Skip to content

Steph and More Plugs

I set up a blog for Steph a few months ago, and well, I guess, Steph was really busy so she didn’t write on it as much.

I visited it again today, and lo and behold, a couple of entries are on there. :)

Here’s a plug for Steph. Go visit her new blog! Right now!

Go go go! :)

PS: I miss you, Steph. :)
PPS: Other plugs… My Filipino-American culture group blog and a new D’Arvit! hostee, Dan [a.k.a. P5YCHIC] of FG.
PPPS: Yes, maybe I’ll start blogging again. My finals are over, and summer is here! :P [But summer classes are still around. More on this later.]

Posted 03 May 2008 † pamQ § Random § The Web ‡ Comments (5)

tl;dr

For those who don’t know, that means too long; didn’t read. XD

Anyway, because we hate tl;dr-type blog entries, I’m keeping it short. :)

I got this quiz off some med school group’s forum on Facebook. It’s a Medical Specialty Aptitude Test. According to the results, I’ll best be in Thoracic Surgery or Radiology. XD I know that it’s all for fun, though. And hey, I never considered Plastic Surgery, but it’s on 4th place. Maybe cashing in on people’s vanity would be a good idea…. :evil:

   Rank    Specialty Score
1 thoracic surgery 45
2 radiology 45
3 aerospace med 43
4 plastic surgery 43
5 nuclear med 43
6 ophthalmology 43
7 gastroenterology 43
8 pulmonology 42
9 emergency med 42
10 dermatology 42
11 allergy & immunology 41
12 radiation oncology 41
13 med oncology 41
14 neurology 41
15 neurosurgery 41
16 otolaryngology 41
17 physical med & rehabilitation 41
18 pediatrics 40
19 urology 40
20 anesthesiology 40
21 hematology 39
22 cardiology 39
23 general internal med 39
24 nephrology 39
25 occupational med 39
26 pathology 39
27 psychiatry 39
28 preventive med 38
29 obstetrics/gynecology 38
30 infectious disease 38
31 endocrinology 37
32 colon & rectal surgery 37
33 general surgery 37
34 orthopaedic surgery 37
35 rheumatology 37
36 family practice 31

Take the quiz here.

Posted 09 April 2008 † pamQ § Personal § Random ‡ Comments (0)

D’Arvit, I used to be awesome back then!

Well, okay, that was rather conceited. But still.

I logged on my Blogger account just a few minutes ago and found two unfinished drafts happily sitting on my dashboard. Nostalgia is an amazing thing. I have decided to reproduce them right here, just like Christopher Tolkien published his daddy’s unfinished tales. Bad bad analogy, but whatever.

So here are two of my unfinished blog entries. Yeah, even that Of Magic Lists, Positivity, and Getting Your Heart’s Desire series is unfinished [I’m working on it!]. But midterms almost murdered me, and the end of the semester has been piling up a few million things all at the same time so forgive me, my loyal readers. Yes, there’s still several of you left… I’ve got 12 RSS feed subscribers, and about 20 different people who religiously check on this blog for new entries. Well, better than none, I guess. XD Thanks for staying with me. :) I intended to abandon this blog, but I just can’t. I still have lots of plans for it, but not now, I guess. Anyway, off to the first unfinished draft, which, I have to say, is the typical circa 2003-2006 D’Arvit! blog entry…
Continue Reading »

Posted 04 April 2008 † pamQ § Commentary § Personal § Random ‡ Comments (2)

Part 1: Of Magic Lists, Positivity, and Getting Your Heart’s Desire

You see, The Secret is no secret.

That’s what I’ve been telling everyone ever since I’ve heard of this book’s “ingenious concept”.

“The Secret reveals the most powerful law in the universe.

“Without exception, every human being has the ability to transform any weakness or suffering into strength, power, perfect peace, health, and abundance…

“The Secret explains with simplicity the law that is governing all lives, and offers the knowledge of how to create - intentionally and effortlessly - a joyful life. This is the secret to everything - the secret to unlimited happiness, love, health and prosperity. ”
–Official Site

The book (and audiobook and movie and website and diary and lunchbox and undies) talks about the Law of Attraction. In a nutshell, when you think of something, you’ll get it. Positive thoughts attract positive outcomes, and vice-versa. I haven’t read it–I don’t think that I even plan on doing so–yet from what I have been hearing from the reviews and write-ups, I think that this is all common sense. People have been doing it for years… what’s so new about it? :P

Miss Jackie’s Collage

You see, back in my old university in the Philippines, UP Manila, my English professor picked me together with a friend, Essel, to join her and her other hand-picked students for some dinner and a mini get-together and party of sorts.

So he and I attended the thing (it was at Blue Frog, in Malate, Manila) just because it’s such an honor to get picked by your professor for something that sounds so exclusive. :cool: Late into the evening, we found out that our professor, Miss Lumain, is actually a Life Coach. You know, those people you pay to make your life better.

That evening, she taught us how to get our Hearts’ Desire.
Continue Reading »

Posted 23 January 2008 † pamQ § Books § Commentary § Personal ‡ Comments (4)

Maligayang Pasko!

Or Merry Christmas, in English. ;)

This is probably the best Christmas I’ve ever had in two whole years, for a couple of reasons:

  1. I’m celebrating Christmas with the entire family for the first time in two years! [Christmas 2005 and 2006 were basically all about my parents and I in the US with my two sibs back in the Philippines]
  2. I was able to talk [well, more like chat] with tons of people whom I haven’t talked to in ages!
  3. I am semi-broke, but I know I spent my bucks on people who matter most to me: my family. [Enter irritating sighs and awwws…]

* * * * *

I was supposed to blog about collective sacrifices which Kitten and I rambled on talked about last night, but there’s just still a lot to do. [Like fix up darvit.net and convert this into a portal, for instance. :P ]

Posted 25 December 2007 † pamQ § Personal § Random ‡ Comments (5)

Hard Work Paying Off

I’ve been a very inactive blogger lately. Heck, I shouldn’t even call myself a blogger anymore, especially now that the definition of blogger has dramatically changed through the years! e.g. Google AdSense ads, looking for a “niche” market, blogging for the big bucks, etc.

But I digress.

Anyway, back to why my hard work has been paying off.

I just found out a couple of minutes ago that I just won the Honors College’s scholarship! :shock:

This is the first scholarship that I have applied to ever and I did this the last minute because I just realized a few days before the deadline that if I didn’t take the shot, I know that I would be kicking myself for the rest of my life.

I was also queasy about this whole application essay thing because I also did it the last minute. I was in no mood to write at that time, and thankfully, I had written this blog entry last year which I basically copied, pasted, and modified. I took a huge risk with that essay; I employed a radically different approach, and a highly unconventional one. While most scholarship essays would advise you to subtly talk about your accomplishments, extra-curricular activities, and why you’re just so awesome, I on the other hand, didn’t. Instead, I used my move to the US and the pains of being in an H4 visa and the lack of rights as my “selling points”. It was a big risky move.

Thank God it paid off.

I just could not contain my happiness… I was like, “f— that, I’m blogging this!”

Yeah, because I decided last October that I should abandon this blog if I wanted to get ahead of my studies. Thankfully, it is finally starting to pay off.

Expect to see me write on this thing by December, when my semester ends. :)

Anyway, that’s all for now. :P

Posted 16 November 2007 † pamQ § Personal ‡ Comments (7)

WordPress and Facebook: A Deadly Combination

I remember that I decided to abandon this blog a couple of days ago. I mean, it’s just a distraction, I can’t find the time to properly fix up my theme [I was planning to create a Sandbox skin this time], and I should concentrate on important priorities instead. But then again, I was browsing Facebook [yeah, I should delete my Facebook as well] this afternoon and found out that there’s this brilliant plugin called Wordbook which allows cross-posting from your self-hosted WordPress blog [not a Wordpress.com blog, mind you] to your Facebook profile.

Basically, this is just a post to test it out. :D

And yeah, this is just me being a WordPress fangirl. :P

Damn, I should get back to Inorganic Chemistry.

PS: Yeah, I didn’t blog about Teri Hatcher’s racial slur or Pacquiao’s latest victory [they’re all soooo last month]. Happy? :P

Posted 16 October 2007 † pamQ § Personal § Random § The Web ‡ Comments (0)

Another Reason to Hate Imelda Marcos

Beatles Manila Concert Ticket

My mom and I were talking yesterday when suddenly, she said something that I have never heard of before:

“Pinabugbog ni Imelda yung Beatles nung andun sila sa Pilipinas,”
[Translate: Imelda (Marcos) had the Beatles beaten up while the group was in the Philippines.]

And boy, was I shocked to say the least! :shock:

My brother came in and joined in the conversation. He agreed and said that one of his high school teachers told them about it. The Beatles were beaten up by some of Imelda Marcos’ thugs at the airport, on their way out of the country during their 1966 visit.

Imelda Marcos had the Beatles beaten up at the airport? Why haven’t I ever heard of this before? Continue Reading »

Posted 23 September 2007 † pamQ § Commentary § Music ‡ Comments (7)

Protected: Magic 8 Ball

This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:


Posted 16 September 2007 † pamQ § Personal § Random ‡ Enter your password to view comments

Theme Crisis

NOTE: This is a very random rant, so if you are still looking for my entry called The Awful Truth About Filipinos, please read it on the said link, or scroll down after this entry. :P

I realized how bright blue on black hurts your eyes after a long time. That’s why I’ve switched over to the default Wordpress theme for now. Theme crisis much?

Yeah, I guess. :? I just can’t find the time to do layouts anymore. Ever since my move to Wordpress, this blog suffered from numerous theme crisis episodes [this one included].

Busy?

Yeah.

Lazy?

I guess so.

Sometimes, there are more things to prioritize at the moment. Currently, I’ve lost inspiration for anything web design related. Maybe it’s because I don’t have any fansites to maintain, or group blogs to moderate anymore. The fact that my parents disapprove of this doesn’t help, either.

Theme crisis? Perhaps I should call this Theme Drought. Or Creativity Drought. Or…

To Hell With It, I’m Sick Of It All.

Posted 07 September 2007 † pamQ § Random § Web design ‡ Comments (1)