October 17th, 2009
Four Seasons of A Tree
Don't judge a life by one difficult season.
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.
When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no - it was covered with green buds and full of promise.
The third son disagreed, he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.
The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are - and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life - can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
~ From Big Al, via 'The Inspired Buffalo' ~
September 30th, 2009
Flood and Babies
It's been a while. Ang tagal din bago ako nakapag-update dito sa Tabulas, this is all the fault of Facebook, yes sinisisi ko sya kasi parati na lang ako dun pumupunta.
Anyways, I'm here for an update. In my current workplace napakadalang ng mga surgeries namin minsan pa nga walang patient sa hospital kasi they're just starting so sobrang bilang rin ang mga staffs and ung mga staff na-rorotate in all areas pa especially kung walang nurse dun sa area na iyon. For example, if wlaa namn kaming case sa OR, at walang tatao sa ER, dun kami mapupunta ang masaklap pa, one nurse on duty lang every shift so if ever maging toxic, super toxic talaga kasi sa buong hospital 2-3 nurses lang ang naka-duty.
Anyways, last week nagkaroon ng himala, dumami patient namin, unfortunately all of them were patient for Caesarian Section and NSD. Yes, panahon na ng mga nanganganak.
And so last Friday, pinapasok ako ng maaga because we're having two CS so even if night pa ang duty ko napilitan na rin akong pumasok kasi nga isa lang ang duty dun sa 2-10 shift at nag-straight duty na yung isang morning shift. OK lang naman sa akin but what I didn't expect is the storm na biglang dumating.
Dahil nga nag-straight yung 6-2 shift, nag-absent na sya the following day so ako namn yung nag-straight, from 5pm nung Friday dineretso ko na at ako na rin ang nagduty ng 6-2 shift ng Saturday. E biglang dumating si Ondoy at nagdala ng kabahaan, so yung duty ng 2-10 at 10-6 hndi na nakapasok kasi nga hanggang bewang na yung baha sa may paligid ng hospital. Ang masaklap pa e biglang may dumating na NSD patient. Ewan ko ba kung kelan nman bumabagyo at bumabaha dun pa naisipan nung nanay na manganak. So yung nursery may 4 babies na, dalawang NSD at dalwang CS. Sa ward naman ganun din 4 patients, ung mga mothers. Akala ko naman pagdating ng Sunday makakauwi na ako kasi pagod na ako at sobrang antok na rin. E hndi pa rin humupa ung baha at umuulan pa rin so ako pa rin ang nag 6-2 shift. Buti na lang pumasok yung 2-10 shift so nakapagpahinga ako, pero d na rin ako umuwi kasi night shift naman ako that day. Pero bago ako makatulog bigla pang nagkaroon ng patient sa ER. Yung patient nasugatan sa paa at kita na yung tendon nya, so akala nman namin i-OOR na sya that day buti na lang next day pa. Mahirap yun kasi wala kaming mga sterile na gamit. So yun nga pahinga lang ng onti then back to work ulit.
E dahil nga bilang lang ang staff at dahil rin sa bagyo at baha, yung mga staff na duty nung Saturday morning hndi na nakauwi at hindi rin napalitan. So nagdecide kami nung kasama ko na i-relieve na namin ung dalawang nurse sa ward kasi nga wala pa silang tulog. So yun yung experience ko nung binabaha ang buong Metro Manila. Kahit na almost 60 hours akong nag-stay sa hospital, feeling ko blessing in disguise yun at least kumikita ako at hindi ako naburo sa bahay. Buti na lang din at nasa mataas na lugar yung bahay namin so my family were safe sa flood. Although nakakalungkot kasi may mga kakilala ako na nagsuffer din dahil sa baha.
Anyways, dahil nga dun sa super long OT ng ibang nurses, yung iba, hndi na pumapasok until now so kahit kulang na kami sa staff lalo pa kaming na-understaff. E kahapon may dumating pang 22 patients. For executive check-up lang namn sila but still sobrang kulang ang staff so kanina, napunta ako dun sa nursery para alagaan yung dalawang baby (nakauwi na yung dalawa pang baby). Grabe, it's my first time actually na mapunta sa area na yun. Student pa ako nung huli akong nagduty sa nursery e so wala akong kaalam-alam talaga. Buti na lang at kahit iyakin yung baby ko hndi nman sya toxic. Mahal lang nya ako at ayaw nyang magpababa at humiga sa crib nya. Gusto nya karga ko sya parati. Kapagod yun buti na lang at around 1pm tumahimik na rin sya at natulog na sya sa crib nya. Buti na lang din at pumasok ung 2-10 shift nursery nurse at hindi ako na-OT dun sa nursery. Hay sana kasi umayos ung management ng hospital para hindi kaming mga nurses yung natotoxic. Kahit hindi namin specialty dun kami pinapasok, pano kung may mangyari, syempre liable kami doon db? Hay talaga...un lang masasabi ko.
September 14th, 2009
Forgotten
Sorry my blog hindi na kita masyadong na-uupdate dahil naging busy na ako sa Facebook...d bale, iiwan ko na yun at babalik na ako dito but right now kelangan ko munang tapusin yung infection control policies and procedures na naka-assign sa amin para walang masabi yung mga epal naming ka-trabaho.
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Gusto ko sanang i-congratulate ang FEU for winning the UAAP Cheerdance Competition pero hindi ko matanggap na hindi nakapasok sa Top 3 ang UST Salinggawi. Actually marami silang sablay, pero ang masasabi ko lang nagpakita sila ng mga new stunts kanina with a very high difficulty level kaya they don't deserve to be not in the Top 3. Pero d bale I hope next year gagalingan ulit nila and be back with revenge pero hopefully, sana yung mga stunts na ginawa nila kanina hindi ma-recycle at gamitin ng ibang school...ayokong maging bitter kaya I'll end this entry na.
September 8th, 2009
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy birthday Mama Mary! But I forgot to go to church kanina, hindi ako nakapag-mass, I'm very sorry! Babawi ako next time, promise!
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Anyways, we celebrated Louis' birthday kanina sa Mexicali. Like the Buckaroo's, Mexicali also opted to decorate their interior in a Mexican-like setting, giving diners a Mexican atmosphere. We ordered the following El Reno Classic Cheeseburger,Combo 2 Taco Plate, Jalapeño and Cheese Flautas and Mexicali Nachos.
We like the Mexicali Nachos (worth Php 215 for sharing). The tortilla chips was topped with fresh salsa, cheese sauce, sour cream, olives, re-fried beans, guacamole and jalapeño and with additional Php 50.00 (for sharing) you can ask them to add ground beef.
On the other hand, I didn't enjoy the Jalapeño and Cheese Flautas (Php95.00), it was ok but I guess my taste buds were not yet used to the taste of jalapeño.
The Combo 2 Taco Plate (Php 205.00) comes with nachos and salsa and because you can choose what kind of tacos you want, Jes and Louis ordered ground beef and roast pork tacos. I enjoyed the roast pork more compared to the ground beef but both of them were good.
The El Reno Classic Cheeseburger (Php 155.00) is what I'm looking forward to eat actually but somehow the taste of the beef patty is kinda different. It is not the usual taste of the burger patty, but after a while magiging okay na rin yung taste nya. It also comes with nachos and salsa.
Overall, I didn't enjoy my dining experience here even though I really wanted to enjoy it, maybe because I'm feeling sick or maybe we chose the wrong food.
RATING: 
After eating at Mexicali, we stroll for a bit, buy some stuffs then ate again, this time sa Buckaroo's naman. Actually we just wanted to eat a pizza so we ordered their Bacon Double Cheeseburger but after a while we decided to eat pasta too so we ordered Spaghetti Meatballs.
The Bacon Double Cheeseburger was kinda disappointing. It is less cheesy compared to their Ranchero and it's full of onions. The Spaghetti Meatballs on the other hand is too sour for me.
Jes then asked a waitress if they have anything that they could give to a birthday celebrant. After a few minutes, the waitress came back with a dessert, The S'more.
It's graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows on a grilled pizza dough with strawberry, chocolate and vanilla ice cream topped with wafer sticks. This is much better compared to the foods that we ordered.
Overall, if we didn't have the dessert I'll think it's a wrong move to eat again in Buckaroo's. Now I'm wondering if we just got lucky on our first try there.
