Travels

Monday, July 27, 2009

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

i didn't expect myself to feel giggly after watching this movie! hehe. this is one of the catchy lines i liked:

Harry Burns: I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.


aaaaawwwwwww! --- sappy!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

turo turo

ano tinuturoturo mo jan, ert. hahaha... miss you mygz, ert and U1!!!

First week in San Lazaro: late video post

this it the very first picture of our group in san lazaro... C.I was orienting.


the video shows a very comfortable, care-free nursing students. they didn't know that the room they went to was an isolation room for varicella (chicken pox room). ahahahaha!!!!

this was our second day in San Lazaro Hospital. Mrs. Caluntad, RN, our clinical instructor, told us to find a vacant room where we can put our stuff and do our charting. we found this room, and goodness, how happy we were at first by finding the vacant room (there were other student nurses from different schools)... my groupmates sat on the leather matresses, layed all their stuff on it... like how you see in the video... taking pictures (which is not allowed). our C.I came and said, 'Nako, varicella room yan! wag kayo jan! hindi ako papasok jan no...'.. ay lintik! i haven't had chicken pox yet!

when i got home, i washed my lab gown with bleach to disinfect it. took a bath and all... kakapraning!!!

***
we were assigned in the male ward. i handled a 19- year old with dengue hemorrhagic fever. his temperature was soaring high! he cannot take his paracetamol IV yet since he just took it.. so, i did TSB. from 38.9 C, i was able to decrease his temp to 38.1 C (with the help of Andrew Escolano). yey!

***
we eat our dinner either at shell or petron... this was one of our pictures taken from KFC.
i dunno but we were laughing our asses off talking about random stuff. in short, we were extraordinarily happy at that time... inspite of seeing a dead animal in my fries
and a leaking krusher.
the bucket of fries was half empty already when we saw the damn insect. told the manager and replaced it with a full bucket. we gave it to kuya Mar... he had no idea about the insect thing.
HAHAHA! walang maingay.

oh well.


Saturday, July 25, 2009

PENELOPE

What a cute movie! I'm such a sucker of movies like these. i kinda relate to Penelope because we have the same snouty nose. haha. only, i didn't hide from the world... the character, max/john, played by james mcavoy, wow. i love him! love the character!

it's a simple movie, but very touching. i dunno, but i felt like i was holding up my tears. LOL. it's not even super drama! hahaha.

i didn't know the producer was reese witherspoon.

so, whoever missed this on starmovies, just wait. they may still be showing it. you should watch it. :)


Saturday, July 18, 2009

The Operating Room

i'm really happy that i was able to scrub in on my second case! :) yey. not to mention that the team (dr. almoro, dr. elba, ms. marasigan, RN) was nice... i was tensed at first since it felt like scrubbing in for the first time...
the procedure done was cholecystectomy. as the operation went by, i felt all sorts of stuff... my nose itched. my back itched. my neck started to feel the strain. my mask was falling off my face. i felt like peeing. see, you just can't back out from it. you're body movements become limited when you're all dressed up with the green gown for sterility's sake. ok... so, i focused on what i was doing, trying not to mind the strain and the itch.. i heard the ROD sniffling. he must have been all wet with runny nose under that mask... "zzzz" "zzzzz", said the cautery pen... the aroma of burning burning muscle filled the air...

to be continued...

"zzz"zzz"zzz"... "suction please.." said the surgeon... the machine went, 'brrrrrrrrr'.... and the excess blood and fluids went up the tubes and down the big old jar... i was holding the deaver on both hands... whenever i felt tired, i just change positions...

so the surgeon, sliced his way down to the patient's insides and then... oh there it was! the gallbladder... sliced it.. removed it... closed the patient....

wow. it may sound simple to have experienced such but i felt great with it... and just being beside the ROD... he seemed so nice. :) hihi.



Wednesday, July 08, 2009

haaay. grabe, buti nalang nakaraos na ako sa lagnat at hika. siguro kung umkyat at baba ako ng hagdan, akoy hahapuin parin. pero mas maginhawa na ang pakiramdam kumpara nung mga nakaraang mga araw. nagstart ang lagnat ko noong July 3. Nagpunta pa ako sa EAC para may kunin na papeles. dahil, mejo nakakaramdam ng kakaiba, bumili ako ng facemask, at sinuot iyon pauwi... walang gustong tumabi saakin. akala'y may matinding virus ako.
sumunod na araw, pumasok ako sa OR duty namin... parang prijider ang OR theater. ang lamig! nanglalambot pa ako, buti nalang at, hindi ako ang scheduled na magassist. ako ang taga assign kung sino ang nagsscrub at mag 'cicirculating'. hehe.

sa OR parin kami, kasunod na araw. walang case dahil sunday, so nanood nalang kami ng case presentation. iba na talaga ang pakiramdam ko dahil inaatake narin ako ng hika. (weird nga kasi nauna yung lagnat na walang nararamdamang paninikip ng dibdib. nahuli na ang hika!)

nagaalalang nag dala ako ng A(H1N1) sa calamba, nagtungo ako sa aming Emergency department at nagpatingin... maraming pasyente dahil walang Industrial clinic dahil linggo. so natagalan ako bago asikasuhin. 38.4 C ang lagnat ko na non at hirap nanghuminga.

nung turn ko na, binigyan ako ng doctor ng salbutamol nebs, every 15 mins. wow! masukasuka ako sa gamot! nakakabangag... nanginginig at mabilis na ang tibok ng puso ko (side effect ng gamot yun). nasusuka na ako. buti nalang at andon si Aiza at si Czy. marami talaga ang pasasalamat ko sa kanila, dahil, kung wala sila, wala akong ibabayad sa gamot (yung facilities naman, wala na akong binayad kaya, ayus na rin, gamot lang talaga ang gastos). sinamahan nila ako doon. ngunit nauna narin sila. dumalo sila sa kaarawan ng kapatid ni ate aimee.

hika ko lang ang inatupag ng mga doctor. para bang binaliwala ang hinaing ko na may lagnat ako. kaya nga ako nag pacheck kasi baka may karumaldumal na impeksyon ako... "doctor, meron po akong lagnat, 3 days na." parang walang narinig si doctor, nakinig ng breath sounds ko "nako, meron pa, isa pang pausok ng combivent." kinausap ako ng kaunti, at lumayas na.. aysus... buti yung huling doctor, nag order ng CBC. ang sakit tumurok ng medtech... naiba ang anggulo ng karayong ng ilabas nya ito mula sa aking ugat... ARAY!
alas! mataas ang lymphocytes ko! VIRAL ang dahilan ng aking lagnat. oook... mejo nabahala ako don... hindi naman nag sswab test for A(H1N1) ang ospital namin. at ayoko naman mag punta ng RITM at baka lalong mahawaan ako ng sakit don. nabahala lang naman ako. alam ko naman na hindi nakamamatay ang virus nayun (ang strain naman ng virus dito ay yung mahinang klase... binabanas ang mga virus sa pilipinas, kaya hindi sila nagtatagal dito. haha).

sa sta cruz na ako nanatili ng 2 gabi. ayaw akong iwanan mag isa ni ate rochie, dahil pag emergency, wala akong matatakbuhan. ok din na sa sta cruz ako, at nakasama ko ang aking mga tita at lola, at mga pamangkin at pinsan. si Lola Estay, maaruga talaga. iniisip ko tuloy kung paano sha noong kabataan nya. Mahigpit daw sha kila mommy. pero maaruga. nakakalimot na si lola. maraming beses nya tatanungin kung nakainom na ako ng gamot. hinahapo na nga ako sa kasasagot. hehe. pero mahal ko ang lola ko kahit makulit. dapat sa mga matatanda katulad nya ay mahaba ang pisi mo. may short term memory loss na kasi si lola.
masarap tumira sa sta cruz dahil araw araw ay may sariwang pagkain. dito sa bahay, bukod sa wala kang kausap kundi yung pet mo sa pet society, e wala pang pagkain na masarap. pilitin ko man mag luto. sabi nga nila, masarap talaga ang pagkain pag hindi ikaw ang nagluto... o pangit lang talaga ang lasa ng mga luto ko. hrmph. kakalungkot naman. LOL.

guminhawa ang paghinga ako. hindi na bumalik ang lagnat. sumakit naman ang chan ko sa empacho. dami ko atang nakain. o siguro gawa ng gamot na pinapakain saakin. parang may kabag na ewan.

gusto ko lang magpasalamat sa mga kaibigan kong si aiza at czy, sa pag sama sa akin sa ER. si ate aimee narin sa pag aalala (kahit acting lang. LOL). kay presidente Kaye na nag text. kay ate rochie na nag hatid sundo mula sa sta cruz (na alam kong tanging pakay lamang ay makikain doon. JOKE. haha). salamat din kay tita mely at tita lucy, kay ate lita na nag luluto ng masasarap na ulam. kay LOLA ESTAY, na maaruga. kahit may short term memory loss sha, hindi nya nalimutan kung bakit ako naandon sa sta cruz. (para kay lola, considered short term memory yung info na nagkasakit ako). pati kay kuya mitchie and family na nag text kung ok na ako. SALAMAT ng MARAMI, family and friends! mabihay kayo! peace! :)






Saturday, July 04, 2009

WORMS

i should stop eating too much of these... they might get me sick...
on second thought... what the heck!?

Friday, July 03, 2009

Siblings on the NEWS. hehe.

All 3 of us have had experienced being featured on a newspaper/ magazine! hehe. We made it to media history. WOOHOO! LOL.

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Lifestyle section June 16, 2004
That's me. hehe.
Pictorial for Fete dela Musique 2004

Inside Bay Area, July 1, 2009
the acrobat pose of my little brother, doing capoeira moves.

Sense&Style Magazine, August 2008
There are several articles written about her in some other newspaper/ magazine like Junior PDI and some tabloids. ahehe. sha pinakasikat samin. LOL. Happy BIRTHDAY ATE! (it's her day today).



dedicated to michael jackson

Still mourning for his passing, I thought of posting this video in dedication to MJ.
I've been a fan eversince...

Maligayang paglalayag.

P.S. Galing ko no? LOL!