Category: The Filipino Vet Student

Hey guys, My goodness it’s been a long time since I’ve updated, but I have to tell you that the last two months has been a whirlwind. I keep meaning to post in here but the thing is that I never really felt like it. I just had too much to do. I don’t actually feel like writing much now, but I’ll try. I spent the holidays with my family. I flew into NYC around the 21st right before a…

The week has been going by as a blur and classes have finally started. I also came down with a cold this Monday and have slowly been recovering since. Today is Thursday and I’m feeling lot better which is great but due to my sickness I haven’t really been able to blog. I haven’t had much strength to do anything this past week and just going to classes was a little difficult because I was coughing and throwing up phlegm…

So I embark on my 3rd semester here at the University of the Philippines: Los Banos. After registration that I completed last Friday, I patiently waited for school to start on Monday. During my last moments of freedom, I mostly spent my time watching old movies that I had downloaded, but never finished watching and cartoons. It was a nice. ^_^ Monday was the start of class and things went pretty smoothly. I say that, because 2 of the 4…

How’s that for alliteration, huh? The title has probably already tipped you off to what I did today. Today I went and visited a bunch of malls in Manila with Rosebelle because we wanted to chill out and relax and also because we had to pick up her cat. (She had left it at her aunt’s house in Manila before our semester break started). First stop after a not-so-great bus ride and also a short train ride was the Glorietta…

So yesterday was Monday here in Los Banos. The college was not open because it was the day they recognized All Souls Day (which takes place the day after Halloween), so there was not much to do. I woke up, did my morning routine and then by early afternoon I said to myself, “I need to do something! I’m bored.” I called my friend Jae up and said, “Let’s barbeque!” and he immediately told me, “Why not?” And that was…

Ahhh, so another horrendous week over! I took my last Parasitology test for the semester. It went alright… I won’t say anything until I get the final results back. We had to take our test today starting 7:30 in the morning due to a scheduled power outage at the college that would start around 9:00am. I’ve been studying all week and even though I knew I had to get some sleep I only managed to go to bed at 1am…

So… semester break is here. And I’m not sure if I can celebrate yet… haha. So I’ve passed all my classes so far… but still waiting for Parasitology results. They will be coming soon, but then again I will check on that tomorrow. I spent the weekend in Manila and I just came home this afternoon. James took me down to his cousin’s place in Manila and we had a fun time hanging around Festival mall in Alabang, going to…

After a semester-long uphill battle against Immunology I never thought I would make it this far. And after some pretty horrible and crappy tests that were given towards the end of the semester in Pharmacology (a class I was initially doing very well in) I was having doubts about being exempt from the finals. But guess what? I did it. I passed Immunology and Pharmacology. After visiting the college today I was pretty happy and sighed a breath of relief…

I’m sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. I’ve been really busy with school and since it’s the end of the semester I’ve been in the middle of dealing with finals and such. Yesterday I took my Immunology final. I really hope that I did well enough to pass the class. It was a straightforward final and I’m hoping that my answers were what my professor was looking for. I was able to answer all of the questions on the test…

I got my final grade in Pathology today and I passed the final lab exam. And I ended up in the toppers list for the lab! Isn’t that great? What isn’t great is that I now have to study for a Pharmacology laboratory exam tomorrow that encompasses pretty much half of the semester. What bugs me is that some of the material we went over wasn’t covered in our labs, it was covered during our lecture. Which doesn’t make sense…

A lot’s been going on these past few days. Lots of tests and projects to complete. And while I’m tired I have to keep going. But then today I got a message from my brother. My mom’s in the hospital. I won’t go into details, but she’s stable at the moment. And this had to happen right when I’m in the midst of my busiest weeks of school. Not looking forward to the coming weeks if things continue going the…

Hey guys, Whew what a week. Just finished a day with two exams, one in Pharmacology and another in Ruminant Production. I’m really drained right now from all the studying, but the week isn’t over yet. I still have to go over my group’s Parasitology report and also a Pathology lab exam this coming Friday. The semester is ending in about two weeks and while I’m excited that it’s almost over, I’m really tired right now. All of the studying…