Thursday, April 19, 2007

Bum

I love being a bum. Hahaha

I just hate the fact that I am gaining weight by being one.

Done with completion duty - hooray for me!
Kulang paden though. I still need 4 surgeries (3 minor and 1 major).
I still need 8 deliveries (4 assist, 4 actual)

So what? Let me worry about these cases when school starts hahahaha!

I'm hoping and praying this summer beats last year. That's quite hard though considering the fact that last summer was the best I've ever had. We'll see.

:)

Friday, March 16, 2007

FREE

I am so free hahahaha :)

I finally turned in my literary thesis early this morning. Labor of Love, that's for sure. I did the whole thing sans the internet connection cos my dsl got busted. My PC + my internet= not meant to be. My broadband finally was restored to its old glory just this afternoon, but when I got home from the movies (bonding with my sisters), wala, the pc let me down once again. and to think it has only been like 2 months since i got it fixed. Papa, buy me na a new one please please. Hay nako.

Ohwells.

I should be thankful. Hate myself for being so whiny most of the time when I have so many things to be thankful for. Ingrata. Bad bad me.

On a high note, today is the first day of my sleepmore nights hahaha, if there's such a thing. Since Sunday, I've only been sleeping 2-3hours/night. I never imagined before that I could actually do that. Never. But for an entire week, I hitched rides with Oana cos there was no way I could actually have the courage to drive knowing that I might fall asleep while I'm on the road. Bad. Di kaya.

And now, all my hard work has paid off. I'm hoping my professor actually likes my thesis. 171 pages dang. And to think I'm not a Lit major or a Humanities student. I'm a Nursing student goodness gracious. At least I was able to experience what it would be like had I chosen the course I really wanted to take, right? The only downside to my making the thesis was the time given. I only did the whole thing for a month. Not only that, I had major subjects to worry about, patients to worry about. Last week, while I was on duty, I actually fell asleep during my lunch break in the steaming hot students' room. Crazy crazy.

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Girl bonding with my two younger sibs this afternoon. I got home around 1, chatted with Trish til 4, then slept for an hour. Drive-thru with Gogo and Yaya at Jollibee, then rushed home to dress up for a 6pm movie. Watched Because I Said So with Chi and Ciara. I actually miss hanging out with them. They make me feel young and at the same time kind of mature. *sigh* this is the reason I'm not looking forward to leaving home. See. I'm still my parents' baby. Haha

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I'm so addicted to the PBB 2 even though I'm so cramped with work. I heart Bruce Quebral. Hahaha pathetic of me, pero what the heck. He's smokin' hot. hahahahaa.

Imissyoutrish

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Grace under pressure

I should have grace under pressure. But no, though I try hard to show people I'm not stressed, it still comes out because I get agitated and irritated easily. Bad bad. That's why now, I'm gonna chill. Even if I have tons to do. Prelims next week, but there's something to look forward to. No duty on Saturday and no school on Mon-Tuesday. Long weekend for me! Yahoo! :)

Plenty of time to study, so no more whining!

Sunday, January 28, 2007

I believe the children are our future

Working in the Peds ward opened up my eyes to reality.

I always get so sad and so heartbroken whenever I read the charts of the patients I am assigned to monitor, but upon approaching them, I feel so much better seeing their tiny faces light up as they see me. These children don't deserve to be sick. These kids are the sweetest, most endearing people I've met, and yet they're bedbound. Some won't even make it to my age, yet I can see no fear in their eyes. My recent patients, Reeve (with hepatoblastoma) and Edward (with urosepsis), make me look forward to duty days. Reeve is diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, an illness with a very poor prognosis, but once you meet him in the ward, you won't even notice that he is terminally ill. He always has that big smile on his face that makes you think he doesn't feel any pain at all. He's burning with fever yet he finds energy to play with me and laughs endlessly while I give him tepid sponge baths with tickles on the side. It's just so sad that he's sick. He probably needs a liver transplant. I just found out last week that the transplant costs more than a heart transplant. A liver transplant costs P9M, and heck thats a lot of money. If only he had that much, he has a chance of having a longer life.

These kids made me realize that I am very lucky to be healthy and to be living a very blessed life. So even with just giving them my all when I'm on duty, I am also able to share a part of me with them. Every night, I pray for all these unfortunate children who are constantly confined in the Pedia ward, because they all deserve a happy childhood. There was this one instance in the ward that really brought me to tears, and I literally bawled my eyes out as I was seeing this little boy of only about 6 or 7 being inserted with a Nasogastric Tube. I could see him yelping for help, but what can I do? He needs that for nutrition. I really just hope that they would all get well and have happy lives.

Dramatic much? Our CI, one of my favorite professors too, asked us to make a sort of reflection on our past duty days in the Peds ward. That's really how I felt. Though what I wrote may have been a hodge-podge of thoughts or utterly the most grammatically incorrect piece or whatever you call it that I've ever written in my entire life, those are the first things that came to my mind. I think one of the other things that I have just realized is that we should all be like them. Childlike in every way. Though they're sick, you can see that they're all still children, enjoying what they have, and just living life best way they could.Back to reality. (Stop it, din. I sound redundant)

Saturday duty sucks.
I only have 1 day to rest. Well technically, because I only have 1 free day for the entire week, I only have 1 day to study for 6 quizzes (only this week), do homework, rest, and spend quality time with my family, and Gino. I swear, how depressing is that?! Okay, stop saying it, you're blessed. I am blessed. So I guess I have to stop complaining. I will, in a few months. Believe me, I just want to get the whole sem over with. Know the other thing that makes Saturday duty sucks even more? I get to hear mass alone. Yep. I get home at 6.30, and the mass is at 6, so I have very little time to get ready for our Family dinners. At least. Oh stop whining! I'm blessed.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Save me

Someone please save me. I'm fighting flu, and at the same time buried with paperworks for RLE, countless projects for minor subjects, endless quizzes, and tireless RLE duties from thurs-sat. I seriously want to graduate already so I can chill at home after taking the Boards. Patience, Dindin. 1 more year to go. :)

Happy New Year everyone, :)

Thursday, October 26, 2006

happy happy happy happy :)

only 1 more week til school starts. I'm gonna enjoy what's left of my break.
Haha still not enrolled. Oana wasn't able to enroll for me last Wed. I'll enroll nalang next week. Good thing Block system sa UST. At least. :)

My cousins will be coming home tomorrow! Yey :) Major bonding for sure. :)

Happy Happy Happy!

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Loving sembreak

I love sleeping. Who doesn't?
I'm gonna make this sembreak as stress-free as possible.
Katayan na naman for sure once school starts.
Jam-packed scheds this sembreak. Haha kala mo naman VIP eh noh? No no no. I'm with my family 24/7. Mama wants me to be with her all the time, and to think she herself is very busy with her social life. Wala lang, namiss lang ako. Hahaha and to think us two will be bonding for four days next week. Just the two of us. Suweeeet :) Ate Mae din, she's always bringing me with her. Always the extra. It's all good though. I don't feel out of place naman with her and Kuya. Sanay na.

I bought plenty of TV series a few weeks ago, hoping that watching these DVDs would keep me occupied this sembreak. But no, I haven't even finished even one whole series. Almost done with the first season of House. I love it. But I love Grey's Anatomy more. Derek Shep is on the top of my list, and til now, he's my sorta inspiration to want to be a scrub nurse. And I will be an OR nurse. I just have to be one. What's interesting is that when I watch House or Grey's, I feel like somehow, I'm applying what I learn in school. Especially when it comes to the meds they use. They're quite fond of epi, eh? Haha.

Even if I've got a jam-packed sched, I feel empty. Blah. Hate this feeling.

Anyway, I will make this a fun sembreak. No wallowing. No crying. All smiles. Ugh Trish. Come home na. Wala kong partner-in-crime. I'm around so many people, yet I feel so alone. O diba, andrama. Blah.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

What a Saturday

Haha Medical Mission yesterday. I only had like an hour of sleep, when I got up promptly at 2. Oana picked me up here at home at around 2.30, and we arrived in UST at 3 am. Prompt tlaga. We were the first RLE group to be complete. Cos we all thought that we would all be leaving at 3. But no. We left almost 5 na. Pasaway kasi ibang groups eh. Yan tuloy, lahat late nakauwi.

Fun fun fun. It was exhausting, yeah. But it was so fulfilling. Mainly because I was able to help the people of Ariendo, Nueva Ecija. And pwede ba, feel na feel ko namang nurse ako. Haha nagrereseta pa ng gamot sa mukukulit. But no, Paracetamol lang pinamimigay ko.

Literal, no sleep for 24 hours. I slept this morning mga 3 am na. Had to wake up early pa to finish my papers for the documentation, which is due tomorrow. Didn't let my groupmates down naman, nasubmit ko na lahat. At least.

Uploaded pics sa multiply. Yun nalang. After tomorrow, bakasyon na tlaga. :) Yey!!

Friday, October 13, 2006

Friday the 13th

I'm officially on vacation! Hahahahaha! Yeah yeah, not that official since I'm supposed to be in UST promptly at 3am tomorrow. Hahaha. So what? Sembreak na!!!

Okay, the whole blog layout? I got it from blogskins, cos I found the color cute. Not knowing that the whole theme of the layout was tada broken hearts. Hahaha Sorry sorry sorry. Sobrang coincidence lang. At least I'm honest enough to sa I'm mending a broken heart diba. O diba, it's my first time to formally say to the entire world that indeed my heart's broken. But it's okay, I'm trying to fix this very broken heart of mine. Hahahaha :)

So. Peds and Lit were my last 2 exams for the semester. And can I just say, I expected Peds to be a bit easier than all my other majors, but I guess, since I wasn't able to study that much last night (fell asleep while studying actually), I deserve it. Lit was just painful. Hahaha. It was harder than Pharma. And Pharma's just plain mean ha. I almost cried while TRYING to answer my Lit exam. Everyone found the exam hard. I couldn't even answer it. Haaaay. I just want to pass. Crap. Last summer, I told myself that my goal this semester is to make it to the Dean's List. But now, my goal is simply to pass all my subjects. So mediocre of me, I know, but it's just so hard. I want to graduate ASAP.

On a lighter note, I had fun at Bangs' this afternoon. We watched the High School Musical, and though I've seen it a dozen of times already, (Ciara's addicted to it), I still love watching it. Zac Efron reminds me of Andy Roddick. Haha. Oh please. Andy is like 100x hotter than Zac, but Zac is just so cute.

Lovin life :)

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Last last last

I'm not supposed to be blogging right now, but I'm just so so so happy cos it's my last day tomorrow!! Okay, disregard the fact that on Saturday, I have to be in UST before 3am for our Medical Mission on that same day, and that I'll be home all day on Sunday, finishing the documentation for our Community Health Nursing, which is due on Monday. So what?! At least I don't have tests to worry about.

I've been pretty emotional these past couple of weeks. Don't want to talk about it though.

The UST Growling Tigers proved to everyone that fairy tales do come true. Proud to be Thomasian. It was enough that we made it to the Final Four. But the finals? Thank you so much Lord. :) I know everyone, including me, expected Ateneo to win the Men's Baskteball title in the UAAP. But I guess, it's the Tigers' time to shine. Kudos to the whole team, for proving everyone wrong. Thanks to Ma'am Ruth of the FEU Athletics Head, she's a good friend of Kuya RJ, cos if it weren't for her, Chi and I wouldn't have the best seats in the Araneta. Lucky lucky lucky. Go uste!!!

Peds and Lit nalang... Kaya pa :)

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Just my Luck


Can anyone say Lucky??!! I haven't been lucky for the past couple of months, so with luck being on my side, I'm sure not wasting mytime. Andy, also, has been on a lucky streak himself. Although he didn't exactly win the US Open, he is now (again) America's Number 1 player. A couple of months ago, he was dethroned by his good friend, James Blake. But it's nice to know that Andy's back!!

Wanna know how lucky I am? We were originally scheduled to have our defense (for CHN) last Monday morning. My group wasn't finished with our report yet, so imagine how happy I was when, while I was watching Andy's match live @ 5.40 am, my classmate texts me and tells me that our CI gave us the day off cos she was sick. I was extremely happy. Who wouldn't be happy??! I still left the house to meet up with my RLEmates and we finished our report. Oana and I were the first reporters (cos we reported on the Population of the Brgy lang), so we reported yesterday. Our RLE sched is 12-5. We started around 1.30 pm already cos we couldn't get a room in the building. Our CI had to leave promptly at 3pm yesterday cos she had a meeting daw, and she announced that we would be having our Wednesday off again. And that's why I'm blogging right now. I watched the Devil wears Prada last night, with Oana, and I'm so inggit with Anne Hathaway. Change of career plans. I don't want to be a nurse na. I'm a bag and shoe person, so while watching the movie, I was more determined to one day have all the bags and shoes that Andrea (anne's character) wore, after her transformation. Ha. As if. Hahaha :)

I'ma finish making my Pharma project pa. Even if I have tons of work to do, I don't care, cos I'm happy!

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Go uste!! 5-peat! And My Andy!!

Proud to be Thomasian! Wow, I've finally accepted the fact that I really am a Thomasian. Wah. Haha 5-peat! I wasn't able to watch the cheering competition live in Araneta, though Ate and Kuya offered tickets, because of my still unfinished report in Community Nrsg. The Salinggawi Dance Troupe sure made every Thomasian proud. They rocked. I was waiting for the helicopter routine though, and it didn't come. But oh well, they did a fab performance.

Since last week I haven't had a pseudostress-free weekend. What made yesterday a super stressing day was the fact that we were originally scheduled to have CPR return demo in the afternoon, and while I was still in dreamland, Oana called me (around 8.50am) and told me that we'd be having the CPR return demo @ 9.30 am. Hello. Thanks for such short notice. I went home pa naman late the night before because Ma, Ate, Kuya and I went to the spa (Palm Garden) after having dinner at Red Crab. Yeah I know we were all supposed to be sleeping over at Edsa Shang, but Chi brought 5 of her friends there, so the whole suite was cramped, meaning GO HOME EVERYONE. So there. We had our CPR Return demo (that would make us licensed to provide CPR when the need arises), yesterday (I hope I passed), and I stayed in school til almost 5 because of the report we'd be having in CHN. Crap talaga. We had to tabulate data regarding population distribution, health problems, and a lot of other stuff on a whole barangay. So now ko lang narealize na super jump ng jump thoughts ko ah. Shucks. Schizo na ata ako.

I didn't go back na to Edsa Shang last night. Only Papa and I stayed at home. I miss my bed noh. Sorry kung KJ. haha

And my Andy was just the best. He beat the hell out of Youzhny, and now he's going against Roger later for the finals. I'm super duper proud of Andy. I sure hope he wins! Good luck Sweetie!!! :)

I have to finish pa my report. Til later!

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Thanks to Jimmy

Andy's finally found his mojo.
Andy is the new Andre?

For the first time in a long time, Andy beat Lleyton Hewitt. The two have had a somewhat Andre-Pete rivalry since what, year 2000? Or was it 2001? Whatev. Andy's in the best shape ever. And I sure hope he wins the US Open this year. He beat Lleyton in 3 straight sets, which I unfortunately wasn't able to watch, winning him a seat in the Semis, against Youzhny (the guy who unfortunately, beat Rafa). Good luck Andy! Jimmy Connors being Andy's coach sure did wonders :)

On the flip side, I am depressed. Or I was for about an hour and a half. I flunked my favorite subject, Med-Surg (during prelims) by 1 point, and Pharma (my least favorite), by a lot. Depressing. But life goes on. And now that I've only got 1 grading period left, I'm going to work my a$$ off. I swear I would. Grabe. I just want to pass Pharma. Yun lang, masaya nako.

I brought my car to school today (against my wishes), when just my luck, I got caught in traffic for 2 and a half hours. O diba, so fun. I got home around 8. It was raining pretty hard, and traffic was just terrible along España and Quezon Ave. Crap talaga. Popsy (Oana's dad) was such a darling. He suggested that Oana ride with me, since it was so dark na, and they both knew I was scared of driving in the dark, especially since my car windows are tinted black tlaga. So they waited for me near Sheila's house (Sheila rode with me), and Oana rode with me all the way to my place. Convoy ba. Thanks thanks thanks Bru!! Thanks Popsy!

Grabe. Cramped sched, and yet I'm still blogging. I just want to tell the whole world (if you guys don't know it yet) about Andy's feat :) So there. How busy is dindin? And the list ain't complete yet.
  • Graded Recitation on 3 chapters in Pharmacology.
  • Quiz on GI and GU in Pediatrics tomorrow.
  • Lit presentation tomorrow.
  • Chi's bday on Sunday so we'll be staying in Edsa Shang from tomorrow til Sunday.
  • CPR return demo on Saturday.
  • Tabulation and research for CO presentation on Monday
  • Defense for CHN (rle) on Monday.
  • Socio project for the semester
  • Lord of the Flies reading material (for Lit)
  • Industrial Nursing (IN) on Sept 19
  • Docu for IN
  • Community Organizing (Implementation) in Nueva Ecija on Sept 30

I'll update the list around next week. Good luck to me.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

007

If only I had the license to kill someone. Grrr. I'm a wholesome person. But really, if only I could (and God won't punish me for it), I'd strangle nalang the person.

I thought my hellish week was over. But no, hell month has just begun. Yesterday was the last day of my prelim exams. Gawd. 60% of the junior batch failed Pharma. I swear, it was sooo hard. Even my prof apologized to us because she found the exam difficult, as well. She didn't make the test, btw. Okay, so here's where my story starts. So last Sunday, I had my night call duty right? I thought it would be fun. At first, it was fun. It was the perfect time to study for my MS long exam which we had the following day. We were just chilling in the Students' room, then because the staff turned off the a/c in the room, we were forced to move to the workroom, where 2 of the staff nurses were. So anyway, I got really sleepy around 11pm, and because based on my classmates' stories on their nightcall, the nurses gave them mattresses for them to sleep on, I made my presence felt by lying down on the couch. Papansin ba. So that the nurses would ask us to get the mattresses from wherever. But nooooo. It never happened. Insensitive? Probably. Well, I couldn't blame them now, cos what happened changed my life forever. Haha drama nun ah. Anyway, at around 12 midnight, while I was having my nap, my classmates woke me up cos there was an emergency surgery. And I was supposed to scrub in. So I get up, help the scrub nurse prepare stuff and wait for the patient to arrive. Scrubbed in at around 1.30am, and surgery began at 2.21am. And ended at 4.30am. So I literally had no sleep. I was sleepy the entire time. While the surgeon was suturing, I was preparing the needle and suture. While doing that, I accidentally pricked my finger. Which alarmed me. I was terrified. To the point that I perspired like crazy. I mean, what if the patient has hepa? Fudge diba?! So I told my scrub nurse, and he told me to scrub out and clean my finger. So I went to the scrub room, removed my right glove, and thank God. No sign of blood, which means I didn't prick my finger. Just the glove. Grabe. Sobrang thank you Lord. After that, I just sat in one of the stools at the side of the OR suite, and after the surgery, I told my scrub nurse I'd be cleaning the instruments nalang (which I DIDN'T WANT TO DO, because ANDAMI nun. And sobra sleepy nako), but he told me to just get a basin and he'd take care of the whole mess, cos I need sleep daw because of my exams the next day. How sweet diba. Sayang di ko type eh. Haha.

--I know it's coincidental, but isn't it cool that my first and last cases are both emergency cases? Wala lang. As if naman I could brag about the cases where I scrubbed in, eh 3 lang yun. Pathetic eh noh. Haha Summer babawi ako. --

When I took the exams in MS, I was the first who passed my paper, basically because I didn't review my answers anymore, since I was already falling asleep. Hello?! Try not sleeping for an entire night. Annoying. So I went straight home after that, and tried to catch some zzz's, which I got at 5pm pa. Maryosep. In the middle of my beautiful sleep, Oana and Sheila texted me,telling me to meet them and the rest of the RLE at 7am the following day. We didn't have classes kasi on Tuesday, because Prelims were on Wed-Fri. It's the college's tradition that we have one day free before the prelims. Hello? Walang tulog tapos pupunta sa school? Because of the effing case presentation our CI gave us. She assigned that on Monday, due Friday same week. Wow. Thanks for the consideration. Not only that, she expected us to submit individual Patient Care Records on one of the surgeries where we scrubbed in. I submitted my patient care record, aka case study kong bulok, yesterday,and she returned it. DI DAW TAMA FORMAT. Gosh. Malay ko bang case study. She told us that it was supposed to be Nursing Care Analysis. Eh in our previous shift, that was the PCR. And now she tells us she wants a friggin Case Study?! Graaaaabe mehn. Now ko lang ginagawa and I swear to God, it's so hard. Naiiyak nako. Pano, my case ain't like your typical case. Its Anatomy and Pathophsyio is so hard to explain because Abdominal Trauma eh. Andaming organs affected, goodness gracious. Good luck to me.

AND. My stint in the OR is over (so sad, promise,major bawi in the OR on summer. 3 cases palang ako. crap), and now we'll be having our Community Health Nursing. Crap. Sobra dami gagawin. Paperwork, whateverwork, doesn't work for me. I shouldn't be nega. I promised myself I'd look at the brighter things in life. This time I'd be more optimistic. God won't give me this much work if He knew I couldn't do it. I could manage all the stress that I'm having. Thank you Lord.

My body is now used to being asleep for only 4-6 hours. Kanina, I woke up around 10, when I slept at 4 ha. At least I don't feel groggy because of sleep-deprivation. I'm now used to it e.

Thank you Sam Milby, for not letting me down. You were so gwapo, cute, hot, adorable in the movie, that for 2 hours or so, I forgot about my problems in school. I am, again, in love with him. Now I know that there are 2 reasons why God hasn't made me meet my perfect match yet. He's either a) Sam Milby, or b) Andy roddick :) I think it's letter B though. hahahaha


Still lovin' life despite all the difficulty. I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me :)

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Confusing my feelings with the truth

Okay, so the title doesn't have anything to do with this journal entry. It just so happened that Gabriella (the character from High School Musical, which I so love thanks to Zac Efron) just sang When There Was Me and You. I love that song.
ANYWAY.
Now I know why 3rd year's tough. I'm feeling the pressure. MS, which I love, is a traitor. The long quiz that Asst Dean gave us was just so hard. I mean at first it didn't seem hard because I studied hard for that quiz, but then all the choices seemed like they were all the right answers. This is where CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER fits. I was so crestfallen when we were having the feedback for the Fluid and Electrolyte quiz. I was never really good at Fluid and Electrolytes anyway. Bawi next quiz.

DUTY.I love RLE. But man, I hate the sched. Instead of 18 mtgs in the OR, we only have like at most 12 because of class suspensions, holidays. For the first time in my life, I want to have duty. I'm willing to go to the OR and go home late because of a surgery that takes 5 hours to finish. But no. We were deprived of the 18 meetings. Well, no one's to blame for this. Malas lang talaga. Blah. I just keep praying that nothing bad or terrible will happen to me that will make me not want to work in the OR in the future. I love it. I love surgery. Thanks to Grey's Anatomy.

School's tough right? I keep saying that. What's tougher is my sched this week. Although we won't be having classes on Monday thanks to Ninoy Aquino's heroism, I'll be in school straight from Tuesday-Monday the following week. I'm going to be in school even on Saturday and Sunday. 'Cause on Sunday, I'll be having my overnight duty :) Nothing to rave about, since owells. Won't go deep into that. I CAN DO THIS. Right? Right. Sacrifice. I have to go through all this. GOAL? Andy Roddick.

Speaking of, Andy is on a roll. He's into the semis of the Cincys. I'm just so proud of him. So what if he's ranked 12th nalang in the world? Well I know it's a big deal that from being number 5, he's now 12th best in the world, it's just that he's raised his game (ooh got that from his site, which I check everyday). He just beat Andy Murray, the same guy who beat him in Wimbledon. That guy's just so arrogant. Not to be mean or anything, but I'm glad Andy Roddick crushed him. I love Andy Roddick to bits. Haaaay. His game has improved so well, that he's playing the same way he did back in 2003, when he won the US Open. And don't believe the rumors that he's dating Maria Sharapova. That's rubbish. He loves going out, but he doesn't have a girlfriend. Not in 5 years. Haha.

I have to finish my pref cards. I hope that we'd be loaded with surgeries come Tuesday. No duty on Wednesday cos we have a seminar on CPR by Dra. Yamamoto. O diba, no duty na naman. I'M HATING IT. Can't we cancel duty when we're having Community Nursing instead? Blah. Hell week next week. Ugh. That's why I slept the whole day today. I officially have SLEEP BULIMIA. I read in this journal that Sleep Bulimia is being sleep-deprived the entire week and sleeping all day on weekends. Hello? I'm the classic example. Well, you can't blame me. I doubt that I'm the only one in my college with Sleep Bulimia. Crap, Nursing in UST is so damn hard. It's okay though, cos it'll all pay off when I'm an RN na. That's why I fully support my college in its quest for TRUTH, JUSTICE AND INTEGRITY for the Nursing Profession. Speaking of, what Prof Villarama and the entire faculty of the UST College of Nursing did just last Thursday & Friday was on the newspaper. Not just in the newspaper. We were on the banner headline. I'm so proud to be a Thomasian Nurse. Okay, so they teach us that we're above other nursing schools, which is a bad thing, but I now love my college. I love Nursing. Even if Pharmacology doesn't love me back.

I have to say that I have conquered another big fear of mine. Due to the Oath-taking that, thank God was postponed, Prof Villarama moved our class from 10.30 yesterday to 4-5.30pm. I had the option of not attending the class, but I just couldn't, because I was lucky as it is to be having Ma'am Villarama as my Peds prof. I couldn't miss her lectures because she's one of the few teachers I've ever had in my entire life who's that good. Hassle because I brought my car, eh I have a hard time driving in the dark because of the really dark tint in my car windows. I left school around 6 na. But I was able to go home safely naman. Thank God.

Good luck to me this week. After hell week, Prelims week naman. More good luck hahaha

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Brain saturation

My brain is oversaturated. School is definitely killing me. I can't believe that now I'm always looking forward to duty just cos lecture's killing me. I wasn't able to sleep well last Wed and Thurs because of Pharma and Peds. Pwet. And you'd think it's over after that right? NOOOOO. Plus 3 more quizzes next week. MS, Pharma and Peds. Pharma is, up to now, still my worst subject. I don't know why. I give it my all naman. I study hard. I memorize everything I can memorize. WALANG NANGYAYARI MEHN. Augh. I just want this sem to be over. One thing's keeping me in good spirits, though. Duty in the OR. No other reason except that I'm enjoying the experience and I really want to work in the OR. Seriously.

I have to do pa biblio for Monday's duty. I wish I scrub in. And I wish for a little something something pa with that hahaha :)

On Tuesday, we'll be having a prayer rally in front of the PRC because of the leakage in the nursing licensure exams last june. I'll be joining the rally in the morning, then duty in the afternoon. I couldn't imagine myself as an activist, but I'm going to be there, not because we're required (Seniors lang required, well, Juniors sorta pushed to go), but because I want to fight for this cause. Unfair eh. And I don't want what happened this year to happen to me come June 2008. That'll be crazy. I want to pass the boards, and I pray to God I do. I want to graduate na and work. Ay. 3 more semesters to go.

I can't believe I'm already a Junior. I couldn't stop saying this. It seems as though yesterday I was still roaming the corridors of St. Paul Pasig with Trish and all my friends back there. Oh crap I miss high school. I miss St. Paul Pasig. I miss my classmates. My friends. Even the teachers (some) ha. The buildings. The ambiance. Especially the fact that it was an exclusive school for girls. Boys are crazy, mas fun pag all-girls. Haha. Waah. High school classmates: BAKIT WALA PARIN TAYONG YEARBOOK?? Many of us will be graduating na next year (DLSU and CSB peeps), and yet it seems as though mauuna pa mga yearbooks natin from college maprint.. Ay sana maprint and marelease na yun. Badtrip naman talaga o.. I'm not blaming the yearbook staff because I know Freshman year (college) palang, done na yun eh. What happened? Printing daw eh. GRR. Hay nakonakonako.

Reality check: Dami pa gagawin. Plus, I need to rest. Yes. I love andy roddick. He's injured. I hope he'll be okay by the start of the US open. It'll be a shame if he doesn't make it to the finals. I hope Andy wins this time. Gets the title, I mean. He'll be 24 on the 30th. Happy birthday Andy! (In advance) Haha as if!!!

Monday, August 07, 2006

loving rle


Even if OR's making us crazy (in a good way naman), I have to say, we're all loving the OR experience. Abbie, Oana, Arvin and I were the only ones without cases this afternoon. We weren't at all chillax. We were anticipating emergency cases, too bad 1 case was cancelled, sorry Oana and Abbie. We had fun in the Supply Room though,fixing medical stuff. It made me pretty dizzy by the end of the 'chore', which by the way didn't seem like a chore at all, because of the small font in the meds and the very overwhelming amount of supplies. It was tough sorting them out just cos everything looked the same. Haha.

I was the first person in our group who scrubbed, though.It was an emergency case, and I was the most unlikely person to scrub cos I was the TL, TL=no cases. But for some reason, our CI asked me to scrub ASAP. It was really cool not cos I was the first one who did it, but because I really felt like it was real. I mean it was real, it's just that I've always only seen that kind of action on TV (Grey's Anatomy). Since I'm a big Grey's fan, it's obvious that I really want to be working in the OR. That's where the real action is, although I'm not the surgeon, it's fun, I tell you. Hassle lang yung cleaning all the instruments after the surgery.

NO school tomorrow, but I have to go to USTH tomorrow to get data for my patient last week. Blah. You could only get data every Tuesday eh. Hassle noh? Haha.

*The only pic where Oana and I were both wearing white was taken back when we were still having our RLE at the Female Surgery Ward. Taken weeks ago :)

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Love is Andy

I am in love with Andy Roddick.


ON SNL


ANDY ON THE WEAKEST LINK


Andy's Lexus Commercial


US Open series commercial

Sunday, July 23, 2006

UST's on a roll!

UST's on a winning streak! Wow. First FEU, now UE? And to think the line-up last year is pretty much what we have this year, except for 3 rookies. I think it's the coach. Good thing the school finally changed the coach. I hope we make it to the Final Four, or maybe even win the championship? Haha

---Hodge-podge of thoughts---
  • Julian (of My Girl) was here in Manila, and he is HOT.
  • It's Monday again tomorrow. I hope we don't have classes tomorrow.
  • I want to eat ice cream
  • I could sleep all day. Swear I could.
  • I want to graduate already.
  • Andy's only ranked 11th. From 5th. Tsktsk.
  • It's Paopao's 4th birthday on July 29th, I miss him
  • I super duper miss Trisha.
  • I want to study for my Pharma quizzes, but I'm too lazy.
  • American Dreamz, the movie, isn't all that. It sucked, by the way.
  • Looking forward to watching Jennifer Aniston's The Break-up. Haha
  • I want to leave the PI. ASAP
  • I'm hungry. Again.
  • Life's been treating me good, but I'm still not content. Tsktsk.
  • I desperately need a massage.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Sleep all day

Monthly exams are over!! I'm so glad the week finally ended! Pharma sucked. I want to love that subject, but somehow I just can't. I love Peds and MS, but I could never ever learn to love Pharma. It's like Chemistry all over again, plus I hate memorizing things that sound alike. I mean all these meds sound alike. When will I ever learn?!?!? For the first time in my life, I took a test I couldn't answer. It has to do with the fact that while we were taking the test, our Pharma prof told us that we'd be having our quizzes (3 effing quizzes) later at 4pm. We were supposed to be out by 12pm. Everyone made plans for the afternoon/evening. I was planning on sleeping the entire afternoon cos I didn't sleep much the night before cos of that subject. Because I was fuming mad, I almost broke my pencil, but thank God I didn't. I kept praying to God that our prof would cancel our quiz for whatever reason she could have. I just want her to postpone the quiz and have it next week. God is good. An hour later, she told us that the quiz is now moved to next week. I was soo happy that I was able to answer at least 20 questions confidently. I think. At least I think I answered them correctly.
ANYWAY.
After that, I literally pigged out. I had lunch at Mister Kabab with Oana, Giselle, Hannah, Ken and Ade. I ate Keema and 2 cups of rice. Baboy. Haha. I've been wanting to eat there since last summer, cos the last time we ate there was what? January 31st? Or basta end of January..

This is the last of my easy easy days. I mean, school's tougher this time around. Everyone's been saying 3rd year's the toughest, and now I know why. And it's only beginning. Crap, I can't wait till I graduate.

Why am I not losing weight?! I work out at least once a week. I'm low on carbs. I do sit-ups every other day. Pero no, nothing's changed! My face is still big, my arms are still flabby, my tummy's still big! Dang. Haha. Good thing I don't have a boyfriend. At least di na kelangan magpaganda.

Starting Monday, I'll be in the OR na. I'm both anxious-excited and anxious-nervous at the same time. Excited cos ever since I got hooked on Grey's Anatomy, I've been wanting to be a scrub nurse already. Or basta an OR nurse. Nervous cos people from RLE 2 (who just finished their shift at the OR-Pay, that's where we'll stay den) told us that sobra toxic daw and super demanding. Well. Just when we thought we're over the terror and toxic CI. Good luck to us!

It'll take forever for me to update again. Ugh. School. Lovin it and hatin it both at the same time :)