Enmat

Pagkatapos kong kunin ang NMAT kanina sa loob ng anim na nakakasakit-ng-batok na oras, pakiramdam ko ang.. astig ko, hehe. :) At syempre, ng buong klase. :) Astig kase apat na raang tanong ang dinaanan namin, kasabay ng apat na raang initimang bilog, habang nakikipagkarera sa oras at nakikipaglaban sa tindi ng buga ng aircon. Parang natapos mo na ang unang pagsubok ng med life sa pamamagitan ng mahabang pagkakaupo.

At kahit dinaig ng mga tambayan at buildings ng La Salle and bawat sulok ng UPM, astig pa rin ang pakiramdam, dahil taliwas sa kapalaran ng nakararami, alam ko na sa puntong ito kung saan ako unang magbubukas ng katawan ng tao. At sa palagay ko, hindi kayang tumbasan nung marmol na sahig, malawak na grass field at nung vending machine ang pakiramdam na yon. :)

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Meet the East

Besides owning an MD at the end of my name, I now probably have a long list of things I want to venture into, like owning a flowershop, speaking French, giving birth to identical twins or trying out every ice cream flavor in the world. Today though, thanks to Dr. Philip of CM, I wanted to try something a little different: learn the art of Chinese medicine. (well, not really different-different since it's in the same field but still different, hehe.) I view traditional Chinese medicine as one crappy system of silly, accidentally-accurate techniques, well, until I had my third History of Med class.

It dawned on me that I was being a sort of an atheist all this time. Of course, who wouldn't be confident with Western Medicine given that it has proofs for its conclusions, but hey, maybe a little faith on an alternative wouldn't hurt. :) For all I know, I might be a better doctor if I would be practicing the medical techniques from both sides of the world (woohoo :P) and, it could probably make a difference, especially to the unprivileged, if I could advice cheaper and more practical strategies of keeping one's self healthy. :) And, it'll be cool to learn to speak and read Chinese! :P

But hell noooo, =/ NOT.. GIVING.. UP.. ice-cold water and ice cream. :)

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Kahapon

Hindi ko alam kung gusto ko, o ayaw ko. Hindi naman kasi lahat naiintindihan at naipapaliwanag. Mayabang kasi ako.

Pero, kaya ako masaya, alam ko namang hindi talaga sapat ang mga salita. ;)

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Blog Break

It's a pity how I just get to write here everytime I need to go online, not whenever I want to.

I'm currently doing my super boring Hum paper and so far I have finished eight lines of sheer nonsense.

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My apologies to my block, which I'm going to represent at the table tennis interclass tournament. (Oh no. haha) I didn't know that the last singles match I played with Cybill is THE decision match. And I won because of her aching tummy; she ate more during lunch than I did. :P

Yes, even I still couldn't believe my luck. Or Cybill's luck, depending on how you define it. I highly prefer the latter.

It's not that I do not want to play, it's just that I know there are better players, far more better. I still don't know how to hit the ball right, haha. Oh well, the hell with it. Might as well enjoy my fate and let go of pressure. Maybe my last exam luck would also be there next Friday.

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I like Beethoven's 5th symphony, better now than I did before. As opposed to my classmates, I actually prefer the orchestra over a solo piano piece. It's more bold, varied and complete. And you get to hear how variation - contrasts and complements - of sounds are united in a piece. It's amazing how people can create things like that, (eto na naman ako, naaamaze sa lahat ng bagay) unfortunate that I can not. :P

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Dr. Labio and Dr. Gladys in IPC last Wed talked of the horrors of med life - the uber tight schedule, the dominating senior nurses in PGH, the huge pressure from both patients and consultants and the disadvantages of being a 'young' doctor. I'm sooo not looking at this side of med and it didn't seem easy (of course, Serine). I started to think, began to doubt my competence and my decisiveness.

My mom said that the best way to deal with fear is to talk to God about it. So I prayed, submitted my self to the Lord and surrendered my fears to Him. I am actually more scared right now of what lies ahead than I was a year before, but I'm trying to make this situation a test of spirituality. I know that I just have to do my best and everything else's up to Him.

I'm still scared. ;) Pero unquestionably more relieved, knowing that I am not alone on this. :)

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Gotta get back to Hum, ugh. -_-

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High in Coffee

But more in reactions of alkenes. +_-
I think I'll be needing a third cup of threeinone. :P

It's been two years and two days. :)

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