the week gone by

Exam week's over... how sad... it's back to normal schedules now... duty, classes, haaay. Pretty much a lot has gone by, and I've definitely enjoyed the "break".

Monday - studied. no, not our lessons. did no reviewing on this day. kept my mind free from school-related stuff. in a way, i just studied things that have happened in the past regarding him, yes, things still seem unclear to me.... but thanks to lani, i've realized that it was probably a "two-way road disaster", if you know what i mean. I've always somehow blamed myself for letting go... my mom blamed him for being too slow and unclear of himself. i don't know, i'm at a loss of words to explain things right now but basically, now I realize that we both probably are at fault for the way things are. And, if he sees this, I just wanna say I'M SORRY. i can't elaborate on things, it's something probably better kept between us two... but i'm hoping we could talk things out. i miss everything, all those memories... i still remember every minute detail.


Tuesday & Wednesday - promised myself to dedicate these days to reviewing for the upcoming exams (for the first time)... but as it turns out, I've stayed true to my same old principle of not studying... hehe. I've managed to find petty reasons to take a 5-minute study break (every time I hit the books)... and that 5-minute break always turned into at least 5 hours away from my books/notes. so for these two days, i've probably only managed to dedicate about 2 hours to studying (or more like, browsing) notes.

Thursday - exam day. didn't get much sleep the night before. so come break, my intention of studying for the NCM exam was once again, dismissed. thanks to rox tho for studying out loud, making me feel annoyed for it seemed that i was mostly clueless on the stuff she mentioned. :P
After exams, headed home and prepared myself for the night. we were going to Manila Hotel, as my dad had some awarding event. food was quite depressing but I loved the soup they served... and the dessert! I just had to take some pictures of it (cos it looked that pretty). right after dad got his award, mom and i headed to the bar, dad followed some time after. the band was sooo good! we stayed till the end... leaving at about 12.... and to think i had a dental appointment the next morning. oh no!

Friday - I've been looking forward to this day, another appointment with my TMJ specialist. heck, slept really late and woke up pretty darn early for my 8am appointment. thankfully tho, i wasn't sleepy during the time... but to make me feel jittery came the fact that i thought we were gonna be late! traffic was so heavy. haaay. thankfully, got to the clinic on time.

Saturday - fun. usual choir sched. tho, we were soo few. just 4 of us - Ate Anna, Ate Christine, Cheska, and I. the night was fun, bonding... except for the fact that Kuya Tutut and Ate Anna were pressuring me on dishing out facts on my crush (and they'd try to guess who he was)... argh! they wouldn't let me get down from the car until i told them daw... Kuya Tutut locked the car doors.... hahaha... so, the car was parked outside our place for quite some time... hahaha... i was soooo frantic. hahaha. good thing i was saved from that moment tho... they let me go rin... without me saying a thing... haha. i strongly refuse to give clues as to who he is... :P

Alto in training

Well, choir's been pretty fun(-ny?) lately. Last week, ate Dianne shared some stories on her WYD Sydney experience... and she brought chockies along (that's my new term for chocolates)... tons and tons of them! the cute part of last week's session: kitty notes made by ate Nicole after solfeggio lessons (as we were having choir practice). ---> just visit my multiply acct. for more pics.... including those of the leftover chocolates and the wrappers of those we've managed to have eaten! :P




And this week, we're starting to practice for 08 Sept. And, tita asked me to learn the alto parts... cos we need more altos, especially if the niñas are singing along with us. wooohoo! so, it's a long weekend, given that monday's a holiday, and I'm gonna be spending the time studying the alto parts. joy! challenge! i mean, don't get me wrong, it's not my first time to be doing voicing, I've done so before during Simbanggabi slots, Christmas midnight mass and Easter Vigil mass... but it'll probably be my first time outside those events... haha... i don't know. not like i count it, ... but anyway, maybe it's more new tunes to "adapt" myself to.

Funny part of the night: i had my barok (sp??) moment.
Ate Queza: sino nagdala ng food?
me: I don't know...
Cheska: It just appeared from thin air.
me: yeah, probably... *poof*... FELLING from the sky...
(harhar)


And, going home, had an "adventure" with ate Dianne... haha. her gas tank was on "empty" na... so we had to go to the gasoline station... we passed the Elizalde route to Phase I (which was nearer the gas station) only to find out that they've closed the gates (and only at around 1020pm... tsktsktsk!)... so we had to turn to the clubhouse, taking the Aguirre route, passing Tropical Supermarket... taking a longer time. WHEW! buti nakaabot... and we (ok, I. dunno about ate Dianne) thought that the gas station was closed as it was completely dark! turns out, only a few lights were left on there, those of the open "stations". And it was there at the gas station that ate Dianne knew that I'm an addict... haha. I love the smell of gas, paint, ... rugby (she filled that part in) haha. weird daw. well, .... haha! :P

AMBUSH!

It's so sad that this is our last day @ the LPDH OR. All the nurses there have just been soooo kind ^_^ funny part of the day probably was where we ambushed Sir Neil (aka "Sir Happy" daw) for some photoshoot.... right in the LPDH caf. haha.

The challenge I've found amusing: Dr. Clyde asked us to name 4 (or 5 ba) nurses in the LPDH OR that we've come to know during our 6-day duty there. Hmmm.... kakatuwa! I had no problem doing so (a proof ata na ganun sila ka-friendly/-bait). So, lemme try to really enumerate all those whom I've come to know... in a way, siguro, it's a way of showing my gratitude to them na rin...

1. Ma'am Rachelle (shucks! di ako sanay... talagang "ate" pa kasi tawag ko hehe)
2. Sir Neil
3. Sir Aries
4. Sir Joel
5. Sir Chris
6. Sir Fort
7. Sir Bert
8. Sir Jack
9. Sir Francis
10. Ma'am Monet
11. Ma'am Jane
12. Ma'am Gina
13. Ma'am Cha

hmmm... 13. not bad. ung mga girls kasi, nakilala ko lang from reading their name tags... but didn't really get to talk to them much as the guys. kasi sila talaga ung mga nakakausap talaga namin at nasasalubong sa loob ng OR. :P

familiarity

Last week, at the OR, as I was to accompany Maricar in having her break, I saw a familiar face as we exited the OR itself, as we were placing on our lab gowns and changing our shoes. I recognized her to be someone from the choir. I immediately waved and she smiled back. I couldn't really remember her name at this point, I just recognized the face.

Yesterday, I saw that familiar face once again... INSIDE the OR this time. I was soooo shocked! I was probably staring! hehehe. At one time, I checked the board for her name: Rachelle. Yes, possible, Ate Rachelle. but hmmm, I don't really want to be all too sure. Yet, I didn't really have the nerve to go and approach her though I did try. hehe. I was just too shy and unsure of myself. So, upon arriving home, I immediately checked Friendster. and Yes, it was confirmed, it's her, from the ARCHCON.

Today, as she was just around (and as Dr. Clyde had already asked her earlier... haha, inunahan pa ako! cos I told him kasi that she looked familiar eh), I asked her.... and yeah, it's definitely her. wow! small world nanaman! how fun! it's nice to know na you know someone there. sayang lang at last week na namin ito in LPDH OR. tho, yeah, we'd have one more week here in the Finals, AM shift naman. Sana, I'd get to bump into her pa rin then. =)

OR week 2, day 1

Probably the most memorable day for me in the OR. Brainteaser day. haha.

Sir Aries invited me and tita Joy to join them in viewing the gastronomy (weird, i really think it's gastroscopy... but that's what was indicated on the board) being done on a patient. We hesitated, not knowing whether we'd be allowed by Dr. Clyde to do so. I so badly wanted to be in that room with them (Sir Aries, Sir Neil, and Sir Chris... and the patient of course). Good thing Sir Aries called us again and signaled us to enter the OR room 1. I couldn't help myself this time. pakapalan na ng mukha ito! hahaha. I went to Dr. Clyde who was still telling stories to our other groupmates and asked permission. At first I think he didn't want us to go in there but when he knew that tita Joy and I were being called (/invited) to view the procedure, he finally agreed. WOOHOO! We went back to the other room and signaled to Sir Aries that we were allowed to watch, so he and Sir Neil told us to go and enter the room. Natakot ako before entering as I heard one say na tatanung-tanungin kami ng isa diyan. oh no! haha. But h'yeah, I still went in. And, Yeah, I guess it was true somehow. We were interrogated in there but it wasn't anything about the case at all. We were given 3 questions to answer... and we needed to answer them all. According to Sir Chris (who's been throwing the questions), no one's gonna be allowed to leave the room until we answer his questions... *GULP* haha

QUESTION # 1: Bakit tinitignan ng babae kung malaki ang paa ng isang lalaki?
QUESTION # 2: Anong bagay ang sinusubo muna ng mga babae (o bakla) para lumambot at nang mapasok?
QUESTION # 3: *form an L with your thumb and forefinger* The tip of the thumb to the tip of the finger is used to measure what in males? it is the size of a male's _______?


hahaha! Think of the answers carefully as I'm not going to share them with you. :P

it's a girl! =)

I'm so shocked! I still can't believe how it felt in the battlefield yesterday when I got to do an actual baby delivery via NSD!

Currently, I'm on duty at the OR in LPDH, and I'm loving it! oh, the thought of just being in a place exclusive to healthcare professionals (I mean, not even patients' relatives are allowed to enter this realm, and yet, here we are)... plus, I just love seeing surgeries! I used to see these stuff only on tv documentaries, special videos from doctors whom I've got connections with, etc... but never have I seen an actual "live" operation happening right before my very eyes! And that's what's happening with the OR: surgery galore! woooo!

Unfortunately, I'm assigned to the 2pm-10pm shift so nothing much happens then as most ops occur in the morning shift but just yesterday, Maricar and I heard a woman was being prepped for NSD... I informed tita Joy, she and I asked our CI if we could observe. Our CI said: "observe? No. that's your case!" Wooohooo! alright! We informed Maricar and we waited for things to happen. We observed the woman in labor. As crowning happened, the nurses there called the client's OB (who so happens to be the tita of a friend of mine) to inform her that the patient is ready to give birth. Upon the doctor's arrival, she immediately asks us student nurses who wants to scrub in. She asked for one of us three. Maricar told me to go ahead and scrub in. I looked at tita Joy and told her to do it (as I'm not really into deliveries.ick.) But she told me I should do it. I signaled to her that she ought to take the case. Suddenly, our CI made the final decision and told me to go and be the one to scrub in. WHAT?! well, I couldn't say "no" now, it wouldn't seem proper. So, fine, I scrubbed in.

I thought the farthest I would go in this case would be to actually hand the various instruments the doctor would need but no,... things got farther, and farther, and farther. I was asked to clamp the cord (fine), then place another clamp on the cord (fine), then I was asked to actually cut the cord! (thinking this was the end, fine). All of a sudden, the doctor stood up and told me to take a sit in the chair she was seated in (uh-oh, this can't be good... but fine) and then she tells me to go ahead and deliver the placenta (WHAT?! so much for my first time!)! Anyway, shocking as it was, and panicky as I seemed to be, it was an overwhelming feeling to get to experience such thing. =)