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It's official. There will be no classes at UP Manila tomorrow.

Here's the official anouncement from Chancellor through the University Student Council:

To UPM Students, from the University Student Council: Classes tomorrow are SUSPENDED. Per anouncement of Chancellor RL Arcadio. 10:20pm. Thank you! =)

The text was typewritten verbatim.

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EIAN's ID: Woooohhhoooo! No classes tomorrow! Yey! Thank gawd! No regrets for being a lazy student! Woooohooo!!!!

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EIAN's SUPEREGO: Great! Just great! There will be no classes for tom! Just what we need is another make up duty! Just great! Grrrrrrrr!!!

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Eian's EGO: It's all right. Everything has its purpose. Everything will come into terms. You'll both see...

CHED suspends college classes in Metro Manila, 12 areas - NDCC

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!

Fourth Year, Fourth Day

The fourth day of my last year as UP College of Nursing undergrad had just ended.

And at this early point, our batch, batch 2009 is already toxic as hell. Gawd! Our schedule is so jam packed! You see, we just have four days of lecture then we immediately go to our clinical duties.

Half of our batch even has a final exam on Monday already! I repeat, FINAL EXAM! With just about four days of lecture on Psychiatric Nursing, they already have to take the FINALS for it. Imagine cramming all those psych concepts in less than a week's time! Waaaaahhhh!!! So toxic!

I am just a bit fortunate that I am assigned to the section which will take the Critical Care Nursing part, first. This means that our section will take our Psychiatric Nursing on the second half of the semester.

Critical Care Nursing, is just a little-less toxic than Psychiatric Nursing because our finals for Critical Care will be after the 6 week clinical rotations. This means that we have more time to adjust with the toxicity of our senior college life!

I've intended to make a blog entry last tuesday, the first day of classes, but I got tied up with all the assignments that were given to us. Also, I had been quite busy with my NSC Finance Officer responsibilities so I had no choice but to postpone such plan.

We'll be having the first ever duty of our senior year on Monday. Our group, Group B, is assigned at the Post Anesthesia Care Unit of the Philippine General Hospital. This area will be the first of our Critical Care Nursing, Nursing 109.1, clinical rotations.

Good luck to Batch 2009! Go Group B! Go batchmates! We can do this!!! Wooooohhooooooo!!!!

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!!!

Eian Christian A Sy
Finance Officer
Nursing Student Council A.Y. 2008-2009

Hi Guys and Gals!

Iaii, Pouch and I went to De La Salle Greenhills last Wednesday, April 30, 2008; to attend a forum for the new leaders of the youth. We represented the University of the Philippine College of Nursing as student leaders belonging to the Nursing Student Council. I was not supposed to come to this said event because I had a class. But due to fortunate turn of events, the class I was supposed to attend had been cancelled, so I was able to join my council mates on this gathering of youth leaders.

Honestly, I was not really keen on coming because I did not know the purpose of the said forum in the first place. When we arrived, I was surprised that a familiar television personality was there as well. JUN LOZADA was there! It turned out, he was the main speaker for this gathering.

I did not realize until now that he was a good deal of a speaker. He was not the usual not-so-intelligent-controversial-person we commonly encounter. The things he said during the forum truly made sense. His analogies toward issues were relevant and rational. He delivered in-depth discussions on problems that the country was facing.

Here are some of the notable points from him:

• On the NBN-ZTE deal: He compared himself to the wedge of a lever trying to upturn a giant and heavy rock lying on the ground. He said that he could only budge the stone in the most little way possible. Thus, there must be hands to support the little opening that the wedge had done, to completely upturn the seemingly invincible object.
• On people with good intentions: He found it sad when people who have the same goal yet different means become enemies. He further stated that this was the effect when people kept on demanding that they had the best way to the goal they wanted to attain while the others had got it completely wrong. This was when, in reality: there is no single map towards the common goal they had.

He also imparted a RUMOR which a person from the National Food Authority told him. Mr Jun Lozada stressed that this thing is just based from a person's word of mouth and that he had no evidence to prove it. I repeat this is just a RUMOR. The truthfulness or falseness of this contention is yet to be confirmed.

• The Arroyo government had pre-bought unharvested rice from Vietnam last year. This was when the price for rice was just about $350 per metric ton. And now, since there is a rice "crisis," the demand for rice had increased geometrically. The current price per metric ton of rice is now $1,400++. The government makes it appear that they are spending this huge amount ($1,400++) of money for the import of rice.

So if this RUMOR is true, the question here is:

• If the government have a supply of rice, bought through a contract made prior to the emergence of the rice crisis, and in which rice is acquired with a much lower price ($350 per metric ton); where does the remaining $1,100++ per metric ton go?

To delve things further:

• The Philippines had already imported a total of 1.6 Million metric tons of rice. Doing the math: where's the roughly $1.76 Billion (1.6 Million multiplied to $1,100) that came from the pockets of the Filipino people?
  

At the moment, the answers to those queries will just have to be abstracted by the minds of the ordinary Filipino people.





After the forum, we had a casual chit-chat with Mr Lozada about current issues in the country and about our school, the University of the Philippines. He was very friendly. We even had some photos taken with him, before we finally headed our way home.

These are the rest of the lectures for NatSci V under Professor Marilen Parungao.

These are the lectures by Professor Marilen Parungao for NatSciV.

Ma'am said that the coverage of the exam will be until the third lecture (Population and Community) only.

Good luck to everyone for the exam on Monday! We can do this! Haha!

Note: I divided the first lecture into two parts so that multiply can accomodate it. This is because multiply has a 20MB limit for their attachments.

Part 2 of 2

These files contain the readings for the subject Science and Technology in the Society (STS) under Professor Solano. These readings are for his STS classes for Summer 2008.

These files are zipped together so that downloading them will be easier. The first file entitled "Complete STS Readings" already contain everything that the other zip files have. So if you download it, no need to download the other zip files.

The other zip files were grouped according to the section in which the readings belong. So if you are just particularly interested on just a specific section of the required readings, you may just download the reading section you are interested in.

Please do refer to the STS syllabus for delineation of topics that belong to each section.

The files had been scanned for viruses, spywares and malwares. They are found to be clean, even to the point of being sterile. Haha!

Part 1 of 2

These files contain the readings for the subject Science and Technology in the Society (STS) under Professor Solano. These readings are for his STS classes for Summer 2008.

These files are zipped together so that downloading them will be easier. The first file entitled "Complete STS Readings" already contain everything that the other zip files have. So if you download it, no need to download the other zip files.

The other zip files were grouped according to the section in which the readings belong. So if you are just particularly interested on just a specific section of the required readings, you may just download the reading section you are interested in.

Please do refer to the STS syllabus for delineation of topics that belong to each section.

The files had been scanned for viruses, spywares and malwares. They are found to be clean, even to the point of being sterile. Haha!

 

but not quite!

Frustrations frustrations!

I was so close to attaining my goal. But still, I failed to reach it.

Grrrrrrr!

I was so close. So close, I tell you.

This is just like a case of a three point shot with a second to spare before the game comes to an end. Adrenalin is pumping and anxiety is hovering all over your body, as you watch gravity does its work on the opportunity up in the air.

Then,

POOF!

It missed.

So much for getting your hopes up. In the end, you still failed.

Nooooo!!! I am sulking quite a lot right now.

Pessimism pessimism!

Optimism, please come. Now. Quickly. Please...

After much wait and all the agony of uncertainty, The Eian Chronicles presents THE LIST:

*This list had been edited so that instead of it being a Final's list, it has become an Exemption List. Meaning, if you find your student number here, you should be happy because you are EXEMPTED from the final examination on N181 Nursing Leadership and Management.

Section 1
1	2005 - 69787
2	2005 - 10831
3	2005 - 32929
4	2005 - 60740
5	2005 - 41358
6	2005 - 12025
7	2005 - 08652
8	2004 - 06219
9	2005 - 00057
10	2005 - 06124
11	2005 - 72782
12	2005 - 15762
13	2005 - 04791
14	2005 - 73325
15	2005 - 12804
16	2005 - 17342
17	2005 - 11071

Section 2
1	2005 - 06696
2	2005 - 39389
3	2004 - 59008
4	2005 - 43756
5	2005 - 24159
6	2005 - 17881
7	2005 - 34746
8	2005 - 33540
9	2005 - 28370
10	2005 - 10873
11	2005 - 41248
12	2005 - 13359
13	2005 - 11021
14	2005 - 12298
15	2004 - 51347
16	2005 - 41708
17	2005 - 29993
18	2005 - 21173
19	2005 - 30269

To all the people who got exempted, Congratulations!!! Great job, guys and gals!

For those who shall take the finals, do not despair, it is not the end of it all. It does not mean that you failed. It just says that you were not able to reach the cut off.

Kaya yan! You can do it! Toxic nga lang pero kaya yan!

Thanks for those who stayed up and followed this live update on THE LIST. Until next time!

This has been Eian Sy, saying good morning to everyone! 'till next time!

THE LIST is upon Jonas Balneg's hands already. There seems to be a problem with the procurement of the list.

Here is our conversation:

Jonas: THE LIST IS HERE!!!
Eian: Talaga?
Eian: Where?
Eian: San na?
Eian: Where is here?
Jonas: hoy panget
Jonas: lumayas ka na dito
Jonas: at matulog
Jonas: walang hiya ka
Jonas: bat ka exempted...
Eian: Huh?
Eian: Pano mo naman nalaman na exempted ako???
Jonas: haynako
Eian: Di ba student number naman yan
Jonas: may sasagutin pa akong ibang tao
Eian: ?
Jonas: so
Jonas: tsupi na
Jonas: go away
Eian: Teka
Eian: Student number yan diba?
Jonas: tsupi tsupi
Eian: Anu ba?
Eian: May nagpapatingin sa akin nung sa kanila eh
Eian: Waaaaahhh
Jonas: sino pa?
Jonas: dali
Jonas: give me the names
Eian: Teka
Eian: Di ba student number yan
Eian: Un muna?

Stay tuned for further developments.

Only here, LIVE, at The Eian Chronicles!!!

THE LIST has arrived.

Please standby for the details.

Only here, LIVE, at The Eian Chronicles!

Well, if other people have an entry which has the same title, I will have my own version as well.

As of the moment, many 3rd year, Batch 2009, University of the Philippines College of Nursing students are awaiting the verdict on their fate. They are waiting for THE LIST. This list contains the names of the people who shall take the final examination for our N181, Nursing Leadership and Management subject.

This list shall be facilitated through our Batch Head, Jonas Balneg who is also intently waiting for this list. As of the moment of writing, many from Batch 2009 are currently waiting online for the list's arrival. This list is causing quite a big fuss for us third year students.

Let me give you an update.

Here are the facts:

1. The 3rd exam for N181 was held last Monday.
2. The Finals will be tomorrow, March 27, 2008 at 1:00pm. This shall be held at Sotejo Hall, UP College of Nursing, Ermita, Manila.
   
3. THE LIST is ready. But our professor is still unable to send this list because she hasn't arrived home.
4. According to our professor, there are 30 names listed on such list.
5. THE LIST is not an exemption list. It is a list of the people who shall take the finals. In short, no one wants to be in it.
6. The exemption grade is at least 2.50. So if one is not in the list, it does not mean one failed. It just means one did not reach the minimum grade.
   

So who's in and who's not?

That we shall find out.... Soon.

Only here, LIVE, at The Eian Chronicles!

Come back in a few moments!

I guess I have nothing new to blog about. Its more about the usual stuff that I have gotten my life into.

School is toxic... As usual...
I am a sleepy head... As usual...
I made papers... As usual...
I came late for duties... As usual...
I microsleeped in class... As usual...
I am procrastinating right now... As usual...

My life is indeed revolving on the same things. However, I cannot say my life is boring. Though it has become quite a routine, it never fails to give me new insights about things (read as a variable to anything random).

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You are not yet ready for that undertaking. You fail to see the vastness of the horizon.

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We went to R Papa(dua) this afternoon to throw a surprise birthday celebration for our groupmate Ron (Pa)Padua.

It was quite funny because I had to use my Maskara skills for such event. Together with my groupmates, Ayin, Jo, Ayra, Jeremy, Coy, Manessa, Diane and Iaii; we formulated an evil scheme to put the birthday boy into a tight situation. We devised a plan to ask (read: demand) group work stuff from him which we know he will not be able to produce. This lead to a major argument in which Ron was quite helpless with.

As you know, tirade of words is one my specialties. That is why I played the main antagonist on this set-up. Yey!

The scheme worked perfectly! It was very seamless! In fact, Ron had no idea what hit him until the big reveal of the real deal. Good job, guys! Very convincing!

It was very funny! Haha!

Belated Happy Birthday, Kuya Ron!!!

It was a very enjoying time at the pugad ng papel (read: Ayin's house) of Group A slash ALAB slash All-Stars slash Anlabo slash Ang Ingay slash Away slash Anggulo slash Antamad slash Ang Malas slash Ang galing! Yey!

I am really enjoying the company of my group! Go Group A!

I found this while I was browsing the net.

Apparently a new version of UP Naming Mahal , the official hymn of the University of the Philippines, has been made. They say, this is part of the centennial anniversary celebration of UP.

This version is just a proposal. Meaning, this version is not officially the new version of UP Naming Mahal. So far, I have not heard of any news regarding its adoption as the new and official version of UP's hymn. If anybody has an update on this, please do tell me. It will be a great thing to be enlightened on the current status of this kind of stuff.

Here is the lyrics of the song:

(Note: Pay close attention to the second and the last stanzas)

UP naming mahal
Pamantasan ng bayan
Tinig ng masa
Ang siyang lagi nang pakikinggan

Malayong lupain
Di kailangang marating
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin

Silangang mapula
Sagisag magpakailanman
Ating ipaglaban
Laya ng diwa’t kaisipan

Humayo’t itanghal
Giting, tapang at dangal
Mabuhay ang lingkod ng taong bayan
Mabuhay ang lingkod ng taong bayan

Silangang mapula
Sagisag magpakailanman
Ating ipaglaban
Laya ng diwa’t kaisipan

Malayong lupain
Di kailangang marating
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin
Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin

This version was sung by Chickoy Pura, Noel Cabangon, Cooky Chua and Bayang Barrios.

I just don't know who made the alterations on the lyrics which was originally done by Hilario Rubion and Tomas Aguirre who translated a part of the English poem "UP Beloved" written by Teogenes Veles.

The melody originally done by Nicanor Abelardo was retained with some rearrangements here and there.