(from: http://www.livescience.com/health/top_10_good_food_bad.html)
we better think thrice on loading too much of these stuff again!
Fish, cereal, yogurt and other basic food can be very healthy, until it is corrupted in the hands of food manufacturers. The more food is processed, the unhealthier it becomes. The healthiest foods have no list of ingredients. They are what they are. Here we present 10 healthy foods gone bad. -Christopher Wanjek
10. FISH STICKS
The fish part is usually pollock, rather healthy. The stick part seems to be the remaining 20 ingredients listed on the box, which aren't so healthy. Doctors have been advising people to eat more fish for years, because they are high in healthy fats and low in unhealthy fats compared to beef and pork. Yet when you buy processed fish products or when you order deep-fried fish from a fast-food joint, the bad starts to outweigh the good.
9. YOGURT
Armenians in my neighborhood when I was growing up used to make their own yogurt, which is essentially milk fermented with certain bacteria. This is high in protein, calcium and vitamins and can be eaten by adults, who generally cannot digest milk well. What is sold in mainstream U.S. supermarkets under the name yogurt is really a dairy dessert loaded with sugar and processed fruit, disguised as a health food. Try plain, fat-free yogurt and add your own fruit.
8. CANNED SOUP
Soup is remarkably healthy, inexpensive and easy to make. A lunch of hardy homemade soup and bread, cooked in bulk and frozen in individual containers for the week, will cost less than a dollar a day. Canned soup, on the other hand, is a miserable concoction of salt, fat, artificial additives, preservatives, water and maybe part of a carrot. One serving typically contains 1,000 milligrams of sodium, about half your daily allowance. Save your chicken and beef bones and vegetable tops and make you own broth.
7. GREEN TEA
Green tea is widely consumed throughout Asia and is nothing short of an art form in Japan. The tea contains antioxidants and other healthful components shown in clinical studies to possibly prevent cancer, heart disease, senility and other diseases associated with aging. But most Americans don't like the taste, so what you get here is a green tea drink loaded with sugar and other additives, sold under the disguise of a health drink. Any ingredient after the words "green tea" on the bottle chisels away the health benefits.
6. RUSSET POTATOES
At the risk of pissing off Idaho, the Russet varieties of potatoes, with their brown skin and white flesh, are only marginally healthy to begin with. Cheap and hardy, yes, with a few nutrients, they serve some purpose as a filler. But their starch is quickly converted by the body into blood sugar, called glucose, and raises the risk of diabetes and obesity. And because they are arguably the least flavorful of the hundreds of potato varieties in the Americas, we have to do things to make them tasty. We boil and mash them and cover them in butter, or we cut them into strips, deep-fry them and cover them with salt.
5. POPCORN
Popcorn today rarely resembles the healthy treat it used to be. Popcorn is, well, corn. It's high in fiber, low in calories, and contains only nominal traces of sugar, salt and fat. That changes, of course, when you add sugar, salt and fat. Microwave popcorns are the biggest offenders with their long list of ingredients to enhance flavor. Try buying popcorn kernels in bulk for pennies a serving and control the amount of salt and (real) butter. [While you're here: Find out why popcorn pops.]
4. SLICED BREAD
The most common form of bread in Americaethe mass-produced white, soft doughy bread in plastic bags with a shelf life of weekseis likely a major component of obesity and diabetes. True bread is flour and water with a pinch of salt and yeast. Packaged white bread contains flour plus sugar, corn syrup and often a dozen other ingredients. The processing creates a food product that, once eaten, is quickly converted to blood sugar, called glucose. This causes the pancreas to work overtime and ultimately destroys the organ. Even mass-produced whole wheat breads are unhealthy because they are made palatable by some evil means: the unholy trinity of sugar, salt and softening additives.
3. BREAKFAST CEREAL
True cereals---the likes of wheat, barley, rice and oats, to name a few---are and have always been the most important food of the human race. The combination of protein, healthy fat and vitamins is unbeatable. The word "cereal" has been hijacked, however, by food producers who make tiny, crunchy breakfast cakes out of true cereal with the addition of sugar, corn syrup, salt, food dyes and preservatives. Try oats with raisins, or barley with 100-percent fruit spread. These are far healthier and far cheaper. [Check out this cereal science.]
2. COMMERCIAL ORGANIC
It started as a brilliant idea. Dedicated farmers would become stewards of the land, shunning the toxic chemical pesticides and fertilizers that had proliferated after WWII. They would raise food naturally, cultivate diverse crop varieties native to their soils. Animals raised for food would be treated with care and dignity. And for 30-some years, this has been the case. But organic food is so popular that its value system is in jeopardy. Big players such as Wal-Mart and Kraft want part of the profits, and their demand for cheaper production methods undermines what it means to be organic. And so we now have organic milk from caged cows force-fed organic grain. And we have organic junk food with organic ingredients flown in from around the globe, disguised as health food by virtue of the organic label.
1. PIZZA
What a pity that most Americans have never eaten pizza and confuse it for the junk food advertised on television. In Italy there are laws defining pizza, which set allowances on the type of flour, tomato, mozzarella, olive oil, basil and oregano. Pizza is inherently nutritious and filling. Street corner pizza shops in Philadelphia, New York and other large cities kept close to the original idea of simple, fresh ingredients. Then came the pizza chains, which put most local shops out of business. Fresh ingredients were replaced with preservative-laden, cheap and fatty ingredients that could be mass-produced, frozen and shipped across the country. Commercial pizza is now a high-calorie, high-fat, high-sodium, low-nutrient food.
Monday, February 11, 2008
get to know the top 10 immortals
i was browsing the inet one boring night and these trivia stuff made me read more from their site. all information, courtesy of www.livescience.com
The dream of living forever is an old one for humanity, as evidenced by characters in our myths, literature and movies. From Tithonus to Dorian Gray and Highlander, LiveScience reviews some of our culture's most famous immortals.
10. PETER PAN
The famous boy who never grows up (or old), prefers instead to cavort with fairies and fight one-handed pirates on the magical isle of Neverland.
9. DRACULA
If you're really desperate to live forever, you could try getting bitten by Dracula or one of his vampire underlings. But then you'll have to avoid Italian food and do nasty things like drink blood, avoid sunlight and sleep in coffins.
8. LAZARUS LONG
A character in many of Robert Heinlein's science fiction novels, Lazarus' long life is the result of a selective breeding program and occasional blood rejuvenation treatments. Lazarus lives to be over 2,000 years old; he travels to distant planets and even through time, and works every conceivable job, from doctor to slave.
7. NICOLAS FLAMEL
In "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," Nicolas Flamel is a good friend of Hogwart's headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Author J.K. Rowling based Flamel's character on a real-life French 15th-century alchemist who legend claims successfully created the Philosopher's Stone, a mythical elixir that turns lead into gold and grants eternal life.
6. TITHONUS
When the Greek goddess Eos asks Zeus to grant her mortal lover, Tithonus, eternal life, she forgets to also ask for eternal youth. Tithonus indeed lives forever, but he grows old and frail, and begs for death. Some stories say that Tithonus eventually became a grasshopper.
5. DORIAN GRAY
An Oscar Wilde character that remains young and handsome while his portrait ages. Dorian slowly becomes corrupt, but his crimes and his true age show only in the face of the painting, which grows progressively more monstrous and withered.
4. HIGHLANDER
In the 1986 movie "Highlander," Connor MacLeod is a member of the immortals, a mysterious race who die only when their heads are lopped off. The immortals must battle each other until only one is left to claim The Prize: The gift of mortality and the ability to die like everyone else.
3. GRAIL KNIGHT
A knight of the First Crusade who, in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," is tasked with guarding the Holy Grail, a crucible that grants eternal life to any who drink from it. When Indy chooses the correct Grail from multiple imposters, the knight warns him that it cannot be taken beyond the temple, because that is the price of immortality.
2. METHUSELAH
Methuselah is the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible. He is the grandfather of Noah of "Ark" fame. Methuselah became a father at the age of 187, lived to be 969 and died the day the Great Flood appeared.
The dream of living forever is an old one for humanity, as evidenced by characters in our myths, literature and movies. From Tithonus to Dorian Gray and Highlander, LiveScience reviews some of our culture's most famous immortals.
10. PETER PAN
The famous boy who never grows up (or old), prefers instead to cavort with fairies and fight one-handed pirates on the magical isle of Neverland.
9. DRACULA
If you're really desperate to live forever, you could try getting bitten by Dracula or one of his vampire underlings. But then you'll have to avoid Italian food and do nasty things like drink blood, avoid sunlight and sleep in coffins.
8. LAZARUS LONG
A character in many of Robert Heinlein's science fiction novels, Lazarus' long life is the result of a selective breeding program and occasional blood rejuvenation treatments. Lazarus lives to be over 2,000 years old; he travels to distant planets and even through time, and works every conceivable job, from doctor to slave.
7. NICOLAS FLAMEL
In "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," Nicolas Flamel is a good friend of Hogwart's headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Author J.K. Rowling based Flamel's character on a real-life French 15th-century alchemist who legend claims successfully created the Philosopher's Stone, a mythical elixir that turns lead into gold and grants eternal life.
6. TITHONUS
When the Greek goddess Eos asks Zeus to grant her mortal lover, Tithonus, eternal life, she forgets to also ask for eternal youth. Tithonus indeed lives forever, but he grows old and frail, and begs for death. Some stories say that Tithonus eventually became a grasshopper.
5. DORIAN GRAY
An Oscar Wilde character that remains young and handsome while his portrait ages. Dorian slowly becomes corrupt, but his crimes and his true age show only in the face of the painting, which grows progressively more monstrous and withered.
4. HIGHLANDER
In the 1986 movie "Highlander," Connor MacLeod is a member of the immortals, a mysterious race who die only when their heads are lopped off. The immortals must battle each other until only one is left to claim The Prize: The gift of mortality and the ability to die like everyone else.
3. GRAIL KNIGHT
A knight of the First Crusade who, in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," is tasked with guarding the Holy Grail, a crucible that grants eternal life to any who drink from it. When Indy chooses the correct Grail from multiple imposters, the knight warns him that it cannot be taken beyond the temple, because that is the price of immortality.
2. METHUSELAH
Methuselah is the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible. He is the grandfather of Noah of "Ark" fame. Methuselah became a father at the age of 187, lived to be 969 and died the day the Great Flood appeared.
1. ARWEN
A half-elven maiden in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" who renounces eternal life to marry her mortal sweetheart, Aragorn, the human king of Gondor. Arwen dies shortly after Aragorn, at the ripe old age of 2,901.
take this chakra test
got the quiz site from alex! =) read on & take the test!
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO TAKE THE TEST:
http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/chakratest.php
Introduction to the Chakras
What chakras are and their psychological properties
Chakras are centers of energy, located on the midline of the body. There are seven of them, and they govern our psychological properties. The chakras located on the lower part of our body are our instinctual side, the highest ones our mental side.
The chakras can have various levels of activity. When they're "open," they're considered operative in a normal fashion.Ideally, all chakras would contribute to our being. Our instincts would work together with our feelings and thinking. However, this is usually not the case. Some chakras are not open enough (being under-active), and to compensate, other chakras are over-active. The ideal state is where the chakras are balanced. To find out what the state of your chakras is, do the chakra test.
There exist lots of techniques to balance the chakras. Mostly techniques to open chakras are used. It makes no sense to try to make over-active chakras less active, as they are compensating for other chakras. To restore the compensation they'd be over-active again in no time. To stop them from compensating, the chakras they are compensating for must be opened.1 - Root chakra
The Root chakra is about being physically there and feeling at home in situations. If it is open, you feel grounded, stable and secure. You don't unnecessarily distrust people. You feel present in the here and now and connected to your physical body. You feel you have sufficient territory.
If you tend to be fearful or nervous, your Root chakra is probably under-active. You'd easily feel unwelcome.
If this chakra is over-active, you may be very materialistic and greedy. You're probably obsessed with being secure and resist change.
2 - Sacral chakra
The Sacral chakra is about feeling and sexuality. When it is open, your feelings flow freely, and are expressed without you being over-emotional. You are open to intimacy and you can be passionate and lively. You have no problems dealing with your sexuality.
If you tend to be stiff and unemotional or have a "poker face," the Sacral chakra is under-active. You're not very open to people.
If this chakra is over-active, you tend to be emotional all the time. You'll feel emotionally attached to people and you can be very sexual.
3 - Navel chakra
The Navel chakra is about asserting yourself in a group. When it is open, you feel in control and you have sufficient self esteem.
When the Navel chakra is under-active, you tend to be passive and indecisive. You're probably timid and don't get what you want.
If this chakra is over-active, you are domineering and probably even aggressive.
4 - Heart chakra
The Heart chakra is about love, kindness and affection. When it is open, you are compassionate and friendly, and you work at harmonious relationships.
When your Heart chakra is under-active, you are cold and distant.
If this chakra is over-active, you are suffocating people with your love and your love probably has quite selfish reasons.
5 - Throat chakra
The Throat chakra is about self-expression and talking. When it is open, you have no problems expressing yourself, and you might be doing so as an artist.
When this chakra is under-active, you tend not to speak much, and you probably are introverted and shy. Not speaking the truth may block this chakra.
If this chakra is over-active, you tend to speak too much, usually to domineer and keep people at a distance. You're a bad listener if this is the case.
6 - Third Eye chakra
The Third Eye chakra is about insight and visualization. When it is open, you have a good intuition. You may tend to fantasize.
If it is under-active, you're not very good at thinking for yourself, and you may tend to rely on authorities. You may be rigid in your thinking, relying on beliefs too much. You might even get confused easily.
If this chakra is over-active, you may live in a world of fantasy too much. In excessive cases halucinations are possible.
7 - Crown chakra
The Crown chakra is about wisdom and being one with the world. When this chakra is open, you are unprejudiced and quite aware of the world and yourself.
If it is under-active, you're not very aware of spirituality. You're probably quite rigid in your thinking.
If this chakra is over-active, you are probably intellectualizing things too much. You may be addicted to spirituality and are probably ignoring your bodily needs.
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO TAKE THE TEST:
http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/chakratest.php
BEFORE and AFTER marriage (silly joke!)
Before the marriage...
He: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.
She: Do you want me to leave?
He: NO! Don't even think about it.
She: Do you love me?
He: Of course!
She: Have you ever cheated on me?
He: NO! Why you even asking?
She: Will you kiss me?
He: Yes!
She: Will you hit me?
He: No way! I'm not such kind of
person!
She: Can I trust you?
Now after the marriage....
READ IT FROM BOTTOM TO THE TOP!!
He: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.
She: Do you want me to leave?
He: NO! Don't even think about it.
She: Do you love me?
He: Of course!
She: Have you ever cheated on me?
He: NO! Why you even asking?
She: Will you kiss me?
He: Yes!
She: Will you hit me?
He: No way! I'm not such kind of
person!
She: Can I trust you?
Now after the marriage....
READ IT FROM BOTTOM TO THE TOP!!
my list of movies to see
i was watching movie trailers while waiting for yos last night and i listed seven (7) movies that im looking forward to be shown in moviehouses. i can only hope they will be actually shown here in the philippines.
1) The Forbidden Kingdom
sypnosis: a young teenage american boy is thrown back into ancient china, where he is supposed to save a hero, being held hostage by the enemy.
extra something: jackie chan and jet li in one movie...this must have cost a million bucks!
why i want to watch it: i like martial arts themed movies...and i think this is one humorous movie.
2) Untraceable
sypnosis: FBI cybercrime agent Diane Lane is faced with online murder.
why i want to watch it: self confessed crime stories maniac & im dying to know who the culprit is.
3) the spiderwick chronicles
sypnosis: a family's new house has more that meets the eye.
why i want to watch it: think narnia and the golden compass. i like nourishing the child in me.
4) juno
sypnosis: a middle shool girl faced with unwanted pregnancy
why i want to watch it: not the teen flick with stupid blondes & sorority friends.
5) teeth
sypnosis: a teenage girl realizes she has a unique anatomy.
why i want to watch it: the trailer piqued my curiousity.check it yourself.
6) 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days
sypnosis: in 24 hours, two friends decide their fate.
why i want to watch it: its a foreign film. yes, with subtitles.
7) the other boleyn girl
sypnosis: meet the sister, mary boleyn.
extra something: anne boleyn equals to natalie portman?!
why i want to watch it: im looking forward to know the sister.
1) The Forbidden Kingdom
sypnosis: a young teenage american boy is thrown back into ancient china, where he is supposed to save a hero, being held hostage by the enemy.
extra something: jackie chan and jet li in one movie...this must have cost a million bucks!
why i want to watch it: i like martial arts themed movies...and i think this is one humorous movie.
2) Untraceable
sypnosis: FBI cybercrime agent Diane Lane is faced with online murder.
why i want to watch it: self confessed crime stories maniac & im dying to know who the culprit is.
3) the spiderwick chronicles
sypnosis: a family's new house has more that meets the eye.
why i want to watch it: think narnia and the golden compass. i like nourishing the child in me.
4) juno
sypnosis: a middle shool girl faced with unwanted pregnancy
why i want to watch it: not the teen flick with stupid blondes & sorority friends.
5) teeth
sypnosis: a teenage girl realizes she has a unique anatomy.
why i want to watch it: the trailer piqued my curiousity.check it yourself.
6) 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days
sypnosis: in 24 hours, two friends decide their fate.
why i want to watch it: its a foreign film. yes, with subtitles.
7) the other boleyn girl
sypnosis: meet the sister, mary boleyn.
extra something: anne boleyn equals to natalie portman?!
why i want to watch it: im looking forward to know the sister.
mmk watch
the mmk story that night: a simple 13-year old girl's first love.
despite our guffaws last night, we got to admit, that somehow, we went through that blank eyed look, stares of oblivion and unexplainable emotions of a first love.
if we look back, we think that was all silly and childish of us. but maybe it wasn't. yos' comment made me think if it was all really silliness. he said, "ana jud iyang love (refering to the girl)...pure and innocent.."
(sigh) maybe he was right...
we all grew up eventually. we realized that loving is not a bed of roses. blank eyed looks, stares of oblivion and unexplainable emotions really makes you silly. hearts get broken and tears are shed.
but i''l never forget one thing:
i'll always keep the girl who loved and will always love purely & innocently in me :)
despite our guffaws last night, we got to admit, that somehow, we went through that blank eyed look, stares of oblivion and unexplainable emotions of a first love.
if we look back, we think that was all silly and childish of us. but maybe it wasn't. yos' comment made me think if it was all really silliness. he said, "ana jud iyang love (refering to the girl)...pure and innocent.."
(sigh) maybe he was right...
we all grew up eventually. we realized that loving is not a bed of roses. blank eyed looks, stares of oblivion and unexplainable emotions really makes you silly. hearts get broken and tears are shed.
but i''l never forget one thing:
i'll always keep the girl who loved and will always love purely & innocently in me :)
Saturday, January 5, 2008
UTI Punk /Rock Christmas Party & UTI Amazing Race 2007 Results & Awardees
i can still remember the fun we had with our two-part Christmas celebration. i cannot even believe we pulled it off, despite the problems we had with funds & labad na mga people...hahaha =) too bad some UTi's were not there....well, i hope we have grander plans next year. i hear there is a demand for a UTi valentine celebration....we'll get to that slutts...hehehehe =)
just allow me to post here the winners of the UTi Amazing Race 2007 (12.9.2007) & the awardees of the UTi Punk/Rock Christmas Party 2007 (12.22.2007)...i just want to remember them...heheheh =)
photos and amazing race videos will be posted next year. im very busy.....hehehe =)
UTi Amazing Race 2007 Winner: Team-BANG
Team-CHIU's Labad Member Awardee: Rona Barril
Team-BANG's Labad Member Awardee: Rengel Ranises
Team-CHIU's Gahot Member Awardee: JD Algones
Team-BANG's Gahot Member Awardee: Pinky Corbilla
Team-CHIU's Agnas Awardee: Rajz Cabrera
Team-BANG's Agnas Awardee: Rjay Nazareno
Team-CHIU's Beauty: Pau Sabio
Team-BANG's Beauty: Apple Manaug
UTi Punk/Rock Christmas Party Awardees
UTi CHAKA Punkista: Joya Libre (hahahaha...)
UTi GAHOT Punkista: Abby dela Cruz (with all the tiara pa jud nah...)
UTi Punkista: Kim Abenales
UTi Punkista Had-look: Rajz Cabrera
UTi Feeling Gwapa Awardee: Pinky Corbilla (merese!)
congrats & better luck next year! hahaha =)
just allow me to post here the winners of the UTi Amazing Race 2007 (12.9.2007) & the awardees of the UTi Punk/Rock Christmas Party 2007 (12.22.2007)...i just want to remember them...heheheh =)
photos and amazing race videos will be posted next year. im very busy.....hehehe =)
UTi Amazing Race 2007 Winner: Team-BANG
Team-CHIU's Labad Member Awardee: Rona Barril
Team-BANG's Labad Member Awardee: Rengel Ranises
Team-CHIU's Gahot Member Awardee: JD Algones
Team-BANG's Gahot Member Awardee: Pinky Corbilla
Team-CHIU's Agnas Awardee: Rajz Cabrera
Team-BANG's Agnas Awardee: Rjay Nazareno
Team-CHIU's Beauty: Pau Sabio
Team-BANG's Beauty: Apple Manaug
UTi Punk/Rock Christmas Party Awardees
UTi CHAKA Punkista: Joya Libre (hahahaha...)
UTi GAHOT Punkista: Abby dela Cruz (with all the tiara pa jud nah...)
UTi Punkista: Kim Abenales
UTi Punkista Had-look: Rajz Cabrera
UTi Feeling Gwapa Awardee: Pinky Corbilla (merese!)
congrats & better luck next year! hahaha =)
Monday, December 3, 2007
"the blog that says it all"
i've lived a crazy life last week and this blog sums it up...
"missing?"
despite the richness of our API experience, we still ended up with a major headache, a case of a missing laptop. though we never saw that thing, we still get the blame since 2 of my colleagues were the last people to tidy up the workshop area. but, as far as we are concerned, we never saw that laptop thingie. the question remains until now is...
where the hell is it?
or, was there such a thing?
"one wrong move"
yes, i admit it was wrong & it was way way rude. but i have my reasons. you have your reasons. but don't you think that since we both have reasons, why not try to understand each other's reasons? what i do not understand is that, why do i feel like im being condenmed by the "rest of the world"? why do i feel like the "rest of the world" is against me? i can put up with the "rest of the world's" rudeness and even tactless remarks, but i cannot tolerate their indifference. am i to be judged with that one wrong move?
but alright, i accept the consequences of my actions.
(sigh)
i just need enough strength to better understand the "rest of the world"...
"engineering expectations"
im sure you have all heard of the retake of the Nov 2007 Civil Engineering Board Exam next year. ya, too bad. i mean, why now and of all things, why yos' batch? (sigh) we were hoping to celebrate our next monthsary with him as a licensed engineer :(
well, things happen for a reason...and in every reason, there is something to be learned and understood.
"missing?"
despite the richness of our API experience, we still ended up with a major headache, a case of a missing laptop. though we never saw that thing, we still get the blame since 2 of my colleagues were the last people to tidy up the workshop area. but, as far as we are concerned, we never saw that laptop thingie. the question remains until now is...
where the hell is it?
or, was there such a thing?
"one wrong move"
yes, i admit it was wrong & it was way way rude. but i have my reasons. you have your reasons. but don't you think that since we both have reasons, why not try to understand each other's reasons? what i do not understand is that, why do i feel like im being condenmed by the "rest of the world"? why do i feel like the "rest of the world" is against me? i can put up with the "rest of the world's" rudeness and even tactless remarks, but i cannot tolerate their indifference. am i to be judged with that one wrong move?
but alright, i accept the consequences of my actions.
(sigh)
i just need enough strength to better understand the "rest of the world"...
"engineering expectations"
im sure you have all heard of the retake of the Nov 2007 Civil Engineering Board Exam next year. ya, too bad. i mean, why now and of all things, why yos' batch? (sigh) we were hoping to celebrate our next monthsary with him as a licensed engineer :(
well, things happen for a reason...and in every reason, there is something to be learned and understood.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
no offense.....but i got to speak out!
during my hospital confinement, i really got annoyed with those student nurses on duty.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST STUDENT NURSES and the LIKE. its just that, i really got pissed off. maybe with what they were doing. let me explain.
i was already sleeping soundly in the middle of the night because i was sick with dengue and there were these student nurses, WAKING YOU UP to get your VS. out of courtesy, i still smiled at them even if i was a little annoyed. hell. i was trying to get my sleep, who would not be annoyed? and i thought it was finished so i went back to sleep. and around 4 in the morning, i was awakened again because they need my VS. FOR PETE'S SAKE! im trying to rest and they were heckling me with my f*cking VS?! despite my disrupted sleep, i still let them (as if i have a choice!) because i told myself, they are just doing their jobs.
the second night, i was feeling very tired because my platelet was down to 70 and add to the fact i did not get any sleep the night before. and the same stuff happened. THEY WAKE YOU UP FOR YOUR VS, AND ASK YOU STUFF (LIKE THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU HAD URINATED, GLASSES YOU DRANK, etc.)---IT WAS VERY ANNOYING!
I WAS CONFINED SO THAT I COULD REST WELL. I DID NOT KNOW THEY'LL ROB YOU OF YOUR GOOD NIGHT SLEEP! out of my annoyance, i glared at the student nurse and turned my back on her. no VS for her.
i don't mind them checking for the VS. that's why its called monitoring. but, when the sick is asleep, maybe its enough if nurses check their pulse or something.
is it really necessary to wake them up? they are resting and im sure their VS are ok since they are in a resting mode. im no nurse but the sick deserve to rest, especially at night.
im not against any student nurse. im just speaking out here, ok? im not complaining about the monitoring of VS but i don't understand the necessity to wake up the sick while asleep. is it really necessary?!
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST STUDENT NURSES and the LIKE. its just that, i really got pissed off. maybe with what they were doing. let me explain.
i was already sleeping soundly in the middle of the night because i was sick with dengue and there were these student nurses, WAKING YOU UP to get your VS. out of courtesy, i still smiled at them even if i was a little annoyed. hell. i was trying to get my sleep, who would not be annoyed? and i thought it was finished so i went back to sleep. and around 4 in the morning, i was awakened again because they need my VS. FOR PETE'S SAKE! im trying to rest and they were heckling me with my f*cking VS?! despite my disrupted sleep, i still let them (as if i have a choice!) because i told myself, they are just doing their jobs.
the second night, i was feeling very tired because my platelet was down to 70 and add to the fact i did not get any sleep the night before. and the same stuff happened. THEY WAKE YOU UP FOR YOUR VS, AND ASK YOU STUFF (LIKE THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU HAD URINATED, GLASSES YOU DRANK, etc.)---IT WAS VERY ANNOYING!
I WAS CONFINED SO THAT I COULD REST WELL. I DID NOT KNOW THEY'LL ROB YOU OF YOUR GOOD NIGHT SLEEP! out of my annoyance, i glared at the student nurse and turned my back on her. no VS for her.
i don't mind them checking for the VS. that's why its called monitoring. but, when the sick is asleep, maybe its enough if nurses check their pulse or something.
is it really necessary to wake them up? they are resting and im sure their VS are ok since they are in a resting mode. im no nurse but the sick deserve to rest, especially at night.
im not against any student nurse. im just speaking out here, ok? im not complaining about the monitoring of VS but i don't understand the necessity to wake up the sick while asleep. is it really necessary?!
i just got out!
i was supposed to write this one yesterday but i had a pounding headache from sleeping too much in the hospital, so i slept early! (what a way to combat headache in the first place!)
i just got out from my hospital ordeal. yep, i had dengue fever. my platelet count that tuesday night was 106 (way below from the normal count of 140). i was worried already (and so is my mom), so i decided to confine myself in the hospital case it was really dengue. it really was. the next day, my platelet is down to 70 already. anyway, no need to go into details now. what matters is im ok. i still have those red rashes in my legs but dr. hernandez says they'll just disappear in time. i hope so! im ready to wear my skirts again...LOL!
but actually, i was not worried about myself during those times. i was worried of so many things.
my work, especially my boss, since he will handle all my jobs and all those scholars who need me.
i was worried about my mom because she was the one who watched over me and if she worries too much, her blood pressure might be affected.
i was worried because i could not fully support yos in his upcoming board exam. there was the 9 day masses to attend and all other support he needs.
i was afraid of all the needles to be truthful. when my platelet went that low, it was ordered that i be tested every 6 hours. i had a total of 8 needle pricks im my fingers, aside from the 1 syringe of blood taken from me.
and so on, and so forth...
but, with the grace of God, all beautiful things that i did not expect fell into place, all in thier beautiful time. it was way of God telling me not to worry too much. that i was to let go, to go through everything.
i just got out from my hospital ordeal. yep, i had dengue fever. my platelet count that tuesday night was 106 (way below from the normal count of 140). i was worried already (and so is my mom), so i decided to confine myself in the hospital case it was really dengue. it really was. the next day, my platelet is down to 70 already. anyway, no need to go into details now. what matters is im ok. i still have those red rashes in my legs but dr. hernandez says they'll just disappear in time. i hope so! im ready to wear my skirts again...LOL!
but actually, i was not worried about myself during those times. i was worried of so many things.
my work, especially my boss, since he will handle all my jobs and all those scholars who need me.
i was worried about my mom because she was the one who watched over me and if she worries too much, her blood pressure might be affected.
i was worried because i could not fully support yos in his upcoming board exam. there was the 9 day masses to attend and all other support he needs.
i was afraid of all the needles to be truthful. when my platelet went that low, it was ordered that i be tested every 6 hours. i had a total of 8 needle pricks im my fingers, aside from the 1 syringe of blood taken from me.
and so on, and so forth...
but, with the grace of God, all beautiful things that i did not expect fell into place, all in thier beautiful time. it was way of God telling me not to worry too much. that i was to let go, to go through everything.
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