Knowing thyself...

Taking a page from my "lawyer's" book, I have decided to try and make a Johari window of my own. For the people who know me, kindly go check it out and help me figure this out. Just follow the link below.

http://kevan.org/johari?name=BrainiaxMD

Thanks! :D

XAVIER SCHOOL, OUR PRIDE AND GLORY!!!!!

Im feeling really patriotic right now...

GO! XAVERIANS!, GO! GO! XAVERIANS GO!!!!
GO! XAVERIANS!, GO! GO! XAVERIANS GO!!!!

I was there... :D

Xavier Captures Tiong Lian Titles
2/17/2006 10:17:47 AM
Henry Liao (XS '72)

Xavier School romped away with the championships in both the Aspirants and Juniors divisions of this year's Tiong Lian basketball competitions.

On Feb. 11, the Aspirants team defeated St. Stephen's High School in the one-game finals to finish with an unblemished 9-0 record and annex the title for the fourth year in a row.

Five days later (Feb. 16), it was the turn of the Juniors squad to win the championship in its division after whipping Chiang Kai Shek, 84-73, in Game Two of their best-of-three titular series for a 2-0finals sweep and a 9-0 finish overall.

The game was closer than the final score indicated. The Stallions, who secured a 72-61 decision in Game One, were tested to the limit from start to finish. CKS was ahead 70-65 with six minutes left in GameTwo. During the time, Xavier's 6-3 MVP Woody Co was on the bench for abreather and so was CKS's burly 6-6 center Justin Chua, who was temporarily sidelined by a foot injury. After the two big men checked in together at the four-minute mark, Xavier turned on the heat and CKS suffered through a meltdown.

Xavier outscored CKS 19-3 the rest of the way, including the game's final 10 points. Charles Tiu split his two free throws and knocked in a three-pointer to put the Stallions within striking distance, 69-70. A basket by Frederick Tan pushed CKS's lead to three, 69-72, at the 2:43 mark. A 5-0 run, anchored on Marc Tio's basket (71-72) and another three-point bomb by Tiu, gave the lead back to Xavier, 74-72,with 1:50 left. It was Xavier's first lead since 61-60 early in thefourth quarter. Following CKS's 6-4 Alexander Wong's 1-for-2 effort from the foul line, 74-73, and time down to 1:30, Co ignited a 10-0 that finished off CKS.

A cool and calculating Co connected on a three-point baseline jumperat the 1:08 mark, 77-73, sending the Xavier rooters in the capacity crowd at the UNO gym into a frenzy and confirming Co's status as the league's best player this season.

Thereafter, a stunned CKS squad lost its composure and surrendered meekly. Tio, who got two quick fouls that helped bring Xavier to penalty situation just four minutes into the first quarter, made2-of-2 from the charity stripe, 79-73, time down to 49 seconds.Subsequently, Irvin Sta. Maria put in a fielder, Tiu got a pair offree throws (83-73 that gave Xavier its first double-digit lead throughout the game) and Sta. Maria finalized the count by going1-for-2 from the foul line.

During the 19-3 span, Tiu totaled nine points, Tio had four and Sta.Maria and Co each contributed three.

Chiang Kai Shek got off to a a quick start, racing to a 5-0 lead before Co broke the ice for Xavier with a basket. The Stallions moved ahead after erasing a 10-8 deficit with an 8-0 blast, 16-8. FollowingTiu's second consecutive three-pointer that brought the score to19-12, in Xavier's favor, CKS also had an 8-0 run of its own to regainthe lead, 20-19. The first quarter ended with CKS ahead 22-20. Co scored Xavier's first 13 points and Tiu got his team's last seven inthe quarter.

Xavier trailed by as many as eight points (22-30, 35-43) in the second quarter and CKS owned a 45-38 advantage at halftime despite Co's 19 points, eight rebounds and four blocks.

The Stallions still trailed by eight, 46-54, midway through the third quarter before they clustered five straight markers (P Yao's three,Tiu's free throw and Torres' go-ahead two) to take the lead, 59-57,for the first time since late in the first quarter. The third canto ended in Xavier's favor, 61-58, on Jert Yao's inside twinner.

CKS opened the fourth quarter with six quick points to go ahead once more, 64-61, and was still led 69-63 at the seven-minute mark. Then Xavier made its move, a fierce rally that sent a number of CKS players into tears at game's end.

Charles Tiu, who was a member of the 2003 Aspirants championship unit(when his elder brother Chis Tiu was starring for the Juniors championship team that same year), had a career-defining game, at least at the high school level, in Game Two. Charles registered a career-high 30 points, 15 in each half. He pumped in five three-pointers and was 11-of-15 from the foul line.

Co, bucking a mild sprain, finished with 29 points (8-of-11 from the foul line), 13 rebounds and four blocked shots. Only six other guys scored – Philmon Yao, 7; Sta. Maria, 6; Tio and Phillip ConstantineOng, four each; and Alejandro Torres and Jert Yao, two apiece.

The Stallions were 26-of-34 overall from the free-throw line and totaled eight three-pointers (Tiu 5, Co 1, P Yao 1 and Sta. Maria 1). In contrast, Chiang Kai Shek was 19-of-24 from the charity stripe and only had a pair of trifectas.

Justin Chua led CKS with 24 markers along with nine boards and two blocks. Wong (nine rebounds) and Johar King added 17 points each in a losing cause.

For only the third time in Tiong Lian history, one school (Xavier) took home the Aspirants and Juniors division crowns in the same season. Chiang Kai Shek accomplished the feat in 1991 and Xavier turned in the trick in 2003.

Co scored at least 10 points in all nine games for Xavier this season,his lowest being 11 against Hope Christian and his highest being a tournament-best 53 against UNO. He reached the 20-point plateau six times and averaged 24.9 points per game.

Tiu averaged 14.2 points an outing while Philmon Yao hit at a9.1-point clip. Ong averaged 8.4 ppg and Tio normed 7.7 ppg for the season.

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Sulit yung ni-sacrifice ko!! Naka 7/10 pa nga ako kanina without knowing anything eh! =P

Two words.....

XAVIERIANS, CHAMPIONS

Nakakatamad.. =P

Another long week has come and gone.. sigh.. each passing day a reminder that we are fast approaching the next step in our medical evolution. CLERKSHIP... (I sure hope I'll be able to pass everything though..)

It's been a very slow week (relatively). No major quizzes or reports, no paperworks to pass, no nothing.. This week has just been an excellent time to chill out, which is what I'm doing now.. :D Hay, and sarap!! 8D

Don't get me wrong, things are starting to pile up for next week. But hey, I'm calm, cool, and in control.. the worst is behind me... and I don't think that things could any worse than it was.. (see previous post)

The five-foul throwout and the looming doom

It's Monday again... and I think I've just been through the most toxic week of my young medical life... :) Just look at this list...

Monday (1/30/06)

• Medicine Quiz -> this went surprisingly well.. despite the fact na I haven't studied at all, I still managed to get through unscathed with an 8/10. ;)
• Case presentation in Surgery -> Helped out the main reporter 'coz she was toxic enough as it is -> thus, i spent the last few hours of the weekend doing this
• Psychiatry Quiz -> 10 points lang, but still, delikado pa din kami sa Psych, so aral pa din diba

Tuesday (1/31/06)

• Pedia FCP Quiz -> Tried studying for this, but never got beyond barely passing. The Med and Surgery reports were already taking too much out of me.
• Optha Quiz -> Dr. Sua decided to spring a nasty 5 point surprise on us. I only got 3...

Wednesday (2/1/06)

• Gynecology Quiz -> went to school early to study for an 11am exam. Ok lang. Wasn't that hard. Sulit yung inaral ko. 'Di kasi ganun kahaba eh..
• Surgery Journal Report -> At last, nakapagreport na din! I spent about 3 sleepless nights working on this.. Now I won't have to worry about this for the rest of the year!!! However, may kasunod na...
• Surgery Quiz -> It was truly a week of surprises. We thought we got it straight na hindi kami magqquiz on this day, that we appealed to have it moved the following week. Guess not...

Thursday (2/2/06)

• Pediatrics Quiz -> Regular stuff, but I wasn't able to study for this either 'coz I was too busy with the BGD report.. Good thing I passed... barely...
• *Even though yun lang yung test, we were still frantically running around after class trying to get the BGD done.. At this point, I already had a bad feeling about this...

Friday (2/3/06) <- The mother of all toxicities... Eto yung araw ng 5-foul throwout

• 1) Medicine Quiz -> I really lost out on this one. Was too tired to study, heck, I was too tired to think!! got 3/10...
• 2) Medicine BGD -> this one takes the cake. It was a total washout!!! :( Looks like we spent too much of an effeort trying to get too much done for something that didn't really need that much effort. Spent a greater part of the week preparing for this. I was really draining, both physically and emotionally. Good thing I had my DWTL songs in the PPC to keep me sane through the day..
• 3) Psychiatry Shifting Exam -> All the fatigue due to all the work and sleepless nights was beginning to take its toll. Good thing I was able to pull something out of my hat and answer this test intelligently.. I just hope the outcome is as good as my prognostication..
• 4) Pedia Surgery Quiz -> Dr. Cua also decided to pull a fast one on us and gave us a 20-point quiz. But at least he gave us the rest of the period off to study for...
• 5) Neurosurgery Shifting Exam -> I have absolutely no idea how I managed to get through this without having a really hard time.. I mean, I just studied about an hour before the test!! Credit goes to the "tanungan session" I had with the guys outside the room while waiting for section D (?) to finish their class. Sobrang high-yield!! Thanks guys!!
• *They say sa baseball na "Three Strikes and you're OUT". Eh para sa akin, basketball ang analogy ko.. pag five fouls ka, ejected ka na (sa amateur) =P

* FYI, puyat ako the entire week, sleeping at about 12:30am or later every day and having to get up at 5am to go back to school for 7am classes (except Wednesday, wherein 11am first class namin. Pero nagising naman ako ng 7am to go to school). "Why was I always up?" you might ask.. Eh pano ba naman if you have to balance studying for quizzes, major exams, and big-time presentations spread evenly throughout the week, how the hell would you expect to get through all of that 'diba?

At least the worst is over... I hope.... Another BGD looms over the horizon, and the prognosis ain't looking any better due to some... intrinsic problems... hay.. the fun never ends...

At least medyo benign naman this week.. but then again, benignity is merely relative....

Hmm, come to think of it, pwede din na yung 5 days of the week yung 5 fouls ah.. =P