Last February, I took the biggest risk of my life so far.

I applied for Law schools while in Med school.

Simultaneously studying for CIM exams and preparing for Law Admission tests was hard. But for the first time in a VERY LONG while, I was actually working hard for MY dreams. At that time, 50-50 pa ko tho.

Mind you, I did this behind my parents’ backs. I only told a very few people. Para in case I don’t get accepted, at least I could pretend and act like nothing happened and continue my journey of becoming a doctor wowz

By the end of April tho, I received my acceptance letters. This was the highlight of my quarantine.

What soon followed though was the hardest weeks of my life.

When I told my family, I received different reactions. My brother was ecstatic. My mom was shocked but came around it after a day. But my dad was mad. As in reaaaalllly mad.

At this point though, I was brave enough to stand my ground.

I lacked required PolSci and English units for Law, so I had to take them over the break. I was also enrolled in my dream Law school’s ITL program. This was around 4th Bimonthly Corres.

But STILL I couldn’t let go of Med altogether. I didn’t want to disappoint my friends and relatives. Everyone was cheering for me to get that MD so .... I took them all simultaneously.... in the middle of a pandemic and all the political unrest.

I basically put myself in so much stress. Attended Government class while simultaneously answering Neuro activities. I had to prepare for Long exams while cramming 2000-word essays.

Eventually, the prep program got too competitive. Too much was on my plate and I knew I had to do something. And so, for the very first time in my life, I chose my happiness. I chose Law over Medicine.

That day, I closed all my Med books and they have never been opened again.

A lot more things happened. I had to enroll to another Law school because my family didn’t want me to study in Manila. And since I wanted peace on Earth and a house to go home to, I agreed.

Actually, scary bitaw ang Manila. Wa pa sad koy dorm didto HAHAHAHAH

In CIM, the doctors tell you to enjoy the journey because you will enjoy the destination more. In my case, I was enjoying the journey but I was dreading the destination. It sucked that I was not treading the path my heart truly desires.

I didn’t tell everyone then because I knew studying during this pandemic is so damn stressful and I didn’t want my friends and groupmates to be worried when I suddenly don’t show up to Virtual exams hahahaahhaa

I would like to thank everyone who supported me all throughout this sudden U-turn hahahaha. Esp. those who knew from the very beginning.

Special mention HAHHAHAHHHA

the next day, I got my TOR from Velez. Ikaw kahay ingnan amaw ug buang.

Naabtan ko deadline UP jud tho HAHAHAHHAHAH

If you told me three years ago that I would be studying Law, not Med, in the middle of a pandemic in 2020, I would laugh at you. But guess who is reading mountains of cases per day now???

It’s been a long time coming, but I am finally following my dreams.

Okay last na jud ni. HAHHAHAHAHAAH