You reap what you sow. Indeed that is exactly we can expect from whatever decisions or acts we do in our lives. A famous author once said that when we want – badly want – to achieve certain things in our lives, all we have to do is to believe we can achieve them then the whole universe will conspire to help us make our dreams a reality. Fascinating isn’t it? But of course it isn’t as easy as 1,2,3. What’s the point of struggling on a daily basis to prove that we deserve whatever it is that we want to achieve if we can get it by just a snap of a finger? Of course, the world just doesn’t work that way and life, well, life itself is unfortunately mischievous in many ways. Living through a day is admittedly a battle and the battlefield is of our very own choosing, whether it is in the office or in school or even in our homes although most of the time, all those mentioned are simply conjoint forces of painful headaches that can’t be avoided on a daily basis. Talk about unsolicited problems! And all for what? It is of course to achieve what we desire to have, to be satisfied, to be a person with substance or simply to be happy. We can always believe that despite all unmet expectations and all inconspicuous efforts, there is still such thing as a tap-in-the-back-for-a-job-well-done moment at the end of the day. And that is the one and only sweetest moment from an all-day jostling in the battlefield. There’s no greater feeling or profound gesture than people acknowledging all the hard works we’ve put through to anything that we do. It’s the icing on a cake.
On the night of July 25, 2008, six people were given such acknowledgement for a job-well-done after a whole day (or shall I say whole year?) on the battlefield we shall name Medical School, no less. Some of our generous MHAM College of Medicine alumni had been very kind to award some of our students for topping subjects in their respective year levels from the last school year. Here are the list of those students and the corresponding award-giving alumni:
The Melquiadito M. Allego Award in Anatomy:
Michelle Jay G. Francisco
Jerpon P. Viagedor
The Urias A. Almagro Award in Biochemistry:
Michelle Jay G. Francisco
Jerpon P. Viagedor
The Leonardo C. Malalis Award in Physiology:
Michelle Jay G. Francisco
The Procopio U. Yanong Award in Physiology:
Jerpon P. Viagedor
The Urias A. Almagro Award in Pathology:
Minnie Sheryl F. Lumapas
The Juvenal I. Jabel Award in Internal Medicine:
Rylene A. Baquilod
Vijay Kiran Dahal
The Procopio U. Yanong Award in Pediatrics:
Rylene A. Baquilod
The Leonardo C. Malalis Award in Pediatrics:
Eunice L. Estella
The awarding took place during the Acquaintance Party of the college at Cebu Grand Convention Center. All the aforementioned students were called up on stage and received a monetary award of 100 dollars each. The reason behind this award was to obviously motivate all medical students to strive hard with their studies and that to show the students that all hard works and efforts they’ll be embarking themselves for the rest of this year will be much appreciated and acknowledged. This definitely lifts the spirit of all the students knowing that at least their effort will not go to a waste and that there are really big people out there who care about the big dreams of little people. For that, the MHAM College of Medicine has nothing but good words to all the warm-hearted alumni who were unselfish enough to extend their contribution to the college. A heartfelt gratitude was overflowing for these lucky students that for sure would double their time in study to maintain their grades or better yet to be good doctors in the future.
It is very overwhelming to know that for every ounce of blood and sweat we shed will be rewarded and it would make us think that it is really worth the fight. There is no better way to justify all our acts or decisions in life than to believe that what we do and how we decide to do it would eventually put us to the pedestal, and thus by saying, achieving our dreams. As along as we do it in good faith, we’ll always have the whole universe to help us realize every bit of our dreams – that is if such phenomenon really occurs as that particular author claimed - and appreciated for braving the odds just to pursue what we think we deserve to have. For what is worth, our names spell sweeter than ever when an appreciation tags along. It sure pays off- big time! |
