Monday, June 25, 2012

Chronicles of a Nursing Student

'Cause I felt the urge to write today. A flock of exams and school requirements may be hindering my desire to put down again my thoughts here, but it will never prevail. I promise if I'd ever be granted a vacant time to spare in anytime of the week, I'll do so. Today, on Thursday and Friday I am free. (What to do, what to do?) =)

Last week was hectic

Last week my schedule was really bulged out busy. We had our duty at San Lazaro Hospital where communicable and infectious diseases can be found. Everyday of the week I had classes and clinical duties to go to and I had less likely time for myself and some under-the-sun activities other than school-related stuff. Full blown! I even felt as if I was being banned to get a complete beauty rest and acquire personal privileges, lol. Most probably because I haven't experienced yet been given a 5-day duty and a class after until 9:30 pm since I started studying Nursing. I mean I wasn't being used to that thing. Prior we had hospital duties in my past school for six days only in every other month and a class that'd end up until 7pm only, unlike in my new school now, ours are continuous. Though they seem like odds, I find everything very helpful to me. Through this kind of breaking experience, I will be able to learn whether I like it or not to manage my time wisely, value the importance of mastering the course very well, and to what I think is the most important, this would give way to the acknowledgment of more learning opportunities to get myself more familiarized with such skills and practices. Just so you know I love my new school and my NCM buddies as well! They're all pretty awesome. :)


This week's agenda


No classes for today and I gotta gimme a break! *confetti bangs and blasts!* Hihi. I know I shouldn't have celebrated because this is just the starting line for the long run still, more and more are coming as time's getting nearer till we finally take up the board exam. (I can feel the pressure is comiiiiing in about a year and a half from now!) Haha. But just for the mean time, I make use of this day to get freed and take off worries <3. Who would be able to concentrate in reviewing chapters of mind-wracking lessons if you, aren't in the mood enough to understand what your professor keeps on saying and pinpointing in the class? Let's just say in a nutshell, I have a class tomorrow and an exam too, and I haven't flipped yet a single thing in my handouts. Not just in my best condition to do that now and maybe I'd pursue later if the mood strikes. Oh well what a very "hardworking" and "industrious" student am I. :l  =))

And btw, I may not be exerting the effort to study or what today but certainly not wasting time here, just so you know. I cleaned the house and arranged home ornaments. Folded the clothes in the drawer and put in order the cluttered items I just discovered under my bed (what on earth I haven't figured and sorted out those mess like for decades already). I've read a number of wonderful and remarkable blog posts I found in the web and learned something to work upon self for the better. Poked a friend on Facebook, and checked out the blog/site/page of my crush. HAHA! Plus, I still managed to cook and prepare the "delicious" dinner last night even though I was really dead tired from school. Ever wondering what should be indicated in your things-to-do list so you'll end up the day real productive? See mine. I hope those count. ;P


What about the next week?

Back to the main topic again. Of course what will you expect? Next week is again another week of clinical duties to roam into starting on July 2 - 6 at Philippine Orthopedic Center, a place where the human bones live up their lives. Hehe. And perhaps, another set of tests too. I cross my fingers not to commit a health crime there. We'll be handling patients with both mild and severe fractures etc. and as usual not again a place for the clumsy and careless like dragged out of nowhere. Woah. Although sometimes just the thought of yourself taking over some serious health issues where the person's life depends on you, it could make you go nervous and uneasy. Just saying, in my part. Maybe for the others too.

Yet whatever is the circumstance or situation there is, you should always be ready, attentive and alert to everything your clinical instructor or the doctor will instruct you to do. Being a registered/prospective nurse, it is your responsibility to be at all times aware of your client's needs and health status. You are part of the health team advocate, so you need to be well-oriented regarding proper care giving and management. "I am a NURSE. I help save lives. I make a difference." -- Haha, the quotation written on my white baller bracelet.



Thursday, June 14, 2012

No Age Limit


I used the title "No Age Limit" because surely self-development doesn't only stop in just a particular age. Our sense of well beings continue to grow throughout time.

Spare just another roundup. I took over a glance at http://spirituallythinking.blogspot.com/ again and this caught my attention. Haha now I can feel I am suddenly becoming a secret fan of this blog. Sure I will because the posts there are all jam-packed with sense and wisdom. Truth be told, there are so many precious truths shared on that site one can dig up on self.

Gotta love the message it sends off. Don't hesitantly rush into things and just let matters go with the flow in their proper adjustments. Enjoy the teenage years while you still can.Younger is me today. Soon as I get older, I'll get much better with age. More firm and strong, responsible and spiritually matured. Take it from the author. Good night! :*

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Rainy Season is Love

This picture at the back of my mind made me whoop like "Awwwwww, I really like this one! I'm gonna post this too on my blog!" Saw this at  http://spirituallythinking.blogspot.com/   

I take time to do a blog post again before classes and hospital duties will merely start in about five days. Oh darn. Haven't prepared well all the stuff I will be needing soon. Thought of several hundred, maybe as many as a thousand that the clinical duty would way enter my life again on July (that's already fine with me like I'd still have a month or more to adjust and recover from the vacation days..) But then I have to throw out my perfectly bad guesses and for goodness sake not to screw up on the actual day.

And so! What I am talking about isn't kind of related to the illustration above. Sorry! Off the crap and lols.. I got carried away *Pheeeuuw* Okay and I honestly like people who smile when it's raining. But please bear with me. I am not good at it, no doubt and just kidding aside. I'll try to smile (like, e?). :X

Or perhaps sharing the same heartstrings must be the better explanation to this.. On why I like "rain-people" and what do I know on how they could still manage to smile even if the unstoppable rain would only cause them to be stuck up inside the house the whole day. It has a good point sometimes like when you're good in wishing that school should get cancelled anyway, or you just simply wanna have a socially accepted and valid reason of excusing yourself from going to an undesired appointment. Whether it'd rain or shine, you won't still go out. Just enjoy the pleasure of staying in your home sweet home. Teehee, you tricky and lame, teehee! However the fever of ever, the feeling is still mutual. Got it just right maybe because I am obviously like one of those people sometimes hahaha. :D

I so love rainy seasons. Seriously, am in love with tiny raindrops, cool breezes, dew and the colorful rainbow after it. All just purrrrfect! Need I say more? 

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Reaching Out

"And I can't stop, don't know how to stop thinkin' of you 
And I'll do anything, do anything to be near you... "

The first line is the refrain of the song. His voice has always been categorized as the calmest one. Last night I retired down on my comfy blankets and cushioned pillows lending my ears to listen to his songs like I pulled an all-nighter. I even overslept with my earphones on 'till the next morning that resulted to my phone battery drained. Perhaps, a lullaby has finally taken it's door towards each one's heart.

This week has become very busy and fast paced lately. We've been doing a lot of both paper works and media presentation about a recently held church activity. First day of school is soon to approach and preparation is yet to take place. Tides were turned up and I needed to add enough fuel in the fire. I just wanted to unwind and be freed from all loads. To snip away from the weight of all for a while, David's songs are the perfect matchmakers to rise up the low mood-o-meter. I mean, get high and alive once more through listening to his music! Lol. :)) 

These days I don't anymore feel like I'm falling head over heels "in love" with him unlike before. The younger years.. Gotcha! HAHA. Things change. They come and go. So am I.  Though the fanatic part is still there, I just got ticked off the over-asdlfkwxkszs portion.  Avid am I, I know in some ways like downloading songs and sparing a bit of time writing a blog entry about this, especially admiring his great example as a Latter-day Saint. Yes before we went to David's concerts and some mall tours because the activity areas were just nearby and wouldn't particularly affect our time with school or church. That's all, but more than that, not your so-typical fan girl who collects super stuff like a bunch of posters, key chains, mugs and more.. Considering with no offense to others, that's being too much I think. Be farther up crazy and chances are I could become vain and idolatrous. Don't really want that to happen forever and ever. I am not just that way! It's against the law, you know. :))


So the song was entitled "Reaching Out" of course of Archuleta's version. Dunno who had originally sung it but be as it may, the lyrics are so good and fit for every love story either for the teens or even oldies. Also, that's one of my favorite renditions in his Forevermore Album Soundtrack. Enjoy and let our hearts reminisce the late vanity of the love month season, February. Hello June! :))


P.S. I gotta play this on the piano! *Fingers crossed*
XOXO :")))

Monday, June 4, 2012

Food for Thought from Elder and Sister Ardern

That earnest realization when you suddenly felt the strong conviction of improving for the better because of the Holy Ghost. Positive mind blown. It happened to me during the 3-day serene Youth Conference held last May 31 - June 1 & 2, '12 at Hacienda Darasa Tanauan, Batangas.

Though still had the most of the exciting experiences in every activity provided, I'd give the specific point to the devotional day.

The presence of the Holy Spirit I felt was so strong that I uncontrollably shed tears as I attentively listened to Elder Ian and his wife Sister Paula Ardern's talks (E. Ardern was sustained a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been serving as a member of the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy in the Pacific Area. Source is from lds.org). Plus accompanied by a special song presentation rendered by one of the wards, it totally gave a bursting shimmer of distinct spiritual identity. They both spoke about matters concerning the common dilemmas and their curatives, wonderful advice and thoughts of wisdom -- the youth of the church should know, understand and be aware of.

We weren't the perfect machines that could stick up piles of data in mind one at a time for so long, so I brought with me a pen and paper and took down some notes I knew will really be helpful, hoping to remember them all the time. Mainly one of the reasons why I did that is to leave something of what I have been learning in life and put them in this blog. I want to be always reminded of the things that are dear more important. This is more like of recording life thoughts and events we should be doing that prophets and other church leaders are counseling the members. They will be very useful. Here they are.

THINGS THAT I HAVE PONDERED:

1. The 6 Be's: Be Thankful. Be Smart. Be Clean. Be True. Be Humble. Be Prayerful. -- Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
2. Those who honor God, God will honor.
3. If you do your best in school, Heavenly Father will send you the Holy Ghost to be smart.
4. Work hard.
5. To be clean, you make sure you are morally clean.
6. Being immoral will only bring you misery.
7. Cleanliness is Happiness.
8. Keep the Commandments so you can be blessed.
9. To be true, remain in your covenants.
10. Being humble means you're willing to learn.
11. Being humble means you're willing to serve others.
12. Say to yourself, "I will be that someone who listens to what my Father in Heaven says."
13. When you are humble, you are teachable.
14. We are most humble when we are in bended knees.
15. What we have to do first in the morning is to take time to pray.
16. Prayer is an opportunity to show God we are thankful.
17. A prayer doesn't necessarily need to be long, it must be sincere and comes from a humble heart.
18. Our Heavenly Father wants you to be successful so that he has given you opportunities to learn.
19. Don't settle for anything less than eternal.
20. If you don't have the vision in mind, you won't be there.
21. Poverty is not a barrier to opportunity.
22. Think of what you want to become and put it in a vision. Then act upon it.
23. Be thankful to your Mom and Dad. Show them a "Thumbs-up."
24. Don't expose yourself to the world of rubbish things such as spending a lot of time watching TV and forgetting your responsibilities etc.
26. There are so many things to be grateful for! Your life, family, good friends and the blessing of knowing the true gospel.
27. Part of your ability to overcome adversities is by doing the 6 Be's. ;)

And for some additional lines: The following were the three questions Elder Ardern asked a young man who wished to marry his daughter. Oh well this thing is kind of applicable to every father and future son-in-law conversation.

1. Did you serve a mission?
2. Do you honor your priesthood?
3. Will you treat my daughter like a queen? (Aww, that was sooooo sweet!) :")

(So girls, now we too can know what are the qualifications we should look upon when choosing the right man to marry for time and eternity. Many thanks to E. Ardern! :D)

Everything was just all we needed to know. Through a pronouncing church leader comes the voice of the Lord declaring unto us timely revelations and we should obey them. Act well in thy part. Heavenly Father will surely make way for the people who are striving and doing the things that He commissioned them to do. Every individual has his own drought and bounty to face. Blessings and trials are equally divided for every person. You might be slipping off along the road due to unexpected tragedies. One could be taking steps up in the ladder because of his consistent determination. Part of our mortal journey, right? Such ups and downs where everyone is meant to get along with. Yet each thing doesn't end in just one turn. Certainly, life is a long way to run!

"Give yourself a pat on the shoulder!" from Elder Ardern's remarks. "What you chose above, already determined that you were a winning Son/Daughter of God even in the pre-existence. And the battle is just continuing here."