February 2012
47 posts
1 tag
2 tags
2 tags
2 tags
The Plan So Far...
I’ve decided I don’t want to spend my life inside an OR, so all the surgical subspecialties are out. Goodbye, Gyne and Ophtha - you were the only ones that really made it to my list.
I’m also leaning away from Radio. The only real draw really were the money and the non-duty duties. It’s still on the list, but it’s way down.
So now, it’s basically Internal...
1 tag
My little brother, who's starting high school this...
Wow. As if four years of hell weren’t enough.
4 tags
Some Things I’ll Miss About PGH by Dr. Jean... →
The Ma’am-Sir culture. You know a PGH graduate if he calls everybody Ma’am or Sir. Not a Doctor or Doctora. Not a Kuya or Ate or a Manong or Manang. A janitor is called sir, so as the most hotshot professor emeritus. You meet a nurse on the hallways and greet her with “Good morning Ma’am.” Ma’am or Sir because you forgot their names. Ma’am or Sir because you don’t remember which ward she or he...
2 tags
Me: This year na ba magbo-Boards yung first batch ng Ateneo Med?
Barre: I think so.
Me: Shit, eh sobrang benign ng internship ng mga yun. Malamang matataas makukuha nila.
Mik: Oo nga e. Sabi nga sa'min ng consultants na nagtuturo rin dun, mabilis sumagot yung mga Atenista. Parang first-year residents na raw.
Barre: Haha. Eh tayo, namimihasa na sa pa-cute at iba-ibang tactics para maka-evade ng mga tanong.
Me: Sana yung Board exams, puro practical... tipong, i-hydrate mo 'tong patient na 'to nang walang IV cannula or... fluids! Or... intubate mo 'tong patient na 'to na ang katangi-tanging gamit mo lang ay laryngoscope na di umiilaw.
Barre: Or... i-Internal Exam mo 'tong patient na 'to nang walang KY Jelly!
Me: You know... typical PGH problems. I'm sure nasa Top 10 tayong lahat.
2 tags
Naiyak ako sa proposal video ng classmate ko.
3 tags
“Sa UST ako mag-rereview for boards. Kelangan kong makahanap ng boys.”
– Richel Baclay, who clearly knows her priorities
It's because of times like these that I understand...
2 tags
Do all medical students have cooler sisters? →
ohlittlegirl:
My sister who is waaay cooler than me (she DJs, knows all the hottest places, can party up a storm, yada yada yada) is finding all means to get in my sorority’s party later tonight. Apparently this New Boyz group is cooler/hotter than I assumed. Of course, she would know.
Excited for tonight.
Because this is exactly how I feel. My sister works in an advertising agency and has...
1 tag
The results of the nursing boards are out.
Med students, say hello to your future “bosses”.
3 tags
At ito ang pinagtsismisan namin nung Valentines'.
Mama (tsismosa): Nakabuntis raw si Jun (pinsan ko).
Me: Well, may hitsura naman yun. Ano na ba siya? 18? I'm surprised ngayon lang nangyari 'to.
Mama (Umi-Ingles): Well, they got the looks, but I'm happy you got the brains.
Me: Malas pala namin. Looks na lang sa'kin! Sabihin mo trade! Bigyan kitang sangkatutak na apo.
3 tags
My Sister
Me: So how was your Valentines' Day, Kim?
Kim: Boring. Only four bouquets, two boxes of chocolate and one stuffed bear. I'll do better next year.
Me: Ganda mo.
2 tags
Lani, The Mythbuster
Lani: So ano pong kinamatay ng kapatid niyo?
Patient: Barang.
Lani: Um. Ano yun?
Patient: Yung... sumakit yung tiyan niya. Tapos namatay na.
Lani: ...
Patient: Yung... Kulam! Yun! Nakulam siya.
Lani (taas kilay): Walang. Kulam. Tigilan mo ko.
2 tags
7 tags
I don't really feel bad about being alone on...
4 tags
It's as if the universe conspired to give me this...
Sexy, silent, simmering rain outside + looming romantic doomsday + my spirit animal’s successful Grammy sweep
Y’all know where I’ll be at.
(In case you didn’t, I’ll be singing Someone Like You outside, where no walls can limit the expanding supernova of my emotions, provided with appropriate dramatic backdrop by the brooding rain… And because my roommates are...
1 tag
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
4 tags
1 tag
Never try to make a fool out of a senior in a room...
Even if he/she deserves it.
And you just end up looking like a self-satisfied, know-it-all snitch. And no one likes a snitch.
I hope you and your lot learn that once you get to the wards.
3 tags
3 tags
“Ah. Tsaka tinanggal pala yung isa kong kidney… nung 2003, nung kinailangan...”
– PGH Patient, who also happens to be my kababayan from Ormoc
3 tags
“Buti pa ang seat, taken.”
– From ever-reliable Facebook.
“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why....”
– Stephen Fry (via presidents)
3 tags
2 tags
That moment when you're manning the triage and a...
‘Teh, wala ako sa mood magbasa. Sumagooooot kaaaaa!!!!
3 tags
“Yun rin yung dilemma ko dati e - IM vs Pedia. But then nakita ko yung...”
– Pedia Resident
1 tag
January 2012
47 posts
2 tags
3 tags
2 tags
“Kamukha mo si Luis Manzano.”
– The kindest words a patient - no, anyone - has ever said to me. Ever.