Saturday, August 27, 2005

Thanks to NAO, I was forced to look back and reminisce on what I was, what I had become and what I will be. Read on...


20 years ago

From our annual summer visit to my father, I was introduced to the new environment which I now call home. Even though I was the class probinsyana that year, I showed them that I can be one of the best - I finished the year as one of the top students of my class.


15 years ago

I was a high school senior deciding if I really wanted to go into medicine. That early, I had already "contingency plans" ... I will take up Medical Technology because people said it is the best preparatory course for Medicine proper but if I decide not to continue to Medicine, I will still be working in a hospital along side doctors.


10 years ago

A struggling first year Medical student who got swamped with lots of books and photocopied notes hence became a permanent fixture of the school library especially
during examintations.


5 years ago

I passed my Medical Board Exams (after vacationing in Guam... hehehe!) but didn't go into residency immediately; instead, I worked at doctorGeorge.com


3 years ago

I was a second year Pediatric resident and became Pediatric interns' monitor for several months. My life was a routine - hospital- house to sleep & have a change of clothes - hospital. Broke up with bf but I don't want to talk about it anymore. ;-)


Last year

This time last year, i was chief resident of the Department of Pediatrics of our hospital and was caught in the middle of hospital politics.


This year

I started my practice early this year. I have said time and again that starting your practice is not easy but God has been so good to me. And although it will still be years till long lines could be seen in my clinics, I will be very patient because I know that God does provide.


Yesterday

We brought home my sister-in-law and her baby from the hospital hence I am now the nurse/doctor/tita rolled into one.


Last night

Bloghopped after injecting antibiotics to my niece. I opened my email inbox too and i received a whooping 105 emails (don't even know where to start reading).


Today

Clinic.... sleep.... babysit.... sleep.... sleep....


Tomorrow

I will be going to church in the morning then probably to the mall to buy gifts for the doctors who attended my niece's birth (they didn't ask for any professional fee hence the gift of appreciation). And then in the afternoon, I am expecting a 2 year old boy at the hospital for an operation on Monday so I will be going there to see him.


Next year

I am still thinking if I really want to go into subspecialty training because that would mean another 2 to 3 years of hospital duties.


Five - ten years from now

If things go well and with God's grace, by that time, my practice would have been well established with a growing business on the side. And... I would be getting ready for a trip to Europe. :-D