dreaded pms

im in a 'state of depression' for almost a week now and i think i have to blame it to pms. i just hate it. this hormonal imbalance is affecting my studies. midterms is barely a week and i haven't finished anything yet. hay...

i've been texting friends asking how they've been doing... hoping i'll be feeling less lonely after the conversation. well, it did help but this hormonal thing is just so empowering. i just want this to be over really soon. sana bukas meron na para matapos na tong kaartehan na to. hahaha.

nakakainis talaga.

good thing i have a personal psychologist to aid me in my distress. hehe.

haaay....

this week's highlights

i was really looking forward to post something at the end of the week but geez, im getting busier and more anxious every day. midterms is fast approaching and i still have a lot of readings to catch up. hay, the life of a med student... moreso, the life of a third year med student. hehe. here are the highlights of my week.



on this site will rise....

• lobby entrance of the medical center

• commercial arcade ( i hope they'll have starbucks at least. hehe)

• 8 suites which are of two kinds, one has a kitchen of its own and the other, a receiving area. sorry, nawawala yung picture nito. i knew i had uploaded it somewhere....

tuesday

i had clinical ward. my patient this time suffers from drug induced gouty arthritis. he's very emaciated and in pain due to the lesions he's got in all his limbs.

the view ain't so good no? i just took a stolen photo of the guy. i dont have the guts to find a better view and mag- ala professional photographer pa dun. hehe.

thursday

i was able to watch a procedure in gastro. they inserted a PEG tube into the patient's upper gastroinestinal tract in case he's esophagus will undergo stricture due to his progressing laryngoesophageal cancer. so i advice you people, smoking is dangerous for your health and very dangerous for your appetite.

the finish product. the tube inserted in the epigastrium.

what's friday without surgery?

im beginning to love surgery. i thought when friday comes, i'll be sitting in the full eight hours trying my best to fight boredom. but hey, those guys from surgery really make our week everytime. they don't just teach us surgical stuffs but they give us good advices in the practice. and i love to hear their stories, thinking that someday, i'll be as successful and fulfilled like they are now. hmmm.

this friday, i became especially proud of being an feu- med student. I learned from Dr. Porciuncula (our lecturer for today) that Dr. Kim Shi Tan, the current head of our surgery department is the founding president of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Philippines. wow talaga. next week, i'll be meeting him face to face for the first time. he's going to have a make- up class with us probably on wednesday. i hope this time he'll make it.

Dr. Porciuncula is the chairman of surgery in UDMC and also practice in FEU medical center and St. Luke's as a colorectal surgeon. sorry, i dont have a picture of him. nahihiya ako e... hehehe. but it's interesting to know that he loves photography. he's taking pictures anywhere he goes and shows them to class in his lectures.

our alumni from 25 years back are having their homecoming this week. i was in awe to see their proposed project of the new lobby etc of the hospital. parang ala- medical city ang dating! i'll try my best to take a picture of it next time. they're already starting the construction and i heard, the budget was tumataginting na 56 million pesos. and it's gonna be finished 8 months from now.

the picture was taken while waiting for our preceptorial class moderator in surgery.

toxic

in chaos i found order.
in letters i found wisdom.
in answers i found more questions.
in pages i found miracles
in pictures i found perfection

3 shtars

our much awaited holiday get together at the coffee bean and tea leaf in gateway last jan. 2. maayos vs nang- aakit na posing.

sa kanya

dec 26 05, tagaytay. we went to people's park in the sky (known before as palace in the sky) and prayed in the shrine of our lady of perpetual love. later, we went to a zoo (i didn't get the name). the last picture was in his sister's house in cavite where we stayed for the night... bagong gising lang :)

Namulat ako at ngayo'y nag-iisa
Pagkatapos ng ulan
Bagama't nakalipas na ang mga sandali
Ay nagmumuni kung ako'y nagwagi
Pinipilit mang sabihin na ito'y wala sa akin
Ngunit bakit hanggang ngayon, nagdurugo pa rin

Sa kanya pa rin babalik sigaw, ng damdamin
Sa kanya pa rin sasaya bulong ng puso ko
Kung buhay pa ang alaala ng ating nakaraan
Ang pagmamahal at panahon alay pa rin sa kanya

At sa hatinggabi ay nag-iisa na lang
Ay minamasdan ang larawan mo
At ngayo'y bumalik nang siya'y kapiling pa
Alaala ng buong magdamag
Kung sakali man isipin na ito'y wala sa akin
Sana'y dinggin ang tinig kong nag-iisa pa rin

Sa kanya pa rin babalik sigaw, ng damdamin
Sa kanya pa rin sasaya bulong ng puso ko
Kung buhay pa ang alaala ng ating nakaraan
Ang pagmamahal at panahon alay pa rin sa kanya

Sa kanya pa rin babalik sigaw, ng damdamin
Sa kanya pa rin sasaya bulong ng puso ko
Kung buhay pa ang alaala ng ating nakaraan
Ang pagmamahal at panahon alay pa rin…
Ang pagmamahal at panahon alay pa rin
Sa kanya...

group picture! si doc mary- anne cabrera yung naka- black. teacher namin sa pathology and lab. diagnosis. sya yung adviser ng group namin

memories of lab d.

dapat matagal ko nang pinost yung mga pictures namin sa laboratory diagnosis kaya lang busy sa school at ngayong sem lang ako nabigyan ni donna ng kopya. dons, salamat!

our first communtiy project... tsaraan!!! kumuha ng dugo at peripheral blood smear. hehe. sa sauyo yung napili naming community. merong christian church na tumulong sa min kaya dun namin ginawa ang mga kahindik hindik na pagkuha ng dugo. mwehehehe.

hala mark, piaiyak mo ata!

chika chika, kuha ng bp, sige pa arfie, ngiti lang habang nagsusulat. hehehe

o, biruin nyo, dinala pa namin sa site etong mga precious microscopes namin. pati na rin yung mga centrifuge machine, slides, at stains dala namin. para kaming moving laboratory.

girl power!