NMAT’s over. And no, I won’t be writing any more emo posts. I would also not post any questions from the exam per contract between the Center for Education Management and the examinee (Ahem). They, however, have nothing against saying what the test was like. IMO, Part I should have been scheduled to be finished [...]
So it’s judgment day tomorrow. I’ll be taking the NMAT in Cagayan de Oro City, which is about an hour and thirty minutes from my home. It’ll start in about 8am, and I’ll have to be there a few hours before the exam. Thus I must cease blogging and go to sleep.
I’m having exam jitters. The National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) will be held this Sunday. I can’t say I’m not prepared. I have high hopes that I’ll be above average, but I’m not sure if I get to belong to the coveted highest percentile. It’s not that I want to prove myself. I don’t need [...]
I decided to be sick today. I wanted the fever to run its course. I wanted it to stimulate and augment my defenses. If all went well, the fever would stimulate my leukocytes (white blood cells) to destroy the invaders. It would also reduce the level of free iron in my blood* so as to [...]
“You’re the guy fro UP who went here last year, right?” she said after several lines of conversation. “Yes,” I answered. “I’m sorry. I have a bad memory.” “Oh that’s alright,” I said with a deprecating smile. It’s one of the strategies I use so that I won’t be stereotyped under the arrogant UP image. [...]
In an unbelievable event that would shock ordinary Filipinos, scientists have discovered a way to turn light skinned people dark. Scientists recognize that fair skinned people have a damaged metabolic pathway that prevents them from producing melanin, the pigment that protects us from the sun. A study led by Dr. David E. Fisher, director of [...]
It’s sampiring, not sapiring, not iras.* If you have no idea what I’m talking about then you must not be Bisaya (Cebuano) or Ilonggo. Sampiring, take not of the the “m”, is my city’s word for the critter above. Sapiring is used by those who live to the South and West of us. We are [...]
I’ll be donating blood again. Doctors and Medical Technologists would see that it’s properly done. They’re going to bleed me 450 cc of life giving liquid. They’re going to explain that it’s going to help my body, that it has a cleansing effect. They’re going to get me to answer questionnaires and sign waivers for [...]
I’ve always wondered why God did not see fit to give us complete control over our body functions. While we can think, move, and act voluntarily; we do not have a say on the regulation of thyroxine hormones, production of Adenosine Triphosphate, and management of beta-oxidation among other things. In fact, even breathing is not [...]
You know that you have too much info about anatomy and physiology when you burn your hand, and the first thing you think about as you say,”Ouch,” is: “That will be a partial thickness burn,” then you continue, “I hope it’s only first degree.” And true to your prediction, no blister forms. It was only [...]
