A random guy from the reunion who is currently taking up medicine is telling me that I better shift to medical technology as early as now. He says if I’m wanting to be a doctor, medical technology is the best pre-med because there are lots of work available after I graduate, and I can already earn for myself even if I don’t pursue medicine right away. He has such a good point there but I have to disagree that being a biologist will not take you as far as medical technology will. He doesn’t have any idea how lucrative a research work can be. Nursing is his pre-med, so I understand that he thinks that away about research works. His whole academic life has been exposed to medical studies already — everything about medicine, patients, doctors and hospitals. I think he is pretty confined with such a relatively limited field, compared to biology, that’s why research does not appear that much exciting and interesting to him. But then, my goal is to be a doctor so I’m trying to consider things.  But the UP system does not offer medical technology and I never want to transfer schools. Although I have to admit thinking about transferring to UST, but then I remember how expensive it is to study there so I decide to better stay in UP. Fortunately, UP Manila offers Public Health that is, as they say, equivalent to Medical Technology.

I have to think about this over and over again until I arrive into conclusions. If I’m not going to consider this now, I might waste my time, money and just too much things if someday in the future I decide to finally shift to Medical Technology or Public Health. As far as my knowledge says, the biology courses I have taken will not be credited. Most of them weighs 5 units each and that already counts up to considerably big money. Also, thinking of all the efforts I have to make just to survive them all and then cost nothing in the end, just makes me more likely to stay. I still don’t know now. I have no one to consult. No one just can help me about this. My Mom seems to just be waiting for my decision. She says I don’t shift just for the heck of it. And from that I guess she wants me to stay. I’m really confused. I need to talk to God.