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"Life's not about waiting for the storms to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain."~Vivian Greene

i was right. the last weeks of the sem will be filled with all sorts of things. and i was sooo right. my chest tightens every time i receive my examination results. it's like i don't want to look at my score but i'd like to anyway because the agony of waiting is just too much. if it's painful, then strike me then and there than being in the illusion that everything is fine.


the academic load of a nursing student is not a joke. who said that it is a joke anyway? we are expected to do a lot of things.... and it's just now that i realize that the course i took is not really easy. swear.. .it's just now that i have seen the depth of the things that are expected from me as a student of this course.

i then remember a friend, saying a story from another friend... he said that our course is not really rewarding in the end. it's because we suffer a lot but then, get equal pay rates with those who took easier courses(sabi nila yun ahh).. i'm not sure of course. that could have been a hasty generalization. the thing is.... if something is giving you too much to bear, sometimes you can't help but think if everything is worth it and it is easier to believe those kinds of stories.


since from the start, i have already written these kinds of blog. baka di maiwasan pag nahihirapan o pag nalulungkot o pag kinakabahan.. and since before, i already have the answer... money isn't everything. and this kind of course requires understanding, passion and dedication... and sometimes, one can't help but feel bad or depressed or frustrated... but in the end, the saying that "winners are not those who never fail but those who never give up" holds true to its thought.. and yes, in the end, everything will be okay. sometimes, it is just tiring and much stressfull to think of the consequences when you're not even sure if they will really happen... it's better to let GOd take over and be in charge. right?


i really believe that i must keep on saying my once favorite line: "i'll just cross the bridge when i get there" because really, worrying about the future just spoils the present--the present that can be full of happiness if just seen from its real colors. masrap naman maging masaya. kung magkakaproblema ako, bakit ko pa papaagahin? di ba?


a smile isn't hard to give.. and i've read before that faking it can really make it....if you fake a smile to yourself and try it on your face, afterwards, you'll really feel better... well, the case is you should not do it in front of others. haha nagaattempt ako magjoke :P :))


i'd like to share a poem,..


a poem that's so beautiful, that it can make people realize a lot of things.

WEATHER REPORT

~BJ Gallagher
"Any day I'm vertical

is a good day"...

that's what I always say.
If you ask me,

"How are you?"
I'll answer, "GREAT!"

because in saying so,

I make it so.
When Life gives me dark clouds and rain,

I appreciate the moisture

that brings a soft curl to my hair.
When Life gives me sunshine,

I gratefully turn my face up

to feel its warmth on my cheeks.
When Life brings fog,

I hug my sweater around me

and give thanks for the cool shroud of mystery

that makes the familiar seem different and intriguing.
When Life brings snow,

I dash outside to catch the first flakes on my tongue,

relishing the icy miracle that is a snowflake.
Life's events and experiences

are like the weather -

they come and go,

no matter what my preference.
So, what the heck?!

I might as well decide to enjoy them.
For indeed,

there IS a time for every purpose

under Heaven.
And each season brings its own unique blessings.

>dito muna kayo mag tune in mga koia at ayyteh.. :) i'll be focusing on this site muna for 2009... :)

God bless :)

Oras na ba para mag review ka? ü

Really, I wanted to feature one of my professors on this blog. But I decided not to. Coz he's gonna fail about 100+ students lol

Finals is coming up! And I know most of you are wondering how the hell am i going to review?! E pano tinatamad na tayo di ba?(because we don't feel really motivated to clear our heads off of those puffy clouds and review.) It is not that I am too lax on my studies. I just dont feel like it...

What is it like to review? I mean, really review? I cannot possibly expect everyone to share the same review strategy with the one effective with me. But anyway here is mine...

During Exams

>I read alot of english pocketbooks...
*for me, my pick up mechanism is enhanced by anything i read which requires understanding... and it has to have a story

>I eat alot of bananas
*add banana loaf to that.. lakatan dapat ung banana. and they say that banana enhances one's memory capacity :)

>I drink flax seed oil
* it is said to boost the memory of a person

>I cram
* this one is very effective to me, but not to most. My eyes will just pass at the paper then I'll sleep. when I wake up.. I review... I dunno why but when i read the paper the next day, i feel like i am already so familiar with it. Remember, effective to ME... test this one first alryt? :)

>I eat alot. I satisfy my cravings
* I give in to my cravings.Donut, buko juice, lays, doritos, chukulet anything yummy lol

> Do you know what cobra is? It is a drink na binibenta on local stores.
* No, i do not drink that. Well I did. One time haha.. That's because people had told me that I won't be able to sleep if im gonna drink that... The opposite had happened. Once I saw the pillow, I was snoozing. lol So it is not effective to me. wala akong napala wahhaa PITY i was really plannin to review every effin thing by heart hayy

>Drink coffee and eat chukulets haha
* chukulets contain sugar to boost your energy. Coffee to stay awake. E pano yan pang Gloria Jeans lang aq whahha jukness. I dont like coffee...

**It is only now in college that I encounter a problemof sleeping too much!

When I was in HS, I have a really bad case if insomia, so I sleep 3 or super 2 hours a day. Hay.. I was then thinking of how am i going to sleep... things got crazy eww

We should have our own startegy when it cums to studying.You should discover a technique that is applicable to you. This what i really want as a final word on this post. This is the favorite line on the SHT book of the prof i was talking about. It says...

hnde naman naten kelangang gawing matalino ang tao. Likas silang matalino. Ang kailangan lang iwasan nilang gawin ang mga bagay na nagpapabobo sa kanila.

or in english..


“We don’t have to make human beings smart. They are born smart. All we have to do is to stop doing things that make them stupid”

true. For example you adapted a studying technique of another person. But that strategy is not applicable to you.You are just doing it the wrong way. You are doing sumfin that is making you stupid.. Nothing will happen to you. So think of a strategy that you've already tested and you recognized as an effective strategy for you. Use it.

Exams will be on Wednesday? So this is just alittle help to those who are also having their exams

Do what you are tasked to do and God will do the rest :) God Bless:)

BTW, I will be posting more in here from now on. Because the other site of mine is already flooded with blogs, reviews and comments :)
Thanks