December 25 2010 is the birthday of our dear Savior Jesus Christ! He is having a big party and the whole world is invited! Thank you Lord for the most wonderful gifts you have given me!
Thank you for my family, friends and special friends I have. Thank you for everything! 
Gift are soon to come! I thank you po for everything Jesus!
I received the most special gift this Christmas!
Kung sino ka man THANK YOU SAYO!
MWAH!!!
So, just about 6 hours ago it was Monday and that day marks the negotiations and the start of printing of Nurscene, the 6 month old project now coming into a conclusion (horray!).
Yesterday, we talked to quite a number of persons which included persons from the the Angelenean Publishing House (tama ba?) and to our advisers and consultants.
What’s new about Nurscene is that its very very very very very very glossy.
After we’re done with the black issue, we’ll immediately start at our next and final issue.
Be sure to read my column! HAHA, I wrote that for about an hour only.
Hay. Ang daming taong dapat matutunan ang term na responsibility.
Anyways, masaya naman ako dahil…
I may be the most tenacious person on Earth tonight. There were a lot of things to be done but it seems that some people cannot follow directions! Its just one of the few things I hate about this day.
But there are things I like also.
Last October 30, I finally got my earnings from Google Adsense. It was through Western Union quick cash and there were no hassle during the process. I was really excited when I saw the “payment issued” phrase from my account. I jot down the MTCN number and other details as my hand shakes…but later on I printed a screenshot of the webpage (just to be sure).
So what did I buy with the money? Here’s a few:
1. Bought a new watch from Bench since the watch I use during my clinicals got broken. It was around 1800 (with 10% discount)
2. Bought a bag for my sistah.
3. Purchased a CISS for my printah.
*okay enough with the -ah
4. Groceries for Mom
5. And blow out to my family.
If you can see most of the things I bought are of necessity and not wants (to come soon!). hehe
I still have a few dollars (ka-ching) left but I reserved to get an account in a bank to save and of course to buy a new hosting for my site.
Thank you God for this blessing and making me realize that giving is indeed better than receiving.
I was one of the representatives of our school for the ADPCN or Association of Deans of the Philippines College of Nursing or is it…or something like that. In my previous post, I was ranting about how stressful my job as a EIC is. But nevertheless, it has its own benefits…one of which is this ADPCN.
So, we have to leave at 6:00am for us to arrive (late) at the convention. The weather was not in the mood for travel and thank God we were able to arrive safely. I was with topnotch students from our college which made me really proud to be with them. The trip was awesome. The food was great during our way to Manila Hotel. But the food in Manila Hotel was only delicious in the eyes.
The main topic of the convention was Universal Health Care. For me it was like a review of Primary Health Care. From everything that I have heard in that topic, all that’s going on in my mind are the concepts of PHC. I was expecting too much from the speaker and I was slightly disappointed. But she did share some interesting facts like: women from the Cordilleras do not recognize the litothomy position as a birthing position. Dr. Palaganas, the speaker, was an inspiration as she really is the “princess of primary health care”.
The second topic was the “accomplishment” reports of different nursing students from other nursing schools. Nothing pretty special about their reports since we ourselves in our college do COPAR and etc. We have our own projects which are similar to them. Nothing really special. Boring. During the third speaker (out of 4 speakers), I went out the pavilion to see what’s outside and how Manila Hotel really looks like.
The topic regarding patient safety got my attention because of it interesting scenarios like:
She emphasized that a hospital is supposedly a place where a patient can get treatment and be safe but the patient himself is surrounded by potentially unsafe objects.
The next topic was about IV infusion sets. Nothing special, except that the speaker is kinda young and is looking good hehe. I payed attention during this topic. It was interesting…really!
Common medication errors were discussed afterward, it was a topic similar to your pharmacology class. You know the Rs right? So that’s basically it.
The last part of the convention was an interactive session with members of the Board of Nursing.
Issues like Nurse Florence, Salary Grade 15, IMAI, and other topics were discussed. One thing I observed during this session is that most of the nursing students who stand-up in line for their questions to be answered were all trying to impress everybody. I dunno, is it just me or its really like that. Because most of the questions were answerable by Googling them or reading the news.
Another observation from the answers of the Board of Nursing is that it made them look powerless or voiceless. Most of their answers were like “we cannot do this because the government has the power…”, “we have been trying to let this move to Congress for…”, and in short… “we really couldn’t do anything about it…” stuff.
If I were brave enough (and not lazy enough to stand up front) to ask a question it would be like this:
“Do we really have someone from the government that can listen to what nurses would say?”
It would be pointless if we keep on talking the issue to ourselves without proper attention from our government.
So anyways, overall, the seminar is a bladder exercise because I peed for like 20 times since I got there.
Here are some of our pictures:
Sir Dean, Jeff, and Me
I think there are only three reasons why I write at this journal of mine:
So, for this post, it would be under number “1″.
Guess what? Yup. I’m stressed today. So stressed that I can barely feel my legs after facing the computer monitor for a whole damn day…make that two if you read this after October 25, 2010 10:00pm. All what’s happening now makes me wanna ponder on why the heck did I accepted this opportunity? I wish we could pull this thing up.
In a few minutes, we would be leaving Pampanga to attend in a convention in Manila.
Little bit excited but also overwhelmed by the feeling that I was among the chosen nursing students to represent our college. This is another great opportunity indirectly sponsored by Nurscene. Gosh. I like Nurscene…and all its signs and sounds…hehe.
To Those of Us Born
1930 – 1979
At the end of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If you don’t read anything else, please
read what he said.
Very well stated, Mr. Leno..
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930′s, 40′s, 50′s,
60′s and 70′s!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered
with bright colored lead-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes,
we had baseball caps
not helmets on our heads.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes made with Lard, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank FLAV- OR- AID made with real white sugar. And, we weren’t overweight. WHY?
Because we were always outside playing….that’ s why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on..
No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
and then ride them down the hill,
only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem
We did not have Play stations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s,
no surround-sound or CD’s,
no cell phones,
no personal computers,
no Internet and no chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse.
We ate worms and mud pies
made from dirt, and
the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team…
Those who didn’t had to learn
to deal with disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best
risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. What can kids today do besides push buttons..
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it ?
~
The quote of the month is by
Jay Leno:
‘With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird & swine flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?’
For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us…go ahead and delete this.
For the rest of us…..pass this on.
i still don’t know what to do. i’m feeling weird today. or is it because…or because…or…
