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Three years ago, I was conferred with the degree BS Pharmacy in a Philippine university. I was humbled and honored but unprepared of what lies ahead. In the first place, I never even dreamed of becoming a Pharmacist, I was just there for unclear reasons. As one of the best students, the board examination came easy. I brushed it off with an 89.30% rating qualifying me in the Top 15 List of Passers, undoubtedly. After passing the licensure exam, I worked my way to a retail pharmacy, then served in the Department of Health before eventually settling down into the academe. Life in the academe is in fact horrendous, if not stressful (another discussion on this topic will soon arise). So what valuable things do I have to tell prospective students wanting to take up a Pharmacy course? Here are few: 1. You have to be excellent or have a curiosity in Chemistry and Biological Sciences. If you check on the curriculum, you will not be surprise to see descriptive titles like "Inorganic, Orga...

As with  other human beings, I have a dose of my personal frustrations, injustices, powerlessness and failures. My life has never been perfect- as everybody is, I supposed. Good for those who were born with riches and overflowing blessings. But with most of us, the painful experience is truly nerve wrecking. It has cause sleepless nights, gallons of tears and tremendous horror. For so many times, I have been repeatedly asking God why such experience have to happen. Up to this point, answers never came. The mystery remains unsolved, no matter how hard I try to connect the puzzle nothing make sense. I wish I was never born so that I would have never cared. I was totally unprepared of life, and I blamed my mentors/ parents for this inadequacy. I feel unloved, unworthy and inadequate even if this is contrary to what my credentials are showing. I just think and feel that I do not belong to any place on Earth. I tried to the best of my abilities to fit in. But it's not working. I sho...