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hello hello, what’s up everybody? 

so i’m back from being MIA because it has almost been two years since my last post. a little update: i’m a degree holder now! yep, you know it, officially a biochemist now. wow. i mean, it was supposed to be a four-year program but it took me five years to finish due to unseen circumstances, which i’m also very much thankful for. i think those events really shaped me into the person i am today. you know what they say, no failures, no success. the best things in life, indeed, take time. 

okay, moving on from five years of university, i took a year off before i processed some papers and became an actual adult (i’d like to think i did it properly lol). i’m actually kind of sad i didn’t get to practice my degree, but you know, if research is really in my blood (i know it is because i’m always down for readings, experiments, and just you know, being curious about the scientific life), then i’m pretty sure i’d still be able to practice while having that md. yep, again, you know it. i’m actually going to study again. in a medical school. i had doubts, i’m going to admit that, if i really wanted to pursue a medical career. you see, my parents are both lawyers and my older brother wants to be one as well. he took the bar last year while i was away because i don’t exactly want to be another source of distraction for him. so yes, i don’t belong to a family with a scientific background. so i prayed and took a chance. i applied to three medical schools, all in the top 10 medical schools in my country. after a few months, hey. i passed. i got in. i couldn’t believe it. it’s sad that i didn’t get the chance to get into and go back home to my alma mater but hey, i passed two out of three schools i applied to. that’s already enough for me, right? okay okay, hold your tears lol joke hahahahahaha. 

and then came this pandemic. it’s scary out there, in the real world. i must say, i’m not exactly impressed with how the officials, from all around the world, are dealing with this situation. there are issues of food scarcity, oppression, lack of medical support for all of the hospitals around the world, testing kits and the privileged becoming more privileged than they already are (disgusting, really). i’ve been on social media platforms recently and i get irritated whenever i see tweets from people, who have the platform to use their voices for those who can’t, to spread hope and positivity whatsoever. i mean i get it, we have to be hopeful and positive that this will all eventually end. but what about those who are not in comfortable places like we are? what about those who live by waiting for their pays at the end of the day? what about those who are not privileged enough to have comfortable homes, a refrigerator full of food? what about them? who’s going to speak for them? who’s going to care for them if we, the privileged, won’t? i’d like to think that the governments around the world are dealing with this the best way they can in the best way they know. i’m just so disappointed that they have to use this situation like they’re actually campaigning for the next elections? the desperation to survive, the frustrations, it makes me angry. it’s so obvious that the leaders the people elected do not pay attention, no, do not LISTEN to the cries and frustrations of the people. it’s frustrating that i also couldn’t do anything in this situation because the best that i can do is to stay put and stay home. 

so, to ease my mind and to help my friends who are battling as our frontliners, i went back to reading the basics on biochemistry metabolism, pharmacology, virology and immunology. i have also been reading a lot of scientific journals about covid-19. where it came from, how it came to be, how they spread into the body and how to make it stop. nothing. there’s not much to read except for how their mechanism works and the possible therapies which are now in their stages of clinical trials. research at home is really hard, i’m telling you now. there’s a lot of information, no space to work on. the only power i have at my disposal is to share what i have learned, what i have read and to be always on-call should my friends ask for more information about certain topics about this pandemic. 

but while i’m not busy, i’ve cleaned and redecorated my room. i’ve been reading and studying the bible. best book, i tell you. i’ve been doodling a lot also. i might post it if i get the confidence to do so (lol). hahahaha. for now, please stay safe. stay at home. rehydrate. pray for the world. if you have a huge platform, please. please, voice your thoughts out for those who can’t. help those who are in need. the world needs our help. we ought to help those who can’t help themselves. cry the frustrations of the oppressed for them. maybe we’ll never know but if doing this for them makes them feel the confidence that they are not alone in this fight to survive, we have to help the people for the people. and please, please practice social distancing. 

remember, we are the people for the people.

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