January 2010
34 posts
Group of Death?
This year’s APMC football tournament brackets were announced today, and the road to a fifth consecutive APMC football championship for UPCM will go through FEU, UST and La Salle on Day 1. If the performances of these teams from last year is any indication, making it through to Championship Sunday will not be easy. But, reinforced by the arrival of Joey (2014) and Anthony (2012) our team...
The Best Preceptor
I think I’d be a more knowledgeable med student if I spent all the assigned SGD/preceptorial time built into our curriculum talking with my dad instead. The man is a monster of medical knowledge, he almost never gets caught out with nothing to say whenever I have questions. More than that, the way my dad can connect the dots—correlating patient symptoms with lab results with imaging...
Trifecta Triple
It wasn’t as impressive as the first meeting earlier this year, but tonight’s 2012 3-0 futsal victory over 2013 was highlighted by three goals scored by Lucero, Gonzales and myself (a trio named by Mike and Nino as the “Trifecta”). Our finishing lacked precision at times, but our attack was balanced and the passes we made were smart for the most part, which is just as...
“Cure sometimes, relieve often, comfort always…that’s really all that...”
– The ever-wise Bea Concepcion, answering my January 10 post entitled, “How Do You Win a Lost Battle?”
How Do You Win A Lost Battle?
Before I get to the point of this post, I should explain that I’m not a big fan of moral victories. Finding the silver lining in not hitting the target or not attaining your goal is a hollow and often irritating consolation prize, like getting a warm handshake instead of a kiss goodnight from the girl of your dreams. Everyone learns as they grow up that winning all the time is impossible,...
