May 2011
“There is a special place in heaven saved for the people who treat burns.”
– My dad. Right now, I can clearly see why.
A Special Place
The burn unit is like a concentration/torture camp that ironically heals people. In this place one will see patients in their worst, some with no limbs, others with no recognizable face. It truly is heartbreaking to see patients in a physical condition like this. If the physical appearance is the window to ones soul, these patients are tortured souls. I’ve seen people scream their lungs out...
Loyalty
so manchester united lost the uefa champions league against Barcelona and Ferrari is doing a shit job in F1 compared to mclaren and red bull. This doest mean I’m changing teams, unlike some people I know.
My blood is still red. Pure, fierce, relentless RED.
“WOW!! THOSE ARE BIIIG SUTURES. But that looks good though.”
– My dad, Plastic surgeon. He’s not used to seeing sutures this big anymore.
A Moment of Focus
Being on duty in the PGH surgical ER of more commonly known as the “SOD”’ medical students are given the opportunity to suture wounds there and then. It quite the experience of people who are interested in the field because suturing is one of the things that define surgery.
The thing with suturing is you only get it right if you practice, you only get better the next time you...
My Tumblr is my Internet stream of consciousness
youngerbemis:
It’s disjoint and fanciful, and at times, a flood of images washes over and kills the words with its incoherent quality, much like the general attitude and response of my consciousness to reality.
Old Dog, New Tricks
Just revisited my past, as a graphic designer. When it comes to doing graphic stuff, I used to be really in to it a couple years back, BECAUSE IT WAS ASKED OF ME. I did things my way and shared my style to the ones who succeeded me. Through out the years I thought my successors were getting better and I sort of had this sense of being an old has-been in that realm and in my circle but today i...
“That looks very thick and black”
– Dr. Valdez, his comment on my repaired ACL on MRI. Just 2 more weeks of plyometric exercises and I can officially play football. OMG.
Too Much
It’s chaos out there. Lots of things I need to address and fix. Lots of problems I see bothering me in the future. It’s not much right now but it could pile up sooner than expected. I feel my back is up against the wall right now but ironically, my mind isn’t reacting the same way. Maybe I’m just having a bad day, thanks to that ass hole radiologist who messed up my...
Videography
Something I’ve been fascinated by these past few days. I’ve been watching videos at Vimeo and I’ve sort of convinced myself that I want to take a shot at videography. Its going to be challenging and I have a lot to learn but I can tell what is nice and sort of find myself running ideas through my head on how to showcase things and bring out the best in them through moving...
Liverpool loses to Tottenham, Arsenal loses to Aston fuckin Villa, Chelsea draws with Newcastle… some people aren’t in the mood to win recently. When theres no hope in winning the ultimate goal, there is no point.
“It’s good to be back, good to be bad.”
– my brain, after driving fast without a licence.
Shifting Out
just finished two weeks of General surgery. I enjoyed most of it but at times it seemed dating with all the things needed to be done however, once started, it just seemed more of blurry breeze… As an intern, assisting in the OR starts to become a second nature to some. Aside from being familiar with the I struments, you get a sense of what the surgeon is trying to do at a given moment and...
Compassion
I just extracted blood from a HIV positive patient. The only precaution I took was putting on double latex gloves and of course the proper and safe technique for extracting blood as I do with all my patients. The nurse offered me a special “infection control” mask that had an eye shield to be extra safe but I decline. I knew it was unnecessary and also, it would make the patient feel...
“Post duty status, Mothers Day Lunch, Pacquiao win, a Ferarri podium finish, and...”
– My brain, I will definitely wear my Man U jersey tomorrow
Thoughts
with all this mumbo jumbo about the RH bill going on, I was thinking to myself that it won’t be long till I get to experience first hand what the controversy was all about. So as I was hearing mass today, one which I actually appreciated since the priest talked about having and appreciating different perspectives in life, I got a bit disturbed by the parish having a pray that obviously tries...
Dream a little dream: Lucero x 2 →
josephineanne:
It’s great being blockmates with my brother. More things to share. I think it couldn’t have come at a better time. There’s no one I trust more in my class than my brother. Good to know we have each other’s backs.
It’s also a lot of fun when we confuse the hospital staff. Take for instance, our…
Familiar
I got called the other day to conduct a patient to manila doctors for a coronary angiogram. I was expecting a long boring trip with a patient that have not encountered so i decided to bring so things to help pass the time and minimize patient-intern interaction. When i saw the patient, i knew him coincidentally as a senior alumni of my frat. Took a look at his records and his attending was the...
“Daym…”
– my brain.
After waking up from a 12-hour slumber coming from a 24-our duty, (I skipped a meal) I saw a flat tummy with hints of abs.
