#studymedisina

august 23, 2023

if there’s something positive about attending face to face lectures from 7am to 6pm, it’s seeing the architecture of the campus as the sun slowly starts to set- unless you’re rushing home for dinner and another couple of hours of studying.

honestly? thank goodness for the barbie (2023) soundtrack for keeping me sane tonight.

My practical went better than expected considering it was my first one! Now I'm completing my assignments that never seems to get done!

august 12, 2023

this is your friendly reminder: rest is also productive, no matter what hustle culture tries to tell us

before i get back into the bad habit of overworking myself to the point of burnout (and the subsequent mental crash), i decided to treat this saturday as a “chill day.” went swimming in the morning to unwind and to sneak in some cardio, before taking a nap in the afternoon and cracking open a book.

i did cheat a tiny bit by reading up on pituitary tumors, but by dinner time, i’d abandoned that endeavor and started a new docuseries on netflix.

That's the celebration cake of one of my favourite teachers’ birthday, I wish I was there *cries*. On a better note — Chandrayaan3 reached the southern extremity of the moon! How are we feeling India?

august 24, 2023

another day of physical classes, another night of studying for tomorrow’s exams. sat through another endocrinology exam and a four and a half hour lecture the entire morning, followed by case discussions the entire afternoon. walked home and snapped a few pics, before spending the rest of the night on emphasizing revised notes and answering past tests for active recall.

definitely a tiring day, but the weekend is a-coming, so it’s something to look forward to. in the meantime, have some tree appreciation (a-tree-ciation? appre-tree-iation?) photos.

august 17, 2023

studying harrison’s internal medicine definitely paid off in my pituitary exam, especially when it came to the diagnostic protocol and management of the different tumors- though i did skip a few steps, i still ended up getting an 85%, which i’ll consider as a win 🎉

listened in on my lectures for the rest of the morning and afternoon, with a few sgds peppered in between- before i took a well-deserved nap at 5pm. studied a little bit more after dinner, before reorganizing my notion page based on our upcoming schedule

august 8, 2023

one day before classes formally begin, and we’re slowly getting back into the grind. went to the gym for a quick bit, picked up a book on cholera and got a few pages in, before checking on all my emails and schedule for tomorrow’s classes.

november 14, 2022;; 4:10pm

unedited photos taken on my way home from classes, there’s just something magical about neo-renaissance architecture in the afternoon glow.

today, we learned how to use the 2d echo with doppler tests on real patients + interpret what we were seeing. there’s certainly an art to it; our professor kept telling me that my touch was “too light” and that i had to press a bit harder, but otherwise, it was good practice.

not pictured: a sorbetero selling pandesal ice cream sandwiches nearby, would definitely recommend as a pick-me-up.