SHIKIMIKIE

So after almost 2 months of preparation, actually, almost 4 years of university preparation, and a total of 1 year of internship and extensive review, it's all over. I don't want to call it judgment day but let's just say anyway that in 2 days, all of the preparations I have made all through the years will be judged. And I hope and pray that it would't be judged just by my efforts. Please multiply it by two. Or three. Please be kind!!

I probably should avoid things like looking at people's pages and stuff but you know, can't really avoid it. It's like killing myself actually. I don't know. But yeah this week, we would all know the verdict of the PRC people and hopefully there would be something to celebrate. Life. That's all people! See y'all! 

The call time was 6 am and I woke up at around 4 I guess but I was too tired to move so I kind of rested until it was 5. I then showered, put on my make-up and then my mom was already asking me to go down because we're leaving. And then when we arrived at UST, she was scolding me because my hair is still wet daw. "IKAW LANG ANG GAGRADUATE NA BASA ANG BUHOK." But because the event actually didn't start right away, my hair was perfectly dry when it started.

They had two of each of the tarpaulins which is awesome because at least the graduates wouldn't be queuing  much. If you're confused, good. There's a different tarpaulin with different print and all that. 

Me with my sisters! Thanks to them for waking up soooooo early just to attend my graduation and it really means a lot to me because I know how it feels. Not very lovely. 

And then they had this UST thing with the PHARMA thing and so you know the deal! MUST TAKE PICTURES!

There's me! To be honest, I was actually bored except when my seatmate and I were talking and when the SUMMA CUM LAUDE gave his speech because that really hit me like nothing else that day. 

Then this is the stage where we officially got our degree. I didn't notice the flowers and all that stuff hanging around there but it was pretty nice pala. 

That's me after the hooding ceremony. And yeah the ceremony lasted for 6 hours which is no surprise because there were I think 800 graduates from PHARMACY, CLINICAL PHARMACY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY combined. 

I don't know what the heck just happened here but I'm sure I was playing 2FUSE or probably putting the pictures on my phone on collage. Or probably I was sleeping because I remember myself being sleepy. Haha  

Oh and this is the SUMMA CUM LAUDE from pharmacy and also the top among the tops in the whole batch giving his speech/reflection which I really like because it's not really generalized unlike the others. He talked about his experiences and thanked his parents, classmates, and friends. And then his mom and dad were crying and I can really see that they're really proud of their son. That's all! :)

What should I say? You didn't think I chose this as my first choice, right? Since it's all over now, I would like to share why I ended up with this course a few years ago.

I can still remember clearly when my mom asked me what I want to study in college. I then said NURSING. Not because it's in-demand or not because it's what's "IN" but because I really wanted to be a nurse. My mom disapproved of that and said I wouldn't be a good nurse because I'm BURARA daw hahaha. Which I didn't take quite seriously and just carried on. This may sound odd but from that day forward, I researched on things I potentially want to study. Psychology, pharmacy, tourism management, biology, and accountancy are some of the courses I considered but my mom said NO once again. And for some reason, I still didn't take that seriously. Okay, I should just carry on. Then one day, she suggested Medical Technology to me and I was totally clueless what the heck that is and then mom provided me with the information that it's the course of the person who do home service sort of and the one who's getting blood sample from her every once in a while for her laboratory tests. Not bad, I thought. I told myself that if I can't be a nurse, I wouldn't want to go that far. So I was okay with Medical Technology. The next thing I researched on is what universities offer such. MCU, CEU, and UST. Cool. 

I consulted my mom with this and she said I should just go to MCU because it's nearest our place. I don't know but I kind of don't want to be there since college for me is about exploring things, having fun, and all that and since it's near our place, it didn't really excite me that much. CEU was okay for me because my best friend actually intended to go there as well. But my mom told me that if I want to be a Medical Technologist, I should go to a university with a hospital because that means that the course is really one of their expertise. It makes sense but not really. And then UST. To be honest, UST actually scared the hell out of me because it's just something I am terrified of for some reason. Wait, what? You know, when I was younger, my grand mother's sister would always say "IKAW SA UST KA SIGURO MAG-AARAL" And I didn't know UST that time. But since we're talking about bright future and stuff, I assumed it's hard to go in and all that stuff.

Come entrance exam, I am very certain that my mom would really insist for me to go MCU so I didn't take their application form and I didn't even visit the place to check what's happening there or whatever. I did take CEU's entrance exam which I gladly passed and I also took USTET which I think I didn't pass but it turned out differently. I actually don't know what happened but I was really okay with the whole exam except READING COMPREHENSION. I was answering the questions regarding the first paragraph when the proctor asked us to submit the paper. I think there were 5 paragraphs all in all. And I was totally hopeless that time.

But I made it! :) I can still remember my high school adviser distributing the envelopes that contain whether or not we got accepted at UST and I can still remember his smile and said, you passed. Oh well.

Medical Technology is a degree and a profession unknown to many people but it doesn't mean that it does not play a big role in the society. I actually learned to love Medical Technology. It was a very rough road but you know, it's worth it now that I have my degree. I regret nothing. 

• I love my mama and my dad so much and I know that this new achievement of mine is for them, i give it back to them for being the most dedicated and the most hardworking parents that I know. 

• I'm a success today because I have friends and family who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let them down.

• Thank God for all the Glory. Tsaka sa MCU, MCU friends, ACTS at sa lahat ng nakatulong :) So happy :)

Here it is! This is like, a preview on what happened awhile ago. I did block off the day but I wasn't sure whether or not to go until this morning. I was actually waiting for my friend's decision because I said that if she go, I go. I don't know but for some reason, I speak The Script at random moments. Anyways. She didn't go but I did.

With a friend and the friend I was talking about. The plan (evil) was actually to take sooooo many pictures to annoy and envy this friend of ours who weren't able to come because she said not to take too much pictures. Hahaha 

We saw the effort of the organizers and all that so we helped with the stuff we will be using for the games. 

Them doing the ever classic Calamansi Relay. By the way let me just say that I have a love and hate relationship with this iPhone camera feature called HDR. I don't know what it is but basically it kind of lightens the picture so basing from what's actually happening when it's on, it's probably that. 

And food! And Madame President on the other side. 

I know not all people want to see food photos. I actually sometimes don't want to see people taking pictures of it as well but let's just have it our own way and be happy :) What's that again? Haha

A picture with a friend who we left behind there. I actually planned to take pictures with everyone but some of them left ahead so I wasn't able to but yeah. I'll probably show you guys more photos if I see them up somewhere. Haha

Finally done with Thesis Oral Defense! Yay! It was a long time coming. The deadline was supposed to be on the last week of January and then it was moved to the second week of February and then boom! We had our Final Defense yesterday. Which I would consider a success!

Still not done with paper works which will take about a day or two still but so far, so good. I mean, the Oral Defense is what most groups fear so since we've already finished that, it's like, wow! We're done. The picture above shows my group, our adviser, and our panellists right after the Oral Defense.

It's kind of sad that it's done but at the same time, it's like a very fulfilling task to be done so whatever. Thank you group mates! It was such an experience working with all of you. I mean, some. Nah, just kidding. Haha

 

Time to do the paper works! :))