This is the continuation of my previous post. Well... Actually... I do not think they will be very much related from each other. I do not even know whether these two blog entries would become coherent enough to form a whole thing. Anyway, just want to keep my promise to continue what I have started yesterday. And, I guess, for the novelty of a blog entry with a sequel. Haha!

So where were we?

Hmmm...

We had our first clinical rotation in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. It was a pretty enjoyable clinical rotation because we had the chance to perform endorsements that staff nurses commonly do. This might sound weird, but I enjoyed the toxicity of those tasks. For some reason, I really felt that I was doing something that contributed much to the care of the patient. This might sound cheesy but then I felt that I contributed much to ensure that the continuity of care to a patient is thoroughly ensured.

Let me clear it up: I enjoyed the endorsements and all the things that we do during our duty time.  BUT, I still hate all the paperworks that we have to do right after the clinical duties. Add to it the fact that all the clinical papers we have to submit for N109.1 should be HANDWRITTEN! I repeat, HANDWRITTEN! Or in Filipino, SULAT KAMAY! If typing tons of papers is not enough, this time around its worse. Manual life to the max! Gawd! My right snail hand nearly necrosed because of writing so much stuff. Waaaahhhhh!!! I especially despise those drug studies! Grrrr!!! 

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We attended the unveiling of the new oblation statue of UP Manila. Senator Angara and other prominent UP people were there. 

This new oblation statue is situated at the smack center of UP Manila. It is located in front of the Philippine General Hospital where everyone could easily see all its glory. No pun intended. Haha!

I see this new edifice as a good thing because people will now be more aware of the location of the Manila campus of University of the Philippines. It’s because people always wonder about the exact place of our campus.

Also, I guess such event was very monumental for UP Manila so it was the place to be! Imagine, someday I could tell my grandchildren that I was there at the time it was formally inaugurated! Hahaha! 

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I just learned from my classmates who are taking Psychiatric Nursing at the moment that my obsessive compulsiveness trait would have been pathologic in nature if I always come/arrive on time. 

Hmmmm…… So that’s the reason….. Hmmmmmm…..

Hahahaha!

June 14, 2005

3 Days Into UP Life

Yey!!! It is good to realize that all in all, today was a good day. 

Though it ended well, it started quite rocky.

Ang aga kong nagising kanina to get ready for school. Siyempre, I want to change na, I don’t want to be late anymore. Although UP Manila is just quite near I need to be up and awake early kasi I am kinda slow ako mag-move pag-morning at saka matagal ako maligo kasi natutulog pa ako sa CR. Still groggy pa ako during that time.

Anyway, I was really ready for school na by 6:15. But then yung mga brothers ko di pa. They were still sleeping at our couch. Since Dad would fetch us all to school I had to wait for the two pa. Ang tagal pa nilang dalawa mag-move kaya there nauubos na ung time ko. 

7:30 is the start of my class today and Mrs Recio is my prof for Nursing 1. I don’t want to be late kasi she had the reputation of being a terror. Ayoko nga mabato ng eraser sa face. And I don’t want it for that day to be the first one kaya pinapagalitan ko na ung dalawa kung kapatid para bilisan. 6:45 na kami nakaalis sa house. Mga 7 na kami nakarating sa Don Bosco Technical Institute, the new school of my brothers.

Since it is a big school with many rich kids that also ride cars going to school, clogged ang road to the said school. Kaya we, my mom, yong and yeng were forced to go down na lang sa may nearby place para pwede kaming mag-walk para mas mabilis, while my Dad drove the car along the traffic. Since it is a big school ang hirap maghanap ng room nila. Mga 5 mins pass 7 na un kaya tapos na ung pila for the Grade 1 students. It took us a long time pa to look for their room kasi we don’t know the place naman. 7:15 na eh hindi pa namin nakikita ung room/pila ng 1st years kaya nagdecide na lang si Mommy na pahatid na ako kay Daddy.

Grabe Don Bosco was still quite far from UP Manila with 10 minutes to spare na lang before 7:30. Aaaah, Late na ako!!!! Kulang na lang lumipad na ung car namin just to arrive on time. Goodness, I was really stressed tlaga.

I arrived sa Pedro Gil mga 7:40. I rushed to the College of Nursing Building mga 7:45. Nako late talaga ako. Buti na lang hindi naka-lock ung room namin at nakapasok ako unnoticed by Ms Recio.

Yes!!! Hindi ako nabato ng eraser. Masaya talaga ako!!!

Kumain kami sa Rob. As usual sa food court para cheaper kaysa sa mga resto. Late din kami sa Soc Sci pero good thing is wala ung prof kaya masaya. Nakipagdaldalan lang ako. Kakaiba kasi noon sa MakSci natutulog ako pag-free time. Ngayon di ko mapigilang dumaldal. Hanggang Math 11 daldalan pa rin kahit nasa corridor kasi wala rin ung prof. 

Yes ang saya talaga!!! Puro daldal lang ang ginawa ko kanina. Hehehe!!!

Bago umuwi nagpa-photocs muna ako and I ate Ice cream at Rob. Wala lang.

That’s it. Later mag-rerewrite na ako ng notes. Wala lang.

Obvious na ang daldal ko noh!!! Hehehe!!!

I was sort of in a trance this morning.

Early in the morning, our yaya wakes us up to get ready for school. I am the one she usually wakes first because among us three (Me, Yong and Yeng), I am the least easy to awaken. Add to it the fact that I am the slowest person in our house during this time of the day.

So this morning I can remember that she was trying to wake me up.

Yaya: Eian, gising na! *This is accompanied with vigorous wobbling actions on my shoulders"

Eian: ..........

Yaya: Hoy! Anu ba! Gising na! *She was still shaking my shoulders"

Subconscious voice: *talking to Eian* Do not wake-up just yet. Continue sleeping. You need that.

Eian: *to subconsious voice* No! I might get late for school.

Subconscious voice: Sleep. Just sleep. Do not worry about anything. Your body needs it.

Eian: Zzzzzzz.... *Such an obedient boy!*

Yaya: *Agitated* Hay nako! Bumaba ka na dun ah, malalate ka na.


After some moments of solitude, my Mom then tried her luck on waking me up. I was still on my state of trance.


Mommy: *With her gentle voice* Yang, wake up na.

Eian: *Obtunded* Hmmmm..

Subconscious voice: Continue sleeping.

Mommy: What time is your class?

Subconscious voice: Do not worry about your class, remember sleep is more important.

Eian: *Still obtunded* Opo..

Mommy: I shall go. Wake up na, Ok?

Eian: Zzzzzz....


After some more moments of solitude, it was my Dad's turn to awaken me.


Daddy: Eian, wake-up, wake-up!

Eian: *Opens eyes then closes it back*

Daddy: Hoy! Anung oras ka papasok? Anong oras ba klase mo?

Eian: *Opens eyes then closes it back again*

Daddy: Anu ba yan?!? Alas-7 pasok mo diba? Alas-8 na ah! Bangon na dyan!

Subconscious voice: Do not worry about your duty anymore. It has been taken care off.

Eian: Opo... Later... Zzzzzzzz.... *Nice answer huh!*


After a lot of momentssssss of solitude, Eian tried to wake Eian up *Waaahh! Schizo!*


Eian: *Opens eyes then looks at clock* Waaaahhh!!! 12 na! Waaahhh! Late na ako! Sheet! Absent na pala ako sa OR! Waaaahhh! Sheet malalate na ako sa N123 namin! We have a report today! Noooo!!! *Eian is now fully awake*


I was really panicking because it was already 12 in the afternoon, I had a class at 1pm and I had not taken a bath yet. I was outraged because we have a report for that class and I cannot afford to get late. But I was still after all in Paranaque, it would be a miracle if I would arrive in school on time. Waaahhhh!

So, I got my phone to inform my groupmates that I might be late for our report. When I looked at my phone it indicated that I had 5 new messages. When I opened it, it was from my groupmates. I was alarmed because, I knew that they were looking for me.

1st Message: San duty natin?

2nd Message: San ka na?

3rd Message: Eian, san ka na?

4th Message: Eian, di ka ba papasok?

5th Message: To All UPM Students: From Chancellor: Classes at all levels suspended today in view of the transport strike. For your info and guidance. Please pass. Thanks. JRRG.

The fifth message was from our group leader. I did not know and did not care who JRRG was. All I knew was that, the timing was so perfect!

It was a good thing that I was a lazy an obedient boy. Else, I would have wasted my time going on duty when the classes were in fact suspended. Worse, I would have been stranded on the road because of the lack of public transportation vehicles.

In fairness to that subconsious voice in my head, he was telling the truth. And he cared about my welfare! Hahahah! Such great rationale this is! Hahaha!

I just realized, maybe JRRG is the subconscious voice in my head.... Hmmmm...

Liham is a message relayed to a friend or some other person through a written medium. In short, liham is a letter slash mail. Haha!

Actually, this post has nothing to do with a liham/letter/mail. It is just that I am teaching *Read: terrorizing* my youngest brother the different parts of a letter and its types. I'm writing this as he scans his note before I ask him about the things his teacher will ask on his quiz tomorrow.

Grrr! I really do not have the patience in teaching kids of this age. I lose my patience so easily! It is really different when you're playing with them, because such thing is a fun thing to do. Schoolwork with gradeschool children with me as the teacher is a big no-no!

God! Please grant me patience for this kind of undertaking. Please!

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Tomorrow will be the start of our Cancer Institute duty. It will start tomorrow because our clinical instructor was not available the past couple of days. So, the duty will be from Wednesday to Saturday. The Saturday duty will last for 8 hours straight which will be from 6am to 2:30pm. This duty hours is equivalent to one whole shift of registered nurses working on a hospital.

Waaaahhh!

Such duty schedule will be a first for me and my groupmates. And such duty hour will be the earliest one I shall attend upon. Waaaahhh! I should not be late on this clinical rotation of ours because the clinical instructor is one of the strictest professors in our college!

Multiple waaaahhhs for me!!

It is also my physical examination procedure practical test tomorrow which this clinical instructor shall facilitate.

More waaahhhs for me!

And I have not reviewed for it yet!

Even more waaaaaahhhhss!!!

I'll just be very optimistic about this thing!

I can do this!

Final Waaaaaahhhhh!!!

Nag-absent ako sa N199 kahapon para tapusin na ang assessment ko for community. May gawd! Kahit focused assessment na ang gingawa ko ay ang tagal ko pa rin gawin. Di ko na tuloy malaman kung dahil na un sa kabagalan ko o dahil talagang madadaldal ang patient ko.

 

Do not get me wrong na di ko gusto ang madaldal na patient, sa totoo lang, gusto ko nga ung madaldal para mas marami syang nasasabing info na maaaring magamit for my assessment. At isa na rin kasing gauge ang kadaldalan if I have already established rapport with them already. Nag-stay ako sa Pateros until late in the afternoon pero di ko pa rin tapos ang assessment ko!

 

Sheet naman! Naiinis talaga ako sa assessment ng family! Sobrang ang haaaaabbbbbaaaa!!!! It is so tedious talaga. Sobrang nakakangarag. Even a talkative person like me got tired for talking for a very very long time. Grrr!

 

Anyway, natapos ko na naman ang aking assessment kaninang umaga. And I was on time for the call time for us to leave for our class sa afternoon. Yey!

 

Gustong gusto ko talaga ang two families na nakuha ko. Sobrang bait nila sa akin. SOBRA! As in! Compliant pa. At sobra nilang inaappreciate lahat ng gingawa ko for them! Kahit natotoxic ako ay nacocompensate naman ng treatment nila for me ang katoxican ko sa buhay!

 

Sila so far ang pinaka-mabait na families na naging patient ko sa community!

 

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We had a test for N123 kanina.

 

Sheet! Ang hirap!

Madali lang sana un kung nag-aral ako.

 

Sheet!

Hindi nanaman ako nag-aral. Kahit nga basa, I was not able to do because this of this "O so glorious community"! Waaaahhhh!

 

Sheet! Feel ko ay sobrang baba nanaman ako sa test na un.

 

Well… Whats new, anyway?

 

Speaking of exam, ung first exam namin on such subject din ay binalik na. But then, the result was not at all inspiring. Sheet! Sobrang sabit ang score ko sa passing! Waaaaahhh! So stupid of me!

 

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Nag-photo and vid shoot kami kanina for our instructional vid for our community.

 

For the photoshoot, I was the patient that had a cardiovascular arrest. Kasi, I was a drunkard and a heavy smoker daw so ayun, patay! Sobrang bangag! Haha!

 

And for vid shoot, I was still the patient and Iaii was the nurse who is taking my blood pressure. Nabugbog kaya ung kamay ko. Kumusta naman? Ilang ulit kaya ung takes dun! Haha!

 

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I have not been late for our official community duty! Yey! Such an accomplishment for me! Bwahaha!

 

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Three days down.

 

Four more glorious days to go!

 

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And sheet, bakit ito ang gingawa ko??