House

I am hooked on House!

I just started watching House last Saturday on AXN and caught its 2nd episode last night. I think I like it because I learn so much for it. It's just weird that Dr. House would rather not be emotional and cure the patient, rather than be emotional with the patient and not being able to do anything about the illness. Just last night, he mentioned that he has beena doctor for 20 years .. wow! That's why it was easy for him to look at someone and know what's wrong, without even checking the person. The last two episodes delved on unusual illnesses or diseases but it was nice to know things that we usually take for granted. I learned that vaccination is really important, that medical history is life-saving, that medication can be damaging, that clef chin is hereditary.

Anyway, just a side-trip .. I am blessed that I have amom, who's celebrating her 50th birthday to day, for taking care of our House (connected pa rin!) and all of us as well ;)

Walk-out

Have you ever walked-out on somebody?

I may have but cannot remember such incident. Although it's also likely that I haven't done it. I'm not sure ...

Has somebody ever walked-out on you?

Yes .. but not really because of me, just the whole class. Some teachers do this. One of our teachers just did it last night. She had her usual lecture. We thought she was in a good mood. And then nobody volunteered to answer her question about a case. I'm pretty sure that a number of us read the case. We probably just didn't know how to answer the question to our teacher's expectation .. maybe we were just afraid! Then, we were supposed to answer it in a sheet of paper. But guess what? Only a handful had paper! That made her walk-out! I won't take it away from our teacher .. it is her right. At the same time, I wouldn't let it eat up my system and worry over it. I'll just read and read. I respect her action .. that's the way the cookie crumbles!

By the way, since we're talking about walk, I just had to mention that I really like the song Walking in Memphis. I don't think a lot of people are familiar about it .. but it is just nice. I think using this song in an X-Files episode adds to its likeness factor for me. Hmmm... I wonder when I will be walking in Memphis.

Kadayawan!

Kadayawan is a yearly festival thanksgiving celebrated here in my hometown, Davao City!

I used to take it for granted .. with the usual beauty tilt, street dancing, bazaar, sale, parades and float.

This time around, I appreciated it more. Maybe because I have missed it the past 2 years.

Anyway, I'm proud of this festival of festivals.

Fruits are everywhere! Almost all types of fruits can be sold at P20 a kilo. There's rambutan, mangosteen, lanzones, durian, marang .. super dami talaga! I think I ate at least a seed of durian for the last 4 days. A classmate of mine even brought rambutan to share with us just so that it wouldn't rot .. because they have so much at home.

Last Saturday, the street dancing was held. Traffic was bad. We had to walk just to get to school to attend our make-up class .. but the walk was not bad, I'm OK with walking. And besides, I am conserving energy .. just like what our President tells us.

Celebrities! They were abound! They have had concert here there and everywhere. But I didn't go out to look for them. I just stayed at home and watched them at home. I'm a fanatic .. I know! But I am just not the type who will go out and soak in the sun just to see them .. hehehe .. defensive! But it was nice that they got to come here because it means business for our city .. hehehe!

Kadayawan was fun! Truly a festival of thanksgiving!

Nice

It's just nice when people who don't have much in life share whatever they have.

I got on a jeep last week where the driver offered some mangosteen that he just bought for P20. I was the only passenger at that time when he offered it. He said he is sincere in the offer, not just the typical Filipino who just offers out of respect. I said thank you, I'm okay. He just said that maybe because I just brushed my teeth (correct!). Anyway, he also offered some of his mangosteen to this other driver who changed his bill to coins.

Just this afternoon, our jeepney driver before offered a ride from the basketball court hanggang kanto .. for free. I was thankful and thought that it was nice of him knowing that the P5.25 I was supposed to pay him would go a long way in his family.

When I was a naive kid, I used to think that it was really nice for the Indonesian Consulate, near our home, to have all those flags when it's time for my dad's birthday. Eventually, I found out that my dad's birthday falls on the same date of Indonesia's Independence Day (or something like that). My dad used to say "buti pa ang Indonesian Consulate maalala ang birthday, ang gobyerno dito sa Pilipinas hindi jud." Hehehe .. Happy 55th Birthday Dad!

I ...

I got a 46.5 in my Persons exam .. really bad! Actually, nobody passed in 2 classes (approximately 80 students in all). Our highest was 71 and the lowest was 21! I have to make up for it!!!

I feel bad because I just missed an opportunity to catch up with my high school friends. I hope they understand.

I was touched when I read the blog of one of my closest friends. I never thought she really appreciated those letters I wrote to her during college. Honestly, I don't know the reason why I stopped. But I'm pretty sure it wasn't because she didn't reply that often.

I have to go .. gotta study!

ToyNk!

This is my third attempt as to posting blogs. Somehow, I didn't feel the first two... I got lost in the way so to speak.

And so after I toynked myself, I thought of blogging for the third time... so here goes!

After all, there are so many stories to tell, not just my stories but others as well (do I smell tsismis?).