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1. Malandi, eklat, ekek

Noong 1940’s, kapag may bra ang babae, pinagbubulungan na at mababansagang malandi.

Noon din ay may French perfume na ang tatak ay Eclat (silent T).
Kaya ang taong maarte ay tinawag ng mga Pinoy na Eclat (pronounce the T). Ngayon kapag maraming tsetseburetse at kaartehan ganon din ang tawag, "Ang dami mo namang eklat." Kinalaunan, pinaikli pa ang eklat at naging ek-ek- "Ang tagal mo namang magdesisyon kung sasama ka o hindi! Ang dami mong ek-ek!"

2.Baylerina, belyas, hospitality girls, GRO

Noong elementary ako, uso pa ang  Wakasan, sinusubaybayan ko ang nobelang  Tubig at Langis; ang Movie Especial na komiks kung saan kapanapanabik ang bawat eksena sa buhay ni Zuma na siya namang ama ni Galema. Sa komiks ang tawag sa babaeng nagbebenta ng panandaliang aliw ay baylerina. Kinalaunan, naging belyas, tapos naging English, hospitality girls tapos ngayon GRO.

3. Give me five, High Five, Appear, Align

Elementary ako nang makagisnan ko ang batiang "Give Me Five". Masyado yatang pormal ang handshake kaya "Give me Five, Man" ang pumalit. Tuwang-tuwa ang mga magulang kapag natutunan ng kanilang anak na paslit ang mag-give me five. Tapos sa mga American games, naging High Five o "Give me five, up here!"

Hindi pahuhuli ang Pinoy basta galing sa America. Ang "Give me five, up here" ay naging "Appear". Halos lahat yata ng Pinoy babies ganito ang series of training, "Anak, where is the light; where is the moon?" Ang nadagdag, "Appear! Appear!" At dahil sa E.T. ni Speilberg, "Align, Align!" Again, Tuwang-tuwa ang mga magulang.

4.Karaoke, videoke, combo

Nang mag- Community Medicine ako noon sa isang slum area ng Sta. Ana, Manila. Ito ang top 3 gamit na hindi mawawala sa mga bahay, gaano mang kaliit ang  barung-barong:  1. Panyong may tatak na panalangin ng El Shaddai   2. Television  3. Karaoke.

Kakambal na ng Pinoy ang pagkanta. Noon, kapag nagkakantahan, gamit ay gitara at song hits (Jingle). Napalitan ito nang 70’s-80’s ng minus one. Tapos, karaoke. Ngayon, videoke, at sa huling talaan ng pagkakaalam ko, 8 na ang namamatay sa "My Way".

Naalala ko noong elementary pa ko, nagtayo ang kuya ko at ng yang mga kaibigan ng isang Combo. Ngayon, ang tawag sa singing group ay– d, hindi na Combo at ang Combo ngayon ay tumutukoy sa Jollibee o McDonald’s promo.

5.CT Scan, Siete Scan, CT Skull, SC Scalp, CT Scam

Sa PGH, may tinatawag na Central Block. Nandoon ang Radiology Department kung saan ginagawa ang mga X-rays, Ultrasound, CT Scan at Radiotherapy. Dito ko naobserbahan ang evolution ng mga pinoy medical terms. May mga pasyente o bantay na aking nasasalubong, ang madalas magtanong ng direksyon.

Mga Versions ng CT Scan: (Ganon na rin yon, no!)
a. "Dok saan po ba ang Siete Scan?"
b. "Doc saan po ba magpapa-CT Skull"
c. "Doc saan po ba CT Scalp"
d. "Doc saan po ang CT Scam?"

6. Cobal, X-tray

Madalas akong mapagtanungan ng direction papunta sa Cobalt Room.

"Doc saan po ba ang Cobal" Yes, laging walang T, marami na ang ginagamit na term ay Cobal. Saan napunta ang "T".

Marami din kasing nagtatanong,

"Doc, saan po ba ang papuntang X-Tray?"

Conclusion: Ang "T" ng Cobalt, ay napunta sa X-Tray.

7. Phenobarbiedoll, metromanilazole, Paco, Tragedy of Fallot, Scissors! Ketong,

Nang mag-rotate ako as intern sa Pediatrics ng PGH, mahal na mahal talaga ng mga nanay ang kanilang mga anak na may sakit. Pilit nilang tinatandaan ang mga gamot at tawag sa sakit ng kanilang anak.

Doktor:  "Mrs. ano po ang mga gamot na iniinom ng anak niyo?"
Mrs 1:  "Doc phenobarbiedoll po."
Doktor: "Ah baka po phenobarbital." (Gamot sa convulsion ang phenobarbital)

Doktor: "Mrs. ano po ba ang antibiotic na iniinom ng anak yo?"
Mrs 2: "Doc metromanilazole po."
Doktor: "Ah baka po metronidazole." (Gamot sa amoeba ang metronidazole)

Ang tawag sa recovery room ng PGH ay PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit)

Doktor: "Mrs., tapos na po ang operasyong ng anak ninyo, punta po kayo sa  PACU.
Mrs 3:  "Eh Doc, saan po sa Paco? Sa may simbahan po ba o sa may palengke?

Doktor:  "Mrs. ano po ba ang sinabi ng dating doktor kung ano ang sakit ng inyong anak?"
Mrs 4: "Eh Doc sabi po niya Tragedy of Fallot.
Doktor: "Ah baka po Tetralogy of Fallot (Isang congenital Heart Disease ang Tetralogy of Fallot)

Biglang nagtatarang ang isang nanay at sumigaw.
Mrs. 5: "Scissors! Scissors! Nag-sciscissors ang anak ko, Doc!"
Doktor: "Nurse, diazepam please, nag-seizure ang pasyente!

Doktor:  "Mrs. ano daw po ba ang sakit ng anak ninyo?"
Mrs. 6: May ketong daw po. In-examine ng doktor ang balat ng pasyente. Wala siyang makitang senyales ng ketong. Tumawag pa siya ng isang dermatologist para mag-examine nang husto. Wala talaga.
Doktor: "Mrs. sigurado po ba kayong ketong ang sakit ng bata?"
Mrs 6: "Eh iyon po ang sabi ng doktor niya dati. Mataas daw po ketong sa ihi dahil may diabetes."
Doktor: "Ah ketone po yon! (Ang positive ketone sa ihi ay yales ng kumplikasyon ng diabetes.)

Doktor: (Sa buntis na mrs. na nagle-labor) "Mrs. pumutok na po ang panubigan mo?"
Mrs 7: "Eh Doc, wala naman po akong narinig na pagsabog." nep!)

ARTICLE FROM THE PHILIPPINE STAR

The reported cause of actor Rico Yan’s
death is nightmare or bangungot.Medical investigators in China, Japan
and several Asian countries who performed autopsies on persons who died
from "acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis" found out that the majority of
them had eaten NOODLES as their supper. This was a startling finding.
However, it wasn’t the noodles that caused nightmares but dehydration.
Imbibing even with a few drinks of alcohol or just eating noodles
immediately before bedtime compound this on an empty stomach will
trigger an electrolyte imbalance and other factors that causes a person
to dehydrate or lose water.
It is therefore advisable for a person to take several glasses of water
before bedtime if he had a few or several alcoholic drinks. Avoid eating
noodles before bedtime, but if you can not avoid it, allow at least two
hours for the body to digest the noodles before hitting the sack and
drink plenty of water. The most important thing is, never go thirsty
when going to bed and be sure you have plenty of water during your
8-hour rest…

All your life, you had specific dreams about what
your family life
would be
like when you finally married. You were so intent
on what you wanted,
you
even made a list of qualities and characteristics
you were looking or
in a
spouse, in a home, in your job, in your children.

But time passed, and that person you were so
intent on didn’t come
along.
All of your friends married, had children, had
beautiful homes. And
still
you were single. You prayed and prayed and prayed
for that person to
come
along, but nothing happened.

You had a good job. You served in your church.
You spent daily time
with the
Lord in prayer and studying the Word. You
dedicated your life to
serving God
in every way possible, but still nothing. So you
decided to take
matters
into your own hands, and you began an active
search for a mate. And
within a
short period, you met someone who almost fit the
bill. Almost. Sure,
there
were a few things missing, a few rusty spots in
that person’s
character.
But, after all, no one is perfect. Of course,
your friends and your
pastor
tried to counsel you that you were making a poor
choice and that you
should
wait for the Lord to send the right person. But
that couldn’t be
right. You
had waited for a long time.

Maybe your goals were too high. Maybe you’d been
asking for the
impossible.
Maybe this was the person God wanted for you so
your character could
grow
through dealing with his or her failings.

So you married. And your life went down hill from
there.

Even though it often seems that God is slow to
answer prayers, no
matter
whether it’s about a mate, or a job, or our
children, or our
finances, or
anything else, we have to remember that God
doesn’t wear a watch. Nor
does
He look at our human calendars. He sees with
eternal eyes. He
operates on an
eternal timetable, according to His plan and His
schedule.

If God seems to be running late, don’t get
impatient and run ahead of
him.
Wait for the Lord’s timing in everything.

To the single folks out there,  this is
for you….

Single means you have the time to grow and be the
person you want to
be.

Single gives you space to grow. Sometimes, it is
harder to grow when
you are
too close to someone. Trees are planted far apart
so they can spread
their
branches and become strong as they mature.

Single means learning to live by yourself.
However, that is no more
difficult than learning to live with somebody
else.

Single means freedom. You are free to spend a
week’s vacation on the
beach,
to take computer courses, to work late on an
interesting project, to
spend
the day in bed with a good book or simply with a
person who has read
one.

Single means learning not to need a man/woman to
make your life
meaningful
but learning to live with a man/woman because you
want to be with
him/her.
Single means that sometimes you will wonder why
you will bite your
lip and
feel wistful and wonder if marriage is better.

Ironically, yet quite happily, single is feeling
good about being in
control
of your life. It is liking and respecting who you
are and why you
are.

And… Single is realizing that being married is
not necessarily
better, it
is
merely different…ü

"…the Lord never promised a peaceful
journey……only a safe
arrival…."