The Strip video/photo diary

hi. this video was uploaded in youtube, it contains memories of my las vegas' strip tour last sem break. how i  wish i could go back now to America and celebrate Christmas with mom and sister.

back in PH for 2nd sem

as you all know, i went back to LA and las vegas (fall season) for sembreak vacation (wow, feeling rich lang ang peg!) and to have a new stamp for my visa (which is the main reason why i went back). most of you who know for pleasure lang yung visit, pwedeng oo, pero yung totoo kasi hindi ako makakastay ng pinas for more than 6 months, kung sumobra, eh di good bye american dreams na ako. that's why all of my plans now are set in america, my job, my career, my future, my life. it will depend on me na on how i will achieve my goals, i think i have grown enough to think for myself and for my future. chos! iyfyou're a reader of this blog, i have posted articles about my solo flight travel to america. kung bakit takot na takot ako, yung pag-iiyak ko whole day basta ganun. yung second time na, wala ng takot, medyo kampante na rin ako na kering-keri ko na. although kinabahan pa rin ng konti kasi ano, haha. sikreto ko na yun. as usual, the filipino air carrier pa rin ako, Philippine airlines, ewan ko ba, gusto ko sana ng maraming stop overs para masaya, sayang yung korean air, stopover sana sa seoul, sana next time, kahit 2 stopovers of different countries na. hehe. kahit 22 hours travel pa, i can manage now my vertigo, kering keri yan ng bonamine ko.anyway, i'm back to PH for second sem, when this sem ends, goodbye SPC forever and goodbye philippines na rin, hindi ko alam kung for good na, pero alam kong uuwi pa rin ako to take the board exam. ewan ko ba kung ano pa ang pwedeng mangyari. basta ngayon, ako'y isang babaeng walang pahinga, everyday, i wake up at 5 am or 6am for school, review and duty and umuuwi ng 5-9pm. then matutulog ng before 11pm, then gising na naman, the usual routine. hay buhay, sige lang, konting tiis na lang. may ginhawa na. 

daily routine
 monday- 9am-7:30pm class
tuesday- 7:30am-4:00 pm class
wednesday 7:30-7:30pm class
thursday 8am-3pm duty at RDL; 5:30-7:30pm- class
friday 8am-5pm RDL duty
saturday- pre board exam review 8am-5pm
sunday- pre board exam review or duty at san pedro hospital 8am-5pm

I CAN NOW SPEAK AND WRITE FRENCH, (LITTLE!) FRENCH CLASS IS KILLING ME, SRSLY.

salut monsieur/mademoiselle/madame!

i'm excited!

scarf= check
long sleeves/ turtle neck= check
leg warmer= check
ticket= check
baggage= check
passport= check
visa= check
pasalubong= check?!
boots= x    :((((

can't wait for fall 2012!

dear blog,

1st semester of this academic year has just ended! this means, i'm done with my thesis defense and all academic stuffs! (final exams + thesis revision + defense + intramurals in a week) yes! but i still need to revise our thesis though. God knows what my thesis group went through, all the sacrifices, efforts, sleepless nights, they all paid off. anyway, i'll be busy again with my hospital duty at san pedro hospital and my manufacturing duty at RDL laboratories. then 23 days na lang, i'll be back somewhere else. heehee. here's a photo that i wanted to share online  but never will in facebook. haha. i've been trying to be sexy in this photo, but i know i'm still not sexy. and God knows how desperate i am to have a flat tummy, i'm no good in cutting off my meals, i simply go for a NO SODA DIET, 2 weeks of this diet stuff was the longest so far. i just can't avoid coke! uggggh.

whatever

i'm happy for you and i'm happy for myself too (or not?) if people like you (who is reading this) know what i mean. thou shall move on or shall i?

i went to san franciso, and i thought it was new york

srsly, when i went to san francisco, i was insisting, YES! I AM NOW IN AMERICA!!!! and it feels like i'm in new york (based on movies/pictures of new york)

sorry lungs kung braggy or gimanol lang jud. but uggh whatever. every time i see photos like these below, it makes me wanna go back in san francisco, esp powell street!

went here, shopped here, and felt it was new york!

so far the largest and hugeeeeeessssssttt forever 21 place i've been to! 4-storey store! as in WOW o.0

kasi mas mura ang aldo sa labas?

insert vertigo here, srsly, nahilo ako.

feel na feel ko ang kalyeng ito.

*all photos are not mine, from Google, they belong to their photographers. haha

i don't have photos of me here, and i soooooo regret it. BB purely sucks at photos. if u know what i mean.

*quick post

march 2013 issues

i need a continuous dose of optimism na gagraduate ako sa March 2013. i have this problem for months now, i've been thinking if i'll be marching on march 25, 2013. my issue here is not about i have failing grades, but it is about my 200 hours manufacturing internship (which anyway, i gave up last summer because i went to america). i am not sure if i will have the chance to have it in dvo instead of manila. ipasok mo pa ang very wrong timing na 1-week REQUIRED absence sa last week ng october, how can i catch up with these 200 hrs internship and classes when at the same time 2nd semester will start on last week of october and has no duty days? anwyay, i'm on my half way of my specialization internship at san pedro hospital. i must stop this internship to give way for my manufacturing. gets mo? kasi ako, hindi ko rin gets kung tama pag-explain ko sa english. bahala ka.

hindi ako susuko, lalo na sa pharmaceutical jurisprudence and ethics and quality control subjects ko. sisiw lang kayo. siya nga pala, good bye to my cum laude dreams, see u in my day-dreams instead, for u will be buried forever. *cries* i think my hardships are not enough, i regret those days when i snoozed my alarm for 10 min more then snoozing it again for another 10 min then snoozing it all over again and forgetting that i should study my chapters of lessons early in the morning. i also regret those days when i've been daydreaming and daydreaming all over again instead of spending those hours in studying. i regret those days when i prefer to dress-up with so many clothes to try on, when i prefer to stalk in fb, when i prefer to watch movies or even when i prefer to type these words instead of studying for finals or revising our thesis paper. whatever it is, i will never ever regret that i enjoyed every minute of those regrets. gets mo? kung hindi, same same lang tayo. hirap iexplain eh, promise.

may 2012

hi blog, so as what i've said in my previous post, i'm gonna tell u what happened on my may 2012, this is also the continuation of click this,

ARRIVAL IN LAS VEGAS

i did not have any problem setting my feet in las vegas, i was not interviewed by any immigrant consul since my hawaii was my first territorial entry in America. the only problem i was having that time was how to contact my sister coz i'm gonna tell here i arrived already. luckily in the arrival section of McCarran airport, my bb detected a strong wifi connection, then i immediately told (through fb chat) my sister and bayaw that i am waiting already at the airport. i stepped my foot outside the airport, the first thing caught my attention was a line of limousines and a billboard/sign of limousine rates and of course, the cooler wind striking me. anyway, i arrived at exactly 11:58pm (something), almost midnight. i waited for 30 min, i was busy looking at people, the limousines and the not-so-high-buildings. 

anyway again, i was shocked  because i was expecting a very bonggacious night lights, but i only saw that typical city night lights, very ordinary. and sa wakas, dumating na rin yung bayaw ko, with my niece and nephew (danica and andre).

we were already at my sister's/their house after a 10-min ride. their house is huge, when i say huge, it's a typical mayaman-looking house or more like of a mansion in the philippines but it's a typical/average house of a commoner in america. and i realized that time how much work, perseverance and effort exerted by my sister. i'm just so proud of her. period. first thing in the morning, my sister woke me up (after her 9pm-6am duty) and we hugged and kissed, like what usual sisters do when they missed each other. we talked, gossiped, name it all the chikka. haha. we ate breakfast and sent my niece in her prep school. she's the only Asian/pinoy in class. she bragged her octopus thingy. her classmates were all white and i was having a hard time talking to them because...uhmm, dude, they have this very slang sleng tongue. haha

everyday was a routine, spent my day time cooking lunch, baby sitting andre, cleaning the house, facebooking, skype-ing, sleeping, exercising, wii-ing, watching movies yo gaba gaba, barney and the like. i usually go to bed very late (11pm-2am) and wake up at 8-10am.

LAAG

since my sister's and bayaw's day off were set on sundays, mondays and tuesdays, of course, that's the time of my "stroll around the sin city". we went to different HUGE and FAMOUS hotels and casinos, namely, Aria resort and Casino, Caesar's Palace, The Venetian, Belagio, Green Valley Ranch Resort and Casino, shopping outlets, night club (eg, Tao Club where paris hilton went clubbing years ago) (we did not go clubbing, i just took a photo of myself) and some place else, FOOD places! one time (mother's day), we went to this ugh-very-expensive-buffet-house, and ang bayad lang naman per person is enough to feed me for 2weeks! but it's okay, it's not my money anyway and minsan lang ito sa buhay ko. i did not have the chance of visiting mandalay bay and mgm grand because i don't know why. haha. and finally, on my last weekend stay there, i finally saww the bonggacious city night lights of las vegas strip, the brightest and the only visible area of earth seen in space. las vegas is indeed a sin city, 24 hours casino/gambling, numerous entertainments at streets anytime of the day and of course, countless tourists/casino people/gamblers. it's a very alive city and i loved it, less traffic, wide and clean high ways but i just hate it when the temperature rises to 40 C, hotter/warmer than the philippines. haha. to sum up my trip, here's a video i made 5 nights before i went to a new state, California.

june 2012 post, up next. keep updated bloggie lovie love! ew.
PS: SORRY LUNGS SA GRAMMAR. lisod mag-english.

sleeping problems

dear bloggie lovie love,
every night na lang, andami dami kong naiisip na gusto kong ishare, but when the time comes i open my laptop i usually open my facebook, yahoo, some random news articles, fashions blogs and whatsoever. i regret to do this everyday coz you know, sayang naman yung thoughts ko every night. siyempre gusto ko ring ishare yung mga daily activities, some shits i do in school, some coping mechanisms and again some stupid things i always do. since i put up this blog for my purpose of revisiting my memories and activities when a year ends, siguro naman pwede akong magsulat ng kahit ano I haven't shared enough for a long period of time na rin, isaisahin natin yung mga nangyari sa buhay ko na hindi ko nasulat o nahiya akong ishare dito (eh, kasi nga, public site ito, baka sakali namang may stalkers ako. haha)

the last time i shared my activities was last march pa, so let's start with April 2012

April 2012

april, as far as i can remember, was one of the busiest and most challenging month (so far) this 2012. why? as a tradition, my family sponsored the crowning of thorns "paso/karo" the parish church uses during Holy week, so siyempre, busy talaga sa mga flower arrangement and all. it was this time also na pumunta ako ng Manila to follow up my US visa case, maliit lang nakakaalam na kumuha ako ng 3 vaccines shots simultaneously, nag pa genital/vaginal exam (which was the most awkward physical test i did!) and name it you got it na tests sa st. lukes extension clinic, (medical exam was a requirement for visa applicants like me). kinabahan naman ako sa results ng xray ko, kung alam niyo lang yung kaba ko. eh kasi ganito yun, i have previous cases of right basal pneumonia, eh kasi naman, super weak ng lungs and immune system ko. but luckily, wala namang palya, okay lahat ng results. eto naman yun, yung love life ko sa panahong ito, "on-off" yung stage namin dito, eh kasi ako busy sa sa mga application files, siya naman na busy sa duty. grabe rin yung inis ko sa buwang ito, dito ko talaga narealize na may mga tao pala talagang okay lang sa umpisa, pa sweet-sweet pa, caring and all, then in just a blink, baliktad na. nagiging cold na sayo, walang pakialam, basta ganun. kasalanan ko na rin siguro, magkaaminan na, i realized in my first 2 relationships, sila ang effortful, naghahanap palagi ng paraan para makausap ka and ako naman yung effortless, halos hindi naappreciate yung ginawa nila, so i told myself in my next serious relationship, gusto ko, i exert force and effort na. but in this relationship, ako lang pala yung isang mag eefort nang todo, if u know what i mean, nag effort rin siya, oo, pero hindi ganun talaga siguro ka todo. eto yung sabi ko na challenging ang april, i always thought of us that time, and of course, my US dreams. ipasok natin ngayon yung interview ko sa US embassy. mga at least 1 wk before my interview, siyempre, ako, effortful talaga sa paghahanap ng outfit, so ayun, nakabili rin ako ng high waist mustard yellow pencil skirt and blue see-through long sleeves blouse and high-heeled black shoes, with all the formal bag. 6 am nakalagay sa notice of interview ko, 5:30am, andun na ako. ayon, tanaw na tanaw ko na ang manila bay at us embassy, ang haba-haba ng pila. pero ang ikinashock ko nang bongga ay ang effortless na pagdadamit ng ibang applicants. pwede naman pa lang mag tsinelas, mag pantalon at mag t-shirt! bwiset talaga, nadamage pa ang pera ko! pero choks lang, siyempre, habang rumarampa ako patungo sa pila, grabe naman kung makatitig ang mga tao sa akin, artista ako doon, eh kasi nga, ako na ata ang pinakaformal doon, with all the eye liner, lipstick, blush on and wag kalimutan ang newly rebonded long hair. hihi. naamaze ako sa automatic at super bigat na caution door sa loob, lahat automatic. 5 times ata akong ininterbyu, siyempre, english, hindi naman ata ako nagka wrong grammar, siyempre, super rin ang praktis ko bago ako dun sumabak. na shock na lang ako sa sinabi ng consul "ok, you're visa is approved!", hindi ko naman kasi inexpect na siya pala ay isang consul, ang kapal ko man, pero promise, super simple lang nga mga tanong, "what is your name?" halos. tama pala, ang dala ko lang sa loob, panyo, and files ko tsaka perang enough pangtaxi pauwi.  siyempre, kinabahan ako nang bongga, hello! i was in manila, and manila to me is so nakakahilo, but to the rescue ang super pogi kong kuya na naghintay sa labas ng ilang oras under the scorching heat of the sun, nakauwi na rin. after 1 wk, dun ko na receive yung passport and visa ko, umattend rin ako ng seminar "counseling for teens" (seminar that will help those children under 18y/o who will be migrating and staying for good, u know, para makaadjust) dun sa POEA (phil overseas enforcement agency), ako yung pinakamatanda sa lahat ng umattend, nashock naman sila when i said, i was from sultan kudarat. i spent the last week of april shopping, eating, sleeping, workout, spending time in bulacan, nakifiesta sa pampanga, Echanted kingdom with college friends, mall hopping and coffee with friends, luckily, that time, nagduduty sila sa mga manufacturing companies in nearby central luzon provinces. ayun.

sunod na yung may, june, july and august, imma sleep na. exams pa later.

you look better when i'm drunk

i've been teaching myself to drink some proofs of alcohol and been shisha-ing lately with my friends and classmates. i realized, for the past few years, i drown myself in academics and some demure works for my social life, last week, just last week, after my 6th exam, i and my friends drunk a little the night before our 7th exam. just because we're thirsty and just because i want to be naughty sometimes. and just because i want to experience some usual-college-students-do-before-exam. 

*no internet connection for a week now because my smart bro connection sucks and has not replied yet on my complaint!

*been doing my specialization duty at SPH, 3pm-11pm shift.

diversion road

i've been taking doses of perseverance and patience on my academics and it's helping me too, to divert my attention to forget something/someone that i should forget. /sighs/

PH to HNL

yes, nasa pilipinas na po ako, halos 3 weeks na rin. i went home to finish pharmacy, sayang naman kasi yung 3 years na inilaan ko sa pag-aaral. 1 year to go, gagraduate na talaga ako, at magtatrabaho bilang cashier ng walmart, or target. seryuso, pero ang plano ko talaga maging pharmacy assistant sa cvs pharmacy, mag-iipon muna ng pera pang take ng american pharmacy board exam. plano pa lang naman. i spoil too much info about my plans, baka kasi hindi matuloy, takot rin akong hindi matuloy ang mga plano at gusto ko. of course,  i just won't be talking about my dreams and plans here, i want to share my 1-month experience in the cold and friendly country of united states of america.

DEPARTURE: may 3, 2012 Manila International Airport, Philippines

my flight to hawaii was scheduled at 8pm, i was at the MIA around 4pm. as i entered, my tears are so ready to fall, why? first, i can't find the Hawaiian Airlines counter check-in, second, i can barely see Filipinos, most passengers were foreigners, it was awkward for me to talk to them in english, third, i was really scared, imagine that was my first solo flight and take note, international flight that would take me 18 hours air travel and take note again, i have motion sickness.

after check-in, it was my time again to look for this immigration counter, i was soooo ready to cry again because i can't find it, luckily, thanks for my reading skills and enough guts, i found it. i fall in line, i held my passport and some terminal fees to pay. and the usual random baggage inspection happened.

ENPLANED: may 3 or 4, 2012 inside the plane

my seatmate was an american, i've been talking in english awkwardly, because i've been trying to be so "slang" to fit in. but i still failed. haha. everything went on so smoothly, (praise You oh Lord!), just a little dizziness after taking off. the food was great, except for the hawaiian-filipino flight attendant who i think is unfriendly. so maldita-looking.

ARRIVAL: may 3, 2012 hawaii time 12 noon, honolullu international airport

when we were getting out of the airplane, the first thing i noticed was the very cold air that has been striking me, it's 12 noon to be exact, but i can still feel cold even though i was wearing a blazer, jeans and socks. 

i was welcomed by a border protection officer and an immigrant officer. i showed them all the files from the us embassy including the passport and the like. i stayed for an hour to get me approved. my flight to las vegas was at 3pm, and it's almost 1:15 pm, i panicked. luckily, this friendly and nice custom officer taught me the airport direction and the terminal where i should be checking-in, that was a relief. but i was just 1% relieved actually. 

DEPARTURE TO LAS :when i entered the terminal 3 building, another sweaty moment (like what i experienced at MIA) happened. where the hell was the check-in counter of hawaiian airlines bound to las vegas? i filled myself with guts and confidence to talk to some fellow passengers, "excuse me ma'am, i have this boarding pass already i got from the phil airport, so do i need to check-in again?", and they replied "haaaaaaaaaaaaa? noooo noooo english". i think they were japanese or koreans.  i was so down already. i can't even ask some airport staff because they're all busy and have been entertaining some Qs from passengers too. but a utility man answered my question. i got in and had my baggage and myself for inspection. another problem arose. where was the boarding gate? i later found out that you need to take a bus to get to another building-the boarding gates. at the bus, another sweaty moment again, i was so nervous, i was the only Filipino passenger. when we were enplaned, my seatmates were japanese, at my back were also japanese, there were also some noisy teen americans and i've been so jealous because they have plenty of food and what's left for me was 3 crackers of skyflakes, i was so really really hungry that time because i did not eat lunch. (i did not each lunch because i'm scared to buy, not really to buy but to pay using dollars! hahahahaahhaha). but thank God, after 30 minutes complimentary snacks and meals were served. i was happy because i filled my tummy, and i don't like their food. pasta with curry sauce? ugh, very bad for me.

i'll post about my arrival in las vegas and experiences in famous casinos/hotels, in los angeles and my shopping in san francisco aaaaaaaand stepping foot to los angeles airport aka LAX!

bye for now.

mnl-hnl-las

my title describes my post today. mnl-hnl-las

mnl stands for Manila, of course, then hnl- honolulu, and lastly, las- las vegas. 

yes, today is my last day in the philippines, but i'm still hoping that i'll be back on june for classes. i must. i'll be leaving tomorrow evening, bound to honolulu, oahu, hawaii then after 3 hours stay in hawaii, i'll be flying again for 5 hours to las vegas. a total of 18 hours (10 hrs mnl-hnl). i've been crying for nights, i'm scared. i'm scared because this is my first solo flight, and to think that it's an international flight. i'll just bring a hand carry luggage, for hassle-free reasons. i'll be bringing 4 blouses, 2 bottoms, underwears and bras. and because we'll go shopping!!!!!!! (brighter side which makes my excitement rise!!!!) i have not told anyone that i'll be migrating, except for some 5 closest friends. kailangan ko talaga ng confidence booster dose tsaka ng dictionary! hahaha.

and we broke up. lack of communication, i guess. :(

march issues

dear blog,

sorry for not posting some blogpost this march. i was so busy with school eh, i had the deadliest finals, then pinning and candlelight ceremony the other day and countless days for meetings and compiling files for my manufacturing internship, which i suppose to have in United Laboratories, the biggest pharmaceutical laboratory in the country. but due to some "more important and unexpected" events, i have cancelled my internship, and i gave away my slot to others, and i will have my manufacturing internship hopefully on october *praying*.

as what i've said, i am still busy with these "more important and unexpected" events. i am still in the process of getting all the required documents and files. i don't want to spill it out here since i don't have the 100% assurance of getting it approved. hopefully, i can share it to you my bloggie dear if it has approval from higher institutions. if you're intrigued, i will gave you a clue. i'll be having a medical/laboratory exam in one of the finest hospitals or should i say the best hospital in the country, (my first time too see this very huge hospital), i may sound very excited with this thing happening to me, except of course of the fact that i'll be having 15 shots of different vaccines in just one seating and yes, except the genitalia exam that i will be having. i spoil you too much bloggie dear, i will tell u soon about these stuffs.

bye for now.

226th post and blog's 4th anniversary slash birthday

did not expect my blog will last for 4 years. still alive and kicking. i've been inactive or should i say not-so-active-but-have-been-trying-to-post-updates-and-whatever in blogger since i set my foot in college. *insert @.@ eyes here*.

dear blog,

happpppppyyyyy 4th birthday! first time to celebrate your birthday with a cake! are you not proud of me? i've taken care of you for 4 years. hahahahahahaha. i promise to write/tell/brag/blab more stories and whatever-it-is more and more and more. so i'll be happy to read you again at the end of the year.

love,
-jue

a love story part 2

this is the second part of my previous post "a love story" written last feb 16. okay. here it goes.

after my completion of 200 hours in my hospital pharmacy duty, (dec 31), i went home and celebrate new year there. i had dinner with his family <3, (next level!). went around the town using his motorcycle because we're too bored and because we want to kill the time, it's 9 pm and you know we were waiting for 12 midnight.

after new year, for 2 or 3 consecutive days, he was visiting me in the house. tambay, kain, movie marathon, but the happiest thing we did was, we played together with my nieces and nephews (God knows how much i love playing with my nieces and nephews). imagine a guy who plays with kids? very cute, right? *insert-cute-eyes-here-for-dramatic-effect. and i fell in love more. (ugh, corny! haha).

*thinking*... yes! i remember, one morning, i was sleeping so deeply in my room, he entered and woke me up! how sweeeeeeeeeeet is that?! joke! he also cooked our breakfast (because i told him so!). plus pogi points.

we went back to davao together. as usual, we're back in our routine. study and meet at least twice a week. >.<

on Valentine's day:

luckily, our school announced that we won't be having classes on v-day. so i went to abreeza with some friends, i texted my lover (lol), then he surprised me with a rose and chocolates. i never expected that he'll give me these stuffs since he had not received yet his allowance on the night before v-day and that he was problematic. plus pogi points. then dinner at tgif sponsored by my aunt and cousins. yes, he already met my aunt who exactly looks like my mother. (it's like meeting my mother at all! haha). bukingan with our love story afterwards happened inside the car with my cousins >.< we were on the hot seat.

i don't know the next words to type, since v-day was the last day we've met. we text/call/chat sometimes. i never saw him for more than a week now. >.< we're always busy with school.

ps: I EXACTLY DO NOT KNOW WHY I WROTE SUCH THING AS THIS, I NEVER IMAGINED SHARING MY IDEAS/THOUGHTS ONLINE, ESPECIALLY THIS hey-this-lovelife-you-have-should-be-kept-in-private-or-at-least-have-little-privacy STUFF. as one of the reasons of why i put up a blog is to have a memory box of what i did or what was I on that moment so before the year ends, i have to read all the blogposts i wrote, reminisce everything before welcoming a new year.

pps: i don't know what to write for a very dramatic end.

blogger customization

i've been in blogger for 4 years, and just this time tsk, just this time, i have found out that you can easily customize your blog's layout. i'm such a loser. i've been trying to edit html codes using notepad and been trying my very best to edit photos to be part of my whole layout. and i found this! very amazing blogger template tool. awesome. and presenting to you... tantararan! my new layout. since im very new to this, pls bear with my not-so-kagandahang layout. chos.

a love story

last january 4, i've changed my relationship status to "in a relationship with...", which gathered 60+ likes in just a few hour. i guess i've shaken the newsfeed of my fb friends. and i guess, most of them were shocked. who would not anyway? i've never imagined too, that i will engage in a serious relationship this college. everyone knows i'm into academics, everyone knows i'm contented with my social and emotional lives, from the love of my parents, family and friends. yes i was really contented with what i have. i've been expecting my love affair to bloom after college, or when i already have work, or even meeting a guy in med school if ever i proceed to medicine or a fil-am guy from states. but why the hell my love affair bloomed last year? haha. i don't know too. maybe because he's different, not the usual guys u see?! haha. ambot lang

i've never noticed him before. he added me first in friendster, (way back 3rd yr hs, i think!)then he posted a testimonial in my profile which i can't really and srsly remember. haha. then he added me in yahoo messenger. i don't know too, why i added him on my contacts. i only add people i know, except for some friends of friends who i met personally. yes, as what you expect, we chatted, but the usual stranger girl-stranger boy type of conversation. one thing i remember too, when i was in 4th yr hs, and he was 3rd hs, he asked me if he can woo/court me. i immediately answered no. why? because i see him like a younger brother to me, i don't know him personally, i never saw him, and i just know him through friendster and ym. years later, after the collapse of friendster, of course, we used facebook. he added me as friend. and of course, i clicked the "confirm" button. just to let him know that i'm approachable and friendly too, and because he's from isulan. after a year or months, i've been deleting fb friends, i've deleted almost 200 friends who i do not know personally, including him. then maybe after months or weeks, i accepted his friend request, maybe i was just too kind that time to accept friend requests. haha! then after some time, he started chatting with me, but these conversations were of the same type of conversation to some chicks/hot girls in his online friends.

a week after i got my new blackberry phone (this should be emphasized, omg! i got a new phone after 2 or 3 years!!!!!!!), ok back to the topic, one night when i was facebooking thorough my phone, a chat msg from him popped out. it went like this:

him: ui, 12mn na, tulog kna.
her: uiiii, hello! maya maya na ako matulog, gachat pko sa uban
him; aaaah ok, bahala ka oi.
her: ikr.
her: ui baaaaaaaaaaa, hanapan mo ako diyan ng boyfriend sa pwc bi, or sa mga friends mo.
him: aaaah, ako pala?
her: no way! bsta ha, yung model pero hnd gay. sige na ba
him: oh sige, ako rin eh, hanapan mo ng girlfriend diyan.
her: oh sure, daghan ko friends na single
blah blah.. blah...
her: matulog n ako
him: ok. ai tama pla, bigay mo sa akin number mo para matext kita kung may ireto na ako
her: ok, eto oh.

then i gave my number to him. and hey, i remember, i called him "babe", but i was joking. the "babe" was a joke anyway. i've told him "ui, gikilig ka noh?!, ako rin eh, tawagin mong babe para kiligin rin ako". what i've said that time were all jokes. i was srsly joking.

in the laboratory after 2 days from our conversation, he texted me, "hi babe! haha. sim to." then i replied. the usual text conversation happened.

he invited me to a dinner, his treat, then i said "hell yes", because first, it was libre, 2nd my sister is out, meaning i'll be alone for dinner, 3rd i was really really really hungry. the deal was on. i've said let's meet at mang inasal ilustre, because 1st, i want unlimited rice (coz i'm hungry, right?!), 2nd it's a one-ride jeepney from school and to boarding house, 3rd, it's near tesco and rose pharmacies (i was planning to buy disposable gloves that time). and 4th, i want an open air setting because i was bringing a cage with 5 laboratory mice in it! haha. hinatid niya ako pauwi.

after that, we always see each other, right after class, hanging out with friends, ktv, inuman. name it, we were on it. sabay kaming nag-grocery, nagjogging ng 4am sa people's park, lakad lakad sa mall, tambay sa coffee shop, study sa coffee shop, dinner sa carinderia, nag buy 1 take 1 ng pizza, breakfast every sunday morning. we made these things a routine!

then we were getting serious in the mid-december, when i was having my hospital pharmacy duty in koronadal. he met my father last dec 22, he went to the house, we watched a movie. then dec 27, he surprised me, he visited me in the pharmacy without telling me! (so far, that was very memorable, we never texted that whole day and he missed all my calls.). i texted the number he usually used when he has no load. it was his mother's phone number. her mother replied that he was in Norala, accompanying his tita. so that was an answer to my question "why the hell he never replied or called back". i was standing in the front counter of the pharmacy, leaning my arms, thinking of something, the patients, the nurses, the drugs. i was looking into the entrance having those thoughts. when suddenly a familiar face appeared. it was him anyway. nagulat ako nang bonggang bongga. i never expected he will visit me. >.< the element of surprise. haha

ang haba na pali nito. pagod na ako. 12:26 am na pala. biyahe pa ako mamayang 9am. sa susunod ko na tapusin to.

internship

aside from my 200 hours hospital internship at koronadal city (pingoy's hospital), my Christmas last year was merry. i bet, you already know why. haha. i spent most of my time in the hospital having 14 hours duty everyday. take note, everyday, meaning, i don't have weekend breaks! take note again, it was December. i started my duty on december 16 (but it should have been on 12th) and i ended up on december 31st, yeah, i celebrated new year at home and also Christmas (i got 24 hours break). as usual, i did familiarize all the drugs in the pharmacy, read prescriptions, dispense drugs, rounds to nursing stations, talk to patients, deal with nurses, talk to doctors, makiusyuso sa emergency room (esp gun shot cases), food trip (which includes our midnight snacks, balut and pork bb during my 9-day night shifts, 7pm-9am), movie marathon, gossiping with some interns, pharmacists and pharmacy aides and many many many many more!

at first, i was really really really really disappointed when i heard i was assigned in Pingoy at marbel. why? because i thought they will give me poor training. but i was really really really wrong! now, i believe i'm one of the luckiest interns! we have better trainings. we always have quizzes and exams, (others do not have) discussions and lectures, rounds and opportunity to talk and communicate with all the people there. we answer telephone calls and manage patients and computer systems alone, without even the aid of the pharmacy staffs. we work just like the employees, of course, that is without salary. haha. chos!