Once upon a time in Cebu, I tried taking up a medical related course.
I took one year of Physical Therapy and knew for sure that I could not last another year hunched over preserved life forms (like frogs and cats and then the human cadaver if I had stayed on with the course) with the smell of formalin haunting my frail existence after stepping out of the laboratory. It was just a year really but it was a pretty memorable year to me. Perhaps it was because I was living away from home. It was my first year of well, a kind of independence (not full independence since my parents and my sister spent for my studies and lodging). And I would say memorable because I had such cool friends, classmates in Cebu Doctors’ College (now Cebu Doctors’ University). They are still stuck in my memory – together with their laughter, jokes, songs. Who says college life, college classmates can be easily forgotten?
As the digital camera was not yet a craze in the ’90s, we had so limited shots. Below is one shot thankfully taken by our good friend and classmate, Aser 🙂
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Oh i can relate, Del. I also spent a year taking up BS Biology and i feel so sick when early morning at 6 am we have our zoo laboratory and we face the strong smelling formalin while disecting a frog. Grrr that was not nice but memories with friends in that department was also unforgetable.
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yay, like you I remember I was paralyzing a live frog and I am crying while doing it because it just stared at me as if begging mercy. but i have to do it. i can’t stand if it’s a cat or more … sensya na sa late visit sis.
Oh, men! I can’t nga kahit ihi ng aso as in it makes me throw up, yung formalin pa kaya or dead bodies. Aray ko!
Anyway, visiting from Wednesday Whites.
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Nita
😀 BS bio grad ako at bago at nainlab na ako sa mga laboratories sa sobrang dami:) from frog to cadaver:)
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Awww…sus, mao jud wa ko mikuha ug any medical course kay di nako ma endure ang motapad or mo tindog tapad sa cadaver waaaaaaaaaaaa… bahala ka uroy diha hehe. I love your old photo Adin. Visiting anyway from WW.
waaaaa sorry Del kay na Adin taka…
Sweet and fun memories:)
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awww! y’all look so happy Sis 🙂 what a happy memories to cherish forever 🙂 Visiting from Wednesday Whites, hope that you can return a white visit too.
A good memory from your college life. I always love to be a nurse/doctor pero d nko kaya mg examen og mga kalawasan sa tao og uban pa hehe..Anyway, late visit from WW hope you can visit back thanks.
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awww! young and innocent smiling ladies, great friends you have Sis 🙂 miss that brown mat on the wall 🙂 Visiting from Thursday Brownies, hope that you can return a brown visit too.
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wow, everyone’s happy and with a big smile! must be fun. makes me miss my college friends and classmates, thanks to fb…we’re connected always and i make sure to see some everytime we’re in manila. 🙂 visiting from Thursday Brownies, hope to see you around. thanks and have a great week. 🙂