Thursday, February 26, 2009

EDSA

Monday, February 16, 2009

An Accident

February 12, 2009, We received an email from Joanne Santiago:

brods and sis,

Our sis janis and brods gian and princy had a vehicular accident last weekend, lets pray for their early, recovery.... tnx... mod353

This is the story from Bing Bunuan sister in law of Dr Bermie Alejandro

Princy and family ... Gian, Janice and pamangkin plus my sis-in-law Bermie and BF Gilbert went to Manaoag last feb 7 daw and on their way home ... an accident happened. Bale convoy daw sila ... Princy and family in one car, while others mentioned on the other car, driver nila si Gian. Medyo nawala lang daw sandali si Gian sa paningin ni Princy dahil may sumingit na bus between them. Princy just thought na nakasunod pa rin si Gian, however taka na lang daw sya coz super bagal na daw sya to wait for them pero wala pa rin sila, only to find out, may accident na pala. Nag turn turtle sila, tumama daw yung gitna ng roof sa isang tree, nahati at dun nauntog si Bermie. My poor sis-in-law died on-the-spot.

Dra. Berminda Alejandro was a senior radiology resident at Tondo MediCal Center, about to graduate this september, and planning to get married by December. 10 years anniv nila ng BF nya last feb 13, 1 day before her burial. How ironic.

I was able to talk to Gian and Princy who attended the burial last saturday. Ok na si Princy but si Gian, I could still see in him na di pa talaga sya fully recovered psychologically. The grieving family told him to undergo therapy ... which just shows na naiintindihan sya. Besides, its really an accident. Sino nga naman kasi ang magkakagustong mangyari yun.

Janice is still in Delo. (s/p closed reduction of her femoral fracture, shoulder dislocation, tarsal bone fractures, and other injuries from Leisly) wasnt able to drop by na coz we went home the following day.

Janis dear, get well soon, ok. Kaya mo yan... nakaya mo hirap sa medicus... yan pa kaya? Gian, I know what you feel but don't blame yourself ok. nangyari na din yan sa akin (total wreck din tho less traumatic) and up to now, may phobia pa rin ako... We really suggest you and Janis to undergo therapy para mas mabilis kayo maka recover.

Kaya, mga brods and sis... ingat lagi sa pagda drive...

NB: Just a little favor ... please help us pray for the soul Bermie.

Thank You.

Bing Bunuan

This is a tragic accident that no one wants to happen specially to our love ones. To the family of Dr. Bermie Alejandro, The MEDICUS family conveys our deepest sympathies to you, and rest assured that Bermie is in our prayers.

To our Brods, Princy and Gian and Sis Janice, Life goes on. Give your self time to grieve, time heals all wounds they say. Let your injuries heal, then move forward in life. Nothing that you do now will change anything that happen, perhaps Bermie would like you to continue with your life stronger as you overcome her loss.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Valentine's Day


Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery.

The holiday is named after two, among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine.
The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae). Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who suffered martyrdom about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been killed during the persecution of Emperor Aurelian. A third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of February 14. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him.
The Early Medieval acta of either Saint Valentine were excerpted by Bede and briefly expounded in Legenda Aurea. According to that version, St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer

Legenda Aurea still providing no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. In an embellishment to The Golden Legend, on the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he wrote the first "valentine" himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved, as the jailer's daughter whom he had befriended and healed, or both. It was a note that read "From your Valentine."
The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages. Some claim the first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer this may be the result of misinterpretation. Chaucer wrote:
For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make
This poem was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia. A treaty providing for a marriage was signed on May 2, 1381. (When they were married eight months later, he was 13 or 14, and she was 14

An alternative theory from Belarus states that the holiday originates from the story of Sain Valentine, who upon rejection by his mistress was so heartbroken that he took a knife to his chest and sent her his still-beating heart as a token of his undying love for her. Hence, heart-shaped cards are now sent as a tribute to his overwhelming passion and suffering.

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.
HAPPY VALENTINE
to mY Brods And Sis,
say I LOVE YOU to the ones you love
agp i love medicus