hyperacidity

i knew it! milk increases the acidity on the stomach, that's why my stomach hurt 2 days ago!!!

http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/treating-hyperacidity-340353.html

the beach

ngayon ko lang napansin. parang ngayon lang umulan ulit. parang buong dec hindi umulan... hrmmm... anyway...

napanood ko yung movie 'the BEACH'. ang ganda ng movie! pati yung tanawin ang ganda... parang gusto ko tuloy mag bakasyon sa beach at mag swimming. yung story ang maganda... i can relate.. sort of...

sabi sa storya, what would it take for you to maintain your own, selfsh happiness? kung baga, dahil selfish ka, may masasamang bagay nang nanyayari para ma-maintain lang ang happiness mo. parang gobyerno, nangongorakot sila ng sobra para dumami ang pera nila.. mas marami silang pambili ng droga.. etc... saklap no?

ganda ng movie. pogi pa si leonardo di caprio nito e. di tulad ngayon. pangit na!

walang pasok ngaun so gumawa lang ako ng thesis.. actually neron lang akong dinagdag. ang tagal ko nga bago ko madagdagan e. sana maging mabilis naman akong gumawa ng kahit ano... pag nurse na ako, hindi pwedeng bagal bagal ako. darn... ok sig hanggang dito muna ako. magaral ako ulit.

Operating ROOM. waaah!!!

when i saw our sched for the operating room, i got a bit anxious. OR means a lot of blood, a lot of responsiblity and a lot of courage to face these. i think i'm not that afraid to see soo much blood now compared before. i remember, in manila medical center, there was a room (which i thought was the CR) which has this huge balde full of BLOOD! i dont know why i remember that but i was really afraid to have caught the sight of it. i was even more afraid of blood when i was much younger (maybe around 3 y/o)... i was sooooo darn scared of the bloody Jesus in any of the churches we went to. i just realized it was fake when i reached 4 y/o...

earlier today, we handled a case; oopherectomy.. one ovary was removed because of the cyst. it was not a bloody operation. but the ovary was huge! i wish our operating room is like the one in grey's anatomy. the theater would be on a pit so that all of us can watch comfortably in glassed observation room. that would be nicer.

there was also a CS delivery. i t was amazing! amazing how a person comes out of someone's womb. simply amazing... :)

i dunno yet what's instore for us tomorrow.. come what may...

p.s i was supposed to have a case already. but my case was taken by the 4th year,. :( bleh

new adventure in my nursing education

Our group had a one- week duty in National Center for Mental Health. the picture at the right is the statue of Sisa, the symbol of mental illness in the Philippines... funny, MOST people think it's Mama Mary... :) LOL.

the experience in the institution was great! i appreciated the role of nursing in such an institution... made me feel better to have seen that field of nursing. it made me feel that nursing is really a profession... in the ward, learning is too limited and it makes you feel just like a helper. as in sunudsunuran lang. so there.. haha. it was a fun experience, but challenging as well.... waking up really really early was a challenge.. i was late once. ate aimee waw really pissed with me.. haha. sorry naman..

ok, so what did i learn? now, i know what a mental insitution looks like.. the set up and everything... also i was able to find out how a mentally ill person acts, how they look like... how to deal with them... how to get through to them, specially those apathetic type. i want to describe some of the patients im really fond of... no pictures tho coz we were not allowed to take them..

at first, i didn't know how to address them... lolo, tatay, manong, mang, sir.... finally, i stuck with 'mang **'

Mang Julio - he was my patient. diagnosed with schizophrenia: unspecified. i really think he can go out from the institution. he has minimal to none EPS and he participated in all the activities that we have prepared. he could be functional in the real world.. nakakatawa. whenever he speaks, he addresses himself as 'ME'... he sound like a text message... example: 'malungkot ME dito... hindi man makalabas..' haha

Mang Jaime - he's the blind man romel assisted. there's nothing he liked doing but making bets in sabongs. he grew blind i think in NCMH due to his developing cataracts. he doesnt seem to be mentally ill, actually. or maybe he is.. he likes to spell a lot (mentioned he read inquirer everyday before).. he likes singing to... the song he sanh still keeps ringing in my ear, seriously! there was this funny incident.

SN: mang rolando ano po ba yang dino drawing ninyo?
Mang Jaime: 'panigurado, prutas nanaman yan!'

* sabay hirit ni mang jaime, hindi naman nakakakita!!! HAHAHAHA!!!! nako, will never forget this hahaha!!!! LOL...

Mang Eduardo - diagnosed as schizphrenic: apathetic type. normally just stares blankly in space with absolutely no facial expression in his face. he's chubby and looks like a friend of mine back in college. ahahaha... ok.. he was not my patient but i kept observing him with andrew (the SN who handled him) because i wanted to see if the therapeutic comm therapy will take effect on his apathetic state. and it did! it was fulfilling to have seen the change. one scenario i wont forget:

Mang Eduardo ate the siopao..... mang eduardo can't help but smile... it was a lengthy smile...

geez, i should've had a photo of it.. really touching!

Mang Rolando - ate aimee's patient. i dunno his story but i know he's bading. diagnosis is unknown coz ate aimee was unable to scan his chart properly. he's the type of patient who never stops what he's doing unless you tell him to stop. he likes flowers with vibrant colors... and fruits too... he has EPS. likes reading texts in small packages like the REXONA. hehe...

there are other patients we missed handling coz we handle one patient per student.

the environment is really nice. lot's of trees. felt like i was in UP LB.. *sighs*

i wish we could go back there. at least another week.

bakasyon en grande.

me with mom and dad... laki chan ko noh? from 90 plus pounds to 110 lbs! san ka pa???!

mirienda/ lunch at shakey's. walang ganto sa states daw.

ang gaan ni donnel dito!!! huwaw!!!

playing with tita tessies new mac

one of my good shots daws.. using biboy's telephoto lens

tagal tagal kong hindi nakasulat nanaman dito. nakaraan na ang pasko at bagong taon, dumating at umalis na sila momi, dadi at biboy, hindi pa ako nakapagsulat. dami kasing nanyari sa bakasyon. mostly puro kain lang naman ang ginawa namin. at maglinis ng bahay... si momi at dadi parang hindi galing america. parang ganun parin sila. hehe. hindi naman mashado ang bago agn ichura nila... si biboy ang mejo nag iba.

sila ate gigi dumating din. parang si sharon cuneta si ate gigi at si kya merlin, ang kenkoy! kakatuwa talaga si matthew and patrick... saglit na panahon lang parang sobrang close na close na kami kaagad... niyayaya na nga akong dumalaw sa states e. haha tuwa! naghiking at nag puntas a bahay ni paciano (nacreep out si matthew, haha) at nag skating kami... si matthew nag pakitang gilas mag trumpet.. at nagtambol kami...

si donnell ang laki! si joyce din. ang galing nila magtagalog. dati hindi talaga sila nagsasalita ng tagalog.. :) si donnell mejo di ko nakasama mashado. saglit lang sobra. mas ok shang kausap pag lasing kasi makulit. haha.

si tita baby at tito donnie ganun parin... hindi naman nagbabago ang mga ichura nila. ganun parin...

si kya rendo ang tumaba.. mejo mapayat pa sha bago umalis e,.. ngayon malaking tao na sha. ngayon ko lang nakita si ate lory... mukhang mabait naman sha.... may jet log lang... dito pa sila.... most of them nakabalik na ng US.,..

haaay... yung ibang pangyayari mejo nakalimutan ko... ano ba yan... pero masarap talagang kumain!!!! favorite part ng bakasyon ko, nuong dumating sila momi at dadi... kahit linis sila ng linis, ok na ok naman ang mga umaga namin... ang sarap ng handa ni dadi na breakfast.... tipong pag gising ko meron nang nakahain! haaay, miss ko na nga kaagad e.... ngayon tahimik na kaagad ang bahay...

onga pala, part din nung bakasyon, nag photoshooting kami sa falls. ang sarap gamitin nung camera ni biboy. ang ganda nung lens... hrmmp... si biboy, badtrip parin ata saakin kasi nanakaw yung blackberry na binigay nya saakin.. oh well... :(

pero sa ngayon ayos lang na hindi muna ako magcamera. hiram muna ako ke ate rochie. tas iniwan naman sakin ni daddy yung cybershot nya saakin... daddy, salamat!!! yey! pero shempre mas limited ang artistry pero, ayus na... for memorie' sake... actually, nuong una akong nagka camera (yung de-film pa), purpose ko ay para ma freeze yung memories/ kodak moments. naks... ohwell...

meron akong mga kuha na gusto ko rin. galing ko kumuha ng candid daw, sabi ng pinsan ko. naks.. ayos ah... :)

sana umuwi ulit ang mga balik bayan.

well ngayon back to school... dapat magaral naako ng masinsinan at i have to reallyt make it in nursing... so help me God.. thanks!

yield?

sabi ni ert... yield daw... ok sige.. YIELD! merry xmas!

pathophysiology of badtrip

stimulus... badtrip on frontal lobe... sympathetic NS... loss of appetite...

i just made this up. it's christmas day and i feel awful. 1stly, i dont feel like it's christmas... the celebration felt artificial. my brother, who came back from the states...i dont feel his presence much. my sister, well we had a bit of a misunderstading coz she cant handle constructive criticism... so, i'm experiencing a dose of badtrip... i dunno what's going to happen the next few days. maybe my sister would still be mad at me. my parents... they'll be coming home... without my bagels.. huhu.. :(

great huh? sucks...

BUT~~!!! like what my cousin said, it's christmas. bawal asar...

panaginip and random thoughts

ang sama ang panaginip ko. pinagalitan daw si ate ni momi at dadi sa internet! inaaaay....

pero meron din naman nakakatawa. yung bagong friend namin (thru ate maddie meron), meron daw fan club at ang girlfriend nya ang leader... tas may mga banners silang ginawa at ang mga nakasulat, 'sweldon' ----> e hindi naman ito ang pangalan nya. hahaha!

ok, ngayong araw nato hindi ko pa alam ang gagawin ko... pero ito yung plan

1. punta ng LB para kunin ang bagong ATM ko
2. punta as chinabank makati para icheck ang kaperahan ko
3. sana may makipagkita saaking kaibigan para celebrate kami ng christmas...

ingit naman ako... si ate at bunso meron na silang mga individual christmas parties with friends... ako wala pa. wala pa kasing nagyayaya e. well... maghahanap talaga ako ng sarili kong party. :) kaso nga lang ang mga madadaling yayain nasa province. oh well... anyway, life goes on .

mashadong maligaya

mashadong maligaya ako kagabi dahil sobrang nakakatawa ang mga kaklase ko. christmas party namin kahapon at walang pakundangang nagpakitang gilas ang mga bata sa pagsayaw at pagkanta. naubos ang boses ko sa katatawa at pagkanta sa videoke. sumiklab pa ang enerhiya ko sa pagsayaw dahil sa ilang beses naming pagppractice ng sayaw.

sa sobrang ligaya ko, e ngayon wala na tuloy ako sa mood. tas masakit pa ang chan ko. sana hindi ako nagkaron ng bacterial infection sa kinain kong isaw at ilagn paglagok ng tubig sa swimming pool.

ito nanaman.

... nakahain ang mga gamit namin sa lamesa. nakabalandrang mga kagamitan. cellphone, wallet, camera.... mga papel, nagkalat. mga libro, lahat... nasa lamesa lahat ng mga importanteng gamit... :(

walang hudyat.. hindi tumahol ang mga pusa... sumayaw paloob ang mga sakim.

...

kakawalang gana.

badtrip.

hrmmm

hehe... pwede!

Death and Butterflies

"whoa!" ang gulat ko sa paroparong biglang lumipad sa harapan ko. ang pakpak nya ay kulay brown na may stripes na puti at konting polkadots na brown din.

pag merong namatay o mamamatay palang, nakakita ako ng mga paro parong ganto.

totoo kya na ang mga hayop na ito ay nagdadala ng kaluluwang namayapa na?

hrmmm.

kuya norli, rest in peace.

RIP MICHAEL CRICHTON

"patay na si michael crichton!!!"... ang una kong reaksyon sa pagkakabasa ko sa blog ni bulitas (http://bulitas.tk/) ... ay nakakalungkot naman! isa pa naman sha sa mga paborito kong mga tao. kamamatay lang nya 2 araw na ang nakalipas. :(

RIP, doc.

it's 3:37 am and here i am still blogging. i don't quite spend my time doing this unlike before but i decided to type in my thought herer once in a while. im fond of reading my own written thoughts anyway.

so how was my day? same old, same old. we again had our hospital duty today. i was assigned to a 64 y/o male patient with HASCVD, unable to move the upper and lower right extremities and unable to speak but able to communicate with sign language. his vital signs were already stable and was able to go home earlier today. i handled him for 2 consective days.

the patient was funny. hahaha. not a mocking insulting way.. but just funny.

me: 'lolo, nilalamig po ba kayo?'

(lolo: sign language, with blank staring eyes yet with a smiling face)

lola: 'gusto nya ikaw ang mag kumot sa kanya'

============

lola: (telling me) kunwari kunin mo yung 500 pesos nya...

me; lolo akin nalang itong pera nyo!

(lolo: tightens his grip on his money)...

============

i remember oprah's guest, a famous neuro-anatomist (?) who was able to recover from a coma. from what i have remembered, she relayed her story when she was in a coma. she said during that time, people around her spoke like animals. she cant understand anyone. she cant even understand what she was saying. and she thought it was cool (since she was able to examine herslf)... weird woman!

maybe there's still hope for my patient to speak. of course the doctors will tell the patients the worse thing that may happen. but only time can tell the level of recovery of the patient. i just hope for the best for lolo.
===============

photography sessions

well, today, my cousin, sister, my cousin's friend and I wandered around manila to have photo shooting... all 3 of them were using DSLR! i envy them sooo much since i was using a crummy old digital camera (no offense). i didn't appreciate the photos i took. but, well, next time, i'll bring my sony digital still camera to get nicer pictures. i'll just post here some of the 'best pictures' i took from the photo session.

sooo disappointing...

(maybe it's not the camera... maybe it's me who needs practice. haha.. what heck.)

ayan... picture namin kamina! dalawang litrong tubig ang natanggal sa baga ng aking kaibigan. kulay brown, parang iced tea. hindi talaga natin tiyak kung ano ang manyayari saatin sa mundong ito kahit gaano pa tayo kaingat sa ating sarili. noh? haaay. nakakalungkot lang. kanina namimilipit sha sa sakit pagkatapos operahan. hindi sha makasandal dahil may tubong nakasaksak sa kanyang lower chest area sa right side. hindi patalaga tiyak kung ano ang tunay nyang sakit.

ganun pa man, nakakaluwag ng pakiramdam na makitang hindi malubha ang kalagayan nya. nakakatawa at nakakapag salita sha... "tres tres" ang favorite word nya e. haha. na sstress na sha sa kaka tres tres ng mga doctor.

natutuwa rin ako dahil ok ang napangasawa nya. at ok ang buong pamilya! thank you talaga Lord! dahil talagang malaking challenge ito.

sana lang maging ok na sha sa lalong madaling panahon dahil nag hinhintay ang kanyang baby sa singapore...

pagaling ka na mygz para mag ggirly nights tayo ulit! :)

'is the character fictional or real?' jr asked me after reading the blog i just typed earlier. i said 'semi.'... 'totoo bang nanyari to?'... 'oo, totoong nanyari yan.. saakin.'... nyeeh. that was the first. i've never spoken about the incident to anyone, even to ert or mygz. it was not a big deal. yet quite a significant event since that does not happen very often... (at least for me).

i felt ashamed when i told my friend, jr, about it coz im not the type who blahs about that kind of stuff. i guess i was over-thinking if the 'love concept' had gone through my system in anyway. falling in love, falling out of it and moving on were some of the topics and I CANT CONTRIBUTE! i'm not wishing to have a broken relationship but i'm just bored of saying, "ah, wala parin hanggang ngayon". haha. parang ok. there's nothing new about me...

this friend of mine may think im pathetic. haha.. buti nalang change topic kaagad! whew!

(note: hoi, im not desperate! reader... you might think i am... but im not. i just have this normal reactions during social gatherings. ok? )

ok.. so before i lay myself to sleep, (so early in the morning now!), let me just share to you what happened today...

i came late to our PS41 get together. i came waaaay past the call time... hehe. just made a few alibis. the real reason why i was late: i had to remove all the bushy hairs on my legs so that i could wear my favorite skirt! haha! pants.. i didnt want to wear pants coz the climate was too warm...

Little Italy Avenidos was the resto we went to. the food was great... the laugh trip was great... people around me were great. great! haha! I missed them, really. we found ourselves wearing the same shirt color.. black . parang may lamay... (except chito).. so as usual, kamustahan, laugh trip about: the past experiences on the floor; me, being koripot; chito's hilarious face, frankie's highfaluting tagalog; jr's comments and the chito and karen past warfare. claire was having some issues with her ex bf, so we also talked about that.

after the food trip. we went to G4 to check movies. we lost interest in watching any film and got into taking pictures in every place we went to: in the walk ways of glorietta, the highschool musical life-size card boards, etc etc etc.

we got tired walking and laughing so we went to starbucks to have coffee/ tea... and to take more pictures. really had a good laugh and a good reminiscing. somehow, i miss the fun, lively call center lifestyle, tho i hate working in the wee hours of the morning (like im doing now!)..

and the jollibee days! Geez.. how i miss the moments we laugh about our calls, the customers, people at the floor. hahaha.

this picture was taken in the PS makati elevator: apol, kaye, me, kaka, chito, claire, jr. i think it was taken in 2006 or 2007.

and here we are now. :)

i tore my favorite skirt in the bus. hate it!

piggyback ride

pagnapapadaan ako sa may harap ng isang hotel patungo sa MRT, napapakanta ako ng..

i remember
you walkin in the rain
no umbrella with your arms
around me
how can i forget
that was the last time...
isa saw you...

waiting for a taxi
getting on without me
and your sorry
how can i forget
that was the last time
i saw you

blah blah blah...

parang walang sense yung kanta kasi hindi ko alam ang buong lyrics....
nagiging sentimental lang bigla... kasi ang weird nuong panahon nayon... masaya pero weird...

natandaan ko tuloy si tim at tam nuong nag 'date sila'. si tim yung lalaki... si tam yung babae... si tam hindi talaga sha marunong makipag date...

int. sa chowking ng bandang alas quatro ng hapon. nakapila si tim at tam para bumili ng halo halo...

si tim ang unang nakapagorder sunod si tam...
bumubunot ng ng wallet si tim ng pera mula sa kanyang wallet...

tam: hindi, wag na, ako nalang. treat kita. (smiling face pa. nagniningning ang mga mata sa kilig)

utak ni tam: huh? tama ba ting ginagawa ko? dapat ang lalaki ang nang lilibre ah! hrmmm... pero sa bagay, less fortunate naman sha kaya, sige go lang...

hayun. masayang nag kwentuhan si tim at tam. nagkakilala sila ng masmalalim... pero mejo lang... nakangiting kumain ng malinamnam na halohalo si tim at si tam....

si tam, iniisip parin nya kung tama ang nanyari sa date nila... hrmmm

ito isa pang situation...

pagkatapos nila manood ng isang poetry reading sa picc, sinamahan ni tim si tam sa may MRT station... alas diyes ng ng gabi at umaambon... nakabukas ang mga poste ng dilaw na ilaw na nakahanay sa ayala ave...

tim: halika... kargahin kita! (habang pumopormang lumuhod para i piggy back ride si tam)

kilig si tam!!! PERO...

utak ni tam: sh*t! baka mafeel nya yung boobs ko.. parang ang bastos ko naman mag isip... teka...

tam: ah eh... wag na! mabigat ako! at chaka tusoktusok... ikaw nalang ang bubuhatin ko. :)

utak ni tam: p*tch* wrong move nanaman ata... oops..

tim: uhhh... osige...

hayun, nag piggyback ride na silang dalawa.. Binuhat na ni tam si tim.

so, ayan ang isang parte ng scenario ni tim at tam sa kanilang love story... rather... MU story... kasi never naman naging sila.

ayan... galing no? nakagawa ako ng MU story. hahaha. :)

WALA ka sa LOLO ko!

"yung lolo ko... ano yung lolo.. ko kasi .. ano.... (blah) (blah)"...sabi nung tambay sa kanto namin. parang gusto kong sumabat, "ano ba! wala na ang punchline mo... wag ka na mag joke!!!" .. pero shempre shut up nalang ako kasi baka ako sundan..

haha, nakakatawa!

baygon at lysol

ang sakit ng ilong ko. bumili ako ng baygon at ng lysol kahapon . kanina, mi-nasacre ko ang mga ipis na naninirahan sa cabinet sa ilalim ng lababo namin. ang dami nila!!!! maliliit lang sila. meron konting malalaki. yuck. may mga small cracks kasi sa ding ding kaya doin sila nagsisitago.... misyon kong mawala na ang pugad nila sa loob ng bahay namin. kaya nga bibili sana ako ng basurahan na sobrang laki at may takip para araw araw akong mag tatapon sa labas... parang nalalasahan ko yung baygon. tas mejo hinika ako.. aynako. bukas meron ulit duty sa ospital. maaga nanaman! 6am. owell.

ang tataba ng anak ni merry... ang liwanag lang ng pagkakuha ko. hehe. cute no?