Wednesday, May 28, 2008 @ My story about yesterday and today
I had an amazingly short sleep that lasted from 4:30am-7:30am yesterday. I woke up early cause I felt hungry and I went to chomp on my angus cornedbeef breakfast. Then, I watched tv and surfed the net a bit and at 11am I left to visit dudey in the hospital.
It was funny cause dudey seemed so perky even though she was sick. Since her mom was there, we discussed about lots of things and laughed about it! Emielie and madsky was there too. Dudey was diagnosed with typhoid fever yesterday. to add with her Dengue ofcourse.
since im too hungry now i think i will upload her pics later. hahah
I will be going to the LTO today to renew my drivers license and will be hitching rides with my mom to avoid pricey Tricycle rides haha! kuripot! hahaha
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 @ Delayed post (cant log in yesterday)
Nothing much happened yesterday. I was up until 12:30pm. I slept at about 12:45pm after singing David Cook’s always be my baby loudly.
My favorite part.. “time can’t erase the feeling is strong!”
Earlier today my aunt gave my favorite pet kenji a bath..
Some pictures below
kenji's fur is messy when his wet
Another shot with Puppy's tongue out (He loves being called puppy even though hes already 8 yrs old)
and here are kenji's groomind stuff. A comb and a nail cutter.
Puppy being combed by my aunt Off you go to your cage first
Dudey was admitted to the hospital and Im going to visit her 2 hrs from now. We we’re texting earlier that day and she already told me that she suspects Dengue.
Zamboanga city is actually in the Philippines top 5 cities where Dengue is prevalent along with Cenral Luzon and Central Visayas. And Zamboanga city being the only city in Mindanao.
So expect hospital pictures later today.
Gotta prepare now.
Monday, May 26, 2008 @ wish list as of now
Im a certified night creature, and this summer proves it all.
Since I can't force myself to sleep. I just surf the net and read forums, search on facts about gadgets, blog hop on some bloggers site too, read surveys and a lot of planning.
Part of planning is to know what I really want to get right now. And I am in no place to have them right now because it seems like these are the gadgets yuppies want and oh sure they can have it because they already earn!
But if dad bites on one of my explanations why I should have these and that.. I'll probably be lucky and be able to have one of the things in my wish list by the end of the year or when graduation comes or before I get into medschool! hahaha!
1.VAIO C series - good heavens I want a new laptop for med school please! But please let me keep my dell laptop I dont wanna throw it away!
2.Nokia e71 - haha! feeling yuppie talaga ako! I want this coz it looks cute and gives me a feeling of superiority that I can connect to the web anytime, anywhere professionally! (eek iintern muna ako plus the fuck that I will never be a yuppie haha)
3. US VISA - I need a break after taking the board. And the perfect vacation will be at my relative's place in the US! but in case this wont push through that I have to arrange some med school requirements Im betting for china or hongkong instead. (goodluck!)
4.a broadband connection - I had been planning to connect like for a year now but I always let the idea go because of too much negative comments for my desired connection. (im getting this as soon as possible)
5. tickets to the air supply concert - might be too young for this but I was updated with airsupply duriing my younger years.
6.Daughtry concert tickets - according to my friend sujean they'll be coming this July! Hope she gets free tickets! (haha parasite!)
thats all for now! I really dont care If my wishes will come true or not. haha!
Friday, May 23, 2008 @ From Purgatory to living things trying to write
Today.. Today is but another day unlike yesterday.
If yesterday was hell today I was in a purgatorial state. I can’t say heaven because what I’m feeling right now is not exactly what one should feel once their in heaven.
What is in a purgatorial state for me? In Roman Catholic doctrine they believe that the purgatory is a place where souls remain until they have expiated their sins and can go to heaven.
To Expiate is not the appropriate term for this situation. I must not be punished for an opinion stated in a forum. Why must one act violently (verbal accusations) for an opinion stated in a forum. Everyone has the right to express their opinions, feelings and views, let it be publicly (easily accessed by the public) or privately (a site that requires registration and careful scrutiny of members by the admin).
Being an online journalist/writer one knows of her rights as she thinks of what she’s supposed to write down as of the moment and her rights after she decides to release an article to the public. It is impossible for everyone to favor your article, you must be open and you must realize that everyone has different views about certain topics. Once your article is published in a public media, your article is automatically subjected to Public criticism.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ medical school blues
Last night was a night of mixed emotions. My first prediction, that it would be a lame late afternoon where watching Meet joe black will save me from boredom, was a failure. A mistake I may say. So will the prophets intentions be of great help to the majority? Will the issue finally end for Campion 04? Well that we must see in the coming days.
Couple of hours ago I was reading threads in Pex. Threads regarding NMAT and which is the BEST MED SCHOOL, so far the thread was helpful. People in the forum where talking fairly and not taking sides and fighting for whose the best. Stereotyping they say. Some where doing a favor to be a devils advocate for some incoming med student. But It was like some eye opener for me to be reading those kinds of words and advices.
According to bleudsky_mdwho started playing devils advocate here goes:
long time DEPENDENCE. compare yourself to your HS batchmates who are starting to live independently, making a name for themselves while you're still a student. you'll always ask for money to buy books, photocopy hand-outs, pay dorm expenses, uniforms, purchase stethoscope & other basic med equipments, etc. and even after passing the boards, you'll still be dependent coz the allowance you'll be receiving is not enough (worse pa if u have a family then. it'll be harder to make ends meet). your parents should be prepared for a LIFETIME SUPPORT.
2. gruelling STRESS. less sleep, less leisure, less time for yourself. you bury yourself in thick books, countless handouts and sample exams. starting clerkship, you're at the hospital most of the time. you don't have any weekends nor holidays. on the ffing day, ung nurse mukhang refreshed, energized na samantalang ikaw, mukhang ewan, magulo hitsura, walang tulog, and you're wearing the same clothes since yesterday.
3. lots of SACRIFICES. you'll start missing important events in your family's &/or friend's life. why? kasi duty ka. why? kasi may exam ka. why? you'd rather sleep kc "from duty ka" at wala kang halos tulog, or natoxic ka. why? pahinga muna kasi may reporting ka pa kinabukasan. my bed became my other best friend during my clerkship and internship years.
4. STUDY, STUDY, STUDY. Medicine is a dynamic field. you have to study, update yourself always. what you know now maybe different 2-3 yrs from now. or else, patients wont come to you. and of course, you have to do researches.
5. after passing the boards, you'll still feel empty. the long road to making a name for yourselfstarts. then after residency and fellowship, you'll start looking for patients. it's not the other way around. the same thing goes if you wanna establish hospital practice. you apply, undergo scrutiny, pay before they acknowledge you. unless na lang kung parents mo doctors din.
6. you age in medicine. pregnancy becomes an issue for some female doctors since they don't wanna be classified under "high risk pregnancy". you also begin to think "kelan kaya ako mag-aasawa?" since you're so damn busy.
honestly, it's better to be the elder (& the first doc) in the family coz lahat ng thrills, attention & excitement nasa yo. pag 2nd, alam na nila yan.
Now see what I mean? Whose not going to be scared with those things enumerated! Like okay, I am quite aware that I wont be earning anything like by the age of 30 like everyone else does. Some of my highschool classmates might be millionaires by then like who wont earn that big if you were an investment banker or you got into a course that will lead you to the path to easy money earning!
And another thing. Are ready for 13 or more years without money??
Here's the thing.
4 years med proper. 4th yr -CLerkShit.>>Slavery 1 year internship 3-7 years residency depending on specialization 3 or more years for fellowship.
That's minimum of 11 years! And that's all pagpupuyat since every 3 days you will have a 24 hour shift at the hospital. Ofcourse you have to finish fellowship before you actually become famous enough. Goodluck.
you're a doctor of medicine. people will respect you for that. your family and friends will be proud of you.
positive things pag med student? i think it's the usual perks - you don't pay taxes, you get to meet more people, you ask from your parents allowances, finances to buy for those thick hardbound expensive imported medical textbooks. come 2nd yr (actually it depends on the school you go to), you'll start to encounter actual patients in hospitals, you start to practice your "people skills". come clerkship, your true character will be tested & you'll know who your real friends are.
positive things pag physician na? you'll always receive the smile and appreciation from your patients after you've helped them. may mga magbibigay pa sa 'yo ng pagkain (nakakahiya man). you get free meals (& may free show pa) pag may product presentation ang med reps. luckily, i got to see isay alvarez & lea salonga live at manila hotel nung ni-launch ang Amvasc.
So theres some perks to go with that!
By the way, earlier today my friend whose a Management Trainee for Crowne and Holiday inn hotels was given Patron tickets for the JAMES BLUNT concert! Well, this is one of the reasons why I hate going out of town and something good will come unexpectedly! Once again.. I was BEYONCED.. a word used by me and my friend sujean.. a term that denotes the presence of an acceptable excuse that wont allow me to attend a concert..
bummer!
Monday, May 19, 2008 @ Nicole's Handwritting analysis
Nicole uses judgment to make decisions. She is ruled by her head, not her heart. She is a cool, collected person who is usually unexpressive emotionally. Some may see her as unemotional. She does have emotions but has no need to express them. She is withdrawn into herself and enjoys being alone.
The circumstances when Nicole does express emotions include: extreme anger, extreme passion, and tremendous stress. If someone gets her mad enough to tell her off, she will not be sorry about it later. She puts a mark in her mind when someone angers her. She keeps track of these marks and when she hits that last mark she will let them know they have gone too far. She is ruled somewhat by self-interest. All her conclusions are made without outside emotional influence. She is very level-headed and will remain calm in an emergency situation. In a situation where other people might get hysterical, she has poise.
Nicole will work more efficiently if given space and time to be alone. She would rather not be surrounded by people constantly. In a relationship, she will show her love by the things she does rather than by the things she says. Saying "I love you" is not a needed routine because she feels her mate should already know. The only exception to this is if she has logically concluded that it is best for her mate to hear her express her love verbally.
Nicole is not subject to emotional appeals. If someone is selling a product to her, they will need to present only the facts. They should present them from a standpoint of her sound judgment. She will not be taken in by an emotional story about someone else. She will meet emergencies without getting hysterical and she will always ask "Is this best for me?"
Nicole tends to write a bit smaller than the average person. When a person's letters are small and tiny, this indicates an ability to focus and concentrate. This character trait is a huge asset in careers like math, science, race car driving, and flying planes. However, if Nicole writes tiny all of the time, she will also display characteristics of someone who is socially introverted. Nicole will often sit on the sideline and watch others get the attention at parties. she might be willing to open up and be warm, but only in small groups or a select group of people. When she is busy working on a project, it is common for all other noises and distractions to just fade away and her ability to focus is incredible. When she says "she didn't hear you", she really means, she didn't hear you. Nicole will demand respect and will expect others to treat her with honor and dignity. Nicole believes in her ideas and will expect other people to also respect them. She has a lot of pride.
Nicole will be candid and direct when expressing her opinion. She will tell them what she thinks if they ask for it, whether they like it or not. So, if they don't really want her opinion, don't ask for it!
Nicole can be defiant. She sometimes has the attitude that if someone doesn't like it the way she is doing it, then they can just "go to hell!" This trait may reveal itself in a rebellious nature that is always ready to resist forces which she thinks are infringing upon her freedom of action.
Nicole has an over-awareness of self. She often feels self-conscious. She fears ridicule, therefore she is careful not to place herself in a position to receive any ridicule. She wonders what people will think if she acts in a certain manner. When encountering a new group of people, Nicole may stay on the sidelines until she has the people categorized, or she may behave in a "positive attention getting" manner to assure people think good thoughts about her from the start.
In the sales profession, this self-consciousness is called "call reluctance". They take the word "no" as a personal criticism. Therefore, there is an internal struggle when performing this type of work. Although this person may be a great salesperson, she still feels insecurity. She will perform better if someone else is with her because the fear of ridicule from her peers is far greater than the fear of ridicule from her clients. Many times this type of person becomes a sales trainer, because when she is training, she doesn't have to put herself in a position of being told "no" as often as the salesmen do.
In reference to Nicole's mental abilities, she has a very investigating and creating mind. She investigates projects rapidly because she is curious about many things. She gets involved in many projects that seem good at the beginning, but she soon must slow down and look at all the angles. She probably gets too many things going at once. When Nicole slows down, then she becomes more creative than before. Since it takes time to be creative, she must slow down to do it. She then decides what projects she has time to finish. Thus she finishes at a slower pace than when she started the project.
She has the best of two kinds of minds. One is the quick investigating mind. The other is the creative mind. Her mind thinks quick and rapidly in the investigative mode. She can learn quicker, investigate more, and think faster. Nicole can then switch into her low gear. When she is in the slower mode, she can be creative, remember longer and stack facts in a logical manner. She is more logical this way and can climb mental mountains with a much better grip.
Nicole is a practical person whose goals are planned, practical, and down to earth. This is typical of people with normal healthy self-esteem. She needs to visualize the end of a project before she starts. she finds joy in anticipation and planning. Notice that I said she plans everything she is going to do, that doesn't necessarily mean things go as planned. Nicole basically feels good about herself. She has a positive self-esteem which contributes to her success. She feels she has the ability to achieve anything she sets her mind to. However, she sets her goals using practicality-- not too "out of reach". She has enough self-confidence to leave a bad situation, yet, she will not take great risks, as they relate to her goals. A good esteem is one key to a happy life. Although there is room for improvement in the confidence catagery, her self-perception is better than average.
Nicole has a healthy imagination and displays a fair amount of trust. She lets new people into her circle of friends. She uses her imagination to understand new ideas, things, and people.
For a graphologist, the spacing on the page reflects the writer's attitude toward their own world and relationship to things in his or her own space. If the inputted data was correct Nicole has left lots of white space on the right side of the paper. Nicole fills up the rest of the page in a normal fashion. If this is true, then Nicole has an unhealthy relationship to the past and has a fear of moving forward. The right side of the page represents the future and Nicole seems unwilling to face the fear of getting started living now and planning for the future. Nicole seems to be clinging to past events and spending lots of time thinking about what happened. It would be best to leave the past behind and move on. Stop crowding that left margin.
@ When I should’ve been a chef (not a future doctor)
I try to believe that I was born to be a doctor! But since I was a child I always get amazed when I sit with my aunt whose plain hobby was to watch cooking shows. But she was a chef once in this five star hotel owned by the Marcos’ and was later claimed by the government when they declared that the Marcos’ owes the government something. During my first year in College, I was in UST’s Nutrition and Dietetics program which was some sort of degrading for me since I classify myself as an obese and there’s no reason for me to deny it (hmpf). I just thought that if I should’ve pursued the program I would be graduating this year and studying in a culinary school will certainly cross my mind! So what about my doctor dreams!
Well.. good thing I got out of that program. But being a chef could’ve been swell. But I’m still looking up to managing a pasty and pastry shop in my hometown in the future. Of course together with my aunt.
Currently watching: iron chef
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 @ the come back
On Rumors that I’m leaving Trinity
I am not going to leave that WRETCHED school. To put an end to this All I want as of the moment is to finish the term with 7 units. 2 units for PE And 5 units for HEMATOLOGY. After which I am off to my 1 yr internship. 6 months in St.Lukes Medical Center and another 6 months in Amang Rodriguez Medical Center in Marikina. I'll be done by NOVEMBER 2009. And will be preparing for the March2010 Medical Technology Licensure Examination which means I will be reviewing for the BOARD exams from Late November to Early March. And by June2010 I shall be heading to MEDICAL SCHOOL. Since I had already taken the National Medical Aptitude Test last December 2007. And I will again take it this December 2008 to get higher marks.
On Rumors that I FAILED HISTOPATHOLOGY
I did not fail Histopath! I PASSED HISTOPATH! And Why on earth should I fail HISTOPATH! I get GOOD MARKS in HISTOPATH. I even passed more quizzes than others whom you expect to pass! And I passed it fair and square.
So quit it. I had enough of those gossipers non sense that I had to do this to bare it all.
Fuck off.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @ im awake
Tuesday child's awake! ---under construction
Friday, July 27, 2007 @ tales for 3 weeks
It has been a long time since I last blogged. Lets just say things where all messed up so I have to take some time to fix it. Too many things happened before I decided to come up with another entry in this blog again.
Things like the way I tortured a classmate’s arm just to practice for extraction. Unlike any other guy that friend of mine was the bravest of all, the bravest one to offer his arm for practice and the bravest to feel the pain. His arms, as I try to describe it is absolutely one of a kind. His hand skilled with tricks to amaze audiences with his guitar gave me explanations why his veins are of somewhat prominent and protruding in a way Phlebotomist would like it. But for me, I wasn’t born to learn a Medtech’s skill as fast as I could with one tortured and massacred hand. For this, I salute my friend Jason.
Exam week came, and of course I only aced Cytogenetics. Hurray! As for the others, it isn’t that hard to catch up, but it will again take some time and effort to catch up!
We were able to come up with a Thesis statement and we already proposed it and we’re still trying to negotiate with resources and check its availability. But I see there wont be any problem for resources when all the Janitor fish are waiting for us in MarikinaRiver! Wont be posting my idea here, I don’t want it stolen from us! Haha! Yes Im greedy but ofcourse I would say the idea is great. So I have to protect its integrity!
I heard from a friend that our college of Medtech was planning to rebuild and restructure our college paper. Our very own paper, I knew for a fact that we had a college paper long before I transferred to trinity. If Im not mistaken its name is Focal View. I was told about that during my short stay in Trinity Obeserver the official school publication of Trinity College of Quezon City now Trinity University of Asia (hahaha! The need to complete that!) Going back to our college paper, I was glad that one of my close friends recommended me to our college paper’s adviser! Yea! I’ve been waiting for so long for my writing flag to wave once again haha!
Yesterday, paul, johan, chex, tin and me decided to have our lunch in City best in Tomas Morato, haha! I was surprised that its an Eat all you can buffet meal! But hey it was fun! And a little trivia. Our HERP CLUB was formed that day! You wont want to know what HERP means! Haha!
And before I end this entry I would like to congratulate Mr./Ms. Jun Eva! He was the first ever student from our school to extract blood from an obese person like me! And hell I know it was difficult but Jun even surpassed the abilities of our ass.t Lab instructress Maam Dol! Hurray!
My blood extracted by JunThis is the magnificently skilled Jun Eva, trying his best to extract blood from an obese!
Saturday, July 7, 2007 @ Depression and Ice cream?
Im with my pessimistic self tonight. I am lazy, indolent, more like a sloth. I feel like I am losing hope for reasons that I am not even supposed to fuss about. Last Thursday, I went home depressed and frustrated. That I didn't even dare take the train home because the travel will give me a lot of time to think of my failure. So I took the cab, plugged my earfones in my ears and turned the volume really loud and listened to rock music. My only outlet to vent my depression, frustration and anger.
Last Thursday, I punctured 4 arms and didn't even manage to extract even a microliter of blood. What the hell is wrong with me. I held the needle with courage and caution and managed to sympathize with my patients too, but I didn't extract any. I had to blame my eyesight. My poor eyes who never experienced the joy of a clear and unblurry 20/20 vision. I asked myself why was I chosen to have this congenital eye disease. Or why was I too hard headed to wear my contacts everyday and my glasses at night when I knew the fact that I will be threatened with blindness after my 18th year?
Now this the price I have to pay. A condition less fit or degrading for my future profession. Friday night a friend texted me. Though we both belong to different courses but our fields are closely related to each other. My friend who is a Public Health student of UP manila experienced the same dilemma. Knowing him the typical industrious student, consistent in academics and the like of what a UP student should be. He texted me about his dilemma's on venipuncture. He and my other friend, (both of them my HS classmates but i knew them since kindergarten) who happens to be his blockmate too is having a hard time in extracting. All this time I thought I was the only one depressed and frustrated.
But, still that didn't help I am still depressed and frustrated and sad. So now I am planning on a lifestyle revamp which includes temporarily not allowing myself to subscribe to Globe's 5 day unlimitxt, and I also have to sacrifice this vice of mine. Yes, I am referring to this surfing vice. I will no longer reload my internet credits unless there is really a need for some online researching. Most of my 'Platinum' time is wasted on ebaying, blogging, friendster updating, facebook posting and everything that involves the what I wanna call the net vice.
By the way try cold rock ice creamery. Their store opened in trinoma this week. Uncle and I decided to have the first try this afternoon. There was no movie viewing this week, since die hard and transformers invaded the cinemas this week. Though I still have the transformers hangover. It was a lot of fun! Steven Spielberg never fails to amaze his fans! Indiana jones 4 must be something to look forward too. It could be really awesome since its a team up the legendary Lucas-Spielberg team up. John Travolta's HAIRSPRAY is a must see too. (i guess?)
About cold rock: Cold rock originated in Australia. Their first store in the Phil opened in Greenbelt/ Glorietta? I sorta forgot the location. Uncle was telling me about Cold stone which he believes is the American Version of Ausie's cold rock. He tried it in States and claimed that Cold stone had larger servings. Su-jean my close campion friend in manila told me that she tried cold stone in powerplant. So theres cold stone in the phil too! The regular size costs more than twice the price of Dairy Queen's largest size treat. But I tell you its worth it. For the first try I got Chocolate Indulgence and Irish Cream. Its a good combination though I wasn't brave enough to experiment on the toppings. Uncle had Cheese cake and double chocolate. To sum it all up. It was superb!
My first step inside the newly opened Cold rock
After choosing your treat's size you can choose among their numerous selection of ice cream.
Don't forget your toppings They have everything from cereals, to chocomallows, to kisses and chocnuts.
Well thats all for now. This must be a long hiatus. Wish me luck! ciao guys! ^^ Im so excited to watch harry potter 5 with my loyal roomie eel!
Monday, July 2, 2007 @ the first monday
Hurray the blog worm is back. That made me sound like a virus. Had been busy last week the reason why I haven’t updated my blog. Speaking of blogs my friend says my blog could be considered as one of those blogs in touch with reality. I use reality as an excuse to pour my inner emotions (If I had any). What I meant was, knowing the kind of person I am, my friends see me as someone mysterious but quirky. Private if that’s the word. Discrete? Nah, not really.
I just don’t have anything to write about Love. Which makes blogs more INTERESTING to the eyes of readers. And that fact makes my blog less interesting. Its not that I do not experience any force of attraction or admiration well I do experience those unpredictable forces too but I don’t go to the point of telling the whole world that ‘oh yea, today I’ve seen BIG SPENDER (a codename) in the cafeteria getting his lunch and for lunch he had beef picadillo and a bottle of Rush fitness water tropical flavor’. Or worst case scenario ‘my more than a decade admiration for this person had slowly slipped away and shall vanish in the forbidden forest forever’. Instead I just say ‘natutuwa ako sa mga taong malinis tignan’. For short, I admire the most literal aspects of the person’s being with out anyone noticing the admiration. People think that Im a geek. Sorta? I find neat and studious guys attractive. And in the other hand I like albino looking emos. Who wear their hairdos with confidence as if breaking the rules of decency! Whohoo!
[speaking of bangs once again I had to clip my emo-ish bangs back with my neatly done pony tail. Geez. The things I do to act decent for my future profession]
During lunch today I told my blockmate something she didn’t really expect me to say. Cause everyone knows that I hated cheesy and mushy lines and stuffs. I got my fone and played an mp3 and brought my fone closer to my friend’s ear and said:
‘Ayan, kung magpapakasal ako gusto ko yan ang wedding song ko’ (referring to 311’s Love song a 51st date soundtrack and for American Idol fan’s blake sung this song with passion)
My favorite part of the song is when the vocalist sings this part with calmness and sincerity as if he meant it:
‘however far away I will always love you, however long I stay I will always love you, whatever words I say I will always love you’
And my friend’s reply was ‘ayos! Habang lahat gusto solemn ang wedding song nila sayo parang may concierto ah’.
Moving on.. we stayed long in the café though we finished lunch early we had a dose of our blab-about-anything-session. The usual pack me, tin and chex with a new additional session mate for a day paul; the self confessed six-pack-posessing-straight-male-gay-magnet. Paul is gifted with the looks that can haunt every bi-sexual’s and gay’s fantasizing dreams.
p.s: he is straight and he has a hot-for-men girl friend.
Our story telling tidbits revolved around the scientific discussion of gay genes and abnormal chromosomal disorders which makes the gays what they are today. BEHOLD THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF WHY THE GAYS’ HORMONES ARE RAGING. Most straight guys despised the presence of gays they believe this gays are an insult to their sexuality.
Then my gay-magnet friend was faced with my very controversial question:
‘Bakit ba? Ano ba meron sa mga bading?’
He said: ‘Parang ang weird lang na alam mo na lalake din sila tapos sila naiiba, parang ‘ano yan?’..’ maybe referring to the cross dresser types.
But eventually he learned to accept gays. He can’t make them stop liking him. Hahaha!
Well I think gays had already left their mark in the society. But still I confess there are times that I still feel intolerant on some issues. Oh well, that really is life. You’re faced with choices, choices you have to take the responsibility on if you are concerned with your reputation.
If your gay well so be it. This is a free country.
But since this a free country do not expect everyone to think the same way you do may it be issues of gay tolerance or intolerance.
I can’t believe I said that for my post’s finale.
Live life and be happy. That’s all.
Sunday, June 24, 2007 @ The road to perdition??
No doubt today was an action packed day! (ack?!) Started my day early. 8:15am again, I was waked by my uncle who said breakfast was ready. Haven't experience breakfast for weeks now. Its great to be greeted by scrumptious food and my uncles horror story. Thats verse I of the action packed day. My uncle was claiming that he saw a dementor like figure (Dementors: creatures who guard Azkaban, sucks out the prisoner's soul). For muggles like us.. i mean HUMAN.. its like a grim reaper only that the one my uncle saw was ax-less (with out an ax). It stood by our fence's barb wire and flew to my grand ma's roof. Said he saw it when he got home late at about 11pm from a dine out in Cena's in Greenbelt.
Well, I haven't seen it yet but I think that creature was the one responsible for putting the lights on our front door last night. Creepy. Well, uncle told me that the creature won't harm me since I do not have a fully opened third eye. (In my case: I only see our dead relatives). Uncle was 'Alamagung' (a person who has the sixth sense in our dialect) since he was three years old.
Well enough of that. Continuing todays action packed day story. I left house at 9:30am and took the MRT from North Edsa to Taft-rotonda. I was lucky to had grabbed a seat or else I will suffer from leg pains all the way to TAFT (ends of manila). After the MRT i took the LRT to tayuman.
Tayuman- the place where drug stores and medical supplies were countless and supplies where sold cheap and prices can be HAGGLED! (^-^ thanks kahla for the company)
So I took the train. The train was new! It had been a long time since I rode a train in that area. Maybe already a year ago that it was only now that I knew that their trains where as new as the recto-santolan LRT trains! :)
Arrived in Tayuman before 11:30 and off we go. Got my supplies. Kahla haggled plus I bought myself a pipet too. Its good to train yourself at home for the demonstration. (haha!)
Journeyed through the roads of Tayuman and Bambang. Met some dead cats and wandering poops, sputums filled with flies (normal we've seen worse but despite of that I still managed to shriek a bit) and rotten AVOCADOES scattered in the sidewalk. Just in time when my friend kahla was telling me that she bought avocadoes during the weekend. HAHA! Store hopped, argued with annoying 'tinderas', haggled and laughed at a mother and her daughter looking for a skeleton model (seriously. those found in Laboratories haha!)
Tiring! The journey ended at 3pm. I got back to the Tayuman Platform and headed to EDSA once again. It was when I arrived in the connecting bridge to Taft MRT that I realized that my foot looked like my foot was owned by a 'taong-grasa' great.. to describe it.. it was black. So I headed to the bathroom.
LESSON LEARNED: do not use flip flops when traveling to the ends of Manila.
Some pics from the journey below!The very interesting packs of EDTA Lavander Vacutainers for blood extraction.
The front view with the red tap vacutainers. (cool huh medical technology interests =p)The rotten avocadoes by the side walk. (eeww..haha! silly me so eager to take its picture) The gloomy Tayuman platform. (off to EDSA..bye tayuman!)
@ Dad
Merely staring at the picture makes me sad. The picture clearly depicts my life. Every year I have to say goodbye to my father. And wish that he will come back again. Soon. Our father-daughter relationship isn’t perfect. Neither half perfect. Or one-fourth perfect. Unlike any father daughter relationship there is ours is completely different. He loved the sea even before I came in to this world. Mom introduced my dad to me through the over seas phone calls he used to make to make his self known to me. He had the weirdest idea on making me love ALF (alien life formation) and making that brown scary long nosed creature aka alien my childhood mascot. Ever since I got in college, I see him for a maximum of 1 week here in manila for the rest of his stay he chose to spend it in the comforts of our real house back there in our hometown. Remembering dad he was always the shellfish-feast-loving dad, extravagant at times and very (to the extremes) generous. He got used to an explicit life in the high class shipping companies he works with. Dad, not armed with a good skill on English managed to survive the tremendous language barrier he has to experience with the foreigners. For short Dad was absolutely imperfect. Belated happy fathers day. I am Sorry for not greeting you.
I realized I am getting really old. I am downloading tracks from van halen and flaming lips and did I mention Elliot yamin? I may look like an emo to some (yea thanks to violent reactions on my YM pic as if emo’s are outcast) but I listen to varied genre’s. I don’t always dwell on depressing screamos hahaha!
Life was doing great lately. I just have to adjust my sleeping paterns for my early classes. Four days straight I have to be in school at 7am hows that for a change. So far life's not crappy.. especially with the extremely hot philosopher around once again! So thats it.. college life is fun as of the moment. New class.. New blockmates since our class was fused with the other class. Its fun to be with quirky, exuberant regular students. The only class boo-boo since the first day was the time when I missed my first quiz for my major clinical chemistry! great! Traffic was hell in Edsa that time and I have no choice but to listen to the friendly-taxi-driver complaining about his aching rib cage. He thinks I can diagnose him. Well, as for me the amateur health care professional I gave him my opinion. But did not dare to prescribe him any drugs. haha! Why should I? I am not YET a doctor. Maybe someday I'll have the guts to diagnose him.
Oh yea and I thank God for normal and helpful Laboratory group mates! Hurray! We were taught how to pipette viscous and biological fluids in a Graduated blow out pipette! The air dispensing automatic pipets were great too! Very efficient!
Aside from my progressing medical career. My childhood friend and I are starting to get serious with our online store plan. He will be designing clothes and I will be promoting. For sure we will try to divide the tasks. It will be nice to get in touch with the fashion world while having a medical career. Dont see the chemistry? Well same here. Tomorrow's plan: Go to tayuman to buy cheap medical supplies. >> Vacutainer >> Torniquet >> adapter >> kit I already have the microphore and other lab stuffs. Have a good day everyone!
Im up and probably my colds worsening. Im having my daily dose of music journey once again. I have this addiction on analyzing lyrics since I was in second grade. I tried listening to the frays - how to save a life. Which explains my Greys anatomy addiction.
Verse 1 Step one you say we need to talk He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk He smiles politely back at you You stare politely right on through Some sort of window to your right As he goes left and you stay right Between the lines of fear and blame And you begin to wonder why you came
Chorus Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a life
Verse 2 Let him know that you know best Cause after all you do know best Try to slip past his defense Without granting innocence Lay down a list of what is wrong The things you’ve told him all along And pray to God he hears you And pray to god he hears you and
Chorus Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a life
Verse 3 As he begins to raise his voice You lower yours and grant him one last choice Drive until you lose the road Or break with the ones you’ve followed He will do one of two things He will admit to everything Or he’ll say he’s just not the same And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
Chorus (2) Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life How to save a life
Chorus (2) Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life How to save a life
Thursday, June 7, 2007 @ thursday mall rat
Been out half the day .. went to fix my watch.. yea get it working! Then next stop get my school supplies. The line wasn't that long probably because school started this week and parents won't have to rush anymore. There where a few who still went to get some things. Just like those people rushing to choose their binders ..
An experience from the binder chooser (me)
the conio group: (staring at a paris hilton inspired binder) conio 1:god this is cute! but its so argh (ano daw?!) conio 2: how about this oh! its so simple! conio 1: come on lets choose something girly.. conio 2: (takes a look at the dog model binder) puppies! i think ill get this
the hurried group (a lesbian and her guy friend) Lesbian: dali ayan na o (gets a binder with the products logo on it) guy friend: yan na? Lesbian: yan na! sige na ano pa kailangan mo? guy friend: teka gusto ko pink e Lesbian: anong pink? black sana! guy friend: gets a pink binder (huh????)
Bunch of weirdoes! haha! After staring at some grafitti inspired covered binders, I decided to get a preppy looking cover. One that Harvard students can bare with. (feeling ko naman sa harvard ako nagaaral. ang gago). First time in the history of my student life. My school supplies didn't exceed 500php! Just a binder, a small handy dandy notebook, yellow pad, g-tech pilot pen and an orange stabilo boss (the trusted color and brand ^__^).
I miss those days when I had to buy the notebooks accordingly. Think 11 subjects is equivalent to 11 notebooks. Then I have to brave the Golden bell crowd to look for my favorite cartoons on the note book cover. Every year I had to choose a theme for my school supplies!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grade 1: Lion King! (my mom and uncle bought the stuffs for me in manila) - 1994 was the year when Lion king stuffs where selling like hot cakes! Most of my things where themed with it. simba and nala activity book --- with all the mazes and puzzle the Rafiki quizbook --- jusko! henyo! my sister and I had matching lion king out fits --- with matching high cut shoes pa yun na leather baduy! Simba coin bank --- na detable ang pwet ng leon kaya wala akong naiipon na coins dahil.. binubuksan ko agad pwet ni simba pag feeling ko naka sampung piso na ako Simba, Pumba and timon posters ---ayos! feeling ko jungle din kwarto ko oh! Lion king bed sheets --- whohooo! kaya ang dream ko ako daw ang prinepresenta sa PRIDE ROCK haha!) Lion king ball pens ---yun ang lagi kong gamit pag nakikipag racing ako sa pagsulat ng lessons kasama sina mark baro at sven knuttle non! Lion King Soundtrack Cassette tape --- Na laging pineplay sa bahay kung weekend! Dinig ata ng buong subdivision sa lakas at laki ba naman ng speakers.
Kaya no wonder kung pakakantahin niyo ko ngayon ng mga kanta sa tape na yun, huwag na kayo magulat kung kabisado ko pa! --- I just can't wait to be king --- King of pride rock --- Be prepared --- Can you feel the love tonight (mellow version) --- Can you feel the love tonight(Elthon john version) --- Circle of Life ( Elthon John version) --- Cirlce of Life (african version) --- Hakuna Matata
haaaay.. my colorful childhood days.
(from this point onwards no more stories about my childhood days haha! napapahaba lang ang post nakakapagod
Grade 2: Pocahontas Theme Grade 3: Sanrio Theme Grade 4: I got a binder this time. For the Morning Subjects Looney Tunes binder cover. For the Afternoon subjects Garfield binder Cover. Grade 5: Back to Notebooks! Di ako natuwa kasi nawawala yung mga filler sa binder ko kung hinihiram ng classmates ko ang notebook. Gahd! Anyways, Snoopy theme! Grade 6: Got a JERET binder! The cover was a display of the Planets? haha! The fun doesn't end there. Aside from having to choose the theme, I have to label each notebook with the subjects! My most favorite part! haha!
Some notebook covers classified accordinly with their subjects:
The snoopy era: Science --- snoopy na may hawak na test tube Christian Life Education (CLE) --- snoopy na may ka-hug na babaeng snoopy (relihiyoso na si snoopy sa lagay na yun!) Sibika --- snoopy na nakasakay sa kotse Math --- snoopy na nagsusulat ng numero sa black board English --- snoopy na may dalang libro Homeroom Guidance --- si snoopy na nasa loob ng malaking heart na pula
The Lion king era: Science --- simba nakatingin sa forest CLE --- simba and nala na mukhang nagmamahalan Sibika --- si simba na naglalakad sa globe
Okay after National Book store, next stop was fully booked in the block. I got a Tsubasa Manga for a friend's birthday. I had a hard time looking for the manga section since it wasn't on display.
Next stop was KFC had merienda but before that I happened to pass by a new stall just near KFC the block. its named SanFo treats? Im not sure on the treats but Im quite sure the first name was SanFo.. They have this fruits particularly apples and bananas dipped with caramel, chocolate, rice crispies, M & M's and other delightful sweets. Price ranges from 25php for chocolate coated bananas with funky chewies and 50-80php for apples. Here are simple steps on how to deal with your kind of treat.
Then after window shopping in the block. We went out of the mall, crossed the street and where of to another mall. Trinoma! Was able to catch Maricris Garcia singing 'tatooed on my mind' for those of you who have no idea on who she is, shes the new Pinoy Pop Superstar champ! Wasn't a big fan though just taught I should try watching it just in time for the finals since nino a childhood friend was too engrossed with it. Not bad. Except for the flowered mic on the finals haha!
Ate dinner in chowking and bought a couple of good books in National book store. I think I will be saving for Paulo Coehlo's new book 'the witch of portobello' did I get that right? Oh well..
Leave you with a pic of Trinoma the new ayala mall in North Edsa.
PS. Hair Cut day tomorrow!
Monday, June 4, 2007 @ the world saddens me
Pheww.. Long time no blog entry for me..
A lot of things are in my mind now. Some things I know should be left untold.
But everything saddens me. Only 3 of my closest friends knows the real thing. Often times I am very thankful for their existence. As to my closest guy friend Rejene in Cebu who had never stop making me realize things. He is the greatest believer of my super powers. Dudey my twin soul who inspite of the distance we had after our charles babbage fight had never forgotten me and is all ears to every gibberish I had to say. And su-jean my long time classmate, study and EXERCISE(gasp for breath haha!) buddy, I had to tell her because we had a deal I had to cancel it so I had to explain everything.
I should be enrolling tomorrow. Call time is 9am so right now I plan to wake up at 7:30. I will be meeting with Tin, Chex, Anthony, Lalaine and Camille. Once again I gazed on the fact that Kahla, will be leaving us. All of a sudden. With out any notice she transferred. Tying herself into that knot of secrecy she didn’t tell anyone even her own group whom she called the mean girls. This semester we will be losing one of our most trusted friend.We will miss you kahla. =(
Wishing tomorrow will be a good day. Wishing that the one who will evaluate us wont make us eat shit and suffer under her tremendous annoyance. Spare us the misfortune if she could. Or just simply make us lucky! Because we deserve to be lucky. After having to suffer one very boring summer vacation Im hoping that this semester will give me an adrenaline rush. I wish I could pass everything but first of all I wish I could get the following subjects.
Pharmacology100 Cytogenetics100 Research111 Clinical Chemistry Virology and toxicology(mic112) Histology and Pathology Philo102--- interesting =| nakisingit pa kasi e.
Should I or should I not get the mic112?
This afternoon uncle and I went to visit Fullybooked in the block. The place was cozy and they have everything there from manga, collectible graphic books, to young adult fictions and chic literature. I was perked up when I saw 3 volumes of the bleach manga from kubo tite.. There was volume 13, 16 and 18.. And voila they cost 499php! Aha! Can anyone just sell me a cheaper one? Like a wholesaler or something? So im keeping my hopes up for carlo’s burned bleach manga for me..
Carlo? You read that? I have been waiting for months now! Baka tangayin na ako ng baha wala parin yan. Please please please.
Then where was I? There was another manga from kubo tite too forgot the title hmm… they had tsubasa and ouran high? Did I get that right? And lotsa naruto’s! (not a fan of it) After that I went around once again an wandered in the Filipiniana books.. A new release from Bob Ong once again! The cover looked cool just forgot the title basta its black and red. The last book I got from him was Stainless Longganisa and manny (Camille Cerrillo) gave it to me as a bday gift way back 2006? Fullybooked have its own coffee shop too inside the store but I don’t think their servings are worthy to be called ‘enough’ for a persons meal. Haha! I have to try it out one of these days. I wasn’t able to find the book Jr Vista was suggesting ‘Why do man have nipples’ by Mark Leyner MD. It sounded interesting to me since the book according to Jr was a Q&A type. And they sure have funny questions like ‘do women need to masturbate?’ or something like that. Jr sure is a WIDE READER.. (thinks..)
The whole week I stayed at home aside from Monday Samzkie(ranzel) and I went to our secret sanctuary. She accompanied me to buy shoes and some collectible items and I too did the same with her. She bought lotsa things in low low prices! Thanks to the existence of such sanctuary! Haha! Sorry I had to make her and oreo wait in mcdonalds since the wretched person in our school’s finance office acted like she was one verrrrry important person that we had to wait for her for an hour and still she isn’t done with her lunch break! Gracious!
Of those days I stayed home I just watched dvd. Took turns on Grey’s Anatomy Season 3 and Heroes season 1. The season finale for Grey’s season 2 was a bomb. It took days for me to get over with Denny Duquett’s death. Denny and Izzie where yeah unethical but as the saying goes Love moves in mysterious ways (eeeeww). On heroes, its one hell of a show! Awesome! Just imagine having extraordinary people existing. And each with different powers and Sylar the watch repairman who had this gruesome thing for slicing peoples skull. Gahd! Chandra Suresh must be a genius. Well, he might be since he’s a professor! Haha! For those of you who wants to try it out not on DVD its shown in RPN9 every Sundays at 8pm.
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I am Nicole a 21 year old female living specie.
Born and Raised in Philippines’ Southern
Latin City of Zamboanga.
I am currently finishing a course in
BS Medical Technology in this wretched
Institution named Trinity University of Asia.
A soon to be Med Student in some Philippine Medical School.
During my free time I indulge in DVD marathons,
Making coffee, eating Jack&Jill’s V-Cut, tv watching,
Discovering the streets of Quiapo, enjoy live bands,
walk in Trinoma, have long talks in Starbucks,
bum out in katipunan, go to a foreign bands concert,
dropping by powerbooks, laugh out loud in Burgerking.
My interests are medicine, science, converse chuck taylors,
Net surfing, archie comics, beans, dogs, music, Emily the strange,
Project406
I will give out free vaccinations in the future haha !