New laptop!

My dad just brought home a new laptop for me last night. It's been a long while since I've had one, not since that F*cker stole my neo laptop from the pedia sick baby clinic. The new one isn't really that portable, since it's a 15-incher, but dang it looks sweet!

Os!

Haven't posted in a while. Well, clerkship is pretty much taking up my time these days. My current rotation is in the pediatrics out-patient department, and it's a pretty interesting, fulfilling job. Unfortunately, my poor little body has taken quite a beating it seems, after being exposed to all those snot-nosed hacking/coughing little kiddies. I'm typing this while nursing a headache, a runny nose, and an intense desire to want to cover my ears the next time I hear someone wailing. Oh joy.

Figure Mania

While in Japan, I picked up 2 figures from that haven of eroge-loving otaku everywhere, Softmap in Akihabara. One was the Kotobukiya Belldandy Goddess costume version, and the other one was the Bandai Haruhi 1.5 Metamo Figure. I do declare, both figures are absolutely stunning! The Belldandy figure's a piece I've been eyeing ever since I first saw an ad for it in an earlier volume of the Dark Horse Oh My Goddess manga. I've always had a soft spot (maybe even a crush... :-) ) in my heart for Belldandy ever since I first saw her in the original OAVs all those years ago. The 2nd figure is the Metamo Haruhi 1.5 figure. This is pretty special since it changes color depending on the temperature of the environment! Temperature above 30 degrees C result in a red bunny-girl Haruhi, while 16 degrees and below give you a black-suited bunny girl! All in all, both were pretty awesome purchases. In fact, they'd be much more expensive if you bought them here locally in let's say, Greenhills. Just another gushing entry on the total awesome-ness that is Nippon!

The calm before the storm

As I'm typing this, I'm listening to Track 11, "Boku wa Kuma" (I'm a bear) on Utada Hikaru's latest album, Heart Station, which I picked up at softmap in Akihabara. It's a pretty relaxing song, which I guess just sets up the perfect mood to relax before the hell of clerkship begins. Tomorrow is officially my last day of summer vacation, yet I have to spend it going to Bambang to look for white scrubs. Damn man, what a waste of a perfectly good morning. Come Wednesday, I'll be starting my rotation in the Pedia OPD, 7:00 a.m. 'til THURSDAY 12 noon. Jesus Christ, I'll probably be zombified due to the lack of sleep. Why the hell do Philippine Medical Schools insist on overworking their students? In the U.S., I hear that doing that kind of stuff is pretty much illegal. Well, it just goes to show that we really do live in a 3rd world country.

Summer Break!

At last, summer break is upon us! It's gonna be too short for me though, since I'll be starting clerkship (finally!) come April 16. Best to enjoy what little time I have then!

Dinner at Italianni's

The high school boys got together today and had dinner in honor of Marc and April. Marc's getting sent back to Mindanao next week, so this was our chance to give him a proper send off. The main course was at Italianni's in Bonifacio High Street, with coffee at Starbucks.

3 day weekend and a Review?

Well, for some reason our school has declared Monday to be a holiday! I haven't the foggiest, but as long as they give us some free time, I'm all for it. Unfortunately though, I'll probably end up spending Monday reading for the quiz on Tuesday (devious bastards!). But, since I'm still in a euphoric mood, I'll think about starting the manga reviews that I've put off for one reason or another. I've accumulated quite a collection through the years, as the pics below will undoubtedly point out: