I jinxed it. I jinxed it big time. Moments after wishing to have a benign last duty, here I am at 2:30 am, wide awake while waiting for the last patient to come in for the CT scan. At 2 freaking 30 a.m. This is terrible! Even my first year dutymates have told me how this has never happened before! Patients scheduled for CT scan at 2 am? Who in the world schedules a non-STAT diagnostic imaging at this very ungodly hour? =S I may not really want to go into the field of Radiology but at least one thing I learned from my rotation is when to schedule patients the most humane way. I can’t seem to understand why there are consultants who wake patients up at the wee hours of the morning to undergo an elective procedure such as this. If I were the patient, I’d get angry for my interrupted sleep/rest time. =S Good thing that today is the last time I’ll be staying up late to wait for patients. I can’t do this for another duty day unless I’m looking for a very quick weight loss program - quick but very unhealthy.

It’s my last duty as a Radiology intern today and I’m hoping to be benign. I remember how I always end up really busy on my last duty during a rotation back in clerkship. There was even a time when I had to do ambubagging three times in one night… two of which happened to be social service patients. How toxic is that? Good thing that this is a private hospital where I’m doing my internship otherwise, I would have ended up doing the ambubagging the whole tour of my duty if it were a government-run hospital where mechanical ventilators are worth a gem. Although I would have saved a lot of apidexin, I’d end up sick and wrinkled doing ambubagging every duty! Who would want that?!?!?

I am so close to crying. I broke out after I started my glycolic peel treatment recently. You see, for glycolic peel to work its wonders, you have to peel religiously - something which I have not done regularly despite having my own peeling set at the comforts of my own home. What I did to save money was to buy a peeling set then just have my facial cleaning treatment done after at my favorite facial spa to prevent major breakouts - again, something which I failed to do last week. Now, I’m suffering from these huge zits all over. I really badly want to cry now. :’( We’ll be having our pictorial for the yearbook two weeks from now and no can I face those high-end digital cameras aka DSLRs in this mess. Wah. What to do? What to do? :’(

I was browsing online, looking for office furniture accessories when I came across her facebook profile. Although it was shielded from the prying eyes of the public, to a cyberstalker (like me? hehe), nothing is impossible. And that’s how I learned the news of the day. Think your profile, pictures and what-have-yous are private and protected? Think again. Some of your friends may not be as meticulous with privacy issues like you and they may post your pictures and information for (my?) stalking eyes to digest. =P

It’s been a while since I tried to find out how she’s been doing and although she was a part of my closed-book past, I still can’t get past that “I-loathe-her” feeling despite it all. Some may argue that I should forgive and forget. I may have forgiven her for what she did but truthfully, it’s hard to forget how she and this other person had fooled me for almost three years before I finally found out - again through a social networking site - that I had been being played all along. It’s easy to forgive, but, sadly, to erase the bitterness of the wrongdoing takes a lot of time to process especially if there were broken trusts involved. =(

Well, perhaps learning how she’s married now and very much happy in this new chapter of her life would help me heal the wounds of a broken trust much faster than it should. Sure hope so.

Has anyone else noticed how almost everyone is into running and marathons lately? It’s so evident in facebook where even my non-health conscious friends seem to have gotten into the hype. The question is, how long will this last?
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I’ve always wanted to enroll myself in a gym - not to lose weight (I don’t even need weight loss pills!) - but to get fit. But it’s only today when I finally had the time to enroll in one. In my search for a gym, I realized the scarcity for fitness gyms along the St. Luke’s QC area. I can name three that I came across with during my web search: Planet Infinity, City Lifestyle and Pinnacle Health Pointe. After much ado (and after considering my budget =) ), I got a membership at Pinnacle Health Pointe at Php 999/month. The membership includes use of gym equipments, fitness classes and use of wet areas in their spa. As a member, you are also entitled to enjoy discounts when you avail of their spa services. I can’t say much about their equipments. They ain’t Gold’s Gym after all, but they’re good enough if all you want is something to use. The place is also rather small, thus it can easily be packed at peak hours. Actually I can’t really say much about them yet ‘coz I just started a few weeks ago. But for sure joining one of their classes is at the top of my list. =D

Here’s to good health!

And the soaring Blue Eagles bow down to the Tamaraws in their first loss for UAAP Season 73 with a score of 72-69 in favor of FEU Tamaraws. Breaths were held as Nico Salva tried to tie the score at 71-all in the last few seconds of the game with a not-so-futile lay-up, but it was not his moment to shine. A free throw in the last 0.04 seconds of the game (yes, you read that right) sealed the victory for FEU.

No doubt, the action-packed game thrilled all basketball aficionados. I wish I could have said the same for my alma mater but their 80-62 loss against host team De La Salle on their first-ever UAAP game this season was a heartbreaking and terribly embarrassing one.

Still, it’s very early to predict my team would be a bottom-dweller once again this season. After all, rookie Mike Silungan has shown much potential at the pre-season games. If there’s cure for hair loss, then there’s hope for a perennial bottom-dweller. =D