Synthesizer on Stamps
My first love was music, and in the 90's, I wanted to be musician more than being a physician. My dad desperately wanted me to proceed to medicine after graduating in Medical Technology in Cebu Doctors University in 1989. In the mid 80's, I already was the keyboardist, with regular weekend gigs at Danny Tan's Shaky's Mango , of the New Cebu Music pioneer with the only New Wave group in Cebu- "40" the Band, mostly playing American Top hits in Y101, then later keyboardist/arranger of ETU (Stay Close to Me, How Lucky You Are, Fading out of Distance), session musician/keyboardist of Local Gound concerts, RJ Jacinto, 12 Inch, The Monks and Topsy Turvy with Mylah, Barney, Rogerto, Emy and Mauro) so I initially resented his decision for me to take up medicine. He then testily told me, "Not all musicians can be doctors, but any doctor can be a musician if you got the talent for it"; and so I proceeded to medicine and eventually became a gastroenterol...