Everyday, Teng, Jane, Myra, Gigi, Rey, work 36 hours straight helping heal the sick. After hospital rounds, they have one or two days to rest. On this sunny day, instead of using their precious day-off to rest, Teng, Jane, and Myra drove to a dusty, makeshift medical tent by a roadside in Rosarito, Mexico for an organized medical mission. Here’s Teng in a preliminary medical interview exam of a mother and her brood in preparation for diagnostics. That’s their work — and the best of our generation. (photo by Myra Lambino)
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Explanation of the theme: From Cheri Lucas of WordPress: “Everyday Life. This challenge is all about people and the things they do every day: working, eating, drinking, chatting, dreaming, walking, exercising, or any of those things we do all the time without really thinking about it xxx”
Explanation of technique: Tip from WordPress guest host Jon Sanwell (“an English language teacher with a camera. Originally from Tunbridge Wells in the UK, he is now living in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in Vietnam”) : “xxx I love taking close head-and-shoulders portraits, but they don’t necessarily show everyday life, xxx (but) (a) wider angle, from up close, shows us something about what the subject is doing, and puts the viewer right into the frame.” See the Daily Post at WordPress:
Even for formal discussions, in summer, or under hot weather, or in a tropical country, you can get away with a sheath dress or light clothing material on anything. (i think) (Credits: freeze-frame of a video shot by “Showbiz Inside Report”, ABS-CBN Channel 2; 20-second video below snipped from a video shot by the same; clothes from Khrysta’sCollezione, chosen by friends).
(Shot at 15 lbs overweightedness. never owned a weighing scale before, refused to get one. got one after New Year’s day when i couldn’t fit in most clothes in the closet. lost 3 lbs in 2 months of running — one pound every 20 days very big deal — 8kms 3X a week but… every other week because i get complacent and slacken when i notice i’ve lost a little weight. won’t win any contest, friends are supportive, they say: you just lost water. Advice on TV from “Biggest Loser Pinoy edition” fitness instructor (paraphrase): It’s not about getting thin, it’s about getting fit. Don’t starve yourself but work your body. You should be able to do your regular work, climb flights of stairs, lift objects, have energy the entire day. )
My other paraphrase: You should be able to eat churrosand let the grainy sweet hot chocolate roll in your mouth; paella and taste a hint of coconut milk in it; sinigang and feel the tangy minced ginger in your tongue; spicy vegetarian power protein on pita bread and let the multi-aroma of the cilantro and herbs linger in your palate.
Everyday, Teng, Jane, Myra, Gigi, Rey, work 36 hours straight helping heal the sick. After hospital rounds, they have one or two days to rest. On this sunny day, instead of using their precious day-off to rest, Teng, Jane, and Myra drove to a dusty, makeshift medical tent by a roadside in Rosarito, Mexico for an organized medical mission. Here’s Teng in a preliminary medical interview exam of a mother and her brood in preparation for diagnostics. That’s their work — and the best of our generation. (photo by Myra Lambino)
