Photos: Faces and Silliman University

Some pictures I took the past few days...

 

One of our consultants...He was the moderator at the Grand Rounds held recently (Aleah's). I took this one because I thought that this was the kind of pleased face you wanted to see at your grand rounds. :-)...The usually give you a beating. Acadmically, of course.

 No, I wouldn't dream of walking outside "This Area". Would you? (Plane ride home, some 30,000feet(?) up in the sky.)

Tennis Girls. March 28, 2011. Tennis is the one game where love is not the most important thing to score... But these little girls probably don't know that yet. I found them sitting up in the scoring booth "keeping score", while the graduation ceremony was going on. 

I pack light. Not. March 2011. 

When I got back, I brought my tennis rackets, some stuff from home, and the all-important cooler of comfort food, cooked by Ma, and some others by my titas/titos, who know my faves. Heck, I even got fried rice, the special kind my Tito cooks.  

:-)

Pick me up at the Irport? March 2011.

A Typo, of course, but the peeled sticker only added more charm. :-p

A shot of the strategic planning. This one is of a roomful of psychiatrists reaching for the sky. Not a common sight, mind you. (March 2011)

One of my favorite haunts when I was in College. The Library.
3 floors of absolute book heaven....oh how i loved this place! :-)
(I was at my cousins' graduation a few weeks ago, and I couldn't resist taking pictures like a good little tourist.)

Someone told me that someday I was going to get in trouble for taking pictures of strangers in "compromising" poses. Well... in my defense, I take pictures of the human condition...isn't that a good enough reason?

Back in College, this was where we played tennis...the gym had walls. It was a good idea for them to hack at the walls and install the big tarp. At least it was a fail-proof plan in case the rains came and ruined everyone's graduation make-up and shoes, right? :-)

(The court looks much more improved. It was shell when I was still at Uni.)

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Long day at work today.

Good night y'all!

Photo: Batman in Manila



Batman decided to do his crime-fighting on a moped, one hot Manila summer day...
(February 13, 2011. Roxas Blvd, Manila. PHoto by: S.)


Robin: "Holy Conolly, Batman!" (WHAM! POW!)

I saw this dude while I was riding a taxi, on my way home from the airport. lol. the dude definitely is a  character.

Photo: Light and dark

Happiness (and other things in life, besides) comes from within. You can't give any from without.

An important lesson I learned these past few days as a Resident...that to be able to teach, and teach effectively, you've got to do a whole lot of reading on your own.

(A friend of mine, who is also a Psychiatry resident said in her Christmas card, "Enjoy as much as you can, and learn as much as you can during residency!" :-) I fully intend to.)

Have a nice day, everyone!

It's Epiphany Day today. (Here's wishing you a good one, filled with the epiphanies you need. :-))

Love,

S.

Road Scenes

On the way home from work...

 

I like mirrors. I like this one scene that rearview mirror caught. Bus driver, and the getting-to-know-you couple in the back.

"It's a long long road, with many a winding turn..." 

I just hope this man makes it home in time for dinner. :-)

"Siesta"

A few minutes from where I work, they're building a wall that'll keep the rocks from falling down onto the highway below. As that part of the highway is cliffside, the congresswoman is making it part of her platform.

Would you strike up a conversation on the bus with a random stranger? 

The locals call this the "pedicab", the usual form of transportation from one town to the next (short distances), if you're carless.

 

Boy selling pig feed. 

Elsa. Owner of the little carinderia/sari-sari store/ Gossip center nearest the hospital.

"Convenience store". In those parts, stores are few and far in between. This just happens to be the closest. Pretty versatile too. They even sell hot water in the mornings.

"My Sister's Keeper." At first glance, I thought she was leading her daughter behind her. It turned out to be her older sister.  

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Last night while I was on-duty at the hospital, I found this e-book in my files about Street Photography, by Chris Weeks.  A short book, it was all of 160 pages of tips and mostly thoughts of the man. He was into capturing the moment, and being unabashedly passionately profane about it. Still, it was an entertaining, informative read.

Now I'll probably never own a Leica Rangefinder, but I'll always love telling stories. So here are some. He was right though, you can't make a photo "stick" with digital photography in the same way that it would on the Leica, but we can try, right? 

Our lives offer rich material. And, as recent memory holds true: 

 If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty. 

Rainer Maria Rilke 

(I took these with my trusty Canon SX 100 IS on the way home, just 'cause.)

For rainy days

Boy pulling Buoy. October 5, 2009. Dumaguete City.

"The Disappointment of Eleanor Rigby"

Eleanor Rigby is a character from a Beatles song. This must have been what she felt like.