After Swimming in 1985

My beautiful sisters after our swimming in Cavite (except for one bwiset na parang t___, singit ng singit sabi na kasing sisters lang siya rin daw). This picture were taken just after sunrise and it was raining. From left to right Dina Eisma, Elvis Verso, Arcely Fabian, in the middle (tallest) was Vicky Valdez, then Nen Ganipan, and Marlene Chua, kneeling Mila Libiran. I miss my sisters, I have seen Dina and Arcely several times because we came from the same City (Olongapo) and even in the same high school but the rest I have not seen for a long time. I hope they see this.

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Forever Be A Medicus!

It was year 2000 when I joined in a Prestige Medical Fraternity in MCU-FDTMF College of Medicine. There are a lot of organization that time but the first thing that comes in my mind is what benefit will I get if I join in a Medical Organization. The next question is, if I will join what is the best organization among the rest. The motivation I made that time is, I want an organization which is unique, strong brotherhood bonding, and after I finished my 4 years in med school, I would like to be remembered.

Medicus is the only Medical Fraternity and Sorority which is founded in 1982 by 13 MCU medical students. It is the oldest fraternity still present up to now, and still growing. I believed that the older the organization, the more members and the more active it is. After 4 months of hardship training and initiation, I become a full pledge Medicus member. I and 3 members of my batch (Monet, Rowena, and Monet again) were very fortunate because during that year Medicus Alumni are starting to become dynamic. That was the time that they gather a full support from alumni members financially, conduct medical missions and fund raising campaign. There were also a lot of meetings and activities that time in which I met a bunch of Medicus brothers and sister who are successful doctors in their different fields.

Becoming a medical student is also tough, sometimes you need a lot of resources to pass all the subjects. Thank God I have a lot of active senior Brods and Sis, which is very approachable and willing to help in your studies. They had this old compilation of medical handouts, OTP (old test papers), and summarized notes direct from the Mother Book which offered tremendous help (sometimes) to passed the examinations. It was convenient because you don’t need to read thick books or transcribed blurred projector notes from a lectures. They also gave you some tips or hints on what to read and the most common questions that the professor may ask on the exams.

When I graduated in medical school that was 2003, and I went to a Post Graduate Internship in Manila Adventist Medical Center in Pasay City. I visited my beloved medical school to get some journals to review. I went to the library and a group of medical student who had this black and red Panda ball pen on their right sided chest pocket (left side on the female if I remember). A group of Medicus neophyte who called me Dominus, and I was amazed because they knew my name, roster, batch name, address, birthday, email address, contact numbers and even my mobile number. They ask me to sign on their red and black small notebook which I signed them immediately with this unexplained feeling of elation inside me. I don’t know maybe because these young promising future doctors knew me, or maybe I felt that time that I was very important. It is the same emotion when I exchange a Medicus handshake to brother or sister whom I first met.

Well basically this is it; all of the qualities in a best organization are here. Medici Omnes Duciens Fraternity and Sorority, only one of its kind, the most active alumni and members, and forever be a Medicus.

Robin (MOD 385)

(Picture: Me and my Wife Arvie Dedicatoria-Bacolor, MD. She is a member of Sigma Tau Delta The pioneer sorority of the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery)

Medicus Internet History

In the late 90's when the Internet is just coming in its age. Ceasar Dayahan of PRIMA DUCIENS started an email at hotmail for Medicus. Few knew about it and only the "old timers" knew about sign in name and the password. So if you wanted to reach any brod or sis, there is not an existing place that you can look or search (email address would not come up on search parameters). I have tried to search for Medicus or Medici Omnes Duciens but nothing comes up on the Internet, we do not exist in the Eworld.

In 2000, a lot of our brothers and sisters were going to different places of the world and there is no way of reaching each other (I found it out myself). It is then that a yahoogroup at geocities was made and put up so that when you search, you will see something on the Internet to hopefully reach your brods and sis. One by one members found it and register. Since this site was working it was easily filled with pictures, and then there is not enough space (only 3 MB allowed) to put what we want to put in. The only way we can increase our memory availability is to pay, which we cannot afford. It was then that an MSN group account was created and then added as a secondary site.

In October 1, 2001 a website for Medici Omnes Duciens was started at yahoo geocities. The site was upped by the developer and was very impressive (all red). Thanks to a very creative brod who spent a long time putting it up. This site was then maintained by Medicus for Medicus, but our brod who was maintaining the site become so busy with his studies (women, beer) at the time (It is Robin BACOLOR who did it) that there is no time to update it. The site was neglected for a while because no one was able to update the site, not for lack of wanting but because nobody knows how.

Here is what Robin had to say while making the geocities site:
"naaalala ko dati 3rd year ako nyan sa med school (2001), ang gamit ko dati e dial up (56 kbps) minsan nga 32 lang na speed... kaya dinidiskartehan ko madaling araw para wala kang kaagaw sa linya... Dati yan 30-40 web pages tsaka MADUGO sobra... binawasan ko na, ang idea ko lang naman e malagay ang medicus sa google, or yahoo search engine... tsaka ma-i-link natin yung email groups..."

In 2005 members clamor for our own website with our own domain name. Medici Omnes Duciens Website was born, based in the Philippines. This is our main site and mainly used as a bulletin board, some properties of the site is continually added to adapt it to our needs. Unfortunately this main website disappeared late of 2007, MEDICUS lost its Ebulletin board. Since loosing our bulletin board, we lost a vital place of exchange between members. The Alumni during the 25th Anniversary celebration decided to have another forum started, and our Brod William Gerard Vergel de Dios search and established a new Medici Omnes Duciens Forum (this time it is free, with no danger of expiration).

Early of 2007 a Friendster account was made by our sis Maria Isabel LAGRIMAS of CONSEGUENZE FIDA batch, and lately I saw a Medici Omnes Duciens group at friendster in which the listed owner is doc_nancs. I could not see the profile but in my old emails, doc_nancs was Harold Nanquil.

All the old sites were still working, except for the medici omnes duciens website that went offline sometime in November of 2007, because our domain name expires (i tried to renew it but the registry would not allow me). Pictures can still be seen on the yahoo and MSN groups sites. Our yahoo group is in its 7Th year and still used for mass mailing to members, although a lot of the members were bouncing (members please update your emails, to members not yet a member of the yahoogroup, you can use the yahoo group button on the side bar and put your email address on it). You can access the sites on the links in this blog, located on the Medicus Links side bar.

Now we have a blog that was made after several bottles of beer and wine. Yes, we have our old sites and the main site before it disappears but some perceived this as static and only visits once in a while to leave a message, not an interacting site that we can explore and control ourselves. On this Blog, anyone who wanted to post something is very much welcome to do so, it was integrated and hooked to all our sites (yahoogroups, msngroup, friendster, flickr, youTube, pbbforumer, etc...). We have videos from youTube, photo stream from Fickr, link to a health blog, shoutout, etc.. Anything under the sun that can, in one way or another adds or contribute to Medicus and its members, and that even includes our own practical jokes. Just send an email to me and I will send the log in name and password. This Blog is dynamic for it is reshaping itself related to our needs by us, and hopefully utilized by members to its full capability.

i love medicus
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(amended internet history)

Lumang Balita

Isang miyembro di umano ng Medicus ang nakagalitan at pinalayas ng isang park ranger sa isang park sa California. Ito ay sa kadahilanang nahuli di umano ang miyembro na ito na umiihi sa tabi ng guard post ng park. Sa kasamaang palad ay naihian pa ng paa ng isang (bab.. ops.. ) bantay. Hindi na raw kasi mapigilan ng miyembro ang sarili at baka pumutok ang pantog kung kaya't doon na lamang sa tabi ng guard house nag paraos pero nahuli naman. (buti nga)

Younger Generation (25th Anniversary)

Our active younger Brods and Sisters during the 25th Anniversary Party. On the slide that was made they were seen during the presentation of the batches. I think this also serves as the Final Acceptance of Argentum Durus. The picture was taken using a cellphone thus their good looks and beauty were not that evident, some were even blurry. In this picture our beautiful sisters shines and our brods look like models (don't ask me of what). This is a picture of better quality hijacked from Mabel. Hope that other pictures will come in.
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CONGRATULATIONS

This is a little late but, better late than never (?that doesn't sound right) able to say

CONGRATS TOL !!!

to the new surgery diplomate

from

DURA LEX SED LEX BATCH,

338.Harold S. NANQUIL

got this from his friendster dated December 1, 2007.

were are very proud of you brod,

from your brods and sis.

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25th Anniversary Party Slide

This slide presentation was made of pictures hijacked from our Flickr account (ariel atienza uploaded these pictures, thank you very much). It took some time to do the slide because I am waiting for emails of some more pictures or more pictures being upoaded to our flickr account. I could not wait anymore (the euphoria of the celebration will be fading fast, and its now 2008), but I do hope that more pictures will come ("if you build it, they will come"). If some more pictures showed up I will make another slide presentation for it. I also have a hard time deciding what music to add on it (could not decide between eric clapton's tulsa time and jive bunny's hawai 5 o'). But here it is with Fallout Boy's thank's for the memories.

(just in case the video did not play right, check the bottom of the page and the video is also there as streaming video from youTube)

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"KAMUSTA KA NA"

25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
“KAMUSTA KA NA?”
December 29, 2007
7:00 pm
Main Bar, Quezon City Sports Club
E. Rodriquez Avenue, Quezon City

The celebrations for the 25th anniversary was truly a night to remember. 64 of our brothers and sisters of Medicus were there to attend and renew ties with their old friends from the best school organization that has been produced in the MCU-FDTMF College of Medicine. Five of the founding members including Angel Araneta, Eduardo Flores, Teodoro Santos, Rizal Smiley Tan and Emmanuel Tiongson were present to share with one and all the feeling of family that was truly palpable throughout the entire night.

The program started at around 9 pm when the emcee and Alumni President Alex Santos invited everyone to stand up for the singing of the medicus hymn and recitation of the medicus creed. The opening remarks were given by Spike Ignacio after which a power point presentation of Medicus from the early days was given by Butch Tiongson. After this, a video presentation was shown courtesy of Jeffrey Lee showing the pictures of the different batches of the organization from the early years till present. A short speech was given by Eduardo Flores regarding Medicus through the years.

All batches were called individually and members from each batch were asked to go in front of the stage for some picture taking. A minute of silence was given in memory of those who have passed on. And finally a short speech from Angel Araneta capped the night, sharing his thoughts on the essence of what dedication, service and brotherhood truly meant in the lives of those who have committed themselves to the noble principles of this brotherhood.

The closing remark was given by our sister Brigida Estabillo who was in Manila for a vacation and came all the way from California, USA. She is now practicing as a pediatric anesthesiologist in her area of responsibility.

After the end of the program, a business meeting was held to get the feedback of the alumni on how best the members may be contacted for future events of the organization. The body decided to elect an eight man Board of Trustees who will decide on the future of the alumni organization as a whole. After the meeting, the emcee bid all farewell and everyone left feeling “bitin”. Friends and small clicks went out to spend the rest of the night somewhere in the still open clubs around the Quezon City area.

We wished the Medicus Alumni Association USA Chapter the happiest new year and the most prosperous for all. We thanked Alex Pineda who has shown his commitment with the fraternity/sorority by coming up with the medicus blog.

Please check: http://mediciomnesduciens1982.blogspot.com/

Mabuhay ang Medicus! Keep the fire burning!


25 years of existence only proves that Medicus is indeed the best school organization in the MCU-FDTMF College of Medicine. The reunion has shown to one and all that Medicus is a family worth coming back to and it seems that Medicus will continue to thrive in the years to come because of that vision and mission to which the founding members have aspired from the start of the inception of this noble group to this very day.

Medicine Channels for All.

Happy 2008!

Butch Tiongson

Final Acceptance 2001

This slide show was made earlier than the 2003 Final Acceptance, but somehow was missed and never posted. I only noticed that it was missing while I was reviewing the slide show at the bottom of the blog. I was looking for the post but there was none. So, here it is, The Final Acceptance in 2001. Pictures was given or passed on to me by my partner in crime Archie L. (forgive me brods and sis for not stating any batch name for I have no idea what it is. I was not there and there is no banner to tell me. If anybody knows, can you make a comment so that I can add it, or just send an email to me alexgpce@yahoo.com ,thank you very much).