History in the making: first graduates of the College of Medicine of Mindanao State University General Santos
Here’s my weekly newsletter, the second for July. I forget how fast time flies, like an airplane hovering above ground, undetected—that is, until an internal alarm tells me a blog entry is due. This is probably what it feels like to write a column for a newspaper, my wild dream since childhood but which never materialized. I became a doctor. To be an opinion columnist is to have a good-enough supply of intelligent opinions, which I don't have a lot of. (I don’t know about you, but I miss reading Inquirer columns printed on paper. My father bought them for me as a treat. Conrado de Quiros was my favorite. His turn of phrases thrilled me, even if I didn’t understand half of what he wrote.) * I attended two graduation ceremonies this week, arguably one of the best ones I’ve ever been part of, largely because my 12 students at the College of Medicine of the Mindanao State University – General Santos were at the center of attention. My heart swelled...