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Write a good book. Though I still don’t know what to write.
Live on a fence less castle with a moat. A kind of contradicting but I wanted to live in a spacious, romantic place but doesn’t have this monarchist undertones. Or maybe, a Japanese styled home.
A universal preventive healthcare system. So I can retire and enjoy all other aspects of our lives (like these things I dream about doing)
Farm house, for my retirement after that travel and photography.
As a practicing orthopedic surgeon, Bonedoc help train orthopedic residents in one institution here in South Central Mindanao, Philippines. He is into academic and clinical orthopedics but enjoy many other non medical endeavors (like blogging, computers, outdoors, sports) on his “free” time | View all posts by Bonedoc →
We love to write, no question about that. Like Doc Stef, most of us would love to write the Anais Nin way:
To write. To sit down with pen and paper, to think, and rethink, and put your thoughts in order…with nary a thought for whether your current piece is going to be “popular” or not -The Anais Nin Way, Last Minute Madness
If there’s one thing that brought us all in front of our computers and online, that is the urge to write. They have papyrus before, parchment papers and lately the mighty pen. Type writers became synonymous with writers in the 60′s and towards 80′s. We, we were borne in the age of the internet. Writers get stuck with writing, but
Blogging might have evolved into a microblogging platform like tweets and status updates. None has so far came near the huge space (and the Nobel Prize?) that blogging has to offer, inkeeping a (online) journal, as Doc Mel says.
Doc Ian has turned his blog into a “life’s time stamp and online picture frame”
..capturing and displaying snapshots of daily events and once in a lifetime triumphs. It’s a record of what has happened, events that may ultimately be forgotten if they were not written about..-Why I Blog?, So Far So Good
Something about anything, everything and sometimes, nothing (Like Doc Ligaya‘s first post).
I blog to voice out, rant, shout out and say to the unknown audience what I think about the things I write about and the world we live in.- I Blog Because I Am :Scrubbed Out
Often that something is about ourselves, our thoughts (I write because I think ), egos (right Doc Anakat?), frustrations (get off me!) or floating thoughts. We may not care if somebody reads or listens:
Because at times, we wanted our blogs to be our mirror- a reflection that wouldn’t punch us in our face when we call it “stupid”. No not the one we get on Facebook that invades our “wall”, our privacy. Sorry Doc Cherry, you can’t delete your blog.
Oh, yes we blog to the advancement of the human specie- environment, political, scientific or religious. We blog whats close to our heart, like Doc JA‘s pro life advocacies,
We felt we have a voice wanting to be read by the millions on the internet. Even if there’s virtually zero readers on your RSS feed, we still feel good because we thought we said something to advance a cause, or halt an avalanche of deviants. A Nobel prize? At least that, we can do in our blogs.
Why not on FaceBook? On Twitter?
..call me old-fashioned. Blogging is like being in a coffee shop with a friend. Communication is unhurried, you can both stay up all night, and go home to your respective places without one needing to know what the other person wears (or does not wear, perhaps) when sleeping…-Why Blog When It Is As Obsolete as MIRC: The Last Song Syndrome
Personal, but not too private. The blog is such a thing. You can build it to your taste, show it to everyone (if they wish to) but they should never, ever write on your “wall”.
I just realized then that my blog survived the ‘delete’ button because unlike everyone else, no one can create my posts, much less, immortalize my thoughts in here. In this page, I am the boss of me.- You Call It Narcissism If you Like : Merry Cherry, MD
I would agree. We love to write for a a myriad of reasons or none. We were born in the age of blogging. Our writing evolve in it. Revolutionary in the early days. Then we stuck with it even if it fades away. Why? We want it to be personal, without someone else tinkering with our privates, or our “wall”. No body wants someone else to write in his wall, like in this video.
Would you? I would prefer you’d write your comments below, and not on my wall!
(This is Blog Rounds: Voice of the Filipino Doctor Season 2 ,First edition. Whew, It was both fun and challenging! Thanks to you all who joined! And those that didn’t, join us in our next rounds!)
As a practicing orthopedic surgeon, Bonedoc help train orthopedic residents in one institution here in South Central Mindanao, Philippines. He is into academic and clinical orthopedics but enjoy many other non medical endeavors (like blogging, computers, outdoors, sports) on his “free” time | View all posts by Bonedoc →
Blogging is expensive. The time, money and effort you invest on it, is capricious. On many occasions, I and a hundred or so human being would ask this writer, what good will blogging bring? Money?Fame?Better English?Save the world? If you’re following my blogs, you would know by now, that I have totally none , zero, nil, of those.
Yet, I still blog.
Last Blogger’s Day, a fervent writer doc, wrote an interesting post entitled “I’m not a blogger“. Of course the title caught my attention but what hit me most is this:
“…Someday I’d like to be a writer who happens to have a blog…”
Then I realized, with all honesty, I too, I’m a writer. A bad writer maybe, but yes, I’m still a writer.
“But what do you write, doc?”
I’ve been writing blogs since its inception years ago. Blogging is an emotional and experience outlet for me back then. I was so happy ranting out things that many bloggers nowadays would consider “too mushy”. In fact, many bloggers have taught me to be more “focused” on purposeful blogging, and blogging with finesse. The harder I tried those, the less I am happy with my write up, strangely. So I’m re learning emo-blogging, by heart.
After years of soul searching and writing for each of those niches (medicine, hiking, photography, sports, personal) I came to one basic realization common to them all.I write to reminisce an experience. The simplest experience can be so elaborate (or verbose) when you write it and musical when you read it. I relish reading my experience. Or those by others, when written nicely.
Sometimes, I write to shape a “dull” or fill an “empty” mind. That mind is usually mine or on few occasions, others’. The former is to educate mine, the latter, is usually to fill minds with laughter, of wanton bliss and rarely with altruistic intentions. I have few success with the latter’s ”intentions” usually because, I too cringe when someone else tries “to shape” my mind. So I stick with my own mind filling garbage.
Still on very few occasions, I write to empty my mind. Yes, empty. Empty frustrations, guilt, desperation and hopelessness. I wish I can just empty it like that and press ALT + Ctrl + Del so it goes away, pronto. I’m successful at times, but often, those hopelessness and frustrations just go to “sleep mode”, like my mac would do when its bored with me. I’m already happy with that.
You see, I’m stuck with blogging right now. I happen to be a writer born on an age where blogging is the platform. I’m a writer on evolution, or revolution perhaps. When blogging will become cliche and it goes a way, I’m still stuck with writing, maybe on another platform who knows. But I’ll continue to write.
It is my passion. The blog(s), happens to be my yellow paper, like the canvas to a painter.
As a practicing orthopedic surgeon, Bonedoc help train orthopedic residents in one institution here in South Central Mindanao, Philippines. He is into academic and clinical orthopedics but enjoy many other non medical endeavors (like blogging, computers, outdoors, sports) on his “free” time | View all posts by Bonedoc →
I'm stuck writing!(Photo from this site http://www.webunlimited.com/blog/search-engine-optimization/25-sure-fire-blog-headline-templates-you-can-use-now/)
Why are you pounding those keyboards on your computer to journal your thoughts , experiences and maybe, your wisdom? Are you stuck?
With the explosion of other more convenient and uber popular social medium like facebook or twitter, it’s common nowadays that I get annoying questions like “You still blog? Why not just shout it out in facebook or twitter?”
Yeah, I’m beginning to ask myself this: Am I stuck with writing?or blogging? Are we a dying breed? Or more importantly, why are we (still) writing or blogging instead of hanging out with facebook or twitter?
Those questions I will throw to you all my fellow doc bloggers for the first ever blog rounds second edition! I’m hosting it too here at The Orthopedic Logbook. This is my call for articles. I’m sure many of you have one reason or many, personal or commercial, emotional or political to stay on writing this thing we do. I’m sure would be very interested.
Again read the rules of engagement for the blog rounds here.
Invited docs are listed here in my links. I’m adding a few others and I’ll tag you by FB (Blog Rounds closed group) or twitter with hastag #blogrounds2
Deadline: Maybe Sunday May 15, 2011 at around 12 noon? Just give me a link to your post, by commenting below, as soon as you can. I’ll do the rest as the HOST.
Well, lets just say I miss the blog rounds. Are you all game???
As a practicing orthopedic surgeon, Bonedoc help train orthopedic residents in one institution here in South Central Mindanao, Philippines. He is into academic and clinical orthopedics but enjoy many other non medical endeavors (like blogging, computers, outdoors, sports) on his “free” time | View all posts by Bonedoc →
It’s hilariously difficult to even get an IV line inserted. “Jesus, are you going to pin prick me to death?“
Or get a good symptomatic history. ” I had my stomach pains and vomiting since 10:30 but I could handle it till 1:00am so you can bring me to ER” She was dehydrated by then.
They have their own diagnosis. ” I only ate small amounts of pancit…maybe its my UTI!” Maybe. But her blood sugar is also 290. With some signs of dehydration..
And their treatment : “ I’ll just lessen what I eat so as not to perk up my sugar“
And discharge plans: “I’ll go home tomorrow, where are you?“
They also can be your chief of clinics :”When are you going to see me? Who is my doctor, what time will he be here??“..
Ugh, well. I just resigned my job and endorsed my patient! I’d rather just be, “the Son”. Good luck doctor!
About Bonedoc :
As a practicing orthopedic surgeon, Bonedoc help train orthopedic residents in one institution here in South Central Mindanao, Philippines. He is into academic and clinical orthopedics but enjoy many other non medical endeavors (like blogging, computers, outdoors, sports) on his “free” time | View all posts by Bonedoc →
Do some travel photography, maybe for nat geo or just myself.
Live on a fence less castle with a moat. A kind of contradicting but I wanted to live in a spacious, romantic place but doesn’t have this monarchist undertones. Or maybe, a Japanese styled home.
A universal preventive healthcare system. So I can retire and enjoy all other aspects of our lives (like these things I dream about doing)
Farm house, for my retirement after that travel and photography.
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I just realized then that my blog survived the ‘delete’ button because unlike everyone else, no one can create my posts, much less, immortalize my thoughts in here. In this page, I am the boss of me.- 
Again read the rules of engagement for the blog rounds 
