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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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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