I just had my last 29-hour duty as a medical clerk. A few months ago I was planning on writing a blog right after passing my orals. Well I already did pass although my passing wasn’t as victorious as I used to imagine it and so I felt like it wasn’t something worth sharing. Until last night, after watching “Meet the Robinsons”, everything that I’ve gone through just came rushing through my head. I have spent almost my entire youth trying to fulfill my dream of becoming a doctor (and my parents, their entire savings account). Indeed, that single exercise will not spell my future as my panel told me before starting the orals. I realized that it should not dishearten me in anyway. As the cliché goes, past is past. We cannot change it no matter much we dwell on it. Instead we should keep moving forward and try to improve ourselves. I already am an M.D. (well not officially until the 24^th) and I think that’s a humongous achievement for an average me. That’s everything that matters now.