koko & everything else

koko & everything else

Saturday, July 17, 2010

ANIMO LASALLE! Doctors of DLS-UMC... living up to the Lasallian Values....


i admit... i am no fan of hospitals... i dont like speaking to doctors coz they seem to always have bad news (some kinda new illness ive developed... yes... i dont live a healthy life so probably its my own fault.... but thats not the point hehe)

but aside from the doctors' habitual bad news speech, they seem to be irritated, in a hurry, bored, tired/exhausted to explain... etc.... (even if it was the patients' fault that they cant explain how they are feeling... some doctors are just plain rude)

but just this week... i brought my grandma to the hospital... she wasnt really horribly sick... just some things to check on when you get to a certain age... so i got her to DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER....

no... i didnt brought her there coz i am just so loyal to my alma mater... (although yes, its related to DLSU-MANILA... its still not the same place) i chose it coz i trust the name... i mean here in the philippines... DLSU is a name popular to all... and i thought they wouldnt try to stain that name synonymous to excellence... right?

anyways... we got there... we were scheduled... however... kinda mixed it up... the doctor were supposed to see was out for that day... so i hurriedly asked the info desk for another cardio available that day...

the guy on the front desk typed somthing and VOILA ... a doctor and a room number...

so i got my grandma there... although the place was not air conditioned... and it was pretty warm... it wasnt as bad as some hospitals... ( and i do sweat a lot... so even if it was air conditioned... i may feel some heat ... still)

by the time the secretary called up my grandma's name... my first thought... "OH NO... HERE COMES THE LONG TALK FROM THE DOC"

BUT HEY>.. I WAS WRONG.... the doctor, Dr. Nicolas was very pleasing... she was so nice and really checked on my grandma... she spoke to her very nicely... and very respectful... and she constantly looked at us... to make sure we follow what she was explaining... for the first time i felt very relaxed and very safe with this doctor... A ROUND OF APPLAUSE for DR. NICOLAS....

then she gave us a referral for consult to the neurologist.... we were sent to DR. ESAGUNDE's clinic...

i thought.... okay... maybe we just hit the jackpot with DR. NICOLAS... but hmmmm maybe this next doctor would be the doctor image up in my head...

but to my mistake... again... DR. ESAGUNDE was plain... GREAT!!! he explained so thoroughly what the condition may be... how it can affect.. all the complex medical stuff he interpreted so simply... for us to understand...

he really made us understand all the details... even my grandma was impressed with him... he was gentle, very accomodating and very friendly.

i cant believe i would say this... but i kind of enjoyed the trip to the hopsital...

i dont know if its their training there or what... but the DLS-UMC doctors are people to be praised... aside from their very respectable positions, they are good people who try to reach out to their patients...

i mean.. ive seen doctors... many of them... but very seldom do i find these kind... specially in the same roof...

this experience kinda made me feel so proud that im a LASALLIAN.... this is a LASALLIAN values expressed in the form of service...

ANIMO LA SALLE!!!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY: The devastating "Ituro mo, Katay ko" Signage along Daang Hari



i will leave for a while the usual angst and sarcasm i do around this blog page... to go and say something about ANIMAL CRUELTY....

first... i shall not pretend that i dont eat pork... chicken... beef... YES... i do eat those things... i am no vegetarian.. i completely love food and all its variants...

but as i was driving to work... i was driving along the end of daang hari toi alabang... it was right beside the newly opened seaside market... and this shocked me more than anything....

on the far side of the seaside market was a little fenced area where GOATS are kept captive.... although i found it cute for them coz some of them were running around... from afar you would think they were playing with each other...

it was really nice... but then to my horror... i saw the signage... hanged against a small shack beside the fences... it says...

"ITURO MO, KATAY KO" (Translation: POINT IT, AND ILL BUTCHER IT... or something like that... i such at translations)

i am so devastated for the little GOATS... i mean there they were playing and running thinking they are well taken cared of... If only they could read the sign...

what gives US the power to end some innocent creature's life... it really feels bad... for how many days now... it has been bothering me...

i am no hypocrite... i do eat meat... buit the way it was presented in the scenario... it was plain cruel...

i feel so bad for them.. and now sometimes... i feel so bad too when i eat... although,.. yes... a sunmptious meal would still flip me over... but the way these animals were killed everyday just for us human beings to feed... it was disgusting...

and so... yes,,, i am not gonna turn into a vegetarian anytime soon... but i wanna share this,,, to all people out there...

JUST STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY... do you think that signage is simply captivating??? NO... it is simply cruel, ignorant... plain BAD.

let those animals live the life they want... free!

I mean, yes, we need to eat... but do you really have to do it like that? JUST STOP...

NOTE: I shall try my best to capture a good photo of the place... its just hard driving and taking a pictuire at the same time.. but i will SOON... promise....

Monday, July 5, 2010

Doomsday Versus Boredom



Today is July 7, 2010... and i am really having a bad day....

there are little things thats making me really pissed off today.... some i cannot share with this blog for it may be sensitive issues.... (by that i meant... someone might kick my ass staright to where i came from if i even blogged down a hint of what im saying)

so to keep my ass safe and sound... i wold rather just speak in general terms.... YES... i am having a bad day... hearing bad news... getting bad "emo" drama-rama and bad comments and snarls here and there....

but then i was chatting to my friend mai the whole day... well almost... as she was now complaining of a very BORING DAY....

so now... we came into this crossroad... is it better to have an INTERESTING BAD DAY? or have a DULL, ACTION-LESS BORING DAY?

i was quiet for a moment... (very quick moment) i spaced out for a little second... i was thinking if what would id rather have.... DOOMSDAY OR BOREDOM...

i would wanna say i would rather have a smooth sailing boring day... but then again... im more of the active type of gal.... i would rather have an intense DOOMSDAY event of my life... than just stare at the monitor for one whole day doing nothing and thinking about nothing... bored enough that i am not even interested to hear whats for supper tonigt....

so the VERDICT?

yep.... a bad day full of weird things and bad things and all sorta things would be fine by me... its better than nothing right?

BTW,,, one weird thing happened to me today... theres this person named ERICA CANTERO (something like that) she added me on Facebook... and i kinda just accepeted the invite without really looking at her profile... then today she sent me a message through IM and telling me over and over i was "GAGO"

hahaha i was smiling that moment... thinking... wow... just another weird thing today... but i had no energy to deal with it.... so the SOLUTION? block her... hahaha i mean i wouldnt waste my time finding out who she was... im just hmmmm what should i say... just plain tired of today's craziness.... another crazy person couldnt really make my day more interesting hahaha

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Twilight Saga: Eclipse Review



i am not going to give the usual movie review... well that is surprising...! (sarcastically said)

I am not a fan of TWILIGHT and NEW MOON... i watched the first one in DVD... and i wasnt impressed... it was poorly directed and i just couldnt get the idea of a LOVESTRUCKED vampire... i mean... i love vampire movies... i watched INTERVIEW IWTH THE VAPIRE, UNDERWORLD, etc... it was action-packed and yes, there may be the angle on love... but not so much revoilving around it... but witrh TWILIGHT... it was like the world revolved around love... and even a creatuire without soul... yes... i am pretaining to EDWARD ( and just by mentioning his name could make a pack of girls screaming with infatuation) would feel this kind of LOVE that could surpass any mountains ,,, blah blah blah.... and even create a war coz of that blah blah blah....

okay that whole paragraph sounded like BLAH... i know...

and i couldnt believe im gonna say this... ECLIPSE was great... THANKS TO ITS SCRIPTWRITER...

the dialogues... were just clever... its funny but not STUPID FUNNY... it was sort of plavced in the right places... it was well thought out... creatively written i could say;... i mean it were simple lines... but had double meanings to it... and it fits perfectly to the situation, to the character and all that...

and i would like to announce that i am in favor of the DOG... yes.... i liked JACOB... not because he is hunky... but he fits the werewolf character... ahahaha he really is like a pet to BELLA>... hahaha

there was this scene... when JACOB (as a dog) went up to BELLA and like rubbed his face against bella... and bella brushed his head.,.. (yes... like a dog) and i kinda thought it was cute... hahahah

and i love how egotistically conceited JACOB was... bbut still had this DOGGY like PUPPY like character... sweet... just like a dog

i know i am seeing Jacob as a dog... but he really was like that in the movie...

another thing i find decent about this movie... is well DAKOTA FANNING being the bad ass guardian of the Volturi... well she has grown up... and i like how emotionless she was in the movie... playing all cool and just plain BAD....

though i would love to see more action... fight scenes with the creatures... but it was fine.... atleast the ECLIPSE was well written and executed very smoothly... not like that of NEW MOON... which had the worse ending of all time... no thanks to the director... hahaha