HarryMD

You are the Low-Fidelity All-Star. You were born
with your cool, and it's totally natural. You
run the gamut from Hipster Supreme (only they
can ingest as much coffee as you) to the geeky
hipster (Mario Kart, anyone?).


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This is me...and my badass new scorpion earring. Ok, ok...maybe not that badass. I'm still a goody-two-shoes. But hey, ain't it...what's that word again...?

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You are a Gender Nazi. Your boundary-crossing
lifestyle inspires awe in your friends and
colleagues. Or maybe they're just scared you
will kick their asses for using gender-specific
language. Either way, the wife-beater helps.


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Yikes! That month again. Imagine how people get so crazy over this month, and especially over VD. And it ain't even a season like Christmas/New Year's or Easter.

VD? You should get crazy over it. Like how and where you got it. Hahahahah!!!

But seriously folks, this is that one of those purely commercial holidays (and it isn't even a real holiday cuz you still have to go to work) that Hallmark and gift companies hoist on us just so we spend our hard-earned money, supposedly to show people that we love them. Hello? Just like gift-giving on Christmas, isn't this something we should be doing everyday of the year?

The worst part about this, people who aren't so lucky start getting all melodramatic, mushy, sentimental, forlorn, sensitive, depressed, suicidal, and what not. Damn! Not that I'm being insensitive or anything (hey I have love problems, too), but I don't think I can stand coming across another especially-depressed person just because all the other lucky people are gearing up for this Saturday.

Maybe I should go around carrying a syringe with a sedative and put these people to sleep till Sunday.

Tanned, pierced, healing, dreaming, wishing I wasn't back in the city I love...but all things have their own time, and me and Boracay will be together again soon enough.

For now, I will skip the stories. Can't get back into the groove yet.

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Ripped off...

The Return of the King is showing today. 2++ hours of losing one's self in cinematic magic. Everyone's raving. I don't know when I'll catch it but most likely before the next week is out. It has been a while since I last let myself get absorbed and lost in some artist's flights of fantasy. </br> </br> ******</br> </br> Just a little over a week from now, I will be on my beloved island again. Once again I'm getting that desire to get away from it all. Maybe a deserved break, after everything that has been happening to me in the past few months. Funny, though, how "EVERYTHING" all just really boils down to ONE......*sigh*</br> </br> ******</br> </br> I'm almost out of money for the week, and I just got my salary two days ago. I think I really need to get a plan. Globe and Smart just switched all prepaid customers to a 24-hour flat rate. Bad for me. No more excuse not to call during the day, shorter talk hours at night which is when I usually make my calls.</br> </br> But if you think about it, why call at all? Does it change things? Hardly. Will things change if I DON'T call? I'm not sure. All I know is, if I were my usual objective self right now, I'd be giving my load-abusing self a swift kick in the butt and maybe a good hard smack on the noggin. </br> </br> The almost nightly phone calls... those, too, are part of my escape from reality. As long as the conversation doesn't drift to certain topics (like certain other people and present status) it's almost, ALMOST like when somehow things were still right in my world.

Goals:

- Have someone for me. Marry her if possible.
- Take my US licensure exams.
- Be financially stable by mid-year.
- Buy a car.

Resolutions:

- Live my purpose in life.
- Continue dreaming big (see the first list).
- Start going to church regularly.
- Respect women more.
- Be less smart-alecky.
- Be more witty and street-smart.
- Be less forgetful.
- Write more.

Ok...let's just leave it at that for now. Any more and I might end up not doing anything. =)

If yesterday was any indication of the year ahead, can I just hibernate for the remaining 364 days?

I'd maybe like to drink tonight, but none of my friends are available. But then, I don't think it would be a good idea to get drunk again so soon, especially considering how I nearly turned into a raving lunatic last night/early morning today.

Then again, a few rounds wouldn't hurt me anymore than I'm hurting right now.

starvingwriter got the right idea. Truly, except for one of the people on my friends list, I hardly know anything about everybody else. So, maybe you could write one entry about yourself so me and the other virtual strangers on your friends list could get to know you a little bit more. </br> </br> ****** </br> (What follows is a profile I created for myself for another website. NO! NOT FRIENDSTER!)</br> </br> Harry Potter... general physician, UP assistant professor, self-confessed former nerd, writer and poet (in his head), work-in-progress. Your typical jack-of-all-trades and master-of-none, he's never afraid to try out anything, except probably something which affords a straight-down view of the ground more than 3 stories up. </br> </br> When he's not teaching human anatomy, he's probably in front of the computer, surfing the Net, blogging or emailing people. Either that or he's hanging out with his fraternity buddies in their tambayan. He yearns for his more active nightlife of years past, especially now that his wabi happens to be a major gimikera. However, he'll also be perfectly content with a good movie, book, magazine or computer game.</br> </br> Consultation hours will be held at the most convenient coffee shop, watering hole, club or wine bar. He reserves the right to refer patients suffering from intractable insensibility and chronic immaturity to other doctors. Professional fee is negotiable.</br>

Rather, I should be in bed still. Except that I had to help give an exam today. I came in late enough as it is, with most of the students almost done with the written part of the exam. They were already done with the practical part.

I spent last night with med school friends who are here in the P.I. for Christmas vacation. I broke my "diet" and ended up stuffing myself with nachos, fried chicken, pan-fried squid heads, cripsy pata, and beef-wanton mami, along with a forgotten amount of beer. Did I mention that I ate a proper dinner before that? Ugh! I promise not to eat beyond 2000 calories today, even if my stomach starts burning a hole through itself. Ok...maybe not that far...but I still won't eat till I get really hungry.

Crashed past 3 am. Forgot to set the alarm of my cellphone, but somehow managed to wake up and pick myself up and drag myself into the shower at 8 am. 5 hours? Yikes! No wonder I feel like I'm floating. Someone give me a shot of caffeine please.

I still have other things to do. Just thinking about them already drains me.

If you know me, I don't need to explain aforementioned subject. If you don't know me, then maybe you should back away a bit.

Ok, aside from the fact that this day hasn't really started out so bad, lots of good things have been happening to me lately so I really shouldn't rant. But then, it's MONDAY. Somehow I cannot ever seem to get myself upbeat on this day.

For one, I'm starting the week with a head full of ideas about my future that I cannot seem to reconcile into one solid blueprint for my life. Then there's the fact that I'm tight again till Thursday, budget-wise. Add to that the fact that I still need to discipline myself to start a work-hard, play-hard routine that should ultimately benefit me in more ways than one. I'm really starting to disappoint myself in this regard, this lack of discipline.

But then, my friends are in town on vacation from the US. Things are looking up in the social life department. God has been more than generous with blessing me lately (I hope there's more to come, especially for the season upon us). And I have a head full of ideas for my future, although I can't reconcile them yada yada...at least I have ideas. Some people are just plain waiting around with nothing in their heads. Or worse, they're gallivanting around trying to do important things that affect us all with nary a sensible thought in their noggins. *sigh*

See? I will still rant. It's Monday for crying out loud.

Christmas...gifts...bills...plans...no, I'm not panicking.

I feel the season. Not because I've gotten anything already, but because it's hella cold even when the sun is out shining. I have not broken into a sweat all morning, and that's weird, considering all the walking and commuting I've done, and it's not even noon. And I've been wearing my all-black (as opposed to my black-and-gray and black-and-yellow) jacket all morning, too. Over a fit gray T no less.

God has been VERY kind with me these past few weeks. Actually, my being alive and well and blogging this in right now is a monumental testament as to how VERY VERY kind He's been all my life. I just mean to say that lately things have been extra extraordinary. Thanks Father. =) Thank you thank you thank you....

Just got a call. *sigh* I need a few more miracles right now. Any friends out there willing to help me pray for them? I know I need to be specific and all, but an online journal isn't exactly the most ideal place for sharing stuff like that. But your prayers will be a wonderful early Christmas gift right now. Thank you thank you thank you. =)