Today is...
... actually August 2, 2004.
but this was written yesterday, while i was on duty @ the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. with a designation like that, and being an intern that i am, you'd think i perform a very vital task related to patient care while stationed there. far from it. so what is there to do when you're stuck in a dead end duty post such as "manong" central?
i could rant about how you didn't study for 4 years in Med proper, toiling to get to internship and just performing menial tasks such as bringing specimens to and from the laboratory (from the 4th floor, you'd have to go down to the 1st floor before climbing up again to the 2nd floor to reach the lab, just because the administration saw it fit to bar the most accesible route...), following up on the results, doing your best to procure vials from other wards because of the lack of supplies in the NICU.
on the other hand, it is quite a "benign" post, you're able to free up up tp 2-3 hours in between your "manong" rounds. this provides an opportunity to catch up on your reading, academic or otherwise. in my case, i bought the day's issue of the inquirer, practically reading it from cover to cover. so now i know that the pink sisters are online, ready to accomodate our prayer requests via their website. there's the news about gracia burnham apparently clearing the military of any shady correspondence witht the abu sayyaf. a controversy's brewing regarding restoration of a mural inside the EDSA shrine without the original artist's involvement or permission. ateneo is now 5-0, (woohoo!) even without captain larry fonacier, who's out for the season with an injury. hehe, pati yung gulo ng mga barreto sa showbiz pinatulan ko! not that i'm saying it's beyond me to peruse the entertainment section every once in a while, hehe.
after seemingly soaking up on every little bit of info from the paper, i proceeded to tackle the day's crossword, which i didn't get to complete. i had to stop when i couldn't avoid peeking @ the answer key, haha! "low EQ ka na D Lo!" i could almost hear my (former) blockmate/crossword puzzle buddy/fellow miniature toy enthusiast Johann Leonardia say...
what to do in a dead end post, apart from ranting and raving and sleeping? i decided to channel my energies to something creative, and this is part of that endeavor. oh, i had planned on writing at least 3-4 pages worth of stories or poems or anything, but just kinda fell short. way short! ending up with just one poem.
so there, tell me what you think, my audience of none. till next time...
but this was written yesterday, while i was on duty @ the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. with a designation like that, and being an intern that i am, you'd think i perform a very vital task related to patient care while stationed there. far from it. so what is there to do when you're stuck in a dead end duty post such as "manong" central?
i could rant about how you didn't study for 4 years in Med proper, toiling to get to internship and just performing menial tasks such as bringing specimens to and from the laboratory (from the 4th floor, you'd have to go down to the 1st floor before climbing up again to the 2nd floor to reach the lab, just because the administration saw it fit to bar the most accesible route...), following up on the results, doing your best to procure vials from other wards because of the lack of supplies in the NICU.
on the other hand, it is quite a "benign" post, you're able to free up up tp 2-3 hours in between your "manong" rounds. this provides an opportunity to catch up on your reading, academic or otherwise. in my case, i bought the day's issue of the inquirer, practically reading it from cover to cover. so now i know that the pink sisters are online, ready to accomodate our prayer requests via their website. there's the news about gracia burnham apparently clearing the military of any shady correspondence witht the abu sayyaf. a controversy's brewing regarding restoration of a mural inside the EDSA shrine without the original artist's involvement or permission. ateneo is now 5-0, (woohoo!) even without captain larry fonacier, who's out for the season with an injury. hehe, pati yung gulo ng mga barreto sa showbiz pinatulan ko! not that i'm saying it's beyond me to peruse the entertainment section every once in a while, hehe.
after seemingly soaking up on every little bit of info from the paper, i proceeded to tackle the day's crossword, which i didn't get to complete. i had to stop when i couldn't avoid peeking @ the answer key, haha! "low EQ ka na D Lo!" i could almost hear my (former) blockmate/crossword puzzle buddy/fellow miniature toy enthusiast Johann Leonardia say...
what to do in a dead end post, apart from ranting and raving and sleeping? i decided to channel my energies to something creative, and this is part of that endeavor. oh, i had planned on writing at least 3-4 pages worth of stories or poems or anything, but just kinda fell short. way short! ending up with just one poem.
so there, tell me what you think, my audience of none. till next time...
posted by D-Lo at 8/02/2004 04:33:00 PM
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