oh wow, it's been two years since the last time i posted. been very busy and i feel it's now hard to fill in the gap of the last two years i haven't added any blog entry. so what happened to me, let's have a quick time machine ride.
after the last time i did a post here, i think that was 3rd year med school finals, i successfully entered 4th year med school. done clerkship (alipinship) at ospital ng maynila medical center. it was a year full of hardship but of course everything ends with graduation. yipee had my diploma in doctor of medicine and was entitled to use m.d. at the end of my name.
everything went too fast, but i was thankful everything was right on time. i had my postgraduate internship at United Doctors Medical Center. this was so far the best part of my journey in becoming a full-fledged doctor. I met new friends who of course became very close to my heart. we've shared so many unforgettable moments, gimiks, parties, happy times and once in a while whining times. that room in the 8th floor facing welcome rotonda was my second home. that small table where we used to eat together became a silent witness of the happy memories we shared together...it was if not the best was one of the best that has ever happened to me. I was happy because WE are happy...i love each one of them :D but then good things never last, had to say bye temporarily, we graduated last week of April to face another hardship/bumship.
time to face the real thing, i mean the hiatus to the ultimate goal. i did my review for the physician licensure exam. i enrolled in the in-house review of PMGAI together with my other friends. but because of the time constraint, i opted to attend selectively to the review topics so i could manage to finish all my readings with strict adherence (ehem not really) to my planned schedule. i studied from 7am to 12 midnight. but it was not perfect, i have noon naps, merienda breaks, tv breaks, phone breaks etc etc. i started 2nd week of May, it was roughly 2 and a half months of serious study (tried to become serious) but what's priceless is the pressure, fear and anxiety i have felt during that time. had my exam last august 6, 7, 13, 14. the result was posted 17th of august. it was unforgettable. my laptop was tuned to the page of prc, been waiting for two days already. last check was around 4pm still no result. and so i told myself ill take a snack then a shower expecting that results might come out around midnight of the same day. just as i finished my merienda, i received a phone call from my dear friend hannah, telling me the result is out and i passed. i was shaking while opening the links, hit ctrl+F typed TABORA, WTF it highlighted my name, opened my fb page and shouted to the world "doktora na ako". I prayed, my tears are falling...I cant thank the Lord enough...until the following day to my disbelief, first thing when i woke up i opened my laptop and browsed into the PDF files ive downloaded from PRC to check, it's true...I AM NOW A LICENSED DOCTOR...
but cloud 9 was short-lived. a week after we realized we have to start producing the reqmts for residency...oh well...that's another side of the adventure though, tinatamad pa ako ikuwento hehehe. for now we're waiting for our upcoming oath taking to finally utter the Hippocratic oath...the much awaited moment of every medical student's life. there's still much in store i know and this is just the beginning :)
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