1. A mom who wakes up early to cook breakfast before 7.30 AM.
   
2. A blockmate who readily offers her favorite P13.00 chocolate brownie in the wake of a "bad trip" moment.
3. A crush who never fails to looks his freshest every time you see him.
4. A sister who listens earnestly to your kwentos.
5. A senior doctor who praises your work ethics.

Did you love watching Disney animated fairytale movies as a snot-nosed kid?

Well, you have got to watch Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden in "Enchanted", because it is just that... a Disney animated movie with all the sappiness and sometimes corniness of a fairytale.

For those who've watched it, did you feel like I did when the two leads ( Read more... )

Fatigue.

Looking out for the welfare of pregnant mommies and cancer patients is physically draining.

I'm having serious doubts about going into Ob-Gyn residency.

__________

Contented.

Epiphany: Being single is fun... even during family gatherings or holidays.

I shall not be pressured by nosy people.

__________

Excited.

The months consisting the last ( Read more... )

I have to be honest.

My first few weeks in med school (particularly during Anatomy classes) had me hating cadaver dissection. And, it wasn't entirely because I was scared shit of allowing my scalpel to touch a dead 40-something human being. But because my groupmates (the last group of the Vs, Ws and Zs) didn't really make me feel comfortable.

I felt ( Read more... )

You were most definitely "under a rock" if you haven't heard of the commotion this tiny segment in a TV series has been causing.

To be honest, the dialogue infuriated me.

Yes, I have watched just enough cable shows to know how American humor works.

But, the dialogue still infuriated me.

Why?

I am presently studying in a Philippine medical school, and I ( Read more... )

Quotable quotes from one week of Ambu duties:

1. A patient came to the ER complaining of severe abdominal pain.
   Me: "Na-ospital na po ba siya dati?"
   Patient's dad: "Opo, dok."
   Me: "Ano daw po sakit niya?"
   Patient's father: "Meron daw kasi siyang kidney e."
   Me: (I have a kidney, too!
   ( Read more... )

Studying in PGH has its perks.

I get to rub elbows with the most talented doctors in each medical field and gain the best learning. With the sheer volume of patients arriving, I also have the chance to be clinically exposed to even the rarest of diseases.

But for every good thing, there's a catch.

The one thing I knew could happen but never thought ( Read more... )

Matindi pala ang pagkalat ng tsismis, ano?

Ang hindi ko lang lubos maintindihan ay kung paano pa rin ito nakakalat sa mga med students na supposedly ay toxic to the brink of annihilation?

Isa lang ang naiisip kong sagot... Gossip is food for man the social being.

Hehe, just thinking way aloud. :o)

Clerkship has begun.

I just had my first post with Ophtha today. It was in the O.R. complex and I witnessed around 10 cataract extractions and a handful of traumatized eye cases.

As if by serendipity, I came upon this interesting quiz in Macy (genki_geek)'s blog. So before I fully submerge myself into the dizzying world of the Philippine General Hospital, ( Read more... )

"The great question that has never been answered and which I have not been able to answer....is, What does a woman want?"