Last Minute.

Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC). Never imagined I would go to this hospital for my internship. I only considered 2 hospitals after successfully passing my 4th Year 1st Semester and heck JRRMMC wasn't even on my top 2. It was only in that last minute during enrollment when my usual indecisive self kicked in. I began having doubts whether to pursue on my decision to enlist my name on Delos Santos-STI and only in that time that JRRMMC popped into my mind. 

I've heard so many things about these two hospitals from higher batches who has finished their internship from DeLo and JR. To summarize things, If you want to have your internship in a toxic-free and clean setting, choose DeLo but if you want to stress yourself with tons of workload, practice near a -not-so-safe-vicinity, and eat MNM for lunch, btw MNM stands for (Mura na Madumi pa) as my professor told us before, choose JR. 

Realizations came pouring in that very minute. I told myself (or maybe God said it to me I don't really know haha), "Anong gagawin ko sa DeLo? Tumunganga? Tatambay? Magiging decoration?" Then it became clearer to me that JR is the right choice. I already stressed myself during my undergrad years, studying those core subjects (Hematology, Clinical Microscopy, Clinical Chemistry, etc..) and again I told myself or God maybe, "Why not put it to good use? Why not choose a hospital where you can practice it thoroughly?"

And that was almost 7 months ago, I've already gone through 5 posts (Clinical Microscopy, Clinical Chemistry, Bacteriology, Hematology, Blood Banking) and I am currently in my last week on my 6th post, Histopathology. My days as a JR intern is coming to an end  and I can proudly say that choosing Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center's one of the best decisions I made in my life.

 P.S.(I'll save my experiences and learnings from each posts and JR for a later post, one is not enough).

Early morning thoughts.

I've graduated already like 7 days ago but I don't feel like being one, maybe because I still have at least 3 weeks of internship to finish and boy time moves so sloooooooooooooowwww! But I'm happy that I still have this business to finish because this internship is giving me 3 weeks more to delay the problems that a graduate usually encounters. 

3 weeks from now I will be enjoying my temporary break, a break from all the mind breaking acads, all the extractions, all the follow-ups, all the sleepless nights, all the blood typing and cross matching, all the bitchy nurses every morning, all the toxic doctors. Internship will end and my mind and body will at last be given enough rest for extensive reviews for the board exam.

3 months from now I should have passed the Revalida. Still having reviews for the board but of course having some enjoyment in between. 3 months from now I will be a teenage no more.

3 years from now I should be a RMT, ASCPi already. I should already be in my 2nd Year or 3rd Year in Medicine. Maybe I will be wearing reading glasses already because of too much reading, reading and more reading. Love life rarely comes in med school I heard so I;m not getting my hopes up. Still single but happy and focused.

and it will be 3:00 A.M. in the morning 30 minutes from now. Oh I hate it when my mind wanders too much in the future. I want to take it slowly. One battle at a time. I need a cup more of motivation, 1 gallon of inspiration, a pinch of love, a tablespoon of luck, tons of kilos of hard work and with God's continued sprinkle of blessings, I will reach my goal.