. she is good pero may attitude problem, who would want to work with her? Pa-iyak iyak pa. kala niya maawa lahat ng tao sa kanya.. duh..

DON'T VOTE FOR LAARNI!!!!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

What a Day! Friday!

July 18, 2008

My first time being late in class! And the bad thing about it is our first class always starts the day with a quiz. Got into the room and they were already in no.9 of a 10 item quiz. Luckily, the dra. who gave the quiz gave a quick rundown of the questions. Still failed it but at least I didn't get a zero on that quiz.

It was really traffic going to UST. Lacson road was congested because of the road works. (HELLO? why do that if there are classes already?! Don't they know that they are causing traffic?! Stupid Mayor and DPWH for allowing that to continue..) Another frustrating thing is that UST is SOOOOO congested already! Tapos i-add mo pa ung traffic on all four sides of the campus. Soooo frustrating..

What a way to start the day..

Anway, it ended well, because that night, the UST FilChiMSA had an Induction Dinner with the advisers at the Annapolis Seafood Restaurant in Greenhills. The dinner was good, and we got stuffed! Kahit ung si Rhenz, sumuko sa dami ng food :P

After that the officers went out and watched a movie in Rockwell. We watched The Dark Knight. And it was GOOD! :D Ang galing. I liked the story and Heath Ledger was sooo good in playing the Joker. Ibang klasa tlaga, feel na feel niya ung character. Very impressive.


Sunday, July 13, 2008

Mamma Mia! Here I go again!

Finally, the movie was out. Basically did nothing yesterday and took the night off and watched Mamma Mia the Movie with my Mom.

I already watched Mamma Mia musical when I was in London. And was surprised that there was a movie version of the musical.

The movie was great. They were faithful to the Musical and I'm pretty happy with that. From the start till the end, really based on the musical. Kasi may "surprise" number sa ending ;) The actors/actresses were also great. I didn't know Meryl Streep could sing! Overall, ang galing niya! Pierce Brosnan, nice voice too, although it was funny when he starts to sing, ewan ko lang kasi siguro nasanay tayong makita siya na serious, then ito medyo comedy and may singing pa.

What I liked about the movie was the setting was great. Summer na summer. Maganda ung scenes. Nagawa nito ung mga hindi kayang gawin on stage like yung mga exagerration na ginawa nila sa song "Money, Money, Money," "Dancing Queen," and "Honey, Honey." As sabi ko nung musical, speechless din ako.

This movie is a MUST WATCH! It's like watching the musical din, but on a bigger stage. Kaya DONT MISS IT!!! ;)

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Loving this Song.. "Pitong Araw" by Hale

Here's the lyrics to the song

Pitong araw lang
Di natikman ang liwanag
Di inaalam...

Di makangiti
Isip ay sawi
Sa ligayang ako'y binigyan...

Di ako magkakaganito kundi sayo
Sabihin mo...

Di kita iiwanan
Pangakong di pababayaan
Akoy' nandyan lamang nababalot sa isip mo

Ang isip ay pagod
Daliri'y baluktot
Wala rin naman... Wala rin naman

Hanggang kailan
Sana ngayon lang maranasan
Wag mo akong saktan

Di ako magkakaganito kundi sayo
Sabihin mo...

Di kita iiwanan
Pangakong di pababayaan
Ako'y nandyan lamang nababalot...

Di kita iiwanan
Pangakong di pababayaan
Ako'y nandyan lamang nababalot...

Di kita iiwanan
Pangakong di pababayaan
Ako'y nandyan lamang nababalot...

Di kita iiwanan
Pangakong di pababayaan
Ako'y nandyan lamang nababalot...

sarap ng feeling nung song, very upbeat. :D

Friday, May 30, 2008

Theatre Day Galore! - the Lion King Musical and Lord of the Rings Musical

Whew! what a day! watched to Musicals in a row! :D
Lord of the Rings Musical

my view of the stage

One word.. SUPERB! This was even better than the movie! The songs were awesome too especially Lothlorien. What is special about this was the acrobatics in the air. Kahit si Golum nagclimb for top to down. The elves were also always in the air. Maganda talaga! Really can't describe it with words. I was in awe. Galadriel was just sooooo gorgeous! Ganda niya.. and her voice... wow!! Ang ganda.. just what I like :D

Lion King MusicalMy View of the Stage

Magical! Awesome! Superb! Excellent! Brilliant! Had goosebumps throughout the show! And galing talaga ng concept nila. The animals, the characters! Wow talaga! One of the best! It has been running for 8 years na here in London. Galing talaga, the actors/actresses are mostly from Africa, kaya mafeel mo talaga ung magic from Africa, even the musical instruments that they used. Rafiki's character was just soooo funny! Kakatuwa, ang kulit talaga. Timon and Pumbaa too! Would definitely want to watch it all over again! :D Kung pwede lang magtake ng pictures habang nagpeperform sila, baka trigger happy na ako nun :D

And yun.. napagod ako haha 2 musicals in a row. Whew! :D Ubos na pocket money ko... :( wahhhh

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

What I have been up to?

Sunday May 25, 2008

My aunt took me to Waltham Abbey and we ate Pie and Mash. It's a very popular restaurant because it is also where celebrities have their Pie and Mash. I haven't tried it, but it was delicious. The pie's stuffings were minced beef, and the Mash potatoes sauce was Liquor made from the sauce of Jellied eel. It had some parsley in it too. Masarap :D Kakabusog din. Then after that I went to Oxford Street again to window shop, since half lang ung nalakad ko last time and I was still hunting for a shoes and bag :P

Monday May 26, 2008

Bank holiday here in UK! This time we went to Ashford Designer Outlet. Which was almost 1 1/2 hours drive from Leyton. Shopping centre din, and puro factory outlet ng mga known brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Marks and Spencer, Clarks, Ralph Lauren, etc etc etc. And the prices were 70% off the original price! Imagine sa Marks and Spencer ung mga shirts nila nasa £6-£8 lang!!! Sobrang layo na sa price natin. Ung sa Clarks naman Buy 1 Get 1 half the price or Buy 1 Get 1 for £1 only, meron ding Buy 1 for £15, Buy 2 for £25, Buy 3 for £30! Great bargain! Sayang wala ung gusto kong shoes sa Clarks. hehe So i bought my mom a pair of shoes. ;) Wala naman akong masyadong binili, just got myself a pair of jogging pants from Adidas.

Tuesday May 27, 2008

I went to the Imperial War Museum. Rich talaga ung war history ng Britain, mga exhibits about their conquered lands how they got it and how these lands got their independence. Also, there are exhibits about the WW1 and WW2. Syempre, focused on their stories, konti lang ung about the Japanese nung WW2. And syempre nandun din ung Mickey Mouse Money ng pinas when Japan conquered our lands. It was very interesting to see these again, and siyempre hindi siya textbook, and we don't have to memorize anything. Fun part is I could still remember some details of what I've learned in High School, especially the WW2 part about Japan. :D

After going to the Imperial War Museum, we went to London Dungeon, but to our dismay, sobrang haba ng pila!!!! Kaya hindi na kami tumuloy, maybe we'll go there by Friday siguro. So we went straight to Covent Garden to buy some tickets for Lion King Musical! :D At last, mapapanood ko na din siya! And also there was the theatre showing Lord of the Rings Musical! Ayaw ng mga pinsan ko panoorin kasi boring daw ung LOTR (kasi hindi nila nagustuhan ung movie), kaya un solo flight ako. And what was great about it was ung prices for Thursday were very cheap, kahit nasa harap or likod ka price range were £15-25, unlike sa regular days nasa £60 ung pinakamahal and ung cheapest price was £17.50. So un, I am watching LOTR musical 2pm of Thursday then The Lion King Musical at 7:30pm Thusday din! Kaya Thursday is Theatre Day for me! :D Ubos na ung pera ko... :(

here are the tickets, blurred ko muna ung seat number and bar code hehe baka maduplicate :P

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Day 2: Natural History Museum, Harrod's, Mamma Mia!

May 23, 2008, 11:30pm (London Time)

Today, I went with my cousin Anthea, to the Natural History Museum. The museum is all about nature, parang bumalik ako ng elementary and high school, since sobrang elementary talaga, pero it was very interesting because it was interactive. The usual, ang daming mga students din dun sa museum. Sigh.. sana may ganyan din sa pinas, Natural Science would have been very easy for us during elementary and highschool. Oh well..

After that, we went to Knightsbridge, where Harrod's is. High end department store un, mga branded talaga from Calvin Klein to Louis Vuitton. Dumugo ilong ko sa mga presyo.. there was this bag that I liked, Dunhill ung brand.. and guess the price.. it was....£369!!!! Kumusta!!! Php30000 pesos pag converted!!! Messenger bag lang un!!! ang ganda pa naman... oh well... tapos may mga bedsheets pa.. Calvin Klein ung brand.. grabe.. hahah Kaya window shopping na lang.. hehe

So un.. since yesterday di kami natuloy sa Mamma Mia kasi ubos na ung ticket, ung natira ung super mahal, kaya we opted to watch it today na lang. And.. it was worth it!!! We got a seat na cheap and the view was ok! :D Sayang bawal talaga kumuha ng picture sa loob ng Theatre. It was shown in Prince of Wales Theatre. 5pm.

ANG GANDA tlaaga! speechless.. the actors and actresses were great. Then encore was good too, parang nagconcert ng Abba songs hehe like Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, and Waterloo. We all got up and "danced" to the music. GANDA talaga! :D I'm definitely going to watch the movie version to see if it's good. :P

Here's our ticket...

here's the view from our seat, taken during the intermission..


Thursday, May 22, 2008

Day 1: British Museum and Oxford Street

My "first" official pasyal day in London.

Had a very good night sleep, sarap, ANG LAMIG! hehe :P My aunt bought me an Oyster Card, which can be used to swipe around bus and subway, para di na ako bumili ng ticket. Prepaid na yun. I also got a UK simcard, para di mahal ung tawag ko sa kanila or tawag sa akin.

So my adventure started 9am. Took the bus to Walthamstow Central station, nakakakaba at first since di ko masyado familiar sa roads. But it was the last stop of the bus kaya yun. Very convenient. Then yun, took the Underground and changed station at Finsbury Park station to change line so that I can go to Russel Square Station where the British Museum is.

Funny thing when I arrived at the Station, AND TAAS ng inakyat kong stairs.... just imagine.. kung sa UST Main Bldg., hanggang 4th floor kakapagod, mas nakakapagod dun sa station halos dagdagan mo pa ng 1/4 ung inakyat mong stairs, tapos paikot pa.. ngayon lang ako hiningal ng ganun! hahah meron namang elevator pero hindi ako nag-elevator. Tigas ng ulo. Then un.. lakad ng 2 blocks to go the British Museum, even passed a park. Ganda! Pics will be uploaded separately sa Photos Section ng Multiply.

British Museum.. BIG! Multi-national ung mga exhibits. Merons Asian, Africans, Egyptian, American exhibits. Nakakalula.. haha almost 2 hours kong nilibot. Wish we have this kind of museum sa pinas... hay...

After that, lunchtime, pumunta ako ng Oxford Street, puro shops dun! shopping galore! hahah It was around 3 blocks away from the British Museum. So un, kumain muna ako then lakad na. Window shopping lang. Siyempre pumunta ako sa favorite CD store, HMV, which is VERY big for a music store. And there I found a Thalia CD haha then I also bought a chorale cd too. And also, di papalampasin ang Apple Store at Regent Street! Siyempre drool sa Macbook, MacBook Pro, and Macbook Air. hehe nilaro ko na din para masaya ako haha also got to play with the iPhone! :P

So un..

later, my aunt is taking me to watch Mamma Mia sa Theatre. :D

Till next time! ;)

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

On Airbus A380! :D

I'm having my long waited vacation! :D May 20, 2008, I was on flight SQ919 to Singapore. I left the Philippines 6:00pm. Arrived in Singapore 9:30 pm, where I waited for 2 hours for my next flight to London on board SQ322 11:30pm. SQ322 is Airbus A380, the biggest airplane to date. And I must say! ANG GANDA! It is really quieter, I was on Economy class, and the seat is a ''bit'' bigger. 10inches!!! 10 inches LCD screen! may USB, LAN, and Video out pa. Meron din electric plug so you can charge or use your laptop.

I arrived in London May 21, 2008 5:55am.. (12:55pm Philippine Time). And now typing this on my aunt's laptop. ;) Medyo bum muna ako ngayon, since kakarating ko lang, bukas na siguro ako mamamasyal :P here are some shots.. also posted separately in the photos section of my multiply site

the 10 inch screen

the whole entertainment system. with the controls, the usb slot, lan slot, and video out slot

Thursday, April 17, 2008

the best American Idol performance..

Was watching AI season 7, the episode wherein they sang Mariah Carey songs.. WHOAH! i must say, the two guys pulled it off! David Archuleta singing When You Believe, which was my audition piece for med glee club, haha grabe, I bow down to him, he is such a talented singer! great voice! buo! nakakahiya haha I'm not as good as him when I sang it :P

David Cook singing Always Be My Baby.. if i was there, tatayo talaga ako to cheer him! ANG GALING! I never knew that a pop song would sound so good when arranged for rock. VERY VERY NICE! I've heard some of his performance, and I think he is good. So I guess I'm counting on the two Davids to reach the finals!

will post tghe videos soon ;)

Med Survey

looks fun. got this from carmela. :D

1. Unang una, how many lbs did you gain???
- don't ask! haha I gained, I lost, I gained.. I lost.. walang katapusang cycle. hahah

2. Ano ang pinakanakakaantok na subject?
- nung first year, definitely BioChem.. lalo na ung lecture ni... Dr... sa second year.. depende na lang sa lecture topic.

3. Pinakamahirap na subject?
- first year.. definitely Physiology, imagine coming from Biology na parang joke time ung Physio kasi joke time ung naging prof namin, kasi puro sequencing ung test, tapos nagpaessay pa.. wala palang saysay un pagdating sa Medicine.. sobrang sayang ung pinagaralan na Physio nun premed.. although it was the hardest subject, ito ung basic foundation to understand the diseases.. kaya lang.. dehado ako kasi deductive akong matuto .. hehe oh well..

4. Least number of hours na tulog mo sa med??
- hmmm 4 hours.. pero migraine ang abot ko pag ginawa ko ;)

5. Pinakanamimiss mo nung premed na hindi mo magawa sa med
- CRAMMING but still PASSING the EXAM!!! di ko na magawa ito. nung premed, kahit 4 hours before the long exam, kayang kaya i-cram at makakapasa ka pa. pero ngayong med.. magcram ka, sobrang babagsak ka! kahit di ka magcram may malaking possibility na bumagsak din..

6. Gusto mo pa rin ba mag med??
- yeah, i guess this is really my calling, kasi talagang tinanong ko kay God to just give me a sign kung di ko talaga ito calling.

7. Your choice of pampagising???
- hmmm... magdaydream.. hehe or lumabas ng classroom at pumunta sa med cafe-teria.

8. longest time spent studying? as in walang break ha...
- sasabihin ko sana studying for Pharmacology Remedials, which I studied for ONE WEEK, cover to cover ung handouts pero may breaks in between yun eh.. hmmm pero ung walang break, was during the Finals week nitong 2nd year. when I was studying for Medicine1 Finals, ANG DAMI!!!!

9. Easiest topic sa med??
- Parasitology!!!! :D

10. Favorite position? ..... sa pagaaral, haha..
- hmm wala eh, pakalat kalat ako kapag nag-aaral. nakaupo, nakahiga, nakadapa, nakatayo, lakad lakad.

11. Least favorite subject??
- Surgery 1... BOOM!

12. Best thing about life in med school?
- having fun while learning. parang not a single day na wala kang matututunan na bago. you get to understand and appreciate life, not only scientifically but beyond that.

13. Favorite flavor mo ng shake sa med cafe?
- strawberry

14. Magkano na nagastos mo sa pagpapaphotocopy?
- ayaw ko na maisip yan! diyan nauubos ang baon ko.. grrr

15. Pinakamahirap na topic?
- Cardio and Psycho Drugs sa Pharma. tapos.. Hema sa Pathology

16. Anong table number mo sa gross anatomy?
-if I remember right..Table 20 ata ako.. or Table 12.. kasi partner ung groups na un hehe Pam? Maan? Table 20 ba tayo?

17. Handa ka na bang bumalik sa school this june?
- Noooooooo!!!! hindi ko pa naeenjoy ang last summer vacation ko!!!! waahhh pero excited din ako kasi bagong uniform! haha V-neck!!! :D

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Blast from my past 1 "Wrongs"

Oh my.. I wrote some poems! That was when I was in high school. here's poem no.1 sounds very cheesy haha forgive me for I was young and hopelessly "in love" with someone who's taken hahah can't believe I even wrote the time.. guess I was daydreaming on November 25, 1999, 10:46am, during Filipino Class. Here goes....

Wrongs

Everytime I see you with that guy,
I tend to look down as if I'm shy.
Everyday, to be with you, I try,
Everything just turns awry...

Why is it that I can't be with you,
Don't you know that this feeling's true?
I know that he truly loves you,
That's why I can't have you...

Is it wrong to dream of you?
Is it wrong to be with you?
Is it wrong for me to miss you?
Was I wrong to fall for you?


Sunday, April 13, 2008

I'm TAGGED!!!!

Well, I thought this only existed in Youtube, since I heard it from Happy Slip :P good thing it's not on youtube since i don't think i'll be showing my video over the net.

And now MELLE tagged me!!!!! grrrr i shouldn't have read that blog entry! haha oh well..

so for those who is quite new to "tagging," it's main purpose is to get people to share to the world about the tag instruction. so for this time, melle's tag is "The M's in my Life" and here's the instruction

instructions: list 10 words starting with M that are related to you and explain why/how/what. then you need to choose 10 person that you'll be tagging back and a new letter to start with. don't forget to inform the person you'll be tagging though.. and no TAGGING back! :P ***(melle! you forgot to inform me :P haha
AT ANG HIRAP naman ng "M"!!!!! )

  1. Music - my first love, never a day na walang music, can't live without this ;) pagstressed, konting music lang solve na ako ;)
  2. Micmic - one of the triumverates! He was one of the new friends that i've known nung nalipat ako sa Section A during 6th grade. Last grade sa elem tapos biglang nalipat hehe, and we still continued to be friends kahit nung 1st year naging section C ako, tapos 2nd year naging Section B until the 4th year. Still eventhough one year ko lang sila nakasama sa Section A, I think kaya nawalan ng SectionC nung grade 6 was for me to meet my bestfriends in the future, and I'm very thankful that they are my bestfriends. Siguro sila na ung best of the bestfriends. ;)
  3. Melle - ang pinakapakulit na naging kaibigan ko. got to know her when I joined the BioSoc family. she made it a lot easier for me to get along with others. although nagkakaroon ng konting tampuhan, di mo yan matitiis :P
  4. MnM's - one of my favorite chocolate. lalo na ung may rice crispies. yum! now i'm craving for one haha "Melts in you mouth, not in your hand!"
  5. Mickey Mouse - my FAVORITE Disney character! He's very smart and very funny. The classic cartoon, liked by kids in the past, present, and future :D
  6. Messenger Bag - what'll i do without this. very useful, you can almost make it as a school bag, a gadget bag, travel bag, etc! :P
  7. Mac (Powerbook G4) - i know... Powerbook pa ung tawag sa aking Mac, but it's the older brother of the present MacbookPro. The best laptop i've ever had! Kudos to Apple! You make the best hardware and software! Take that Microsoft!
  8. Magazines - very informative, lahat mapa-scientific like (National Geographic Magazine, Scientific American), mapa-health and fashion (Men's Health), and mapa-gadgets and technology (T3), never failed to entertain me ;) syempre meron ding.. haha :P
  9. Mario - another classic! this time in the gaming world. Never a game of Mario that I got bored. nung ni-remake ung Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo DS, really have to have one! :D Great game! Kung may Wii lang ako for sure, hindi mawawala ang Mario games! :D
  10. "M" - naging crush ko ito haha :P matagal din baka na-getover.. :P sa mga nakakaalam, SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
So there! Took me 2 days to fill this up! Mahirap din pala! So... who should I tag??? so a new letter.. and the magic letter is ......
"A"

so for the persons i'm tagging.. you'll do the letter "A", the instructions are up there :P and NO TAGGING BACK!!!! and here are the person i'm tagging...

  1. MicMic
  2. Charlene
  3. Elissa
  4. Howard
  5. Irene
  6. Jam
  7. Jazel
  8. Phobee
  9. Leslie
  10. Leigh
Good luck!!! :D

Friday, April 04, 2008

Veni, Vidi, Vici PHARMA!!!!

after a week long studying for the Pharmacology remedials, I passed the remedials! whew!

I was quite shocked when I received a text message that I was in the list for Pharmacology remedials.. my heart dropped.. I really didn't want to study them all ALL OVER AGAIN.. :(

But still, I gathered up some courage and accepted the challenge.. (kahit no choice talaga haha). Kidding aside.. I guess it's still a blessing for me that I took the remedials. I can more or less say that I understood pharmacology better. I had a week to study.. no other distractions unlike nung may pasok na ang daming subjects na inaaral. And memory retention is longer, hopefully. Kasi I'm not studying it just to get a good grade for the quizzes or exams. I'm studying it to understand it better.

When I was reviewing my previous exams, I can't believe how stupid I was to even choose the WORST answer, no connection to the questions. hehe ;) Learn from your previous mistakes. :P

V-neck here I come!!! :D

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Earth Hour: Turn off lights on March 29, 2008

I heard their campaign over the radio. And I find it very interesting. It encourages people to turn off their lights for an hour 8:00pm to 9:00pm on March 29, 2008.

Here's something about the organization:

About Earth Hour

On March 31 2007, for one hour, Sydney made a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming – coal-fired electricity – by turning off its lights. Over 2.2 million Sydney residents and over 2,100 businesses switched off, leading to a 10.2% energy reduction across the city. What began as one city taking a stand against global warming caught the attention of the world.

In 2008, 24 global cities will participate in Earth Hour at 8pm on March 29. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis. It is about simple changes that will collectively make a difference – from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty, to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.

So let us all turn off our lights on March 29, 2008 and support this campaign! :D

for more info visit www.earthhour.org

Friday, March 21, 2008

Reflections: Lenten 2008

2nd Year of Medicine was indeed not a breeze... I made a promise to myself that I'll aim to get all my subjects' grade in 80+. But I guess I wasn't able to fulfill this promise. I'm quite disappointed in myself... I've tried to change my study habits, but still I wasn't able to reach this goal. But looking at it, I got to learn more about my strengths and weaknesses. I found out that I'm more into visuals and I'm more of a deductive thinker. It's during this year that I understood the basics like physio, biochem, histology, and anatomy. kaya eto nanaman ako sa pharma.. I've asked God for a sign, during my first year, that IF I fail one subject, kahit minor or major, I'll take it as a sign this career path is not for me, that I should rethink my career and goals in life.

This 2nd year, I joined the MedGleeClub, and it was really a fun and exciting experience. Being able to enjoy my first love, music, alongside studying my "calling," Medicine. I joined medical missions of FilChiMSA, and I am enjoying it! Being able to interact with people, listening to them, teaching them what to do to avoid this and that. Very fulfilling... :D

Friday, March 14, 2008

Pharma had me Suicidal.. Suicidal.. But I'll say IT'S NOT OVER!

Pharma had me Suicidal.. Suicidal.. But I'll say IT'S NOT OVER!

Grabe... ung exam kanina... kung nosebleed ang Parasitology finals.. and hemorrhoid rupture and Pathology Finals.. ang Pharma finals.. Hemorhaggic shock due to trauma to the cerebral vessels. Grabe... grabe lang ang masasabi ko...

as I said before, crucial ang Finals namin sa pharma because ito ang magdedecide kung papasa ako or magremedials. The moment I got the papers.. parang magreremedials na ako ng tuluyan.. pero nung kalagitnaan.. parang ito ang hihila sa akin pabagsak at maging irremediable ang grade ko.. which I'm hoping na hindi mangyari..

I still don't know how to study pharma.. for the past long and shifting exams, NAG-ARAL ako. Pero bakit parang hindi tumutugma ung inaaral ko sa exam nila? Or dahil sa oversaturated with information kaya hindi ko masagot ung mga tanong. Kakainis..

Parang nawawalan na ako ng pag-asa, but I still have to fight. I'm still hoping that I'll pass the finals kahit mukhang malabo.. na sana may magic na mangyari at tama ung mga sagot ko na halos hindi ko sure kung tama...

It's really impossible to study for the finals.. lalo na cover-to-cover. one day is not enough.. sa dami ng drugs and side-effects.. imposible talaga.

Bakit pharma? Bakit ang hirap nung finals? Bakit ung mga tanong parang hindi naman common na must know??? Eh dun ako nagfocus.. bakit?

I'm crossing my fingers.. sana hindi ganun kabagsak... sana pumasa ako.. kuing hindi, sana remediable.. suicidal na talaga to...

bakit kasi naging 15% of the 5th shift grade ung MPPRC?! Eh ang hirap din nung exams nun... tapos malabo pa kung anong grade binibigay ng panel... buwisit.. sana 35% na lng ung final exam of the 5th shift grade... bakit naman kasi 50% eh!!! ok na sanang panghabol ung Research, Seminar, and Lab Grade pero 35% lang silang tatlo... buwsit.. namomoblema tuloy ako sa finals...

which reminds me of Patho finals too... wahhhhhh

oh well... FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Still Holding On....

Still hoping...

Pharma.. just had our Pre-finals yesterday.. I passed the exam.. THANK YOU GOD!
But still.. it's not enough to pull my average score up to passing.. :( May Finals pa.. 50% of the 5th shifting grade.. the other 50% i did okay naman.. Sana makahabol ako.. ayaw ko naman mag-remedials.. I want to pass it.. *sigh*

Pre-finals/4th shifting exams week... STRESSFUL... I think I did ok sa ibang exams.. ewan ko lang sa SURGERY, for which the questions where from.. Ano ba talaga ung Surgery 1? Kala ko ba PRINCIPLES of SURGERY.. bakit puro clinical questions un? Naulit nga ung questions nung 4th quiz sa exam pero hindi namin alam kung ano ung tamang answer dun.. :(

Parasitology.. nakakagulat, puro Malaria and Trypanosomas ung lumabas.. sana un na lang focus ko nung nagaral ako. Fav subject ko pa naman ;)

Medicine exam.. kumusta naman.. I should've focused on Bates na lang..
Patho exam.. giveaway! THANK YOU PATHO! Buti ka pa, may malasakit.. hindi katulad nung.... ;)

So basically, Microbio na lang sa Monday for the last leg of the pre-finals. And yes.. hindi natuloy ung 3 exams namin for Tuesday.. they moved Ethics and MPPRC to March 18.

A few more days to go.. have to hang in there...

Hoping to pass them all...

Sa stress ko kahapon.. recorded one song, which turned out ok. It was a Japanese song. "Forever Love" by Tanaka Roma. Of course, for my ears only.. it's not really perfect hehe you have to convince me if you want to hear it haha may isang part dapat female ung kakanta, two verses lang, did falsetto, pero parang hindi maganda.. but it's recorded for the mean time..
Namiss ko siguro Glee Club practice kaya nakapagrecord ako ng kanta haha ;)

Inuupload ko na ung MGC performance Videos nung Terps concert sa Youtube.. ;)

Tsaka na ako magsusulat about Jun Lozada... basta my stand on this issue.. I'm not taking any sides.. ang daming hypocrites sa government.. very disappointing... "Let us follow the Rule of Law.. the Constitution.." pero "Gloria Resign" din ang sigaw niya.. HYPOCRITE!

I'll just let you guys ponder on this:
Just because HE spoke against the government, that made HIM the TRUTH?

UST... United in Search for Truth... bakit SIYA na ung kinakampihan nating mga Tomasino? Gaano na ba tayo kasigurado na ang katotohanan na ang kanyang nilalantad?

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Need MORE Time....

*Beep beep beep*

My brain's crashing.... Medicine is bad for your overall health.. (Psychologically, Biologically..) Torture ito...

TOXIC!!! I wanna have a LONG LONG VACATION... 2 more weeks to go...

Toxic month this february... wala nang tigil ang mga exams.. then here comes March! Kakasimula pa lang, nagmumura na ng mga EXAMS!! especially the coming TWO WEEKS! YES this is not a typo, it is TWO WEEKS!

Get a hold of our schedule!

Nakakapikon lalo na yung Medicine 1, they just announced Friday that there will be no 4th shifting exam, kaya FINAL EXAM na daw..the ***#*@$*#, kumusta naman! From the start ung coverage! tapos they just announced it friday... this coming week is supposed to be for the 4th shifting exams ONLY! Why do they have to schedule their finals on the 4th shifting exam week!
Buti pa ung Anesthesiology, they said no shifting exam for them kaya sa Finals na lng daw, and hindi pa ito comprehensive... Why sabog na sobra ung Med1.... And take note of our Exam sched for the Shifting week...

March 4 - Med1 (8-10), Ethics2 (10-12), MPPRC (12-1) WALANG BREAK~!!!! tapos comprehensive pa ung Med1, hasn't it occured to them that we still have regular classes on March 3?!? We have 3 exams in March 3 din!!! Until 4pm pa ung class namin! How would be able to study SIX different subjects in ONE Weekend!? THE %$%&$&.. March 3, jam packed din schedule namin! Surgery Quiz 10-12, Micro Lab Quiz, 12-1, then Parasitology Practicals 1-4pm!! Tapos ano yan di na ako matutulog bukas!? Eh birthday pa ng Mom ko March3!? Can I just take a BREAK!?

March 5 - Surgery Shifting and Parasitology Shifting
March 6 - Pathology Shifting (Crucial.. very crucial...)
March 7 - PHARMACOLOGY!!!!!!!!! (Make or break na!!!! VERY CRUCIAL too!!!!) darn...
March 10 - Microbiology

March 11 - NO EXAMS!!! PERO ARAL PA DIN!!!! FINALS WEEK COMING UP!!! Which means from the very beginning ung coverage.. YES from June lessons... 120 points!!!

March 12 - Surgery Finals and Parasitology Finals
March 13 - Patho Finals and Anesthisiology Finals
March 14 - PHARMACOLOGY FINALS!!!!
March 17 - Microbio Finals
March 18 - MED1 Finals sana ung nakasched for this day... sana dito na lang ilipat... Para WE HAVE MORE TIME TO STUDY!!!!

March 19 - INTEGRATED COMPREHENSIVE EXAM!!! 200 items!!! from 1st year subjs to 2nd year subjs!

PENITENSYA na ata ito ng mga med students before the Holy Week... Makasurvive kaya ako?! Just looking at my planner, toxic na ako sobra.. gusto ko na itapon ang sarili ko.. I WANT TO HAVE A LOOOOOOOOOOONG VACATION... 2 weeks na lang..........

Friday, February 15, 2008

"I got ZERO!"

Guess you know this Colgate commercial ;)

didn't really like it, but JC (those from Bio knows him), gave it a twist, alam niyo naman si JC, majoke.. just a frew hours before the Pharma LONG quiz... sabi niya: "Paano kaya kung may paid advertisement yung Pharma? ganito siguro yung commercial nila....

"This is a paid advertisement of the Department of Pharmacology..." tapos isa isa daw kaming lalabas sasabihin "I GOT ZERO!"

and indeed... it happened... hahah although hindi naman zero sa Long quiz but we got the Prescription wrong... wrong drug ung sinulat namin.. kaya... "I GOT ZERO!!!"

so much for my LONG date with Katzung Pharma... yet.. i got dumped sa long quiz! hahah ;) gotta try harder sa shifting exam!! last chance na to be able to pass!

... buti pa si Robbins Pathology... pinagbigyan ako sa isang quiz... did ok in the one of the two quizzes of Pathology today.. although ung isa not pretty sure if I did well.. ;)

hay...

Thursday, February 14, 2008

I got TWO dates this Valentine's!!! :D

But before everything else... I want to greet you all....
Anyway... yeah, i got TWO dates! :D I'm SOOOO happy! (sounds sarcastic?) hehe

and here they are...

diba? soo nerdy...
sobrang sikat sila! especially Pharmacology... around 400 students are dating him! Patho naman section lang namin.. 100 students! seee?! Sino pa ba ang may pinakamaraming date sa isang araw!? :P

Anyway.. back to my date.. baka magtampo na sila ;)


Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Kiong Hee Huat Zai! Kung Hei Fat Choi!

“春到了!” (Spring is here!) Chinese New Year is also a celebration of the coming of the spring season! ;)

Happy RAT Year! :D

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Medical Specialty Aptitude Test

took the test that eugene posted in his multiply site. http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/Home.cfm

very interesting, because before I started medicine, I had been inclining myself to take Oncology as my specialty. Recently, there are a lot of other choices that I'm now inclining myself into, like Internal Med, Gastro (i'm taking it as a sign kasi ung 2 cases namin sa MPPRC are all GI case, then decury facilitator is also a Gastroenterologist, tapos ung adviser namin sa FilChiMSA is also one), Lab Medicine like Micro and parasitology (ito lang ata ung subject na super okay ako) haha ;) and also Radiology (because of MPPRC)

Surprisingly, the results of this Aptitude Test, gave quite "accurate" results.

Rank Specialty Score
1 general internal med 45
2 dermatology 45
3 gastroenterology 44
4 radiology 44
5 occupational med 44
6 psychiatry 43
7 nuclear med 42
8 general surgery 42
9 rheumatology 42
10 med oncology 42
11 hematology 41
12 emergency med 41
13 radiation oncology 41
14 neurology 41
15 ophthalmology 41
16 pediatrics 41
17 pathology 41
18 plastic surgery 41
19 pulmonology 40
20 endocrinology 39
21 cardiology 39
22 anesthesiology 39
23 allergy & immunology 39
24 physical med & rehabilitation 39
25 urology 39
26 obstetrics/gynecology 39
27 neurosurgery 38
28 otolaryngology 38
29 thoracic surgery 38
30 aerospace med 38
31 nephrology 38
32 preventive med 37
33 orthopaedic surgery 36
34 colon & rectal surgery 36
35 family practice 35
36 infectious disease 35

nakakagulat no? ung nasa top 4 ung mga inclinations ko.. surprisingly Oncology placed 10, and Infectious diseases (which i think un din ung parasitology and microbio) placed last. Dermatology? nakakatuwa, we haven't taken it up, we'll see sa 3rd year.

I was planning this.. I'll take Internal Medicine, then subspecialize as Gastroenterology then subsubspecialize as Colon cancer etc heheh ;)

oh well, have many 2 more years to go before I graduate, many time to think ;) baka sa 4th year (clerkship) magbago pa isip ko ;)