Third Year Second Semester

looks like this sem is going to be tough but fun and interesting with all the new semestral subjects and new modules. new lecturers. new schedule. etc.. new haircut..haha!!!

I am trying to do something about my study habits and time management but it's so hard..really. I just lack self-control and self-discipline and that's something I am not proud of. I browsed the Internet too often and I watch TV series often too. grey's anatomy, gossip girl, house, the vampire diaries, glee and flash forward. oh my!!! that's too many TV series right? but watching TV series is my way of clearing out my mind from all the stress at school. what I need to do now is try to lessen my time browsing useless things in the Internet. less facebooking. less tumblring. less twittering. less of everything internetty.

btw, the legal med lecturers look so amazing. looks like they have so many interesting stories to tell. I am so looking forward to our lectures. it's sad though that Dr. Ribosa (?) is not our facilitator. I've heard a lot of good stories and endorsements about him. our facilitator, Dr. Jimenez is soo ancient but he looks very wise and powerful..I like it!!! he's really adorable too! :)

today we took a psychiatric evaluation test. we were asked to write a story about a 4 different pictures. it was fun formulating stories about pictures of men and women with different expressions. Me and my friends have different stories to tell..it was weird because we see the same picture but we think differently about that picture. I wonder what'll be the interpretation of what I wrote. I bet it's dark and twisty.

yesterday, something embarrassing happened in my psychiatry class. According to Suzy, there were lots of late students coming in and Dr. Conde, the lecturer is distracted by them. so Dr. Conde  asked the whole class (Section A+B = 200+ students) to clap and cheer when a student enters the class. and of course I am soo late, as usual. I think I was the last to come in. so imagine the look on my face when a class of 200+ students with lots of unknown faces (from Section A) who suddenly clap and cheered the moment I entered the class! I was confused. haha! oh my! it was totally embarrassing! and also it was a large class & it took me a few seconds to look for my friends who fortunately saved a seat for me in the THIRD ROW. good thing, Dr.Conde is a nice man. He smiled and didn't "aggravate" my embarrassment. he then continued on his interesting lecture on mood disorder as soon as I was seated. mark agas is in that class. haha! I wondered if he clapped and cheered too! hahaha!!! joke lang! :P

p.s. I will try not to be late anymore. it's totally getting me in trouble most of the time.

another p.s. my ipod is still broken. I can't seem to find a buyer. who would want to buy a broken ipod anyway? I have a question...please help me decide:  ipod classic 80gb or ipod nano 8gb with video and FM radio? I'll have to save up for this...maybe a semester of less food and no going to the cinema and no shopping and no partying with friends. oh my! that'll kill me. and I might do it after all for an ipod.

Home Sweet Home

I've been looking forward to this break (same with all school breaks) especially if you're studying 500 miles away from home. toxicity at school is sucking out all the happiness in me. it's like being stuck in a room full of dementors. and it's turning me into a zombie. I need this break. we all need it.

14 days at home is not much but it's better than no break at all. this may not have been the best break ever but it will do.

this is like my second to the last break but who knows this might become my last break ever..I might not be able to go home for the Christmas vacation especially since we haven't done anything productive for our thesis which I think will be passed next year.

sometimes it's boring here at home but it's the good type boring coz it's silent and the weather's very nicey cool and windy and there are trees and it's peaceful. I get to spend good times with my siblings, watched lots of movies with them, played poker with them and catch up with each others stories. we're not really good at communicating via emails or cellphones..we prefer to communicate in person that's why I really haven't heard from them when I was away.

as for my parents and my grandparents, they're still the same. they still nag lecture me day and night on how to live my life and how to be a good daughter, good woman, good Muslim, etc... well, they just want me to turn out into a good person. I know all they want is what's best for me. I admit sometimes it can be annoying especially if you're twenty two years old. I have no choice though but to listen to them since they're paying for my overpriced tuition fee at med school and all other stuffs I want need coz I don't earn a single peso on my own. it must have been very hard to raise a child especially if you're raising 6 of them.

sometimes I feel sorry for my parents coz I didn't turn out to be the perfect daughter they want me to be. but good thing about parents and siblings, they still love you whatever you do. they may tell you you look ugly with your multi-colored glittering fashionable get-up and tons of accessories, they may be annoyed with your loud voice and innumerable favors, and they may make fun of you but they're true to you..no sarcasm..no pretense.  just real people who truly love you the way you are.

I am so totally gonna miss them/it all!!! :(

Home Sweet Home

I've been looking forward to this break (same with all school breaks) especially if you're studying 500 miles away from home. toxicity at school is sucking out all the happiness in me. it's like being stuck in a room full of dementors. and it's turning me into a zombie. I need this break. we all need it.

14 days at home is not much but it's better than no break at all. this may not have been the best break ever but it will do.

this is like my second to the last break but who knows this might become my last break ever..I might not be able to go home for the Christmas vacation especially since we haven't done anything productive for our thesis which I think will be passed next year.

sometimes it's boring here at home but it's the good type boring coz it's silent and the weather's very nicey cool and windy and there are trees and it's peaceful. I get to spend good times with my siblings, watched lots of movies with them, played poker with them and catch up with each others stories. we're not really good at communicating via emails or cellphones..we prefer to communicate in person that's why I really haven't heard from them when I was away.

as for my parents and my grandparents, they're still the same. they still nag lecture me day and night on how to live my life and how to be a good daughter, good woman, good Muslim, etc... well, they just want me to turn out into a good person. I know all they want is what's best for me. I admit sometimes it can be annoying especially if you're twenty two years old. I have no choice though but to listen to them since they're paying for my overpriced tuition fee at med school and all other stuffs I want need coz I don't earn a single peso on my own. it must have been very hard to raise a child especially if you're raising 6 of them.

sometimes I feel sorry for my parents coz I didn't turn out to be the perfect daughter they want me to be. but good thing about parents and siblings, they still love you whatever you do. they may tell you you look ugly with your multi-colored glittering fashionable get-up and tons of accessories, they may be annoyed with your loud voice and innumerable favors, and they may make fun of you but they're true to you..no sarcasm..no pretense. just real people who truly love you the way you are.

I am so totally gonna miss them/it all!!! :(

Medicine Week 2009

it was FUN! but right now, I'm really too lazy  to write a long entry so ima just post pictures. weeee!!!

Sept 22 Med Week day 1: me and Suzy did enjoyed the circus-inspired booths outside the med building. balloons and banderitas were everywhere..

we were dismissed early that's why we got to hang out at the booths. we got free dirty ice cream and cotton candies.. yay!!!

we also get to pose with Dr. Imelda Dakis, college secretary, plus Keith.

that's Suzy and her light violet nail polish at the photo exhibit

B2 at the photo exhibit with Dr. Bautista and Dr. I-forgot-her-name-but-she's-a-nice-doctor

B2 with Dr. Dakila.. :)

in the afternoon, we went to see the Photo Exhibit at the med building museum. there were lots of nice photos.. the five physician/specialists who were responsible for the photo exhibit are rich enough to afford super duper cool SLR and high end digital cameras..so just imagine super hi-res photos with vivid colors..love it!

Dr. Dakila is one of the featured photogs..didn't expect that though. Dr. Dakila a.k.a. The Great is our surgery small group king facilitator/consultant. and he's like super duper angas cool, he's going to make you lose your panties mind.

But I like more of Dr. Moral's photos. Dr. Moral is a young, creative, fun doctor and I am so liking him this semester. not the like like.  but the like friend doctor.

September 24

Suz, Glenah, Keith, Brian, Tony and Karl, the 5+1 September Celebrants, treated us to a dinner at Dampa, MOA. Me and Marris (dapitan girls) got a ride with Brian.

 

pictures at Dampa will follow later.. suz haven't uploaded it yet. but then all you will see at the pictures are evidences of us just pigging out.. I know it's a shame coz we're medical students and we're supposed to know what healthy diet means and it  definitely doesn't mean binge eating of seafood and carbo.

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September 25 THE BIG NIGHT: Interbatch Competition

The 2011 class ( Section A+B+C+D) have been preparing for this night! the 40,000 pesos cash prize is  quite a strong motivation to keep us so excited for this competition. They we have been preparing for this weeks ago. and since they we are so talented and the second years even make hamon us, we totally made sure we are so going to win. and of course we won plus a standing ovation. no doubt about that! haha!!!

I overslept that night and I missed the 4th year's performance and  mark agas fernan's stage appearance with the basketball team. awww. I was almost 2 hours late. if gemma hadn't call me, I wouldn't have woke up. but it's okay coz I get to sit behind the judges which mind you are very good seats. I was still able to scream cheer my heart out during our dance+singing+mission impossible number coz the judges are soooo cool and young at heart so they'd understand.

about the 40,000 cash prize, we donated half of it to the Ondoy victims coz we feel useless guilty sad for the victims.

September 26

I didn't know there's a typhoon. I was stuck at the dorm with no electricity, no water, no food..me and my roommate felt like we're in the survivor reality show. we don't know where to find food and we're so hungry and the only solution we could think of is to sleep and pray that tomorrow will be better than tonight. I totally forgot to take a shot of the flood in front of our dorm which is already above the knee but of course that's nothing compared to the ones I saw on TV. sad. *cries*

September 27

my phone's dead and still no electricity. the generator's still not working. it did work at around 3 PM but overheated after an hour. the electricity came back at past 5 PM already and then we watched the news and we saw unbelievable flood and floating cars and submerged city houses and lots of dead bodies too. sad. *cries* I totally can't believe flood could kill. sad. *cries* I felt the need I should do something coz if I want to, I think I could help even though me myself is also broke. but I'm still too lazy to do something and UST is too slow to organize something.

September 28

suz called me late in the afternoon and asked me if I want to come with them coz we are so totally going to do something to help and ...........

TO BE CONTINUED

I've been in front of the computer for almost 4 hours already. I need to take a bath, eat, read, and do other stuffs. classes are canceled until Wednesday and reading assignments are piling up on me.

long weekend

September 19, 2009 - Saturday

Aunt Nurcia and her cute little kids who are my favorite second cousins are spending their Ramadhan vacation here in Manila. I really really want to see my second cousins, I miss them so bad! So she asked me to meet with them at MOA. yay!!!

since I woke up late, I decided to go to MOA at around 4pm. I took the LRT1 ride. MOA was on a 3-day sale that day. It was crazy!!! there were lots and lots of people everywhere. just seeing them gave me headaches. I'm not really fond of crowded places.

I looked for Aunt Nurcia and the kids and found them falling in line for the Carousel. I was soooo happy to see the kids. they are still so cute as always. I hugged them, kissed them, squeeze them, pinched them and did everything to them until they realized how much I missed them.

JR, King, Rajan are like my brothers. I so love them! Aren't they adorable?

I spent the whole afternoon and evening with them. I badly miss home and my family!!! :'(

September 20, 2009 - Sunday

Happy Eid'l Fitr!!! :) (a.k.a. Feast of the End of Ramadhan)

I prayed at Quirino Grandstand at Luneta. I've always prayed there since I studied here in manila but inshaAllah I'll try other venues next year. :) then I met up with rox who also prayed there with the AMS. I then ate breakfast with them after the prayer.

deymn u eyebags! anyway, the prayer and the breakfast was fun, I love Muslims!! but it would have been more fun if I haven't had problem with my plane ticket. grrr..

September 21, 2009 - Monday

Me, Rox, Candy and Zandra went to the 4th International Ramadhan Fair at QC. it's my first ever IRF and I'm a bit excited because it's all about Moro Culinary and I totally miss home cooked Maranao food!! But then it turned out they changed the program coz we ended up eating McDonald's Food but at least we got it for free. Thanks to the YMPN people who have been very very nice to us.

they even introduced us to Toni Leviste, first Filipina Olympian equestrienne.

Rox is one lucky girl!!! Atom Araullo asked her, the president of the UP Manila-Assoc of Muslim Students, for an interview to be aired at TV Patrol.

We then get to pose with him too! :) sorry girls, he's taken.

We went home early. and then when I got to the dorm I hoped time would just stop coz the long weekend have been so fun and I don't want it to end. if time doesn't stop, I'll then be back to the real world which is lectures, books, exams, et cetera. BUT no matter how much I hope it would, it didn't stop...

and now I'm back to the reality I hate to love.

aviator

 

 

me and my brother. BORED and nothing else to do. we do love the same shades. :)

ENJOY SUMMER.

believe it or not, it's still cold here and i love it.

sun glasses

 

scarf from my mom, blouse specially made for me, a uber large sun glasses

i am so excited!! tomorrow is my last day at school and i can't wait to go home!! i love summer!