Tomorrow’s Graduation

… and I’m freakin’ excited!

I have a lot to think about, but tomorrow’s the ceremony!  I actually have to go in a little bit to help out and set up the graduation stage tomorrow (it’s currently a quarter to 11pm right now and all the Seniors have to come together to put the stage together).

My family from Antipolo is here and also my aunt, uncle and cousin from California.  Actually, my cousin will be coming with me in a bit to help me out with the preparations so it will be cool.

Just wanted to post an update.  Tomorrow morning will be the graduation ceremony for just the College of Veterinary Medicine, but then later on the university wide graduation at the University of the Philippines Los Banos will happen.  It’s a whole day affair, but I’m excited!

The UPLB CVM Graduation Tarp!

Photo: I leave you with the graduation tarp that I designed for the ceremony.  IT’S HUGE!

Almost A Graduate!

Hi blog readers!

Gosh, I really have been absent from the blogosphere for awhile… I have to apologize for that, but I’ve had a pretty busy couple of months.  A previous WordPress update pretty much left my entire blog in pieces and I didn’t really have time to try and alter and fix it until now.  A few months later after the crash I finally have some time to actually do that.

Now this is a previous layout that I’ve created which I’ve used before, but it seems pretty simple and easy to work with.  I think I’ll keep this style of blog for now, but I definitely have to fix the background and such.  Until then this layout seems pretty good. :)

I hope that all of you are doing well.  I’ve gone through a lot in the past few months (some events bad, but mostly good) and I am a stronger person for it.  Maybe I’ll go into detail about it later, but for now, just know that I am enjoying my time now with some new people and that I am just about 6 days until graduation.

I’m quite excited to say the least about my upcoming graduation.  Graduation here in the Philippines is long and there is a particular veterinary ceremony in the morning and then another university-wide one in the afternoon.  My father will be flying in from NYC to see the graduation.

I have the pleasure of graduating from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos’ College of Veterinary Medicine.  Through the four years I’ve been a student at UPLB I suffered some hardship with classes, relationships, and other things, but I think I’ve grown a lot.  Being here has been a blessing of some sort, and honestly it will be hard for me to leave here.

After graduating, I plan to finally move back to NYC and start my board exam studying.  I’ll be taking the AVMA approved method of applying for a veterinary license which consists of a written and practical examination, so wish me luck.

All in all, I just want to say that I am happy with things now and will be even happier when I finally get to throw my mortarboard up in the air.  With the DVM degree in my hands I can finally start on living my dream.

I’ll update you all in the coming days, but probably after Saturday which is my grad day.

Take care peeps!

Almost Dr. Jonathan Perez~!

Senior Year…

Mandu and kampungi... delish!

Whoa, I feel really bad for not being on my blog for the last couple of months. For that, I have to apologize… especially since this is my final year, there should be no excuse for me not documenting it!

So here’s the deal people: I’m finally a 4th year student. Been through many ups and downs, but here I am, in the final ( ::knocks on wood:: ) year that I’ll be at the University of the Philippines Los Banos.

I’m a Senior Clinician, which means that I go through rotations, just like any other student in clinics, except that this time, I’m one of the people teaching the Junior Clinicians and guiding them to become better at what they do. To me, that was a little daunting at first. I mean, when I was a Junior Clinician, I didn’t really know what I was doing then too and I had to practice and go through many trials and errors before I started getting confident in all the procedures and diagnoses that I was giving out. Of course, back then these were all checked by a supervising vet. Even though now as Seniors we still have to get everything we do checked, it seems like the resident vets at the hospital at both Los Banos and Diliman trust us a lot more. That means that whenever we diagnose something, we are pretty sure we are correct. Of course there’s the odd case where we don’t really know (but then again, usually the resident vets are sometimes unsure themselves), but for the most part we’re pretty keen on what’s going on.

I feel proud to have gotten this far. It’s been a rough journey, but I’m hoping that things will pull through.

And thus begins my final year in vet school. It might not have been the easiest ride to get through, but I’m sure finishing it will be the sweetest thing in the world.

Wish me luck guys. :)