Ryza Monique Olaer

@083196ryza (51)

Age 28

Joined myLot 1 year ago

The theater, movies, books, music. The science and art of medicine. Let's talk about them!

Discussions (20)

Ryza Monique Olaer's Discussions

For all the second choices in the world

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 2 Feb

Do you ever feel like you were never put first in any situation in your life? Even with friends. Even with family, or you discount your family's love for you because you think they're expected to do it anyway. Ultimately, people...

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Hello, sadness

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 24 Apr 23

Feeling a bit disillusioned lately Just the same old constant mental stimulation leading to general exhaustion Happens everytime when something is ending but not quite there yet (this time, it's this medical internship) And as a...

sadness

hiddenthoughts

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A love letter to NANA (who has animated characters that are more human than most humans)

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 18 Apr 23

To Hachi: The perky, naive princess who, no matter how many times she gets knocked down, still chooses to wear her heart on her sleeve. Her love for love remained steadfast all throughout the series (from girlfriend to wife to...

nana

anime

manga

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Just things I hope I can achieve:

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 27 Mar 23

Rant less. People don't like it when you have opinions, or when you verbalize hurt. Sometimes, it's better to just lay it out on paper and burn it. If you feel like you're walking on eggshells around people, it's probably better...

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What's happening these days

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 10 Mar 23

Step by step guide for when a consultant quizzes you during an operation (where there's obviously no sterile phone for fast googling: 1. Think of the right answer the first time, but second guess yourself 2. Exhaust all the...

surgery

medicine

surgeon

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3 people

Let's elevate bitterness

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 10 Mar 23

It's contempt for the other person's happiness The aftertaste of envy, or maybe it's ingredient The initial gut feeling that babies get when their playmate have better toys than them That very first one, before they learned to...

bitterness

jealousy

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First Duty for the Month-Surgical Rotation

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 5 Mar 23

I'm exhausted again. I didn't know why I thought it would be much easier since we did the first loop already, but it was much harder now. I think it was because we were essentially acting like residents, since the first year...

hospitallife

medicalintern

surgery

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One day more until the end of my Ophthalmology Rotation

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 27 Feb 23

As someone with high myopia, the importance of a good eyesight never escapes me every single day. I won’t be exaggerating if I said I’d bled because of how heavy my glasses are or because I bumped into something while not wearing...

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When you feel, you are the most human

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 17 Feb 23

I've always thought like I'm moving through life too fast. There's never any time for me to soak in things, to remember moments, to feel. And I fear this is dehumanizing. For what are we if we don't live in the now? Who are we if...

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When was the last time you felt happy?....like, truly happy?

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 13 Feb 23

I think it's been so long for me. Way too long. The funny this, 80% of this heaviness could be solved by having a bit more money. It's annoying to think about, that we're forced to seek something so material to heal our spirits....

money

happiness

burnout

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Have you ever been scammed?

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 12 Feb 23

I might have worked for a scammer. He's in the middle of trying to get money from me now (80$) using cryptocurrency. This is apparently for the external charges that I need to pay before my compensation can be processed into my...

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What's fascinating about true crime documentaries?

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 6 Feb 23

I've been into the true crime documentaries on Netflix lately. Not sure why. It probably should freak me out, considering that in most of these crimes, women are the primary targets. The Ted Bundy Tapes, for instance, was just...

truecrime

netflix

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What's the first thing that you do upon waking up in the morning?

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 5 Feb 23

It's a Monday morning here in the Philippines Woke up feeling refreshed for the first time in a long time. It's definitely the week-long vacation that I got from all the craziness of my major rotations at the hospital. Usually,...

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When the pool water is not warm at night

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 5 Feb 23

Went swimming for the first time at our new condo's pool tonight. I thought about swimming at night because I didn't want the water to be cold. Water retains heat more than air, and all that. But it turns out that I was wrong. It...

swimming

coldwater

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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 5 Feb 23

Warning: This is sappy. More of a reflection than a review, honestly. The thing about reading classics is you're not sure if you're qualified to critique it. That, and the difficulty that most of us have in understanding the...

charlesdickens

books

bookreview

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Turtles All The Way Down (A John Green Classic)

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 5 Feb 23

-Number 4? of my backlogs in book reviewing- John Green is back at it again! I honestly didn't plan on reading this as I am still poring over A Tale of Two Cities, but I just couldn't resist. I first fell in love with John...

johngreen

books

bookreviews

Doomed (A Chuck Palahniuk Review)

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 5 Feb 23

This is my first Palahniuk book, and yes, I am aware that it was a bad idea to pick out Doomed, considering that it is a sequel. Needless to say, I was completely confused at the first page. I have to say I was only half aware of...

chuckpalahniuk

books

bookreview

A Late Greeting

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 4 Feb 23

Hi, everyone! I am Ryza. I'm new here at mylot. Looking forward to conversing with you those who love theater, books, music, and anything else that I might be interested in (I have quite a lot, and they're mostly random haha)....

newuser

greetings

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To Love is To Destroy (Thoughts on this Shadowhunter Quote)

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 4 Feb 23

If you know Will Herondale and Jace Lightwood, you'd know about this quote. I love these wounded boys so much but I can't say that I agree. I can't also say that I understand why they think of love this way, though I have my...

books

cassandraclare

shadowhunters

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The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)- A Long Overdue Review

Ryza Monique Olaer @083196ryza (51) 4 Feb 23

"These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections--sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent--that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let...

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