na windang sa unang linggo ng buhay medisina...

ang schedule ng klase ng isang estudyante ng medisina:

MONDAY:
8:00 am - 12:00 nn -- Evaluation Exams (lunes pa lang, stress na! =p)
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm -- Primary Health Care (parang nursing lang eh. =p)

TUESDAY:
8:00 am - 10:00 am -- Anatomy Lecture (ok lang naman siya. hehe)
10:30 am - 12:30 nn -- Anatomy Laboratory (humanda ang mga bangkay!!)
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm -- Histology Laboratory (humanda ang mga cells! haha!)
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm -- Histology Lecture (Visitacion and Vergara fever! =p)

WEDNESDAY:
8:00 am - 12:00 nn -- Physiology Lecture (oo, buong umaga yan!)
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm -- Physiology Laboratory (oo, buong araw ang physio! haha!)

THURSDAY:
8:00 am - 12:00 nn -- Biochemistry Lecture (certified stress!)
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm -- Biochemistry Laboratory (kemikal, kemikal!!)

FRIDAY:
8:00 am - 10:00 am -- Anatomy Lecture (hindi na lang ginawang buong araw nung tuesday para hindi bitin.. =p)
10:30 am - 12:30 nn -- Anatomy Laboratory
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm -- Neuroscience Lecture (si Professor Snape ang doki namen! haha!)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Neuroscience Laboratory

SATURDAY:
Make-up classes kung meh na miss sa isang linggo. =p

Saan naman kayo nakakita ng isang buong araw na klase para lang sa isang subject? Sa Medical School lang yan! haha!

Sa totoo lang, hindi ko talaga akalaing ganito pala kahirap maging estudyante ng Medisina. Alam kong hindi lamang siya para sa matatalino, pero alam ko ding hindi siya para sa mga tamad. At dahil tamad ako, kailangan ko na talagang magbago.

Medisina lang ang nagpahinto sa akin sa pagne-net araw-araw.
Medisina lang ang nagturo sa aking magpa photocopy ng mga lecture para sa susunod na linggo.
Medisina lang ang naghikayat sa akin na magbasa lagi ng libro.
Medisina lang ang nagkumbinse sa akin na huwag matulog sa klase dahil madaming mami-miss sa lecture.
At higit sa lahat, medisina lang ang may bonggang lecture na tatlo hanggang apat na chapters ng libro sa isang araw. WHOA!!

Kaya kung ako sa inyo, kung gusto niyong maging doktor, pagisipan niyo ng ilang taon, hindi yung ilang segundo, tulad ng ginawa ko. haha! =p

flu...flu...flu

Ayon sa Philippine Nurses' Association, Flu Awareness Month ngayon. And I'm exactly aware of the flu virus dahil nagkaroon ako ng trangkaso nung lunes! haha!

Buti na lang talaga kanselado ang unang araw ng klase nung Lunes dahil pag nagkataon, absent ako sa kauna-unahang araw ng klase ko. Ano na lang sasabihin nina doki? lol!

Anyways, ayun, super sakit ng katawan ko, tapos may sipon at ubo pako na meh sangkatutak na plema. At alam kong hindi ako tinamaan ng A(H1N1) flu virus dahil in the first place, hindi naman ako pumunta ng ibang bansa at hindi din ako nakipag halubilo sa kung sino mang galing abroad. Wala din akong sore throat. hehe.. =p

So ayun, buong araw ako nasa bahay at feeling may sakit. lol! May sakit naman talaga ako nun. Umabot ng 40 degrees centigrade ang temperature ko at sangkatutak na Biogesic na ininom ko, di pa din nawala.

Di tuloy ako nakapunta nun sa birthday ng kaibigan ko. Wala din akong gana kumain nun kasi masama ang panlasa ko dahil sa sipon.

Kaya ito ang mapapayo ko sa inyo. Hindi mo talaga maiiwasan ang flu lalo na dahil sa panahon ngayon na umaaraw tapos lumalamig, umuulan. Pero kapag nagsimula na kayong magkaroon ng sintomas, simulan niyo nang magpahinga, uminom ng maraming tubig at Vitamin C. Sa katunayan, hindi pa kayo nagkakasakit, mag Vitamin C na kayo, dalawang beses sa isang araw, para talagang bonggang-bongga ang immune system niyo.

At nang di kayo matulad sa akin! lol!

Ayos na ako ngayon. Makati lang ang lalamunan ko at medyo barado pa rin ang ilong, pero fights na!

HAPPY BACK TO SCHOOL! :)

Angels and Demons - Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer

Finally, I was able to watch this much awaited movie of the year! I wasn't able to watch it when it was first shown on theaters because I didn't have anyone to watch with me. My friends were so busy that they weren't able to watch either.

So anyway, it was last night when I was able to watch the film. I've heard a lot of comments from my friends who have read the book that it was very disappointing. I've also read the book, but I wasn't much disappointed because the film adaptation was so much better than any other adaptation I've seen. Although they have changed the ending of the movie, I still wasn't disappointed, because I'd rather one of the Preferiti would be saved so he would be the next Holy See; in this case, it was Cardinal Baggia. I still have high respects on Cardinal Mortati though.

And I was surprised to see that Camerlengo Ventresca is Ewan McGregor and he was exactly the kind of guy whom I imagined the Camerlengo would look like. But I noticed he was addressed as Patrick by Cpt. Rocher, or did I hear wrong? I remembered his name in the book was Carlo.

The only thing that disappointed me was how short the confrontation was between the head of the Swiss Guard and the Camerlengo when Robert and Vittoria saw the video. If you don't ask anyone who has read the book, you won't understand why the Camerlengo murdered the Pope and initiated the fake resurfacing of the Illuminati. At least that essential part must have been very precise since it was the answer to all the questions that any viewer would ask since the beginning of the movie.

It wasn't done for revenge or to tell the Church that Science and Religion could never coincide. It was in fact a move done out of anger and disappointment as well as the fact that priests would never accept Science as an explanation to any Religious phenomena.

Angels and Demons, from what I understand wanted to tell us that Religion (referred to as Angels) and Science (referred to as Demons) could actually exist in Harmony only if one accepts the other peacefully. :)

now, i'm talkin'! :)

Yeah, I'm finally talking about my new step to the future. It has been a while since I told a few of you, guys about my plans to take up Medicine this year. It has been a very sudden decision, thinking that I didn't proceed with the course right after I graduated from my Nursing course. Everything just went so fast. I had to run up for my NMAT application, so I would be able to take the exam last April and would not wait for December anymore for the next exam. It was a little hard because I had to do everything, from the mailing, to the payment up to follow ups, all by myself, and without the assistance of the CEM, since I didn't submit my application on time.

But all came out well. I was able to go to Manila for the exam and then the waiting started. It has been over 4 weeks before the result was mailed to me and in those four weeks of waiting, I've had lots of dilemmas on whether I will continue with my plans, or would just back out and start looking for a new job. I already have a profession, anyway.

I asked for signs, different signs on whether I would continue applying for Medicine. Then the first sign came. My friend, Dhawell texted me that his cousin also wanted him to take up Medicine. I told him about my plans to back out but he encouraged me to go on. If he would continue, like me, we would be doctors together in the near future. =p

And then the NMAT result came. Mum went to DMSF to ask if I passed and they said I did. When I heard about it, as if all my doubts and second thoughts disappeared and I became very determined to go on with my plans.

I spent 2 straight weeks to process my application for the school. I never imagined it would be this stressful, because it wasn't like this when I enrolled for first year college in my Nursing course in Ateneo. It was so different but when I was finally enrolled to the school, it was such a fulfillment.

My next adventure will start on June 8th, and I hope that I will be able to blog happily about my new life as a medical student in the next weeks to come. :)