SHIKIMIKIE

I just want to update this blog about some certain facts and happenings in this life. Okay. I actually don't know where to start but let's do it anyways. I started IN-2 not so long ago. I met some friends and yeah, that's awesome.

Unlike IN-1, well, in IN-1, there are actually interns from two universities. Whereas in IN-2, we have like 4 universities. And the number of interns are tripled, I believe. Or a little bit less than that. But you get the point. As of the level of things to do, tripled as well. But less exhausting. It's just that we're so many in one post and the tasks to be done are kind of divided. Unlike in my previous hospital where we're solely in-charge of doing everything. Almost. The number of hours is 2 hours over the usual but still. Kind of awesome. The staffs are so far kind. The head of my section now is by far so kind and awesome. I think he's gonna be my favorite or whatever. Because I had a feedback from our senior interns that the guy is actually their favorite staff so I might end up the same. Okay. That was random. Anyways.

I like my post mates. I like my group mates. No issue or whatever so far. So yeah. FEU, CEU, MCU, and UST. :D World peace. Hahaha. When I saw this on Facebook, I was like WTF? LOL.

Nothing like that. It's just that we kind of like to make fun with our group mates on the right that they actually made a comeback. LOL. The people on our right side are actually representatives of two different universities for the PAMET quiz show so we just thought that they're meant to be. LOL.

We get hurt too.

As much as I kind of looked forward to wearing my uniform now, I kind of don't like some stuff. Well, not that I don't like how it looks though.

I can't believe it! 24 HOURS OF DUTY to go before Internship 2. A co-intern posted on Facebook the orientation time for our second hospital already and I'm super excited for that! I can't even.

The thing is I'm gonna be in a public hospital next so I can just imagine the toxicity and stuff there. But from our dinner yesterday (092512), a friend of mine said that I'll enjoy my IN there. Because he did. Good thing.

I actually had this picture or typography or whatever you call it for a while. Because I actually thought of blogging about it before but then thought twice and didn't do it. I don't know why though. Lack of idea perhaps?

But then I do what I want and I write things even if I don't have the whole story sometimes. Like, I tell what I have to tell base on what I know.

Now when I reviewed all the pictures in my phone, I actually saw this thing again after quite a while. And it actually hit me. Not that hard. But nevertheless hard.

I'm actually 20 years old now. So, yeah. I actually told you before that I want internship to end as much as possible and stuff but now that I'm thinking of it, I'll be 21 by then and I don't want a year to pass just like that. Because wishing for internship to end means I want a year done without actually looking forward to things that might happen while I'm on it. It's pretty sad don't you think? So I'm going to re-establish that. I don't want a year to pass without actually doing something remarkable. I don't want internship to end without me learning something from it. I don't want a year to pass just like that.

I still want it to be pretty fast though. But when you actually learn from something, it's gonna be worth the while.

This is just so random. People say that life starts at whatever age. Like, 20, 30, 40, etc. I don't know. There's just something about being 20 that's quite alarming. Look at them young football players. They're already doing their thing. Like, am I seriously 20 already? Like, serious stuff? Yeah. That kind of thing.

So, whatever.

Anyways, here's a picture of my cousin and I. Just because we're both in our 20's. NAH. We're actually both 20. LOL.

But you get it, right? We should all enjoy life! :)

UST at night is actually nicer than it is during daytime. Or at least for me. Maybe because the day is over and stuff. No more classes, exams, lessons, quizzes, experiments, problems, everything. Just UST alone. If that makes sense.

          

As promised, here's my RETREAT STORY. I actually had fun. I feel like I'm somehow a little bit better of a person than I used to be. Not because they forced me to or anything like that of course. Oh wells.

So ergo!

The fun starts here of course. OR NOT. I actually had a hard time packing stuff. Thing is I don't have a bag that's big enough for all of the stuff I brought. I didn't bring too much with me to be honest. So yeah. It's not that it was my fault or anything. We were told to bring clothes, some stuff, and all that. Except for food, I actually didn't bring anything so big at all. Like, yeah. But it's alright.

I ended up carrying a BIG SHOULDER bag with me and a back pack.

I actually changed bags at least three times and tried to get back to the previous and got back to the recent bag again. Paranoid much, I know.

And it's not exactly light. But not actually heavy. Just enough. But still! Some people were looking at me like I escaped from some prison or some mental hospital. I don't know. I generally don't like people looking at me. I have my reasons. So yeah.

Oh! Meet my bus seat mate/intern mate, Jamae. Actually, Jamae and I already bargained to sit together! When we were in UST, right before going in the bus, the coordinator told us that we (interns) were already divided into two. Good thing that we were put into the same bus and stuff. So yeah!

We didn't know each other before internship but I can say that we're kind of close now. How odd, eh?

She's just so cute! Kind of childish though. But cute. We also bargained our seat. I mean, the window seat. I got to sit beside the window seat on our way home and stuff. The view was fantastic of course! Only that it rained on our way home.

See, she's just so tiny! So cute! LOL. And say hello to that panda hat! She kind of wears it a lot of times. I'm kind of confused. Like, I don't know.

My name plate that was used to nothing. Oh! You know what? Good thing I didn't gain more weight when I was there because I SWEAR! We ate like every 2 hours or so.

We just want to take picture with the FOG! :D These people are my classmates now by the way.

Night life in Caleruega is actually fun. Nah, no night life. Just nature life and all that stuff.

Hanging bridge and stuff! Too bad it rained hard that weren't able to go the church at the top of the mountain. Oh wells. That's gonna be it, I guess? YUP. :)

Hi! I have been to a 3 days retreat in Caleruega, Batangas. Just a little something something. There are only two Caleruegas in the world. One here in the Philippines and the other one in Spain. The view is just fantastic. Like, so much fresh air going on. No phone signal though. Poor reception on most spots. I kind of felt bad for my mom because I wasn't able to reply to her messages on time and that I wasn't able to answer her call at some point.

We actually had three speakers I believe but I'd be refering them three as "him" or "speaker" or whatever so don't be confused.

There are quite a lot of things that I've learned from this retreat. I think I've said this before but like, to tell you the truth, I'm not really a religious-religious person. I don't think it's a good thing. I don't think it's bad. I don't think it's anything. It's just as simple as that. I don't know.

I  just want to list some of the things I've learned (believe) so to make things easier.

1. We should acquire the traits that we want to have in the future while we still can.

- The speaker actually described our lives into a GELATIN. Liquid, gelatin, and frozen. While we were young, we are actually the liquid. We take the form of any containers. When the liquid stage is done, we now become the gelatin. The gelatin, though already formed, there's still something you can do to somehow change it. The frozen stage is actually ourselves during like, the late stage of our lives. And the frozen stage is irreversible. So the point is! While we are in the liquid or gelatin form, we should invest on the traits that we want to have in the frozen stage.

2. Life does not come with a pause button. It goes on.

- The speaker actually showed quite a lot of evolutionary pictures. Like, people growing up, becoming older and stuff. How their faces changed and all that. He said that even though we want to take back yesterday or slow down our aging process, it just won't happen as we wish.

3. Our failure does not define who we are.

- That's right! We should learn from it and do better next time.

4. We are a product of our choices.

- Just like what one of our speakers said, our life is like a buffet. In a buffet, right? People would choose what they want to eat and stuff so yeah. I kind of agree. Like, I don't believe that someone's born to be exactly what they are now. Life is always about choices. So choose wisely.

5. Our moms will stay with us no matter what.

- I love my mom. I just love her in general! <3

6. Growing old is different as growing up.

7. Jesus is not like an ATM machine.

- I don't know if I already told you this but I really don't like people who go to the Church without knowing why they're there. Some people in the Church don't actually listen to the gospels and all that. What they do there is text, talk to whoever they're with, complain about the heat, see their friends without actually intending to pray and all that. For someone who don't go to the Church that often, I'm a little bit offended by these people. Because when I pray, I pray.

8. We should practice seeing the good things in people.

9. We should know when to listen and when to talk.

10. There are some things that we can only learn by experience.

So yeah. These are just some of the things I've learned. It was quite an experience. Maybe not as enjoyable than my high school recollection though. Maybe because that time, we were with people we know. This was kind of different because we have to choose from the limited slots available from each batch and stuff. But thinking about it, we needed the break given to us. We have to make up for it of course. But I don't mind.

Seriously though! I get inspired everytime I watch HOUSE. He's just so good at his craft.

Last Tuesday, I went out with my friend Kim to have lunch and eat cake and stuff and she mentioned that in medicine, all the stuff that we learned in a year (two semesters) will be thought in a day. FLAG! But like I said, I'll do my best just in case I get there. But seriously, one year, one day?

So yeah that's what my realization is all about. On how I think about med school more often than before. On how undecided I still am. On how soon I'll be graduating with my degree and yeah.

A picture of us in the HISTOPATHOLOGY room! My next post! :)

We went to a relatively provincy place awhile ago to get some stuff that my auntie sent from Japan like, so many years ago and we only got it now for some whatever reason. Yeah of course you know what I got! Haha

I then planned to arrange my make-up so that they won't be messed up and that it'll be easier for me to find them whenever I need them and apparently, my collection can't fit to that whatsoever container anymore. And as a medical technology student, that's not a problem at all. I have this whatever kit case where I put my syringes and all that hematology stuff and the case is quite bigger than the previous and so I sort of exchanged them because I'm not really putting anything in that bigger case anymore since I'm already done with my hematology course and it's content can perfectly fit to that smaller make-up container that I was using before now. They're perfect for each other, you know. I guess it's destiny. So here's how my collection looks like.