not good, not good.  this morning, naatrasan ako ng isang motorized pedicab.  dang, a nasty 3-inch gash on xwind’s front bumper. yup, the freakin’ driver couldn’t have cared less and went away without any apology man lang (i don’t actually expect any reparation especially one can sense he cannot afford to pay; but I wanted at least a show of some remorse.  hay, this country is so polluted with ill-mannered people na talaga!).  then, just now, the institution clinic called to follow up my health “condition.”  wow, amidst the many and not-actually-undergoing-annual-medical-exams employees here, they’re very focused on me as if i’d bring the whole office down with my “condition.”  well, to answer them din, we’ll all know this week how i really am as i’d have another x-ray when my two-month medication ends on thursday.  truth be told, i’m scared. yes, I never missed those pocket-sucking meds; but despite the weeks i’ve been taking them, i was more sickly the last quarter than the other quarters of last year.  i just really hope my sickly-ness is brought about by the yuletide virus floating about then. 

in re tita madre: last week, she went to her eye doctor (after more than 2 years), expecting upgrades on her eyeglasses.  ayun, Berbano nga siya ‘coz instead of having new eyeglasses, she ended up being required to undergo surgeries on both eyes!  she just sent an SMS saying they are done with her left eye already;  the right is scheduled on saturday.  thank goodness on advanced medical technology, lest she would have gone blind.  to think she still has three more years to finish in

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