no upcat for michael?

Finally. My brother has made up his mind. I thought he has no plans for his future. But, he has! [This is the part where I’m supposed to be teary-eyed. Ready?] He wants to be an OB-GYNE!

When he was much younger, everyone was stunned to hear that he wanted to be a priest. And at some point, he even wanted to be a policeman. Plans and ambitions got blurred eventually when he entered his elementary and high school years. Nobody knew what he wanted to do. My father, with subtle suggestions, wanted him to be an engineer. Just like what most parents believe, you can never go wrong with Engineering. Akala lang nila (That's what they think).

My mom was very supportive. When she knew that my brother was putting much effort on his guitar skills, she gave Michael the option to pursue Music later on. But I can’t blame her if sometimes she can’t help but influence Michael to take Nursing instead. Well, that’s after I decided not to.

Me? I just wanted him to make a decision of his own; make plans for himself so that he wouldn’t blame anybody for dragging him to the wrong road. But I was specific for one thing, I wanted him to be in UP.

As early as the first week of enrollment, I was excited to get him his UPCAT application form, took it home, and placed it on the bookshelf for him to see. A week has passed and it seemed like that the application form wasn’t moving anywhere. So I talked to Mama about it. That’s when I discovered my brother wanted to be a doctor. She wanted my brother to take Nursing as Pre-Med. So okay. That’s the same thing I’ll tell him. But! Mama wanted him to take it at … Trinity University of Asia.

I was like, “WHY?! He can go to UPM if you want him to take Nursing.” Unfortunately, she was too tired to answer me back. I am not giving up without a discussion. It’s not that I have something against Trinity or I have anything bad to say about them. It’s just that I believe in my brother so much and I wanted him to have the best. Let him be in UP! Pleeeeease…