9-18-09 post HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

happy birthday haycee!!! thanks for the free meal! yeah... next time dapat may inuman na, sama natin si maam casanas ulit. ahehehe!!! :)

wala na!

bumigay na talaga ang sapatos ko.... tsk tsk tsk...

my shoE has given up...tsk tsk tsk...

hahaha mygz, ayan, nibago ko na! LOL! :)

RECTO trip

now i have something to say here. :) yey! this afternoon, haycee and i went to manila to buy books for school. the book i bought was not available elsewhere, so i had to go all the way to recto avenue to get it. (had 3 train rides to get there). hrmm. i was thinking of buying another comprehensive review for nclex; but, i just bought a pretty expensive set of books last week... still thinking what to buy, the Q&A book or the comprehensive review.... think think!

i wanted to go to manila zoo today. the weather was not cooperating. it's still rainy outside as i am typing this. i decided not to go. avilon zoo, i think, is a better place to visit. i remebered that art films/ indie films (courtesy of Cine Europa) were showing at the shangrila mall today. we went there instead, fell in line immediately as we arrived the theater @ around 6:30pm. we were quite hungry at that time, haycee wanted to get off the line and eat dinner. i told her no, coz the line was too long, we might not get our slots (did i mention the movie was free? it was)... so, haha, i gave her the hard boiled eggs i kept on my bag, emergency food: just in case i get hungry. while haycee was taking of the shell, the guard came up to her and said "mam, bawal po.." haha... i didn't know which was NOT allowed... she was also sitting on the floor. so either that, or the 'egg unwrapping'... i didnt understand...

anyway... the movie was funny! the movie was called "the last summer". i knew nothing about it since i didn't read the synopsis. it was really hilarious. i guess the movie was made during the late 90's... i noticed the backstreet boy - hairdoo of the actors. hahaha! i can't wait to watch the other movies. :) i'd like to watch the scary ones. yeah.

yes! sa wakas! dinner time! after the movie, we headed to Secret Recipes for dinner. :) wow! hebigat the meal was! for a high-end resto, i think the cost of the food was like a budget meal. P150 for a meal that big? SULIT! haycee and i, got the same thing. so we paid 150 each... it was more than worth it, i guess. :)

going home was the worst part. we were done eating at 10pm... @the bus at 10:30.... @ home at 1:30! shocks... traffic was really baaaaaad in bicutan... was freezing at the bus too... agh. good thing i had company. i didn't expect haycee was going to manila too. :)

when i got home, i had to hang our clothes to dry. did the laundry in the morning. thanks to our very smart washing machine... haha.

PS:

hrmph :(

hrmm. i feel kind of awful today. hrmmm.. i feel like there are tons of things to do and yet i cant even start on it. i dunno why... i want to buy a book for called 'quick notes: diagnostic tests". i think that will get me going once i buy the book... argggh.

ok... one more thing. i feel bad that i think i made someone feel bad the other day. it's not my fault. i just got freaked out when i saw the silly video with my picture on it.... and that's a biiiig no no for me!!!! jeez cant believe someone would do that! if my best friend would do that, it would be ok... but... the person who made it? we're not even close yet. like were' in the getting to know stage... i was comtemplating on it earlier... i kinda feel bad that i sounded upset... (but i was upset!).. oh well... sayang... new friend sana.

haaayyy... my abdomen feels bloated. it get's me paranoid sometimes. whoa. oh well... i gotta start with something...

positive thinking!!!

today was not all bad. aiza, kaye and i ate spaghetti today... pinoy style! i'd prefer an italian version; but it was delicious. hehe . thanks kaye, for cooking the meal! :) im looking forward to our next study group session.... puro tayo kain. ano ba yan! LOL.

Gluttony

sheesh! i'm sooooo full, i feel like im going to burst! im satisfied. :)

ate rochie, kuya oliver and i went to SM Sta. Rosa for shopping. Kuya Oliver needed stuff for his trip for Canada... ate rochie and i went shopping for groceries. :)

shakey's -----> i think i've eaten too much. (pasta, mojos, pizza, garlic bread, iced tea... wow) i didnt have desert but i bought a blueberry cheesecake just in case i'd crave for it. :) hahaha..

such a glutton... sorry.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOMMY!

yep, that's my mom! it's her birthday today! she's the best, ever! love you, mom. :)

No class today. whew

yup. uhuh.... no class today.... and took advantage of it. :)

aiza and i went to SM today after returning our nclex reviewers... we just strolled around the mall. bought the lippicott nursing manual. i hope it'll help me a lot. had fun today with my friends. Czy came along, chit chatted about anything... and then did the groceries...

the mall trip was ok. ;)

at home, my butt fell flat on the floor when i tried to stretch myself in a broken office chair.... dangit... didnt know it was broken... my left arm was more painful that my back. it was like a nestea plunge commercial without the water...

but im ok now... thank goodness. :) no broken anything...

that's pretty much what i did today. we wanted to watch a movie but there weren't nice ones on big screen...

saw kar's blog. ert saw it first. naks, may special mention. :)

TSK TSK. Mikey.... talk to the hand!

HULI KA NA E!

5 pesos

hahaha. i can't believe a friend of mine and i would fight over a 5 peso fee for being late! it's hilarious.

something about dec 2008, family visit. again, it's a late post

i was reading my old blog entries dated december 2008 and i was not able to talk too much about mom, dad and brother's visit in the phils. i guess i've written it somewhere else. could be on my old journal (notebook). so, then, this is going to be the oldest late post i'm going to write unless i'd think of an older memory stored at the back of my brain. anyway, here goes.

well, back in dec 2008, like i said, mom, dad and brother came home. i really missed them. it was really fun when they came home since they were sort of the life of the party, especially, among my aunts and uncles...(even before they went to the states) they're the comedians in the family. :) haha.

my aunts, uncles, cousins and nephews (mom side) from Cali visited too. so, it was actually a super grand reunion. it's funny, they've been in the states for a long time, but somehow, i still felt the filipino in them. good thing. :) patrick(8) and matthew (13), my dear dear nephews were so adorable. it was my first time to have ever seen them and it was as if i've known them all my life.. (i remember, we went to the Mall of Asia with my dad's side, strolling, when the 2 kids just sprang in front of me and said, 'TITA!' and hugged me tightly, so excited, i thought they'd pee their pants. LOL. i miss them now. i told them not to grow up too fast.

also, what i miss about my family's visit was the delicious breakfast we always had in the mornings... i'd hear my dad waking me up, 'anna, wake up! breakfast is ready.'... and so it was... the luscious aroma of fried eggs just gave me this grumbling sound in my stomach... the plate was full with food, complete with rice, eggs, toasted bread with butter and a glass of milk... i love it when we eat together too. the appetite's just there when you have someone to eat with, really. i felt like a little girl again, being pampered... :)

my brother, on the other hand was not so much around during that time since he had his schedule full. we went to parties here and there with old friends. he had become a party animal. geez, my little brother... (dont get me wrong, i dont hate parties. i do party occassionally).

hrmmm. i dunno when they'll be coming back. soon will be just great. :)

LATE POSTS

Late post: saturday (duty in OR)

- it was so unsual to have soooooo many operations in one day! everyone (staff nurses, nursing aides, students, doctors, everyone!) was so busy, running around, preparing patient after patient. sooo, we had 2 ORIFs, 3 CS, 1 NSD, 1 D&C and a closing of an appendectomy... there were 4 cord care cases since 1 CS patient had twins! :)

- thing was, i was kinda sick that day. so my Clinical instructor didn't order me around. she assigned me in the recovery room, which sucked, since i really want to do a cord care case. :( but of course, i had to think of the babies' welfare.. see, babies are high risk for any disease... i had an asthma attack 2 days prior the the busy day, and still i was recovering from it. i got pretty bored in RR... so i asked my clinical instructor to assign me to a minor case (appendectomy). still, it was not a biggy. hrmph... i didn't even feel tired.

- by the way, i monitored the VS of a patient who just undergone a shoulder surgery... it wass my job to wake him up from time to time. there were 3 IV lines attached to him: D5 water with tramdol (f0r pain), 10 gtts/min, D5 LR @KVO and another yellow IV med (forgot what it was, antibiotics i guess). i saw the yellow IV med empty and the tramadol leaking. so, i fixed it. while i was removing the tramadol to change the line, the patient woke up and and cried so loudly as he felt the gnawing pain of the post-surgery. gosh, i got a little rattled with that! i thought it was the removal of the tramdol on his Y-tube, but my CI doubted it since, it was not removed long enough. however, i think it was still a factor. eventually, the nurse in charge contacted the doctor and was ordered to give another dose of tramadol with an IV push.... the patient went back to his peaceful slumber... whew!

Sunday- Lunch at tita Tess'

-ok.. so i also missed lunch at tita tess'. had to stay home for a faster recovery. i didn't feel sick anymore though. i just felt i needed more rest. hrmmph. i miss my nephew. didn't see him.

slept the whole day today. :) i dremnt of something i cannot remember.

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then when i woke up, i watched 3 consecutive movies: premonition, Ironman and indescent proposal...

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ugly dog

we have a new dog!!! can you believe it???? a dog!!! mom was soooo furious, but she can't do anything about it. LOL. he still doesn't have a name. he's adorable (even if i find him ugly. haha), actually. mukha kasing basang sisiw... but i think looking like that makes him more loveable. i want to go visit cali because of the new member of the family!!! (click the image to see more of him)

sugarplum fairy

haha! this is sooo cute! the nutcracker's theme song on guitar. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ATE AIMEE!!!

thanks for the food and tambay!!! :)

toxic

natoxic ako sa hospital, sobra. paano, isang na-surgery at isang may NGT ang nahandle ko. mejo nararattle pa ako kay dean. although, chill lang si dean kapag may equipment akong nakakalimutan. haaay.

hindi na ako sanay sa toxic ward lalo na pag q1 and q2. dapat ma practice ulit ang patient education. kaya ako nagtagal kanina kasi naman, yung mga medicine card ng patient ko ay nawawala sa kahon.

feeling ko galit sakin yung mga groupmates ko. na gguilty tuloy ako na nabwisit ako sa kanila. anyway. baka praning lang ako.

needed a chill pill (go figure how to read this)

haaaaay!!!! since i cant tell them, i'll just tell the world.

before i say something, i'm glad that our case study turned out fine. there were flaws but over all, it was a good case presentation... but the process of making it... geez...

i really dislike doing SCHOOL WORK with my groupmates. parang ang gulo gulo nilang lahat! at ayoko talaga mag cramming... yesterday was chaos! we had a week to finish everything and i told them to send me their part of the work so that i can consolidate everything and edit so that on the meeting, we could talk and do some minor revisions. well, guess what? they (not all) didn't send me anything prior to our meeting. so everyone was panicking. stressful!

there were unevitable technical glitches. Like T, who tried to send her 'anatomy', but was not able to, that's ok. L, who did the interviewing, should've interviewed the patient a long time ago! He should have sent the biographical data, etc earlier... and of course, A, who always hates doing the work, attempted to just manipulate the answers... haaay nakakapanginit talaga ng ulo.

i also hate it when a person whom you're trying to talk to, wouldn't answer. you know she heard you but won't reply. you don't know if she's doing it on purpose or what. it's really annoying. parang BASTOS lang.

and when you need positive energy, na-ah, you won't get it from our group! nakakahawa ang negative energy!

if you do an open forum with them, nako, i bet they will hear you but they won't listen.. it's frustrating..

i'm not all perfect. i have flaws on my own and maybe they hate me for it. i know i need to be more patient, to be less judgemental...

don't sweat on the small stuff... what it the small stuff balls up to something big? aba, i might sweat too much! diaphoresis! baka magkaron ako ng fluid and electrolyte imbalance.

anyway....

i'm just used to working alone or with a small group. dami kasi namin.

maybe, this is the reason why you can't be business partners with friends... you like them as friends but you can't work together. buti nalang we don't work together all the time. la lang naisip ko lang.

i don't hate my groupmates ok... just hate the attitude.

random nonsense

I'm quite dissapointed that the side bar of my blog moved to the right; and i can't get it back ti the left!!! :(

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will be sleeping after i've written something here.

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what did i do today? nothing much, actually. read the GI System on my book for next week's class. i have to catch up on a lot of things. aside from school requirements, i should be starting on studying for the board exams. i don't know where to start. Lara Larua, started with anatomy. i might as well start with that too..

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Dean Alpay will be our Clinical Instructor tomorrow. so that means we will be assigned @ the 3rd floor. geez. the nurse from h--- might be on duty. sucks.

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feeling ko may tiktik sa bubong namin. kalabog ng kalabog. nakakairita.

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watched 'My sister's keeper'... it was sooo touching... i should read the book.

RIP Pres. Corazon Aquino

President Corazon Aquino passed away yesterday @ around 3 am. She will be truly missed by the Filipino people. I'm sure she is now happily reunited with her husband in heaven.

Love Phobia, SLH 2-week duty, my sister's arrival

Pramis, last na to!

ert, mygz, ayi and i attended a script writing workshop before (waaaay back 2004?). each of us were assigned to make a script regarding AIDS/HIV... hrmm.. can't remember what i've written... but what i remember is that my mentor said that my script has a potential.. haha...

After watching "Love Phobia", (korean movie), i asked my self, 'why didn't i think of a dramatic love story? and it soooo fit the theme. it could have been great! geez'.

Wanna see the movie?

the film was moving. sad in fact. but, didn't feel tears welling up or tightness on the throat... maybe because of the cheezy ending + the slow internet (since AVG started scanning my pc). Nevertheless, i love the twist at the middle of the story. i want to say more, but you might want to watch it. so i won't blog too much details. hehe...

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PTB ward: scanning the charts (click image to view more photos)

Guess who's who :)

my groupmates have been bugging me to upload our pictures from our duty in San Lozaro Hospital. i have already uploaded 2 folders. hooray! ang daming pictures. nakakaumay! we've stayed there for 2 weeks. i can say i'll miss the whole thing... the travelling, the experience, the clinical instructors, the hospitals, the laughter... (well, my groupmates and i, we laugh all the time. but it's different when we travel far away from home base)... it's our last affiliation. *saaad*

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i got soooo nervous! i thought i lost my cellphone again (knock on wood)! we were at mcdonalds SLEX to eat dinner. i didn't realize i left it in the van!!! darn!!! the next day, i bought an 'ID Sling' for my cellphone sheesh.... oh , i'll show you a video clip @ mcdonalds. :)

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ate rochie just came back from australia. her stuff are still cold from the weather there, as if it just came out from the frige. lol. ok so what did i get as pasalubong? i have a big marshmallow covered with white chocolate springled w/ nuts and coconut shreds, a sylvester doll, and a shrek tumbler. :) . thanks ate rochie!

Congratulations for being the second doctor in the family. hehe. :)

Admiring the works

Chito Vecina was the first professional wedding photographer i've ever seen working in person... he, along with his team, was the one who took photographs of my cousin's wedding. I really admire his work. i mean, he made people look happy in pictures, he takes really nice candid shots. its as if you can almost feel the emotion of the person on the photo..

http://www.chitovecina.net/

http://www.jpgmag.com/people/chitovecina

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

photo source: http://malaysiansupermummy.blogspot.com/2009/03/sappy-romantic-movie-quotes-to-cry-your.html

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.

quote source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098635/quotes

aaaaawwwwwww! --- sappy!

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!!!

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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!

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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.

PENELOPE

photo source: http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/blpenelopeposter.htm

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. :)

The Operating Room

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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.

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! :)

WORMS

i should stop eating too much of these... they might get me sick...

on second thought... what the heck!?

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.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/entertainment/ci_12732357

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).

http://www.senseandstyle.net.ph/archive/aug08/senseNstylemain1.html

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!

RIPs

Twitter, facebook, multiply and other social networks are flooded with condolences and RIP's to Michael Jackson, another legend who passed away on June 25, 2009.

When i got a text message about it, i immediately went online and checked if it was true... and it was.... it's sad that one of the greats has gone again. he was 50 years old, too young for that... as one of the facebookers said,"he may or may not have slept with those boys, but he was still one of the great artists ever. a true legend."

hrmm... it's weird. too many deaths. i just buried my kitten this morning. :'c poor kitten.. next time, i'll send all the kittens for adoption. hrmmph.

RIP MJ. Image courtesy of(http://www.topnews.in/light/files/michael-jackson.jpg)

condolence

"just cry.."

"i'm sorry to hear of your loss."

"i'm sure she's in a better place now."

"condolence."

there are a lot of things you can say to a friend when a beloved had passed away. but sometimes, it's better to say nothing.

give space.

let them mourn.

*headphones on*

I'm currently checking out gilby's music collection on his blog. Reminds me of early morning joyrides. :)

www.berglovespizza.com

fete dela musique 2009

i'll make this quick coz it's late and i need to wake up really early.

Fete was located at Metrowalk Ortigas. i kinda felt i was too old to even go there but actually, i went there to expose my new friends who rarely go out from laguna. i was curious, too, what the scene would look like. it was quite dissapointing because it was not as grandiose as it was back in 2003 and 2004. the bands were fewer and the zoning was weird. we didn't get to see the reggae since we had to pay for the entrance fee.. nevermind! LOL. we just stayed outside and listened. at pop alt stage, i've heard music fresh to my ears. nice! mostly, we stayed in the pop alt stage for calalily (aiza's crazy about kean, the singer). took pictures. i never payed attention to calalily's music until last night. they were great.

@world music. very very few artists. no cynthia alexander, makiling ensamble, bayang and the whole gang.... but kadangyan was there. root of nature has a superb percussionist. absolutely superb. but i think, domeng's better still.

@metal rock. heavy security. it was like going to a place with no tomorrow, like a death valley. everyone was wearing black. the stage was covered with a protective net so that the artist won't get hit by UFOs thrown by crowd.

i shall post another entry for another topic about what had happen. i'm too sleepy to continue. ok good night to me. :)

blogs from multiply

ok... so here are some blog entries from mulitply which i failed to import here. :)

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/158/first_blowout_Sept_2004

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/151/RIP_francis_magalona

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/148/patawang_linya.

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/145/elizabethtown

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/135/My_NEW_Hairdooooo

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/134 = american idol finale

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/142/w.a.c

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/143/the_hotdogs

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/144/home_visit

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/136/BED_BUG

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/133/new_strat

http://nanaxiu.multiply.com/journal/item/60/I_just_miss_the_old_gang_in_people_support._My_...

pag walang magawa...

ganto ang ichura ko pag walang magawa.

kahapon lang to.

walang pasok kaya tambay kami ni aiza.

kausap namin si ate aimee thru YM.

so bonding kaming tatlo.

makalat yung kwarto.

BP pictures

(X-sign means, no more BP. it was the end of the road for us. naks.)

I was reading through my old entries and it felt like opening an old closet jam-packed with old memories. :) i have an entry about our last meeting with BP with a picture on it. so i thought of posting this picture here which was taken in 2007. we've never had a complete picture except the fete 2004 photo posted in the newspaper. good old days.

here are other old pictures which i've never posted anywhere, i guess. haha

wala lang magawa. hahaha. ;)

realizations

As we spoke and ate on the table, grilling time was up for me... one asked.. " e ikaw, nakikita mo ba ang sarili mo as a nurse habang buhay?"... i told them..."hindi." ..."e ano sa tingin mo ang magiging trabaho mo in the long run?"..." ewan ko."..."aaah.. nako.." (with the facial expression that may have said..tsk tsk tsk. tanda mo na hindi mo pa alam)...and i said, kind of defensively," pero hindi ako worried. di katulad ni ***, na parang din pa nya alam kung ano ang gusto nya talaga."... and she once again asked, "e ano nga yung nakikita mo?" .... ok so i was getting uncomfortable with the question coz i dont have an answer or not sure what i was supposed to answer. stupidly i said, "kusinera" with a nervous laugh... and the other one said,"bakit hindi ka nalang maging writer.. para kang anak ni bob ong magsulat...".

i don't understand why i got uneasy. they are my friends. i should be comfortable telling them anything. And then i realized, i was talking to people who have kick-ass designations, who earn mega bucks and who know exactly what they really really love in life.

I got uneasy... then bitter... then felt like crying... but of course i didn't look like it.

the next day, i was still thinking of what had happened... i felt bad that i have mentioned ****'s name, comparing her to me... i felt bad that i was not able to explain myself clearly.

it was nice talking to ert a bit about it online. at least i was able to share my feelings now. it was a breather. it's not that i composed some answer to defend myself... i just realized that the reason why i don't see myself as a nurse is because, stupid as it may sound, i still associate 'nurse' as a katulong lang of the doctors (which is super wrong talaga). And to speak the truth, i really can't still see what i'll be in the future... i'm still wishing/ hoping that this is my calling. i do love the medical field now. I'm not like yi who sees herself 20 years from now. Not like ert who (wanted to be and) is now a teacher. not like mygz who likes computers ever since she was born and who has a beautiful son and a husband. I'm just me... and 'me', for sure, will have a mark in this world someday.

Fairy godmothers. :)

by: mygz TR (6-1-09)

I love this picture courtesy of mygz. It looks like a poster of a feel- good movie. :) Mygz is leaving today for Singapore. I'm really happy that she has recovered from all the needles and chemo and radiology therapies she had.

As this gathering was for mygz's going away party, it was also a welcoming party for ert comingfrom indonesia.

It was so nostalgic... the 4 of us, together + our beautiful godson, ULAN. :) haha... just a thought, we looked like fairy godmothers here. LOL!

Mygz is continuously growing her hair back, ayi had a new hair cut and ert just had her hair colored.

Ulan was so adorable. :)

I wonder when this will happen again. hrmm.

I had my 3rd shot today. ate rochie dropped me off in front of CDH.

I want to go somewhere different today or do something, but I can't think of any place to go. And I've spent too much yesterday already when ate Aimee and I went to Shangrila Mall. Ran out of tickets for the La Pianiste movie. So, we just went trippin on food.

While walking back home, i was thinking of what my friends had told me. they said they could set me up with someone i could date... it's funny coz i think they're frustrated for me. anyway... i refused because of a couple of reasons. (1) i'm kind of shy meeting up with new people (2) i may not have the resources to communicate constantly, unless he'll go online. texting could be quite expensive (3) time could be an issue. must be focused on studies (4) i'd feel weird, being set up like that. i mean of course there would be some kind of expectation... what if we dont like each other? kakahiya naman don sa nag set up...

the term set-up is a weird word. i mean, relationships just happen, right? i know it's just a term. but it's weird

such a nega star... but i was actulally giving it a second thought. i felt like texting my friend and saying yes to it. why not?! right? it could help having some kind of inspiration. thing is, i don't have my friend's number. oh well, i hope that someone could be medically inclined somehow. it would be nice to talk about medical stuff, too. but musically/ artistically inclined people are still super fun to be with.

we had sort of a BP reunion last sunday. ayi, japs, domeng and melay werent there, sadly.we watched JP play. he was really good with the hand and 'toe' choreography he did while playing. haha.

i missed the bp boys. was nice seeing them again all grown up. ahaha

it was great catching up on stories with muffet an d burn. stayed with them til Shangrila closed.

that sort of gathering may happen after a 3- 5 years again. maybe.

sosyalan

what's the heck with all these social networks?! nasakit na ang ulo ko! may facebook na, may twitter pa! may friendster pa... may multiply pa..! (pero mahal ko ang multiply)... wala lang. gusto ko lang mag reklamo. hehehe

now that i dont have any classes, i should be reading my books more. i feel like i dont know anything yet, which really sucks! 

i should stay more focused this time. i'm about to be a 4th year student! i've got to keep it together this time! 

the concert

i've watched some youtube videos of archie and cook, being interviewed in eat bulaga and sis... archuleta is so adorable, i want to adopt him. haha. actually, i dreamt about him and cook last night. they were about to sing something ("crush" i think. or something else) and not sure if it was a duet (weird)... archie, forgot the words of his own song and sounded tired! geez... so cook told him to sing another song. even suggested something easy that he can remember the lyrics of.. the audience started to complain... waaah, poor boy. i hope it won't happen in real life. i mean, indeed, he sounded tired when he sang "crush" and "little too not over you"... as if he's having dyspnea. maybe he has asthma. hrmmm.

ang cute ng batang to.

i have a cold yesterday and a little dry cough. i dunno. maybe im dehydrated. or i may have gotten this from the rain. ..or maybe i got this from a patient!?! nooooo!!!! i dont want to have pneumonia! ... if i have it, is should have a fever. tsk... anyway.

it has been a lazy day for me. i read my handout, made some note and stayed online all day long.. im getting sick of this.

tomorrow, im going to visit emem in the hospital. she had a stiff neck.. poor friend... :) hope she'll feel better real soon.

thursday will be our final exam! oh my!

will be reading more tomorrow. no more facebooking and multiplying! and chatting...

i spoke with ert earlier. it's nice to vent out! *sighs*... about being madamot. ekek.. wala lang... ayun...

A Nurse's Prayer

Be me in the world

Be my voice to the deaf
Be my faith where there is doubt
Be my hope when there is despair
Be my light where there is darkness
Be my joy where there is sadness
Be me in the World
Be my eyes to the blind
be my consolation to those who need to be consoled
Be my understanding to those who need to be understood
Be my healing to those who need to be healed
Be my love to those who need lovebe my forgiveness to those who need to be forgiven
(Be my death to those who need me)
Be me in the world

Author unknown

WALANG TUBIG

badtrip. WALANG TUBIG! nasira kaya yung pump namin??? ngayon lang nawala. mga 11:30pm. *sighs*

anyway, mahal ang dinner namin ni ate rochie kasi bumili ako ng pink salmon. yun yung ulam namin. :) pinirito ko lang. tas nilagyan ko ng salsa. masarap... pero kung pinatikim ko kila tita mely yun, walang lasa. ahehehe.

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1823324

ni-substitue ko yung pink salmon sa halibut kasi baka allergic kami ni ate rochie.

photography and chinchillas

I had an acquaintance of a person�called ric, who showed me this creepy yet interesting photo. it somehow reminds me othe girl in the exorcist movie (what's her name? emily rose, if im not mistaken). anyway, he told me he wanted to make a similar shot. shutter speed must be slow in this one.

it's a holiday today! no school... no duty! i planned to go out earlier to grab a cake / go the market to buy fish for dinner. but it was raining. so i stayed at home. read a few pages of my book about meternal and child care. fell asleep... then woke up. ate rochie isnt here yet. she went to batangas to visit our house there with my lola.�

was boring. i watched very few tv programs ealier. hrmm.

oh, but hey!

i found out about chinchillas today! they're such cute little things. though they are rodents like squirrels and guinea pigs (which im not a fan of), these creatures are sooo cute. look at them! i thought they were small kangaroos. hahaha.. aren't they adorable??? :) My eye hurts already.

mygz and petchai adventure april 29, 2009

ayan si mygz, namamalengke! ktatapos lang ng radtherapy nya sa UST hospital. sinamahan

 ko sha. ang asteeg nung makina! ang lakilaki. tas umaandar yung kama. yung room parang malaking microwave.

saya din ng bonding namin ni mygz (altho mejo tahimik ako nung magkasama kami dahil may after shock pa ako nung incident). tagal na kasi kami hindi nakakapag bonding kasi hindi ako makaluwas madalas dahil may pasok. 

pagkatapos ng RT nya, kumain muna kami kasi sobrang gutom na ako... sayang hindi bukas yung friomix. naaliw din ako sa building ng UST. sinauna talaga! may mga statwa pa iababaw ng building. sa AC wala nun. 

nagtungo kami sa simbahan ng

quiapo. andon si Nazareno sa labas. nag dasal muna. gusto ko sana mag kuha ng mga litrato pero feeling ko may mag coconfiscate ng camera ko kasimay mga guard na mukang PSG. tapos namalengke kami ng mga gulay. merong bentahan ng mga abubut doon na ang mumura ng gamit! ang ccute pa! mga hindi pang karaniwang gamit, andon. bumili nga ako ng hikaw na korteng alimango.

first time ko sumakay sa ferryboat na naglalayag sa pasig river. nakakarelax sumakay don. parang MRT na parang eroplano sa loob nun. may aircon din. bawal mag picture sa tapat ng malacanang. ok. 

natuwa ako kasi nag journal reading kami ni mygz. walang akong journal. sha ang nagbasa. tuwa talaga ako sa mga sinusulat nya eversince. kung ippublish yun, parang adventure + inspirational + comedy all in one. haha. :) coolness! pwede itapat kay bob ong. hehe. :)

nakarating kami ng matiwasay sa bahy nila mygz. andon ang munting prinsipe na si U1. kakatuwa. palangiti yung batang iyun... at naglalakad na sa 

walker nya. nakikain ako ng palabok. ang sarap..

tas ayun, umalis na ako.. naiwan ko yung cucumber ko.