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).

Personal | First Day of Class 3rd Year Edition

-LONG STORY AHEAD-

Today officially starts the School Year 2011-2012 of my school, Centro Escolar University. I'm in 3rd Year now taking up BS Medical Technology. My class started 10:00 A.M. this morning, I got up at 8:00 A.M. so that I have enough time to arrange my things and my proper uniform (more about my uniform later) and not be late on my first class which is Clinical Chemistry 1 Lecture then I took a bath and the water is really cold, did all the necessary things and after that I let myself to dry using the towel (obviously) and by standing in front of the fan, put on my underclothes, pants, undershirt then the PROPER UNIFORM which I waited for 2 years by passing and enduring all those minor and major subjects, but the uniform made by the tailor (gave them a sample of the uniform) disappointed me, it was really ill-fitted/ill-fitting for me, I was not happy because I looked like a hanger, so to solve the problem, I used my backpack for school, loaded them with semi-heavy things like my big notebook, clear book and 1 whole pad of paper, pulled and folded the loose part of my uniform up to my back (sorry for the confusion) then wore my backpack which then holds the folded part of the uniform in my back steadily and made my uniform semi-hug my body, problem solved! then I went to school at 9:30, entered the room, saw my friends and have chit-chat with them while waiting for the professor. Our CC1 professor was an alumna of our school, judging by the way she talks to us, she is kind and not strict, Thank God, she discussed the rules in her class and other unnecessary things then she dismissed us at 11:30. We took our break then got to the next room which our next class will be held at 1:00 P.M. the class was Parasitology Lecture, another female professor, when she entered the room, she greeted us and started the 2 hour formal discussion, the lesson was easy on the first part but got difficult and more difficult as we progress, encountered many parasites e.g. Plasmodium falciparum, Entamoeba hystolitica, Naegleria fowleri and hundreds more of that and she said we will have our quiz already the next time we meet. The class ended at 3:00 P.M., went directly at my dorm, ordered pizza then slept (unhealthy, eh?). So now I am not looking forward for the Parasitology quiz but i'm getting ready and this is just the start of my 3rd Year life, many more to happen. 

fin.