Monday, September 14, 2009

Pangasinan: Chapter One

Last weekend, I joined my friends to "Pay it Forward" after their Physician Licensure Exam victory. Niña invited us to her hometown of Malasiqui, Pangasinan to conduct a medical mission.
After hours of driving through the fantastic Pangasinan countryside...
We arrived at Niña's Father's childhood house and met her grandmother who relished us with stories of her running from the Japanese, how she took care of her 8 brothers and sisters and her love story.
On the way to the school building where we will conduct the medical mission, I stopped to take a photo with Niña's banner. She wanted to kill her Dad for placing them, and me for posting this! LOL...
Verle in doctor-sage mode instructing a patient...
How can you not feel passionate about your vocation?
Me, listening to tatang's health problems...
They provided us with an awesome meal of Bangus!
This mission team of course had the required class picture at the end of the day...
As we drove back to settle in Niña's mother's childhood home, we stopped by to take a photo of the fantastic sunset.
Niña's mom's house is a treasure trove of artifacts...
We had dinner at Dagupeña's. Everything tasted wonderful, I especially liked the Bangus Sisig.
Photo-op at Dagupeña's Patio.
We visited Dagupan Orthopedic Hospital afterwards...
and took advantage of the OPEN sign's light LOL...

more photos in My Flickr Page.

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