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I call it A Year now

I ended last year and started this year with my so-far-all-time-favorite-novel Time Traveller's Wife which Jen gave me as a Christmas gift. So reading the book is officially the first thing I did this year. Then after sometime I went to Makati for Summer Affiliation. Celebrated our second anniversary. Received invisible flower from Jen one morning. Binged over Happiness (French) Fries and Rakenrol (Rocky Road) Sundae. Made it to the leaderboard spot beside Jen in every FB game (except Restaurant City, because she used good cheats there). Tsk. Went to Enchanted Kingdom with the whole batch. Met Jen's bestfriend, Ayen and Ate Itna. And Tot. Went to Jen's old workplace, NSRI. Met Jen's Ex. Checked in in one of UP Houses with Jen. Ate, drank vodka. Made love. Walked around UP with Alki. Had photo op with oble. Watched Kick Ass. Couched potatoed Big Bang Theory (introduced by Ayen), He's Beautiful and Phineas and Ferb. Tried cooking lunch. Did terrible mess in the kitchen. Almost defeated Jen in shooting hoops. Watched PS I Love You more than 5 times. Learned new tricks in Photoshop CS4. Watched PS I Love You again for a couple of times. Swimming with Mark and 2 sibs, Mike, Chester and Jen. Sleeptalk many times (according to Jen). Turned 20. Lost my sanity on my birthday. Crammed. Had my final defense the day after my birthday cancelled. Finally, had my final defense 2 days later. Received monster model, Birthdaymon, as a birthday present from Jen. Watched Sorcerer's Apprentice. Had series of Taho Days with nobody else but Cecil on early morning shifts. Created EonGrey on Photoshop. Played table hockey with Jen. Result: 1-1. Had Karaoke Fridays with Alki, Ayen, Bijo, Maj, Lester and Dennis. Plus Jen. Bought EJ (stuff giraffe) for Jen. Pet EJ everytime I visit him on his shelf. Watched The Notebook with Jen on a rainy day. Watched PNE environmental concert @ BU ground on VIP seats (courtesy by Jen's mom). Another swimming with Mark, Mike, Mam Jules and Jen. Watched The Social Network. Facebooked almost always. Gave Jen piggyback rides. Attended high school reunion with Jen. Had terrible sinusitis. Ate lots of dark chocolates. Ride a vox. Made my first cotton balls in my entire duty history. Enrolled in several review centers. Finally, settled in one. NARRI. Watched Amnesia Girl. Okay, Jen didn't cry on it. That is only because she isn't paying attention to the movie. Won Tap Tap against Jen almost everytime. This month, I dug on Muchaussen's Syndrome. Had my last midterm in college. Watched December moon smiled like Chesire Cat. Watched HP7 DVD rip. Didn't finish HP7. Bought Jen a birthday present of her choice, pink backpack. Met other college buddies of Jen - Rose, Theresa and Princess. Ran luch for Jen and Mam Caryl as they took comprehensive exams. Stood at the back of the door the whole day. Napped at the corridor for 30 minutes. Taken underwater shots. Spent overnight in Tiki Huts @ CWC, Jen almost falling off the bed throughout the night because of Chester. Had my blood extracted for CBC. Pinch-hugged Jen's tummy while extraction. Got a normal blood count except for some mighty WBC. Got a new pair of eyes. Argued over stupid stuff that kept us awake overnight. Bought a cake for Jen. Celebrated her 30th birthday @ her place and pool swimming on the rainy night. Experienced lots of rain. Took pictures of myself. Took pictures of Jen. And us together.FELT LOVE and WAS LOVED incomparably - more than anything else this year. It was a good year.

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12.28.10: EonGrey Day

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Whatabouts

It's true that when you have so much to say so much to tell, words would be scarce even when you try to talk. These past few days, it's been rough. That explains my absences here.

So finally, we decided to enroll in NARRI Nursing Review. It's quite a risk. We don't know how things work with them but due to proximity of the venue, we took it. We there refers to my closest friends, Dyan and Chester. So far, nothing is proving us we made the right decision. But I guess we'll stick with it. Probably just do double time reading and verifying doubtful information they are giving us. TSK.

One reason I want to pursue it is that I could be with Jen almost anytime beyond my review hours because it's in the same campus. And she could walk me to my classroom everyday. And we could have banana split every weekend! Or vodka. Haha. Yay! :))

This is both our final semester. Our there refers to Jen and me. Me, my last semester in college, and Jen her last in masteral. That is if we finished everything before the deadlines. We got a long list of to do's (and not to do's) we try to keep it up.

I really really want to write many things here now, things like new bus rides experience and music and unborn twins and frustrating paper works and why Jen and I spent the whole afternoon in the toilet floor and love. But I'm afraid I have to go and prepare my examination for my student nurses tomorrow. I'm playing head nurse in ER this week. So that's all for now. Gah. I'll be writing something more useful soon!

[This is me keeping up with my promise to my blog. ^^,]

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Acknowledgement

I would like to thank God that created me with self-reliance. Because of Him I believed that I can finish this study. And with his persistent and deliberate entry into unfortunate events (that constantly happen to me) in order to influence situations and prevent adverse consequences, I did.

I would like to thank my parents, for nurturing me for twenty years without complaint and protest.

Thanks to Professor Artemio Buitre, for being a cool adviser. His constructive criticisms and two-thumbs-up-even-at-worse-situations gesture always motivates me to go beyond what I can perceive. Thanks would also go to Professor Maria Janet Recierdo, for trusting me her own dissertation, for serving as second adviser and a panel member at the same time.

I would like to thank our librarian, Ma.Victoria Olaguer and the geniuses that created internet, who helped me on gathering my literatures and analyzing my data.

I would like to thank my friends, who are able to stand by me with my nomadic lifestyle, on my improvements and downfalls. Thanks to Joanne Kristine Relleve and Demi marie Borja for letting me stay in their beds safe and warm at my vagabond nights. Also, thanks to Engineer-Teacher Caryl Silang for keeping me safe, warm and well-fed in her home at my other vagabond nights. Thanks to Marijoy Magdato for simply being there and not talking at all when everybody seems so loud and out of control. Special thanks would go to Marianne-France Buela, Al Francis Grona and Maria Cecilia Hular, when I’m with them I feel less guilty because they are good procrastinators as I am. Both of them will always be my favorite college buddies. To Dyan Dycoco, Chester Arlan Lopez, Dennis Loterte and Mark Lester Llana; for giving happy rhythm in my life like they do in Karaoke Days. And to all the people I can’t mention here, by taking and posting pictures of the world in different perspectives over the internet or posting random thoughts in Facebook, to the nameless strangers, who have inspired me every day in some ways they are not even aware, thank you.

And for bringing out the best in me, for immensely widening my perspective in life, for being my pseudo-adviser, my statistician, my editor, my thesis partner, my personal hero, my buffer, my best friend, for being the unstoppable force that gives meaning and direction to my verve, like all the other literatures I have written, this one is for you Jen Arbo.

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The review center that never was

It's Sunday. We had a night out last night. I'm supposed to be at review but I woke up late and lazy so I'm here, still in my sleeping clothes, blogging, playing online games that I missed forever and having quality time with Jen. Only that she is asleep.

But it's okay. Jen sleeps like a baby. I can't help but to stop and stare. :)

Yesterday was my first day of review in iMind. It was fun. But I haven't decided about settling there yet. I'll sit in in RUN next week to weigh them both.

Primarily, these are facts about iMind:

1. The lecturer is dynamic. I really appreciate how he managed to be consistent in that tone from 8am to 5pm with only 1 hour-lunch as a break.
2. The discussion covers almost anything about the concept (Fundamentals of Nursing, that time). The problem: the lecturer is talking in a non-stop high-speed pace, few points are not clear.
3. Shorthands are the core technique in note taking.
4. Time bounded. Lecture starts at 8 am and ends up at exactly 12 n. Resumes at 1 pm and dismiss at 5 pm. I like that most of all.
5. No pressure.

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A very serious post

I need to start my enhancement review tomorrow so I motivated myself to get on it by buying a new notebook and jazzing it up. There, with my groggy penmanship. It says A Very Serious Notebook. I have all kinds of notebook that's why I have to write that. This will contain NOTES not sarcastic doodles during my Attention Deficiency intervals on lectures. This is a serious notebook.

I have enrolled in iMind but now I’m having second thoughts about it. Demi (who already took and passed midwifery boards) said RUN is better. But still not sure if I’ll really change my mind. I’ll know tomorrow. This whole thing makes me a little crazy. I don’t know much about those review centers so I go for whatever my friends recommend. I’m a little what do you call this, uhm..something between excited and anxious feeling. I want to settle in a formal review already. I want to relearn things like a refresher because I’ve become a little rusty about the whole stuff. My board exam would be better if I took it on my third year than now. Inconsistencies in school and very poor decision making on my part has consumed quite some time already. SO I REALLY NEED TO DECIDE TOMORROW (and watch HP7). Ugh. :D

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My eyes are seriously deteriorating. After quite some time I thougt it was just lack of sleep or nourishment. Didn't realize it til I almost fell from too much dizziness while focusing on the words written on the label of the hanging IVF at the hospital.

I need a new pair of eyes before the year ends.

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Whatabouts

Today is the last day of NMAT* registration which Jen and I are supposed to take. But we decided to just wait until next year when our timetables are not this tight. Definitely we can't take it on April because intensive review for NLE** will be starting and Jen needs so much catching up with her masteral. We'll take it next time then.

Guess what? We started piggy banking! It's gonna be December few days from now so we figured out something to fund extra somethings. Plus we have plans. And small projects. I'm excited about it. Hope they'd go all well.

I'm looking forward to meeting Rose and Theresa, Annie, hopefully, and of course other friends of Jen.


*National Medical Admission Test
**Nursing Liscensure Examination

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Whatabouts

It's quite a day in the hospital. One dead, and one absconded. I still feel lucky to have the latter. Others are in mechanical ventilator. Ambu bag. It is a hand-held device that provides ventilation to a patient who is breathing inadequately or not breathing at all. I found myself staring at somebody who is most likely the husband of the patient. I wonder how long could he do that, hold on to that ambu bag (which is technically the only thing that's keeping her alive). But it goes all down to a bittersweet fact: HE'S BREATHING FOR HER 24/7.

By the way, I'm not mad at you, bastard, for escaping and not settling your bill. I just hope you get home safe and well. I'm referring to my patient.

It's rainy and cold tonight. My knees hurt badly. Somehow thankful that I have nothing much to do. This pain is gradually killing me.

The best part of this day would be this hour. With Jen, Joenard, Mark. Mike and Vodka. :)

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