Getting Personal
13 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
Enzyme
07 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
Enzyme speeds up a reaction.
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Enzyme acts as a catalyst, hastening the rate and velocity of the reactions without being used up in the process.
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I need a catalyst in my life right now. I think I work so slow, I understand so slow, I study in a slow manner that I always have to cram because of little time left. I guess time passes by so fast and I tend to be easily distracted with so many stuff that I fail to use 100% of my time just studying.
I read so slow when it comes to medical books, not forgetting that it’s not just about reading for the sake of reading, but understanding as well. I need to step up my performance. Why can’t I just understand faster like when I read novel books?
Maybe I just need to focus and focus and focus, forget anything else? Nah, can’t do. I still need to eat and to breathe and to chill and to relax and to rest. But still, I need to double-time because time can’t get longer than how it is.
Reminds me by the way, I need to go back to studying.
Enzyme-locked down.
Performance speed….hopefully increasing.
Fatigue
29 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
Muscle fatigue is a result of prolonged contraction with repetitive stimulation.
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When muscle continually contracts, without giving it time to relax, it will tire out. Muscle cells fail to be excited despite presence of stimulus. In prolonged contraction, the cell proceeds again and again with depolarization phase, the resting membrane potential not returning to normal. But such a time comes, being depolarized already to an extent, the cell can’t be stimulated anymore. This results to muscle cells failing to contract since no action potential is traveling to initiate opening of calcium channels, releasing calcium to trigger contraction.
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Exhaustion.
Failure to be normally active.
The state of being tired.
In need of replenishment.
In need of rest.
When our bodies do not rest, the tension of work from whatever sources (studying, working, playing), accumulate and leads to stress.
This stress influences our actions, deviating from being efficient to a slow progress.
In medical school, rest can be fitted to few hours of sleep in the evening and minutes of power nap in the late afternoon after a day’s classes. This is more extensive when it comes to the real world of being a medical professional. You can’t go have leisure time of sleeping comfortably longer on the bed. Time is hectic, time becomes restrained for you. Every minute is relevant to your entire performance. Whether you use your time to rest or to study, it’s up to you. Here is where BALANCE comes in. Time management, good study habits, well-arranged schedule will likely help you find that balance, a time to rest and a time to do the work. You can prevent yourself from succumbing to FATIGUE. Because when you fall to its trap, it spoils your health and your performance in life.
Take a breath. Relax. Balance.
And don’t forget, REST.
Threshold
25 Jun 2010 1 Comment
in Medical Terms Tags: first year, medterms
If there’s enough voltage and the threshold is reached, action potential will be elicited.
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You need a certain level of concentration or amount to achieve bigger results. In the case of a cell, it can only proceed to send nerve impulses when action potential is produced. Action potential is an all-or-nothing principle. If there is not enough voltage to reach the threshold value, it won’t occur.
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Entering a medical school, it’s not enough. If you don’t strive hard and squish out all those intelligent juices in your brain, you’ll not reach the threshold. The threshold signifies the passing rate, and not just a simple passing condition, but being an efficient medical student. It’s not just doing what you normally do, but extending more of what you can do.
I am not a registered doctor nor a medical graduate, not yet as of now.
But, I am here to invite you, in my sequestered ride into the wide-spanned world of medicine.
Come with me as I wake up earlier than my wake up call, increase tension in my muscles by carrying heavy books, exercise my neurons with the tons of diagrams, illustrations and visual models to remember and even memorize, train my physique with hurried lunches and limited time to relax….and engage myself in lasting friendships with my colleagues.
Will I exceed the threshold or just reach enough?
of first year in med
23 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
in career, doctor, life, medicine, thoughts
It was fun and toxic at the same time.
FUN, because I get to spend time with cozy people and the section I got to be included in are all nice people.
I mean, they’re approachable despite that most of them are really “geniuses in their own rights”, they are still “approachable”.
TOXIC, because it’s not as light as undergraduate studies…you are responsible of whatever’s discussed and NOT discussed.
No more distinct spoon-feeding, well, aside from few of the professors, but mainly, you have to be always prepared for the worst.
Thankfully, I have good background of the subjects I am taking now, from my BS Biology days, esp. from my Major subjects.
Well, honestly, I can go with the flow but I am not THAT fast to explain stuff, unlike my other classmates (mostly guys).
Yung tipong pagtanong mo, kaya nilang mabigyan kaagad ng sagot.
It makes me feel inferior or somewhat stupid, in a sense.
But I still strive to know what they know, to know more than what they know, or to know more together with them.
I’m not up fo a competition, I’m in the medschool to learn and to be a good doctor for the sake of my future patients.
I don’t want to be pressured just because I should not “taint” my family’s name.
I will study well for my future, for my chosen career and for the big dreams I only dreamt childishly before.
Day 2-4 of Project 365
27 May 2010 Leave a Comment
in brother, food, project 365
Late posts. Oh well.
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Day 2 – Jolie and me, Happy Together
An unexpected friend, someone like me who talks a lot, laughs a lot, crazy enough to talk to me. She’s the daughter of my dad’s distant cousin who is helping me with my medschool problems. She is really nice, a 12-year old who is very curious and mature at the same time. We actually played in SM Manila’s amusement parks the entire afternoon last Tuesday.
Day 3 – Buns, buns, buns
My mom put up this food sale at home, aside from our regular sari-sari store. We sell burger and hotdog sandwiches, fruit shakes, kikiam, fishball and french fries. It’s a reminder that summer has been filled with these kind of food every afternoon.
Day 4 – Kapatid
It’s a snapshot of my brother overlooking the field in PLM (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila). He accompanied me there for my interview because I’m not a confident girl when it comes to traveling, esp. to Manila. He seemed “enticed” with the environment, muttering how he would want to study there.
DAY 1 – The Drawing of a Girl
24 May 2010 Leave a Comment
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I love to doodle.
I love to just draw anything that comes to mind especially when I get hold of any paper and writing material.
And this, is the product of my “artistic” side when I was lounging inside my father’s office.
Honestly, my dad’s laughing at me and what I’m doing because he’s not mocking me, but amused at his 21-year old daughter, drawing something like this.
Oh yes.
I know it’s childish, but who cares.
I’m all-smiles when I finally finished this one.
It’s actually whole body, minus the shoes of the girl, but I decided to take a shot of the upper half instead.
This is what I can do, I can draw somewhat a girl.
I know I’m not the very gifted artist like other people out there, but I still can draw.
I’m happy with that.
Day 1 of Project 365 – May 24, 2010
PROJECT 365
24 May 2010 Leave a Comment
I decided to start off with this interesting project, a journal of captured moments each day of my life, for a year.
It’s not for mere entertainment, but for the essence of putting up this collection which will reflect back everything that happened to me for a year.
I chose to publish this photo here in my personal blog and in my tumblr blog.
Life is full of treasured memories.
I want to look back and see evidences of these moments I had in my life.
What better way is by making use of my handy camera and take that special shot.
^_^
of June and Raph
22 May 2010 Leave a Comment
I don’t know them personally.
Yet, they seem to be part of the missing pieces in my life.
Cheesy much, but seriously, I’m really happy I’ve been fated to meet them.
Although we happened to be online buddies, contented for now in chatting, I’m always excited to see them online.
They make me smile, laugh and just treat me as if they’ve also known me for so long.
They’re the kind of people I missed growing up with, the friends I wanted to be with.
It’ a fair chance that I met them separately but I never thought they are actually connected (their hearts are).
June.
She’s witty, funny and pretty.
She has this strong personality despite the very being she has grown up with.
She inspires me to live, to feel contented, to feel blessed.
I love her, completely and no, I’m no lesbian or else Raph is the one strangling me.
Haha.
Raph.
He’s the horny little Frenchie who is my pseud0 big brother, I wish he’s the real one.
He’s nice, sings good (I’ve seen his youtube performance), very sweet and French.
Oh, did I forget he’s an ultimate Frenchie hunk?
Yes, he is.
June is one lucky bitch. (giggles)
Okay.
I’m just saying I am blessed I have them now in my life, though not in physical aspect.
They made me feel less alone.
And with that, meeting them is a gift I won’t trade with anyone else.
If I get to travel the world in the distant future, I’ll make sure to meet them, hug them and show them the happiness they’ve evoke in me.
I love you June and Raph.
This is my crappy but cheesy, oh and heartfelt tribute letter to the both of you.
And no, the two are alive and kicking.
