Knock it out – PNLE 2012

Can you smell your victory?

Just one more day before the July 2012 Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination and by now takers should be relaxing and enjoying.

I know perhaps most of you guys are anxious and prolly studying right now - trying to cram as much information as possible into your already full brains. I tell you it won’t work. You have spent too much time reading and lurking in the pages of your books or notes it’s time to give yourself a break especially your brain. It’s tortured for your months of review and your 4 years of learning and it deserves a rest before it goes on one of its greatest battles.

I am sure you won’t want to be feeling sick or tired during the examination day. I have a few tips for you on the day before and on the examination date.

1.   Stop reviewing, browsing your review materials or your notes. It is not healthy to be adding too much information to your brain at this point. The tendency is, once you get to find out you didn’t read about a topic, you’ll try to read more and you’ll start to panic coz you think you don’t know a lot of things. I myself wasn’t able to finish one of the books I tried to read during the review time. It’s just too much for me to handle. Information overload is not good. You already have had enough time to place all necessary information to your brain.

If you did your job when you were still in University and you helped yourself during review sessions then there’s no need for you to worry. The answers are already in your head and it will all be up to your common sense and your test taking skills (they are really important).

2.  Relax. Just chill out. You don’t have to stress yourselves too much. By this time you should have let go of everything else and readied yourselves.

If you wanna sleep then sleep and not think of anything else aside from sleeping. Your body needs rest too. Just don’t oversleep on the day of examination though maybe some of you won’t be able to sleep early the night before due to excitement or anxiousness just like me when I took the Exam.

If you wanna eat, then eat all you want now. Just don’t eat too much or have foods that will upset your stomach the night before and for your breakfast before the examination. You don’t want to take the risk of having an upset stomach while you’re having your test. Please don’t skip your breakfast. You need enough fuel to keep your brain functioning until you have your snack or lunch break. Perhaps you don’t have the appetite to eat, make sure you bring with you sweet candies to avoid hypoglycemia.

PLEASE NOTE: It is not advisable to sleep during the examination so keep yourselves awake (And don’t eat too much coz your blood supply focuses on your stomach for digestion thus making you sleepy or not in the mood to do anything else).

3.  Take the exam with a happy thought and good vibes. Don’t let that 500 item test scare you, instead show positivity and boost your confidence. Tell yourself, you can knock the examination down because you are not alone. God is with you. Believe in yourself but don’t be overconfident. Whenever you feel like you don’t know the answer to one item, don’t fret just use whatever strategy you have faith in and your common sense.

4.  Don’t forget to pray. It is the best thing to do when you feel like you’re freaking out and to enlighten yourself. Ask for God’s guidance and blessing. Claim your victory and He will grant it to you. Just do the best you can and once you’ve done your part, there’s nothing left to do but to cast everything to God. Have faith in Him.  He knows who deserves what and He has great plans for you guys.

I am pretty sure by the end of the 2-day examination you will still feel pumped with all the fuss you went through. That 500 item exam wasn’t enough for you. You will be craving for more because your energy is still high and you feel like you still have more to give. Coz that’s how I felt before. Visit a church, thank God for the experience and for your victory. Enjoy the rest of your day with the people who love you and spend it somewhere where you can scream all your hearts out.

So Goodluck to the future new Registered Nurses. Godbless!

<3

A feather's piece: A glimpse on the life of BSN 2-D

This is the last post i managed to save from my old blog. As i have mentioned in my previous post that the site had to shut down. The main domain of my blog had to close because running it already costs so much since it was a free one. 

I still wanna cry every time the thought of my old writings being gone crosses my mind. It's not always that i get to write something like those. The things i tried to keep not thru photographs but thru words were gone forever. I remember their contents but i don't wanna write about them again since i have had different emotions back then. I was happy, half mad, so in love and so alive on those articles. They pictured my deepest darkest moments and captured every single smile i have had. 

I was too late when i had the chance to check it again. I wanted to refresh my memory for a light reading about the past but the present condition of the site got me surprised when a picture of a cat greeted me saying it went on a permanent vacation. I freaked out. That was my life and it went away just like that. It was saddening really since i treasure moments so much. 

But enough of that, this article was about our life when we were in our sophomore year where we had to take our first summer class and we enjoyed so much we never thought we would part. Those years were my best years. every move was captured in photographs and  yet i somehow lost them again.

So join me in reminiscing my summer 2009.

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We were supposed to be enjoying the warm summer breeze somewhere else not inside a room listening to lectures, rushing experiments, home works and projects to meet deadlines.

Getting stuck inside the four walls of the classroom wasn’t the best idea for a vacation. We easily got bored sitting there for hours and usually fell asleep and had let our minds drift somewhere else. We go home exhausted even though what we just did at school was to learn new things or if not learn, to polish what we already have in mind.

Before I really appreciated the scene that we were still intact and we were still together laughing, complimenting and criticizing each other for the good and funny things that we do, time had passed by my very eyes without me even noticing it. It’s the last week of summer class and I hate the feeling. That something good and great would have to come to an end. That it is nearly time to say goodbye.

And so as I reminisce back the good old days, no one is really rich enough to buy back that yesterday… those memories are priceless. We aren’t getting any younger and these are all part of a process we had to go through. And if I could wind back my life, I will take that chance to step into the scene once more when I first stepped into that room and saw new faces and a few familiar ones back on the month of June 2008. I hated it then.

I hated it…

But that was then.

It’s not everyday that we find certain people that can make us laugh amidst life’s difficulties with a simple smile, hello, frown and joke

We were all 47. At first dqvided by some gups but we got auong and we got used with each others attitudes. I found myself laughing along with them as some cracked jokes, teased others, and maybe there are pranksters. I watched our story unfold right before my very eyes. There are qualms and arguments that are settled and unsettled. But even if we are like this, still we did learn many things through each other. Coz If you were to ask me, I learned a lot from them.

It’s as if Life had brought 47 people on the same train station and that it allowed us to enjoy the train ride with each other’s company. We developed a friendship so strong enough to break odds. Although the ride had to slow down at certain points to introduce change, welcome new passengers… bring distractions and stuffs, who cares about it? We were having so much fun that we had a lot of memories. We don’t need a proof for that.

The path was indeed long and weary - through dark tunnels, forests and strange places; that it brought us closer together. But just like any other ride, time will come that the train will have to stop when it had finally reached  its desination. And asqi feel the train come to a halt, we ready ourselves and one by one we move out. I bid goodbye to those lovely faces I got used to.There’s another train ride on my way to the other station, yet, that ride wouldn’t be like the first one: it would have different faces and another experience. I might look for a familiar face, but even if I see one, being used seeing 47 people doing pranks and stuffs would bring back the feeling of longing… And somehow I would wish even if I’m in the middle of a lively crowd that I was in that train ride again where the BSN 2-D was formed and became a FAMILY than just classmates and friends.

It was only once in a lifetime and I am lucky enough to be with them, to be able to know them and to be able to be a part of their lives. They have shown me how colorful the world could be through their own created personas.

I’m going to miss the early morning jokes and laughter’s, the noise that fills the air during vacant and discussions along with jeers and screams. Their ways of calling such as “bestfriend”, “ate,” “siwst,” “baket,” “lakay,” and many more. It would take me forever to name all the things I’ll be missing. There would be a lot of reminiscing – a lot of simple things that would remind me of the huggable moments I had with them that I couldn’t just find somewhere else.

I was never a good speaker. I stutter and everything… I just wanted them to know, I treasure them so much. And after everything that had happened maybe it’ s just the right thing to do, I wanted to say thank you… thank you so much.

I woulduhave to say, thut was the worldqI know; the life we had together. It had been different… so special that I couldn’t exulain how happy u am that i didnut spend my liue some other place but I spent it with the very few people I found real and Trqe. We are just under the same suy and MMSU BSN u-D (S.Y. 2008-2009) will always be MMSU BSN 2-D (S.Y. 2008-2009).

47 heads,

47 different features.

47 distinctive smiles and frowns.

47 unique voices.

47 minds with billions of thoughts.

I’m one of them.

And I’m proud of them.

~antonette

The trails

written on the month of March 2010. Posted on Facebook notes on its 21st.
This just proves i easily get so attached to people thus i end up getting hurt and crying all the time.

This article shows the worries i had at the end of my junior year in Uni. Coz i was afraid of what was coming especially when the thought of dealing with all of them alone struck my mind and everything else has to change.

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My hand trembled as I tried to grasp for words. I actually do not know how to say it. We started a small story and it grew big… bigger than we could have imagined. Tied a ribbon and it got tighter and tighter that it’s already hard to unfasten.

Another day down. A count down to that day I won’t be seeing them in that “mini mental” as how Lot-Lot calls it. The day I wouldn’t be able to cross the window next to the veranda anymore just so I could get in. The day no one would be calling for me, shouting for “pet” out the window or at the veranda anytime of the day. That morning that I wouldn’t be leaving the iron by the window. That day I wouldn’t be able to hear their voices, their laughs. That day would be one of my gloomiest days. And I don’t want to think of it. Coz that day I’ll be missing them so much.

I never thought I’d be that close to them. Closer than those I knew for years. I found great solace with them that they made me feel like I’m always loved no matter how much I’m down.

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I’ve always wanted to have a sister and Danda and yee filled that position. Before I used to cry alone, and I still do but it felt great that they’re ready to listen to me and they’re ready to give me a hug every time I need one. Dada always annoys people, yes. But I’m much more annoying than him. He resembled an older brother I wanted. Someone who would laugh at me yet he’ll know when to stop and when to comfort me. I felt safe when I’m with them like no one could hurt me coz I know that their love for me is stronger than the pains I have. I never could have imagined myself without them.

It was just for three months that we have been together (that’s for my case) and it seemed like forever. The hands of clock ticked so fast that I never thought it would have to end.

I know I am crazy but then they have made me crazier.

But the craziness was just a way of dealing with the tiredness, with the pains that sometimes find its way to us. “Anlakas kaya ng osmotic pressure ko at anlakas ng hydrostatic pressure nila kase nagdiffuse na sakin ang mga ugali nila.”

You know the feeling of warmth and love when they’re around. They made me feel so secured.

Well, I just want to say I’ll miss them.

Robinson’s, Shawarma rice, balut, empanada, watch a movie to manage the pain and to pass the time, laugh, and all the impulsiveness.

I’ll miss them.

I’ll miss them.

And I’ll just miss them.

I’ll miss Danda.

Ngayon nga ilang minutes ko pa lang siyang hindi nakikita namimiss ko na sya. Kaya ko nga sya kinukulit ng ganun at inaasar. Haha, I won’t forget that night na natutulog sya at idinikit ko kay Bleng (i think it's squidward) ang picture na yun saka ko iniwan sa harap nya. LOL. Tawang tawa si Yapot. Wala lang. nakakamiss lang isipin.

I’ll just miss bonding with them.

I’ll miss you guys

And I’ll miss you again.

Coz I’m missing you now.

Thank you for staying active during those times that I was passive and impaired.

We have imprinted our own footprints in each other’s lives and when we find ourselves lost in the middle of all the worries all we have to do is to follow the trail and we’ll find the comfort we need. It’s not as if it’s the end of the world but hello, they have been my world for those moments how could I prevent my world from ending when we are all parting ways… for this summer.

But apart from that, I know that they will still be there. We can still hang out together although not every night. We’ll be seeing each other at school although not often as we want to but the promise of staying and not leaving will be kept.

Dadandayeepet

~pet

It is the Best one

I failed to transfer the content of my old blog ehmdharc.i.ph here and now the site had closed and is gone forever along with memories i tried to keep there. The only ones left are those i managed to save in my facebook notes. Sadly, there's only a few. And i wanna cry. T___T

Anyways, there's no point crying over spilled milk.

This one i wrote on the month of October on the year 2010. The date it was posted on facebook says 19 but i am not really sure. I made this when one friend of mine was having problems and she opened up to me.

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it feels good to be writing again. i haven't written and posted something in ages.So here goes my post.

“I am afraid I made the wrong decision”. A friend of mine told me.

God doesn’t hand us effortless circumstances to resolve. He often offers the worst ones. Not to stop you from moving forward but to allow you to be at your best when you face the good one ahead.

We often tell ourselves that the verdict we made is a mistake… and sometimes if not most of the time, the truth – that we are wrong – terrifies us. However come to think of it, we really do make wrong decisions and having wrong decisions make things right. They enable us to see the best choices meant for us.

Look back in your life and try to remember one moment wherein you did everything the right way. Hmmm, it’s actually hard. Because we can never tell if the decision we had made was the right one. It’s just the fact that we made that decision for that moment… because at that time, IT IS THE BEST ONE.

There are a lot of choices in life. And we make millions of decisions every day. It is hard, yes. But if we trust Him, with His guidance we will be able to choose the best one.

-natnat