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No More Jean

I just knew that Jean Capotorto from the band Tim & Jean stepped down from it. I’m quite sad. The band is now called The Lazy Calm which has four members including Tim and the three people who were with them throughout their journey.

I’ll still listen to the band though.

Cool Down

I decided to sleep over at Maissie’s place because our house is 1 hour and 30 minutes away from the bus station and the bus will leave at 7:00 a.m.

Upon arriving at almost 8:00 pm in Punta Princessa, she immediately asked me to help her in painting the shirts that we will be using for our shoot.

My friend mixing textile paints:

We finished painting the shirts (except one since the two of us were very sleepy and tired) around 3 o'clock in the morning.

We decided to meet with the others at SM City Cebu at 6:30 am but Maissie woke up around 6, so instead, we decided to go directly to the North Bus Terminal. Kean met up with us in Maissie’s house and the three of us rode a taxi bound for the terminal. The bus ride took almost 4 hours before we arrived in Daanbantayan. We purchased our tickets for the barge and it took another hour for us to arrive at Santa Fe, Bantayan Island.

Bigs, our hostess, was already in the pier when we arrived. We used their pick-up truck in going to her uncle’s resort. Food for lunch was so good! There was pork barbecue, crabs (bought by Kean), caldereta, etc. After eating, we then changed to our costumes for the shoot.

Extra poses after the shoot:

Before supper, we went to a store a few meters away to buy some drinks. We stayed their for awhile because it started to rain and we did not bring umbrellas with us. We decided to return to the beach house even though it was still raining, but we stopped over at another store because a friend of ours bought some cigs. When the rain stopped, we went directly to the place we were staying.

The house was packed with people because Bigs’s mom was celebrating in advance her birthday. So, we decided to have a boodle fight for supper! The scenario below was taken minutes after we devoured the different foods that were served. It was one of the most palatable and enjoyable suppers that I’ve experienced! The dried and salted fishes, carbonara, lechon, etc. were very delicious!

After we cleaned the place, we took a bath and changed into our pyjamas.

We then proceeded to the beach front to start a bonfire and play some cards. Maissie and Steffi treated us to some drinks for their birthdays. I only drank a couple of shots because I’m really not into this stuff.

I did not join the game since I was tired and I really wanted to lie down. After a couple of minutes, I went to the bathroom inside the bedroom to pee. I decided to lie down on the bed because I was really very sleepy. I didn’t know how many minutes passed but I suddenly felt someone hitting me with their hands! It was Stacy, asking me to wake up and join them again on the beach. I obliged and joined them again. This happened twice, and it was Steffi this time who woke me up and asked me to join the game of dares. We went together to the beach front but I declined to join the game.

The group woke up at around 7 and all of us except Stacy and I swam in the beach. We then ate breakfast and packed our things. We ate at Bigs’s canteen in Bantayan Proper for our lunch. After which, Kean, Bigs (for Queenie) and I bought dried fish at the market, ¼ for 110 Pesos. We also visited Bigs’s house which has the “rich vibes” to it. We returned to the beach house to get our things and then headed towards the port. We said our goodbyes and thank-you’s to our sponsors after they dropped us at the pier.

The sea was calm at first but in the middle of the journey, it started to rain and waves were crashing the barge. It was not really that scary for the group (and me because I was already used to travelling on a barge). Fortunately, we arrived safely in San Remegio!

The experience was really great and I am very grateful to Bigs and her family for the hospitality they showed us!

October 21-23, 2012

Basic Life Support

We had our BLS Training Seminar on October 16-17, 2012 at Vicento Sotto Memorial Medical Center Auditorium and Southern Islands, respectively.

The first day was basically about the concepts regarding Basic Life Support. The whole day consisted of lectures from different doctors and speakers. It was not only my batchmates that were there but also a couple of workers from VSMMC. The food was served every 2-3 hours, so it was great. The group was divided into three. I was part of the group that will be having the practical exam the day after. The rest was distributed on Thursday and Friday. A written exam was given to us after all the lectures.

On the next day, we had all of the 4 practical exams: Foreign Body Airway Obstruction in Children/Adults, CPR for Children/Adults, Foreign Body Airway Obstruction in Infants and CPR for Infants. The group was divided into 2. Our instructor first taught us FBAO and CPR for infants, the other group got into the children/adults. After finishing it, we did the other category. The food, again, was served every 2-3 hours.

The experience was really great! It feels so good to learn how to help people in cases of emergency.

I got 100 points each for the four exams. We also learned our scores for the written test, and I got 45/50. My over-all score for the whole training was 96%!

We had our evaluation for our RLE in Ward II-PPA today.

According to our clinical instructor, I got her attention because I know how to manage my time in the area and I know how to organize things. I was speechless for a second because I really didn’t know that what I did was worth a complement.

It was really unexpected. Thank you so much, Miss Esmas!!

I’m always losing control with that

This isn’t even about romantic love or cheating on exams or whatnot. I’m not going to state here on what I’m losing control on. It is personal and doesn’t involve offending anyone.

It’s just that I keep on doing this thing and I greatly regret doing it every single time I’m done doing it. I always say that it’s the last time I will succumb to the act but then I do it again and again.

I have prayed many times to ask help from Him. And I will continue doing it. I know that I need to exert extra effort this time.

I hope that yesterday was the last. It’s getting very, very, frustrating.

“Sour graping”

I do not understand why one should pretend to not care for something he aspires just because he cannot have it or he did not get it. I even prefer it if one pours what he feels over the unfortunate circumstance rather than showing the opposite of what one feels. Feeling bad about the situation is not a sign of weakness. Just let it out.

After which, you can laugh it off. You can even sour grape jokingly at this time.

I’m not hitting on anybody, this is just what I think. And quite frankly, this act irks the life out of me.