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last night, i made a personal swim record of 500 meters in 11 mins and 44.2 secs. it is a personal best because i have never gone that distance without stopping every 50m. when i started my swimming lessons early this year, it was a struggle. i wanted to quit very early in the program because i couldn't even finish a lap on an olympic-sized pool ( Read more... )

i had a rather fruitful day today despite having risen from bed in time for lunch. i brought home the tuna i bought in davao last week and my mom made her classic kinilaw. i have actually pretty low standards when it comes to eating raw fish because i would eat them wherever they're served, but my mom's recipe is pretty good. too bad my dental ( Read more... )

yesterday, the delegation had a briefing on the AH1N1 influenza pandemic that has infected nearly 50,000 people in the world today, 1% of such cases reported by the philippines. i learned a few things from the presentation: that flu pandemics do not occur regularly: on average, they take place between 30 to 40 years apart. the last one was exactly ( Read more... )

prior to today's short sprint, my last exercise was the 20 minute run i had around the lago del rey at the camsur watersports complex late last december. since the year began, i hadn't managed to lace on my running shoes for a run, as i was in sick bay for two successive weeks and consciously avoided anything physical. however, i did notice that ( Read more... )

i received overflowing comments of concern from my friends when i posted an update of my status over at facebook last week, saying that i was experiencing some chest pains. the pain was tucked underneath the right part of my chest, close to the armpit, and people i knew immediately suggested that i have myself checked. normally i would just ignore ( Read more... )

i've been suffering from a condition called benign essential belpharospasm, and based on my research, it seems that one way to treat it is to get an injection of the botulinum toxin ( Read more... )

jason mraz's "i'm yours" has been playing in my mind like a broken record. not that i mind, but i now have this vision of me performing this song in front of an audience. haha. i have only been to one concert in my life, and that was jason's. i loved him even before his album was released, much like i loved stephen speaks before they appeared in ( Read more... )

yesterday, i got the results of my annual physical exam, and the final word on my state of being is that i am "class A physically fit". i wonder what that means? my other officemates received B's ( Read more... )

random rumination 2 - my well-beingi went to have a neuro exam yesterday, which took the better part of the day, thus preventing me from going to work. i'd gone to 3 prior hospitals before i ended up at the MAB of st. luke's. visiting all these 3 hospitals could have induced what the doctor warned me about. like i've said before, i fell during the ( Read more... )