I'd like to acknowledge Reggie for inspiring me to write about my 1st week as a junior Thomasian student nurse. Although I agree that making fun of the professors' follies is proven better than Stresstabs, I have to add that a student can add spice to his/her monotonous life by not being a loser outside school (it could be at home, mall, party place,etc.). I don't refer to SEX only, OK reggie? =p

June 13, 2007: RLE orientation: Nursing is a vocation.

   We got the chance to meet our new Clinical Instructors for this semester. They told us the usual stuffs -- rules, grades, patients, care, rules, rules, threats, threats. Derrick (my forever seatmate) kept on telling me that he's pressured and unhappy because he has to face hardships of nursing when all he's ever wanted is to "drive a plane". That also made me think if really want to document information on a patient's chart, to write on a weekly column at Philippine Star or to teach English subjects to Highschool students. 3rd year is the time when we are being baked, burned (our eyebrows, probably) and prepared for the reality that Nursing is not as easy as what others think. The question is, "DO I REALLY WANT TO BE A CARAMEL CAKE FOREVER? WOULD I BE HAPPIER IF I'D BE MADE INTO A CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE?"

June 14, 2007: Literature, Med-Surg: Masturbation, Boys and School
  
   My dear friend was asked by our Literature professor, Sir Hibek, if he put semen on his hair to groom it. Then, Sir noticed how my dear friend was acting so innocent about masturbation that he even called him a hypocrite. Sir told us that all boys masturbate. A 19 year old guy who doesn't do it has missed almost one and a half decades of a different titillating pleasure. Why deny it?
   My Med-Surg professor, Mrs. Escolar-Chua, imposed a lot of rules but she can excuse one thing: SLEEPINESS. The magic words that symbolize being true serves as our ticket to get out of the room and control our sleepyhead. This weekend, I am going to practice the best way I can say those words, "Ma'am, may I be excused from the class?" and of course, I am going to read my HOLY BIBLE in Nursing: Medical-Surgical Nursing book by Ignatavicius.
   After school, I ate chocolates with a beloved friend who gave it. I had so much fun just being myself -- mapanglait, simple at masayahing tao na walang pakialam kahit magmukhang dugyot sa harap ng isang mapanglait at medyo may itsurang tao. Hahaha.
   This day proved again that being true and loving myself can get me far, that the phenylethylamine in chocolates can make people happy and that this happiness within radiates out and can influence others.

June 15, 2007: 4Bs: Birthday, Books, Beloved, Busted
 
   Happy Birthday Derrick! Thanks for the Chicken Teriyaki lunch treat and for the many years we've spent together as seatmates-turned-friends.
 I wasn't expecting that the bulky books I ordered would be given this day. I wasn't prepared! Good thing, I have a beloved friend who helped me in carrying the books as we headed to Aling Ising's uniform center (?) and talked about everything that honestly made our ass laugh so hard!
 Friday would have been perfect if not for someone I'm planning to "reject". I hate hurting people. Can anybody tell me the best way I can make someone a friend after rejection?