Looking Back

Yesterday was the first day of the year. So obviously, today is the second. However, as much as I wanted to write some "First Day of the New Year" reflections or something like that, I was prevented from doing so by menstrual cramps. I spent most of yesterday bent in pain and puking out my lunch and dessert.

2008 has been a pretty good year. Here are the things I wouldn't want to forget about 2008.

-the last few months of nursing student life

-16-hour straight shift and being the DR jinx

-pinning ceremony (I lost my pin later on)

-graduating cum laude

-review sessions: this includes coming in and sleeping during lectures and waking up during recess, skipping classes, Dr. Dy, skipping Frankie's lecture to watch a totally no-brainer movie, lunch at Bahay ni Kuya/Lola, topping the pre-board

-Board Exam!!!

-snagging the Top 9 spot

-MED SCHOOL!!!

-two new bestfriends and a whole lot of new friends

-Intramurals: Choir practice and choir competition, becoming an athlete for the first time in my life and getting a silver medal for the track & field, also making a fool out of myself during table tennis competion (I have never played table tennis my whole life before this)

-my first all-night party. I didn't drink a single drop of alcohol and I cried at some point during the party because I felt really miserable

-wall climbing for the first time

-attending a beach party composed of mostly third year students and actually having fun

-Medlympics! and Track & Field again...

-Marco Polo moments, McDo moments, KFC moments (I am choke!), Bo Moments...

-Simala and attending a procession (around 5km) in high heels

-Another choir competition (for Christmas); one of the most embarrassing moments of my life; I survived

-Christmas and New Year with my family

And so much more... I am excited for 2009.