Theatre Day Galore! - the Lion King Musical and Lord of the Rings Musical

Whew! what a day! watched to Musicals in a row! :D

Lord of the Rings Musical

my view of the stage

One word.. SUPERB! This was even better than the movie! The songs were awesome too especially Lothlorien. What is special about this was the acrobatics in the air. Kahit si Golum nagclimb for top to down. The elves were also always in the air. Maganda talaga! Really can't describe it with words. I was in awe. Galadriel was just sooooo gorgeous! Ganda niya.. and her voice... wow!! Ang ganda.. just what I like :D

Lion King MusicalMy View of the Stage

Magical! Awesome! Superb! Excellent! Brilliant! Had goosebumps throughout the show! And galing talaga ng concept nila. The animals, the characters! Wow talaga! One of the best! It has been running for 8 years na here in London. Galing talaga, the actors/actresses are mostly from Africa, kaya mafeel mo talaga ung magic from Africa, even the musical instruments that they used. Rafiki's character was just soooo funny! Kakatuwa, ang kulit talaga. Timon and Pumbaa too! Would definitely want to watch it all over again! :D Kung pwede lang magtake ng pictures habang nagpeperform sila, baka trigger happy na ako nun :D

And yun.. napagod ako haha 2 musicals in a row. Whew! :D Ubos na pocket money ko... :( wahhhh

What I have been up to?

Sunday May 25, 2008

My aunt took me to Waltham Abbey and we ate Pie and Mash. It's a very popular restaurant because it is also where celebrities have their Pie and Mash. I haven't tried it, but it was delicious. The pie's stuffings were minced beef, and the Mash potatoes sauce was Liquor made from the sauce of Jellied eel. It had some parsley in it too. Masarap :D Kakabusog din. Then after that I went to Oxford Street again to window shop, since half lang ung nalakad ko last time and I was still hunting for a shoes and bag :P

Monday May 26, 2008

Bank holiday here in UK! This time we went to Ashford Designer Outlet. Which was almost 1 1/2 hours drive from Leyton. Shopping centre din, and puro factory outlet ng mga known brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Marks and Spencer, Clarks, Ralph Lauren, etc etc etc. And the prices were 70% off the original price! Imagine sa Marks and Spencer ung mga shirts nila nasa £6-£8 lang!!! Sobrang layo na sa price natin. Ung sa Clarks naman Buy 1 Get 1 half the price or Buy 1 Get 1 for £1 only, meron ding Buy 1 for £15, Buy 2 for £25, Buy 3 for £30! Great bargain! Sayang wala ung gusto kong shoes sa Clarks. hehe So i bought my mom a pair of shoes. ;) Wala naman akong masyadong binili, just got myself a pair of jogging pants from Adidas.

Tuesday May 27, 2008

I went to the Imperial War Museum. Rich talaga ung war history ng Britain, mga exhibits about their conquered lands how they got it and how these lands got their independence. Also, there are exhibits about the WW1 and WW2. Syempre, focused on their stories, konti lang ung about the Japanese nung WW2. And syempre nandun din ung Mickey Mouse Money ng pinas when Japan conquered our lands. It was very interesting to see these again, and siyempre hindi siya textbook, and we don't have to memorize anything. Fun part is I could still remember some details of what I've learned in High School, especially the WW2 part about Japan. :D

After going to the Imperial War Museum, we went to London Dungeon, but to our dismay, sobrang haba ng pila!!!! Kaya hindi na kami tumuloy, maybe we'll go there by Friday siguro. So we went straight to Covent Garden to buy some tickets for Lion King Musical! :D At last, mapapanood ko na din siya! And also there was the theatre showing Lord of the Rings Musical! Ayaw ng mga pinsan ko panoorin kasi boring daw ung LOTR (kasi hindi nila nagustuhan ung movie), kaya un solo flight ako. And what was great about it was ung prices for Thursday were very cheap, kahit nasa harap or likod ka price range were £15-25, unlike sa regular days nasa £60 ung pinakamahal and ung cheapest price was £17.50. So un, I am watching LOTR musical 2pm of Thursday then The Lion King Musical at 7:30pm Thusday din! Kaya Thursday is Theatre Day for me! :D Ubos na ung pera ko... :(

here are the tickets, blurred ko muna ung seat number and bar code hehe baka maduplicate :P

Day 2: Natural History Museum, Harrod's, Mamma Mia!

May 23, 2008, 11:30pm (London Time)

Today, I went with my cousin Anthea, to the Natural History Museum. The museum is all about nature, parang bumalik ako ng elementary and high school, since sobrang elementary talaga, pero it was very interesting because it was interactive. The usual, ang daming mga students din dun sa museum. Sigh.. sana may ganyan din sa pinas, Natural Science would have been very easy for us during elementary and highschool. Oh well..

After that, we went to Knightsbridge, where Harrod's is. High end department store un, mga branded talaga from Calvin Klein to Louis Vuitton. Dumugo ilong ko sa mga presyo.. there was this bag that I liked, Dunhill ung brand.. and guess the price.. it was....£369!!!! Kumusta!!! Php30000 pesos pag converted!!! Messenger bag lang un!!! ang ganda pa naman... oh well... tapos may mga bedsheets pa.. Calvin Klein ung brand.. grabe.. hahah Kaya window shopping na lang.. hehe

So un.. since yesterday di kami natuloy sa Mamma Mia kasi ubos na ung ticket, ung natira ung super mahal, kaya we opted to watch it today na lang. And.. it was worth it!!! We got a seat na cheap and the view was ok! :D Sayang bawal talaga kumuha ng picture sa loob ng Theatre. It was shown in Prince of Wales Theatre. 5pm.

ANG GANDA tlaaga! speechless.. the actors and actresses were great. Then encore was good too, parang nagconcert ng Abba songs hehe like Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, and Waterloo. We all got up and "danced" to the music. GANDA talaga! :D I'm definitely going to watch the movie version to see if it's good. :P

Here's our ticket...

here's the view from our seat, taken during the intermission..

Day 1: British Museum and Oxford Street

My "first" official pasyal day in London.

Had a very good night sleep, sarap, ANG LAMIG! hehe :P My aunt bought me an Oyster Card, which can be used to swipe around bus and subway, para di na ako bumili ng ticket. Prepaid na yun. I also got a UK simcard, para di mahal ung tawag ko sa kanila or tawag sa akin.

So my adventure started 9am. Took the bus to Walthamstow Central station, nakakakaba at first since di ko masyado familiar sa roads. But it was the last stop of the bus kaya yun. Very convenient. Then yun, took the Underground and changed station at Finsbury Park station to change line so that I can go to Russel Square Station where the British Museum is.

Funny thing when I arrived at the Station, AND TAAS ng inakyat kong stairs.... just imagine.. kung sa UST Main Bldg., hanggang 4th floor kakapagod, mas nakakapagod dun sa station halos dagdagan mo pa ng 1/4 ung inakyat mong stairs, tapos paikot pa.. ngayon lang ako hiningal ng ganun! hahah meron namang elevator pero hindi ako nag-elevator. Tigas ng ulo. Then un.. lakad ng 2 blocks to go the British Museum, even passed a park. Ganda! Pics will be uploaded separately sa Photos Section ng Multiply.

British Museum.. BIG! Multi-national ung mga exhibits. Merons Asian, Africans, Egyptian, American exhibits. Nakakalula.. haha almost 2 hours kong nilibot. Wish we have this kind of museum sa pinas... hay...

After that, lunchtime, pumunta ako ng Oxford Street, puro shops dun! shopping galore! hahah It was around 3 blocks away from the British Museum. So un, kumain muna ako then lakad na. Window shopping lang. Siyempre pumunta ako sa favorite CD store, HMV, which is VERY big for a music store. And there I found a Thalia CD haha then I also bought a chorale cd too. And also, di papalampasin ang Apple Store at Regent Street! Siyempre drool sa Macbook, MacBook Pro, and Macbook Air. hehe nilaro ko na din para masaya ako haha also got to play with the iPhone! :P

So un..

later, my aunt is taking me to watch Mamma Mia sa Theatre. :D

Till next time! ;)

On Airbus A380! :D

I'm having my long waited vacation! :D May 20, 2008, I was on flight SQ919 to Singapore. I left the Philippines 6:00pm. Arrived in Singapore 9:30 pm, where I waited for 2 hours for my next flight to London on board SQ322 11:30pm. SQ322 is Airbus A380, the biggest airplane to date. And I must say! ANG GANDA! It is really quieter, I was on Economy class, and the seat is a ''bit'' bigger. 10inches!!! 10 inches LCD screen! may USB, LAN, and Video out pa. Meron din electric plug so you can charge or use your laptop.

I arrived in London May 21, 2008 5:55am.. (12:55pm Philippine Time). And now typing this on my aunt's laptop. ;) Medyo bum muna ako ngayon, since kakarating ko lang, bukas na siguro ako mamamasyal :P here are some shots.. also posted separately in the photos section of my multiply site

the 10 inch screen

the whole entertainment system. with the controls, the usb slot, lan slot, and video out slot

the best American Idol performance..

Was watching AI season 7, the episode wherein they sang Mariah Carey songs.. WHOAH! i must say, the two guys pulled it off! David Archuleta singing When You Believe, which was my audition piece for med glee club, haha grabe, I bow down to him, he is such a talented singer! great voice! buo! nakakahiya haha I'm not as good as him when I sang it :P

David Cook singing Always Be My Baby.. if i was there, tatayo talaga ako to cheer him! ANG GALING! I never knew that a pop song would sound so good when arranged for rock. VERY VERY NICE! I've heard some of his performance, and I think he is good. So I guess I'm counting on the two Davids to reach the finals!

will post tghe videos soon ;)

Med Survey

looks fun. got this from carmela. :D

1. Unang una, how many lbs did you gain???
- don't ask! haha I gained, I lost, I gained.. I lost.. walang katapusang cycle. hahah

2. Ano ang pinakanakakaantok na subject?
- nung first year, definitely BioChem.. lalo na ung lecture ni... Dr... sa second year.. depende na lang sa lecture topic.

3. Pinakamahirap na subject?
- first year.. definitely Physiology, imagine coming from Biology na parang joke time ung Physio kasi joke time ung naging prof namin, kasi puro sequencing ung test, tapos nagpaessay pa.. wala palang saysay un pagdating sa Medicine.. sobrang sayang ung pinagaralan na Physio nun premed.. although it was the hardest subject, ito ung basic foundation to understand the diseases.. kaya lang.. dehado ako kasi deductive akong matuto .. hehe oh well..

4. Least number of hours na tulog mo sa med??
- hmmm 4 hours.. pero migraine ang abot ko pag ginawa ko ;)

5. Pinakanamimiss mo nung premed na hindi mo magawa sa med
- CRAMMING but still PASSING the EXAM!!! di ko na magawa ito. nung premed, kahit 4 hours before the long exam, kayang kaya i-cram at makakapasa ka pa. pero ngayong med.. magcram ka, sobrang babagsak ka! kahit di ka magcram may malaking possibility na bumagsak din..

6. Gusto mo pa rin ba mag med??
- yeah, i guess this is really my calling, kasi talagang tinanong ko kay God to just give me a sign kung di ko talaga ito calling.

7. Your choice of pampagising???
- hmmm... magdaydream.. hehe or lumabas ng classroom at pumunta sa med cafe-teria.

8. longest time spent studying? as in walang break ha...
- sasabihin ko sana studying for Pharmacology Remedials, which I studied for ONE WEEK, cover to cover ung handouts pero may breaks in between yun eh.. hmmm pero ung walang break, was during the Finals week nitong 2nd year. when I was studying for Medicine1 Finals, ANG DAMI!!!!

9. Easiest topic sa med??
- Parasitology!!!! :D

10. Favorite position? ..... sa pagaaral, haha..
- hmm wala eh, pakalat kalat ako kapag nag-aaral. nakaupo, nakahiga, nakadapa, nakatayo, lakad lakad.

11. Least favorite subject??
- Surgery 1... BOOM!

12. Best thing about life in med school?
- having fun while learning. parang not a single day na wala kang matututunan na bago. you get to understand and appreciate life, not only scientifically but beyond that.

13. Favorite flavor mo ng shake sa med cafe?
- strawberry

14. Magkano na nagastos mo sa pagpapaphotocopy?
- ayaw ko na maisip yan! diyan nauubos ang baon ko.. grrr

15. Pinakamahirap na topic?
- Cardio and Psycho Drugs sa Pharma. tapos.. Hema sa Pathology

16. Anong table number mo sa gross anatomy?
-if I remember right..Table 20 ata ako.. or Table 12.. kasi partner ung groups na un hehe Pam? Maan? Table 20 ba tayo?

17. Handa ka na bang bumalik sa school this june?
- Noooooooo!!!! hindi ko pa naeenjoy ang last summer vacation ko!!!! waahhh pero excited din ako kasi bagong uniform! haha V-neck!!! :D

Blast from my past 1 "Wrongs"

Oh my.. I wrote some poems! That was when I was in high school. here's poem no.1 sounds very cheesy haha forgive me for I was young and hopelessly "in love" with someone who's taken hahah can't believe I even wrote the time.. guess I was daydreaming on November 25, 1999, 10:46am, during Filipino Class. Here goes....

Wrongs

Everytime I see you with that guy,
I tend to look down as if I'm shy.
Everyday, to be with you, I try,
Everything just turns awry...

Why is it that I can't be with you,
Don't you know that this feeling's true?
I know that he truly loves you,
That's why I can't have you...

Is it wrong to dream of you?
Is it wrong to be with you?
Is it wrong for me to miss you?
Was I wrong to fall for you?

I'm TAGGED!!!!

Well, I thought this only existed in Youtube, since I heard it from Happy Slip :P good thing it's not on youtube since i don't think i'll be showing my video over the net.

And now MELLE tagged me!!!!! grrrr i shouldn't have read that blog entry! haha oh well..

so for those who is quite new to "tagging," it's main purpose is to get people to share to the world about the tag instruction. so for this time, melle's tag is "The M's in my Life" and here's the instruction

instructions: list 10 words starting with M that are related to you and explain why/how/what. then you need to choose 10 person that you'll be tagging back and a new letter to start with. don't forget to inform the person you'll be tagging though.. and no TAGGING back! :P ***(melle! you forgot to inform me :P haha
AT ANG HIRAP naman ng "M"!!!!! )

1. Music - my first love, never a day na walang music, can't live without this ;) pagstressed, konting music lang solve na ako ;)
   
2. Micmic - one of the triumverates! He was one of the new friends that i've known nung nalipat ako sa Section A during 6th grade. Last grade sa elem tapos biglang nalipat hehe, and we still continued to be friends kahit nung 1st year naging section C ako, tapos 2nd year naging Section B until the 4th year. Still eventhough one year ko lang sila nakasama sa Section A, I think kaya nawalan ng SectionC nung grade 6 was for me to meet my bestfriends in the future, and I'm very thankful that they are my bestfriends. Siguro sila na ung best of the bestfriends. ;)
   
3. Melle - ang pinakapakulit na naging kaibigan ko. got to know her when I joined the BioSoc family. she made it a lot easier for me to get along with others. although nagkakaroon ng konting tampuhan, di mo yan matitiis :P
4. MnM's - one of my favorite chocolate. lalo na ung may rice crispies. yum! now i'm craving for one haha "Melts in you mouth, not in your hand!"
   
5. Mickey Mouse - my FAVORITE Disney character! He's very smart and very funny. The classic cartoon, liked by kids in the past, present, and future :D
   
6. Messenger Bag - what'll i do without this. very useful, you can almost make it as a school bag, a gadget bag, travel bag, etc! :P
   
7. Mac (Powerbook G4) - i know... Powerbook pa ung tawag sa aking Mac, but it's the older brother of the present MacbookPro. The best laptop i've ever had! Kudos to Apple! You make the best hardware and software! Take that Microsoft!
   
8. Magazines - very informative, lahat mapa-scientific like (National Geographic Magazine, Scientific American), mapa-health and fashion (Men's Health), and mapa-gadgets and technology (T3), never failed to entertain me ;) syempre meron ding.. haha :P
9. Mario - another classic! this time in the gaming world. Never a game of Mario that I got bored. nung ni-remake ung Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo DS, really have to have one! :D Great game! Kung may Wii lang ako for sure, hindi mawawala ang Mario games! :D
   
10. "M" - naging crush ko ito haha :P matagal din baka na-getover.. :P sa mga nakakaalam, SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So there! Took me 2 days to fill this up! Mahirap din pala! So... who should I tag??? so a new letter.. and the magic letter is ......

"A"

so for the persons i'm tagging.. you'll do the letter "A", the instructions are up there :P and NO TAGGING BACK!!!! and here are the person i'm tagging...

1. MicMic
2. Charlene
3. Elissa
4. Howard
5. Irene
6. Jam
7. Jazel
8. Phobee
9. Leslie
10. Leigh

Good luck!!! :D

Veni, Vidi, Vici PHARMA!!!!

after a week long studying for the Pharmacology remedials, I passed the remedials! whew!

I was quite shocked when I received a text message that I was in the list for Pharmacology remedials.. my heart dropped.. I really didn't want to study them all ALL OVER AGAIN.. :(

But still, I gathered up some courage and accepted the challenge.. (kahit no choice talaga haha). Kidding aside.. I guess it's still a blessing for me that I took the remedials. I can more or less say that I understood pharmacology better. I had a week to study.. no other distractions unlike nung may pasok na ang daming subjects na inaaral. And memory retention is longer, hopefully. Kasi I'm not studying it just to get a good grade for the quizzes or exams. I'm studying it to understand it better.

When I was reviewing my previous exams, I can't believe how stupid I was to even choose the WORST answer, no connection to the questions. hehe ;) Learn from your previous mistakes. :P

V-neck here I come!!! :D

Earth Hour: Turn off lights on March 29, 2008

I heard their campaign over the radio. And I find it very interesting. It encourages people to turn off their lights for an hour 8:00pm to 9:00pm on March 29, 2008.

Here's something about the organization:

About Earth Hour

On March 31 2007, for one hour, Sydney made a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming – coal-fired electricity – by turning off its lights. Over 2.2 million Sydney residents and over 2,100 businesses switched off, leading to a 10.2% energy reduction across the city. What began as one city taking a stand against global warming caught the attention of the world.

In 2008, 24 global cities will participate in Earth Hour at 8pm on March 29. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis. It is about simple changes that will collectively make a difference – from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty, to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.

So let us all turn off our lights on March 29, 2008 and support this campaign! :D

for more info visit www.earthhour.org

Reflections: Lenten 2008

2nd Year of Medicine was indeed not a breeze... I made a promise to myself that I'll aim to get all my subjects' grade in 80+. But I guess I wasn't able to fulfill this promise. I'm quite disappointed in myself... I've tried to change my study habits, but still I wasn't able to reach this goal. But looking at it, I got to learn more about my strengths and weaknesses. I found out that I'm more into visuals and I'm more of a deductive thinker. It's during this year that I understood the basics like physio, biochem, histology, and anatomy. kaya eto nanaman ako sa pharma.. I've asked God for a sign, during my first year, that IF I fail one subject, kahit minor or major, I'll take it as a sign this career path is not for me, that I should rethink my career and goals in life.

This 2nd year, I joined the MedGleeClub, and it was really a fun and exciting experience. Being able to enjoy my first love, music, alongside studying my "calling," Medicine. I joined medical missions of FilChiMSA, and I am enjoying it! Being able to interact with people, listening to them, teaching them what to do to avoid this and that. Very fulfilling... :D

Pharma had me Suicidal.. Suicidal.. But I'll say IT'S NOT OVER!

Pharma had me Suicidal.. Suicidal.. But I'll say IT'S NOT OVER!

Grabe... ung exam kanina... kung nosebleed ang Parasitology finals.. and hemorrhoid rupture and Pathology Finals.. ang Pharma finals.. Hemorhaggic shock due to trauma to the cerebral vessels. Grabe... grabe lang ang masasabi ko...

as I said before, crucial ang Finals namin sa pharma because ito ang magdedecide kung papasa ako or magremedials. The moment I got the papers.. parang magreremedials na ako ng tuluyan.. pero nung kalagitnaan.. parang ito ang hihila sa akin pabagsak at maging irremediable ang grade ko.. which I'm hoping na hindi mangyari..

I still don't know how to study pharma.. for the past long and shifting exams, NAG-ARAL ako. Pero bakit parang hindi tumutugma ung inaaral ko sa exam nila? Or dahil sa oversaturated with information kaya hindi ko masagot ung mga tanong. Kakainis..

Parang nawawalan na ako ng pag-asa, but I still have to fight. I'm still hoping that I'll pass the finals kahit mukhang malabo.. na sana may magic na mangyari at tama ung mga sagot ko na halos hindi ko sure kung tama...

It's really impossible to study for the finals.. lalo na cover-to-cover. one day is not enough.. sa dami ng drugs and side-effects.. imposible talaga.

Bakit pharma? Bakit ang hirap nung finals? Bakit ung mga tanong parang hindi naman common na must know??? Eh dun ako nagfocus.. bakit?

I'm crossing my fingers.. sana hindi ganun kabagsak... sana pumasa ako.. kuing hindi, sana remediable.. suicidal na talaga to...

bakit kasi naging 15% of the 5th shift grade ung MPPRC?! Eh ang hirap din nung exams nun... tapos malabo pa kung anong grade binibigay ng panel... buwisit.. sana 35% na lng ung final exam of the 5th shift grade... bakit naman kasi 50% eh!!! ok na sanang panghabol ung Research, Seminar, and Lab Grade pero 35% lang silang tatlo... buwsit.. namomoblema tuloy ako sa finals...

which reminds me of Patho finals too... wahhhhhh

oh well... FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!

Still Holding On....

Still hoping...

Pharma.. just had our Pre-finals yesterday.. I passed the exam.. THANK YOU GOD!
But still.. it's not enough to pull my average score up to passing.. :( May Finals pa.. 50% of the 5th shifting grade.. the other 50% i did okay naman.. Sana makahabol ako.. ayaw ko naman mag-remedials.. I want to pass it.. *sigh*

Pre-finals/4th shifting exams week... STRESSFUL... I think I did ok sa ibang exams.. ewan ko lang sa SURGERY, for which the questions where from.. Ano ba talaga ung Surgery 1? Kala ko ba PRINCIPLES of SURGERY.. bakit puro clinical questions un? Naulit nga ung questions nung 4th quiz sa exam pero hindi namin alam kung ano ung tamang answer dun.. :(

Parasitology.. nakakagulat, puro Malaria and Trypanosomas ung lumabas.. sana un na lang focus ko nung nagaral ako. Fav subject ko pa naman ;)

Medicine exam.. kumusta naman.. I should've focused on Bates na lang..
Patho exam.. giveaway! THANK YOU PATHO! Buti ka pa, may malasakit.. hindi katulad nung.... ;)

So basically, Microbio na lang sa Monday for the last leg of the pre-finals. And yes.. hindi natuloy ung 3 exams namin for Tuesday.. they moved Ethics and MPPRC to March 18.

A few more days to go.. have to hang in there...

Hoping to pass them all...

Sa stress ko kahapon.. recorded one song, which turned out ok. It was a Japanese song. "Forever Love" by Tanaka Roma. Of course, for my ears only.. it's not really perfect hehe you have to convince me if you want to hear it haha may isang part dapat female ung kakanta, two verses lang, did falsetto, pero parang hindi maganda.. but it's recorded for the mean time..
Namiss ko siguro Glee Club practice kaya nakapagrecord ako ng kanta haha ;)

Inuupload ko na ung MGC performance Videos nung Terps concert sa Youtube.. ;)

Tsaka na ako magsusulat about Jun Lozada... basta my stand on this issue.. I'm not taking any sides.. ang daming hypocrites sa government.. very disappointing... "Let us follow the Rule of Law.. the Constitution.." pero "Gloria Resign" din ang sigaw niya.. HYPOCRITE!

I'll just let you guys ponder on this:
Just because HE spoke against the government, that made HIM the TRUTH?

UST... United in Search for Truth... bakit SIYA na ung kinakampihan nating mga Tomasino? Gaano na ba tayo kasigurado na ang katotohanan na ang kanyang nilalantad?

Need MORE Time....

*Beep beep beep*

My brain's crashing.... Medicine is bad for your overall health.. (Psychologically, Biologically..) Torture ito...

TOXIC!!! I wanna have a LONG LONG VACATION... 2 more weeks to go...

Toxic month this february... wala nang tigil ang mga exams.. then here comes March! Kakasimula pa lang, nagmumura na ng mga EXAMS!! especially the coming TWO WEEKS! YES this is not a typo, it is TWO WEEKS!

Get a hold of our schedule!

Nakakapikon lalo na yung Medicine 1, they just announced Friday that there will be no 4th shifting exam, kaya FINAL EXAM na daw..the ***#*@$*#, kumusta naman! From the start ung coverage! tapos they just announced it friday... this coming week is supposed to be for the 4th shifting exams ONLY! Why do they have to schedule their finals on the 4th shifting exam week!
Buti pa ung Anesthesiology, they said no shifting exam for them kaya sa Finals na lng daw, and hindi pa ito comprehensive... Why sabog na sobra ung Med1.... And take note of our Exam sched for the Shifting week...

March 4 - Med1 (8-10), Ethics2 (10-12), MPPRC (12-1) WALANG BREAK~!!!! tapos comprehensive pa ung Med1, hasn't it occured to them that we still have regular classes on March 3?!? We have 3 exams in March 3 din!!! Until 4pm pa ung class namin! How would be able to study SIX different subjects in ONE Weekend!? THE %$%&$&.. March 3, jam packed din schedule namin! Surgery Quiz 10-12, Micro Lab Quiz, 12-1, then Parasitology Practicals 1-4pm!! Tapos ano yan di na ako matutulog bukas!? Eh birthday pa ng Mom ko March3!? Can I just take a BREAK!?

March 5 - Surgery Shifting and Parasitology Shifting
March 6 - Pathology Shifting (Crucial.. very crucial...)
March 7 - PHARMACOLOGY!!!!!!!!! (Make or break na!!!! VERY CRUCIAL too!!!!) darn...
March 10 - Microbiology

March 11 - NO EXAMS!!! PERO ARAL PA DIN!!!! FINALS WEEK COMING UP!!! Which means from the very beginning ung coverage.. YES from June lessons... 120 points!!!

March 12 - Surgery Finals and Parasitology Finals
March 13 - Patho Finals and Anesthisiology Finals
March 14 - PHARMACOLOGY FINALS!!!!
March 17 - Microbio Finals
March 18 - MED1 Finals sana ung nakasched for this day... sana dito na lang ilipat... Para WE HAVE MORE TIME TO STUDY!!!!

March 19 - INTEGRATED COMPREHENSIVE EXAM!!! 200 items!!! from 1st year subjs to 2nd year subjs!

PENITENSYA na ata ito ng mga med students before the Holy Week... Makasurvive kaya ako?! Just looking at my planner, toxic na ako sobra.. gusto ko na itapon ang sarili ko.. I WANT TO HAVE A LOOOOOOOOOOONG VACATION... 2 weeks na lang..........

"I got ZERO!"

Guess you know this Colgate commercial ;)

didn't really like it, but JC (those from Bio knows him), gave it a twist, alam niyo naman si JC, majoke.. just a frew hours before the Pharma LONG quiz... sabi niya: "Paano kaya kung may paid advertisement yung Pharma? ganito siguro yung commercial nila....

"This is a paid advertisement of the Department of Pharmacology..." tapos isa isa daw kaming lalabas sasabihin "I GOT ZERO!"

and indeed... it happened... hahah although hindi naman zero sa Long quiz but we got the Prescription wrong... wrong drug ung sinulat namin.. kaya... "I GOT ZERO!!!"

so much for my LONG date with Katzung Pharma... yet.. i got dumped sa long quiz! hahah ;) gotta try harder sa shifting exam!! last chance na to be able to pass!

... buti pa si Robbins Pathology... pinagbigyan ako sa isang quiz... did ok in the one of the two quizzes of Pathology today.. although ung isa not pretty sure if I did well.. ;)

hay...

I got TWO dates this Valentine's!!! :D

But before everything else... I want to greet you all....
Anyway... yeah, i got TWO dates! :D I'm SOOOO happy! (sounds sarcastic?) hehe

and here they are...

diba? soo nerdy...
sobrang sikat sila! especially Pharmacology... around 400 students are dating him! Patho naman section lang namin.. 100 students! seee?! Sino pa ba ang may pinakamaraming date sa isang araw!? :P

Anyway.. back to my date.. baka magtampo na sila ;)

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Kiong Hee Huat Zai! Kung Hei Fat Choi!

“春到了！” (Spring is here!) Chinese New Year is also a celebration of the coming of the spring season! ;)

Happy RAT Year! :D

Medical Specialty Aptitude Test

took the test that eugene posted in his multiply site. http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/Home.cfm

very interesting, because before I started medicine, I had been inclining myself to take Oncology as my specialty. Recently, there are a lot of other choices that I'm now inclining myself into, like Internal Med, Gastro (i'm taking it as a sign kasi ung 2 cases namin sa MPPRC are all GI case, then decury facilitator is also a Gastroenterologist, tapos ung adviser namin sa FilChiMSA is also one), Lab Medicine like Micro and parasitology (ito lang ata ung subject na super okay ako) haha ;) and also Radiology (because of MPPRC)

Surprisingly, the results of this Aptitude Test, gave quite "accurate" results.

Rank	Specialty	Score
1	general internal med	45
2	dermatology	45
3	gastroenterology	44
4	radiology	44
5	occupational med	44
6	psychiatry	43
7	nuclear med	42
8	general surgery	42
9	rheumatology	42
10	med oncology	42
11	hematology	41
12	emergency med	41
13	radiation oncology	41
14	neurology	41
15	ophthalmology	41
16	pediatrics	41
17	pathology	41
18	plastic surgery	41
19	pulmonology	40
20	endocrinology	39
21	cardiology	39
22	anesthesiology	39
23	allergy & immunology	39
24	physical med & rehabilitation	39
25	urology	39
26	obstetrics/gynecology	39
27	neurosurgery	38
28	otolaryngology	38
29	thoracic surgery	38
30	aerospace med	38
31	nephrology	38
32	preventive med	37
33	orthopaedic surgery	36
34	colon & rectal surgery	36
35	family practice	35
36	infectious disease	35

nakakagulat no? ung nasa top 4 ung mga inclinations ko.. surprisingly Oncology placed 10, and Infectious diseases (which i think un din ung parasitology and microbio) placed last. Dermatology? nakakatuwa, we haven't taken it up, we'll see sa 3rd year.

I was planning this.. I'll take Internal Medicine, then subspecialize as Gastroenterology then subsubspecialize as Colon cancer etc heheh ;)

oh well, have many 2 more years to go before I graduate, many time to think ;) baka sa 4th year (clerkship) magbago pa isip ko ;)