Back in Manila: pre-residency, social rounds, and baby steps to adulting

The becoming of a doctor is a neverending series of first steps. Here is another one.

Throwback Travel: Korea in 2013

Take us back to Seoul!

My PLE Journey 3 of 3: Four-day survival mode

Trust in the process that brought you to this moment. Breathe.

My PLE Journey 2 of 3: A mental health break(down)

I have a lot of reasons to be grateful. But it can be a struggle to see the good under all of the bad.

My PLE Journey 1 of 3: Three big tips for review

Given the MPL system, it’s really a matter of how much you know relative to the people sitting next to you during the PLE.

Turning 26

(Hopefully the last time I’ll celebrate at home because of a pandemic).

Starting line

I’ve spent quite a bit of time lately thinking of my “why”, on top of “how”.

baby baby baby

Brave little nibling armed with the evolutionary power called cuteness.

I arranged plumbers to come to our house (not clickbait)

It was a quiet Monday afternoon when things went to hell. Or to an arid desert. Whatever it was, there was a sudden and isolated drought in our house.

Life update: Baking cookies and (not) breaking down

In a weird flux of minimal studying and forced domesticity. Now with more cookies.