AnneC.

Our last rotation before this week/after the Big 4 was Family Medicine, this was a different and quite special rotation because I was the liaison officer for our block in this rotation. Every rotation/every module has a liaison officer who would act as the bridge between the department where we are rotating and us the students. This was one task that we were all familiar with since first year in medical school, but you'll only get the real deal of being an LO if you have been one. Luckily, I was only given the chance to be an LO for our block. I can't imagine the kind of stress in trying to please 160 people and in trying to bargain stuff for 160 people. The whole family medicine rotation was special but i do believe that that entails a separate blog entry perhaps an online copy of my reflection paper. What I would like to write right now in this very entry is how mentally, physically and emotionally draining it is (it still is present tense) to be a liaison officer. Al...

It's been a while since I last wrote something about the title. Well, maybe because I was too happy to care and whenever I start typing words to express how much love is making me happy, the entry will sound too cheesy for me. Tonight and the past week has been different. Either I am back to my expecting self that I started to get hurt because my expectations were not met or I am just plainly taken for granted. which is both sad. and which is why I have to warn whoever you are,  that this will be quite a sad and bitter entry. Maybe even too bitter for me, but.. I really want to write. What to do when the person you love who tells you that he loves you too doesn't do anything to make you feel special on your special day.  Birthdays are always special for me. It's the only day I don't feel guilty when I make myself feel special and when I am allowed to think that I actually matter. And I definitely appreciate people who actually try to make it more special. This past ...

A few months back, i blogged about a certain person who was actually giving me a hard time at school. I was indeed so frustrated of him and his actions as a team player. About three months has passed since that actually very emotional entry, and in fairness to him, he did actually improve. Through the next rotations (OB, IM and Surg), he became a better group mate, a better partner. There are days when he is being his old annoying self while there are those moments when you will actually be amazed at how responsible he can actually be.  Today was one of those days when he chose to be his old self. Arriving 2 hours late at the out patient department, when I have finished doing the task that should have been done by two people. I was able to interview a patient and do a thorough physical examination aside from the minor liaison officer duties that I have to do. I was able to do everything in 2 hours and I was preparing myself to present the case alone, when he arrived.  T...

birthdays are always happy days :) no matter what I do, where I am or who I'm with, i make sure that this day given to me will be a day which starts and ends with me having a light mood and a happy heart. today is my 24th birthday, 24 years of existence, of experience, of mistakes and challenges. of life lessons. 24 years of life worth celebrating. :) i spent the day with my parents, hearing mass, eating and watching a movie. we talked to my brother who is a thousand miles away from us. i received greetings from all sorts of social media and technology. and i appreciate each of this special moment and each and every person who took the time to text, type, edit pictures :) i am grateful for this day, for the people who made this day and my past 24 years really special and I am looking forward to more days like this and to more people who will touch my life and actually be a part of it :) birthdays give me that kind of warm and fuzzy feeling. and i still have 2 more hours befor...

This is the first All Saint's Day that I am staying here in Manila, and the first time I did not went home to visit graves of the people I love who pass away. Nonetheless, my prayers and my love are with them. So please don't visit me anytime soon :p now the yeeeeey! means a lot of things. 1. Our block (and the next) has conquered the BIG 4 for ICC. and now I wonder, how can we get any more benign when actually the rotations were not really too toxic, depends on the person actually :) 2. i'm three days away to turning 24. yeey. birthdays are happy days. :)) 3. parents are coming over :) 4. I was able to easily export my multiply blog to this blog :P blogdrive na lang and making this blog the ultimate blog of all time will soon happen. yaaaay! i love free days, when you don't know what to do or cant think of anything to do :) For now, i have to finish my surgery papers :) and think of more ways to improve this blog :p