giving myself a break

"Run if you like but try to keep your breath; work like a man but don't be worked to death" - Oliver Wendell Holmes

These days I find myself precariously stretched between home, career, and miscellaneous other obligations. This delicate balance includes my treatment plans for my patients, budgeting my salary for the half the month's expenses, caring for my dogs as well as keeping myself more competent.
Whatever the hand I have been dealt with, I always play it better if I try to atleast care for my own needs.
Help is easier to find if I plan ahead. I always organize my sked (not that I follow it religiously), balance my time between work, fun and relaxation. I try to make it easier with the help of my friends, laundry and household chores with ate Libeth(thank you te) and other important matters with Ramir. It makes my life a little lighter..


Asking for help is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of sanity.--adapted

GETTING STRONGER

Much as I love them both snow and summer has built a strong foundation for their relationship...it hasn't just affected their lives even if they're just pets...but it has affected us in the house..
I admire their loyalty...
I admire their faithfulness..what they have is really worth-keeping.. Snow being hooked up to just one man( as if she has a choice) and same with Summer...
I treasure each moment with them..most especially popoy being the fruit of their love...I love seeing them kiss each other now that Summer also returns back her kisses...I wish that they'd live longer as much as forever...for I will always bear the sanity that blossomed in me with them(despite the stress-bearing skeds that I have right now)
..as for Snow, I admire her cleanliness...inside and out...imagine licking popoy every now and then just to make sure he's clean..she even does that to Summer nowadays...

they're just pets, to some maybe...
but for me....ballistically speaking...they're the exclamation point of my LIFE..

work

I'm BACK!!! been really busy lately..
Work??? hmmmm had 5 extractions today, 6 orthodontic adjustments..a few cavity fillings and lots of oral prophylaxis..
I had this one interesting patient though, she had her first molar filled a couple of months ago..but she said it was still aching... she's 9 yrs old..when I was about to inject some anesthesia, she was screaming and kicking...her mom told me that she doesn't like needles..
thankfully I was able to talk her through about needles not always associated with pain..I went through the whole ordeal for like 2hours and I was able to extract her teeth.. and guess what?? she wants me to put her braces when she comes back =)
absolutely fulfilling!!!! =)

...from tita g

Beautiful lives don't just happen....
They are made, every single day, with much love,
prayer and sacrifice...
The many tasks we face each day can burden and oppress;
but spending time with God each day
can bring relief from stress..
Let us be reminded that,
IN THE END, only 3 things matter:
how you lived...
how deeply you loved...
and how gracefully you let go
of things not meant for you...

STAY HAPPY!!!

our fight..

Last night was our 5th year and 1 month celebration...and it turned out to be not exactly what we planned...

I went home early from work 'cuz Ramir and I were planning for a dinner date...
I was so excited then that I cut-out the remaining appointments for day..
When I arrived home, he told me to just take a nap before we go out. So I did...

I don't know what had happened, but when I woke up, I just got mad and same was he.
Grrrr!!! I hated it!! It was supposed to be memorable for both of us...
We didn't even sleep...we just stared at each other 'till dawn.
Then we exchanged i'm-sorry's..and hugged...
We didn't even get out to date =(

It's monday...and I woke up around 11:30 am...
I don't have work today, still our secretary has to fix my sked for this week until next month. =)


I just miss my family. Being with Ramir's family is like missing being with them...
I miss my sis, who'd lend me books and cd's out of the latest trend....
I miss my brother, who'd joke around and be the clown for supper conversations..('cuz he'd lackadaisically spit out terms which'r way too funny)
most of all...I miss papzy, cuddling with him at the hammock...kissing his armpits..and he'd kiss me all day while we talk about things... He's my inspiration. My conscience... that I should be humble in everything that I do...'cuz it all boils down into one thing----every person deserves the right road of life...the right way to live a life! =) I LOVE YOU PAPZY mwah*

I'm so thankful that ma and pa has filled our home with love, faith and happiness. They've brought me to where and what I am today. They made me feel loved and secured that I don't need to get that much attention from others, cuz I know that what I have with them is way way too much to ask for more.I'm so happy that faith has brought our family much closer, that everytime each one of us has struggles in life, everyone's there to capture and support us in all odds we can get. I'm so proud of my family, 'cuz we never fail to say our I love you's and and take care's. Not all family has the opportunity like ours. That's why I could not ask for anything else. I myself would like to have a family like that someday...I just pray that we'd all be in good health, and even if problems might strike us, I know our love and faith will extirpate the pain and wraths around us...we're ONE BOND, ONE LOVE, ONE HOME

Yes....you MIGHT be a dangerous critic....but then, why am I not afraid???

A LITTLE LOVE STORY

When I first knew you, the thought of having you in my life was one of the most wonderful things I could ever imagine.

To have gone from that moment in time to this moment when I'm happier than I ever thought any person could ever be, is all the proof I'll ever need...to know that miracles really do come true.


This is my love story...
...about YOU....

I love you. So much. And so amazingly. Each day is like a new page that I get the privilege of turning over, with a new paragraph for the morning, a sweet entry for the afternoon, and can't-wait-to-read romance that winds its way to the brightest stars anyone ever wished upon...

Ours is a story of two people, each with a journey in search of a distant horizon.
Two souls whose paths were allowed to cross, whose words felt right at home, and whose smiles discovered that walking the way together could lead to a kind of happiness that only comes along once in a lifetime.

We were given a gift that many people search all their lives for and never manage to find.
When I found you, I just knew how I wanted to fill the empty pages of my life.

I want to be with you...and I want this love story to have a very happy ending...
by never, ever ending at all...

...BE HUMBLE

When I wAS a kid my dad would always remind me that in everything I do..I should always stay humble...
Pride will cut you back, but always remember that only educated people have the ability to stand out and be listened,much more so that they always withstand to listen to almost everything or anything without losing their temper and self-confidence...

Be subtle, and never talk about yourself too much..for people might think of you as an ignorant...just wait, you'll see...even if you won't boast about yourself, people will tell and praise you with respect and dignified appreciation when your time will come...

LEARN TO UNDERSTAND THOSE WHO HURT AND IRRITATE YOU....


...this is not a feeling. Neither is it simply trying to forget the bad things this person has done. It is an act to the will and heart. It is giving a person something they have not earned the right to have---PARDON. It acknowledges that we have been wronged but it goes beyond that and extends mercy...

P-R-I-D-E

Pride always causes us to look down on others; to think that we are better than someone else. By its very nature pride is deceptive. But we can gain a new understanding from God of our sinfulness and our desperate need to humble ourselves, returning to Him in an attitude of weakness. Only in this state, which some call "brokenness," can we find the resources to love another human being. Love for one another must be our common ground.

LOVING DIFFICULT PEOPLE

The true meaning of love dawns on us when we find ourselves required to love someone who has hurt us or mistreated us...

When it comes right down to it, we need a good reason to love some people--a very good reason! It often seems much easier just to avoid them. Haven't you ever asked yourself, "Why bother? If she goes her way and I go mine, then we can avoid a lot of unnecessary conflict?"

Most of us are busy enough as it is, without having an extra burden of working through relationship problems that could be better handled by just staying out of each other's hair. It seems easier just to chalk it up to a natural personality conflict. Anyway, some people are so strange that no one could possibly get along with them. Right?

To love people we don't like is one of life's great challenges. It takes extra motivation and help from outside ourselves. For me, the greatest motivation to love people I don't like is God's love for me. When we struggle in our response to another person, we must remember that we are all sinners whom God has forgiven for so many things. If we cannot forgive others for their sins against us, then perhaps we have lost sight of just how much we have been forgiven.....

IT'S 4:45AM....

just finished cleaning the house (that's my OC personality)

i'm tired but i'm not yet sleepy, and I've already downloaded
23 songs from limewire..and i'm still not sleepy..

so I'm now acting as if I'm sleepy, how stupid..
I still have to wake up early for work..

H-E-L-P...

I'm P*SSED OFF with work right now...

I'm tired...just got home.. and i don't know how to relieve these stressfull events of this day!

breakfast

GOOD MORNIN' CEBU!!!

woke up early today 'cuz Snow's been buggin' me for the past 30 minutes...keeps on cuddling with my toes...

well, just did the routine, milk for my babies..
had light breakfast--bananas and scrambled eggs, coffee..
checked my itinerary for the day..
and i'm off to work in a couple of minutes =)

Good day to all of us =) mwah* ciao!

my fave movie "funny" quote

Coneheads
Neighbor: All men are pigs!
Prymaat: Ah, pigs: an omnivorous, domesticated, cloven hoof vertebrate that defecates the same place it consumes.
Neighbor: Exactly!

OUR ANNIVERSARY

just celebrated our 5th Anniversary last June 22...
t'was the most romantic day for both of us this year..
When we woke up, we hugged each other,
It was perfect! It started to rain (even more romantic, ayt?)
We went to the mall for some errands.. then we had dinner, a little chit chat( by the way, you guys should check out Casa Verde's new recipe--Surf and Turf--amazing! but I still love their baby back ribs)
Then we had a walk downtown...talked about our itinerary for the next day..had coffee.. I was on the middle of me talking to him when he suddenly laughed at me and held my hand...I was mesmerized at that moment.. I just wanted to kiss him at that instant..he's so adorable and I just love him being so silly at times...

VIDA, LILLY AND YEN'S SONG....

this was created way back in 2003...


POWER OF THREE


It's been quite a while for now
Laughter and tears has fulfilled our dreams
The day has gone we realized
We're one of a kind
It's the power of three, let's begin
Fightin' back our troubles and fears
Together fightin' back for we are here
It's the power of three, let's begin
Put on your seatbelts cuz this ride is free, it's free

It's gonna rock our world (rock our world)
Stars collide with Cyrus and Vidz
Put in with Yen's sublime splendored skills
Let it be Lilly, damsel in distress

It's the power of three, let's begin
Fightin back our troubles and fears
Together fightin back for we are here
It's the power of three, let's bagin

No one's gonna put us apart
Start our day with those shining smile
These are the things we're used to do
And we'll never get tired to say "I Love You too"

to yen and vida... I MISS YOU GUYS =(

i miss you mocha grande... huhuhuhu =(

The day I met Daday

Had a real tough day...got up 'round 8am and went to work....'thot I would be off by lunchtime..but exceedingly overtimed for about 4 hours(due to patient's demand)..had my lunch around 4:30 pm...
well I just wanted to share a little thought that I had:
People are different in so many ways right???
I for one had this lackadaisical thought that I would be one of the most distinguished dentist for all time...(that's just a thought so don't entertain it guys)
But I thank my parents for raising me well...they've been through all the financial struggles just to have brought up all their 3 children into well-grown up individuals..I wished and dreamed of becoming a well-known writer,a famous singer and a prima ballerina( you wish lilly!!) but none of these had happened...whew* Instead, fate lead me to become a dentist. When I first entered college all I had in my mind was just study and that's it. It never entered in my mind that I should at least indulge myself with all the applets of becoming one (like for instance I never thought that I could render service to the community---free clinics and stuffs like that never meant a single note for me and it was all about money.
....that has changed....
After our oath taking, and yes I was still earnestly jobless, I went out with my colleagues and had coffee. They talked about how interesting it was when they had their outreach program in one of the most deprived communities in Cebu..I had my thoughts though: that I could never join them 'cuz it won't earn me some mulahs. They said it's worth a try so I grabbed it...
Twas steamingly hot that resurrection day. All of us saw all these people lined up for the freebies: free medicines, free consultation, free dental services etc...
After lunch I went out for fresh air..I expected that we would be finished by then, but there were still lots of families outside hoping to get the free services. When I was about to go inside a girl suddenly poked me and asked if I could write. I answered yes, of course. So she got her 1 inched pencil, a sawed paper and pulled me out of the crowd. She said she had been waiting to be on line for almost 4 hours, but she couldn't.....I asked her why? She bluntly answered "Because I don't know how to write my name on the patient record pad". THAT STUCK ME AT THAT MOMENT....
I got interested about the life of the 9-year old girl I had spoken with...I began to ask her so many questions...where she lived, what's her parent's job, did they enroll her to school..stuffs like that...my colleague called me 'cuz we still had many patients to attend to.So I brought "Daday" (that's her name) inside and let her see the procedures that we usually do. All those time until we finished our free clinic she sat silent in the corner, carefully observing, meek and dazzled with the things she just saw. After I washed my hands I sat beside her and gave her my share for our snacks--a burger and soda. I asked her what does she want to be when she grows up. She said "I want to be like you. I want to do the things you do."
That day I didn't sleep. I couldn't get DAday out of my mind..I was thinking about her and if I could ever see her again. I felt bless and fortunate enough that I had parents who struggled so hard just to help me be what I am right now. Less are the people like me, 'cuz we wont realize how poverty has swept all of the dreams of children like Daday.
I do hope and pray DAday would be able to be what she wanted to be...I hope that I will see her again, fulfilled and successful. I just pray that God will provide her all the necessities that she and her family needs. I hope and pray for her good health and that every children like her wont be deprived of a bright future that they deserve.

FINALLY!!! had my orthodontic treatment done after 3 struggling, jaunting years!! AND OFF THEY GO... hee..and now I can see myself smiling =)