Thursday
We started our day by having breakfast at McDo before leaving for UPCM ( Uni Of Philippines College of Medicine) . We were divided into groups to carry out the activity in the morning. I was paired up with Valerie . Since our facilitator wasn't free at the moment , we joined the 2nd years in their lecture slot for half an hour . It was on Immunology , some creepy stuff i learnt and studied 8 months ago. So it was somehow like a recap on what i did during my 1st year =) I liked the lecture , perhaps due to the new environment. The lecture was conducted it in english anyway . A glance of the lecture hall made me recall my campus back in Malaysia how privileged we are . Being the top university in the Philippines , the lecture hall is rather small with a capacity of around 170 seats. The good thing being in such a small hall is that all the students seat nearer to each other which will foster better ties among classmates. They are a cheerful lot than we are as they are close to their pals. In my hall , we sit in groups scattered among the 700 capacity hall
The lecture was wonderful and i was so happy to be given the chance to be in the class with them. If i had a choice , i would want to be transferred there and study with them XD . Sadly , we had to leave at 9am as Karlo , my facilitator for the day , was bound to bring us around the PGH for the morning slot. He is a UPCM 3rd year medical student. We chatted a lot about our differences and similarities. I enjoyed the dialogues between us , especially when we were discussing about the medical curriculum and the health care system in our respective countries. He was posted to the pediaritics ward. I joined his group mates in carrying out the ROR session with the children.
ROR , or reach out and read , is a program to instill reading awareness among the children with the help of the medical students as well as personnel . More info can be found at its website. Basically the medical students will use an empty space to carry out this activity . Through this activity the children , mostly <5 years old will not have to endure the waiting in the confines of the hot and noisy hospital condition . Basically the children will sit on a mat while the students read out the short stories and communicate with them.
Went to Chowking in Robbinsons for lunch , which was so packed with people. The crowd during lunch hour in the mall was damn huge and everywhere was so congested ! Medical students as well as students from other colleges can be seen here and there as we negotiate our way pass the crowd , especially in the franchises.
This photo was taken at the 1st row of the hall . The medical students are required to put on their special uniform specially assigned for them . ( To avoid confusion when they enter PGH )
We continued our day by attending lectures with the 2nd years from 1pm to around 4pm. 3 hours passed so fast even without a feeling of boredom. I just think its the new environment that makes me more alert and attentive in lectures. The longest stretch of lectures i had was only 2 hours. The topic was about hypersensitivity and autoimmune diseases. Took down some interesting notes which were delivered by the lecturer. We even had a group photo with their lecturer.
Took a look at their dissection hall before moving on to the Mall Of Asia , purportedly the largest mall in the Asia Pacific Region . We played 'water balls' 1st before doing some shopping (that's what we liked the most =P )in a souvenir shop . The water ball game was very tiring and due to the limited oxygen content in the ball , it's really hard to breathe and I also felt a little dizzy . Respiratory acidosis ? haha....The mall of asia was very grand and big but we didn't get to tour the whole mall due to time constrains ( and since we used around 1 hour just for shopping....) . The malls in the Philippines were all so nice and cosy that i just felt like going there again just to hang out in their malls XD Seriously we didn't really tour around any of the malls since we were more interested in buying souvenirs and gifts.hehe... But that's satisfying enough ~ Dinner was in yellow cab , a pizza franchise . Reached our hotel by 11pm , ready for a good nights sleep !
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