Maki dinner

I was just at home the whole day, but around 5pm, my father and I went to Makati to fetch my mother and brother. We are suppose to go to Glorietta because it is Midnight Madness, but due to the traffic and the rain, we decided to went home instead and eat the Maki that my mother ordered from her officemate...

All day out

Wake up at 7:45am and rushed to take my breakfast and bath. My college friend already texted and already ready to go. We went to our school to get our transcript for employment and to visit our other classmates there. We decided to visit our classmate, who arrived from Palawan for vacation. Around 1pm, my college friend and I decided to leave because we have other committments for the afternoon. I went to Makati because my highschool friend scheduled us for a haircut, but on the last minute we declined and decided to postponed it. We just stroll He proposed that we watch "Hairspray" instead but finally decided to eat at Kitchen. I ordered "on barbie's cue" and "grandslam." My friend ordered "wash a shore" and "grandslam." At 5:30pm, I already decided to go home because my friend has a class to attend from 6pm to 9pm, but before I went home I dropped by Bioresearch to buy a fish for my newly setup aquarium.

Sister's Departure

Now is the day my sister is leaving for Dubai. Sad but true, well it's definitely a first come, first served basis for everyone of us and I think it is her time to leave our country to find and experience a greener pasture. Hope that she will accept my cousin's offer to be a flight attendant there. All I can say is Bon Voyage and take care...

Confused to where to start...

I've been thinking of what options I would do after passing the NLE and I am so confused to what direction I would take. My options are:
1. Apply for a job in a hospital (as a volunteer first because our oathtaking and registration is scheduled on October.
2. Enroll at a NCLEX review center and sit for the test after. (I still don't know where to get the money for this one)
3. I dunno if I could do both at the same time.
Oh well, all I know is that God has good plans for me...

Published in the local newspapers...

It's a great morning to rise and shine. This is the day that our names will be published in our local broadsheet newspapers. And yes I had a goodnight sleep after many days of sleepless nights and woke up around 7am. As I went downstairs to eat my breakfast, my mother arrived and already bought the newspaper and I was so excited to see my name, after all you could just see your name either you are the newsmaker, or the newsbreaker. So there it was the names of the successful examinees of Nurse's Licensure Exam held last June 10 and 11, 2007 printed in 24 pages of the G section of the Manila Bulletin. I decided to highlight in green all the names of my fellow batchmates using the graduation invitation and highlighted in orange all the names of other people that I know. I highlighted mine in yellow.

My family decided to have a little celebration including our relatives in my grandmother's house. At first it was just a "despedida" for my sister, but of course having the good news for me, it became a double celebration. It was kindda sad because our other cousins didn't come because they have to attend stuffs for their school activities.

And the long wait is over...

Since my sister is about to leave soon for Dubai, my family(excluding my father) and I decided to go to Makati to stroll and to let my sister buy some stuffs needed for her departure. Around 5pm, when we are about to go home, my father texted my mother that the results are already available on the internet. When I arrived home, I jumped in our computer and checked it out. I first visited the PRC's website, but there's no luck yet and searched it on yahoo and landed on a blogsite that had a chatroom and the chatters are talking about the results and as I continue reading their messages, someone asked to where she could see the results and the other one answered, "inquirer.net!" And so I rushed to type the URL and boom wala, the names are written through a PDF fomat, lucky for me because I have an Acrobat reader and after I downloaded it, I was hesitant at first and already feeling the pressure as my mom went upstairs and checked it too. As I scroll down the names and checking for my name, the lub dub sounds beats faster and faster. I thought I never made it because I already passed out all the surnames with the same as mine, but when I reached the end of the page, I was the last. And right then on my mother and I jumped and shout aloud... My mother was very happy and crying out of joy. I was so overwhelmed and look for my classmate's and friend's names who passed and called and texted them right away... other's don't believe me, while other's are hesitant unless they could see it by themselves. They asked me for the site and proudly gave it. Calls and texts flooded my cellphone because others can't access it anymore and just asked me to see if their friend's name is listed since I had saved it to my pc. Our school's standing was 95% for the first examinees and 50% for the retakers, overall its 93%. My parent's started to text our relatives here in the Philippines and overseas. Greetings and praises showered like a heavy rain and I never felt this good since I was born... hehe Congratulations to everyone who made it!!! Cheers to the new RNs ^_^

It didn't work...

After a tiring day, getting a goodnight sleep didn't pay off. I was ready to bed about 9:30pm, but unfortunately I woke up around 11:30pm and of course didn't have the chance to get back to sleep until now. I was expecting that it was already around 5 or 6am but not. I wonder when will this end :(

Operation Busy Day

I've been texting quotes to my college friends last night since my load would expire by tomorrow and others replied a quote too. I asked one of them if what are the things he do to make him fall asleep and he said that he cleans their house and makes himself busy. He also recommend me to do my favorite sport everyday so that I would be exhausted and could easily fall asleep, but I told him that I don't have any playmates here since I don't go out and for the fact that I don't have friends nearby. So I insisted to sleep even though its hard and force myself to be awake as early as I can and thank God that I have to use the bathroom and force to be up around 10am, so I 'm considering what my friend told me and keep myself busy so that I would be really tired at the end of the day. I first hand-washed my jacket because my father used it and left it dusted. I tried to set up my other aquarium since it is already full of dust and cleaned the other aquarium since it was last cleaned a year ago and lucky enough that one fish still survives. After that, I decided to clean our bathroom because no one cleans it but me. I was tired though it makes me happy because I was productive this day.

Sleepless Nights

Since I went home from Baguio, I never really had a goodnight sleep because its either I sleep late or I could sleep but I could be awake right away. I don't know if it is because of the results of the NLE or maybe something else. I knew that I am not alone having a difficulty in sleeping since I text everyone in my phone and greet them and to find out if they are still up. Yes and I was right my college friend 1 couldn't sleep till 11am, and she just kills time watching DVD series, she said that nowadays she already improved because she could sleep around 7am. My college friend 2, sleeps around 3am, just playing PC games. College friend 3, sleeps at 3am also just playing PS2 games. Others, I dunno, they just text me late at night or they are online chatting with me too...

NLE 2007 results hopefully

At last, next week is the last week of August and hopefully the results will be out. It's been two months and still the days are still counting on when the results will be. When I'm online the other day, I had the chance to chat with my college friend and told me that their review center had texted them and told them that the results will be out this coming August 27 which falls on a Monday and fortunately this day is declared a non-working holiday due to the commemoration of the National Heroes Day. I wonder if revealing of the results will push through since it is a holiday. Oh well the long wait will hopefully end sooner. Will the newspapers will be the first to reveal it or the internet? All I know is that newspapers will be the first one to know because it's in the law that board passers name should be release to the public, but when I had a chance to talk to my highschool friend, who took up the NLE too said that, when the results of the MD's exam was already posted on the internet prior to the newspapers.

One Tree Hill

Yes, folks, it will be a long wait. But rest assured, our favorite teens will return April 11 with the first of the final 6 episodes of the fourth season. The wait will be excruciating (if you're a hardcore fan) but the upcoming storylines promise to be fascinating. I for one can't wait to see what will be of Peyton now that that psycho stalker of hers is back.

And regarding a fifth season, since so many of you have been wondering and posting about the show's fate on the forum, here are my two cents: Yes, I believe that One Tree Hill will return. If it does not, that would be a major shocker. Here are three reasons as to why I believe it's coming back:

1. The ratings for this season have not been the best but also not the worst. The show has reached its highest numbers since season 2 but also it’s lowest. However, seeing as it built momentum with the pre-prom episode and it will be leading out of America's Next Top Model when it returns, expect the ratings to go up.

2. The CW is lacking in programming. Sure, it has a few good pilots in the works, but it has major gaps to fill with other struggling series and dead slots, especially on Sundays and Mondays. Canceling One Tree Hill would only make it worse as they would have even more gaps to fill. And besides, CW President Dawn Ostroff did say at the latest press tour that she would definitely consider bringing the show back.

3. Mark Schwan and the producers have exciting plans for the 5th season. Rumor has it, as most of you probably know by now, that they will skip the college years and move on to the later years. Sounds really interesting.

With climbing ratings, support from The CW, and promising storylines, one can only assume that the show will return next season. But this being the random business of television, one never knows, so let's hope for the best!
You can sign now for the fifth season of One Tree Hill!!!! http://www.petitiononline.com/SaveOTH5/petition.html So what are you waiting for? Sign that petition!

Friendship

In life, we meet people we called friends,some people expected too much from this friendship making them hurt,we believed that whether through good times and bad times they are always there, but you'll just know if this is true when the time already challenged you...

It hurts so much that you did everything to them expecting that they will be there for you but sad to say this isn't true, they left you behind crying, hurting and leaving you...

They have moved on over the years but not noticing that you are overwhelmed with tears, hoping that someday friendship will come back which already has come to an end...

So much bitterness and loneliness that the friendship grew which took over years and stayed so blue...

Some friends have stayed which you see them as true and be there with you even without a single clue...

So worried and so excited, some moved on without being invited and just be shocked with a great news that they already kneeled down the pues, others are just there when there is an event, didn't care the experiences we went...

I knew friendship is not perfect nor we can never regret, they make us stronger and we may never forget those times we've been together that will always remain forever...
we have to start a new journey, a journey we might didn't expect that in the end we might be still called forever friends... :'(

Games Uplate Live

What do you do when you can't sleep at night? or simply want to stay late? Well in my case I watch Games Uplate Live in ABS-CBN around 12:30am to 2:30am depending on what day and it is aired Mondays through Saturdays.

The games are divided into three, the first one is like a TextTwist game which you should make a word using only the given letters, but recently they have changed the game into a "make a word out of the given syllables." The second game is that they will post a board where a corresponding prize is allocated to the corresponding answer which the caller should give under a certain category given by the host, but recently they have changed the game into a crossword puzzle minus finding the answer diagonally. The third game is kindda fast because only one caller is given a chance to give an answer in a given category. The prize given in this game depends if the jackpot is answered previously. By the way, sometimes they put a certain amount of time each game.

Before you could join, you should first registered once and they say it's free, then you could choose to download either a ringtone, a picture message or logos. Each download costs P10.

When I first watched this program, I find it boring but of course curious of what the program offers and do. And as time goes by, being an insomniac, I find the program interesting and fun because you could interact or answer the games offered to win certain amount of money or things depending on the mechanics of the game. It's good that it is hosted by Jaymee Joaquin and its making midnights not boring but more lively. And yes, I joined the games offered because its so tempting whenever you know the answer to their games, but unfortunately I am not called even once, maybe I am not lucky enough to win in these kind of games but absolutely it entertains me.

TriNoMa

When I came back to Manila from Baguio City, I was shocked that there is already a new mall located near SM North EDSA and beside the MRT. It's either it wasn't shown in the news in Baguio or I wasn't able to heard it from the news. So being a mall'aholic person, I definitely didn't pass visiting the said mall and urgently please my family to drop by and check it out. So Sunday came and we decided to visit it. When we reached the north end of the MRT station, we didn't know that we are already at the site until we turned right at Balintawak. At first its seems to me that it is just like the Metropoint in Pasay but only bigger, but when we finally walked through the middle of it, it was like the Glorietta and Market! Market! because it has an activity center, the difference is that it is made with different style of walkways and the best part is the front of the mall. The best features from me is I guess is divided into 4 and these are:

The front facade of the mall

Well we didn't enter at the front of the mall since it is located facing diagonally near the Visayas Ave. (I don't know if its the right street) and its facade is so great because it's walls are made with colored bricks with a Mediterranean style plus there's a fountain located before you enter the mall proper and there's a fountain in every floor connected to each other. The stairs has also a fountain effect. Another plus factor is the presence of the trees and plants arranged to have a scenic effect.

The stores

The stores are the same with other malls except that you could walk through other stalls (depends on the store) like Mercury Drug which you could enter on the other side and exit on the other. The stores you could find there are almost branded like the stores in Shangri-La, but you could still enjoy low-priced goods because a flagship of Landmark Department store is in there. There is also a "Toys R' Us" store there and a food court which you could walk-through

The Cinema Lobby

The Cinema Lobby is so spacious and it houses the famous stores like Taters, and the stores which sells mini burgers plus there is a Krispy Kreme store (donuts). There is also a TimeZone, McDonald's, Be_Connected (Internet) and a different kind of restaurant which is the "Five Cows" (good interiors by the way). The cinema lobby is also connected to the rooftop zen garden.

The Rooftop Zen Garden

It houses the world-famous Starbucks at the middle of the zen-garden. You could stroll there using the wooden bridges without side handles, so be careful when walking. There are also mini ponds but without the fishes and the water is still clear when we came there, and you coulf still see the PVC pipes used for the fountain effect. A plus factor there is they made a fog-like effect behind the trees and the plants.

Better check it out by yourselves and see what you think...

Call Centers

I'm considering myself in working at a call center, but I'm having trouble thinking if I should pursue it or not since the results of the NLE are not yet out. It would be a great opportunity for me to practice my English skills, to have more friends and of course frankly of what the call centers could offer financially. It's a big help for my family since my sister is about to leave for Dubai to work and my brother is already in college and I have to help to support my family. My other friends offer me to work in some pharmaceutical company to work to be a medical representative, but I think the work is very tiring since you have to go to one place and another offering medicines and stuffs to doctors and hospitals, but the fallback is that, it has great benefits like having a car, a new cellphone and allowance and of course you could work on a morning shift basis. My other classmate in college recommended me to try to be a nursing research assistant, but my question is where could I find one? After all I have been searching job vacancies on job search tools but almost all the hiring companies are call centers with a few on outsourcing business (sadly I tried this one but didn't respond).

The 10 years of Nursing Licensure Exam June 2007 results

It's been two months since I took the Nursing Licensure Exam in Baguio City but the results are not out yet and the people who took the said exams either getting bored at home or already got another job different from their career such as the booming industry of the call centers. Because you will need a license so that you could practive your profession, but of course we could still work but in a low-salary and not as a registered nurse. What a waste of time because of the delays, other exams like the Physical and Occupational Therapists already got their results. The Professional Regulation Commission had said on their early announcements that they are having a hard time checking the exams since there are only 10 optical scanners that could check our papers but how come other profession's exams are already out?? Hope that the agony will end as the commission had saif that they would probably release the results by the end of August and of course with at least a positive feedback to everyone who is waiting.