AJ Gabriel
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THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOESN’T BELIEVE IN GOODBYES
July 13, 2013 | On Early Mornings, Emergency Nursing, and the Lessons That Follow Us Beyond…
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THE NIGHT MY BIRTHDAY SHARED A ROOM WITH DEATH
July 7, 2013 | Station 2, 2:00 AM — On the Fragility of Life, the Weight…
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TWENTY-THREE CANDLES AND A THOUSAND UNFINISHED PRAYERS
July 7, 2013 | On Growing Older, God’s Grace, and the Things Another Year Has Taught…
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TOMORROW CAN WAIT; MY NAME IS ON THE DOOR
July 2013 | Of Night Shifts, a Newly Claimed Nameplate, and the Peculiar Business of Worrying…
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WHITE UNIFORMS, UNFAMILIAR FACES, AND A FAMILIAR CALLING
July 1–2, 2013 | First Duty Days, New Beginnings, and the Conversations No Textbook Could Prepare…
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FOUR DAYS, TWO DREAM DEPARTMENTS, AND A VERY VEGETARIAN SURPRISE
June 24–27, 2013 | Of Hospital Orientations, Career Ambitions, and a Canteen That Apparently Disapproves of…
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THE COMFORT OF A BEAUTIFUL EXCUSE
There was a perfectly reasonable explanation for why I had not finished what I was supposed…
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MY BRAIN HAS APPARENTLY RESIGNED WITHOUT NOTICE
On forgotten nursing concepts, old textbooks, and the embarrassing discovery that knowledge does not come with…
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THE COIN WAS NEVER THE PROBLEM
I think about that afternoon outside the sari-sari store differently now. I can still picture the…
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WHY SHOULD EVERY FLOWER LOOK LIKE A ROSE?
On individuality, the strange business of fitting in, and the courage to remain yourself. I have…
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AN APPETITE FOR TROUBLE, WITH EXTRA GRAVY
March 5, 2013 | Of Filipino Delicacies, Family Errands, and the Curious Case of the Missing…
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GOLD-PLATED PROMISES AND OTHER CHEAP IMITATIONS
On love, flattery, self-respect, and the rather expensive mistake of confusing attention with affection. I have…
