Going Back To School

Dear Dr. Rio Abrenica,

Congratulations!

On behalf of the Health Unit-Ateneo Graduate School of Business, I am very pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to the Master in Business Administration in Health Program - Batch 8 (2009).

We look forward to your enrolling in the MBA in Health...

There goes my acceptance letter from AGSB. It's final, I'm going back to school AGAIN.

Of my 37 years of God-given life, 23 years were spent in school. Of the 14 years remaining, 4 were spent in specialty training, 1 in post-graduate internship and a cumulative 1 year in preparing for 3 Board Examinations. So basically, I'm still on my 8th year of living a textbook free life. But I'm not complaining. Every second in that 29 years were all worth it.

There's so much to learn and I think I will never loose the appetite to take in new and exciting knowledge. I'm going back to school because I need to be the best in my position right now. And I can't do that without knowing the basics and learning from the experts. It might take few more hairs out of my scalp but I know it will be worth it again. I'm an incoming freshmen again!

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