Health Check Weekend

Woke up late last Saturday morning, had brunch with Will, then off we go to SM Fairview Medical Clinic. The doctor advised me to get a papsmear and she did it right away. Advised me to get ultrasound as well but I dont think t'was necessary.

Then in the evening, Will and I went to the place where we first spent our first dates - OFF The GRILL at Timog. Promised myself that for this night, Im gonna have my last bottle of beer and my last cigarette stick. The band played slow rnb music, with Duncan Ramos as their guest singer.. Despite the sleepiness and the slight colds and cough, which the doctor suspected is allergic rhinitis, I still managed to enjoy the night, talking with Will and reminiscing what were the first conversations that we had. :-)

Then on sunday, had a shot of Varicella Vaccine administered by a lovely Doctor in Healthway SM The Block. Dra. Lorenzo, if Im not mistaken, she even told the story of her first pregnancy where she had chickenpox while 7 months pregnant, fortunately, it didnt affect her baby.

Then off we went home to savour the last hours of the weekend, I cooked some vegetables for our dinner and watched a not-so-old film 'Point of No Return' starring Bridget Fonda. I have watched this film years ago and I always liked Bridget for her gentle rugged-feminine role as an assasin. As my colds worsened, I decided to sleep on the sofa, without the aircon that Will cannot sleep without. My god, sometimes, I feel like I wanted to smash the aircon and the fans so I wont have a problem. Haha..

Selected Quotes from Harold and Maude Movie

***Thanks to Joerg for telling me to watch this film. Weird couple though, but Maude is a revolutionary! And I do love her philosophy, minus the extreme ones though, but who cares, great ideas come from crazy thoughts.. The ones I liked most are in red.

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Harold: What were you fighting for?
Maude: Oh, big issues. Liberty. Rights. Justice. Kings died, kingdoms fell. I don't regret the kingdoms - what sense in borders and nations and patriotism? But I miss the kings.
---
Maude: A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. *Reach* out. Take a *chance*. Get *hurt* even. But play as well as you can. Go team, go! Give me an L. Give me an I. Give me a V. Give me an E. L-I-V-E. LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.
---
Harold: Maude.
Maude: Hmm?
Harold: Do you pray?
Maude: Pray? No. I communicate.
Harold: With God?
Maude: With *life*.
---
Maude: Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life.* Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully.
---
Maude: Harold, *everyone* has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much.
---
Harold: You hop in any car you want and just drive off?
Maude: Well, not any car - I like to keep a variety. I'm always looking for the new experience.
Harold: [smiling] Maybe. [more seriously] Nevertheless, I think you're upsetting people. I don't know if that's right.
Maude: Well, if some people get upset because they feel they have a hold on some things, I'm merely acting as a gentle reminder: here today, gone tomorrow, so don't get attached to things *now.* With *that* in mind, I'm not against collecting stuff.
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Maude: [to a motorcycle officer] *Don't* get officious. You're not yourself when you're officious - That is the curse of a government job.
---
Maude: Consistency is not *really* a human trait.
---
Harold: So... you don't use the umbrella anymore?
[Maude does not hear him]
Harold: No more revolts?
Maude: [Maude is crying, and finally looks at Harold] Oh, yes! Every day. But I don't need a *defense* anymore. I embrace! Still fighting for the Big Issues, but now in my small, individual way.
---
Maude: I've collected quite a lot of stuff in my time. Yeah, this is all memorabilia — but it’s incidental, not integral, if you know what I mean.
---
Maude: Here we are. Oat straw tea and ginger pie. Excuse the mismatched saucers.
Harold: This is definitely a new experience for me.
Maude: Oh, wonderful. Try something new each day. After all, we're given life to find it out. It doesn't last forever.
---
Maude: Oh, that was fun. Let's play something together.
Harold: I don't play anything.
Maude: Nothing? Oh... Dear me. Everybody should be able to make some music. That's the cosmic dance.
---
Maude: What a fuss this is -- so unnecessary.
Harold: Don't die, Maude, for Christ’s sake.
Maude: Oh, Harold -- oh, don't upset yourself so.
Harold: I love you. I love you!
Maude: Oh, Harold... That's wonderful. Go and love some more.

Sex -- As We Know It -- Works!

Sex -- As We Know It -- Works! Thanks to Ever-Evolving Host-Parasite Relationships, Biologists Find

ScienceDaily (July 9, 2011) — It seems we may have parasites to thank for the existence of sex as we know it. Indiana University biologists have found that, although sexual reproduction between two individuals is costly from an evolutionary perspective, it is favored over self-fertilization in the presence of coevolving parasites. Sex allows parents to produce offspring that are more resistant to the parasites, while self-fertilization dooms populations to extinction at the hands of their biological enemies.

Come Back to Me

***This is what happens when Im alone at home on a weekend, and its raining outside (plus the PMS).. Sabi nga ni Will, at least nakapagmuni-muni ako haha.

Come Back to Me

Who can feel what I breathe inside,
When I miss you?

Who can say how you miss me
When you are far from me?

Who dares to read my mind
When I smell your clothes
Just to remember your scent
When you don’t sleep beside me?

And who knows the distance
That bothers me when you’re somewhere
Like a dust
Out of billions of specks?

Can love fly
And travel space
Back to where it belong or
Just bounces back throughout the world over?

When you come back
Does your love weigh greater
Or lesser, when you know
That we can live without each other?

Or your coming just sweeps away
All the doubts I feel
When I feel the beat of your heart
Right beside my heart?

"Surface all Desaparecidos, Stop Impunity!"

OPEN LETTER TO ALL STUDENTS

07 July 2011

 

Tomorrow is the scheduled preliminary investigation on the criminal cases against Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. et al, for the enforced disappearance of Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan.

 

Prosecutors will decide if there is probable cause against Palparan and the other accused. “Probable cause” is a legal concept which refers to facts or evidence that would make a reasonable person believe that a crime or wrong doing has been committed, and by the particular persons suspected. This is significant because a warrant of arrest may be issued after determination of probable cause.

 

Over the years, we have compiled key testimonies which state that our fellow UP students Karen and Sherlyn were last seen in the custody of the military, enslaved and tortured. The Supreme Court itself affirmed the credibility of witness and military abductee Raymond Manalo. The decision last May patently ordered Palparan, Lt. Col. Felipe Anotado, Lt. Col. Rogelio Boac, 2Lt. Francis Mirabelle Samson, M/Sgt. Donald Caigas, and Arnel Enriquez to immediately release Karen and Sherlyn.

 

The accused are required to be present at the preliminary investigation. We know it will be a raw and unnerving time for Nanay Connie Empeno, Nanay Linda Cadapan, and the witnesses who will come face to face with the men accused of cruel human rights violations and heinous crimes. If you have time, please join the gathering outside the Department of Justice along Padre Faura, Manila at 10:00 am tomorrow, 8 July 2011 to give moral encouragement to the families and friends of Karen and Sherlyn.

 

Enforced disappearances have two main objectives: first, they silence opponents, critics, and other social agents of change; second, they also create uncertainty and fear in the wider community. By supporting the legal and political campaign against enforced disappearances, and for the prosecution of human rights violators, we create a safer, better world for all of us.

 

Surface all desaparecidos, stop impunity!

Krissy Conti, UP Student Regent

 

He Said It: I Want a Baby

One night, I arrived late, which I always do, around 9pm from work, and then I realized he just arrived as well, which I am not expecting. Usually, before, when we were still living in our old apartment, he comes home earlier than I do.

And I felt, there's something wrong, I asked him if there's something he wanted to tell me. He tried to brush away the question but I didnt yield. I figured out there's alcohol in his blood. And still he's not answering, stubbornly.

I gave up after some time. Then, going to sleep, he said, 'I'm sad, I want a baby'.

There it is, one of my greatest fears verbalized by the one I love, demanding from me something that I have been anxious ever since..