Sunday, December 30, 2007

another visit to serendra

later this afternoon we went to serendra at th the fort bonifacio global city in taguig. we went there to buy a cake for the new year. by the time we got there, there were already lots people crowding and taking pictures. we first went to conti's to order a cake so that we can save some for us. after the reservation, we went to fully booked. still, it was up to the fourth floor , full of books. it was nice going around there. i indulged myself with an iced caramel macchiato at starbucks.
it was so cold in there but still i enjoyed myself. after finishing my macchiato, i went upstairs and listened to some cds. i listened to natalie imbruglia's glorious greatest hit singles. her songs were really good. after some time at fully booked, we went back to claim our cake. all sorts of races were in there. there were loads of people with their family. after we got our cake, we decided to go home. it wasn't really that tiring. i enjoyed myself.

sun life financial christmas party

last december 29, 2007, sun life financial had their year end celebration at silver city, pasig, near tiendesitas and sm hypermarket. we were picked up at our house by tito nelson, ninang emma's brother. after that, we went to cainta greenland to pick up tito nelson's niece and nephew who is also going to the celebration. it wasn't that long of a travel to tiendesitas since there was no traffic at all. when we got there, we picked up madet, well my sisters were the ones who picked her up at the food village in tiendesitas.
afterwards, tito nelson parked the car. me and my sisters together with madet went inside the silver city. damn! when we went inside, there were so many people. all are sun life agents and their family. i felt very dizzy and nauseated because of the crowded people inside. we first registered, after we registered, we went outside and went to tiendesitas to go sight seeing for clothes and other things. we bought ice cream there, damn! the small sugar cone was worth 20 pesos. i was like shocked because it only cost 10 pesos when you buy it from other places. ang mahal grabe!
we finally decided to go back to silver city. we joined in the line so that we could get some foods. all lines were pretty much long. we also saw jemal vizcarra, a former ust growling tiger. his mom works for sun life as well. after enduring the long lines, we were able to eat. after eating, we went to sm hypermarket. we went there to buy a cold mineral water. unfortunately, temptation occurred and we bought other things besides mineral water. since its the holiday season, we decided to give ourselves gift for the holidays. after buying what we wanted to buy and feeling fresh because of the air-con, we decided to go back yet again to silver city.
finally, it was dinner time. we thought we didn't have seats but thankfully, some of mom's friends saved us some seats. by the time we got there, the people were already pack in lines to get food from the buffet table. we waited for our turn to get some food. finally, it was time for us to get some food. the food didn't taste that great. while we waited for the original owner of the seats that we saved, we did nothing but watch what was happening inside. finally, the ones we have been waiting for arrived.
we left silver city and settled at tiendesitas. we explored the whole place, saw some nice things and well, just looked at some stuffs. it was tiring to go around that place. when it was almost time for us to go home we stayed outside sm hypermarket while we wait for the person who would take us home. after a very tiring day, we finally got home. that's all for the occasion.

Friday, December 28, 2007

shopping galore

today, me and my sister went to sta. lucia and robinsons metro east to go shopping for anything we would like. well, i finished first the chores that we had to finish. man! my back hurts from laundrying all the clothes we have worn. it was so tiring for there was too many of it. it was so tiring doing household chores but we still have to because our mom gets angry at us for not doing anything productive at home. anyways, after finishing the chores after lunch, i went back to our room to continue reading the latest book my sisters bought. i did it so that i could rest for just a while before going out of the house.
after i was contented with what i've read, i took a bath. it didn't took me long to take a bath. of course, after everything was done, we left heading off to the mall. when we got there, there are still loads of people due to the holidays. though, it was nice for me to be back again in a mall. it's been a while since i've been to the mall and since i've had money. of course, it's only during the christmas season where i could have money. and if you have money, you have to spend some of it and keep some for future use. it was really overwhelming for me since i wanted to buy a lot of things.
we were in the mall for quite a good deal. we've been there for some time and me and my sister did buy a lot. it feels so good and felt nice to have new things for yourself. i'm glad i have money. it doesn't come that much often to me. i spend a lot of money just for school work that's why i don't get o save some for my own. after we were contented with what we bought, we decided to call it a day in the mall. we went home feeling good about the things we've bought. happy holidays everyone... :)

Monday, December 24, 2007

merry christmas!!! :)

merry christmas everyone!!! let us all be thankful for God's blessings..
later this afternoon, we went to fort bonifacio global city because it is where we are supposed to buy the cake for this christmas. we got there by car because it is far from where we live. we went to serendra first. from there, my sisters wanted to go inside fully booked so we did go in there. we spent quite some time there. i saw a lot of good-looking boys..haha :) anyways, it's a haven of books for i think it's up to the 4th floor and all of it are books. there is also a starbucks there.
after fully booked, we went to the other side where mostly all restaurants are there. we went to the store where we're supposed to buy th cakes but unfortunately, the cake that we wanted to buy is out of stock. anyways, we went to this store, chelsea, where we bought bread. there were a lot of foreigners in there so it's kinda like united colors..hehe :)
after buying what we wanted to buy, we went to red ribbon at eastwood to buy a cake. there were so many people buying cake for the holidays. after buying the cake, we went to sta. lucia to buy out cousin the crema de fruita he was requesting for. unfortunately, again, they don't have a stock. then, we went home. my mom and sister picked up the lechon at the airport from cebu. while waiting for them before we went to the church, i fell asleep because i was really asleep.
then, finally they arrived. we first ate dinner then went directly to the church. as always, the church is jam-packed with people. it was so great to attend the mass though it's been a while since i've attended the mass. after the mass had finished, we walked from the church to our house. it's quite an exercise. my sisters cooked the food to be eaten. while waiting for the food, me and my sister, watched the chronicles of narnia the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. when finally, it's almost time, we ate the food. its so nice to eat..
happy holidays!!! :)

Saturday, December 22, 2007

prelim exams

before the prelim exams, all group leaders and other group members met up at jollibee mendiola. it was a sunday, december 16, 2007. it was our only free time for us to do the community output. our first meeting place was jollibee mediola then, we went to teddy's house. it wasn't that far from mendiola but we had to take 3 jeepneys to get there. when we got there, we ate lunch first because we were all hungry. nakakainis!, galit si jowell sa akin kaya hindi niya ako iniimik. ewan ko ba kung ano ang naging dahilan pero feeling ko yun ay dahil don sa zen ni dana. ang immature pero sa tingin ko, yun ang dahilan.
going back to the story, we ate lunch, a fun lunch because all the boys were being silly. it was fun having them around. after eating lunch, we went straight to the business. all of us were so busy but the boys still maintained to be so silly. all of us were tallying by group, doing spot mop, and tallying by class. we finished at about 6pm in the morning but there are still a lot of work to do. when i got home, i still did the output but i took a break by reading the books and notes for our exam the next day.
december 17-20, 2007. prelim exams. dentsci 406.
december 17. i wasn't able to study that much because of the super haggard output. good thing i was able to read some of the chapters that was required for us to study. fortunately, i was able to answer most of the questions in the exam. he unit exam for micro-para was kinda hard.
december 18. most hated day of the exam! damn that physics! the exam was so hard. it was a 100-item exam. for about 30 minutes, i was just staring at my paper for i didn't know what to do. even the simplest equations, i don't know how to compute for it because it was really hard. the exam is good for 1 hour. during that 30 minutes i was staring at my paper, i was still at #20. i wasn't even halfway through the exam. grrr!!!!
december 19. the exam for sts was kinda hard. as well as the exam for micro-para lec. but still, i managed to answer most of the questions in the exam.
december 20. last day of exams. last day of school for the holiday vacation. we only had 2 exams left that day. they were quite easy but for computer, i find it a little difficult because we didn't have study materials. yey! finally, we were finished.

happy holidays everyone!!! :) merry christmas and a happy new year!!! :)


1st community immersion for the 2nd semester

last december 12-13, 2007, we had our first community immersion for the second semester. our section was the last batch to have the community immersion for the prelims. our community was in barangay tumaway, talisay, batangas. i wasn't really feeling our immersion during that time because, i guess, i have new classmates. anyways, when i got home on a tuesday night, i prepared all the things that i needed to bring with me. there were a lot to prepare but i finish in like an hour.
after i was satisfied with what i've done so far with the preparations, i decided to go online and log on to my ym. anyways, after i've done that, i immediately went to sleep for i didn't want to be late. good thing i woke up early. i just pre-heated the rice and i ate breakfast because it is really needed for we have a long travel to batangas. i asked my dad to drop me off at lrt santolan station for my things was really heavy for me to ride the jeepney. good thing the car have gasoline.
i arrived at lrt santolan at 5:30 am..hehe^^ i was really early. gosh! my classmates were almost kinda late. i've waited for them for like 30 minutes. finally, one of them arrived. i saw many escolarians passed by me in at the lrt. we waited for one of our classmate but we decided to leave her because we didn't want to be late. i thought she brought her cellphone but she didn't. well, we decided to leave her. when we arrived at jollibee mendiola, few of our classmates already left and went to park and ride. so, we hailed a cab and we went to park and ride. good thing that we weren't late because i was really worried that they were gonna leave without us.
we boarded the bus. we were so tagal at the park and ride because we were waiting for the late ones and the other supposed to be C.I. who's gonna go with us. when finally, we decided to leave manila for batangas. as usual, i was again dizzy with the travel. i didn't really understand the movie that was shown in the bus. i didn't brought with me our camera because my sister used it to their retreat. anyways, i just borrowed my classmate's camera to take some pictures. i really love taking pictures so that i would be able to have memories.
we arrived at sto. tomas market a little late because of the quite long delay at park and ride. of course, we have to buy our food provisions there like meat, vegetables and other ingredients for our menu..hehe :). after 30 minutes, we went back to bus ready to go to talisay, batangas. in just 45 minutes, we arrived at brgy. tumaway, talisay, batangas. the clinical instructors and each leaders of the group dropped by the municipal hall to meer some important people in the area. after having the talk with the nurse, we went back to the barangay. one by one, we went down the bus and went to the barangay hall. it was so hot and there wasn't much shelter for all of us to be accommodated.
the clinical instructors got the name of the members of each group to be disseminated among different foster family. it took a while for them to finish and coordinate with the barangay health workers. after they have finished the list, we went to the place where we are supposed to stay. while on the way, i didn't know what i was so busy with, the next thing i know was that i fell down the man whole. there were few missing railing among the man hole, after that, my classmates thought that i was gonna cry but i didn't. i laughed after what happened to me so instead of my classmates symphatizing me, they also laughed at my clumsiness. it was a really hard fall. my legs were kinda hurt but good thing i didn't have scratches.
when we finally arrived at our place to stay, we met our foster parents who warmly accepted us into their home. we stayed at the room that were assigned to us. we fixed our things, changed our clothes and freshened a little before eating our lunch. i discovered that the glass in my watch broke, as in it was torn into pieces. i also had some pasa, a really big one in the lower part of my legs and then small ones my left leg. i also have little scratches but just a tiny bit. after we were done freshening ourselves, our foster parents cooked us our lucnh. she was so kind for she didn't let us cook lunch. after eating our lunch, she didn't also let us wash the dishes. after that, we went back to our room to accomplish the learning feedback diary.
when it's almost 2:30 pm, we went back to the barangay hall to our meeting. when all was complete, our C.I.'s oriented us with what we're supposed to do with the survey interview. after being oriented, our C.I's accompanied some of the students to their families to be interviewed. our group, with sir tagala, went inside the forest..hehe :) just kidding. we had a long journey but the sad thing is that only two students had the chance to interview the families there. we were then brought to the applaya which was really muddy. omg! my feet as well as my shoes got wet.
we finally arrived at a house where it hasn't been interviewed. i started my interview but at the middle of it, sir tagala did all the interviewing.
after i finished, sir tagala bought me and melgrace merienda, palitao. he was really generous about it.. haha :) thank you sir! after i finished, we went to the other house just opposite to the house i've interviewed. next, melgrace was the interviewer. i was just there, sitting and interviewing the liitle girl. i also took out the glass in my watch. when its almost 5:30 pm, we went back to the barangay hall. sir tagala left us so we went back by ourselves. after meeting with the clinical instructors, each student headed back to their respective foster family. after a few minutes of rest, i was the first to take a bath. it was so refreshing to take a bath.
afterwards, it was time for us to eat our dinner. in our meal, nanay always cooks for us fish. anyways, we're always full after we eat. we got back to our room to accomplish our lfd. anya, was interviewing our family for she didn't have a single family to interview. their family was really nice to us. it was such a tiring night but we still pursued on doing our lfd. we were also texting some of our classmates who brought their cellphones illegally. we were supposed to go to where the boys were having fun but we ended up going to the wrong house. at the house we're staying, we watched all the primetime programs in abs-cbn and gma.
i wasn't really myslef when someo\body asked me if we were okay in our house. surprisingly, it was our C.I.'s who were roaming. i thought they were somebody else because they look like the locals in the barangay. we slept at about 11 pm. before we finally get to sleep, we were still chatting with each other, reminiscing the first semester. the things that had happened, the unforgettable professors, the subjects and the bonding we've made. i really miss my classmates during the first semester.
day 2. december 13, 2007. our call time was 7pm. we woke up at 6am. we didn't took a bath because we knew that it will be a hard day ahead of us. we ate our breakfast, fixed ourselves and fixed our things to bring for the continuation of our interview. after eating our breakfast, we once agin head back to the barangay hall. there were so many who was asked to make an incident report. after all the necesary arte, we proceeded with the quiz. it wasn't really that hard so we finished early. after taking the quiz, each student had to find another family to interview. me and melgrace went back to the applaya. unfortunately, the family that we're supposed to interview wasn't there.
i'm really pissed off with people who are so "makulit". melgrace was kinda like that during the whole time in our stay in the community. she ocupied most f the space in the bed. ang likot niya matulog. kapag ganon pa naman yung katabi ko sa kama naiinis ako. tapos dun sa pagbalik namin sa may highway, sorry siya ng sorry tapos lagi pa niya akong tinatanong kung galit ako. mas lalo akong naiinis pag paulit-ulit yung pagtatanong. okay na, tama na yung isa pero pag paulit-ulit lalong nakakainis. madali pa naman ako mainis kapag ganon yung taong kasama mo. pero syempre wala na yun sa akin ngayon. after that, when all hope is gone, we decided to go back to our house. when i already kept all the necessary things for the interview, nanay told us to go with the other group to find other families to interview in latag.
we rode the owner jeep of one of the foster parent of our classmate. finally, we found some families who haven't been interviewed by ceu students. after all had finished interviewing, one bhw led us back to where we are staying. we went through inside the forest, literally inside the forest. it was supposed to be a short cut. good thing that the forest was safe to go through.
we arrived back to a familiar scene. after finishing all the requirements to be passes inside the bus, i, again, was the first one to take a bath. then, finally, my buddies were next. we were in such a rush because we thought that we're going to be late. we then ate our breakfast. after a few moments in the house, we bid goodbye our foster family. we then went to the barangay hall, suddenly, one of our classmate told us that the bus was parked at the gasoline station. what we did was we went there and we boarded the bus. when all were complete, sir tagala asked who victor and melgrace is. we were all wondering why he asked that and then he told us that someone told him that they brought with them their cellphone. they were asked to do an incident report.
after all that commotion, we left brgy. tumaway, talisay, batangas. some were still finishing the requirements to be passes. others were wondering who the traitor was. anyways, at the stop over, many went down to buy some foods. those who were left in the bus were still wondering who the traitor was. whoever he/she is, she's just wanting attention. then, off we go to manila. those who brought with them their cellphones went down to different places. those who stayed didn't bring any cellphone. at the park and ride, everybody was so nervous, even i was nervous. the clinical instructors searched each bag but then they didn't find any phones with those who stayed. after all those, we all went home to have a good rest.
i know it's a bit late but i still have to post this. i've been so busy after our community immersion, so, this is my time to use the internet as much as i want because it's the holidays.. happy holidays everyone!!!:)

Sunday, December 9, 2007

blessing of a new house

yesterday, we went to novaliches for the blessing of the new house of one of our family friend. it was a long way from our home but we got to the venue with our car eventhough we're a bit crowded in the back. when we got there, there were only few people and i guess were early. the scenery of the other houses were very beautiful. the houses we see at casa milan were beautifully constructed. the house that we got into was also nice. it was very big, i mean really big.
me and my sisters took a tour in both houses so we could just explore. in the terrace, we took pictures just to do something. we look at scenery for we didn't have anything to do. by the time we got downstairs, the ceremony is set to start. we didn't join with the whole crowd, we just stayed downstairs. by the time they got to the other house, they threw money and suddenly i felt something pierced my foot and surprisingly it was a coin that they threw. after that, we went outside to reserve ourselves a seat.
after an hour, we finally started eating. we took a lot of food in our plates so that we didn't have to go back to the buffet table. all the food that i ate are really delicious. especially the lasagna. yummy!:) anyways, i had a lot to eat so my tummy was full and felt i didn't want to eat food anymore..haha :) me and my sisters took a walk but we went back to our seats afterwards. we went home at about 12 midnight and it was boring. anyways, that's all about it.

Friday, December 7, 2007

alay lakad...second edition

what a day?! maaga naman kami pinauwi pero mga 6pm na kami nakarating sa lrt santolan. pag tingin ko pa lang dun sa baba, super daming tao na naghihintay ng masasakyan. nung pagbaba namin sa lrt, i suggested na lakarin namin hanggang dun sa bridge ng marikina river, both of my companions agreed. e di lakad naman kami. sa kadiliman, may nakita akong babae na alam kong kilala ko yun pala si angel. e di un, sabi niya sa amin isang oras na daw siya naghihintay dun ng masasakyan. as in super dami talaga ng tao. kahit nga dun sa mga fx terminal wala ding masakyan eh. super dami talaga ng tao.
ayun nga, i suggested ulet na dun kami maghintay ng masasakyan sa bridge ng marikina pero ayaw nila. bumalik kami and we decided to walk hanggang sa robinson's metro east. eto na naman po ako, second time ko nang mag-alay lakad dahil sa walang masakyan na kahit anong jeep at fx. e di yun nga, apat kaming magkakasama. then, i saw my friend gerald, ayun, kami yung sabay maglakad. kwentuhan effect kami pero masaya naman (bianca, wag ka magagalit :) peace!) ayun, puro sa nursing yung pinag-usapan namin kasi pareho kaming nursing. grabe talaga as in super napakahaba ng nilakad namin. parang forever na yun.. hehe :) joke lang.
finally, we arrived at robinson's metro east. nagpaalam na kami kay gerald dahil kami'y papasok ng robinson's at si angel naman ay nagpaalam na din dahil siya'y susunduin ng kanyang ama. e di tatlo na lang kami natira, ako, si claire at si jecca. nag-cr muna kami tapos after ng cr pumunta kami ng kfc para kumain. as in kaming tatlo super pagod at super gutom. inenjoy muna namin ang pag-stay namin sa kfc para kahit papano makapgpahinga kami. after we ate at kfc, bumili kami ng ice cream kasi i'm craving for sweets (fyi: hindi ako buntis..hehe^^). ayun, eventually after namin kumain umalis na kami sa mall.
sayang yung jeep na nasakyan namin na binangonan kasi ang pogi nung kuya na katabi ko pero bumaba din kami dahil hindi feel ni claire yung mga manong na kasakay namin sa jeep dahil hindi sila mukhang katiwa-tiwala. ayun, eto at nakuwi na't lahat hindi pa rin ako nagpapalit ng uniform. hehe :)
hindi ko makakalimutan ang eksena sa aming sts subject kanina. gago talaga yung classmate ko kanina. muntik na niyang suntukin yung professor namin dahil sa sobrang bad trip niya. syempre ayoko naman na dahil lang dun e pati sa iba magalit na yung prof namin at maging kaaway pa namin yung prof na yun. grabe talaga! lahat ng tao sa room namin tensyonado kasi hindi namin alam yung gagawin namin. as in yung pinipigilan na namin siya pero wala pa rin kaming nagawa kasi super parang papatay na siya ng tao. anyways, nauwi naman sa mabuting pakiusapan yung nangyari kanina. health care.. ayun, may reporting kami at buti na lang maganda yung kinalabasan. hindi na ako nagsalita kasi ako na gumawa lahat ng visual aids at research. health economics.. nagpasulat ng napakahaba si ma'am at nagsulat din ako dahil duty ko daw yun as a secretary. nakakapago magsulat at nakakangalay.
ayun lang naman sa ngayon. first time ko yata magsulat ng blog na napakahaba at tagalog pa. sa mga makakabasa, sana maintindihan niyo.. hehe :) good night everyone :) godbless..

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

what a day!?

well, it's again a weekday so there are classes once again. damn! i still have the stains from our last experiment last monday. we did this experiment in the microbiology lab called acid fast staining. i was the one who did it and the end result is that i still have the stains on both my hands. the reagent that stained my hands is called carbolfuchsin. its supposed to be color red and with a mix of gold color but when it stays in your hands, its color is somewhat like fuchsia pink. my classmates are teasing me about it but i'm fine with it. its not such a big deal but i don't really like to see the stains anymore. it makes my hands look really ugly when they're really not. i hate it!
anyways, i'm so happy for the past few days because i saw my crush from the 4th year level also from the college of nursing. i saw him outside our classroom for our physics lecture subject. i knew i know that back and when he turned, it was him. me and my other classmates who has a crush on him was giggling. all three of us can't stop giggling.. :) f.y.i. ii had a really embarrassing day yesterday because i said a bad word inside our classroom when in fact there was still a professor inside the room. i only realized it after i've finished saying the word. i immediately went outside the room because i didn't want her to punish me.. i didn't immediately went inside the room because i waited for the professor to leave the room.
moving on.. i don't have classes today and on thursday so i am so lucky because i can finally have a break from all the studying. take care everyone..

Saturday, December 1, 2007

sts tour

last november 29, 2007, we had our sts tour at capitol medical center in quezon city. groups Q2 and Q3 first went to the gdlsc nal 3rd for the film viewing. i arrived at school at about 6:40 am. then, i stayed at the friendship area because i didn't see any of my classmates. anyways, when i saw some of my classmates going up at the gdlsc nal 3rd, i did the same thing. i bought 2 pieces of voice because i was really hungry. afterwards, i went upstairs.
while outside the nal, we waited for the clinical instructors to arrive. finally, ma'am lacopia arrived and she opened the nal 3rd. then, she gave us the necessary evaluation forms needed in the sts tour. after which, we proceeded with the agenda. she showed us some slides of pictures that our dean made then after that we watched a video on how to accurately get the blood pressure of a person. i wasn't that interested with the film because there was no sound so what most of us did was chat with each other.
after the film viewing, we were asked to go eat our lunch for after that we will proceed to the capitol medical center. when we were done eating, we went to jollibee for it is where we are supposed to meet. when ma'am lacopia arrived at jollibee, we immediately went to ride a jeepney for she was such in a hurry. anyways, we went our separate ways and i'm glad that me and my groupmates went together. when we arrived at cmc, we went to the back because it is where those who have duties will have to proceed. there were ceu students from the college of nursing who were having their duty. they were the senior students wearing their white gala uniform. we were all looking at them for we are also aspiring to wear all white in the right time. we are all hoping to reach the 4th year.
anyways, our clinical instructors ate their lunch first and we waited for them to come back until we started the actual tour. when they have finally arrived, we started our adventure. we went to the different stations in the hospital to be oriented with the different machines and what they do in their department. it was really tiring but at the same time fun because i've learned a lot. after our tour, we all decided to go home and call it a day. we didn't even know what was happening outside and we only discovered that there has been a coup d'etat. we just saw it on the television in the ob-gyn department.
anyways, it was a tiring day and i wish to have our hospital duty.. :) that's all for now..