It’s finally our semester break! No more reading those thick medical books over coffee until the wee hours of the morning. Imagine that, two weeks of sleeping soundly wand worry-free. That’s a cool proposition. The past six months had been swift, grueling and hectic. It felt just like yesterday when I sat at the back of the class room for the first day. Days turned into weeks as I got barraged by exams, reports, conferences and other school work. My social life had turned nil, with ...
Saturdays for a student usually meant his rest day. After all, its a Saturday and its a day to rest and, in some cases, heal the wounds inflicted the week before, or even just the night before. With all the booze? Come on, You need a whole day to rest for that. But that's not in the vocabulary of a medical student. Not by a long shot, not when you have the major exams looming the week ahead. I had it figured out. I scheduled my subjects accordingly and created a sort of ...
For those who give the slightest care in reading my blogs, they know that I’ve had a bad month last month. I’d rather not relive those horrible memories so I won’t restate them here. But ever since that discouraging downfall, I’ve decided to tuck my tail between my feet and return with a comeback trap. I’ve worked double time in my studies, bought a highlighter pen and used it in my notes for the first time, and read my textbooks like there’s no tomorrow. And so, this week was a rather ...
I could not imagine how two weeks can stir me up like how a hurricane would. It was just four weeks ago when I finally entered my medicine proper studies. The first week was so light and stress-less, I was actually going home hours earlier than the actual dismissal time. And did I mention that this was sanctioned by the professor? The succeeding weeks came out fine, and I was trotting along the lessons with a fair amount of ease, not that these lessons were easy. It was just that ...
DISCLAIMER: The following text tackles religion. I am not imposing the belief of God to anybody who doesn't share the same perspective, so I request that there be no discussion about the existence of God nor the belief of Him. For the purposes of discussion, let us assume God does exist. ========== I was talking with my family and some of the family friends when our discussion came to the topic of the reconciliation of man’s sinful nature and God’s creations being “good.” ...