WE SPEND MOST OF OUR WEEKENDS DOING THESE SIMPLE YET FUN-FILLED THINGS…
Taking Gabby to his favorite play place – Timezone. From Glorietta to Trinoma, any malls with carousel, mini-rides, bump cars, computer games, Gabby surely loves it.
Eating and eating more. Drinking coffee and enjoying it…
Going to the grocery with my wife and my son…
TILL THE NEXT WEEKEND ! …
Gabby smiles beside my bday cake given by my students.
To everyone who texted and emailed me and greeted me personally on my birthday,
to those who gave me presents : Rob thanks for the tie from Marks & Spencer,
to my students, thanks for the cakes, parker pen
& mooncake.
THANK YOU SO MUCH !…
And may the GOOD LORD continuously BLESS us all and our families with
HEALTH, HAPPINESS & SUCCESS in all our endeavors. CHEERS !
On Tuesday, September 18, I’ll be a year older. I will be 31 years old officially. And I thought of blogging 31 things for me to be thankful of and grateful for. I also included my favorites which are also part of my 3 decade-and-1-year-existence.
And here’s my list…
(1) My 31 years of existence. Thank you Lord ! The Glory and Honors are Yours now and forever !
(2) My son Gabby, who’s almost 3 years old now, is healthy and happy. Gabby has been my inspiration for all my endeavors since his birth.
(3) My wife Ite, who’s also my best friend for life and the only person who will be with me to love and care for me till I breathe my last.
(4) My family. Mommy Tessie, Daddy Benruh, Lola Idang, my siblings – Kei and his family, Mac and JC… I will not be who I am now without you.
(5) My friends. People whom I shared common laughs and chit-chat since school days. Friends from MCS, OLOPSS, Fatima College of Medicine and especially friends from FEU. Thank you for the memories and for the things we will still share later on…
(6) My aunts, uncles and cousins here and abroad.
(7) My in-laws. For accepting me in their family. I will be forever grateful for everything.
(8) My wife’s relatives.
(9) My profession. I thank the Lord and my parents for the opportunity of studying BS BIOLOGY and MEDICINE.
(10) My work. I’m happy and content in constantly encouraging young minds to do more especially in their studies. It’s fulfilling to be INFLUENTIAL.
(11) My students. For allowing themselves to be molded by my instructions, lectures and guidance.
(12) My Dad’s relatives abroad; in the US and in New Zealand. Thank you for the time you spent with us and sharing your place to us. Till our next vacation or possible migration (?)
(13) Our household help. My wife and I are not superheroes, so we need domestic assistance from them. Thank you for being honest, sincere to us and to your duties.
(14) My son’s godparents. Thank you for always being generous to Gabby, not only of material things but especially whenever you spend time with us during his birthdays and other occassions, it really mean a lot to us.
(15) The people I am working with.
(16) My friends here in FRIENDSTER.
(17) 
For expanding my social life through virtual networking.
(18) My favorite restaurants and fastfood chains. STARBUCKS, Dad’s, Saisaki, Kamayan in Glorietta, Superbowl of China in Gateway and other branches, T.G.I.F., Flavors of China, McDonald’s, KFC, Cheesecake etc, Brownies Unlimited, Le Ching in Greenhills, Fruit Magic and Fruitas. Thank you for serving good food and drinks and for satisfying my simple cravings and huge appetite.
(19) My favorite malls and shops – Glorietta & Shangri-la. Marks and Spencer and Tie Line.
(20) My favorite tiangges – Greenhills and Divisoria.
(21) Yahoo Mail. Thank you for giving your patrons free email accounts.
(22) My son’s favorite place -TIMEZONE. Thank you for catering to kids and kids at heart.
(23) My favorite meatshop – MONTEREY – Anonas branch. Thank you for selling good meat, and giving good customer service.
(24). My favorite food that never fails to keep me HAPPY and SANE – ICE CREAM!
(25) My favorite DIMSUMS and appetizers – HAKAO, Vietnamese Spring rolls, CALIFORNIA MAKI, EBI and KANI TEMPURA, BOLA-BOLA SIOPAO…Hmmm yummy !
(26) My neighbors who keep our community safe and quiet.
(27) My credit cards. For the banks that are allowing me to frequently use plastics in doing purhcases, thank you !
(28) My favorite braodsheets every Sunday – Manila Bulletin, Philippine Star and Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thank you for informing us with the latest news and whathaveyou..
(29) My favorite gadgets and electrical things – TV, laptop, cellphone, DVD, radio. Life is inconvenient without these.
(30) For the people who find time to read my BLOG and view my friendster page, Thank you. I hope to receive more comments and testimonials from you.
(31) To everyone who has been and those who will still be part of my so-called LIFE, I will be forever GRATEFUL. Thank you so much ! And to myself…
Our son Gabby loves arcades in malls. He just can’t get enough of those mini-rides, carousel and other techie games even if he doesn’t really know how to manipulate some of those machines in arcades. He enjoys playing just like other kids of his age. Almost 3 years old, Gabby is already a certified mall-rat ( "manang-mana sa pinagmanahan").
Besides playing in arcades, my son, my wife and myself simply enjoy dining out eating good food together. Here are some proofs of Gabby’s arcade addiction and evidences of how we enjoy being kids at heart…
It’s AMAZING to receive phone calls and text messages of THANKS and APPRECIATION from students who just passed the NURSING LICENSURE EXAMINATION. IT’S VERY OVERWHELMING ! My humble efforts of sharing a bit of my knowledge to them and my working beyond my salary really paid off. An added bonus to this is the fact that one of my former student in NCM 202 (Medical-Surgical Nursing) and NCM 204 (Pysch/Ortho/Neuro/Onco/Infectious disease etc) made it to TOP 6 with percentile rank of 86.60.
Yes, top 6 out of 64,909 examinees !
She’s Aynne Taguba,RN…Congratz to you Aynne ! She was rewarded by the school admin. with P100,000 ! A fitting incentive to a deserving person. A lot from her class also passed the NLE. The main bulk of students who thanked me came from their section. I’m really proud of my students; not only for their success in the boards but especially for their
GRATITUDE & GRATEFULNESS.
I believe that this is a confirmation that DOING GOOD to others will always result to POSITIVE things… No one never goes wrong with ALTRUISM.
To my students, continue working with the BEST of your abilities and your EFFORTS, sacrifices and SLEEPLESS NIGHTS will be REWARDED with SUCCESS !
I AM SO PROUD TO BE PART OF YOUR HISTORY.
CHEERS and GOD BLESS ! - Dr. Santos.
OPINION COUNTS…