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Isang Thorazine Ka Lang!

So ok, it's 1:00am and I am freezing cold. I'm wearing a hoodie and a pair of socks yet still I feel like I'm trapped in an igloo or something. I'm currently taking my break from my (ulk) review. I decided to post some gibberish here since Friendster (my usual break thing) is on maintenance.

People often ask me how my review is going and all I can say is namamaga na utak ko, I swear. Someone please paki pasakan ako ng line ng Mannitol. Sukang suka na pati ako sa mga gamot at sa mga side effects kaya please kindly hand me some Phenergan. Kaasar! Ang hirap imemorize ng mga gamot!!! Magkaka alta presyon na ata ako at kailangan ko na uminom ng Capoten. I like Pharma but sadly it doesn't like me back at itong subject na to ang lowest ko in college ( that was Junior year). I got an 84 in Pharmacology (Yes, St. Paul schools don't use 1, 2, 3...that kinda thingamajigy grading. Instead we use old school-high school grading in percentage). Not true that I flunked on most of the tests but I did miss some of the quizzes which automatically ay bagsak ako. Oh did I mention that I got suspended in college for 5 days? Long story. I'll just post about it in the future.

Moving on, I wish I had powers na I would put my hand on top a book and magically be able to memorize its contents at once. That would be sweet. That would mean that I don't need to read and reread stuff about medication for ten times. Memorizing pa naman is not my strong point. Come to think of it, I have no strong point! Just kidding. Analysis siguro (uy feeling!). haha but stupid me, I have to know which is which first before I analyze anything right?

Plus I hate studying alone. I always get motivated when I have someone with me who's doing a similar task. Albeit I admit that I'm not a studious person, when I do decide to study lagi akong may kasama. That's why I liked it in the dorm kasi alam ko na pag sa bahay ako tatamadin lang ako unlike sa there mahihiya ako sa mga classmate ko na nag-aaral tapos ako pabanjing-banjing lang or sila nagpupuyat tapos ako knock-out na. Although kadalasan nakikipagdate pa din ako kahit na maraming test at requirement at pakalat kalat sa RP. Kailangan laging masaya and may time for fun! Arriba sa lovelife! haha.

And to top it all off, mahirap mag-aral ng hindi inspired! Haay buhay!

If I get through this and I pass, I promise na I would be a better daughter, sister, friend, girlfriend, citizen (pati ito kasama haha). Lord, PLEASE let me pass and I swear that I would be forever indebted... Now that's what I call bargaining!!! haha. Kaya kayo, people who are reading this, kindly be good friends and pray for me that I pass the nclex. I'm getting all jittery now.

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For all those who left tags, I will get back to you after my so-called Hiatus. Till then, au revoir.

Labels: nclex, random thoughts

romancing perfection at 1:05:00 AM

In Hiatus

Friends I just hafta take a much needed break from going online. The geek in me takes over when I'm in front of a computer that my brain goes on hyperdrive that at the end of the day I find myself too lazy to even open my NCLEX reviewer. I won't post here for a month or so but I'll still visit my favorite blogs. Don't delete me on your blogroll! haha and please pray for me on my upcoming licensure exam.

Wish me all the luck!

Labels: nclex

romancing perfection at 8:15:00 AM

Lucky

I'm proud of myself.

Last night when I stopped reviewing I found myself at page 208 of the thickest book I've attempted to read from cover to cover in my whole life. It's the book I'm reading for the NCLEX exam: Elsevier: Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN by Linda Silvestri.

the magical book: a must read for my fellow NCLEX reviwers

It does have 1264 pages but atleast there's just about another thousand more pages to go right and roughly 57 chapters more to read. Not bad. I'm doing good with my studying but I surely can do better. Slacker pa din ako as compared to some. I'm just not the studying type kahit dati pa ako yung tipong nakikinig ng maigi sa klase at hindi nag-aaral. I would only study for big exams like midterms, periodicals and such. Pero here I am facing the biggest exam ever sa buhay ko that would either make or break my career at eto ako't nagsusumikap mag-aral. My batchmates back in the Philippines kung hindi bum eh nagwwork na mostly sa call center while waiting for the result of the local board exams. Sometimes naiinggit ako kasi sila may work na while ako still reviewing (by myself). It's as if feeling ko napag iwanan ako and sila they're having a blast and having the grandest time of their lives sa Pinas. But come to think of it, isn't that every BSN grad's dream is to go to the states and be able to work here? Well eto na ko! Walang kahirap hirap na nakarating sa Amerika. People would always tell me how lucky I am, lucky that I'm an immigrant with all its perks. Sure maswerte ako but I still think maswerte din ang mga taong nasa Pilipinas. Being here and being there has its ups and downs. It's a matter of perspective and it can be lonely here sometimes. But atleast I can already see my goal's end and just a wee bit more push would get me past the finish line. I could already taste the sweetness of victory.

Malapit na kong maging RN!

Labels: nclex

romancing perfection at 10:45:00 AM

Pressure Defined

Thanks for to everyone who voted for me last week at dahil 3rd place ako (not bad sa 1st time nomination) I'm still in the run for being CG's Filipino Blog of the Week but now for week 65 na! So go go go! Vote for me ROMANCINGVENUS Poll's at the sidebar. <<<<

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Ano ang pananaw mo sa salitang pressure?

Yesterday my sister-in-law, ate Charry, just received news from the California Board of Nursing that she friggin passed the NCLEX! At first take! Mind you that there's roughly only 60+% of foreign country based grads who pass that darn test for the first time as compared sa mga dito naggraduate na 80+%. Her test stopped at no. 75 (the minimum no. of test items) at pumasa sya. Pakshet! Ang galing nyaaaaaa! I'm so happy for her. Oh she cried when she called her dad to report the good news and thanked everyone for their prayers. Ano ba naman nakakapagtaka dun? Eh hello? HS valedictorian sya. UP Cum Laude pa. Scholar pa sya sa Arellano (where she earned her BSN degree, 2nd courser sya). Hinakot na nya lahat! Duguan ang kalaban.

Then she called my mom.

Ate Charry: Mommy, nurse na po ako! (sabay singit kuya ko)
Kuya: Mommy, asawa na po ako ng nurse! (they talked for a while bago pinasa sakin)
Mommy: (to me) O ikaw mag-aral ka na. Wag kang pabigat jan nurse na si ate Charry mo. Kailangan ikaw din pumasa ka at one take. Nakakahiya sa mga kapatid mo jan...

Now I can define pressure. It's not to say that I'm not happy. Sus me! Napaka sama ko namang tao kung hindi ako matutuwa at sarili ko lang ang iisipin ko pero in all honesty napressure din ako. All eyes are on me now most epecially at tapos na ang kalbaryo ni ate Charry at pumasa na siya. Ako naman ngayon. Malapit na ang September, inaantay na ko ng NCLEX. Sana ako din pagtanggap ko ng letter it would say na I passed the test. How I wish na maiyak din ako tuwa that I could exclaim to my mom, "Mommy, nurse na ko! Whoooooh!," that I could thank my friends for their support and prayers and tell them the good news, that I could hug ate, ate Charry and kuya not because I need comfort but because I want to share with them all the happiness welling up inside me.

At yan ang rason kung bakit hindi ako nakakapagpost as often as I want sa blog ko. It's because I want to make all those things happen. It's not suffice to just dream about it and wish with all my might for it to happen. Kahit pa I have no patience whatsoever sa pag-aaral kailangan ko magsumikap. Besides things like lab Values, therapeutic diets, and how to's in telemetry reading won't and will never magically pop into my head. I am pressured. Pressure sans surrender. I'm not about to give up. Pray for me.

Labels: good times, nclex

romancing perfection at 11:56:00 AM