was never a fan of my father but..


nakita ko tong viral video na to sa newsfeed ko sa facebook. most often that not, kibit balikat lang ako sa mga viral videos not unless recommended ng close friend. pero aun, nacurious ako sa video and damn I was touched. You see I was never a fan of my dad but after hearing this kid’s version of “Dance with my father”, parang gusto kong halukayin ung memorya ko kung saan minsan naging superhero ko ang erpat ko. I can barely remember those moments though. It’s just plain sad. Anyway, my dad and I are okay. I guess that’s just enough for now.

So much for me being melodramatic.

Gotta go get some zzzzz’s…tata

 

nakakaimbyerna


wala kang karapatang sabihin sakin na hindi ko naranasan ang lahat ng dinaranas mo ngayon.

una sa lahat bago ka pa lang,

pangalawa, madami na akong pinagdaanan sa pagamutang ito na hindi mo alam.

at isa pa, mas madami akong trabaho kesa sayo.

kaya wag mo akong paandaran.

- sagot ko sa isang kabayang katrabaho ko na puro reklamo sa trabaho. nakakaimbyerna ng bonggang-bongga.

dati sampu ngayon bente na


siguro dalawang buwan na yung nakakaraan nung unang beses akong binigyan ng pera ng isa sa pasyente namin dahil natripan nila ung assistance ko during their treatment. nung unang beses nga akala ko minamaniac na ako nung matandang babae na nagbigay sakin ng 10 dirhams, makahawak naman kasi wagas, aun pala hinahanap nya lang  ung bulsa ng scrub suit uniform ko. wahaha

anyway hayway, kanina nabigyan ako ulit ng datung! kung dati 10 dirhams ngayon asensado na! 20 dirhams naman. nagulat part 2 ang lola nyo kasi mukhang mataray ung babaeng lokal na pasyente namin kanina tapos nung natapos na ung treatment sa kanya, inantay nya ako sa may pintuan ng treatment room tapos biglang may isinuksok ulit sa bulsa ng scrub suit uniform ko sabay sabi ng “that’s for you, shukran habibi! (thank you my dear in English)”. dahil nagulat ako, hindi na ako nakapagpasalamat kasi umalis sya kagad right after magbayad. nung hinatid ko ung nagamit na instruments sa sterilization room namin saka ko sinilip ung bulsa ko at nakita ko nga ung 20 dirhams.

at dahil may instant 20 dirhams ako, dumirecho kami ng 2 kong batchmates/dakilang tagalibre ko sa al dana cafeteria at chumibog ng 3 shawarma at half roasted chicken plus fanta softdrinks. instant 20 dirhams. instant kabusugan.

sa pasyente namin na nakalimutan ko ang pangalan, salamat ng madami at binusog mo kami.

sa uulitin. hahaha. peace out.

metal mouth


mula nung makapasok ako sa clinic namin, ang tagal kong plinanong magpalagay ng braces,

after 359 days, nakapagpalagay din ako, wahaha,

Photo_00013inshallah matapos ang treatment ko kasabay ng tapos ng kontrata ko.

wala akong balak umuwi ng Pinas na may kawad sa ngipin dahil hindi ko maeenjoy ung mga pagkaing namiss ko.

anyhow carabao, aun lang muna sa ngaun, ciao!

and then there was no light


15/01/13

no electricity. no internet connection.

my laptop is battery empty and so is my phone.

I don’t have food on my table yet.

had I been my old self, I would have gone berserk.

I would have been very pissed off, actually. but on the contrary, I feel very blessed.

my 3 ates (my flatmates) gave me candles for light without me asking.

one even offered me to use her gas stove so that I may be able to cook my food. (you see, our stove isn’t working at the moment since we’re reconstructing a part of our kitchen and unfortunately it’s that part where our stove is placed)

I was putting too much thoughts on what should I eat at that time

and then suddenly it dawned on me that I’m surrounded by love.  (weird eh?confabulation of ideas it is)

I realized that everywhere I go, someone is always there to look after me.

like how kuya Benj and ate Tzie looked after me when I was still new here in the desert. Like how my special someone looked after me until now. Like how my flatmates would give me food for lunch and dinner. Like how Mamu and Papu would give me “baon” every fridays enough to last me a week without cooking. Like how my friend Maida would ask how I was at work. Like how Jen and Jerrabeck (my batchmate in our clinic) would wait for me outside our clinic when its time to go home even though I still have lots of work to do.

my mom must have been praying lots for me to have been blessed with such walking angels in disguise.

despite of my everyday rants (in my head), I’m still lucky am I not?

I guess it is indeed true.

You could definitely see so much in darkness.

this is me in the dark.

this is me in the dark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

that one time…


11/01/13

that one time when the cinema was all ours to enjoy.

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there was a funny incident though. when the movie started, we were all so excited to know what Jack Reacher was all about when a big boat comes into the scene, one character starts singing then Hugh Jackman and Russel Crowe appeared and started singing as well. Maida asked “diba action ung papanuorin natin?”. We both checked out cinema tickets and it clearly say “Jack Reacher”. We laugh out heart out when we realized that the movie that was currently playing was Les Miserables. One of us mentioned (not sure who) “kanina ko pa inaantay, baka sakaling lumabas si Tom Cruise eh”. Turns out one of the staff switch the movies that was supposed to be played in another cinema. A Pinoy cinema staff came and apologized for what happened. :D

new year


2nd of January 2013

happy new year guys!

sure time flies fast. It has been 1 year and  9 days since I stepped into this piece of desert. I’ve met a lot of people. learned a hell lot. had fun. had pain. laughed a lot. cried a hell lot. ate a lot. lost weight. gained new friends. gained enemies. but still the same old brand new me.

I’m not much on the optimist side at the moment but one thing I’m truly thankful of is that I survived 2012. hope it will be better this year though I’m expecting the worst because I encountered this prediction that this year of the water snake isn’t the year for the year of the rabbit people. (since when did I believe fortune-telling?lol)

anyway, I don’t have a new year’s resolution.

opps. before I forgot, I started drinking milk now because my system is much intoxicated with caffeine. would that count as a resolution? eh I think not?

well, this is me. until I get to be motivated again to write something not nonsense (double negative?)

tata.