it all starts with the first day:)

i was actually encouraged by the blog written in the primer to blog about my first day at med school. though the primer given was actually for freshies and i dont think i should consider myself as one, considering that i have already finished a four-year course:)) and i'm older by five years from the first year students who were with us in the university orientation today. 

besides, as i often blog about memorable experiences in my life, i might as well include this day considering that i actually had a number of realizations with the events that happened today, as well. 

i honestly don't know when it all started, i think i made a blog about deciding to enter med school, so perhaps that's where everything started, pero the real deal of studying to become a good doctor, actually started today. :)

today was actually a weird day for me cause as much as i don't want to consider myself as a first year student, i am actually one in a whole new environment, which is the UP College of Medicine. as what the chair of the medstudent council said once, we are actually the "babies" of the college.  

anyway, my first day started with my trip to UP Manila. people were actually worried about me staying quite far from school, but i think i can manage, more than renting a place near school since i don't like to try to live alone. unless of course, med school really started killing me that i can no longer commute, then i guess, i'd have no choice:))

there was the university orientation in the morning where there were speeches and there were presentations from several organizations. again, it was weird since i already attended one five years ago in UP Diliman. but in this particular event, i actually had a great realization from everything that happened, which is remembering what an iskolar ng bayan truly means - bilang iskolar ng bayan, meron kang obligasyon sa bayan:)  i do hope, that i'd be able to remember this always, in the five-year course of studying and not forget that i am continually learning and honing my skills for the Filipino people in the Philippines:)

then there was lunch. one of my worries actually in entering medschool is gaining new friends. hehe. and i think, i did fair enough for the first day of classes since i've met quite a number of people already :))

the welcome celebration from the college was the main event in the afternoon. what the guest speaker discussed was really something to think about. it's a very noble path to take, though i'm not sure if i am ready yet, as early as now. so maybe, we'll see. 

then falling in line to get a sticker for my id and countersigned in the library. some alone time which usually occurs often na. hehe. and the buddy dinner with the regionalization students organization. it was fun meeting new people:) especially those who consider you(me) as part of their family and presenting themselves as a support group that will help you(me) get through:)

and lastly, there was the trip home. and i began to wonder, why the path going back is always a shorter and faster way than when you're going to it.. 

tadaaa!:P 

basically, that's it. :)

five years is a long time to actually start planning ahead of what i really want. a lot of new things will definitely happen. that there is only one thing certain, and that is, as my fb stat says - to take this journey, one day at a time:) 

gooo me:D

P.S. i have to think first if i feel like posting this note in my facebook page:)))