Beyond Toxicity @ docgelo.com
is the recipient of the Best Expat Malaysia My Second Home Blog Award
for two consecutive years
2012 and 2013 Malaysia International Tourism Bloggers’ Conference and Awards
held in Saloma Theater, Kuala Lumpur & Kuala Lumpur Convetion Centre respectively
awarded by the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia.
DOCGELO & GABBY with Minister of Tourism Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen, KL Convention Centre, March 6, 2013.
Docgelo and his son, Gabby with the honorable & dynamic Minister of Tourism Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen (the beautiful lady-Minister in light blue gown) at the 2012 Malaysia International Tourism Bloggers Awards, Saloma Theater, Kuala Lumpur, May 8, 2012
Mabuhay ang mga bloggers mula sa Pilipinas!
Licensed General Physician from the Philippines.
Medical Lecturer.
International Award Winning Blogger.
Big Daddy to his son.
Dr. Angelo Nino M. Santos or Doc Gelo to his students and blog followers has always been passionate of what he does.
His blog, Beyond Toxicity is basically about giving reverence to life’s simple pleasures :
FAMILY, FOOD and FUN.
This blog documents mostly the priceless moments I share with my family- Tina and Gabby. Posts are taken from our simple pleasures to our daily hassles. From our dining adventures on our own table to various fascinating food places. It also chronicles our few travels and other interesting things in between.
I am a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, a general physician, an educator and a blogger. I always try to wear my hats the best way possible.
I am always grateful whenever people find time to read my posts and somehow be inspired and motivated to do more positive things for themselves, their families, friends and communities. 
I started blogging MAY 08, 2007 in friendster (oh yes, it was fs then prior to fb!) and transferred my posts to this platform 2 years after.
I’m a FAMILY MAN. I LOVE MY FAMILY. Cliche it may sound but MY LIFE ISN’T COMPLETE WITHOUT THEM. I am a father to my son Gabby who’s born on October 2004. I’m a loving husband to my ex-girlfriend Tina who’s also my personal-professional nurse (US-RN at that!). My wife and I were born in 1976 making us both astrologically dragons! I met her in med school after a year of anonymous texting and forwarding mushy messages to each other. We dated for 3 years and eventually got married and have been living a happy togetherness since then.
I’m a PHYSICIAN. I value my profession with or without active private practice. Medicine runs in my blood. Like others who are in the same playing field, I’ve dedicated a part of my life to studying healing both as an Art and Science and has viewed it as a devotion more than a lucrative career.
I am an ACCIDENTAL EDUCATOR. Four months prior to becoming a licensed physician, I am already a father & a lecturer. I have been teaching medical subjects and have been part of the academe & review centers for NCLEX-RN / NLE since November 2004. I was initially deviated into teaching rather than using my profession for a living because of an early domestic calling.
Unexpectedly, I enjoyed it. Teaching has been my second skin and have been good best at it. (Go ahead, ask my former Filipino students! *yabang!*). I have been successful in producing thousands of achievers and professionals who have been an inspiration not only to others but to me as well.
I am a FOODIE. I love eating, who doesn’t? I am so fascinated when food is served with so much efforts and impeccable taste! I like Filipino, Japanese, Italian, some Continental and Spanish dishes. I wish before my geriatric years, I can find time to learn how to cook-like-an-iron-chef. Perhaps I can enroll in culinary school as my son’s classmate in the future. :D Here’s to more gastronomic adventures!
I am a TRAVELER. I have an itchy feet for traveling. I always thank the good Lord for giving me the chance to experience USA (from Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Fresno, Sequioia & Yosemite in California to hotels and casinos in Las Vegas), Tokyo, Japan, Hong Kong, Auckland, New Zealand, Bendar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darrusalam, Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Hat Yai, Thailand, Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi and Kelantan in Malaysia and still counting… My ULTIMATE DREAM VACATION is to experience EUROPE with my family someday.
I am a BLOGGER and this is my VIRTUAL HOME.
Welcome and enjoy the posts!
God bless!
cheers,
docgelo
please link me in your site..
btw, im ramciv from http://www.youtalk2much.info
thanks
hey docgelo,it’s me again,i think aside from reading my bible,i wl have fun reading evrything that’s inside ur BLOG..SUPER GALING KA TALAGA,..
hey doc, luckwatchero here. na-add na kita sa blogroll ko. hehe!
Thanks, Luckwatchero!
Let the fun of blog hopping begin! =)
hey!! thanks for posting a comment in my blog. Silent rusher?
nice
Nakakatuwa yung blog mo. daming pics!! at natuwa ako dun sa Human calendar!! cute hehe
sige add din kita sa blogroll ko.. I also love blog-hopping
thanks for dropping by again in my blog. Hipon coming Back
- odelaho of TMR
nice blog, i enjoy reading yours
Talagang pinakilala niyo po, Doc ang sarili niyo rito. Nice!
[Nakarating dito galing sa BertN Travels.
Salamat RJ! Bisita ka araw-araw sa blog ko, pwede po, libre!
I’ll link you.
docgelo… nakakamiz po kau sna makita ku kau ulit..promse magiging isang registered nurse din aq… magaaral aq ng mabuti.. at higit sa lhat d q kakalimutan lhat ng mga naituro nyu sa akin… thx you so much doc… ur the best teacher ive ever had… sna naalala nyu pa po aq thxU po ingat po palagi godbless..
good luck marvin!
Hi Docgelo,
I stumble on your site when I googled “talangkanin” recipe. I have to search for that talangka or crab fat sa oriental store here in Wisconsin. I really would want to try the recipe you’ve shared though you said it’s rich.
I look forward to hearing that you have finally made it to Paris and other great cities in Europe. Europe is my personal favorite as it offers so much great history in the world! When you make it there, you make it everywhere!
Best wishes to you and your family!
Lynne
Hello Ms. Lynne,
Thanks for dropping by my blog. Glad to have someone from Wisconsin visiting my site. You’re welcome to view my other posts ofcourse. Good luck on your cooking of Talangkanin!
You’ll like as we did.
With regards to my ultimate wish to travel and explore Europe, I’ll have the rest of my years ahead to do that, (wishful thinking) for now I’ll fly there in my dreams, LOL.
thanks so much docgelo for dropping by my blog..hope you can come back anytime.
super galing mo tlga doc
sna mging ganyan din ako
successful na
tour-tour nlng he he he
give me advise doc…
i appreciate ur lecture
take care doc gelo
mabuhay ang mga guro, mabuhay ang mga doktor, mabuhay ang mga doktor na guro, mabuhay ang mga doktor na guro na tumatahak ng sariling landas =]
interesting blog you have here, doc =] lovely family as well! all the best =]
welcome to my site and thanks doc ian for your kind words.
docgelo ang sarap nman ng gelato, im sure mageenjoy kayo ng family dito sa Dubai pagdating sa gelato.
paadd nman sa blogroll mo.
http://www.myyellowbells.blogspot.com
thanks
more power
i’ve added your site to my links. salamat yellow bells for visiting my blog.
Doc, galing ng site mo. Sa isang buwan o linggo lang ata ang dami niyo ng napupuntahan at nakakainan.
Ang ganda ng family niyo doc at adventurous pa kayong tatlo. Hehe. Sana sa future ganyan din maging family ko, buo at masaya.
salamat, akrebley! God bless you too!
Doc Gelo,
isa din akong nangangarap na maging doktor. BS PSych for my PreMEd. dahil po sa blogsite na ito.. yung mga dreams ko parang di imposibleng maabot. salamat sa inspirasyon.
love this blog!
bookmarked.thanks, doc:-)
doc, gling mo nman. you have a lovely family too. god bless and more poswer to you second home your blog. palink nman dito pa mag shoot up din ang mga visitors ko.
doc, gling mo nman. you have a lovely family too. god bless and more power to your second home your blog. palink nman dito pa mag shoot up din ang mga visitors ko.
hehehe ngayon ko lng nakita reply mo, added na pala ko sa bloglinks mo. sorry!thanks po ulit
your blog is very very inspiring doc. exudes much positivity and gratefulness. offered life in different perspective and i love reading these. ill be a frequent visitor here (hope im welcome) keep it up doc!
cute ni Gabby ever!
your blog is really inspiring. and wait, it reminds me, kelangan ko na din ng about me page.. Ü
pogi pala ni doc gelo… hehehehe! thanks for visiting my blog. isasali na kita sa blog roll ko! cheers!
ehem, thank you, orman, hehehe. i’ll take it as a compliment despite you’re wearing corrective lenses, i assume. LOL! i’ve linked your site too in my blogroll. will frequent your site from now on. thanks!
Hi Gello, love your site… just gave my initials
dont want to leave too much footprint in the net… ;P i bookmarked your blog.. hope to read more entries.. You guys take care.. I have so much faith in all of you, few decades from now i like to see most of you on top of the food chain…with all your dedication and passion……. its imminent 
hello lmm,
you don’t have any idea how grateful i am and i guess the rest of us pinoy MDs here in penang to you for everything you’ve done and will be doing for us. see you soon here! stay safe and i mean safe, ok? hahaha
..thanks for swinging into my blog and leaving a comment. ikain mo muna kaming lahat ng porkie dyan!
Honestly, the pleasure is mine….. This project has been the most rewarding so far… and without the doubt illuminating…. everyone of you has touch my soul in so many ways, the distance and sacrifices that all of you are willing to go thru because of family has been my inspiration in every actions/decisions i made/make……..
all of you made “Love” palpable and tangible…. I sense it when im around all of you….. It has humbled me and strengthen my faith on Humanity….. Im so lucky to have this chance to get to know each one of you…
and i believe i should be saying thanks……. For the trust….. that’s hard to come by.
that’s so sweet!
rest assured that i will do my best at work and will show my worth for the position. i can’t thank you and the rest of the admin enough for the opportunity.
this one’s really a huge blessing not only monetary but the experience is priceless. thank you so much.
Hi docgelo1 I’m not a blogger yet but would love to be one someday. Anyhow,nice family you have! I jst enjoy reading your blogs in all of your travels. I’m here in the US and planning to have a vacation in 2012. I would love to go places aside from just visiting my hometown Vigan…maybe I can use your expertise and will ask you certain places that I would love to visit…in Pinas, I would love to visit Boracay..in Asia, I would like to visit Singapore again with family this time and perhaps Hongkong? Any suggestion for a place that’s worthwhile to visit? Thanks!
hi jing!
your message made me smile.
i’ll get back to it after 2 hours *have to attend work first* hehehe
i like your hometown and plan to revisit vigan someday too.
i’m not an expert in travel but only loves traveling; who doesn’t?
i and my family had visited boracay for 3 days only last year and we enjoyed it so much. it’s one of our most memorable vacation ever.
of course we’ve also been to auckland, new zealand, brunei, bangkok, hongkong and i myself without them have been to tokyo and US too but only to east coast (san francisco, san diego, las vegas and LA)…
my friends and i are also planning to go to singapore soon or perhaps explore other parts of malaysia.
my unsolicited advice is wherever you go or wherever you’ll spend your vacation, do not forget to create your own adventure! have fun and share the experience with your love ones.
I loved reading your About Me Page, because I can somehow see myself in you. I’m not a physician, but I am also in the medical field – a nurse who also happens to love to eat, travel and blog. I’m family oriented as well and I also hope to become an educator one day. The best of blessings to you, doc Gelo. You have a wonderful family. I super enjoyed back reading your posts!:)
you don’t have any idea how your comment made my day, meedge.
thank you for those sweet words and thank you for reading my posts.
cheers!
i find your blog truuuuullllly delicious Sir,
i was only looking for sushi pictures then yours pop out, it is amazing! 
i’m learning a lot. my craving grew from JUST SUSHI.MORE MORE MORE. 
continue sharing your experiences and knowledge Sir. 
God Bless!
thanks, enna! commenters and readers like you inspire me more to live my passion for this virtual hobby.
Dear Dr. Gelo,
We are creating a site for world-class physicians. You can view the site at:
http://physiciannexus.com/profiles/members/
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Physician Nexus offers immeasurable benefits to physicians such as collaboration with other fellow physicians, career opportunities, curbside consults and referrals. It is ready for launch soon.
To help us ensure that the site have a vast of vital information, we are looking for leading Filipino physicians like you to work with us 5 hours a week.
You are to be an online forum moderator for your specialty. The forum moderator will be reponsible for determining, on a monthly basis, the 5 most important questions that emerge within that speciality that month. This will generally revolve around approval of new healthcare services approvals, whether new (1) medications (2) procedures (3) devices (4) surgical techniques, or (5) diagnostic tests (imaging or lab).
By way of example, we might be interested to know if drug eluting stents are perceived superior to non-drug eluting stents for patients with coronary artery occulsions. Other examples would include immediate physician feedback on techniques like LASIK surgery. The goal of the moderator is to determine “the most important 5 questions of the month”, and to stimulate, and organize, the dialogue that ensues. This will require weekly polling of regulatory approval websites, like the US FDA, to see what is new. It will also entail reviewing the peer-reviewed literature and medical professional news of the specialty.
Imagine being able to engage and connect with world-class physicians and boost your earnings and reputation at the same time!
Please send us email to physiciannexus11@gmail.com if you are interested. Please include your recent curriculum vitae, including professional and academic affiliations with major universities and medical centers. Include prior publications, research experience, and other evidence of thought leadership, and at least 3 professional references (US physician references are a strong plus).
Regards,
Omar Baig
Dear Omar Baig,
Thank you for considering me for the post. I will think it over and will email you the soonest possible time.
Maraming Salamat,
Dr. Angelo Nino Santos
Great blog doc! I like the way how you arranged the photos with the story, para na rin akong nagtra-travel… heheheh
Mabuhay and keep up the good work!
It’s nice to read your blog! Inspiring!
wow.
i think i was one of your students before. =)
glad to have bumped into your blog.
nice blog,sir…thank u for sharing your experiences, inspiring ^_^
Greetings Doc Gelo! Learned about you from a friend of yours and was greatly astounded reading your blog…well, that was after I broke down in tears reading about you. Weird talaga at bakit naman ako naiyak sa profile mo. Maybe its because I finally found the person and the blog that I truly can learn a lot from, and what’s extra great about it is that Pinoy na Pinoy ka! I am so to say a new fan of yours and I have not read all your blogs yet but I will definitely follow you from now on. More power to you!
wow, thank you so much!
God bless.
Hi! I am tagging you on my A to Z travel. I look forward to read yours soon. Thanks!
thanks, mich. amazing post you got there on your blog. i am just not sure if i can do similar post but again, thank you for considering my site as one of your favorites. i am humbled.
Nice knowing you through your blog, Docgelo! Andami nating similarities! Pareho din kami ng year ng kapanganakan ng wife ko (1975), both of us met in school din, I’m in the medical field din (I’m a nurse) and I tried teaching din although hindi ako nagtagal kasi I think my calling is sa bedside. Pareho tayong may isang poging anak
Pareho tayo ng theme, at blogging since 2007 
Pero MAS maganda naman un blog mo, hindi ako pede ma level sa u hehe! I loooooooooooove your blog! Andami magandang posts! More power to you!
thank you, nelson!
Hello. I see you got a very nice blog going on here. I smiled at the phrase “life’s simple pleasures”. Everyday I make time to ponder on that and try to take note of them whenever I can. Also, I’ve been wanting to visit Penang. A friend of mine also lives there with her own family.
hi there, addie! thank you for those nice words. i really appreciate people dropping by here. you’re so welcome to frequent.
Hey docgelo! Thanks for posting comments on my blog! Your life seems interesting. Ayos! Will definitely read some of your posts later.
thanks, renz! your travel blog is fascinating as well.
Hello docgelo! As a newbie in blogging, I got inspired with your blog. Hope to document my experiences the way you document all your activities in your second home. I also have this itchy feet of traveling and I want to put memories in all my travels. Thanks!
welcome to blogging, arvin!
thanks for dropping by.
Once again I have to thank you for such wonderful blog entries ( with very good pictures too!)..I once believed that blogging belong to the females species..I am grateful that indeed there are others ( like you) who are into blogging mostly with travels and foods ( just like me hehehehe)..keep on posting!
thank you.
blogging is universal as its transcends gender, religion, culture, etc.
Hi Docgelo, found your blog accidentally. I’m also based in Penang, sa island mismo. I like your blog about family, food and travels. Keep it up!
hey, thanks! baka makita mo ako sa kalye ng pulau pinang, pakilala na lang po kayo. salamat!
Hi, I chanced upon your Blog and like it very much. The pictures are vivid and beautiful! Hope to find some time to go through what you have written….
thank you Hooi lin! thanks for the kind words.
hi.. I have nominated you for the Liebster Blog Award. Please accept it and see the rules at http://miljoanne.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/liebster-blog-award/ … Thank you!
Omg doc, I was your student in SACi. RN napo ako ngayon
will visit Penang tomorrow! Your blog is really helpful for first time traveler 
hey, thanks for reading the blog!
how was your trip to penang?
Wow, had to do a lot of paging down to get to leave you a comment! Congratulations on such an amazing honor! After reading your most recent post I can fully understand your awards!
thank you very much! your words are humbling.