June 27th, 2009

Ahh, it's been 2 weeks since classes started. And I must say those 2 weeks had taught me a lot of things. 

On Studying

I passed my Pre-med course without studying much at all. Really, even when there's a major exam coming up i'd still play Online games until morning. Then i'd just cram all my notes (handouts) in my head in the jeepney on my way to school. That was unhealthy, yes, but at least it got me this far.

But try doing that in Med? Tsk tsk. You're gonna get burned. 

Studying in FEU turned my study habit upside down, as in totally overhauled. But i think it's a good change, since Med is really hard. I now study for at least 2 hours every night without forcing myself to and even without the motivation of an upcoming exam for the next day. I'm actually proud of myself. And for the record, i haven't stayed for more than an hour for a day in front of my beloved PC. *beams* I guess it's time to get really serious about things, huh? :D

Medicine is a whole new battleground now, and i will do my veeeeryyyy best (more emphasis to the very LOL) just to make it out the war alive. The competition will be tough, since almost half of my classmates are either from UP or graduated cumm laude, but I won't be defeated so easily. Aba, i graduated cumm lande no, so there. Try and me beat me at that, lol.

Newfound friends

Actually, i'm quite popular in my class. Almost all of my classmates know my name. o_O Probably because my name is Golda (which strikes the not-so-funny bones of the geek squad) or because i'm an RMT. Medicine and Medical Technology overlap on some aspects and people think i know everything.... which is soooo not true. I'm as new to Med as a newly blossomed flower on the first day of spring. I don't like to be presented with the 'expectation' card, please. :/

So anyways, i found new (and old) friends to hang out with. We're a bunch of four now. The two of them are from UP and the other one used to be my underclassling back on MCU. They're pretty fun to be with and they help boost (although indirectly) my study drive. The UP girls study hard (as in hardcore-paper burning-zit sprouting-hard.) and the MCU guy kinda looks up to me, so it's safe to say that they're part of the force that compels me to study hard as well. It's only been 2 weeks, but i know this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Books and every other financially concerned thingy/ies.

Graah, they're so effin' expensive! Just the study manuals costs at least 600 php each when it looks almost the same as my MCU manuals which only costed me 200-300. Not to mention the essential textbooks which costs about 2000+++ each. So when they said that studying Med is gonna be an expensive affair, they weren't exaggerating at all. v_v

Photocopies are basically the life essence of students, but when they cost 2 pesos a page... it actually kills us. Well, me at least.

Eating lunch always costs me more than 100 now compared to the 40-50 php combos we used to have on our school canteen in MCU. FEU has no canteen. And it bothers me to no end that i'll have to eat at the FCM mall everyday for 4 years. I miss the dear old carinderias sa likod ng MCU.

Foren-gers.

We have 4 of them in our class alone, and i think we have about 20+ (or more?) foreigners studying with us in FEU. One of them is my seatmate. After 2 whole hours of sitting beside him in microHSB lab, i realized one thing. I can't understand american slang. But i'm starting to get used to it. Well, i need to get used to it. He'll be my seatmate for the rest of my stay in FEU so God help me. Hahaha. Nosebleed galore!

But aside from the fact that he can't get rid of his slang even if his life depended on it, he's actually very nice. And handsome (wahahah) to boot. He really tries his best to make me feel comfortable with him and compliments me on almost everything i do. Just imagine my heart already deflated and dying from all the heartfart i make when i'm with him. LOL. :D

Examinations

Shifting exams are cruel. Not only that they're hard, but also takes place during lunch time. How can they teach us all about Physiology when they're violating our physiological needs? :O

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Yup yup. It's only been 2 weeks. Something tells me i'm going to have loads of fun in the future. 

I'm looking forward to it. :D