Why? Because the universe has a weird sense of humor.

Oh and a quick note, the title has nothing to do with the entry. It's a song by the fall out boys. I just thought it was pretty good title.

I am currently concocting (wuh, big word) an essay to serve as an entry for a certain big  time award giving body. The prizes are good, and the prestige of having won something in this event is one thing I have been craving for (although this will be the first time I'll be joining such event). So in other words, asa pa ako manalo.

So guys, guys, guys, send me in your ideas about peace. Anything about peace. Though I am sensing that a lot of you would have a negative view about peace, please pause for a moment, think of that impossible world where peace, or even a speck of it is present, savour it, and then tell me all about it. If, the heavens above intervenes and somehow I will win, I'll treat you guys out for lunch. Meron ng isang nagbigay ng idea about peace, which I think is good idea to begin with. Shout-outs goes to "cute pinsan" riza!

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For the past two weeks, I've been waking up as early as 4:30 am to attended to my first ever... tenen! (drums roll please) ob-gyne duty. Hehehe, it was probably the best, two weeks of my nursing education.  This was the only time I was not imagining (or was forced to imagine) clinical situations and scenario. The amazing thing is,(and fortunate for us too), that we were assigned at the best medical institution here in the Philippines, which is St. Lukes.  Second day pa lang, I attended my first major operation as scrub nurse. I bore witness sa aking unang TAHBSO. A major operation dealing with the removal of a female ovary (or for this case, her ovaries). It was a total adrenaline rush moment, and I was also amazed to myself because a.) I was able to stand, on a 12x12 inches foot stool for 5 freakin hours, and b.) I was able to recognize all 12 different surgical instruments, for a grand total of, if my memory serves me correct, 60 surgical instruments, including different sutures, forceps, clamps, hemostats... etc. The excitement of waiting for the surgeon to call out a certain instrument, the split second look at the instrument table, another split second to grab it and give it to the surgeon, made the entire 5 hours of operation seem like a breeze.

Madami pang nangyari, but I think I'll keep them later for further kuwento use.

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Oh and for the records, biochem freakin sucks! Tsk, babagsak ako ng di-oras dito sa subject na ito eh. Sigh... kung hindi lang talaga major subject ito.

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And I am enjoying a whole new friendship with someone. Para kaming polar opposites, but we do agree on one thing. Staying at home is the best tambay ever.

Woot.

Does anyone have the latest episodes of Naruto? Particularly the episodes right after the Bikuchu bug hunting.

Woot.

Duty na come this June 19. Woot.

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With that said, I suddenly realized that I was a making a name for myself in the IN community. Being the Assistant Vice-President's son has its own perks and benefits. (as well as having a shitty time watching every step and actions so as not to disappoint anyone, particularly the powers-that-be.) This afternoon, the 3rd year and 4th year students had their General Assembly as well as the election of their respective batch officers. Every class officers were initially invited, but the outgoing 4th year students made their rounds announcing that only the President of each class are required to attend. Since I was elected as Vice-President of our class (which in the first place, began as a joke to simply put everyone in my row in the nominated list), I have to pass a softcopy of everyone in my class to our section coordinator. I entered the faculty room, metting Ms. CV. We began to chat for a while and was eventually surprised I was, who she thinks I was (I believe he initially thinks I am an ex-convict since I shaved my head once again). Gaah... look what names can do for you. She insisted that I come to the Assembly since I am an officer, so I said I'll think about it. Heck, I don't have a speck or the slightest desire to come that afternoon. So after picking up my notes that would be due for tomorrow as a test, I directly went home.

A while ago, a friend texted me saying that I was nominated as Vice-President of the Student Council. Geeh... weren't they thinking?  I was not even there. So I replied humbly that that was flattering, but I can't dedicate myself right now. After a few minutes, she texted again saying that I was, *again* nominated (maybe in the hopes that it would excite me and go there) but because I wasn't there, I was eventually crossed out. I replied with "geeh.. that was really something, but I don't want to get involved with all the political stuff that me being in the council would bring). How is that for a political answer?

"Sayang, sure thing na mananalo ka"

For what? Because my last name was Anido, and that it was written all over my forehead that I am a responsible person? They didn't even know that I would sometimes spend my afternoon playing computer games because I don't feel like studying. Now, is that leadership material.

If there is one thing that we can learn from this, is that we Pinoy believed that those who are worthy to be our leaders and representatives are those whose names are similar and sounds, astonishingly familiar. I won't name names for I may get blown up in my sleep.

And the best thing I learned that almost made me laugh so hard that flipped me out, is that, my class coordinator whom I have only met and known around 10 minutes prior to the Council meeting was fronting me in every position there. How is that for a political savoring?

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Oh, and did I mention I once again shaved my head?

True, after two months of continous summer classes and RLE required training, SUMMER, in its true and pure form is finally here!

Well, at least for me.

Nursing Care Management 101 was a helluva subject. Before, I thought I would be freaking out whenever we will have it everyday, as early as 7:00 am in the morning, but it turns out, I enjoyed it. (I know, I should have ended that statement with an exclamation point, but that would be an exaggeration.) I like some of the lessons learned, (except for the dreaded Nursing History and Nursing Case Defense). This summer, I learned a lot of technical skills, which, as the clinical instructors stressed out, would be critical as soon as we have our Hospital Exposure this coming June. Some of the skills I learned are:

• Surgical Handscrubbing and Procedures
• Oral Medication and Preparation
• IM, ID, SC - in other words, Intramuscular, Intradermal and Subcutaneous Injections. (I thoroughly enjoy this one. We had fun practicing injecting NSS and diluted Streptomycin with each other.)
• Surgical Bed and Wound Care
• Cranial Nerve Assessment
• Urine Test and Home Visit
• and lastly, the wonders of Perineal Care. - Go look this one up for yourself.

I may have left some topics out, but all in all I enjoyed this summer.

The only thing left I believe to scare till come Monday is my grades in PSTL. Micro-Para looks nice, though I feel a little tweeky on this one. PSTL on the other hand is a different story. I learned that the highest grade our class got was 77. But knowing our professor there for a year,  who am I to differ to his decision?

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So the other half of this entry would be dedicated to my new-found addiction, which is DOTA. True, only this summer that I learned how this game works, but sure enough, I am having fun playing it!

And true, Carlo kicked my ass down the drain when we slugged it out mano-a-mano this afternoon. Iba na talaga ang adik!

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Hmm.. with regards to what I believe is another event happening to a friend of mine, (Looks somewhere around Diliman) I think a conversation over a cup of coffee would be fine, especially with the parties concern. I am only speculating, but I have read through some entries, which I believed may confirm my speculation. But hey! Enjoy life as you see fit! You know me, I am always for the happiness of those people around me.

WAhoooo!!!

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I am thinking of getting my head shaved this Tuesday, but a part of me, (and that of my mother) is crying out loud not to do it. Any suggestions?

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Btw, anyone interested in joing Red Cross? I believe there would be a recruitment this coming Tuesday. Sali na kayo!!

terrreeeeeeennnnennn!!

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Corny, whew... sobra. Anyway, I have two reasons why I wasn't able to update this decaying blog (and ruthee, you better listen to this!). One, my summer classes is wrecking a havoc out of my life. Imagine, my classes are from Monday to Friday, from 7:00 am in the morning up to 4:00 pm. The worst thing about this obviously damaging schedule is the fact we only have two 30-minute breaks. One is from 10:00 to 10:30, and another one from 12:30 to 1:00. Enough time only to devour a sandwich and zesto juices.

Ang nakakaasar pa, malupit ang mga subjects namin. Nursing Care Management sa umaga, Principles and Strategies in Teaching sa tanghali, at sa ang patapos ay ang ang malupit, sadista, nangangain ng mga batang....

MICROBIOLOGY at PARASITOLOGY!!

(joke lang yung nangangain ng bata ah! baka seryosohin)

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Twice this week my attention was called because my eyes were dropping dead because I was so sleepy. Lintik, medyo napahiya pa ako sa NCM dahil inaantok ako. My case study kasi, sort of analyzing yung application ng Environmental Theory sa isang 80 year old woman na mag-isa na lang sa bahay, na walang nag-aayos sa kaniya at ang kanyang kapaligiran. Tapos nun, inaantok na talaga ako eh, kaya nagulat ako ng bigla akong tinawag.

Prof: Mr. Anido, what do you think are the activities we can give her to address the psychological aspect of being alone?

Me: Uhh.. to address both psychological and her problem of being alone, we can have the the negihbors play with her any card games or probably chess.

Prof: Are you sure? 80 years old na ito! Kaya pa ba niya?

Doh! Pahiya ako nun ah! Hihirit pa sana ako ng... "bakit lolo ko? 87 years old na, nag pupusoy-dos pa?" Kaya lang kapag humirit pa ako ng ganun eh parang immature and wrong parallelism na.. Kaya yun!

Yung pangalawa naman, eh sa Micro-Para naman. Pero dito nakalusot ako! HAH! Kaya ko pala makinig kahit na medyo half-sleepy na ako! As usual, tinawag ako bigla, at nagtanong kung effective pa ang gamot against majority of viruses. At syempre, ang banat ko eh...

Kapag viral po, or majority of viruses, medicines are not usually effective because they inhibit our cells. Medicines cannot enter our cells because it is not capable of passing thru our cell walls. So dapat, either our body get rid of the virus itself, thru nourishment or expulse it from our body, as to the usual case of viral colds.

In other words, yung mga tanggal sipon dyan tulad ng Decolgen eh hindi talaga effective at niloloko kayo. Mga anti-histamine lang yan, or in other words, yung allergic reaction lang ng katawan natin ang nawawala, hindi yung MISMONG virus na causes you to sneeze. 

KEBEM! Who's you daddy now? HAHAHAHAHA!

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Tapos eto pa pala, six days na pasukan namin. RLE day on Saturday na. Badtrip. Mukha na ngang may  salbabida mata ko eh, tinanggal pa isang araw ng pahinga ko. Malas talaga.

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Lintik din pala! Nagdedecide pa ang MTRCB kung ipapalabas and The Da Vinci Code dito sa atin. Mag-apekto ba naman daw sa simbahan? Eh alam ko hindi naman independent body ang MTRCB eh. Governmental functions din ata yan eh. Subukan niyo lang hindi ipalabas yan....

BIBILI na lang ako ng pirated version niyan!!

whew.... and dami kong update ah! paano ba yan ruth? ok na ba? :D

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at CJ, if ever may time ka, kailangan ko ng advice mo! SOBRA!

buti na lang nilagyan ko ng separator ang dalawa. NYEHEHEHE! Joke lang po ah! damn you know I miss you guys, big time!!

that means....

katayan na!!!

So with that, I'll be doing several changes for a change. For instance, at this point onwards, I won't be using straight English anymore, instead halo-halot na. Nyak..hahaha... seriously, kasi before, I thought blogging is one way of both practicing the language and your grammar, but I think medyo iiba muna ako para medyo there is something way..way different. I have read kasi this book titled Veronica Decides to Die, by the almighty and all-poweful Paulo Coelho. That book was great because it is a different way of showing how beautiful life could be without using the yaki..and medyo baduy way of showing life, with flowers.. birds gliding across the sky.. blah..blah stuff. He did it by showing Veronica, who is tired with her life, and decided to kill herself. Now, she has the weirdestyet sensible reasons to kill herself. First, she believes she is trapped in a one-way, monotonous life, where everything else she does is the same, and completely by routine. I guess everyone can agree with that, gising, kain, aral, tulog, tv... and the same list goes on and on. And the other one, correct me if I am wrong, she wants to feel something totally different than LIFE itself, which, the nearest is death. I wont spoil the story for you, but it was really great, like having a female character for my favorite book Catcher in the Rye. Holden meets Veronika.

Try ko lang, pero right after this sentence, I wont be using any punctuation marks. Hehehehe tignan natin kung makakatagal ka sa kakabasa nito Hmm I did it because I can do it and probably anyone reading this blog is totally frustrated na medyo may topak ako woohooo

So 2005 was good my sister personally labeled me as a grown up boy after 4 months of entering you know what True medyo mahirap and at same time masaya kasi naman after twelve years of being stuck in an all boys school, expect me to not completely adjust with this thing HEHEHE..

I am planning to make a year-end report so probably dun na lang lahat yung thrills and shrills of 2005.

Wala lang ako magawa... huwaaaw!

And that would be an understatement.

The last time I put some sensible (if you could count it that way) entry was a month ago and three days.  Since then, a LOT happend which some may have a clue on what I am actually talking about. Sorry to say, I don't have the energy and will to even talk about it this time around.

And now.... my mind is like a dumb stone trying to find some sort of thing to write about.. hmm...

say... hmmm......