Category: Miscellaneous
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Multigenerational UP Alumni Family Award
Grateful for the legacy of education at the premier State University. Our Bongco-Juinio family was honored on August 17, 2024 by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association for having three generations exemplifying the university motto – Honor, Excellence and Service. From the UPAA website: “The UPAA grants the awards to UP alumni who have […]
Medical Education Award
Humbled and honored to receive one of the three 2024 Excellence in Medical Education Awards from the University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA) at their 39th Annual Grand Convention this past weekend.
2024 Grand Alumni Homecoming Launch
Many schools in the Philippines have this tradition that the silver jubilarian alumni class (i.e., the alumni who graduated 25 years ago) organizes and hosts the alumni homecoming for that year. Since we graduated from medical school in 1999, that would be us and here we are hosting a year’s worth of events for the […]
Moderating a Webinar, Fueled by Caffeine
Social media post for Thursday, September 14, 2023: I did this today. Fueled by caffeine. Not sure I want to do it ever again. So many things to pay attention to when moderating a webinar… but thankful to the UP Medicine Class of 1999 webinar tech team behind the scenes for all their help. Backstory: […]
Life in Home Quarantine
After exiting hotel quarantine or “facility-based quarantine” on day 5 or 6 (depending on when you check out), you can head home to complete 14 days of quarantine. The reasoning behind this is sometimes symptoms appear up to 14 days after exposure to COVID-19. Generally though, the probability that symptoms will appear after day 5 […]
What to do in hotel quarantine?
It wasn’t bad. I treated the 5 night/6 day stint as a staycation. Also, being cooped up in a room for several days wasn’t so bad for me since I am an introvert and can entertain myself pretty easily. Read more about quarantine in this post. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I’m just going to […]
Hotel Quarantine Chronicles
In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, international arrivals to the Philippines are required to do a few days of facility quarantine before proceeding to home quarantine. The duration for both facility quarantine and home quarantine depends on whether the traveler is vaccinated or unvaccinated, and whether he/she is coming from a “green” country or […]
Journeying to Manila, Part 3 of 3: Flying, Arrival in MNL, and Travel to the Hotel
Read part 1 and part 2 to get caught up. Flying and Arrival The flight was pretty uneventful, as you would like flights to be. To comply with COVID-19 protocols, the flight attendants wore personal protective equipment (PPE) which included goggles, a mask and a protective gown. All passengers were asked to wear masks for […]
Journeying to Manila, Part 2 of 3: OneHealthPass and the Sydney Airport
Part 2 of my travel experience flying to Manila. Read part 1 here. OneHealthPass The Philippine Bureau of Quarantine has a system called OneHealthPass, through which they gather all your necessary documents and trace your movements through the various health stations at the Manila airport. While you can register for this and create a profile […]
Journeying to Manila, Part 1 of 3: All the Stuff You Have To Do Aside From Getting on the Plane
International travel is very different in the time of COVID-19 (the pandemic caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus). A lot of people have asked about my experience and suggested I write about it, so here goes: I am currently in home quarantine so might as well be productive and make use of my time. This trip […]
