Hello, Pharma.

bago palang tayo nagkita, minahal na kita...

ngayon pa lang sasabihin ko na. mahalin mo rin ako. balita ko nga napakahirap mong mahalin pagka't napakataas daw ng iyong pride at blockbuster ka daw sa mortality last year. pero against all that, mamahalin kitang parang pagmamahal ni Vicky Belo kay Hayden (against all odds). Parang pagmamahal ko sa LOST at One Tree Hill at Survivor combined. Parang pagmamahal ni Jesus Christ sa sangkatauhan, (pero not to the point of death, syempre, pano ako magiging doctor kung patay na ako diba?)


Kakaenroll ko lang kanina... Lahat ng mga incoming second years lumabas ng Med building na may hawak na brown envelope. Akala ko kung anong raffle man yun or certificate ang binigay ("I passed Physio?"), yun pala... tadaaaaan! ang unang Buena Mano mo, ang appetizer mo, and 160 pesos mong panimula sa isang taong tiyak na magiging makulay... kulay dugo.

pagpasok ko ng Physio/Pharma department, sinalubong ako ni Mam Monet ng isang pagkalaki laking ngiti at sinabing, "karl! congrats! magpapharma ka na! o wag ka na dito dun ka na sa kabilang department"... , buong tapang kong tinawid ang kabilang ibayo ng department at tadaaaaan! ayan ang Diyosa ng Pharma...

*drumroll*

Dra. Llamas.

syemre nandun din si Handouts Goddess na si Mam Bee, at grabe ang ngiti niya sakin, "Ayan, magpapharma ka na!" sabay kumanta ako ng "Bakit ngayon ka lang"... nagtawanan silang dalawa... Si Dra Llamas, biglang sinabi, o, irreg nanaman, tama nang Physio nalang ha? ngayon pa lang mag-aral ka na. may quiz tayo sa first day. why not? first day of classes may exam.

"naku mam, may outing ata ako nun"

"icancel mo na. icancel mo ang lahat para sa pharma."

"oo nga po, pharma major ako ngayon eh. buti magaan dahil wla nang micro and others"

sabay tawa. tumatawa lang kaming tatlo hanggang paalis ako. at sabay isa pang hirit ng word of wisdom ni Dra Llamas sakin:

"Sige lang, tumawa ka muna ngayon" with a grin on her face

Time stopped. And her words echoed many times inside. a cold wind passed by, and outside, it started to rain again, and all i can hear were the hisses of paper coming out of mam bee's lair. we all know what she means. She's not trying to scare me, she's just stating the cold truth...

That Pharma is going to be Epic. I've been warned by every Medical student who've been through it, some will be taking it again, some said goobye to UST Med just because of it. Even the gods of med said it's hard. Even the Residents say it's hard. Even the professors say it's hard. Maybe even God would say it is hard?

This is it. The battle of drugs, antibiotics, narcotics, analgesics, NSAIDS.
The battle of endless monday nights, of eternal thursday nights,
of prayers
and of faith,
and of willpower.

Hello to the Love of my Life
Hello, Pharmacology.

Let's do this.

(for non-med peeps, Pharma is believed to be the Hardest subject in UST Med. Has the worst mortality rate, even worse than Revalida.)