| [24 April 2007] From half-a-grad to 99.9% grad
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Last Friday, we had our Recognition Day aka College Graduation, so at the end of the week, I was half a graduate. Finally, today, we had our University Graduation at the PICC. Finally, I was able to wear a toga and that cap with the tassle. Finally, I was able to sing with the Chorale during the rites as a graduate. Finally, I was able to walk down the aisles of that hall to receive my medal and my diploma, and to shake hands with the UP President and UPM Chancellor. I sang UP Naming Mahal for the last time as a BSPH student (unfortunately, hindi ko pa rin nataas ang kamao ko sa bandang hulihan ng kanta dahil nasa stage ako. Booo!).
Finally, I'm a graduate.
Well, almost. 99.9%. Hahaha. I still need a few more people to sign my clearance. So, just a little bit more and I'll be an official graduate!
I still can't believe that I just finished 4 years of college, my pre-medical course, my most beloved Public Health. I am now a degree holder. If it weren't for med school, I should probably be working in a month or so. But I really can't imagine myself working yet, even if I am excited to work in research, in the laboratory or in the field. I still feel that I'm still too young (looking --- har har har) to work.
I'm really going to miss my PH days. I will never regret the days when I wrote down that code for Public Health for my first choice in UP Manila, when I got accepted in UP-CPH, and when I enrolled in CPH and entered UP Manila as a BSPH student. Those two extra years of pre-med (compared to the Intarmed program where the students only have 2 years of "pre-med") were the greatest, and it's all worth it. I love my course. I love my batchmates. And I'm going to miss them terribly.
I hope the best for all of us, whichever path we've decided or we'll decide to take, and I hope that when we all meet again in the same road we were once in, we'd acknowledge each other not as PH students anymore, but as excellent health professionals. Oh yeah! And of course, we'd make more and better memories.
Congratulations Batch '07!!! WE MADE IT!!!! (Never fails to remind me of Legally Blonde 1)
Papa Hilario, you must be very proud!
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