December 26, 2010

Christmas Eve and Day

(Five) Eleven shots for Christmas Eve and Day 2010

1. Christmas Ball


2. Cafe Lisboa's Really Good Blueberry Cheesecake
3. On The Way to San Ma Lo - For some shopping :D

Still on the way :D

The Christmas Day Crowd

4. Doraemon!!! - The latest addition to my collection, as well as a coin bank which I brought on the same store. Plus a key chain my sister gave me as a Christmas gift :D

Unfortunately these are out of my budget - but their really cute I just had to take pictures

So cute!!!

5. San Ma Lo - Ruins of St. Paul

A Church I forgot the name of

City of Dreams Tour (Macau Day 2)

The Vquarium at City of Dreams, Macau - a giant screen behind a thin layer of falling water. It shows underwater scenes with mermaids in between giant casino ads in Chinese. LOL

The Bubble Fountain - Not to be confused with the Bubble Show :D

Peking Ducks???

Yum!!!

Tickets to the Bubble Show Dragon's Treasure - Admission is Free

The opening sequence of Dragon's Treasure

Dragon's Treasure - Jellyfish scene



City of Dreams Facade - on our way home

We're not exactly lost

 View from the bus

December 23, 2010

Five Pictures for Day 1 in Macau

1. Reservatorio - The sun is right above me but it's 19 Degrees out. So I wear my jacket :D

2. Am I at the Water Cube in Bejing? - Nope, its actually a Casino

3. Bulls Eye Santa? - I don't quite get this but I like it

4. The "Water Cube" At Night

5. Temperature & Humidity

Let's See If This'll Work

I was blog-surfing a few days ago and I found this: http://snapflashsnap.blogspot.com.

So, being the tamad that I am, I'll try and follow his lead. Write five things, maybe not everyday, and maybe with weekends. LOL. So here goes.

1. Macau - Me, my sisters, brother and Doraemon (see item #2) are here in Macau for the Holidays at our Mom's place. This is the second time were spending Christmas here and the cold weather and anonymity out on the streets are a nice change from the heat and familiarity of Manila. We'll spend New Years Eve here as well and head back to the 3rd World right the next day.

2. Doraemon - I brought along my very first Doraemon stuffed toy from my still humble collection to start this little project I've been meaning to do for quite a while. Take pictures of him around significant places and tourist spots that I've also been to. You see, I love Doraemon. How he would always have a solution to everything and he never backs down from any obstacle he and his friend Nobita is faced with. And the pictures I'd be taking would be a sort of constant reminder to never forget Doraemon's teachings wherever I go :D

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3. Ben - So sad that we left Ben at home. All alone. Not literally though as our house help are there with him but still... my sister couldn't help but get teary eyed (literally) as we drove off from the house in a cab.

4. Miming and Kooting - Left them, my little "mag-ina", at home as well. It would've been ok if the mother-and-son cats and Ben get along well, but unfortunately, they don't. I just hope Kooting would still recognize me when I get back.

 


5. Christmas Gifts - GRRR!!! The only gift I was able to bring here in Macau is for my mom's. They're all made to order gifts and I didn't know that we had to leave early way ahead of the time that I would be able to claim them. Oh well, I guess I'll just give the rest once we're back in Manila.

November 6, 2010

The Walking Dead Asian TV Premiere

All I can say is WHOA!!! That first episode was badass!

I have to admit though that it was not as scary as the other Zombie flicks I've seen in the past. Not as gory and brutal (well perhaps that's because of the PG editing) but it sure has its own kind of fright. Plus the fact that this is mainly a drama series than a horror series.

Can't wait to find out more about how in the world did that guy's wife end up with his partner after all the chaos that must have been happening. LOL! Plus I don't quite remember whether it was revealed how long the guy was in coma. Hmmm.

November 1, 2010

At Boni High Street with Ben and my Sisters


Spent the bisperas ng Undas (All Saints/Souls Day, sorry, Im not into Halloween) with Ben the Beagle and my sisters at Bonifacio High Street. Had fun seeing other dogs and some of their owners wearing halloween costumes. Ben seemed like he had a blast too. He particularly enjoyed roaming and running around the R.O.X. Store where my sisters registered for a marathon run as well as looking at new stuffs at the Hobbes and Landes' pet supply section. My sis didn't buy him anything though.

October 28, 2010

Back to Blogger

Yep, I switched from WordPress to Blogger. For most people it's actually the other way around but I just couldn't stand the design restrictions with the free WordPess platform. When I saw the video presentation of the Blogger Template Designer, I was amazed with the many possible designs I could come up with! I just spent hours and hours yesterday trying to pick the right background. LOL. I was also able to import most of my posts from WP to here, but I decided to leave out some that weren't worth keeping.

And so I'm back here now.

Besides, I had some problems with the Media Gallery on WP. It messed up the sizes of the images I uploaded. At least here on Blogger, there's Picasa which is a dedicated photo hosting site which I expect WOULD NOT give me the same problems.

October 26, 2010

Galeon Andalucia visits Manila

A replica of the galleons that once plied the Philippine-Mexico-Spain trade routes docked in Manila last Oct. 6 at Pier 13, South Harbor, it left for Cebu by Oct. 9.

A friend and I was able to see and board it on it's second day here in Manila.

We weren't too happy with how the Filipino organizers handled the droves of visitors who wanted to board the ship though, at one point they announced that the Galleon will no longer take in visitors because it was nearing past visiting hours.

October 5, 2010

Wawa Dam

One boring Saturday afternoon, a friend and I decided to go to Wawa Dam. I've been meaning to go there since summer when I've read in some blogs that its a nice place for cooling down under the heat of the summer sun. Although I wasn't able to go last summer, I guess its better late than never.

October 4, 2010

Sem Break... Soonish.

Its past 3am on a Monday morning. I don't usually have the luxury of being up this late (or early, depending on how you look at it) during school season but now that semesteral break is on (not officially though, we still have an hour and a half left for an exam) I can freely resume on my nocturnal habits.

September 25, 2010

Palawan Trip… (an excuse to make a new post)

My last entry was about me losing a kitten I just "rescued" from the street and that was months ago! That's just unacceptable. And so in an attempt to update this blog, here's some pics from me and my family's recent trip to Palawan.

April 30, 2010

Kitty Found… then Lost :(

It's official, the first stray kitty that I took home is also the first kitty that left me.

I'm so sad. She was the sweetest of them all. Very young, probably about a month or two. She purrs when I touch her. Calm and well behaved during the hot day but she also gets really playful and active at night.

I first met her outside a restaurant my sisters and cousin were eating at after spending an afternoon walking their beagles. It was just last Sunday. She bravely came near the beagles and was probably telling them to leave cos that particular restaurant was her turf. And just like that I fell in love. Her fur was pure white, a little dirty of course, but nothing a sponge bath couldn't take care of. I started feeding her some morsels and she gladly ate them. She would go under the other tables but when I call her she comes right back. How could I resist taking her home?

(Read more and her picture after the jump)

April 29, 2010

I Read!

I started reading at a very young age, the first "books" I've ever read is probably the free fairytale pamphlets you get when you buy a can of milk (yung sa Nestle Nido noon, manipis lang siya). Once I learned my ABC's, after dinner, my Dad would tell me to read it to him and he would simply correct me if I get some words wrong. Most of the time, I did'nt have a clue what they were about, English kasi, eh grade one palang yata ako noon.

I believe what really got me into reading is the Archie's Comic Digests. I'd read them during summer vacations from grade school, usually before I go to bed. That's what probably triggered my habit of reading books before bedtime.

Then came the heavier children's books my sisters bought me, the first one was "The Lion King", then came "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", tapos "A Bug's Life" (puro Disney ah?), hanggang sa a few years later, eh mapunta na sa young-adult na Hardy Boys, meron akong Omnibus ng first 3 books nun. Kasabay ng hardy Boys na-introduce sakin ang Harry Potter, mga year 2000-2001 ng mabasa ko yung book 1, hanggang sa natapos ko ang book seven a month ago within 3 days. Oh ha! :D

Sumunod-sunod ko na ring nabasa ang ilang classics such "The Secret Garden", "Dracula", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", at ang "Around the World in 80 Days" and "2000 Leagues Under the Sea" na hindi ko natapos. Haha.

And that's when I really got hooked. I don't know. There's something very different about reading books which feel sort of "more personal" than watching a movie or tv show. Parang, dama mo rin lahat ng hirap nung author sa pagsulat niya nung kuwento. Immersed ka sa lahat ng mga pangyayari sa istorya. I like the feeling of being in a different place and time everytime I read a new book. Or even an old one, there's nothing wrong with revisiting the places you've been in naman diba?

Plus, I began the habit of reading in public transportations na rin. Si Nitta Sayuri ng "Memoirs of a Geisha" ang kasama ko nung nag-aapply ako ng passport. Dalawang "tuesdays people" ng "Tuesdays With Morrie" ang kakuwentuhan ko tuwing bumabyahe ako papunta sa part-time job ko last-year. Nakilala ko rin sina Lestat at Louis, si James Patterson, si Elie Wiesel, sina Charlie at Algernon,  at marami pang interesting personalities in my readings.

Right now, I'm reading "Stiff", a book about the interesting "life" that human cadavers go through, kakatapos ko rin lang ng "The Perks of Being a Wallflower, at "Night" na first part ng "Night Trilogy" ni Elie Wiesel.

I wish I could share to you some of my insights about these books, but the drive to do so is not enough for me to actually do it right now. I guess I'll be keeping them to myself for a while, only until sipagin akong mag-sulat at mag-bigay ng opinion. Hehe.

For now, I hope you can go through some of the books I mentioned and read one or some of them and then, perhaps, you might like to share your own views and opinions based on what you've read.

Enjoy Reading :D

(originally from "My Library" page which has been deleted)

April 18, 2010

Summer Project

I've been doodling these weird/cool/sharp/organic-looking shapes for a few years now. It started back when I was bored waiting for calls to come in when I was working at a call center. I just took a piece of paper and armed with a nice gel-inked pen I started doodling. Just whatever shapes my had could come up with.

I once turned them into bookmarks and gave them as Christmas gifts.

This summer comes what is probably the biggest challenge I could take with my doodling. I decided to cover a small table with it. Here's some pictures. I will do my best to finish this within a week from now... Wish me luck!

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April 7, 2010

Bisita Iglesia 2010

Who likes churches?

I do! Especially the really old ones or those that look pretty old. I just love looking at them. Here's a fresh batch of Church photos from Easter Sunday's Bisita Iglesia. Went to Intramuros to see Manila Cathedral and San Agustin Church. Was supposed to visit a bunch of other churches but got too tired and sleepy. Oh well, will take a shot of those next time :D

[caption id="attachment_313" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Manila Cathedral"]Manila Cathedral[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_315" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="San Agustin Church Facade"]San Agustin Church[/caption]

And here's a pretty famous and historically significant church in the Philippines that I went to last week. It's the Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan. Got there through a side trip from swimming in a nearby resort.

[caption id="attachment_318" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="In front of Barasoain Church"]Barasoain Church[/caption]

This church is known as the Cradle of Democracy in the East. Find out why and learn more about this church on Wikipedia.

There's also more churches on this old blog post of mine. It has lower quality though coz I was just using a camera phone.

April 6, 2010

Pyramid by Charice and Iyaz

Not a big RnB fan but I really like this one. It's pretty catchy and light.  Charice and Iyaz' different vocal styles beautifully complement each other. The lyrics are simple enough yet sounds so deep and powerful.

Plus it's Charice!!! It's Pinoy Pride, come on! Read somewhere she's gonna be releasing her international debut album on Oprah. WOW.

April 3, 2010

Xtina’s Not Myself Tonight

Ha! I have no idea what came over me 2 days ago when I first heard this song and said I didn't like it. Maybe my ears just needed some Q-tips coz now - giving it another go on YouTube - makes me take back what I said the moment I heard the first few beats again.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!

I guess that's whats great about Christina. She goes out and explores various types of music and collaborates with different artists and when she's ready to show what she's done after years of production, she delivers something not everyone expects. She has never underestimated her fan's taste by giving them the same old shit record after record.

I mean we saw her go wild and all emo with Stripped, then goes vintage and soul with Back To Basics and now, she gives us music from the future with Bionic. And with the hype she has created online just by the first single alone is proof that her loyal fans are here to stay for her whilst satisfying new listeners to her music.

Not Myself Tonight sounds like something from a club floating on Earth's orbit (if ever something like that would ever exist).

April 2, 2010

The Fourth Kind

The best way to watch this movie is on the computer with a good screen and with earphones on. That is if you weren't able to catch it on the big screen like me. Thanks to uTorrent, I was finally able to watch The Fourth Kind just now.

Well, I'm a sucker for scary movies. The scarier the better and this movie didn't disappoint. And me blogging about it just minutes after I saw it shows just how I loved it. No other alien flick has made me this scared ever!

I feel like I consciously decided not to watch it in theaters because I thought I just might be disappointed with it.

It seemed like the movie was just capitalizing on the recent success of films that try to pass off as real (read: Paranormal Activity, Blair Witch Project). While watching it though, I realized the movie wouldn't have worked any other way. The format in which it is presented is where the strength of this film lies. This is actually the best decision the filmmakers came up with for the film which enabled them to deliver the biggest scares possible. I can't imagine this movie being as scary had it not also tried to pass itself off as real.

And they even took this format/sub-genre so far as having the lead actress and director telling you right on the film that "this-story-really-happened-and-we're-gonna-show-you-the-actual-recorded-footage-right beside-the-dramatized-scenes-side-by-side-from-time-to-time". Talk about crossing the "4th Wall" as if it never even existed.

Milla Jovovich was just amazing and is another reason this movie is worth watching. Never seen her this good. I now place her alongside Jennifer Carpenter (Exorcism of Emily Rose, Quarantine) when it comes to portraying fear and hopelessness. They both know how to do it just right without going OA (over acting).

Anyways, ran out of words. Here's a trailer just so I can have an excuse to post a video here :D If you're trying to decide whether to watch this film or not, take my word and watch it. If you don't like it, then go back here and just comment that I'm talking BS. After all...

What you believe is yours to decide.

March 30, 2010

The Bitch (Episode 2)

I just realized very recently that the word Bitch actually refers to female dogs! But somehow, in the modern sense, that word really fits my cat Miming! Haha. My sister came up with that word to describe her when Miming (pronounced Mee-ming) was being particularly bitchy with Ben (my sister's  5month old Beagle). Ben was being quite hyperactive and playful that day and decided to channel his happiness on Miming.

So when the Beagle was taunting and barking at the Cat, wanting to get close and play with her, she went all Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon on him. She felt so threatened and mad the hair on her back stood up. She never really got to injuring him with her sharp claws thought. Thank God. It seems Ben is quite adept at evading her weapons.

See Miming hates being touched and caressed and the only interaction she enjoys with other species is when she can bite and scratch them. She hates being touched and played with and when Ben came along, it turns out she hates Ben as well. Did I mention she hates being touched?

Nevertheless, she is my cat. Or should I say I am her human and all of us here gladly put up with her. I went through my Multiply albums last night and saw quite a lot of pictures of her. She actually has an album of her own there. Here are some of Miming's earliest shots that I quite like.

[caption id="attachment_245" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="on her first night @ home"]Miming[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_246" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="she sleeps comfortably on an extra pillow beside my bed"]Miming[/caption]

March 29, 2010

Paper Cranes 2

See? Told ya I'm hooked on paper cranes. And I actually made an even smaller one! Just about the size of a 1 Peso Coin. Look!

[caption id="attachment_234" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="smaller pink paper crane"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_232" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="still the same smaller pink paper crane"]smaller pink paper crane[/caption]

March 28, 2010

Paper Cranes

[caption id="attachment_219" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="pink paper crane"]Pink Paper Crane[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_224" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="pink paper crane and me"]pink paper crane and me[/caption]

Origami figures really are much better looking (and more challenging to do) when their made smaller. I've learned Origami back when I was a kid and I can still pretty much do the figures I knew how to make back then. The "paper crane" unfortunately I learned quite later when I was preoccupied with other things and so I wasn't quite as able to absorb the steps on how to make them.

My friends thought me how to make them a few weeks ago and I've been drawn to making them ever since. They really are just so elegant and beautiful. I also like the fact that it's not all flat that there's actually a wide body between the wings. They're not so simple, yet their not quite complicated and advanced paper folding as well. Just about in between. I just love it.

I've probably made more than 10 of them. From scraps of paper in my room, to fast food receipts, and just about every other paper I could pick up when I feel like passing the time. I'm still urging myself to make a thousand paper cranes and get that magic wish :D

March 27, 2010

How To Train Your Dragon in 3D

GREAT MOVIE OVERALL!!! I enjoyed it a lot. Especially the flight scenes which was just breathtaking on 3D. Most importantly though, I really liked the story.

Won't say anything about it here though. I believe my rusty writing skills just won't do it any justice. It's been 3 years since I last blogged remember? :D

Anyways, I just want to say that its another great adventure/friendship/puppy love story you'll love to watch over and over again. Really worth your money. Comes with a free small popcorn, drink and 2 raffle tickets at Gateway Cineplex 10. What more can you ask for? (I feel like I should get paid for that plug)

Here's the trailer if you need more convincing :D

March 26, 2010

The Bitch

[caption id="attachment_196" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="Miming about 10 months old"]The Bitch[/caption]

I own a cat. Or should I say aside from people and a dog, there's also a cat living in this house with us. Owning would never be an appropriate term to use on cats because you never really own one. Case in point is this cat I'm talking about. I just call her "miming" (probably the tagalog equivalent of the term "kitty") since I've never had the habit of naming cats. They all respond to high pitched calls of "miming" anyway.

Miming came to existence inside a trash can in a parking lot of a plush mall in Makati. Clinging on the inside walls of the trash can and meowing with all her might in that small kitten voice of hers, she was probably just more than 2 weeks old at that time. That was about a year ago. With the help of a friend of mine who found her and decided to bring her home inside an empty juice box, she somehow found her way here in our house and she's been here ever since.

If I had to guess at who she was and how she got there, I would say her mother was a stray and she was born in a place where cats were unwanted, people there probably took the litter away to different places just to get rid of them. And with the behavior she's been exhibiting since she got here, I would say she never really felt any genuine care. My sister was able to give a spot on description of her behavior. "She's such a bitch!"

She doesn't purr, she hates being touched or caressed, but she likes play fighting A LOT. Touch her a bit and she would end up scratching or biting you thinking that that is exactly what you want from her. And she enjoys it. Play fighting is probably the only fun she knows of having, aside from eating expensive cat food of course. She only eats canned Whiskas or the dry Friskies.

Talk about a true rags to riches story. From the trash can to expensive cat food. But to her credit she does eat some left over fish from dinner though.

Xtina Update… can’t wait :D

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March 22, 2010

Predators

I checked Wikipedia and I found out that the first Predator film was actually released the same year I was born. About a month before I was born to be exact. Knowing that now is pretty weird because I grew up watching Predator movies I and II and is probably one of the first films that really got me to love movies. I think I was about 8 or 9 years old when I was able to watch the first one with Arnold (insert last name here) on cable. The second one with Danny Glover I didn't like as much but I still enjoyed.

Looking back now, I realize It was such a great suspense and adventure movie for me. Stranded in the jungle with an unknown creature killing you off one by one and in the end, you find yourself on your own and have to face this scary, dangerous extraterrestrial once and for all.

I just loved it. And now, 2010, we get to see a remake. Hmmm... hope they do this one right. Maybe I will like this new one too but we'll see :D Let's just enjoy the trailer for now.

March 21, 2010

Plants Vs. Zombies…

Hands down one of the most entertaining and challenging computer games I have ever played. I absolutely love it. I'm more of a RPG (role playing game) gamer and I'm not really into strategy games but I just cant help but get hooked with PVZ. I used to just play this in my friend's computer or at internet cafes to pass the time but now that we have it at home, I'm in gaming heaven :D

Just finished all the levels of the Adventure Mode. Not really a big fan of the Puzzle and Mini Games mode so I was really glad I finally unlocked the Survival mode when I finished the Adventure.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="371" caption="Plants vs. Zombies"]Plants vs. Zombies[/caption]

So far natapos ko na rin yung DAY level ng Survival. More Survival games to go. Hehehe.

March 19, 2010

No worries… I hope

I don't know if it was due to the stress of the day, my memory acting up on me, or I just had a bout of extreme stupidity :( It turns out that K.pneumoniae and E. cloacae do resemble each other in terms of colonial growth so there was really nothing to fuss about. Hehehe. I just had to make sure whether my bacteria is motile or non-motile because that is the only differential test between the two species I can do in our lab.

Here's a picture of the biochem tests I interpreted yesterday which I wasn't able to include in my last, hurried post:

[caption id="attachment_141" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="from left: TSI, SIM, SCA, LIA"]Clinical Bacteriology[/caption]

So anyways, when I got to school this morning I checked my SIM right away and after much scrutinizing, I realized it did become hazy as compared to the original clarity of an uninoculated SIM tube. I was focusing too much on the middle of the tube that I forgot to look at the over-all transparency of the medium.

So after yester-night's confusion, I was finally able to conclude that my final unknown bacteria in Clinical Bacteriology is indeed Enterobacter cloacae :D Whew... I just hope tama nga ako... toink!

March 18, 2010

Confusion!!!

Today I was able to interpret the results for the biochemical tests I did for my final unknown in Clinical Bacteriology lab. So far, from my last post, we already know that my unknown is a gram (-) bacilli, catalase (+), oxidase (-) with thick non-hemolytic colonies on BAP.

The biochem test's result naman revealed the following...
  • Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) = A/A (lactose fermenter), gas production (+), and H2S (-)

  • Sulfide Indole Motility (SIM) = motile (), indole (-), H2S (-)

  • Simmon Citrate Agar (SCA) = citrate (+)

  • and Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) = K/A lysine deamination (-)

If you noticed there's no sign on whether it is motile (+) or non motile (-). That's because I'm so unsure. Well, actually I was so sure it was motile when I left the lab this afternoon but when I got home, right now while I'm making my written report, I decided to look at pictures of Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumonia online.

I stumbled upon a picture of K.pneumonia on BAP and its so similar to my unknown's growth on BAP.... which is unfortunate and is what made me hesitant because I was so sure it was E.cloacae because it's motile and K. pneumonia is non-motile. But now, looking back, I feel like it wasn't really motile on the SIM tube cause it wasn't totally hazy on the point of inoculation. Gosh...  To think that I even performed hanging-drop microscopic technique just to see the motility and because of a stupid picture online, I got confused. I hate this!!!

March 17, 2010

Clinical Bacteriology

Just wanted to put a record here of my progress in our final unknown in Clinical Bacteriology. We were given a bacterial suspension (the "unknown") yesterday and we inoculated it in Blood Agar Plates and Mac Conkey Agar media then incubated for 24 hours.

Here's what I came up with when we checked it out kanina...  As you can see on the pic below, it has gamma-hemolytic colonies which are very thick and aggregating... probably due to the slightly wet (really bad) BAP we all were using.

[caption id="attachment_127" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="to be identified for Clinical Bacteriology"]Clinical Bacteriology[/caption]

Don't ask me what happened to the one planted on the MAC... Halos di na makita yung streaking pattern dahil nag-swarm, again probably due to the wet medium plus sabi ni Sir Ems (our lab technician) baka na-contaminate daw. It has clear colonies sa gitna, then sa mga colonies sa gilid medyo nag-pink, so you cant tell anymore if it's a lactose fermenting bacteria or not. No worries naman cause we can determine that sa TSI.

So anyways, back to the BAP. I did Gram Staining as well this afternoon; twice actually. I had to make sure I really had a Gram (-) bacteria because it grew on MAC kahit papano. I think nakulangan ako ng decolorization the first time kaya may naiwang purple cells. Nung inulit ko, without pagmamadali and observing proper staining techniques, nawala naman ung mga false gram (+) cells and pure pink na silang lahat. If you observe the pic below, their actually rod shaped in... uhm... I'm not sure kasi may mga single, may magka-pair, may mga areas din na magkakadikit sila talaga so I cant tell wether the arrangement is single, in pairs, or in clusters. Sabi basta may nakita ka daw ilang humiwalay mag-isa na cells, single na daw yun. Oh well....

[caption id="attachment_129" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="final unkown's gram stain"]Clinical Bacteriology[/caption]

Anyways, I did the biochemical tests soon after staining. I did oxidase which gave a negative result (no purple end color), catalase positive (vigourous bubble formation), and the Enterobactariaceae tests namely TSI, SIM, SCA, and LIA; the results of which requires 24 hours of incubation so I'll get to that tomorrow.

So, after 2 days of action, the results for my final microbiology unknown are:
  • Gram (-) bacilli with singular arrangement
  • Gamma (non) - hemolytic bacteria
  • Catalase (+)
  • and Oxidase (-)

Will get to the rest of the biochem tests tomorrow and I'll see if I can make an interpretation by then. That'll be all for now. Ciao :D