Blog Awards :-)

A couple of days ago, a good blogger friend, Rick, (who is the epitome of good vibes and positivity) tagged me with these awards. :-) Yey! I love these! Thanks! :-)

(Or if I said that to you in person, I would go, "Wow, Thanks! Super!")

haha.

Anyway, this is a good award...it only requires that I share ten random facts about me. Something which does not require much thought, as it is 2:30AM, and this is not a good time for "heavy thinking", nor "over"-sharing, to use the phrase.. :-)

And so, here you go, ten random things about moi (with occasional pictures).

1. This morning at church, I met my cousin Ria's son, Riley, who was still in his mom's tummy when I last saw him. That's him, sticking his tongue out, the other little boy in orange is Nate, my cousin. I owe my godchild a present four years running now. lol. uh-oh...
He's a cutie,and very affectionate. A really happy kid.

2. My ma is a really good shopping partner. Aside from paying for things (most of the time), she has great taste. And though we are very different (polar opposites, i might add), I find myself borrowing clothes/shoes from her on certain occasions.haha.

3. I'm positively ecstatic about going to Boracay this weekend.  :-) It is fun in the sun with my friends from the hospital...and I want to go parasailing. Pronto. :-)

4. I'm attending my friend Loreen's graduation from Medical School on Thursday. I told her I was going to Iloilo before going to Boracay on the same day and then she said, "But the 22nd is my graduation...you have to come, you're like my sister!" :-p This I have to say, she didn't have to twist my arm, 'cause it didn't take a lot to convince me to go, 'cause I loved these events, and I love dressing up anyway. haha.

5. Another important parental lesson would be, "You'll always get to do what you want and need when you're  good and ready."

6. One of my pet peeves is unsolicited hair advice. Every time I go to a beauty parlor, I'd get, "So, would you like to have your hair rebonded?" or, "You would really look pretty if your hair got rebonded..." AND, here's my personal favorite..." Are you fine with how your curling has damaged your hair? Let's get it rebonded."

And then I look around at the other ladies waiting, or having their toes done, and see that they all have straight(-ened) hair, including the shampoo lady whose chemically-straightened hair has seen better days, and I'm like, "Uhh, no thanks, I think I'll pass. Oh, and that straight-across trim across the back that they do that comes with it? ugh...not for me..  Nothing personal or anything, no offense meant to those who already had their hair rebonded/straightened, or etc.,because the look is sleek and sophisticated, but I just don't appreciate being asked to look just like everybody else. Democracy should include free choice of 'do.

(haha. anyway....)

7. One of my favorite cousins, Lalabelle, will be turning 29 on the 22nd. Happy Birthday, Earth Day baby!

8. I love reading/studying on the bus, with 'phones in my ears. The music acts like white noise and helps me think more clearly and absorb faster than if I were in an empty, silent room.

9. I don't like Pain. I have a high pain threshold, but if I can pop a pill for it, then why should I not? haha...there's no such thing as "dependence", for me. Pain meds, in their appropriate timing and dosing were made to make our lives easier, anyway...

10. The next time I start to feel "giddy" again, I'll remind myself to take my head out of the clouds and see if I wasn't just falling for the "smoke and mirrors" of it. Real, honest-to-goodness love entails so much more (from both ends). And no, I'm not bitter. That's just fact. And I learned. So...

I haven't found it yet, but I'm pretty sure, it'll be like shopping...you go around and around the shops looking for something, and when you see it, BAM, you just know.


(Or was that an immature suggestion again? haha)

Anyhoo, that was it...it's 3AM, and I have tons of "official" stuff to do in the morning, so I guess I'll check you guys out later.

I'd love to pass this award on to C. (the city boy-recent traveler), Ant the musician, Rudeboy, Chamie, my friend, Russ, Nitin, Ruthie, Sherry, Lalabelle, Doc Shing, Gaya, Brian, Doc Ness,Yakee and Auntie K (if she can take the time off to write an entry.haha).

* hugs *

Have a good week ahead!

~ S.

p.s. the health care post'll come later, doc.

"Most Neat", and Manny Pacquiao's recent win

My father’s “favorite” award is “Most Neat”.

It cracks him (the storyteller), and us (his listeners) up, whenever he jokes about how someone he knew got (and deserved) this award, for lack of anything else.

Now, up until yesterday, before I saw this…well, this “buffet”(or plethora, or cornucopia, haha) of award ribbons on the counter of one department store here, I had to laugh. There IS such an award, after all…

My father likes to poke fun at how, schools come up with the funniest little awards and labels for elementary school kids…especially in some public schools (if not all.)

The idea positively tickled… I figured that since it was March (graduation month here in the Philippines), stores would be selling all these ribbons again. They cost Php 3.50 apiece, which is pretty cheap for something so “coveted”. Students fight tooth and nail academically (or not really) just to get to go up on stage to have their proud parents pin these on them… It is a source of pride, even if you were only, “Most Neat and Clean”.

Everyone loves a winner. ;-)

They range from the simplest…

because you need props too for finishing, right? ;-)

To some awards that allow some benefit of the doubt. ;-) How does one gauge trustworthiness in a academic setting? Least cheating "citations?" Or was it probably because the most common recipients are the class treasurers?

 

Looking through the ribbons, I couldn’t help but think that I MAY want to give some of these out…

Ok, here’s a few…

This is a good one to ask for of a guy I’m going to be into. He should have a maths award. ‘Cause that would be like, hot. :-p But if he fills the other “criteria”, like…the list I mentioned in earlier blog entries, and has pink gums, then…hmm, I’d say, chuck it out the window. It wouldn’t matter.haha

I’d rather he’d have this "Most Loyal" award in his “collection”, though. Also known as the “Blinders Award”, this would be very very useful to ask for in a guy you’re dating. Personally, I’d like a guy who can make himself emotionally (and physically) unavailable (in "that" way) to any other female if he’s into me…it should be me and only me (because I’d grant him the same attention too.:-p). Blinders, because I’m referring to how horses that drive carriages have this thing on their heads which cover the sides of their heads so they’ll only focus on the road ahead. So they never go astray, and the driver never has any trouble controlling the ride. ;-)

Oh, I’d probably never get this one. I racked up points for being late passing paperwork in the last year of medical school, I even won an award for it, embarrassingly.in my life…and for any event, I’m almost always “just in the nick of time”. 

I'm aware of this bad habit, yes and I know it’s bad…but the adrenaline rush of beating a deadline is quite an addiction for me.

Anyway, looking through the piles, I only saw one that really interested me…it was amusing. 

How do the teachers decide who is “Best Reader”, then? By the number of times they made the librarian's bulletin board for "Bookworm of the Month"? The quantity of books they’ve read? Or if they can read the loudest? Or if they have the best diction when reading aloud? Haha… who knows?

Hmm…well, I’m a doctor, so, Best Reader…of People? Oh, I hope, I hope so…:-)

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Oohh...and props to Manny Pacquiao for winning! He was amazing! Clottey wasn't, though. Geez, it seemed like the whole time, he was just doing the turtle...keeping his hands to his face to shield from the blows. His coach even went, "Hey man, if you don't take chances, you're going home a loser..." A few million dollars richer, of course, but hey, a cowardly loser.


Oh, I love watching Manny fights...it's become a family thing over the years. Pop and I watch it with uncle dick whenever there's a match, and for this time, I treated pops to the showing at the Robinsons'.  First it was just the three of us, then suddenly more joined in (Greggy, Kuya Wing, Manang Ja)...even Tita Clarie, my cool cool auntie, who just got in from Toronto. We piled in the car and headed out to the mall. We had a blast.:-)


To be perfectly honest, I felt a bit apprehensive during the opening round, and feared that Manny might lose to Clottey...(I always feel this way every time during round 1, you know, with sweaty palms-effect and all, too. :-D I needn't have feared, though. Manny had "too much talent, and too much speed" to be brought down. Ha! Take that! :-D


Go Manny!

pic from here.

Clottey landed a few good punches on Manny, I have to give him that...but he was just too, I don't know, scared to take a chance?

Oh well.

Manny won. Chalk one up for the Filipino! :-)

Goodnight! (Got work tomorrow...)

love, love, love, 

~ Sonia