A day in the life of a not so typical medical student #1

Boredom makes you do a lot of things. It makes you skip a previously set arrangement to go with classmates to the Department of Health to look for some material for your research (Sorry, Seph, Janet, Allen... tinamad po ako lumabas. Hehehe...). It makes you search for your old highschool class webpage on the Internet and have a laugh over your old pictures (I looked like crap by the way. Thankfully, my classmates looked just as bad as I did. Hehehe...). It makes you smoke inside your bedroom, when you knew very well it takes hours for the smell of smoke to dissipate in your bedroom because there is no exhaust and the area is cramped and miniscule. It makes you glad that a classmate is coming over to your house, even when you had to skip lunch and munch on Chippy and Coke instead, just to work hard in helping in the editing of her research paper.

By the way, Jackie, pag nanalo yan best research, may porsyento ako. Hahaha...

I would like to thank God, by the way, (Naks! What a religious post! Probably my first and last religious post. Hahaha...) for making me pass my first comprehensive exam, despite my two-day cramming and haphazard - or more like, lack of - study habits. One down, two more to go. I made a deal with God that if he helped me pass this exam, I will do my best to study better for the next two exams. So, guys, no more Videoke for me. No more Beerkada nights. No more gimik with highschool friends. No more dates... Hmmm... On the other hand, that may still be negotiable. I have my needs too. Bwahahaha... Inspirational needs baya! Kung ano-ano na ang inakala niyo, ano? Mga madudumi ang isip! Hehehe...

Still, if the Videoke kids (namely me, Shaf, Nor and Ella) all passsed, we must be doing something right. So, why should we disrupt the old system, di ba? Hahaha... Naghanap talaga ng excuse para lang makapag-Videoke, ano?

Congrats to all who passsed! We did it, guys! Only two more to go!

When I told Lasa the news, he tells me this, word for word, "Matalino ka naman. Why don't you try using all your potential and read an entire medical book cover-to-cover and then make a summary?"

I was about to laugh, when I realized that he wasn't kidding. Nyarks! Hindi pala yun joke. Hehehe... That's one of the things I adore about him. Only he can come up with these sort of crazy ideas and actually be serious about it. Hahaha...

Lasa, naman... Hello?! Wala sa hobbies ko ang gumawa ng BOOK REPORT, ha?

Speaking of HIM, I was out with him today to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. Funny movie, by the way, if you're into pirates and those sort of thing (which I'm not, but still, it was funny). We were going up to the 3rd floor in the escalator when Someone We Both Knew (SWBW) saw us. SWBW, who was strolling along the 2nd floor, called him. He waved to SWBW, laughed and mouthed conversation over my head. I was just too much in shock so I did not turn my head at all and proceeded to just look straight ahead. These are one of those times when I could have used my cellphone as a prop para kunwari busy texting but I couldn't because I ended up forgetting it at home. Huhuhu... I missed my cellphone kahit na 3120 lang yun. I have gotten used to being physically and mentally attached to it. Hehehe...

Going back to the story at hand, I don't know if SWBW saw me - I'm afraid he did - but I had a new haircut so I'm hoping he didn't recognize me. Hahaha...

Asa ka pa, NYTM

Sigh... Bahala na... With us dating in public, I guess I should just get used to this...

We had dinner at Manang Terry's afterwards. He eats really fast so he finished earlier than I did. He then asks me, "Hindi ka sanay magkamay, ano?" I laughed and ended up blushing. Nahiya naman ako. I never realized until now that it shows pala that I can't eat using only my hands very well. After all, eventhough I do prefer to eat using a spoon and fork, I do eat at the Baybay Barbequehan by hand. When my classmates and I go to the beach, I also eat by hand with them. Nobody has said anything to me about it before. Until now. Thankfully, he just laughs and tells me "Masanay ka na. Mas masarap kasi kumain ng nagkakamay pag gutom ka na talaga."

Hmmm... Does this mean that we will be together for a looong time, that we will get married but starve because he is incredibly maluho or simply, that we will be eating together by hand frequently? =)

Reminder to self: Must practice eating by hand.

Hahaha... the crazy things we do for love...

It's my research proposal presentation tomorrow. If the panel denies my paper again, I will kill myself. I actually worked hard for that paper, although not as much as I could have (Hmmm... There must be something to what HE frequently says about my not using up all my potential. Hehehe...), but I know I worked my ass off on that. Well, at least for three days. Hehehe... I hate research! I hate it from the bottom of my heart!

I'm off to work on my OHP slides. Wish me luck for tomorrow!

Until next time... Peace out!