In Summary

August has come and past and September is here, but so far so good, still my anticipation is more worth than what is happening right now. But I'm doing great.

I finally turned twenty six and my birthday was not so bad as I had hoped. I was not looking forward to celebrating it but instead of moping around and whining I was able to come up with something to at least make the day memorable. At the last minute I decided I'm up for the challenge of drinking 26 glasses of liquor, each drink to be documented in a photo with a number to take not the shot. The result? I was knocked down in the 16th glass but hey in my defense I was up all night, the night before so I was really really tired. My mom again went out of her way to throw me a dinner party which I was officially MIA more or less. So this birthday became Top 6 of all time just barely making the Top 5 but a great way to start the rest of my adult life! Gulp! Another ironic moment is that my family again surprised with a present and guess what it was - a camera, which I already had one two weeks earlier but forgot to tell them. Hahaha. A month ago I had no camera, iPod and a cellphone. Now this month I have all three back. Talk about a rebound!

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Internal Medicine rotation is finally over. And after two months - what can I say - it was very toxic! But in the end of the day it was all worth it - I've learned a lot and in the process I gained confidence in myself. I am now considering Internal Medicine as option number two in residency! I am still on a goal to get into an orthopedics residency program. And goodbye to General Surgery for me since I can't seem to master the anatomy of the human body.

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My friends are now popping out babies of their system and because of this I finally have my first godson and goddaughter. Ivo Marcus Teves-Ocio born to lucky parents Lindley and Donna is super chubby and cute! He is the perfect mix of Lindley and Donna's features. I hope he will be as intelligent as his mom! I'm super honored to be one of the chosen people. First goddaughter is Bianca Frances Chiong-Lagarnia, Edgel and Yvonne's eldest an American citizen by birth. Bianca looks like her mom, with a touch of her dad's features. Though I can't be there on her christening, Yvonne already told me that I'm still her ninong. Another baby from our berks society coming up is Jamae's baby, she's due anytime December. Our group is expanding with the new generation.

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Ms. Joanne Balili Babon, future lawyer, is taking the BAR exam! I know y0u will do well Jo! Come back home!