My 2008 Holiday vacation.

I am currently in the Mactan International airport as I type this blog. I have full bar in my smartbro plug it and I didn't have any problem logging in. I am about to end my Cebu-Bohol-Cebu vacation. I was able to visit two famous cities of Visayas region, namely Cebu and Bohol in my order of preference of course, sorry I am biased because my mom is from Cebu.  In Bohol, I was able to ride the Loboc river ride and enjoyed lunch during the ride, saw the Tarsiers(world's smallest primate), went to the blood compact site, visited the Chocolate hills and enjoyed a little bit of salt water which I vow to enjoy the next time I go back to Bohol. In Cebu, I went to Sto. Nino church, saw Magellan's cross and the usual dine ins for ngoyongs and cebu lechons. Omigosh, time to hit the gym when I get back! Plus for my 2009 new year's resolution I have to go back to my pesco-vegetarian diet.  Being overweight is making me sleepy, grumpy, dopey,  all the 7dwarfs characters!hahaha! Anyway, I didn't do much in my cebu vacation because I've been here several times already. I just want to enjoy the beach next time when I can wear my 2-piece again..hehehe! Happy holidays to one and all!:)

Prologue

Someone approached me today and was pointing to me signalling that he knows me from somewhere, "Aren't you jackie chan from science?" Yes, I am and yes I know its confusing why I'm in 2nd year med school and they (my batchmates, etc) are all already in internship or some simply haven't seen me for quite some time.Hmmm....where was I after all these years? Before I heard the most ridiculous rumor about me, that I know now how some actors feel when they are rumored that they had gone M.I.A. in showbusiness in the peak of their career because they had a baby.Hahahaha! Well, to set things straight I'm writing a blog about what happened to me in the last 4-5 years-the summarized version of course!:) But if you want to know more, well...come see me, but as of now just read on...:)

December of 2003: A proud graduate of B.S. Biology and a freshmen in the most prominent Medical school in the country..... Unfortunately the circumstances were not in my favor. I've decided to shift to nursing as my mother's request (actually she was convincing me ever since June when I started medicine to shift already, so just imagine my struggle without the moral support plus the dragging moments in med school). I went to Thailand for a vacation after my last day in med school but that didn't help with the depression that I had bore myself into already. But life must go on....(so drama as early as now in the story noh? but unfortunately those times were really f^c&*ng hell!) I didn't know what to do with my life that time because for me, eversince I can remember--I've only envisioned myself to become a doctor after going to med school (period). I always thought that if I keep a positive mind and would program myself to become a doctor someday, a satisfactory output is expected. I was wrong.

June 2004: But wait...what happened to me before June... January to April 12-->I was literally a bum and a driver to my siblings; April 12 (I remember this day because it's my mother and sister's birthday) onwards I pulled myself back to reality, slapped some senses out of me and I started working out(enrolled in a gym that I went to everyday at 6am til 11am to work out), fixed my papers for the new school and enrolled myself in my 2nd course-Nursing. I remember while driving that very first day to school...with a heavy heart I told myself, "Six semesters lang to..."

September 2006: "Last semester na to...." I was thinking out loud as I drove myself to my duty to a lying-in center near school... I thought, I'm so grateful with my mom for paving the way to my newly-found perspective to Medicine in general. I believe, I am a better healthcare provider now may it be a nurse or a doctor than I would have been 3 years ago. In my spare time in the center, I constructed my readmission letter for the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in the back of my tickler notebook, without any idea if my parents will allow me to go back to med school or if I will be accepted again by the admin or if I will be rejected because I wasted my chance already 3 years ago.... As I close this article, I'm sure you have an idea already what happened to that letter and to me:) -- seeing it's way to the dean's office and the rest is history or will be in this blogsite, so come back next time for more:)hehehe......I remember a part of that letter I wrote went something like this... " Though I have high regards for the Nursing profession, I have realized in one of my duties as a nursing student that becoming a doctor is not anymore my childhood dream but my calling."

At Present: By the way, the only babies I have are my chihuahuas David and Oia, yorkie Sophia and himalayan kitten Lilly. The love of my life who has been supporting me all these years: physically or spiritually; as a bestfriend-but-never-the-boyfriend before; as the soon-to-be-husband at the moment; and my-one-and-only-Bushy=Kim forever! has been and still is supporting me all the way so I would like to take this opportunity to..."Thank you Bushy deary! I love you.":)

Lastly, I'd like to share a few words from Confucius that helped me also in this journey....."It doesn't matter how slow you go, what matters is you don't stop. :)

Preparing for the Christmas Charity Ball

Christmas is just around the corner, 45 days to be exact.  The UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery student council is cooking something for the christmas season.  We are planning to host a christmas party for the special and mentally challenged kids of Elsie Gaches Alabang.  I called already the institution and asked about the requirements. A social worker who was stationed in the office of Elsie Gaches said, a DSWD permit from the Regional Director Region IV NCR and a project proposal is what we need to push through with our plans. I hope everything goes well.  I visited the website of DSWD to check their local phone numbers to inquire how we will pass the proposal and for their office address - why am I not surprise, that  all the numbers that were posted in their website are not working anymore(cut by the telephone company?unpaid telephone bills?). I had to call again the social worker in charge that afternoon in Elsie Gaches to inquire about the number of DSWD, good thing they have the updated one. Haay... government websites should be updated in the first place. Oh well....its just a few bumps, but  I am more excited to see through this project.... I am excited to see those sparkling smiles both from the children of Elsie Gaches and from the USTFMS medical students.