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Nakakadalawang linggo na din kami ngayon sa Antipolo. Araw-araw tuwing Lunes hanggang Biernes eh kelangan namin gumising ng maaga para hindi kami mahuli sa call time namin ng 6:30 kasi kung hindi magkaka-tardy slip kami. Ibig sabihin pag naka-tatlo kaming tardy slip my libre kaming violation. Ilan samin sinipon na, ung iba namayat na (pero natuwa naman kasi matataba sila), ung iba umitim na (ako di halata kasi maitim na ko), ung ilan nawalan ng celpon dahil nanakawan sa jeep, at lahat ay nawawalan na ng gana lalo pa nalaman namin na sa November pa kami makakapag-board exam dahil sa dami ng magtetake eh hinati na ung populasyon ng mga mageexamine. Tuwing Biernes eh minamarapat naming mag-unwind at manood ng sine sa Gateway. Napanood namin ang I Am Legend ni Will Smith nung unang linggo at ng sumunod ay ang Alvin and the Chipmunks. Pagkatapos ng aming mga duty ay isasalang naman kami sa exit interview. Sadya nga ba talagang mahirap ang kursong nursing? Kung sa bagay ang salitang "toxic" ay narinig ko lang sa mga nursing students at nurses dahil di ko narinig un na sinabi ng kapatid kong abogado kahit nung nag-aaral pa siya at nagrereview sa kayang Bar exams. Ganito ang tamang paraan ng charting na ginagawa namin para pantanggal ng toxic...

2008

I was watching the television while the world outside me was anticipating the celebration of the new year's eve. It was almost an hour before new year's eve. I fell asleep, I dozed off at our sofa. I was holding my phone, I didn't hear the alerts not even the noise of the firecrackers outside. Probably I had one bottle of beverage too much, it kicked in with the videoke songs we sang earlier that evening, my Dad, my Uncle, my cousins and some neighbors got me all woozy. I tried to get up and watch the fireworks, but I thought, what's to celebrate in the new year? It's just a day giving itself up for another day, but the only thing that makes it special is the turn of the year or maybe its tradition. A turn of a day and a turn of a year at once. Same sunrise and the same sunsets like as it was in the last 364 days. Years, months and days are constant, it's the change in us that should matter.

This year could be one the defining years in my life. I would set a milestone and not just prepare for the board exam but to pass it.

I may fail, of course... but I have faith...

"Even to your old age and gray hairs I am HE, I am HE who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." - Isaiah 46:4

Happy New Year! ^_^