I hate you Class '84

Because you set the standards we are very pressured to break.

Last practice time, I heard 2013's song. It was good. And as of the moment, I'm sort of pessimistic.

Well, pessimist naman talaga ako. Kaya nga minsan magaling akong leader kasi lahat na ng pwedeng mangyaring masama nagawan ko ng back-up plan basta kaya. Kaya siguro normal lang to.

Nakakapressure lang.

I never really realized how big it was for my poem to be used as lyrics. I really thought it all boils down to arrangement and melody anyway. Hindi naman kasi laging naririnig yung lyrics kaya parang wala lang. Now, because of my writing, it seems like I influenced a huge chunk of the creation of the melody (since inuna nila ipagawa yung lyrics bago yung melody).

This puts me in a really pressured position. The last time I wrote something for the class was 1st year mediscene and, well, we lost. The following year, I let Carla wrote everything and only criticized and fixed the script. We almost won.

This time, I wrote for the class AGAIN when it's our first time in the competition. More so, the two things I wrote both are serious and very socially aware.

If we lose this time, I swear, I'm going to believe I'm a bad omen. LOL.

Ok lang naman talaga sakin na matalo kami, lalu pa't mukhang magaganda yung kanta ng 2013 at 2012. ang pangit lang talaga na palaging kapag ako na yung nagsusulat, natatalo. wahahahha. Sana magawan nina Ate Jana ng paraan sa pagkanta namin nung nagawang kanta.

Kapag natalo kami this time, maghahanap na talaga ako ng ibang talent na pwedeng ioffer. Ayoko nang magsulat para sa class! Pressure. Wahahahahaha.

I hope we can bring '84 back. Basta sana lang talaga may makaintindi nung message nung kanta o may makaappreciate man lang.

Rakista

This came about because I am condemning Lipgloss for its utter and unavoidable mushiness. Haha.

Dati kasi may lalim pa ng kaunti ang conflicts. Ngayon, well, haha. It became filled with too much teenage drama na parang hello ang babaw.

Thus, you guys should watch Rakista. Haha. Talagang nagaadvertise ako eh noh. Ang kyut kasi. Gritty at nakakatawa yung mga hirit. Although kapag pinanood mo siya ay magegets mo kagad na medyo deranged at bastos ng milya-milya yung nagsulat nun, haha, maaenjoy mo pa rin siya. I guess because the things that it presents are closer to home compared to that of Lipgloss’s.

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So there. This entry also means that I’m still benign. No schoolwork yet. Grabe, I think this is also my first weekend this year that I’m not doing anything (kasi kung hindi may exam ako, kelangan ko magreview for upcoming exams or may trabaho ako during weekends.). Haha. Ang sarap maging bum!

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Oh, and Pito speculates that Obama is the antichrist. Pero wala lang naman yun. Possibility lang ata. Or chance. Search niyo na lang sa google.

At naisip ko lang, ano kayang pakiramdam niya kung malaman niya na pinagkakamalan siyang antichrist (given na hindi nga siya yun) ?

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Ate Tina asked me to go back to MSC. I was almost tempted to say yes. After all, I have ZERO extra-curricular activity last sem and it would probably hold for this sem. I don’t even have the urge to give much attention to UP One Earth. (Sorry Gel!)

But I decided against it. Haha. I guess the trauma of being looked upon as a project-wrecker still has its toll on me. It wasn’t a good feeling you know. What’s worse was that afterwards, I felt like I didn’t deserve to feel that way anyway.

I don’t even think I’m going to volunteer for MSC next year. I’m fed up with the leadership crap. I don’t believe I have that capability anymore and it’s not like I still need those things for my resume. I’d rather sleep.

Dalawang Libo't Labing Lima

Nung isang araw, nagkaroon ng isang oryentasyon ang 2014 para sa papasok na intarmed class of 2015. Masaya. Haha. Yun lang.

Hindi kasi ako sigurado kung nagenjoy din sila. Sana. Sana hindi namin nasapawan ang FOP nila. Kasi naman, papasok pa lang, nagchant na yung imed. natakot tuloy. haha.

Anyway, para to sa buddy ko. Gudlak buddy! Madali pa ang first year kaya pagsamantalahan mo na! Welcome to the UP College of Medicine!

A Love Letter To My First Patient Ever: Melonio

I'm guessing he's around 9-10 years old and no, I did not cure him of any grave disease whatsoever or prescribed any drugs that can alleviate any "wrong physical feeling" that he had. All I did was helping him get through a rite of passage to becoming a man, a rite fulfilled by almost all boys here in the Philippines.

Oo. Marunong na kong magtuli. AS IN. Gusto mo? Masaya siya, sa totoo lang. Yun nga lang talaga, dapat hindi ka takot sa dugo dahil madugo rin siya kahit papano. Pero sobrang madali lang siya. Hindi na nga siya tinuturo sa med school ngayon eh kaya din sinunggaban na namin ang pagkakataon na matuto. Aba, pagkakataon din yun na matuto, kahit minor operation lang yun, astig pa rin. Para kasi saming intarmed na pinupuno ng subjects na katulad ng math 17 na hindi namin alam kung anong kinalaman sa medicine (sige na, may hihirit na may magagawa rin yung kaalaman na yun pag naging doktor na kami. okay fine. ang punto lang naman, hindi pa rin siya medicine na talaga), sobrang naaastigan na kami kapag tinuturuan kami ng mga bagay tungkol sa medisina. Siyempre, gusto na rin naman kasi namin malaman kung kaya talaga namin at kung gusto talaga namin maging doktor. At sa pagkakataong ito, sa pagtutuli, napatunayan kong kaya kong mag-opera, kahit minor pa lang yun, at na hindi ako takot sa dugo o kahit nandidiri man lang sa paghiwa ng balat o kung ano pa man.

But, I did some errors when I was doing the circumcision of my first patient's dick. No, you don't have to say "oh no!" because I was able to make up for it. After all, it wasn’t my fault at all because the doctor that was teaching us what to do told me to cut further the foreskin of my patient’s penis. Unfortunately, the cut skin was too far from the corona of the penis so I had to sew it back before sewing the uppermost skin to the second layer of skin of the boy’s penis. The cut that I did was clean and smooth but the blooper that I did forced me to make almost six sutures to correct it and to finish the operation. To make matters worse, the skin of my patient was too thick that inserting the needle through it took too much effort to do and that my two other sutures got loose so I had to do it all over again. Thank God that Melonio, my first patient ever, was very brave. I knew he could already feel the pain when I was just doing my second suture but due to the limited supply of anesthesia, I can’t give him more so he had to endure the pain. Even so, thankfully, I finished successfully.

Nakakatuwa dahil 17 years old pa lang ako, marunong na akong magtuli at nagkaroon na ako ng unang “pasyente” samantalang kahit kalian yata ay hindi ko naman talaga naisip na magdodoktor na ako. Achievement to! Hahaha. At nakakatuwa ring isipin na kaya ko pala. :)

To Melonio: Thank you for helping me wake up, once again, the curiosity and thirst for knowledge that have long been sleeping inside of me.

A really sincere apology. Hahaha.

I'm starting to hate the fact that Cheska produces a lot of REALLY good entries while all I can come up with is a pathetic apology for an entry. Yes, I apologize to this blog for not really helping it serve its purpose in the world by having good blog entries. I apologize for having so much to write about, but still choosing not to (like a review for the movie "Gabriel," which has a really good concept; I'm not just sure if it jives with theological ideas and whether it is, at any point blasphemous. Still, it really has a good concept, somthing most hollywood movies lack nowadays since they just rip off japanese horror films now.).

So there. I'm just posting, AGAIN, so that at least I would have a post for the month March. Hey, I don't want to openly admit that I'm starting to lose my pasion in writing about just anything! Hehe.

Kidding aside, I do exert effort. I'm applying for the college of medicine's newspaper now. I'm placed no the news com, however, which is irritating because I hate writing in a very rigid manner (heck, even how to write dates have rules!). Seriously, I'm a feature writer by heart. This is torture. They're just lucky they teamed me up with my *ehem*imed*ehem*crush*ehem* which makes writing news, really, really, worthwhile. (Yes, pito, this means 2-3 in favor of me!) :D

Oh, and of course, since this is becoming a great update on what's happening in my life now, I would also like to announce that our batch's summer getaway would be none other than up manila. This means studying STILL when the rest of the college of medicine takes a break. I hate our life-draining curriculum. Haha.

By the way, the end of this year's second summer also marked the end of our last hard math subject (because the last math subject we would have to forcefully take up this summer, which would be easy daw according to the upper years)!! So then again, I love our curriculum. Hehe.

There. Nothing much is happening to my life anyway. It's just always full of "I have to study" mode since my scholarship was almost jeopardized by guess what subject - math! Hay. See! Even updating my blog through an entry about my personal experiences is boring! I seriously have to write again.

By the way, according to my elder sister, Sitti has this great quote about your passion before college would still be your passion after colloge. HAha, sabi ko na eh! One way or another, I'll have that documentary or that Palanca-winning-short story!

On doctors stripping on stage, Activated Charcoals, and the dullness of my blog

Intro lang na walang connection:
Tinanong ng kaklase ko sa Imed sa teacher namin sa Chem 14 (si Sir Engle) dati kung bakit kailangan pa naming i-convert sa nanometers ang wavelength ng light at bakit hindi na lang meters. Ang sagot niya:

"Ganito lang yan class eh. Kapag hindi natin kinonvert, parang kang tinanong kung anong waistline mo tapos sumagot ka naman in kilometers."

hahaha. wala lang. isipin mo na lang:

"Miss, anong waistline mo?"

"0.00000078 kilometers."

hahahaha. parang kahit puro decimal place, malaki pa rin. lol.

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College of Med recently had its anual "Tao Rin Pala" variety show. And Imed2014 had its first exposure to it din. Tao rin pala yung title asi gusto rin nlang patnayan na tao rin ang med students, nagvavariety show din kami. hahaha.

in fairness, the upperclassmen were REALLY good. As in todo performance. nakakabilib.

at siyempre di nagpatalo ang mga doctors sa PGH, part pa rin naman kasi sila ng College eh. at ibang klase pala magperform ang mga taga-dept. of surgery. haha. wala silang ginawa sa stage kundi nagtanggal ng polo at pants. yun lang. haha. imagine naked doctors undulating in the stage. haha. parang hindi tuloy kami makapaniwala na sila rin yng mga nagooperate sa mga tao sa OR! lol.

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Alam mo ba na mabisang adsorbent ang activated charcoal para sa food coloring? haha. di naman masyadong obvious na gumagawa ako ng lab rep sa chem. pero di nga. kung may food coloring yung juice mo or something tapos ayaw mo nung kulay, lagyan mo ng activated charcoal tapos i-filter mo. tada!

di ko nga lang sure kung pwede pang inumin. :)

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my blog is struggling for new posts nowadays. sorry ah. sobrang busy kasi eh. at malamang sa mga susunod na linggo ganun pa rin. bakit pa kasi kailangang mag-college eh! haha.

pasensya blog. till next time. :)

Better Caesar than Beethoven

I've been having check-ups and tests at the PGH to determine why my left ear ceased to function back when I was in Grade 3. Finally, after 7 years. Haha. Well, at least I just really want to find out what caused it (and make sure it won't affect my right ear or affect me in any other way that would prevent me from becoming a doctor. sayang kaya ang 7 years!). My parents want to find out if I can hear again. It's okay for me if I won't be able to just as long as no other part of my being would be affected. After all, after 7 years, I think I've developed much adaptation to accept and live with the fact that I'm half-deaf. Just like Ceasar.

But see, the doctors are thrilled with my case. I think if Dr. House would meet me, he'll find me interesting enough to cure (or not yet because apparently I haven't had any life threatening moments which I hope would stay that way). Why thrilled? Apparently, (warning: medical jargons are about to pop up) a profound and sudden hearing loss that passes the Calorics Test is not normal. Why? I have no freakin' idea. I guess first year medical students (that are not even in the medicine proper yet!) still do not possess the ability to determine what test results mean. Haha. Seriously. I guess we can only guess. But I really did try to understand the stupid graphs that the machine that did my tympanometry produced or the stupid signs and graph-like thingies that the doctor wrote during my speech audiometry. I tried. But failed miserably. Haha.

To get to the point, the doctors want a CT scan of my temporal lobe and they have decided to refer me to their, guess what, consultant (Consultants are, well, the doctors who have finished their residency, fellowship, etc. Its a long process so they're well experienced. :P). Apparently, my case is serious or interesting enough to be taken in by the condultant. (We're talking about UP doctors here! But I guess, a specialist would be able to give a better diagnosis.) I'm yet to have my CT scan and my rendezvous with the *tantananan!* consultant.

Their (the doctors who checked me) guess is that I may possibly have an inborn condition that manifests only after people grew up. And the guess came with the warning that my right ear might also have the condition which would make me fully deaf if I'm not careful.

To make matters worse, my mom informed me that our famly DOES have a history of such a condition that resluts into ears becoming deaf. So the guess misght actually be true. (House, where are you when people need you?!)

The news came like a "whoah!". I mean, I'd rather be off like Ceasar than Beethoven! (well, except for the talents and such. hehe.) Seriously, I'd kill myself if the world decides to deprive me of the ability to hear. At least, I know I won't be able to take it well. Please, God, help.

Haha. Soemtimes we take for granted things. I took for granted the fact that I'm half-deaf. I actually somehow liked it because it makes me unique. Now its something serious. Way beyond being uniqe.

I just wish I'm way way beyond becoming "special".

My Gastrocnemia is Hot.

Haha. Gastrocnemia ang tawag dun sa muscle na nakaumbok sa may leg mo. Yung matabang part. Yun. Sabi ng teacher ko kung gusto mo daw maging hot ang legs mo, dapat defined ang gastrocnemia mo. haha.

Kahapon, ang bastos ng dila ko. As in lantarang kung anu-anong phrases na mali ang wording kaya nagmumukhang iba yung meaning na lumalabas sa bibig ko kaya feeling ko andami kong na-offend. Hay nako. Bad tongue.

See, powerful ang words. Yung simpleng paggamit ko ng Taglish na sentences sa mga blog entries ko may implications sa akin at sa nagbabasa. Yung simpleng hoy nga lang pwedeng makapagpasaya, makapagpatawa o makapagpagalit sa isang tao eh. I once mentioned in one of my essays that I believe no matter how much actions can speek louder than words, words would hurt more than actions do.

Minsan lang talaga, ang hirap pigilin ng lumalabas sa bibig natin. Minsan pa compelled ka na ipagtanggol yung ibig mong sabihin. Pero baka lalo lang lumalala.

Haha. Akala mo ang seryoso ng nangyari sa akin eh no na parang napaaway ako and all that. di naman. Napansin ko lang.

Tsaka wala na aksi akong masabi. Believe me, ang daming nangyayari sa buhay ko sa imed at sa upmanila (like the fact that I have another crush that sings like, whoah. She should have won. Stupid judges. Pero class 2010 ata siya haha. so either 4 years ang tanda niya sakin o 6 years. but who cares?! Haven't I just said she's really pretty and she sings like an angel?!) at nakakapagod na rin siya. Pero madalas kasi, hindi masyadong malaki yung impact ng mga yun para matandaan ko at magawan ng blog entry pagdating ko dito sa qc ng saturday. Hindi ko na magawang matandaan pa ang mga ganung bagay. I still have Gastrocnemias, auxins, giberillins, Colegio Dental de Liceo de Manila, and cos (A+B) to remember!

Hay. How unfortunate but I still have to go back to the Insular Board of Health that was established through Act no. 157 and its members (both active and honorary).

UPCM Class 2014: Walang Katapat

At unang birit pa lang, napatunayan na namin kaagad.

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UPCM Class of 2014
Labing-apat, Walang Katapat!
First Intarmed Class to Win the Lady Med Competition (2007)
First Freshman Class (LU I) to Win the Lady Med Competition (2007)
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Lahat pinaghirapan. Lahat pinagpawisan at pinagtiyagaan. Lahat nagpursigi at naniwalang kaya naming ipamukhang may ibubuga ang intarkids.

It was one exhilirating and exciting event. Higit isang buwan naming pinaghandaan yung Lady Med at sobrang astig katrabaho ng 2014. Pulido trumabaho ang bawat isa. Nakakabilib. As in maasahan mo sila at alam nila yung responsibilidad nila sa class. Lahat nagbigay ng malaking effort para dun sa competition. And it felt so good na nagkaroon siya ng malaking bonus!

Nasa kalahati pa lang nung program, nararamdaman na namin na nate-threaten na yung upperclassmen. I was already hearing things like: "Ok naman yung contestant natin, kaso ibang klase talaga si miss fire!" and "Hmm, magaling si miss fire eh, medyo tagilid.."

Ibang klase yung pakiramdam nung inannounce yung nanalo tapos natameme yung upperclassmen dahil, bam!, bigla na lang taob silang lahat! We were able to show that abilities and talents are not at all related to age. halos lampas 6 years tanda nila samin. Pero taob pa rin!

Katulad nga ng class motto, ang labing-apat, WALANG KATAPAT.

We made history. And let us continue doing so. Conquer TRP at MediSCENE! Show them that we are something to be scared of!

Congrats 2014! Job well done, future doctors!

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P.S. Sobrang salamat din sa aming buddies, ang 2013, na todo suporta samin! Kasabay namin silang pumalakpak at nagpugay nung announcement of winners! Salamat 2013!

"The Five People You Meet In Divisoria"

Nagpunta kami sa divisoria kahapon para bumili ng sash materials, tiaras, crown, at scepter para sa Lady Med sa friday. Taga-UP po kasi kami at hindi namin kaya ang offer ng Robinson's Ermita na 1000+ pesos para sa bubwit na tiara. Kaya, no choice, kelangan naming mag-divisoria ni Shayne.

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Commercial muna:

2007 Lady Med: The Gaia Project

Friday. August 24, 2007. 6 pm.

BSLR-East, University of the Philippines-Manila

Please support UPCM Class 2014's representative, Nico Rogelio, a.k.a Shanikwa, as Miss Fire!

We do accept donations (money or toletries) that would go to UPCM-MSC environmental projects and the Elsie Galves Village for the Disabled.

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At dahil lahat ng tao sa dorm aalis at may pupuntahan except si pito, nahatak din namin siya para sumama. pero bago pa kami sumakay ng dyip para mag-divisoria, may dilemma na.

Dilemma # 1: What to bring, how to bring them.

Sa totoo lang, nakakatakot pumunta ng divisoria kasi lantaran ang kalokohan dun eh - snatcher, holdaper, at marami pang -er. Tapos ang dami pang babala na kesyo wag ka daw magtatanong sa mga tao dun kasi baka lokohin ka, at kung anu-ano pa na mas lalung nakapagpatakot sakin. Hindi ko naman first time sa divisoria. Si pito yun. pero nung una kasi, takot na takot din ako eh.

Lalu naman kahapon. May dala lang naman kaming 5000 pesos na hindi namin pera dahil kelangan naming ipambili yun ng mga tiara, crown at scepter. Sa takot, hinati ang pera. 3000 kay pito, tapos tig-isang libo kami ni shayne. at least pag may na-holdup or sumthing, may masasalba kami kahit konti. Tapos wala nang bag. talagang sukdulang wallet at cellphone lang. dapat nga di na rin kami magdadala ng cellphone eh. kaso baka mawala kami sa divi kaya no choice. As in todo-todo ang pagiging cautious namin.

Ayun. sakay sa jeep. andar. tapos dilemma # 2.

Dilemma #2: Paano naman namin malalaman na nasa divisoria na kami??

Natawa nga ako sa tanong ni Pito eh. Nasa divisoria na ba tayo? Ano ba hitsura nun? hahaha. Sa pagkakaalam ko, marami lang tindahan yun eh. tapos marami ding tao. yun lang. wala naman talagang land mark na bubulaga sayo para iparating na, hoy, divisoria na to!

Pero yun nga yung catch, basta pala bumagal na yung dyip tapos madami nang tao sa labas at sandamukal na ang mga stall na nagbebenta ng kung anu-ano, divisoria na yun. hahaha.

Dilemma #3: Buying the stuff we came there for.

At ito yung pinaka-mahirap. Pero ito yung pinakamasaya. Kabaligtaran kasi ng naisip kong kahihinatnan namin sa pagpunta sa divisoria, mababait yung mga taong nakausap at tumulong samin. at walang nangyaring masama. There were five people who magically helped us buy the things we needed. Yung babae dun sa dyip na pinagtanungan namin kung nasa divisoria na ba kami at tinuro samin kung san pwedeng makabili ng mga tiara. Binigyan pa nga niya kami ng mga babala katulad ng kuhanin muna ang bibilhin bago ibigay ang bayad, etc. Tapos sobrang linaw talaga ng mga directions niya patungo dun sa mga pwede naming mahanapan ng mga hinahanap namin. Andyan din si Manong na nagbabantay ng shop nung mga tiara na sobrang bait mag-entertain at yung boss niya na binigyan pa kami ng discount. At siyempre yung baklang tumulong saming magconceptualize para dun sa sash at yung kaibigan niya na binigyan din kami ng tawad.

Ayun. Nakauwi kami ng maayos. Walang nangyaring masama samin. Nag-enjoy pa nga kami kahit papano dahil nakita namin ang isa pang mukha ng Maynila. Nabili din namin ang mga dapat naming bilhin at nakabalik ng matiwasay.

So anong point? Nagsimula ang araw na yun na akala ko sobrang daming masamang bagay na mangyayari. Pero hindi eh. May mababait at matulungin pa ring mga tao sa mundo. Sa mga pagkakataong akala mo puro masasamang tao na lang ang masasalubong mo - puros mga makasarili at walang pakeelam sa kapwa - may limang taong ibabato si God sayo para tulungan ka at hindi mapahamak.

Akala ko talaga mahohold-up kami or sumthing bago kami makauwi. nakalimutan ko, may Bantay nga pala ako. :)

(title from shayne. :P )

Blame Sir Args

Sabi ko kasi kay Sir Args: "Sir Args! Nagscience course ako!" Kasi kapag nagdidirect ako ng mga presentations ng electron, lagi niya akong sinasabihan na hindi daw ako magsa-science course at mag te-theater daw ako. Kaya kanina, nung bumalik ako sa pisay, proud naman akong pinagmalaki na mas pinili ko ang larangan ng agham kesa sa sining.

pero hindi eh. Sir Args never fail to hit me back. Sabi ba naman niya:

"Intamed ka di ba? Okay lang. Matagal pa (panahon mo para marealize)."

wah. nakakaiyak. At sa totoo lang, mas natatakot na kong pasukin ang intarmed. Natatakot akong baka sa gitna ng seven years, titigil na lang ako bigla at magku-quit. Ayoko kasi ng may sinisimulan na hindi tinatapos. Kaya nga hindi ako sumuko sa Pisay noon eh.

Pero ngayon, nalilito na ulit ako. Si Sir Args kasi eh. Tsaka napagtanto ko na, kahit ngayon, excited na ko magstart ang pasukan di dahil sa classmates o kahit sa mga pag-aaralan namin. Excited na ko kasi merong mga play at contests ang med within the year. Katulad ng TRP, Mediscene, atbp. At excited na ko makapagdirect o kahit makapagrelay man lang ng mga ideya sa teatro. Kamusta naman yun.

Ang Labing-Apat, Walang Katapat!

I realized on my way back home that I have to blog about Batch 2013's orientation program for us freshies for a very important reason: Crush ko si Ate Serine! Haha. She's pretty. Actually, the moment she entered the room, I immediately wished she's also a freshie. Then again, it wasn't exactly my lucky day. Ate Serine is, VERY unfortunately, a sophomore (or LU II, whichever you prefer, but I think the latter is more appropriate, hehe.), and is Nico's buddy that SHOULD HAVE BEEN MINE, if only I was able to snatch first Nico's card during the Buddy Selection, which was entitled BUDdychotomous Key, by the way, and is really cool expecially if you remember Bio 1 in Pisay (the greatest moments of my life *daydreams* hehe. Go Ma'am Cardenas!). There. I asked him to switch but he refused. :(

And why the hell am I talking in straight english? "ko" at "si" palang ang tagalog dun ah! Rob, this is your fault. Haha.

Deh. MAraming "bloggable" thing na nangyari kanina. Ang galing kasi gumawa ng Batch 2013 ng activities eh. At ang Pinaka-astig: "The Undercover 2013".

Anung nangyari sa activity na yun? Wala lang naman. All of a sudden, naging 41 lang naman ang intarmed students. Tapos niloko nila kami sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatake sa amin ng quiz na, ayon sa kanilang panlilinlang, ay magiging basehan kung sino ang maaaccelerate sa amin papuntang 2013. In short, kung sino ang highest, second year na kaagad. Siyempre nagulat naman kami, at oo, naloko ako kaya hindi ako magkaintindihan kung ipapasa ko ba yung exam o ibabagsak ko. Pero siyempre feeling ako eh. Mahirap pala ng sobra yung exam (tapos inisip ko pa na mapeperfect ko. haha.), kaya bagsak talaga ako. Pero pagkatapos namin kumain ng lunch, inaannounce na lang nila na merong dalawa sa amin ang nagpapangap lang na isang taga-batch 2014 at, sa lubos na katotohanan, ay talagang kabilang sa batch 2013 at pinaglololoko lang kami all the time na ka-batch namin sila. Naks. Siyempre lahat kami nagulantang. Kaya naman pala may ma-aaccelerate eh, kasi may mga taga-batch 2013 naman pala talaga samin. Bwiset. Tapos yun pinahulaan nila at makaraan ang ilang sandali, nagladlad na ng tunay na pagkatao ang mga mapagpanggap.

Haha. In fairness, yung isa dun sa mga nagpapanggap, si Kuya Kim, nung nasa may lecture hall kami ng BSLR-E, akala ko din originally med proper na siya. haha. Pero hindi ko siya sinulat dahil naniwala ako na isa siya sa makakasabay kong magtapos sa Dalubhasaan ng Medisina sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas pagdating ng taong dalawang libo at labing-apat. Hindi pala. haha.

Ayun. At SOBRANG astig nung trailer thing na pinakita nila samin. WOW. kamusta naman ang P90 na budget na ang layo ng narating. haha.

Tsaka mabait silang lahat. :)

Pero pinagod nila kami sa pamamagitan ng isang walang hiyang amazing race sa may UP Manila Campus. Katulad ng sinabi ko, wala kaming campus grounds at kalat-kalat ang building. Mantakin mo ba namang ang first station namin ay nasa Padre Faura at kasalukuyan kami noong nasa Pedro Gil. Waw. Ang LAYO. Pero wala eh. Magaling kami. Third Place. Haha. Best na yun ah! :P

At may tradition na dapat may cheer ang bawat batch:
Batch 2010: "Basta 2010, Bigatin!" (wowowee!)
at ang BAtch 2013: "Dos Mil Trese, Lahat Posible! (Globe. Haha.)

May sponsors yung batches! Hehe.

Overall, this has been the best Orientation Program I've attended. Astig ang 2013!

EDIT: ang daming beses ko nang naedit ang entry na to! ang dami ko kasing mali sa grammar. anu ba yan. hehe. may mali pa ba?

enrollment adventures # 1

haha. wala lang. natawa lang ako kasi nung nagpadental ako nung tuesday, tapos nakita nung dentist na intarmed course ko, sabi niya:

"Uy I-med! Kelangan ko bang mag-english???"

Hahahaha. Connection??

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Mahirap magenroll sa UP-Manila dahil pakalat-kalat ang mga buildings nito. nakahalo ang Robinson's, ang DOJ, at marami pang iba. Hindi ko na nga alam minsan kung nasa UP grounds pa ba ko o hindi na eh. Tapos nakakaligaw. At parang lahat ng building dun luma. As in yung old spanish house yung dating tapo pagpasok mo may chandelier pang hindi gumagana na sasalubong sayo. hahaha.

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tinanong nung isang doctor nung nagpa-medical ako: "Hindi mo ba inanong sa parents mo kung nabakunahan ka na? Hinanap at tiningnan mo ba yung baby book mo?"

haha. baby picture ko nga dalawa lang ang nagexist eh. yung isa kasama ko pa kuya ko. baby book pa kaya???

M.D.

"Med students preffered"

haha. may nakalagay na ganyan dun sa dorm namin sa manila. kasama ko sina pito at joreb. tapos sina nico at KG nagcoconfirm pa. :) haha. masaya to!

ngayon lang talaga pumasok sa isip ko na wala na ko sa pisay. i've been doing a lot these days - shooting, tutoring people, etc - just to earn money reserves for college. kasi seryoso, ang mahal magdorm. kelangan ko ng isa pang scholarship para makakain. else, pambabayad ko na lang sa dorm.

pero hindi eh. hindi yung graduation, yung pagkatanggap ko ng news about the intarmed, yung pagpunta namin dun para makita yung dorm, o kahit yung mga nababasa ko na goodbye pisay entries ng batchmates ko ang nakapaguntog sa akin sa katotohanan na, hoy, hindi ka na pisay scholar.

kundi yung post ni cheska na hindi siya magiintarmed. tsaka ko lang napagtanto na, shet, oo nga pala, hindi ko na sila makakasama. sina cheska, jecay, walo sa barkada ko na naging parte ng buhay ko for so long and the rest of the batch. oo nga pala, tapos na ang high school.

i miss pisay already. especially the people that made it super special. bagong mga tao na naman makakasalamuha ko. bago na naman.

mamimiss ko kayong lahat. you guys just don't know how much i would.

alam mo ba, alumnus na ko ng pinakamasayang high school sa Pilipinas. graduate na ko sa lahat ng hirap. pero sana pala, hindi na lang.


7 years before real life comes. hope you guys will have a challenging yet lesson-filled pursuit of happyness. tsaka, till next time.


I WILL NOT FORGET.