Archive for August, 2009

Life change.

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Here goes another change for me. After weeks and weeks of waiting to finally switch to Night shift, the night has come and I start tonight! I always feel like my life is changing and I can never get to a set schedule for myself.

Last year, nursing school ended and I went through a breakup. That was my life for the previous 2 years, so I really had to adjust. Summer was spent studying and job hunting. I felt like I was in some weird limbo, ridiculously anxious to find out where my life was headed. I mean, I knew the main things: I knew I was going to be a nurse, I just didn’t know where. So I was in a weird career limbo, and an even weirder dating limbo. I had pressure coming from all sides, but when I took a step back and re-focused myself, I actually got somewhere.

When I was in Southern California, my thought process was always, “Eh, I’m not going to be here for very long so I won’t really settle down.” And I didn’t. So for the 8 months or so that I was down there, everyday was like a fake day for me, if that makes any sense. Mostly because I knew that it wasn’t permanent. So I never felt settled. However, I am forever grateful for the experience of living down there, working for a great hospital, meeting awesome people and making even more awesome friends. 

And then I met Christian. Or should I say, re-met Christian. I won’t go too much into that story, but maybe in later posts or somewhere in this blog I’ll have the time to post that story. But that was another life change. I had spent the previous months man-hating and staying away from the dating scene, concentrating on work and making money to shop (lol!) so it was a weird turn of events for me. On top of that, it was hard because he was in Northern California, and I was in Southern California. To start off like that is difficult, but we made it work.

So it was time to move back to the Bay Area. I applied for one transfer position and got it, and began the process of moving back. Now here I am, living in Foster City which I absolutely love, an hour away from my family and my dogs (haha!) & friends, not even 15 minutes away from Christian, 20-30 minute drive away from work…and it’s just been great. 

And one more amazing life change begins tonight! Hopefully, I can finally feel settled and have that set schedule feeling I’ve been searching for. I want a routine day in and day out, and I’m hoping that starts now.

Fulgerul de cacao

Monday, August 31st, 2009

NOTĂ: Reluare la cererea unui înger de fată

ALTĂ NOTĂ: Pe memoria lui Richard Dawkins, om de ştiinţă evoluţionist

ULTIMA NOTĂ: Textul ăsta va fi (impre)vizibil decât uneori (nu cadrează)


STĂPÂNIRE

Aveam tiară, sceptru. Părînd nici că le pasă
Mici animale roşii îmi mişunau prin casă.
Vin suitor, de aur, turnat-am în potir
Şi pleoapa ridicat-am privind la patrafir.

Cum, între bumbi, danteluri, atlazuri şi ceapraze
Se tot strîmbau la mine şi dispăreau obraze.
Era o noapte veche cu pulberi în unghere,
Departe, pe cupole, se scărpinau stinghere

Femele pangoline cu solzi de bronz oval
Şi – hep – săreau în piaţă pe dale de opal.
M-am ridicat, în barbă înmărmurind un deget,
Şi-acum să fac o altă, de nichel, lume, preget.

Şi eu cred că, dac-aş fi fost în locul lui Dumnezeu, aş mai fi încercat şi alte variante. De exemplu, aş fi încercat şi lumea de cacao, în care eu să deleg stăpânirea tunetelor şi fulgerelor de cacao către oamenii de cacao.

Vă daţi seama cât de aproape suntem noi, balcanicii, de adevăr în comparaţie cu anglo-saxonii? Ei au shit, iar la noi cuvântul vine din cuvântul grecesc pentru orice este rău şi murdar. Noi avem adevărul undeva prin fundul curţii, că ne e lene sau nu avem resurse să ni-l tragem în casă. La ei shit happens… în condiţii dintre cele mai bune de viaţă şi de trai.

La noi există marele avantaj că, dacă ar vrea cu adevărat cineva, ar putea studia cu aparatură performantă ceea ce noi facem în fundul curţii, şi ar găsi multe lucruri de spus despre sănătatea, averea şi obiceiurile noastre (de fapt există mărturii incredibile cum că echipaje de extratereştri au făcut astfel de studii în mai multe ocazii – rezultatele vor deveni publice probabil mai târziu). Mai puţin s-ar afla despre ce avem în minte (totuşi, după forma şi performanţele containerului se pot spune destule) şi-n inimă (doar dacă nu cumva găsim şi vreun foetus sau embrion acolo, ba chiar şi câte un nou-născut pe care să-l putem resuscita, cum am văzut la TV, nu, nu la Realitatea, nici la Reality Show). De obicei adevărul este în noi, ascuns în măruntaiele minţii şi ale trupului. Necazul e că mai are şi alte proprietăţi, nu totdeauna plăcute, nu întotdeauna dorite şi acceptate. Dar într-o lume de cacao, aşa ceva nu ar mai exista, sau mai bine zis nu ne-am mai da seama de asta, pentru că totul ar fi din cacao. Iar noi am ajunge la adevăr mâncând cacao, sau l-am căuta disperaţi, scormonind frenetic prin grămezi de cacao boabe.

Poate vă întrebaţi ce rost are acest exerciţiu gastronomico-olfactivo-fantastic? Păi, nu vedeţi cât de minunată este lumea noastră, de diversă, de împrăştiată în toate posibilităţile (fără aluzii…)?

Dar ia să ne gândim puţin, dacă tot ne-am dat drumul… (!!!) Apropo, daţi-mi voie să elucubrez puţin între paranteze (!!!!!!). Oare cei care fac graffiti pe ziduri, la anglo-saxoni, ar trebui să nu mai folosească “Jesus comes”, de teamă că se vor găsi minţi care să citească fonetic, trecând spre sex-shop? Sau poate îi împinge cineva să facă asta, plătindu-i din fonduri create din vânzarea cărţilor lui Dan Brown? Că doar cei care expun din fondurile gestionate de Institutul Cultural Român nu reprezintă o problemă, ICR nu are destule resurse (cel puţin nu avea până n-a plecat Tăriceanu).

Aşa, deci, să continuăm! Dacă tot ar fi posibil să existe lumi paralele, având la bază diverse materiale şi elemente chimice, pe noi nu ne-ar interesa cum e să trăieşti acolo? Ba cred că ne-ar interesa, aşa e omul, curios din fire, cercetaş temerar, scout, ranger, pionier! Filosofii ar spune, OK, es stimmt, să tragem o concluzie plecând de la premise, există oare vreun punct comun între aceste lumi? Păi, creatorul lor, cu condiţia ca el să fie unic. Fie deci, să presupunem că ar fi unic. Păi atunci, omul de cacao şi-ar dori din tot sufletul lui de cacao să se identifice cu acest creator (Creator, că am zis că-i unic), să-L înţeleagă şi, măcar din curiozitatea lui de cacao, să vadă cum e prin alte părţi, prin alte lumi care să nu mai fie de cacao. Există o probabilitate apreciabilă, de aproximativ 82,4135%, ca acest om de cacao să ajungă să-l iubească pe presupusul creator, vâzând cât de minunate sunt celelalte lumi fără nici un pic de cacao pe nicăieri. Restul de 17,5865% răspunde la întrebarea “Oare există oameni de cacao?” (răspunsul îl veţi găsi dacă citiţi acest articol în acrostih pe diagonală de jos în sus). Dar dacă creatorul nu este unic? Păi ajungem cam tot acolo, deoarece,

-fie omul de cacao va cunoaşte, primindu-l în el pe creatorul local/parţial, doar acele mai puţine lumi pe care respectivul creator le-a implementat

-fie va rămâne în lumea lui de cacao.

Această ultimă posibilitate nu exclude absolut nici o variantă cu privire la sentimentele omului de cacao către creatorul său.

Deja mi s-au încins neuronii… Mă scuzaţi, tocmai au venit nişte indivizi cu halate albe, conduşi de o doamnă cu un tricou pe care scrie mare “NURSE – Nu Uitaţi, Rahatul Se Extinde”, având la brâu o cravaşă… Ce porcărie! Cum o putea să meargă pe stradă cu asemena mesaje scatologice? Mai citesc şi ăia micii… Am impresia că vor să-mi întrerupă raţionamentul, pentru că mă invită la sediul lor să ţin o conferinţă. Mai am puţin, staţi aşa să mai spun şi asta:

SHIT!!! M-au luat…

5 Stable Patients

Monday, August 31st, 2009

I had one of those busy (with paperwork and other mundane nursing tasks that we have to do~ the kind of tasks that make me think *i would rather be starting IVs for everyone on the floor* than to do this paperwork.)

Anyway at 7pm I give report to one of the night nurses that I find is so emotionally bogged down into this weird pseudo-relationship that: if you pick me all the time and we are together since we work the same days~i will calm down and not be a total nut job while your trying to give me report (that is night nurse). So it has been a while seen me and emotionally bogged down night nurse and I have been together. Together= we both work 3 shifts in a row every week on the same days and sign out to each other, making the whole report process much quicker: just updates. Me and nut job night nurse on day 1: I give report on 5 stable patients. It takes 43 long minutes of our time. Then we do rounds. Rounds=we walk into the room, I introduce you, you see the patient is in no distress, I leave, end of story. Well nutty decides to have a conversation with all 5 patients while I am impatiently huffing under my breath, trying to be polite but oh so irritated.

I say good bye and nutty frantically shuffling papers says out loud: oh my night is so busy I wonder how many of these people are going to code tonight.

What?

You have got to be kidding me or you need a new job.

5 stable patients.

1 nutty night nurse.

Diary of an unborn baby

Monday, August 31st, 2009

1 May: Today my mother and my father showed how much they love one another. They slept together and my life began.

15 May: My blood circulation system is beginning now. My body is beginning to grow; I am now big enough to be seen.

19 May: My mouth is beginning to develop.

21 May: My heart is beginning to beat. Who can say that I am not alive?

22 May: For some reason or another, today my mother began to worry because I am inside of her.

28 May: My two hands and feet have begun to grow. I can now stretch and straighten my back.

8 June: Little fingers are now appearing at the end of my hands. That’s wonderful. In a short time, I’ll be able to touch and hold things.

15 June: Today my mother felt me moving around and she is sure that I am inside her. How happy I am!

20 June: Now I know I’m going to be a little girl.

24 June: Now organs inside me are beginning to grow; my stomach and my liver and my lungs and things like that. Now I am able to feel pain.

6 July: Now hair is starting to grow on top of my head and above my eyes. Now I am starting to make myself pretty.

8 July: My eyes are ready for use; but they are both still shut. But it won’t be long before I can enjoy the sight of many nice things, and especially the face of my mother.

19 July: My heart is really beating strong now. I am growing in all directions. I am happy and contented.

20 July: Today my mother killed me.

If it had happened to you, you would not be reading this . Aren’t you lucky?

Overcoming - Stages of Grief and Loss One at a Time

Monday, August 31st, 2009
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Teacher’s Day Specials & Refer a Girlfriend Month!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Teacher's Day Specials 2009Happy Teacher’s Day! We salute and recognize your hard work this day by rewarding all female teachers who are nursing or pregnant mothers! Here are the celebratory perks!

  • 15% discount for our maternity and nursing apparels
  • $175 for Spectra Double Breast pump ( UP $215 )
  • $40 for 2 boxes of Playtex Milkbags – each box contains 125 pcs of 8oz bags ( UP $24.90 each box. )
  • 20% off Skip Hop Diaper bags ( UP $138.90 )
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If you are a nursing or expectant teacher holding an STU card, what are you waiting for? Come on down and shop to your heart’s content – online @ www.moms-rus.com or @ United Square, #B1-64! Call 62593326 to find out more!

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All you have to do is to refer a girlfriend to our shop! And both of you get to have discounts based on your age! If you are 32 years old, you get 32% discount! If your girlfriend is 28 years old, She gets 28% discount! That’s a total of 60% discount shared and redeemed! If both your total purchases exceed $400, ( after discounts are applied) we throw in another Purchase With Purchase 50% discount for one more piece of apparel for each of you!

Isn’t that a fantastic deal? Come down or call us @ 62593326 to find out more so that you can shop, shop, shop!

Where to start

Monday, August 31st, 2009

So, I’m new to this….sort of.  I’ve played around with blogging before, but never found my “niche”, so to speak.  I have lots to say, but nothing streamlined into one subject matter…..so, this is probably not something any of you (if there ARE any of you) would want to read. —-UNNN-less, you are intrigued by the unpredictable…THEN, maybe my  blog is for you.

I would venture to say you will never know what you’re going to get, because I don’t even know what you’re going to get. One day I may want to write about my trip to the store, my shortcomings as wife and mother, my inner spiritual journey, my outward physical journey, or you may find one day something that inspires you—like, the preciousness of life and the ones that touch mine—the sick and dying I take care of in my career as a registered nurse.  Some days, I may just write words.  No rhyme or reason.  Just something to write down…..isn’t that how writers begin sometimes, anyway? Just begin to write what comes to mind? Maybe on those days, it will inspire you, too— to just begin.

So, come join me on this unchartered, anything goes journey.  We may both, just find what we’re looking for.

Heart open,

Gigi

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“72 ang pinaka lumpa sa tanan debaters.”

Monday, August 31st, 2009

so maybe i wasn’t able to get over it. we lost the debate because we lacked matter and enough evidence to support our arguments. i know also for a fact that i AM the weakest link of the team since overall, i had the lowest speakership scores. but then again, i was able to provide some research background on the topics, my “shared sciences” argument was utilized and put into good use and like everyone out there, i did try my best..

i think i got past all that yesterday after eating my ice cream.

my depression over the regret and the self-blame only resurfaced after i browsed through my usb and found an article which could have been useful. and i never printed it.

so we finished second in the Philippine Nursing Students Association debate held last August 29-30. Capitol University is the champion for 2009.

my consolation prizes are:
[1] the juniors team (XU2) got in the finals
[2] we got to the finals without preparing as much as CU did
[3] we debated without a mentor
[4] i learned much from the experience
[5] i conformed to the theme “Peaceful and Intellectual discussions for Civic Consciousness and Awareness” (at least i think that was the team. I’ll confirm later on.)
[6] mark still thinks I’m indespensible
[7] kuya and the rest of PDC actually acknowledge my existence now! haha.

rants:
i’m beginning to dislike our team captain. she sets practices a day before and she’s so forgiving when it comes to her being absent but doesn’t extend the same scope of forgiveness to us.
i still don’t know the progress of our ward class.

PS
i might try this