beyond beneath

I woke up surprisingly well the next day. I responded to the Facebook post that I was tag with an 'unbelievable cartoon' gif. However, I was calm and actually wanted to laugh instead. Our research paper was picked to present for the upcoming oral research presentation. Apparently, we were the only entry for our school, no wonder why we were picked though LOL!   I immediately consulted my groupmates about it for planning. Because there were only two of us left eligible to present, I was asked to choose either to present the study or answer the questions. Since I am not really good at both, I weighed it out in a way where I know I can still make it most probably.           So I chose to speak.     Speaking is never my cup of tea. I mean, it's not the crowd or whatsoever that frightens me, it's the fact that I might stutter or forget my lines in the middle of the presentation. I was afraid of the fact that I'm not the most foc...

    Just when New Year will finally call it a wrap, a dead long buried group chat popped out on my notification panel.   "Good morning guys! Dr. Poyogao requested our (whole batch) research groups to join the APMC Research Competition since we are the only batch that finished a whole research paper :( Hoping for your response asap :))"   I jumped out of my bed surprised and quickly replied,   "OMG like, us - us?! Or does it include the other groups?"   This is insane . I thought it was, since APMC is a regional gathering of all medical students from different schools. I find it a joke while trying to believe it was really happening the next day when we were already starting to make a summary of our paper.   Our school was apparently hosting this year's convention. Thus, the dire need to finish a 10 pages paper was a requirement. We complied before the new semester started with a little extraction of the gist and making of poster, as three weeks from no...