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Everywhere and Every way.

I both like and dislike thinking.

I am a kid trapped in a 31 year old’s body with a brain of a 60 year old coming to terms with his existence. I like long walks because it either stops or facilitates my thoughts. I think both the best and worst things, but reserve judgement until I’ve understood its entirety. My thoughts are truant but true.

I’m a doctor working in a far-flung beach province, Siargao Island, and now holder of Masters degrees in public health, business administration and a certificate in public management. I often like to think up witty stuff and I regrettably believe that most people don’t think the way I do. I am a die hard, living, breathing hopeless romantic who believes that love will conquer all. I study and research the rules only to end up hating them and never wanting to play by them. Thanks for wandering with me.

  • Truanthought 114 of 365: The Inevitability of Self Selling

    I have this very complicated relationship with marketing myself – which for the most part is only necessary because expertise in public health is either how well you network or how well you make yourself visible in the realm you want to be known for. I’ve had several conversations with friends, professionals who are in…

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  • Truanthought 113 of 365: Words are Wind, but Wind is Power

    Sometimes it happens that you tell yourself over and over, explain to friends and family and somehow it gives you confidence and becomes true. Today I interviewed for a pharmaceutical company. I’ve never worked for a pharma company my entire life, and the depth of my experience is serving grassroot communities, to the tune of…

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  • #556 Sabayang Binigkas

    Kung may kakayahan akong maranasan ng sabay-sabay ang bawat minuto mula sa unang beses mo akong sinabihan na mahal mo ako, magkukulang ata ang lilimang pandama para maipaliwanag kung bakit mula noon, wala nang naging saysay ang makamit at maabot ang rurok ng tagumpay kung wala ka para lingunin ko’t kwentuhan, o sabihan, o ngitian…

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  • Dreamjournal: The Urban Buffet

    The landscape of my dreamworld has transformed from island stuff to city stuff. It started with a walk along urban streets, initially aimlessly, as if on a tour of a new metropolitan city in another country. Somehow, however, I knew I was in the Philippines, just not sure exactly what city. I was with our…

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  • #555 Deep Impact

    You appeared one day, with little to no warning, not like you see in movies where time slows down. It was more like an accident, cosmically fated to happen. Where I was driving my own way and you were yours, a collision that formed the heavenly bodies and the moon and the stars and the…

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  • Finished It!: Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom

    What a weirdly fantastical yet still quite political ride. It was this cross between your first ‘book on politics’ and heartwarming fairy tale of friendship and unity. It centered around a drama around building a kingdom, which I thought was nice because I love the Suikoden franchise to bits. It had the charm of collecting…

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  • #544 Superhero Complex

    I could probably save the world if you were with me, In the Lois Lane with Superman kind of way Where even if the world were full of monsters I’d look forward to the end of it all, with you. I would probably save the world if you were with me, Since it’d mean nothing…

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  • Truanthought 112 of 365: Hunger

    I distinctly remember having a conversation with the Mayor of Del Carmen. We were talking about money, and what it essentially means for a person. I was of course, of the notion that it isn’t everything and that just having enough is what’s necessary. He scoffed (a friendly one) and mentioned that I wasn’t in…

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  • Finished It!: Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

    I finished, for what was less than a day of time, the game Sherlock Holmes Chapter One, and because I don’t want to review a game, I wanted instead to discuss it like we do books or movies or shows. I’ve been a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s books primarily due to the nature…

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  • #543 I Love You, Tatlong Daang Taon

    Paano kung may kakayanan tayong mabilang ang hangganan ng buhay? Magbabago ba ang mga pangakong binibigay ng walang pakundangan? Ang bawat pag-alay ng sarili, ng oras at ng kabuaan Magbabago ba kung masusukat ang layo, ang lalim at ang taas. Mahal kita, habang buhay – parang ang dali kung tatlumpu Kahanga-hanga kung singkwenta, mitolohiya kung…

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About Me

Just a frustrated writer and rhymer. Level 32 human being fond of talking about mundane things and existential philosophy. I work as a physician by the beach, and yes, I champion public health.

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