Entries for June, 2009

June 6th, 2009

Unemployed and loving it.

Posted by scarlet_hue at 06:14 PM on June 6, 2009.

Nope, I am not jobless because of the economy. Rather, I am jobless because I chose to be. How awesome is it that even in this state of economic depression worldwide, neverending job offers seem to flock me? St. Lukes Hospital keeps peppering my phone with messages; Makati Medical Center calling at our house, my mom's office and my dad's office; Philippine Blood Center trying to seduce me with their tempting salary offer; and lots (and lots) more. These hospitals really must be desperate for an RMT. I mean, 20 thousand plus pesos as starting pay? And for a rookie too! Yet our neighbor who's a nurse for almost 6 years is still struggling with only almost 15 thousand a month. WTH?

But despite the delicious offers being served up to me, I still opted to turn them all down just to keep myself unemployed. How cool is that shit, huh? Lol.

Just in case you've been wondering, I did not hole myself up in a secluded cave in some far away isla and lived the past few months in rags and tiki-torches ala Survivor/Lost. (Though I wish I could have spent it that way...COCONUTS! hehe.) During the 6 (or more) months I had been away I was actually being a responsible citizen contributing to society by being a professional healthcare worker working in some nearby private hospital until I resigned last March. The pay is not really great, but hey, it's not bad for a 'meantime' job. At least I get to have shopping money every week.. or would-have-been shopping money, at least. You know, when I think about it, it strikes me as odd. Back in the days when I was a dirt-poor (lol) college student, I would always tell myself that when I get a job and start earning money i'd buy this, i'd buy that. But when that time had finally come, I realized that I didn't want to spend my money at all. Instead, I gave most of my pay to my mom and kept only enough to get me through the week. (Payday is every tuesday, btw.) I don't know... maybe it's maturity on my part or maybe I just wasn't in the mood for some spending bonanza but if you'd ask me, I never had a single ounce of regret for what I did. It's just money anyway. I'd still earn lots of it, right? :D

Aherm. Speaking of earning money, how in the world am I gonna do so now that I am without a job for almost a month? Good question. Actually, my current state of unemployment is just as temporary as when I was employed. Because this coming june I'm going to med school. Yaaaay! :D

I'm super excited about going to med school mainly because of two reasons: a.) It's my lifetime dream to become a doctor and b.) I got admitted in a really prestigious medical University that's practically a stone-throw away from our house. So yup, this is really it. I know it's gonna be tough and I'm not supposed to be all giddy about it, but I swear i'd do my best. So wish me luck, okay? I might need it.

Okay, rant over. I'm going back to playing The Sims 2 while i'm still a useless bum this summer. I'm actually writing a sim story with my teens as the cast. The plot is kinda like a cross between Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill. Yeah, it sounds really cheezy but i'm just writing it for my personal satisfaction so leave me alone. Bleh. >

I'll post some pictures of my simmies when i finally get the shots i need. It's gonna be faaantastic. XD

~Later!

Currently listening to: A Cursive memory - Everything
Currently feeling: geeky

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June 27th, 2009

Golda's Anatomy

Posted by scarlet_hue at 07:44 AM on June 27, 2009.

Ahh, it's been 2 weeks since classes started. And I must say those 2 weeks had taught me a lot of things.

On Studying

I passed my Pre-med course without studying much at all. Really, even when there's a major exam coming up i'd still play Online games until morning. Then i'd just cram all my notes (handouts) in my head in the jeepney on my way to school. That was unhealthy, yes, but at least it got me this far.

But try doing that in Med? Tsk tsk. You're gonna get burned.

Studying in FEU turned my study habit upside down, as in totally overhauled. But i think it's a good change, since Med is really hard. I now study for at least 2 hours every night without forcing myself to and even without the motivation of an upcoming exam for the next day. I'm actually proud of myself. And for the record, i haven't stayed for more than an hour for a day in front of my beloved PC. *beams* I guess it's time to get really serious about things, huh? :D

Medicine is a whole new battleground now, and i will do my veeeeryyyy best (more emphasis to the very LOL) just to make it out the war alive. The competition will be tough, since almost half of my classmates are either from UP or graduated cumm laude, but I won't be defeated so easily. Aba, i graduated cumm lande no, so there. Try and me beat me at that, lol.

Newfound friends

Actually, i'm quite popular in my class. Almost all of my classmates know my name. o_O Probably because my name is Golda (which strikes the not-so-funny bones of the geek squad) or because i'm an RMT. Medicine and Medical Technology overlap on some aspects and people think i know everything.... which is soooo not true. I'm as new to Med as a newly blossomed flower on the first day of spring. I don't like to be presented with the 'expectation' card, please. :/

So anyways, i found new (and old) friends to hang out with. We're a bunch of four now. The two of them are from UP and the other one used to be my underclassling back on MCU. They're pretty fun to be with and they help boost (although indirectly) my study drive. The UP girls study hard (as in hardcore-paper burning-zit sprouting-hard.) and the MCU guy kinda looks up to me, so it's safe to say that they're part of the force that compels me to study hard as well. It's only been 2 weeks, but i know this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Books and every other financially concerned thingy/ies.

Graah, they're so effin' expensive! Just the study manuals costs at least 600 php each when it looks almost the same as my MCU manuals which only costed me 200-300. Not to mention the essential textbooks which costs about 2000+++ each. So when they said that studying Med is gonna be an expensive affair, they weren't exaggerating at all. v_v

Photocopies are basically the life essence of students, but when they cost 2 pesos a page... it actually kills us. Well, me at least.

Eating lunch always costs me more than 100 now compared to the 40-50 php combos we used to have on our school canteen in MCU. FEU has no canteen. And it bothers me to no end that i'll have to eat at the FCM mall everyday for 4 years. I miss the dear old carinderias sa likod ng MCU.

Foren-gers.

We have 4 of them in our class alone, and i think we have about 20+ (or more?) foreigners studying with us in FEU. One of them is my seatmate. After 2 whole hours of sitting beside him in microHSB lab, i realized one thing. I can't understand american slang. But i'm starting to get used to it. Well, i need to get used to it. He'll be my seatmate for the rest of my stay in FEU so God help me. Hahaha. Nosebleed galore!

But aside from the fact that he can't get rid of his slang even if his life depended on it, he's actually very nice. And handsome (wahahah) to boot. He really tries his best to make me feel comfortable with him and compliments me on almost everything i do. Just imagine my heart already deflated and dying from all the heartfart i make when i'm with him. LOL. :D

Examinations

Shifting exams are cruel. Not only that they're hard, but also takes place during lunch time. How can they teach us all about Physiology when they're violating our physiological needs? :O

***

Yup yup. It's only been 2 weeks. Something tells me i'm going to have loads of fun in the future.

I'm looking forward to it. :D

Currently listening to: Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
Currently reading: Medical Physiology - Guyton and Hall
Currently feeling: exhausted

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June 28th, 2009

So long, kid.

Posted by scarlet_hue at 06:24 PM on June 28, 2009.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20090625-212430/Orgy-gone-awry-seen-in-teeners-death

Benjamin Peralta, we have never spoken formally but you mattered a lot to my bestfriend. For almost every moment that we get to talk to each other, he'd instantly complain to me how incredibly stupid and inane you were. But i'd just laugh it off and go along with him, because like I said, I never knew you personally. Yes, sometimes we'd stare at each other in silent recognition but we had never exchanged words. Not even a simple Hi nor a Hello. Yet, somehow, i feel affected by your passing. You were still too young, you have yet to enjoy life. You were a handsome kid, too bad i won't ever see you bloom into a better man anymore. I'm really sorry for you and all of those you left behind. I pray that where ever you are now, you'd find the peace you never found here. So long, kid.

"Igi, ano ba sa English yung manliligaw? Switor ba yun?"

Bye Benji.

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