Mitsuru

I was bestowed a new title by one of the denizens of cyberspace whom I stumbled upon while passing the time on a lazy afternoon doing nothing but tinkering with the old notebook in the comforts of the sofa- bed in the living room. I came across this test while surfing today and took the plunge just for the heck of it. The result is quite a surprise though-- See Result: History / Lit Geek So, I took the test the second time with a different set of questions but with identical results none the less. Let me state for the record though that I was neither dragged nor forced to take the said on-line test. I was neither hypnotized nor conned by this inhuman force lurking in the world wide web. I did it on my own free will and was knighted in the process or should I say, crowned as the... I'll let the picture/ words of the said program do the talking in this case-- From this time forward, you'll hold the title: Cool Nerd King Carry it proudly! To say that I was bewildered is an underst...

Three words that caught my attention today while looking into some patients' chart courtesy of a wet-behind-the- ears Nurse Intern fresh out of school and eager to prove her mettle in the chaotic world of the Emergency Room Triage... HEMMERHOID MAGGETS TETNAS Are these some forms of medical/technical neologism or just some typos? Or sounds like some words fit for Pictionary? You be the Judge.

My father would have been 60 years old today but he died young at age 43 from complications of his excesses in life. I remember my Dad mostly as a beer- drinking, chain- smoking, black- coffee drinking, temperamental man who spoke English, which he learned from my mother, mixed with the vernacular he learned from the Istambays in our town. He was a young man of 21 when he first set foot in our remote town in the Philippines as an eager member of the Japanese Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV), Japan’s version of the US Peace Corps in trying to make amends for the war that devastated his neighbors years back. It was in Tiwi, Albay famous for its Hot Springs and Pottery among others where he first made his mark in the Philippines. He was assigned as a Ceramic Technician and had a hand in the rehabilitation of the Ceramic Plant of the town. And with the cooperation of some local folks, he was instrumental in making maybe the first and probably the only Japanese Garden in the Philippine...

Grazie Mille, Bouna Notte e Arrivederci Maestro...

Effie, And I am telling you this little one can give you a run for your money- So, what d'ya think? lol