Bulong.

We moved to our 2^nd to the last post. We’re assigned to the Histopath/XT (eXTrac­tion) post. This post has 3 sec­tions, the Histopathol­ogy sec­tions, XT Main, and the OPD lab. I was assigned to the last sec­tion where we have to wake up early because we have to be there by 7am. And when you’re at the OPD, you’ll be with Ma’am Con­cie and Ma’am Belen deal­ing with peo­ple not admit­ted in the hospital.

In the morn­ing Ma’am Con­cie ori­ented us about what to do and what not to do when you’re in the OPD lab­o­ra­tory. And she gave us 3 impor­tant things we should remem­ber. These are sim­ple things a Med Tech Intern should not for­get and, I think, the things a nor­mal per­son should not for­get, too.

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Hul­ing araw ko na pala kahapon sa Clin­i­cal Microscopy sec­tion. At yun na din ang wakas ng pag­palagi ko sa harap ng bin­tana ng Recept. Kaiba sa ibang mga araw, kakaunti lang ang aming gina­gawa at hindi toxic. Sa katu­nayan nga’y nakaka­pagk­wen­tuhan at nakaka­pagtawanan pa kami doon. Isa lang ang napansin nam­ing sa araw na iyon. Marami na ang umuuwi. Marami na ang umaalis ng ospi­tal at nagpapa-clear sa mga kaniya-kaniyang depar­ta­mento sa ospi­tal. At ang una nilang pin­upun­ta­han ay ang lab­o­ra­to­ryo o ang blood bank. Dala-dala nila ang mga clear­ing forms na kani­lang patatatakan ng ‘No Blood Unit Used’ at ‘Blood Bank Cleared’. Paulit-ulit kang tatayo at ipa­pa­pirma sa mga staff para matatakan na nila. Pagkat­a­pos ay sasabi­hin mo na sa kanila na pumunta ng Win­dow 1.

Pero sa kabila ng paulit-ulit na gawaing ito, merong bulong na sin­isi­gaw ang mga clear­ing forms na ito. Kahit hindi man magsalita ang mga kamag-anak sa labas ng bin­tana, humi­hiyaw ang mga papel na ito kapalit ng mga bulong ng mga taong may hawak nito.

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Ginawa ko na!

Kung pwede lang harangan, tapalan at tabunan ang recep­tion area ng lab­o­ra­tory ngay­ong araw, ginawa ko na talaga.

Kung pwede lang sabi­hin sa lahat ng nurs­ing atten­dant na, ‘San­dali lang po ha. Mag-hantay muna kayo diyan.”

Kung kaya ko lang sabi­hin sa lahat ng nagha­hanap ng resulta na. “Natang­gap niyo na ah! Bakit niyo pa hina­hanap dito?”. O ‘di kaya, “E paano ‘yan magkaka-resulta e wala pa kay­ong bin­aba­bang dugo dito.” At pinak­a­gusto ko tala­gang sabi­hin sa kanila, “Ikaw kaya maghanap dito!”

Kung may pagkakataon sasabi­hin ko sa mga lal­abas ng ospi­tal na, “Pwede ba sabay-sabay na kayo para isang pirma­han at sabi­han na lang na ‘Win­dow 1 na po kayo’”

Kung mapipig­i­lan ko lang ang mga tao na mag­pa­sok at maglabas ng dugo, ginawa ko na rin.

Kung maari ko lang tala­gang isara ang Win­dow 4 ng araw na iyon, ginawa ko na talaga.

PERO HINDI EH, kaya tuloy parin ang kalbaryo.

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This blog was not updated for almost 3 months. I was so upset that my ‘Blog Every­day of April Project’ only ended with a bunch of unpub­lished drafts. I don’t know what hap­pened. Maybe the fire of writ­ing went out or the whis­pers just faded away. I was too BUSY? No inter­net con­nec­tion? I only devote my time to the process they call sleep­ing. But for the past 3 months that this blog site was not updated, I learned some things.

1. It is very easy.

Falling. Break­ing. Slip­ping. Going down. Giv­ing up.

It’s as easy as A-B-C and 1−2−3. A sin­gle unde­cided step can lead to the wrong path. That sin­gle step will then be added by another step mak­ing you feel that it was the right road. A sud­den pour of the rain can put out the fire of deter­mi­na­tion. And that rain will make slip­pery slopes that will pull you down­ward even more.

2. The hard part?

The hard part is, of course, get­ting back up again. You don’t know where to start. You don’t know how to start. You even don’t know why you will be start­ing again. But does the answer to these ques­tions mat­ter? It’s just the desire to start again. The want. The need. A sim­ple turn can stop your feet from going to the wrong path. A match can light again the fire. It’s just because you can do and start it again.

3. We’re back.

It has been 3 months.

The whis­pers are back.

As well as the ‘bulong’.

And so is www.anahmi.com

–Roi

Start­ing…

Sa JRRMMC, isa ito sa mga bin­tanang tinatawag ng mga Med Tech Interns na ‘toxic’ o yung pwe­st­ong marami kang gagawin.

Totoo, napakarami!

Pero para sa akin, masarap mala­gay sa bin­tanang ito. Parang tunay na bin­tanang pwe­deng mong dun­gawan. Dumudun­gaw sa mga nurse, pasyente, dok­tor, dumadaan para maghanap ng Radi­ol­ogy sec­tion at iti­natak­bong duguan. Ang bin­tanang nag­bubukod at nag­bubuk­lod sa lab­o­ra­tory at sa mga tao sa labas.

Para sa akin, ito ang ma-aksyon na bintana.

Sa karami­han, ito ang Win­dow 4. Ito ang Recept.

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TI had a lot of things to accom­plish on this day. I even made a check list just to make sure every­thing will be accom­plished. It’s bet­ter to be guided so I will not regret when I get back to Antipolo. And this will also help me take a rest and study for the upcom­ing NMAT. If I will not be able to fin­ish these things, the rest of the week will be screwed up because the fol­low­ing weeks will surely be busy.

First thing on my check­list was to have myself vac­ci­nated. I need to get that Twin­rix shot of Hepa A and Hepa B so I will be cleared for intern­ship. I arrived in our dorm at around 12:00 pm. It’s very hot and I think the per­son­nel of the  Bio­log­i­cals of the Health Ser­vice were out for lunch. So I stayed in our dorm for an hour and waited for 1pm. Every­thing went smoothly when I arrived in the Health Ser­vice. The shot was given to me and then I was cleared. When I went out, I saw Wes­ley and Kimio. Wes­ley was there so he can com­plete his vac­cines, too. He was so happy and thank­ing me so much for help­ing him out dur­ing our 3^rd year strug­gles. When I was about to get my Med­ical Cer­tifi­cate, Jay and Leeron arrived. I was sur­prised because I didn’t know they were also at UST. When I got my Med­ical Cer­tifi­cate, we talked about what hap­pened to Coco and what are their plans after.

Vac­ci­na­tion: Checked!

Sec­ond in my list was to see the seam­stress and have myself mea­sured for my Intern uni­form. I wasn’t excited like the girls who will have their total uni­form makeover. I just want to get my uni­form fit for me. So I can move in the hos­pi­tal freely and per­form my duties at my best. Leeron got the same plan as mine. As for Jay, he’s not feel­ing well and went home.

This is how our uni­form sup­posed to look like. Well, the seam­stress from the UST and, maybe, she’s been work­ing with these uni­forms for some years now. I trusted her with the looks of our uni­form. At around 2pm, she’s still nowhere to be found and the guard told us that she hasn’t arrived yet. So Leeron and I decided to have our lunch. Dur­ing our lunch, we dis­cussed a lot of things like how’s our sum­mer and what are the chances of our hos­pi­tal assign­ments and of course our grades. Then I remem­bered that I have another thing on my checklist.

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Paalam kaibi­gan.

Iilang buwan ka lang namin nakasama ngu­nit marami ang mga alaalang nai­wan mo sa amin.

Ngayon ay makakasama mo na ang isa mo pang kaibigan.

Makaka­paglaro na kay­ong muli ni Peb­bles, kung nasaan man siya.

–Roi

Coco~~~ T_____T.

[Part of the Blog Every­day of April Project]

It’s not that long since I heard this ser­mon but parts of it are already miss­ing in my head. Any­ways here’s what I learned from that ser­mon and these are very related to what I learned this week. What I learned dur­ing the Holy Week.

1. Those who use the Eng­lish lan­guage have the word — LOVE.

The cos­mic feel­ing. The feel­ing that every­body wants. The feel­ing that every­body needs either its from your par­ents, sib­lings, friends, groups, spe­cial some­one. It is the virus that should be spread. It is a mys­tery. It is blind. It is painful but worth it. It is every­thing. It is syn­ony­mous to sac­ri­fice. It is why we’re here. It is why we’re alive.

2. Fil­ipinos, with Taga­log, are more lov­ing because of — ‘PAGMAMAHAL’ and ‘PAG-IBIG’.

The words that are used together by those who ser­e­nade their ‘ini­irog’ dur­ing the night. The words that are writ­ten in love let­ters and secret mes­sages. Whis­pered secretly under a tree to their loved ones. The words fre­quently heard in songs either to a sleep­ing baby or to a woman loved so dearly. It is com­monly used in poems. Show­ing love for the coun­try and its coun­try­men. Show­ing con­cern for our cul­ture and riches. The ‘pag­mama­hal’ that every Fil­ipino is show­ing and the ‘pag-ibig’ that every Fil­ipino needs.

3. The Greeks beat the Fil­ipinos with ‘Eros’, ‘Philia’ and ‘Agape’

I will not explain these. I know you know them. And if not, this can help you.

Agape is just won­der­ful. Just as what Jesus Christ and the Holy Father did for us.

The love that is ready to sacrifice.

–Roi

Needs to show love.

Maaga palang ay nagha­handa nana­man ang lahat. Binyag ngayon ni Von, ang aking bagong pin­san at bagong dagdag sa aming pam­ilya. At sa ilang san­dali ay madadagdag na rin siya sa milyon-milyong Kato­liko sa mundo. Mapa­pasama na rin siya sa Pam­ilya ng Diyos.

Nauna kami sa sim­ba­han. Ito ang sim­ba­han na halos bumigay na nung lumin­dol ng taong 2000. Ngayon, sa tulong ng mga tao dito ay naiayos nila ito ulit. Ngu­nit may mga nabago na rin sa itsura nito sa loob.

Mapa­pansin na wala na ang dat­ing altar na nan­dito. Kung nan­doon ka ay makikita mo ang mga linya na gin­uhit ng dat­ing altar sa dingding kung saan nakatayo ang mga Santo. Pasala­mat na lang at nanatili parin ang mga Com­mu­nion Rails at mga altar sa tabi nito. Kahit papaano, kung maiba­ba­lik man ang Tra­di­tonal Latin Mass ay kaunt­ing pag­babago na lang ang gagawin dito.

Mat­a­pos ang binya­gan ay isang salu-salo muli sa aming bahay. Dumat­ing ang ilang bisita para bumati at binati nana­man ng mga masasarap na pagkain ang aking sik­mura. Hindi ko mapig­i­lang kumain at pat­u­loy akong kumakain. Kada-oras ng araw na iyon ay ngu­munguya ako. Bum­abawi parin sa mata­gal na pagk­agutom sa dorm.

Nang dumat­ing ang hapon ay nag­pasiya kami na pumunta sa Bay Walk. Dito ay makikita mo ang paglubog ng araw, pag-uwi ng mga mangingisda at pagsindi ng ilaw para sa mga taong guma­gala sa gabi. Ako at ang aking mga pin­san ay tumakbo sa malawak na lugar na iyon. Tinat­apon ang mga bato sa dagat, sinasalubong ang hangin sa aming mga braso at naglalaro na parang mga bata muli. 4 na kam­ing mga nasa-kolehiyo at ang iba nam­ing mga pin­san ay nasa edad sampu pababa. Pero iba ang saya kapag kasama mo ang iyong pam­ilya. Sa puso ko, may bumubu­long, na ang mga pagkakataong gan­ito ay hindi dapat sinasayang.

Hindi kinakalimu­tan

–Roi

Pusong bata parin.

[Part of the Blog Every­day of April Project]

Alas-tres palang ng umaga ay gis­ing na ang buong pam­ilya.  Bukas na ang mga ilaw ng mga kwarto at banyo. May naliligo na at nag­pa­pa­bango na. Kumakalam­pag na ang refrig­er­a­tor, mga ping­gan at mga kuby­er­tos para kumain. Nagha­handa ang buong pam­ilya para sa inaa­ban­gang pag-uwi namin sa Zambales.

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