this week was so revolutionary i hardly know where to begin.

my first starbucks! believe it or not, i am a med student yet to experience the wallet-crunching thrill of buying my own drink from the above-named cafe sans social phenomenon. we've studied there before, i've tasted it quite a lot, but it's always on someone else's expense. it's almost like a vow of chastity in a way, never to spend my money on something i know isn't worth it. but worry not, no vow was broken this week, thanks to a generous (gullible) soul named joey who actually had the heart and spare cash to treat me to my first overpriced coffee ever. a caramel macchiato (spellcheck please) never tastes as good as it does when it's free. it might actually be the only time ever that i get my own serving, so the cup has become a trophy, of sorts.

my first med exam! membrane potentials and synapses i can handle (mostly thanks to the *goodtimes* with 2010 lol) but the anatomy part was hell in every gyrus, fissure, commissure, and all other identifiable parts of the brain out there. considering that this was probably the most i've ever prepared for an exam before (imagine, almost a week before the day, we've already been hitting the books!), the effort showed a bit, but next time, i know where to focus my concentration efforts on. it'll be such a relief to find out my score on this one. that'll be a momentous occasion as well.

my first time to go jogging by myself! actually, twice already, once on monday and once on wednesday. kiki was too pooped from studying (yes, studying!) to accompany me on monday, so i resolved to try going by myself. on monday, i ended up the same place we did last friday, catching a few minutes of aerobics at the ccp (no one must ever see me there ever!) but on wednesday, i just continued the jogging routine and i jogged... drumroll please... from roxas-remedios to the ccp and back! all in one straight leg-burning run! it's probably not that impressive for long-time fitness freaks, but it was definitely a milestone for me. too bad i wasn't able to go jogging anytime later after that though, you'll soon know why.

my first medrhythmics practice session! finally! i have to say, rhythmics was a blast. the conditioning exercises at the start were already worth it if just for my wellness plan, but getting free dance lessons as well was a bargain! and it's not so bad that i'm a newbie at this, or that i started quite late in the practices. there were plenty of other 2011 people who were also just *trying it out* so i'm not so alone in that aspect, and drew has already promised to teach me the choreo i missed. the only possible downside is that four days after, my thighs and abs are still feeling the burn whenever i bend over or walk up some steps. the pain got bad enough that i couldn't bring myself to jog yesterday. but what the heck, no pain no gain right?

my first clinical subject! derma is a total blast. not only are we dealing with actual medical terminologies and human conditions, but the residents are hot too. *wink wink* for the last few days, we've been stuffing our brains with all the clinically-acceptable terms we could gather, and diagnosing rashes and pimples as "multiple, round, well-defined, hyperpigmented pustules on an erythymatous background locally distributed on the forehead and cheeks". imagine, the oh-so-specific description has to be made in one mega-run-on sentence? and we're expected to do this by ourselves on the practical exam next week! oh well, if there's anything to be said about the diagnosing, it's making us feel more doctor-like than ever.

my first uniform day! since the thrill of wearing white is too much to describe with words, better let pictures do the talking. and if you know imed, if you know 2011, then you'd know there're tons of pics to do the talking for me. click on the pics for larger versions.



first, sa classroom muna


where's carlos?!


mukhang commercial ng toothpaste ano?


imed classic #1: jumping pic


imed classic #2: half-smiles


imed classic #3: todo emote


imed classic #4: dugtungan!


imed classic #5: stair pic!


imed classic #6: fish face!!!


habang nagttrabaho for formations volcorps (take note: ako lang ung nagttrabaho)


isa pang take note: ginabihan na kami sa kakapics. lol.