IV.I.VIII A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM My time in Cambridge was mostly about medicine. In six weeks I had ample time to enjoy what the city and its surroundings had to offer. I can honestly say I have the fondest memories of that place. I had adventures to my heart’s content, and gained enough knowledge to my mind’s desires. It was […]
IV.I.VII – The Brightest Month
IV.I.VII THE BRIGHTEST MONTH A few months before enrolling into my penultimate year, Momma Bear and I had applied for a medical elective in the UK as part of a programme offered by the University of Cambridge. Somehow, some way, we both got accepted into the same programme. Of course, this was no valorous feat. Applications are on a first come […]
IV.I.VI – The Blackest Day
IV.I.VI THE BLACKEST DAY Three words; “I love you”. Just three words. Three words so simple that they’re usually part of an infant’s jargon. Put a monkey on a typewrite and it’s bound to spell them out eventually. Three simple words. I’ve been known to speak at an alarming rate of WPMs. I’m talking Lorelai Gilmore or someone who’s on […]
IV.I.V – Shades of Cool
IV.I.V SHADES OF COOL Things with Alex were very… different. Probably because he was different than what I was used to. Very bohemian and alternative – but not at all forced or fake, just the way he is. I don’t know what it was about him that drove me so crazy and wild. And it wasn’t just him, his face or his […]
IV.I.IV – Off to the Races
IV.I.IV OFF TO THE RACES I remember dreading having to go on a date. All the small talk, the playing hard to get, the thrill of the chase. Then there’s the waiting for the right moment to ask them out and the having to decide where to go. Then, of course, comes the much-awaited, much-dreaded day – along with the […]
IV.I.III – Pride
IV.I.III PRIDE With these new insights, I decided to give dating another try. The ‘not looking for anything serious but open to anything’ kinda dating. Up until that point my love life had been very simple; the boring, single phase, the six-month relationship with Pedro, and the only-looking-for-fun, single phase. Whilst not very experienced in the domains of love, […]
IV.I.II – Vulnerable
IV.I.II VULNERABLE To be happy, to be really happy, means being able to be hopeful. And hope? Not a big friend of mine. I think Gus was in the right here. The world’s not really a wish-granting factory after all. Earlier on in my life I ditched hope and dreams for goals and actions. And I was a much better person […]
IV.I.I- Balance
IV.I.I BALANCE Just like that, a new phase of my life had started. I stopped smoking and started working out. My confidence skyrocketed and I also started feeling very chipper and chirpy, bright and shiny. I guess what I’m trying to say is that with great physical health comes… great mental health. Thank you. Thank you very much. I know, I […]