Chapter 395: Hey you!

edges of the carpet...

Thank all the nursing gods for allowing me to experience the most wonderful pre-clinical duty in my whole life. I never expected my pre-clinical to be so full of fun and excitement. By this part of the paragraph you should know already that I'm being a fat liar. Wahaha!

It was exciting alright. I was only excited the first few hours to midnight before Monday. Then that excitement faded away because I woke up at 5:40 in the morning. It was so sad because I was late for two and a half hours on my very first day at Fort Bonifacio General Hospital. I had trouble finding them and they wouldn't answer their phones when I tried calling because I knew very much that phones weren't allowed inside the hospital during orientation.

Ma'am Rana (The n should be the Spanish n. I can't do it with Ubuntu-based computer.), the instructor that took over, Ma'am Ong wasn't there yet, scolded me for being awfully late. "Good, patay na ang pasyente mo." "Good, your patient is already dead." Fortunately my poise did not waver one bit and I answered her solidly that it won't happen again. Surprisingly, it did happen again on Wednesday with Ma'am Ong already in charge. But I was only 30 minutes late, mind you. That's why I still don't have an idea right now if I'll be doing a make-up duty for my *late-absent.

Anyway, when I arrived last Monday, Ma'am Rana was discussing the parts of the patient's chart. I tried my best to look and be attentive. Of course I was attentive because my brain told me to focus and make up for the past two hours that I wasn't there. Then we went to the ward and did vital signs on our respective patients.

It had been a nice experience though. I was actually applying what I learned in health care one. (Oo, ngayon ko lang siya nagamit. Galing noh?)

Monday turned to now, which is Friday, quickly. I didn't even notice any difference because every day was the same as the day that preceded it, I was learning and learning. Maybe except for the excessively hot weather that seemed to have backed off a bit today. We also had a narrative report presentation based on the data we gathered from our patients and a quiz deluxe from Ma'am Ong to wrap things up. Twas chicken feed, I daresay. I studied. Wahaha!

That's all.

*Late absent - when you are beyond 15 minutes late, you will be marked absent instead.

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Leda and I, unfortunately, didn't have the bonding moments we hoped we would have had during the Holy Week. She had a lot of things to do, papers mostly, and I didn't want to get on her tight schedule. Friends make sacrifices, I think. And I did just that, although I'm starting to interpret that as lack of effort to visit her.

Gian's been texting me. It was nice. He wanted me to say hi to Leda. Nangungumusta ang gago. I forwarded his message to Leda immediately. She replied with another subject in mind.

And I've been to...

hmm...

People can be dense. But Ate Relia said that person isn't too dense nor too stupid not to notice my seemingly harmless and minute advances to further my "thing" for that person.

I'm a confused little bitch. Really.

BREAKING NEWS! Woman sings Ken Lee!

LOL! Got this from kamuro_ishigami. Hapit ra ba ko gikuyapan ani.

News, news, and more news. [Randomness.]

SCHOOL:

1.

I will be starting my one week's worth of pre-clinical exposure at Fort Bonifacio General Hospital, Taguig. I belong to Group X comprised of my classmates from letters A to D, or, from Michelle to Ian. I'd rather not talk about who I wish to be out of the group because it would only bring a lot of negativity in this otherwise supposed to be positive post. It's just that a few, or many, of these people whom I am permanently grouped with until graduation are more or less uncooperative and lazy-assed. There's still hope though, Pandora's box has yet to be opened.

2.

My grades this term are tinged with mediocrity. I can't ignore the fact I have been a bit complacent but my schedule has been hard on me lately. I'm coping up to the best of my ability but a part of me is telling me that I should try to prioritize my activities better. Having so-and-so grades does sting a little. But I keep reminding myself that that's how I was since grade school and I shouldn't get frustrated because nursing is not measured through grades, which can be achieved through ways some may find ermmm... inappropriate(?), it's done by possessing the right attitude, skills, and knowledge which can only be achieved through hard work and dedication.

3.

I've been hanging out with my classmates every Friday night for dinner and the videoke ritual at G-Box. I can't believe I'm starting to have social ties with them. I only have very few friends among my classmates and the rest are just, classmates! There are a few of them though who I want to know better.

4.

School's going to end by the second week of April.

5.

Jazz is going to kill me already! The CMICS people won't give me back my hopefully filled interview questions until after the Holy Week. Why won't they allow a simple interview? Damn!

LOVE LIFE:

1. ZERO. Future ex where art thou?

FAMILY LIFE:

1. Cloud nine.

LEBA:

1. Goodness, she sent me a lot of comments and had a hard time dissecting her thoughts. We haven't talked in a while and I was glad she did just the right thing, bulk messages of total randomness. Bonding moments this Holy Week.

GAMING LIFE:

1. Bonga!

KEI-CHAN:

1. I still love my one and only Kei-chan. I still drop by to say hi to him every now and then. The Earth is a lonely place for him without me.

WRITING:

1. Updated my Perfect World fanfic. I have big plans for this one.

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That's all for now guys. I love you all. Til next time.