Hey guys!
Welcome back to the channel if you're new here I'm Sebastian, a medical student from Australia.
And today we are celebrating 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
That is absolutely incredible.
So thank you to everyone who has followed along, that have left me kind comments, that have liked the videos.
I'm just so glad to see that you guys find the videos interesting, helpful, useful
and I really appreciate you guys being here.
So today I'm going to be answering your questions that you've left for me on YouTube and Instagram.
And without further ado, let's get into it!
Alright so the first question is from danielthelam who says:
"Break up with Deb and date me instead."
"Wait soz that wasn't a question - can you break up with Deb and date me instead?"
Daniel, you're a ravishing man, honestly, I wish I could but Deb's here to stay
So that is a no.
"You look like Paulo Avelino! A famous celebrity in the Philippines, please notice this."
I'm not sure who that person is. Let me actually look him up now, 'Paulo Avelino'.
Ooh so he's a filipino actor, he's a good looking bloke.
I'll flash a picture on the screen now, and there's your comparison.
Okay! So this next question has popped up a lot, but from miss_mehhh she asks:
"How old are you?"
I am 23.
"Video you are most proud of?"
You might say this is a lame reply, but I'm most proud of my first video
because I actually had the balls to
upload it and looking back onto it, it
wasn't the best video but I still did
it
I still stuck with it and here we are, a
hundred thousand subs later.
"What is the best thing about living in
Sydney?" I honestly think one of the best
things about Sydney
is the harbour. If you walk around
Darling Harbour, Barangaroo, Circular Quay.
It's absolutely spectacular, you can get
some beautiful waterside views which
you don't see really anywhere else. "Have
you ever tried Indian food?",
and "Do you like Indian cuisine?" So I've
definitely had a lot of Indian food in
the past
I really like it it's just that when you
order some of the more spicy curries
I can't really handle too much spice.
Yeah, I should maybe have it again
sometime.
"what's your favorite tagalog word?" I like
the word
galing galing. I'm not even sure if I said
that correctly but my mum says it means
good boy or good good so whenever my mum
tells me that i've done something good
I'm like 'galing galing'!
"Is medical school hard?" No.
No but seriously it is whatever way you
want to interpret it yes there will be
times you get
bombarded with work especially during
exam periods when there's so much
content to cover.
But really it's all about balancing your
time making sure that you're with people
that will support you, that can help you
out, and making sure that you're actually
passionate
and interested in the concepts and the
content that you're learning about.
Because if the interest is not there
it's going to really be hard and
difficult to stay motivated in the long
run.
Is med school hard? It can be. It depends on
who's there
to help you out when times get tough.
rolandmichaell asks:
"How do you pronounce 'Pirie'?" Well I just
pronounced it then it's 'Pirie'
a lot of people say 'Pie-ry', a lot of people
say 'Pierre',
but it's Pirie. jens.hl asks: "Does
studying the whole day
make you happy?" I think anybody who
studies all day every day will go insane
so no it doesn't make me happy I'm more
content when I'm studying it's just
relaxing.
If you went 10 being the happiest thing
or the most enjoyable thing and zero
being
I don't really want to do this
studying would be somewhere like a four
or a five.
Okay, so mikaelsalimm asks: "Do you have
any skincare routine?"
Yes I do! Let me show you. Step one: wash
face.
Step two: dry face.
Step three: profit. "Harry Potter
or Lord of the Rings?" Sorry I'm gonna
break someone's heart here but
I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan so I'm
going to have to go Lord of the Rings.
"Do you like BTS?" I've never really
listened to many of their songs
but I've seen them they're really really
big now. They're huge.
They have really pretty faces honestly
the guys have the most beautiful skin
that I've seen on the planet. Profit. Next
question is from otto_risotto
who asks: "How did you name your penguin?"
So
the little penguins back there you've
got: Pudolph
Bruce and Pablo. I named Bruce
originally I wanted to call him Blooblo
because he was blue
and you know you chuck in a 'blo' it's
'Blooblo' but Deb thought that was
stupid
so instead we went with Bruce because we
wanted to give them a human name and we
just found it funny that you can put a
human name like Bruce to a little cute
penguin
like Blooblo. No it's not Blooblo,
it's Bruce. Okay, it's Bruce.
dharvi.gani asks: "What is your advice to
aspiring med students in high school?" My
best advice if you're trying to get in
is to find a group of friends who also
have the same passions and interests as
you. To acknowledge that there's going to
be a lot of work and you have to put a
lot of time so you have to be willing to
make that commitment in the long run. A
lot of people give up
because they can't imagine themselves
spending 10-15 years of study before
they get the job that they want. And to
choose it for the right reasons, so you
don't want to be going in there
expecting that you're going to get a
status
boost or you're going to have all these
financial gains. Do it because you're
passionate about it,
do it because you're interested in it,
and that's really going to be the
formula for success.
itz_joelgeorge: "Hi". Hi.
jayanth243 aks: "Favourite microorganism?"
I don't really know. Okay, kins410 asks:
"What's your favorite song?"
So the thing with favourite songs is that
they change every month, but my favorite
song of this month would have to be
'All I Need' by Khai Dreams. I heard his
whole album 'Nice Colors',
and I've just been listening to it ever
since. "UniMelb or UniSyd
for medicine?" Sydney. Totally not biased.
"Are you good at chess?" No, I'm pretty
bad at chess I know how the game works, I
know the mechanics, I've played it a
bunch of times,
but I really haven't put in the time to
get good at it. But my dad and brother
play
so I would like to get better one day so
I can beat them.
"What is your current favourite romance
book and author?"
Talley and O'Connor's Clinical Examination.
leahfranke_ says: "If you didn't get
accepted into USYD what would have been
your second option?"
Well I got offered for ANU so that would
have been the 2nd option, and if I
didn't get any medicine offers at all, I
probably would have done a PhD.
alrizgonzales says: "Do you try just as hard
in med school as you did in pre-med?"
The short answer is no. Don't tell my
dad about that he'll get mad.
In pre-med it's important to get good
grades because you want to try maximise
the chances of getting into med school.
But once you're in med school you don't
need amazing grades because it's based
on pass/fail.
So as long as you're getting the
pass threshold then that's okay.
And so I've taken a different philosophy
to studying. Instead of trying to rote
learn everything for an exam,
I'm trying to learn more conceptually so
I can apply it into clinical practice.
I might miss out on a few niche facts
when it comes to the final test,
but at least I'll understand the major
things that I'll need for a patient
interaction
or when a consultant might ask me a
question on the wards. "Hi, I'm from the
Philippines.
Do you have any Filipino traditions that
you still do?" So
probably not a whole lot nowadays but
when I'm with my filipino relatives we
get a massive lechon and we
eat that. So a question from Ananya Suri:
"I want to ask you
how you overcome procrastination and
keep yourself calm during exams?"
In terms of overcoming
procrastination there's a few things
that I do. One of them being the pomodoro
technique, one of them having
accountability partners because
that way they're gonna ask you 'have you
been doing the study mate?'.
And in terms of keeping yourself calm I
think as long as you've done the
preparation,
and you've made sure that you studied as
best as you can there's no reason to be
nervous.
If you're feeling nervous, it's
because you're either underprepared or
it's just a hard exam,
and everybody has to deal with that at
some point in their lives. Arshi asks:
"How many confessions you get till now,
and have you rejected any of them?"
If you mean confessions in terms of love
confessions or like crush confessions,
That's a zero. In high school I wasn't
um
the most sought after guy that's me in
Year 12.
But now I have Deb so that's really all
a man could want. N.E.O.N says "I don't have
any questions just an advice:
don't worry too much about the negative
comments you get."
Thanks so much. Angel says: "It seems
like you're always a positive
person is there anything that can make
you feel kind of depressed sad
pessimistic,
and if you do how do you make yourself
feel positive and happy again?"
So there's plenty of things that can get
you down in the dumps.
Doing poorly in an exam is one of them for
me, going through a rough time say with
your friends or with a relationship or
anything like that.
And I think the best way to combat that,
what I found is really helpful is
I like to play guitar, I like to play
video games, I like to make sure that I'm
hanging out with some friends who can
support me.
You just really need to take yourself
away from that negative thing going on in
your life,
and put yourself around positive people
or around positive influences and do
something that
makes you feel good. I think there's
no real solution with these types of
things. It's just about giving yourself
some time. So George P
asks: "How did you and Deb meet?", and "How
social is med school?
Is it easy to make friends, are there
cliques/groups, etc?"
So the first one how did Deb and I meet
we met back
in Honours when we were both doing our
research projects. We were friends at
first,
got to know each other better and then
sort of progressed from there, and now
we're both medical students.
For #2, 'How social is med school?'
I think med school is pretty social it
depends
if you're a social person or not. I'm
more insular with my friends with my
groups I keep to myself a lot of the
time
and there's definitely plenty of
opportunity to get involved whether that
be
joining like the paediatric society or
the general practice society so there's
plenty to do as long as you want to get
involved and as long as you're putting
yourself out there. "Would you rather live
a short healthy life or a long one but
you're completely paralyzed?"
I'd probably say a short healthy one but
I'm defining short
healthy one as living 'til I'm 50. "If there's
any advice you'd like to give to your
high school self,
what would it be?" If 17-year-old
Sebastian is watching
I would tell him to not overthink things.
Stop being as nervous because no one
cares as much as you think they do.
To get yourself out there. To put your
hand up a little bit more,
and just to try not to be as shy as you
were. "What is your favorite
anime? (ps if you haven't already please
start Attack on Titan)" I don't have a
favourite anime because I don't watch too many
but Deb watched Attack on Titan she said
it was the best thing ever and she
couldn't stop singing 'sasageyo, SASAGEYO'
so yeah that's stuck in my head and I'm
definitely going to get on to Attack on
Titan. "Cats or dogs?"
Dogs. "Coffee or tea?" Tea. "Summer or Winter?"
Winter because you can wrap up in my oodie.
"If you could speak any other language
what would it be?" It'd be Chinese because
I'm trying to learn it at the moment.
"Do you think money is sexy?" No, the person
is. Money's just a bonus if there is any.
"Do you regret anything that has happened
to you?" Not off the top of my head.
"Celebrity crush?" It would probably still
be Halsey.
Hope I answered most of them. "How much
time do you play video games?"
It depends on the time of the semester
or where I'm currently at with med
school
it's been holidays so I've been playing
a lot
I mean a lot like I'm saying like four
hours a night a lot
so my mates and I have been grinding
Teamfight Tactics League of
Legends.
We've also been playing Brawlhalla
which is like a 'Smash-like'
game but during the semester I try
to delete all my games to make sure
that I'm not distracted and the first
thing to stay productive is to eliminate
all distractions,
and that's how I balance study and games.
Niyati G asks: "Where do you get your
penguins?"
I get them all from Miniso. "What is
your MBTI personality type?"
I think last time I checked I was INTJ:
introverted, intuitive,
thinking, and judging. "Jobs you've done to
get the gadgets?"
So by gadgets I think you mean iPad,
computer but I've done a few jobs. My
first one was when I was 14, I worked as
a dishwasher in a cafe,
and then my next job was I think early
university.
I worked as a bartender for a few months
but
I was very new to it so I only did basic
things like pouring beers, pouring wines,
none of the fancy cocktails.
And then shortly after the bartending
job when I was in about second year of
undergraduate I worked at ALDI and I was
there at ALDI for like 3 years and
that's a big grocery chain
here in Australia and I think they came
from Germany. Preethi asks "How much
time
on average do you take to make and edit
a video?
And does it affect your study plan?" So I
try to work my videos around my studying
so I allocate a day off
solely for YouTube and it takes a bit
of time. I'm
still pretty slow at it even though I've
been doing it for over a year.
In terms of filming and creating the
script and planning the video
that takes roughly maybe 3-4
hours and then editing might take
anywhere from 8-15 hours
depending on how big
the project is. That's why I have to
really organise my study blocks around
it. Yath Prem asks "How do you deal with
YouTube dislikes, and do you feel it
hurts you or your channel growth?" So
YouTube dislikes, I just
put it beside me some people are gonna
dislike your content no matter what you
do and that's just part of the game. I
don't think it hurts channel growth as
long as your dislike ratio isn't
completely ridiculous. I think it's
normal for everybody to get a few
dislikes here and there.
Janhvi Rai says: "You have a girlfriend
right!
So is she a temporary girlfriend or will
you marry her?" She's 100%
a temporary girlfriend that I'm going to
throw out after med school and find a
new one. Applications open again for
2023. Alright guys so that's gonna wrap
up the Q&A!
Thanks to everyone that submitted a
question, and if I didn't get to yours be
sure to leave a comment down below
and i'll try to answer it there. Thanks
again for all the support you give me on
the channel, I'm super grateful
and I'm really excited for what's to
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