AnneC.

I say, having a year end blog entry has always been something I like to do since I started blogging; and after singing my heart out the whole morning and packing my stuff for our trip to Manila tomorrow, and before I say goodbye to the year 2011 and say hello to 2012, I'm giving myself some chill time to sit down and reminisce, write this entry (before watching another episode of my vampire diaries marathon). :p The year that has passed has been very challenging for me in all aspects - school, family, friends . And cliché as it may seem, despite the difficulty, I am grateful and I still feel blessed for everything. As much as I want to recall for the last time the memories which I wish to remember every time I see this blog, I may not like how this entry would turn out to be, and I believe that no matter what happened, year end blogs should always be happy entries - so let's stick with the happy thoughts, and with happy thoughts come thank you's and dedications I don't...

Disclaimer: Never thought this would be such a lengthy one:p I am not yet a parent but in my readings and the series I watched, I have come to the generalization that almost any parent would do anything for their children. I believe that my parents would do anything if not everything for me as well, if the situation calls for it. This past break i have finished one fictional book and one tv series - the tenth circle and city hunter respectively. I've been dying to write about the city hunter and how it is themed on getting revenge, but i never had the chance to, which for me is quite a blessing, since after reading the tenth circle, i realized that there is something in common between the book and the series - the love of a parent to a child, unexplainable and infinite. -- Unexplainable in a sense that as a parent you wish to care for your child, to protect them by all means possible and then time comes when it's the other way around - a child caring and protecting his pa...

Technically I can make a life lesson post with what I have to write now, but I am not in the best mood to write something lesson like. I would just like to post pictures of the things that I am having a hard time to let go :p Every year I try to clean my stuff, my toys and give out or sell some including old or used clothes that I can no longer wear. This year, I literally cleaned out my closet and give out everything old. EXCEPT for the following :p every year, whenever I do clean them, the child in me wants to play and I never fail to.. sort of play with them :p This year I tried to document these important things, which are really dear to me and share it in my blog :) Barbie Playhouse I was not able to set it up because it is quite big and the space left in the room is not that enough. It's a sort of tent, and honestly, it still looks brand new. :)   Barbie House I already lost a lot of stuff which are in here such as the bed, some flowers, but it still is usable if I wan...

Yesterday's homily spoke about how it is more important to give than to receive; that it is in giving that we experience the true meaning of this season. He has given us His only Son that we need to ask ourselves what and how much are we willing to give to Him in return. He doesn't ask us for anything, which makes it more important that we are able to give something, from our hearts. It is not just the material things, but a life of simplicity and contentment, faith that never wavers, and happiness that is to be shared. Once again, being a blessing to others just like how He has always blessed us.

..deserve a special blog post :) happy happy birthday to one of the best people i know in the world :) You're such a special child (haha) who deserves this special gift :p You can read it anyway you can xp enjoy your day:p

And here i thought i would have a happy and nice next blog entry. I thought blogging made the grinch stop stealing my Christmas, unfortunately today didnt end without me having bad vibes. You see i live in a town where everyone notices everything. Or maybe in this alternate life, i am just so interesting that people think they know me, who i am, how i have been. etc etc just because they know my father or mother or i dont know who and how they are related with me. this is a craziness i haven't really had a good grasp on and something i so tried very hard to understand. But my patience has been pretty much tested, and at the end of the day, it all boils down to me getting annoyed by the very fact that people notice everything about other people. 'you got fat', 'you have pimples', 'what happened?' 'Well, why dont you look at yourself in the mirror?', 'medical school happened but im happy', 'why do you have to notice everything? I do...

I think the grinch is trying to steal my Christmas. It's been two days that I am having some bitter mornings and it's making me very sad. Yesterday it was mocking my being a medical student who wish to learn things in a timeline, who doesn't wish to rush things and enjoy the learning process as I go through medschool. and today, it's mocking my being a student at the very least. It's true that most of my batch mates are already earning money for their own or even helping their family, that they don't get to spend a lot of holidays because offices don't necessarily have long Christmas breaks unless you are teaching which gives you the same break as students. Nonetheless, there's a very huge margin of difference between us who have chosen the medical path and those who have chosen to go to business, to academe etc. I know this even before entering medical school, I have heard a lot of warnings on how we would really be late bloomers in terms of finan...

the main objective of this blog is to share life lessons - daily learnings about life, love, relationships. And one day i had an experience about learning things in real time. learning a life lesson while the event is happening, while the lesson is being taught, and not through words I have already thought about nor when I have already processed things. I still dont know what the best way to easily learn things is, which makes it difficult for a medical student like me since we are expected to learn a lot, to take in a lot in a small amount of time. But if there's one thing which is most ineffective for me - it's learning by force. Forcing people to learn your way, forcing them to take in the knowledge you want to impart in the way that is not their own, for me, that is most ineffective and very annoying. learning is a process, that may not necessarily be step-wise but has a timeline; everything in due time. With this, learning is sure to be made more fun and hopefully easy...

I no longer remember what was on my mind when I wrote this title. but i think changing it into -- making the days count -- is a better lesson in life :p Each day that we live is a precious gift, a blessing that we must be grateful for and that we must use well. People celebrate anniversaries to commemorate special days, but don't you think that everyday should be treated special and unique because no one date will ever repeat itself, ever. I think it is a good thing to remind ourselves how we must always go through each day with a purpose, or if not, at least doing something good for ourselves, best for others. yes that would make each day a day that is well lived :)

I've posted titles of life lessons and i only have the time now to finally write something and publish. yey for Christmas break!:)  And indeed, it's Christmas, and each day before that special day, we must do something to prepare ourselves for His coming. By the time that He arrives, we must be worthy of his presence. And one good deed to do before that day, is to forgive.  In a year, we may lose count of the people whom we did bad to and just the same we may have lost count of the people who did bad do us. but what is more important is not the number or what happened - what matters most is that before the year ends, we learn to forgive and start to forget cause that is one good way to start the new year :)  People often find it hard to forgive because of a lot of things. but if we think of it this way -- that life is too short to hold grudge, and have that much hatred and or anger in our heart -- then forgiveness is the right path, the only path that we should take ...

Last December 8, was the feast of the Immaculate Concepcion. Time permitted for me to attend mass together with some of my batchmates, and the priest gave a very nice homily, telling us how much we are always blessed. I'm always writing about sharing blessings, about always putting first what and how to give more to others than waiting to receive. I never thought that there could be a missing piece in that puzzle until that homily - the question of, how can we give something to others if we do not have anything at all? I guess, I've never thought about this because I always have more. But I would like to think that I never did think about where to get things to give because I believe that we always have something that we can share - not necessarily material things, but maybe a piece of ourselves, a prayer, a shoulder or even a hand to hold :) But then comes the question of how to make ourselves give when we really have nothing left to give even ourselves? Unfortunately, I...

As early as birth, we are being shown what a family is - a mother, a father, sometimes siblings who shower you with love and take care of you until you are ready to take care of yourself. By the start of school, we start defining what a family is - a group of individuals who are related -- the smallest unit that makes up a community. We start listing down types of families - nuclear, extended and so on. By high school, our own list of family members increases because then we get to know different people, and we realize that the world is so small because everyone seems to be a relativein one way or another -- and yet, no matter how big the family that we now know is, we think that everything is just as simple until we grow old enough to realize that a family is not the simplest unit in the community, that the relationships between the people inside the family is not simple. at all. we begin to understand that relationships inside the family are complex; we love each other so much th...

A good friend inspired me to write this blog entry. :) It has been everyone's goal to find their purpose in life. And up till now, i do not know what the ultimate reason is on why i am here. But if i have one thing in mind right now that i want to be and i want to do always, it is to be a blessing to others. I think it's a life worth living when we try in our own ways to give a piece of ourselves to the people around us. And an additional bonus when these people appreciate what we do :) i feel happy - no giddy when people say thank you for things that i do for them - consciously or not, be it small or big things. And generally i feel just grateful when i have grabbed the chance to be of help. I want to be a doctor to help more people; i know that once i am equipped with all the things i need, i will be able to do and give more and with that, all the more that ill be able to be the blessing that He wants us all to be. In the mean time, when i can only do so much, i have ...

I like kids. Maybe not all. but generally, i like playing with them or at them :p They give me a certain high that after being with them, i just feel really happy. That is why i never let go of any chance to meet up with my inaanak, because she is such a happy pill :) I guess it's the innocence, the simplicity and the what-you-see-is-what-you-get feel that makes me really love being with those adorable little people. Yes, being a child makes everything simpler, easier that we often hear people hoping that things were just like the time when they were just kids.  but sometimes, we need not hope that we'd be back to being kids. cause there are moments when being a kid at heart would help us get pass through most of our problems and issues in life. There are a number of childlike qualities that are a lot of times great qualities to keep and still show as adults - like the honesty and the way you can make kids happy with such simple things. If only everyone would grow up from...

Last night was TRP, it's a college, even university wide event that showcases performances from organizations, departments, students and even professors from the UP College of Medicine. Apart from dances, each class from LU3 to LU5, would have to perform an original song. being an LU4 student, it's our second time to compete. Last year, our song was about paying tribute to BSLR east, the classroom of all first year medical students. All UPM doctors have stayed there to listen to lectures or sleep through them. (me feeling senti for not blogging about it last year. nothing to look back. Boooo. Anyway.) This year, our song is about how hard the journey is to our dream.. But.. No matter how difficult, we would continue moving forward. Because what is an easy life, if we would not be achieving what we want most -- to help people by being the best doctors. It's a song full of love; full of hope.We stood in front of all those people to sing our hearts out and make them feel...