REFLECTIVE WRITING FOR INTERNIST | A 55-WORD STORY WRITING FLASH WORKSHOP
Session 6 – February 2023

THE CALL

By Dr. Bill Ramos

It was close to midnight. I got a call from the helper, crying on the other side, that you are not well. I felt that it was something serious, something dreadful...

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SATURDAY MORNING

By Dr. Honey Sarita Abarquez

 It’s Saturday morning in front of a monitor.

It’s 24 months, forward in 2023.

I hear a rooster crow...

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PAGLINGON SA NAKARAAN

By Dr. Beatrice Tiangco

Hindi lang iisa, sobrang daming ala-ala.

Mga kasama na inagawan ng buhay.

Pagsuot ng mask, ang hirap huminga...

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COVID, OH COVID

By Dr. Maria Karla Malanyaon-Ermino

 An outing to the beach to get a breath of fresh air

Started a nightmare.

I had it, my husband and niece had it...

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SWALLOW

By Dr. Wilfredo Liangco

Had two patients with esophageal cancer last week. One was a news reporter, only in her 30s, and cancer has spread to her liver and bones...

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AMBULANCE RUN

By Dr. Noel P. Pingoy

She closed her eyes as the dog barked in a far-off distance. She told herself I would rather remember the sun’s heat pricking my skin in the midday rush to the población...

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 LIFE FULFILLED

By Dr. Anita Jesena

Hold me with your eyes at a distance. It’s okay, cry more behind your mask. Touch me with gloved hand if you can. But let go as i fade slowly...

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LAB LIFE

By Dr. Elsie Lim

Napakailap na buhay pag-ibig

Aking inaasam asam

Balot na nung bago mag pandemic

Ngayon ay mas higit pa....

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LOCKDOWN FREEDOM

By Dr. Carina Chavente

Everyone’s indoors, except me.

Highways clear

Business districts still

Traffic lights out

Not one in sight...

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PANDEMIC EMOTIONS AT PLAY

By Dr. Cherry Pink Villa

Pandemic has brought joy, peace,

at the same time fear and anxiety.

It has made us closer yet far to reach.

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HOPE

By Dr. Cherry Marquez

 Suddenly, everything is meaningless.

Sickness lingers, with no help in sight.

Desperate people calling, praying...
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MY SECRET AFFAIR

By Dr. Mary Antonette Ong

 The world went to a standstill…

Was not planning but fate brought me here.

One-click, one look, t’was just one...

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NEED
(With apologies to Maslow’s Pyramid of Need)

Dream and hope…

The resolve to rise again and

Takes it all away in instant but not

How sweet and simple life is until the dreaded...
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THE COVID AND ME

By Dr. Angeli Aresta del Valle

The Covid-19 outbreak for the past four years presents us all with an unprecedented amount of uncertainty. As a young clinician practicing medical oncology...

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ROUTINE

By Dr. Hyasmin Alejandro

I wear a mask, cover everything I can and walk through the bridge to the hospital.

I smile with my eyes, bow to those I recognize...

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SUB

By Katrina Gaelic Bebero

Fellowship training has just ended, and I was still asleep at 9AM. An unexpected call came in. Everyone’s in quarantine...

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REFLECTIVE WRITING FOR INTERNIST | A 55-WORD STORY WRITING FLASH WORKSHOP
Session 5 – January 2023

"GAMOT"

By Dr. Julius Baciles

Paano mo ba sasabibin...

Paano ka magbibilin...

Sakit na iyong nararamdaman Kailan kaya ito maiibsan?

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LISENSYA

By Dr Kevin Joy Batan

Isa, parang blankong libro

Nakakalula, nakakakaba

Musmos na manggagamot, nakatingala

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Infected-Isolated

By Dr Nowell Benedict Catbagan

I have been careful

Putting on my PPE

Not my first time

But still with anxiety

Saw patients inside

Came out feeling fine

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2AM

By Dr. Katherine Pesalbo

The dark seems abysmal.

The wind brings about a chill that seeps deep in the bones. 2 am, always hit like either you're on top of the world or under it.

Tonight's latter.

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TRANSITION

By Dr Carmelo Bautista III

As the old adage says, “Nothing is permanent in this world except change.”

A striking proverb that has shifted my perspective from being encased in the four walls of the wards to the wide and challenging world of the frontlines.

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OPD

By Dr. JB Besa

Tambak na papel sa mesa

Hindi alam saan magsisimula

Uunahin ba si lola na alas-kwatro pa nakapila?

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CHAIR

By Dr Shiela Campomanes

Your favorite chair

in front of the television

has remained empty ever since.

I wish I could still

see You sitting there.

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FIRST DOSE

By Dr Raquel Isabell Donado

We had woken at the crack of dawn and left my baby to travel to the site. It was before sunrise when we arrived, yet the line was almost at cut off...

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REMEMBERING DAD

By Dr Ella Masamayor

With every death I pronounce, I remember Dad’s death. I remember the blue dress I wore, his white-walled hospital room, his big throne-like hospital bed, eating lechon manok...

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