October 2012
1 post
May 2012
2 posts
“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything & make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best & expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past & press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side as long as you are true to the best that is in you.”
—Christian D. Larson
“A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is either, like the surgeon, a craftsman, or, like the physician and the psychologist, an artist. This means that in order to be a good doctor a man must also have a good character, that is to say, whatever weaknesses and foibles he may have, he must love his fellow human beings in the concrete and desire their good before his own.”
—Auden, W. H
April 2012
8 posts
“It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.”
—Ella Fitzgerald
“May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”
—Thomas Jefferson
August 2011
1 post
“Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte
June 2011
3 posts
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald
May 2011
1 post
“1. Believe while others are doubting.
2. Plan while others are playing.
3. Study while others are sleeping.
4. Decide while others are delaying.
5. Prepare while others day-dream.
6. Begin while others are procrastinating.
7. Work while others are wishing.
8. Listen while others are talking.
9. Commend while others criticize.
10. Persist while others are quitting.” —from the “12 keys to Internet Marketing success”
2. Plan while others are playing.
3. Study while others are sleeping.
4. Decide while others are delaying.
5. Prepare while others day-dream.
6. Begin while others are procrastinating.
7. Work while others are wishing.
8. Listen while others are talking.
9. Commend while others criticize.
10. Persist while others are quitting.” —from the “12 keys to Internet Marketing success”
April 2011
2 posts
“A few years’ experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.”
—George Mason
March 2011
14 posts
Lovers' Carvings
Bibio
the calm after the storm
NY is Killing Me (Prod. by Jamie XX)
Hoodie Allen (feat. Gil-Scott Heron)
now this 3-in-1 works on a late night cram.
“Bitch, we grow our food!”
—DavidSoComedy
“You see, how I figure this thing, we can all take over this game. If we come together, do this shit right, we can all have a piece of the pie.”
—Nate Dogg
To my family & friends
I’m okay here in the PI. We were fortunate enough to not be affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. It’s also been confirmed that we won’t be affected by the radiation from the nuclear plant explosion that was of consequence from the recent events, thank God. So please don’t be worried that I haven’t been replying to messages and IM’s. I’ve just been busy with exams—focusing on getting home soon :) Thanks for your concern and love; let’s continue to keep the lives of those affected in Japan in our thoughts and prayers.
Kat
“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.”
—Ann Landers
“My worst day is carefree, when I think about how you love me.”
—Talib Kweli
February 2011
3 posts
Play
My grammy predictions
I may no longer know what the hottest thing on youtube is, or what the hell is going on on CNN, Sports center or even TMZ for that matter; but one thing that stays fresh and new in my bubble that is med life is music. So what do I do on my free night? Grammy nom predictions :)
Upsets: Slim Shady, which I hate to admit, had a decent album and single.
Empty-handed: Bruno Mars and Katy Perry
Who I think were snubbed: LCD Soundsystem, Erykah Badu, Gil Scott-Heron, Marina & the Diamonds, Sia, Mayer Hawthorn, Aloe Blacc, Best Coast, Kid CuDi, M.I.A., Chrisette Michele, Zola Jesus, Far East Movement (yes I said it.), Raphael Saadiq, Charice (best new artist nom?), Toro Y Moi—just to name a few..
Expectations:
1. Record Of The Year (no gaga though?)
Nothin’ On You
Love The Way You Lie
F*** You
Empire State Of Mind
Need You Now
2. Album Of The Year (no LCD nom!)
The Suburbs
Recovery
Eminem
Need You Now
The Fame Monster
Teenage Dream
3. Song Of The Year
Beg Steal Or Borrow
F*** You
The House That Built Me
Love The Way You Lie
Need You Now
4. Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
5. Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
King Of Anything - Sara Bareilles
Halo (Live) - Beyoncé
Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
6. Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Haven’t Met You Yet - Michael Bublé
This Is It - Michael Jackson
Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Half Of My Heart - John Mayer
7. Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Don’t Stop Believin’ (Regionals Version) - Glee Cast (seriously?)
Misery - Maroon 5
The Only Exception - Paramore
Babyfather - Sade
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) - Train
8. Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Airplanes, Part II - B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
Imagine - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
If It Wasn’t For Bad - Elton John & Leon Russell
Telephone - Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
California Gurls - Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg
9. Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Flow - Laurie Anderson
Nessun Dorma - Jeff Beck
No Mystery - Stanley Clarke
Orchestral Intro – Gorillaz (mad biased choice)
Sleepwalk - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
10. Best Pop Instrumental Album (skip)
11. Best Pop Vocal Album
My World 2.0
I Dreamed A Dream
The Fame Monster
Battle Studies
Teenage Dream
12. Best Dance Recording (toughy)
Rocket - Goldfrapp
In For The Kill - La Roux
Dance In The Dark - Lady Gaga
Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna
Dancing On My Own – Robyn
13. Best Electronic/Dance Album
These Hopeful Machines
Further
Head First
Black Light
La Roux
14. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (skip)
15. Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance (skipsies)
16. Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Ready To Start - Arcade Fire
I Put A Spell On You - Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
Tighten Up - The Black Keys
Radioactive - Kings Of Leon
Resistance - Muse
17. 18. (skippin on the heavy metal.)
19. Best Rock Instrumental Performance (skiperoo)
20. Best Rock Song
Angry World
Little Lion Man
Radioactive
Resistance
Tighten Up
21. Best Rock Album
Emotion & Commotion
The Resistance
Backspacer
Mojo
Le Noise
22. Best Alternative Music Album (super toughy)
The Suburbs
Infinite Arms
Brothers
Broken Bells
Contra
23. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Gone Already - Faith Evans
Bittersweet - Fantasia
Everything To Me - Monica
Tired - Kelly Price
Holding You Down (Going In Circles) - Jazmine Sullivan (upset!)
24. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Second Chance - El DeBarge
Finding My Way Back - Jaheim
Why Would You Stay - Kem
We’re Still Friends - (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild
There Goes My Baby - Usher
25. Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Love - Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
Take My Time - Chris Brown & Tank
You’ve Got A Friend - Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
Shine - John Legend & The Roots
Soldier Of Love - Sade
26. Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (No Mayer Hawthorne? What the f.)
When A Woman Loves - R. Kelly
Hang On In There - John Legend & The Roots
You’re So Amazing - Calvin Richardson
In Between - Ryan Shaw
Go [Live] - Betty Wright
27. Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Little One - Bilal
F*** You - Cee Lo Green
Orion - Carolyn Malachi
Tightrope - Janelle Monáe & Big Boi
Still - Eric Roberson
28. Best R&B Song
Bittersweet
Finding My Way Back
Shine
Why Would You Stay
29. Best R&B Album
The Love & War Masterpeace
Back To Me
Another Round
Wake Up!
Still Standing
30. Best Contemporary R&B Album
Graffiti
Untitled
Transition
The ArchAndroid
Raymond V Raymond
31. Best Rap Solo Performance
Over - Drake
Not Afraid - Eminem
How Low - Ludacris
I’m Back - T.I.
Power - Kanye West
32. Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Shutterbugg
Fancy
On To The Next One
My Chick Bad
Lose My Mind
33. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Nothin’ On You - B.o.B & Bruno Mars
Deuces - Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
Love The Way You Lie - Eminem & Rihanna
Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Wake Up Everybody - John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common
34. Best Rap Song
Empire State Of Mind
Love The Way You Lie
Not Afraid
Nothin’ On You
On To The Next One
35. Best Rap Album
The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
B.o.B
Thank Me Later
Recovery
The Blueprint 3
How I Got Over
36. Country categories, Lady Antebellum upset probably
January 2011
1 post
I got you.
Two years of living in the PI has become a mind-blowing and humbling experience for me; and i’m truly blessed to have this opportunity to learn from its people and live as my parents and grandparents have once lived. I’ve come to truly love and appreciate the culture and it’s beautiful people. People who seriously have your back and accept you for who you are. A simple life of love, hard work and prayer really does get you somewhere. Right now, I’m acing the shit out of school and looking at third year med— just a little bit more before my MD. I have so much to be happy and thankful for. God is seriously GOOD.
So, just wanted to put it out there and get to the point of this blurb (because I need to get studying)—Filipino Americans have BIG EGOS. I’ll admit it, I had one too. But I’ve had a turn-around. It makes me sad and angry when people back home use the term “FOB” or any variation of it on their newsfeed and even in conversation with me. I find it offensive and disgusting. You put down immigrants who simply want to live just as we Americans do. It’s a fucking DEROGATORY term— up there with “Nigger” and “Chink”. These people deserve respect, because it’s their hard work that got your ass where you are right now. That car. Those clothes on your back. The roof over your head. That education that you deem so high above any “foreign” education. You are where you are now, because of that “fob.”
So please, friends. Show some god damn respect for your countrymen. Because they did a hell of a lot for you.
October 2010
1 post
August 2010
1 post
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
—Maya Angelou
July 2010
1 post
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
—Maya Angelou
June 2010
3 posts
My mom on facebook
“Do I really need to add your dad? I see him everyday already!’
Chemistry.com....
thought it was a scientific website.
On my sense of style,
It would be grandma chic. Milf with a G.