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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