Saturday, October 6, 2007

community immersion

last october 3-4, 2007 was our last community immersion for this semester at balakilong, batangas. well, i actually don't want to go because the after work is crazy. i think my chosen course, nursing, is a hell lot of a course. its hard but at the same time fun. i woke up early in the morning of october 3 because i didn't want to be late. my classmate angel picked me up at home using their car. her dad dropped us off at the lrt station in santolan. when there, we waited for our other classmates to arrive. when we were completed we rode the train going to legarda station. when we arrived at legarda station, we immediately hailed a cab to take us to park and ride at lawton because it is our meeting place. while waiting for our clinical instructors, some of us bought foods in the stalls at lawton. i also bought donuts at mister donut because the donuts displayed in dunkin donuts is not of my liking..hehe..^^
ma'am laccopia, the clinical instructor from team b asked us to form a line by group because we are going to ride the bus. i was really nervous at that time because i violated a rule (i won't say what rule that is) and i thought that she's going to inspect our bags. then came sir castelo (oh! i miss him so much!). he was our health care lecture professor during the midterms. finally, we boarded the bus. same place as before during our first community immersion. there were a lot of my classmates who arrived late but thank goodness they were still allowed to join the immersion. there were also other students from other sections who join us. we started our trip with a prayer to ask for guidance and blessing from the Lord. then, the conductor of the bus put in a dvd for us to watch during the trip. it was evan almighty and i was glad because i haven't watched that movie yet.
i wasn't able to pay attention to the movie at first because the volume was low and at the same time i had a slight headache. but then i tried watching it and it was a lot of fun. the movie was funny and i loved it. after the movie, all of us went back to normal. chatting with each other, sleeping and eating inside the bus. we were really surprised because we arrived at the sto. tomas market earlier than we expected. when there, we bought all the necessary food provisions that we have to buy. me and my buddies bought a lot of food provisions for our satisfaction..hehe..^^ after buying, we went back to the bus. there were still only few of us so what we did was to take pictures inside the bus. i am actually the official photographer of our section. we took a lot of pictures and most of them are really hilarious. after we were tired taking pictures, we sat down and relaxed and waited for our other classmates. after being completed, we now set off to balakilong.
it was still a long trip from sto. tomas to balaiklong. i took the chance to take a sleep even though some of my classmates were very noisy. when we finally got to balakilong, we were all happy. we went to the barangay hall where our clinical instructors will give us further reminders and instructions. after that, we all went to our respected foster parents home. when we arrived at our foster parents home, our foster parents weren't there as well as their children, the first thing that we did was to put our things in the room assigned to us. after which we went to the kitchen to cook our lunch. we cooked pork chop for our lunch because it is much easier to cook. after we were done cooking, it's time for us to eat. i ate a lot because i was really hungry. when we were done eating, we washed the dishes and went back to our room. we rested for a while before going back to the barangay hall for a meeting with the clinical instructors.
it was really nice to have a sleep even just for while. i wake my buddies before 2 o'clock so that we can prepare. after we were done, we went to the barangay hall. there, the ci's told us what we have to do for our output. after the meeting, we each went back to accomplish our jobs. some went to look for other families to interview including me but i decided to stick with the family in our house. while waiting for them, me and paula slept because we were really tired. i woke up when our foster parents have arrived. i was writing my learning feedback diary when our ci's visited us at home. tatay told us that they were there so i went out of the house. they just wanted to know our names and the name of our foster mother. after they left, i went back t our room to continue what i was doing. i wasn't able to interview my foster family early because they had visitors and i though it would be rude to do so.
finally, when the family was available, i grabbed the opportunity and asked them if i could interview them. after they agreed, i gathered all my things and started the interview. after my interview with the family, i went back to our room, and continued writing my lfd. when paula, got back from her interview, we went to the kitchen to cook dinner. we had a long chit chatting while we were eating and it was so fun and we enjoyed every stories we shared. after finishing, we went back to our room, did our rituals before going to bed. i continued with my lfd before i slept. it was a very long and tiring day. finally, the first day of our second community immersion is finished.
next day. i woke up at 6:45 in the morning. i did my morning rituals and woke my buddies so that we can freshen ourselves before the healthy lifestyle. when it's almost 7:00am, we went to the barangay hall for our healthy lifestyle. when the ci's arrived, we started the exercise. we had a lot of fun during the exercise because the leaders were doing funny things. after the exercise, group s and s1 were the first one to take the quiz because there weren't much space inside the barangay hall. after our group was done taking the quiz, we accompanied dana and anne to buy spaghetti sauce. while doing so, we were taking pictures to have remembrance. it was so much fun taking pictures. after which, we went to their foster house to eat spaghetti and the tiramisu dana and anne made. when there, we continued with our lfd and after they were done cooking, we ate. the spaghetti and tiramisu was so delicious. i really loved it. after finishing the food, we chatted about certain things and we enjoyed every bit of it. when we were done, we decided to go back home to our respected family house.
back at our room, we chatted more and i decided to take a bath first. it was so nice to take a bath because you feel refreshed. when i was done, my other buddy took her bath. i went out of the house to ask nanay if she have the evaluation form for the parents, she said that our ci's took it already so i went abck to our room. when all of us were done bathing, we arranged our things, prepared ourselves to leave balakilong. we went to the place where the bus dropped us off when we got to balakilong. finally, our bus arrived and we boarded it. before going to the bus, we were taking pictures in the highway..hehe..^^ then off we go to manila. the conductor once again let us watch another movie which is music and lyrics. i love that movie. the story was nice and i fell in love with hugh grant. it was a really nice movie and i would love to watch it again once i have the time, but not right now.
it was a long trip from batangas to manila. i was so excited to go back home because i thgouht i was going to be able to watch the uaap finals game 1 between dlsu and ue. unfortunately, the television on our bus doesn't have studio 23. i was really pissed off because there was huge traffic in manila. what i did was i texted some people i know who are also watching. i was so happy that they replied to my texts and updated me with the scores. finally, we arrived at lawton, manila. we are back in manila. we all went our separate ways to go back home. me and my companions rode the taxi. when we were at the taxi stand, we saw a television which was on studio 23. my classmates were joking me and told me that they would leave me there so i can watch the game. finally, its our turn to ride the taxi. we told the taxi to drop us off at legarda station. the traffic was really heavy and that was what made me more pissed off.
at legarda station, we rode the train going to santolan station. there, we rode the fx so that we could go home much earlier. i was really happy with the results because la salle was leading the game. sometimes, i get so worried because i thought they were gonna lose. finally, i arrived at my destination, makro. at the tricycle, i was still in contact with those who are watching the uaap game. i was so happy when my friend told me that la salle won with a one-point lead. i was really glad because the people from ue are so "mayabang" because they thought no one could beat them. i wish la salle will win this championship this year for the uaap men's basketball. that's it for now. i'm going to finish what has to be done.

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