it's graduation day!!

me and dad


me and dad after the graduations ceremony

waiting for my name to be called

dad, me and sis janny after the ceremony


the Godfathers posing right after the ceremony

i feel a little bit anxious

how's my hair anyways?

going to the venue

busy doing nothing

me and dad



This day is my graduation day. Words aren't enough to express of what I feel and experience this day. Tears slowly clouded my eyes as the program began. I really can' t contain it knowing that at last I AM DONE. As for now, I am just so speechless. I hope the pics would help me express my feelings. Here are some of the pics before, during and after the program.

Whirlwind week..

Wohohoho!!..dad just came early this day all the way from our bukid (i thought hapon pa sya muabot) to attend my graduation ceremony comes April 1 ('di sya excited) lol. kaya ayun.

Bueno, sa sobra na sad ka tapulan, I did not went to school for the graduation practices, imagine 5-9pm ang practice? hehe. nakahuna-huna ko nga naa napuy kumbira ila June-ann kay graduation day nila karun. (food trip na sad). Mao to. lol. i even have to sacrifice my schedule in OR completion tomorrow(sayang sad). Ayay ka, lami kayo ilahang alimango, sugba, sea foods, and of course mawala ba diay ang Lechon??hehe. nagkita-kita sad mi sa ubang mga high school classmates nako. kaon diri, kaon didto, laugh there, laugh here (argh,)
Anyways, sa week na ni, di na nako ma-hinumduman kung kapila mi gabalik balik sa practices- just repeating the thing itself- i was pissed off!! (mao to, ning absent ako for today's practice.) Nar anime marathon ako- Elfen Lied, Bleach, Prince of Tennis ug ang pinaka d best sa tanan- D. Gray-man ( xixixi, astig ni Allen Walker!!). Dugayas Naruto Shippuuden. lol
Reality Check:

Unta dili daghan ang cases ugma sa DRH-OR para sad fair kay di ko muadto sa duty completion. hehe

I made it!!

me and the rest of the speakers


It's already March, and It's been days already that I haven't updated my blog. well, it was because I was really so damn busy for the whole week since last week. so many things happened like a spark, a hurricane week to say talaga, grabe gayud yang kakapoy.

Hmm, you might wonder why, it is all because I am graduating, ayt I am, yes, I AM GRADUATING!!, and I really have to work my ass out to finish all of my requirements in fast drip motion..hehe. thesis presentation, duty extensions, make up classes, seminars, what else? of course ang Long exams- they're all done!!..

Reality check: hmm, our pictorial for the school yearbook will be this Wednesday, and i am super excited.lol. gotta trim my hair. of course, to look better and neat. lol

wow, at last

grabe, lipayay ako kay at last tapos da gayud yang kanak klase( ang that would mean, i wudn't have to wake up early, no more babad sa study, and no more allowances..huhuhu)
after those four grueling years of hard work and perseverance, eto na, I am graduating in college, or better shout it, I AM GRADUATING!!!..yahoo!!..hehe. well, times flies so fast for me, parang kelan lang. it was just as if yester\\

A Mandayan Poem

Bahay Kubo sa Banban 1995

Hain yang Kanak bāy?

Danny C. Sillada

Ga-hanap ako ng kanak bāy,

Pero hain sa yang kanak bāy?

Sang butay, sang subâ, sang lungsod,

Sang lawod yaga anod-anod?

Yang mga ompô ga-laong:

Yang bāy ta amā ng ba’ong

Bisan unān pa ngini ka duõm

Kit-an sa gihapon yang dawom!

Madaya man o mahilawod

Modag-sâ gihapon sang bungtod;

Hanapon mo man o dili,

Molotaw yang kinabuhi!

Kung hain man ako ya-gikan

Amo yang kanak piyag-panawan?

Ngadto sang tumoy ng kalibutan,

Yang pag-hanap ko way utlanan…

Pero hain sa yang kanak bāy:

Ya-anod, ya-dagsâ sang baybay?

‘Kung ikit-an mo da yang kanmo bāy,

Lang-a ako daw hain mosubay…’

Translation:

Where is my Home?

I’m searching for a home,

but where is my home?

In the mountains, planes and rivers,

drifting into the sea?

The town’s elders once said:

a home is like a coconut shell –

no matter how bleak it is inside

you’ll feel at home even in its darkness!

You may drift upstream or downstream,

you’ll always find an open shore;

searching or not searching,

life will always find a path to follow!

Whatever reason why I’m here,

is the same reason why I wander far-off?

Into the distant corners of the world,

my search for a home is endless…

But where is my home:

lost, drifted and washed ashore?

‘If you have already found your home,

please, tell me what trail to follow…’

Personally, this is one of my favorite poems. Not only because it was composed in my native tongue but also it reminds of me of the person very close to my heart- My MAMA. Wherever life takes me, Nobody can hinder me from following the path I have chosen.

another hectic week

Last week was a hell (exams, you know). and this week is going to be yet another hell. and YES!!

-exam was over
-my PCI(Practicing Clinical Instructor) Rotation is coming to its end
-case defense was finished
-PCI notebook is still in progress
-never mind..
at least, last week was a good weeeekkk.
Putting aside my medical books and hospital duties i went to a comedy show with some friends hoping to put some life in our decaying nursing lives. my 200php was all worth it.

I didn't go to school today not because it's Student's day but because I'm still finishing my PCI notebook, and I'm having difficulty of just doing it up. tomorrow's the seminar of the Group 4.. Good luck guys. still have so many things to catch up this week..huhu..

Reality check:
Gotta be doing a paper jog to make up for my absent this day!!
Pancreoticojejunostomy is the opening of the pancreatic duct and anastomosing it side to side in the jejunum

What is LOVE??..

A group of professional people posed this question to group of 4-to-8-year-olds: "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think ...

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn`t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That`s love." - Rebecca, age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth." - Billy, age 4

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." - Chrissy, age 6

"Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don`t yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings." - Samantha, age 7

"Love is what makes you smile when you`re tired." - Terri, age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." - Danny, age 7

"Love is what`s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." - Bobby, age 5

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." - Nikka, age 6

"Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no" - Patty, age 8

"When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you`re scared they won`t love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more." - Matthew, age 7

"There are two kinds of love. Our love. God`s love. But God makes both kinds of them." - Jenny, age 8

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." -Noelle, age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." - Tommy, age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn`t scared anymore." - Cindy, age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don`t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." - Clare, age 5

"Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken." - Elaine, age 5

"Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." - Chris, age 8

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." - Mary Ann, age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." - Lauren, age 5

I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her." - Bethany, age 4

"Love cards like Valentine`s cards say stuff on them that we`d like to say ourselves, but we wouldn`t be caught dead saying." - Mike, age 8

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." - Karen, age 7

"You really shouldn`t say `I love you` unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." - Jessica, age 8

"God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the cross, but He didn`t. That`s love." - Max, age 5