Archive for July, 2006
Peyups Days
AJ Jorge July 24th, 2006
The lady in white blouse sitting on the couch’s armrest is Mimi and behind her is Karl – they are the gods of Peyups and honed their photography skills. Glenn and Gerald acting as a couple. The bald one behind is Markku; Jaemark is on his left; Erman completes the back row.
Sitting from the right is Vince and beside him is Finn (funny I just realized I don’t know her name IRL or maybe I just forgot – sorry). Pen would be in red blouse and I am in the shouting yellow polo bald headed guy in front.
House, M.D.
penny July 18th, 2006
Everybody lies.
People lie for many reasons, but there’s always a reason.
You would’ve lied!
Yeah and you would’ve believed me!
Differential diagnosis… aaaaand go!
Two seasons out, impatient for the third. Ajay started me out watching this TV drama series starring funny Brit Hugh Laurie. Hilarious, I say! You’d think, is anyone really that obnoxious? Not to mention incredibly intuitive, surprisingly receptive and unrelentingly obsessive.
[***Thank you Ajay for the assistance in the information. I had to have my fiction-facts straight 
mwah!]
Dr. Gregory House, infectious disease specialist and nephrologist, is head of the Department of Diagnostic Medicine in the Princeton Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. House is a brilliant diagnostician. What does a diagnostician do? Duh, he diagnoses. Often those medical cases whose causes are most mysterious and brain-racking; the evasive virus, the benign but troublesome tumor, the hiding bloodclot or the invisible bacteria. After all, puzzles are what drive him in his job. He would take risks on his patient’s health, be it spelling life or death, not necessarily out of hopeful hope, but because he has (or not even) statistics to back up his decisions, or maybe just because he says he knows he’s right. He is the administrative nightmare: incomplete documentation, red tape, extortion, even blackmail, harassment, breaking-and-entering (his patient’s homes, research for medical reasons) and assault!
He is supposedly world-reknowned in the medical field and is respected by his peers in a very queer way. If you’re a character in the story, you can’t really say you’d love him. He has a nastiness about him that repels the nicest of people; the witty quips are often insulting albeit charming in the weirdest sense. Why the cane? Watch and find out. It adds a vulnerability to the character; I think he would otherwise seem uninteresting if he was able to walk straight. Check out his shoes too. House’s clinic hours are comic relief!
House has 3 doctors to his bidding; Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) the lovely immunologist who cares about everyone and insists on always doing what is right; Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer) the dashing intensivist who loves his job and will do anything to keep it (for now); and Dr. Eric Foreman (Omar Epps), the black car-thief neurologist, seemingly second-in command but why bother finding out when House always gets his way anyway.
Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) is hospital administrator. Her mantra seems to be “I hired House because he is great at what he does”. She is often the object of House’s snide sexual remarks. When I saw her in this show, I had to rummage through my videos for “As Good As It Gets” (starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt). Yes, she was there. The Jewish woman in the restaurant. Her face is soooo distinct. 
House surprisingly has a confidante in the character of oncologist Dr. Wilson (what’s his first name?), played by Robert Sean Leonard. Yep, that guy from Dead Poet’s Society. Despite House’s neverending pokes at his supposed clandestine affairs with the nurses, Dr. Wilson remains a friend. For how long I wonder? Sela Ward appears as his ex-wife. You may remember her from the Harrison Ford blockbuster “the Fugitive” where she plays Dr. Kimble’s wife.
“House may be right.”
“House is right.”
“House was right.”
“House is always right.”
“Yes I am.”
I can’t say anything else about the show without sounding even more mediocre— when in fact it isn’t. Bryan Singer produces the TV show. Hugh Laurie (House) appeared in F.R.I.E.N.D.S. as that guy who sat beside Rachel in the plane to London; he was one of the puppy thugs 101 Dalmatians; he played a rich husband (Mr Smith I think?) in Sense and Sensibility.
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Nanghihinayang
AJ Jorge July 18th, 2006
Just when you thought everything is going according to plan, you get hit with a flu/colds a few hours before you wake up. And with that, all plans you made 3 weeks ago will literally go down the drain.
Pen and I were supposed to have a fun weekend but alas I was stuck at bed instead. Nursing my colds with biogesic and neozep while watching Dr. House pokes fun at his patients (during that time I was torn if I would like to be diagnosed by Dr. House or not) replaced the three weeks of planning. Save for the rain early Saturday morning, everything must have gone well have I not gotten sick. Everytime I look at the clock, I can picture myself with Pen doing what we must have been doing that day. What pains the most is that free times like that does not come easily nowadays.
I’m fine now for those curious enough to know my condition. And for the record, this is the first time I have filed a sick leave where I am actually sick. All other sick leaves are just your plain old laziness. If I am not mistaken, even at UP I have not excused myself from teaching because I am sick. I excuse myself from teaching because of some other reasons. I always pride myself of having a great health but when the flu virus hits you, you go down buster.
Lesson learned? Buy a DivX player so you can watch more DivX files.
Good Monday morning!
penny July 17th, 2006
Ajay was sick over the weekend. Here’s to feeling better *raises coffee mug*
Doesn’t look like rain today. Thank goodness.
Hair.
penny July 14th, 2006
I noticed some time back that periodically changing my shampoo brand radically improves its luster and texture. Maybe the “sawa” theory holds true for me. Yknow, where they say “papalit-palit ka dapat ng shampoo na ginagamit, para di magsawa at maglagas ang buhok mo”. I’ve not so often used palmolive shampoos, until two weeks ago I had no choice but to try out the “hair repair” brand I’ve seen KC endorsing. Smelled good and worked wonderfully. I bought a bottle yesterday. I used and liked it.
Every so often I come to a point when I cannot decide what to do with my head of hair. Early this year I had it cured at my cousin’s place, and it looked okay. For the longest time I feared cutting my hair too short; a trait I earned from spending a lot of time with a favorite aunt who had great tresses. I can cannot count beyond 3 the number of times I worn my hair really short.
Should I have them cut today?
It’s the first time in weeeeeeks that I’ve given this some serious thought, and here I am pondering this question online.
McFarlane’s Lost Figures
AJ Jorge July 12th, 2006
McFarlane Toys’ Lost Series 1 captures six fan-favorite characters from the series’ first season: Jack, Kate, Locke, Hurley, Charlie and Shannon. Each 6-inch Lost figure will have a detailed base and photographic backdrop, capturing an episode-specific moment in the character’s story. In addition, each package will include a detailed prop reproduction central to the character’s story, enabling fans to “own” a piece of the show’s mythology.
Hmmmm… it’s been awhile since we last bought a toy. Maybe we’ll get a figure from this set.
Twee-dee-dee-dum.
penny July 11th, 2006
May 29 pa pala ang huli kong entry. Dumadaan ako minsan para magbasa ng entries ni Ajay, pero di ako nakakadalaw sa ibang blog, ngayong araw lang uli. Dahil sa matagal akong nawala, madami akong gustong sabihin kaso anhirap i-organize, kaya pasensya na at i-ttype ko lang ng i-ttype ang aking stream of consciousness.
So what did I miss, aside from all the movie-watching?
Natuwa naman ako at nagyaya ng bowling sina Don at Melods. Sasabit ako para makakita naman ako ng friendly friends. As of late, bukod kay Ajay at aking pamilya (kasama si doggies Chloe and Nikki), ang kasakasama ko palagi ay si Dr. Gregory House. Ah, at sinimulan ko din pala panuorin ang Charmed-Season 1. Alam ko mapapa-huwhaaat ang mga mahilig (at hindi mahilig) dun. Wala lang, trip. Natuwa ako sa nabili ko na Discovery Channel/National Geographic DVDs; maski na Chinese ang menu, anyways, good buy naman. Enjoy kami ni Papa dearest.
Si Ajay naman ay tinatambakan ako ng mga divX, dahil nga bumili ako ng divX player. Ayun, napagkakasya nya sa dalawang DVD ang isang buong season ng mga TV series. Nagkakaron na tuloy ako ng koleksyon ng TV series sa bahay in divX format. Malinaw ha, dahil HDTV.
Recently ko rin lang napanuod itong V for Vendetta, nakadivX din courtesy of Ajay. Ganda pala yun. Nadagdagan na naman kaalaman ko tungkol sa mga comic book characters. Natutuwa ako sa pagkakaboses ni Hugo Weaving dito.
Kinukumpleto ni Ajay yung movie requests ko Finally, yung mga hindi ko napanuod na mga movies noong late 80s and early 90s naiisa-isa ko na. You see, I made this list of movies I want to see that time piracy wasn’t so rampant here in da country, with the intention of asking my father to find copies in Brunei back in year 1999. It’s really sweet of Ajay to start doing that (about 2/3 weeks ago). Among those he already found are: Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski, Fisher King,…
Kanina nag-install uli ako ng yahoo messenger dito sa bahay. Nakakapanibago, nasanay na ako sa gmail/gchat. Panandalian kong nakausap si Amor na nasa opis at si Weng (Betty) na nasa Shinjuku.
Andaming naka-line-up the next weekends, parang malulunod ako ah. Mabuti na lang at ang ilan dito eh mga pleasure trips. Ayoko na ma-stress, maski na napakakulit ng stress at ang hirap isnabin.
You can’t serve two masters at the same time. Pa’ano na kung tatlo pa? Mejo kagulo ang utak ko sa pag-aasikaso ng mga papeles para sa Sydney ngayong darating na Agosto, kasi nga eh nakisabay pa ang mga tungkulin ko din sa dalawang magkaibang departamento sa university. Sa ngayon eh kinakaya ko pa, pero mejo nag-ssuffer and attendance ko sa ilang klase. Mabuti na lang at natuto akong mag-bluff (UP training). When I was not able to prepare or organize lessons for a day, I just wing it! Ganito pala kapag matagal-tagal ka na rin nagtuturo ng isang subject, kakayanin na ring mag-formulate ng mga examples impromptu. Nagugulat nga din ako sa sarili ko paminsan eh mas maganda pa kinalalabasan ng lecture kapag di ako naghahanda. Kasi kapag ipinlano mo, maffrustrate ka kapag di mo nasunod. Tapos doble pa ang stress kasi doble ang oras na igugugol mo.
Ang hindi ko ma-bluff eh yung mga off-campus tasks para sa research. Oras kasi kalaban, anhirap na talaga.
Kung pwede lang magpa-clone!
Too-doo-doo-dooooooo. Kadalasan kong pinakikinggan na tugtog nitong mga araw na ito eh yaong mga Pinoy favorites nuong panahon ng college ako (95-99). E di syempre lahok dito and E’Heads at Rivermaya. Maski SideA at SouthBorder e napapatulan ko. Nostalgia baga.
May mga magddonte ba dyan ng mp3s? Pahingi naman ng kopya.
Song of the time
AJ Jorge July 10th, 2006
On 26th Dec 1978 …
The Number 1 single was:
Boney M – “Mary’s Boy Child-Oh My Lord” (oo nga naman, Christmas season pa kasi ang bday ko… buti na ito kesa beegees)
The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack – “Grease”
Born on 26th Dec:
1935 – Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir ( vocalist, The Four Tops )
1940 – Phil Spector ( renowned producer )
1955 – Lars Ulrich ( drummer, Metallica )
On 2nd Aug 1978 …
The Number 1 single was:
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John – “You’re The One That I Want” (hehe, bigla kong nakanta ito sa isipan ko… you’re the one that i want, hooo hoo hooo)
The Number 1 album was:
Original Soundtrack – “Saturday Night Fever”
Born on 2nd Aug:
1937 – Garth Hudson ( organist, The Band )
1939 – Edward Patten ( vocalist, The Pips )
1949 – Fat Larry ( vocalist, Fat Larrys Band; deceased )
1951 – Andrew Gold
1957 – Mojo Nixon
1974 – Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo ( Member of Daft Punk )
Know yours here.
Mukhang panahon talaga ni John Travolta nung bdates namin ni Pen. Pareho pa naman namin ayaw sya.
And Math17 Haunts Me
AJ Jorge July 6th, 2006
I knew a day would come when a former student of mine (a cute chick sana) will greet me somewhere and recall our class sessions. There has been actually numerous occasions where I met my former students but they just offered a simple wave or “Hi Sir!“.
Well yesterday was a bit surreal because we met in a strange place – men’s comfort room. I know, I know, it’s weird. Continue Reading »
