Remembering Dr Prospero C. Roda: EASNAC president 2003-2004

Prospero C. Roda, M.D. (May 12, 1940 - March 25, 2010)

http://www.berylroda.com//dad_slideshow.html

Choosing to Live

Choosing to Live: Dr. Ben's Miracle: Triumph Over Terminal Cancer


By Benjamin R. Sanidad Jr with Cecil Murphy

Hartland Publications, 2001

One beautiful March morning in 1996, Dr. Benjamin R Sanidad, Jr., 51 began the darkest journey of his life. He collapsed while administering anesthesia for surgery at Marion General Hospital. When a friend/colleague looked down an endoscope into Dr. Sanidad's stomach, his eyes filled with tears. By then, Dr. Sanidad writes, "I was ready to hear the diagnosis. But I was not as ready to hear the location." It was cancer of the esophagus, a disease usually fatal within months.

Resigned to die, Dr. Sanidad accepted treatment to appease his colleagues. He tried to pray asking God to draw his family closer. "I didn't even know if God had heard me," he writes. But, after surgery, something changed in Dr. Sanidad. With the support of family and friends, he began to fight for survival. He refused chemotherapy and opted for an alternative, natural treatment. He also renewed and deepened his faith in God. Four years later, Dr. Sanidad returned to work.

http://www.amazon.com/Choosing-Live-Miracle-Triumph-Terminal/dp/0972098208/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301145541&sr=1-1

Baesa Reunion Song

Words by Ric Suban
(Tune:  "It's A Small, Small World")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgQejd14wKs


Mga kababayan at kanayon araw na naman ng pagtitipon;
Ating pagyamanin, magandang tradition, ang Baesa reunion.

Coro: Sa reunion tayo na at doon ay magsaya,
Mag-relax, mag-potluck na magkakasama.

Ano man ang gawain sa buhay, magdescanso ng di manglupaypay;
Ang hirap at pagod kung panay na panay, hadlang din sa tagumpay.

Easy lang sa 'yong pagpapayaman, sa hanap-buhay ay dahan-dahan;
Hilig karangyaan, utang tambak naman, buhay ay hindi ganyan.

Sa ating bayan may kasabihan, di man hanapin ang kapalaran;
Dudulog, lalapit at matatagpuan, worry di kailangan

Happiness tunay na makakamtan,sa kilalang mga kaibigan;
Makipagkamayan, makipagkwentuhan, makipaghalakhakan.

Kung matapos na ang kasayahan, bagong energy ang makakamtan;
Sigla ng katawan, peace ng kaisipan, taglay kinabukasan.