Knowledge Deficit.

Posted by Maane Simpas | Posted in | Posted on 5:41 PM

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A woman falls asleep with both of her mammaries exposed for everyone to see. She must have been so tired being her son's bantay that she doesn't care if her areolas were as black (or brown) as earth.

"Ma'am, can you please pull your shirt down?" I should have said.

But she looked so peaceful in her sleep that I didn't interrupt. Afterall, she should have been aware of where she's at and the environment she's in.

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"Ma'am, do you have a syringe?"

The woman looks at me blankly, a little quizzical.

"May injection kamo ma'am?", I repeated the question using the layman's term for syringe.

The woman didn't flinch even just a tiny bit.

"Ma'am, ang gina gamit bala mag hatag sini.. (shows her the vial of Ceftriaxone). Ang may dagum bala ma'am.." I explained further while my hand gestures the way medicine is given intravenously.

The woman then moves from stupor and hurriedly takes out a 3 ml syringe from her bag.

I went back to the nurse's station and shares this to Tasha.

Tasha: Sa sunod gani, renggilya hambalon mo.

Me: Ayuga? Muna gali ilonggo sg syringe? (Then laughs at myself.)

--

Man taps me in the shoulder..

"Doc, ang dextrose bali ni (name of patient).."

Me: Ay, nurse ko ya sir...

Man: Amo man na gyapon.

Me: Indi gid ya eh. (Muttered under my breath.)

7.

Posted by Maane Simpas | Posted in | Posted on 4:03 PM

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Seven things that scare me

[01] Having to feel extreme and excruciating pain. - Unfortunately, I have such low pain threshold and tolerance, plus I don't like the idea of suffering.
[02] Animals. - And I mean everything.. From cats, dogs, chickens, snakes, cows, elephants, horses.
[03] Getting blind or deaf or mute. - What's the sense of still living without my eyes to see what's around me, without my ears to hear wonderful music, and without my mouth to communicate with people.
[04] Death. - Who isn't scared to die anyway?
[05] Growing old and frustrated and unhappy and discontented with life.
[06] Losing my limbs in an accident, or getting raped, or murdered. - I don't usually witness this despite the fact that I'm a nurse and I'm supposed to get used to these. These are really tragic things that could happen to anyone.
[07] Loneliness and what comes into mind when I am lonely.

Seven things I like the most

[01] Receiving mail or package from Mr. Postman.
[02] Yellow flowers.
[03] Long and uninterrupted sleep. -- Aaah.. Yes... :]
[04] Traveling.
[05] Loads and loads and loads of books to read.
[06] A good (and random) conversation with someone you really don't know. And finding out later that you two have a lot in common.
[07] When someone brings my favorite food when I'm sick.

Seven random facts about me

[01] You would know that I find something incredibly incredibly funny when I laugh without making a sound.
[02] I get really annoyed with foreign-made toothpastes, shampoos and soaps. Try comparing one with our local products, you'll know.
[03] I have hypersensitive skin and I hate entertaining questions about it.
[04] I used to memorize all of Eminem's rap songs in his 2nd album.
[05] When I feel sad or down, looking at baby pictures helps make the bad feelings go away.
[06] I like the smell of paint, gasoline and acetone.
[07] You can never make me watch gore movies.

Seven important things in my bedroom

[01] My four pillows in my bed and clean sheets.
[02] My most treasured journals.. At the foot part of my bed.
[03] Books... Right beside my pillows.
[04] AC. Because my room's the hottest among all the rooms in the house.
[05] My sister.. Yes, I sleep with my sister.
[06] Music and speakers.
[07] My Power Puff Girls Memorabilia box where I keep preserved thingies from the past.

Seven things I wish to do before I die

[01] Learn to play the violin.
[02] Raise wonderful kids.
[03] Get married, maybe?
[04] Go to places I wanna wanna go.
[05] Inspire others.
[06] Repent and forgive.
[07] Enjoy life as much as I could. :)

Seven things I can do

[01] Taekwondo.
[02] Make friends happy. :)
[03] Stay at home for an entire week.
[04] Be kind or otherwise.
[05] Speak few Korean words.
[06] Cook.
[07] Be extremely quiet or extremely loud.

Seven things I can’t do

[01] Drugs.
[02] Smoking.
[03] Not listen to music or read books or watch movies.
[04] Betray a good friend.
[05] Pick my nose in public.
[06] Photoshop! Haha!
[07] Go on a diet.

Carter Chambers.

Posted by Maane Simpas | Posted in | Posted on 11:08 AM

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Dear Edward,

I've gone back and forth the last few days trying to decide whether or not I should even write this. In the end, I realized I would regret it if I didn't, so here it goes.

I know the last time we saw each other, we weren't exactly hitting the sweetest notes-certain wasn't the way I wanted the trip to end. I suppose I'm responsible and for that, I'm sorry.

But in all honestly, if I had the chance, I'd do it again. Virginia said I left a stranger and came back a husband; I owe that to you. There's no way I can repay you for all you've done for me, so rather than try, I'm just going to ask you to do something else for me-find the joy in your life.

You once said you're not everyone. Well, that's true-you're certainly not everyone, but everyone is everyone. My pastor always says our lives are streams flowing into the same river towards whatever heaven lies in the mist beyond the falls.

Find the joy in your life, Edward. My dear friend, close your eyes and let the waters take you home.

-- from the movie, The Bucket List.

Profile Pictures.

Posted by Maane Simpas | Posted in | Posted on 9:49 AM

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I don't consider myself vain, I just like taking pictures of myself. :D































14th Fuss.

Posted by Maane Simpas | Posted in | Posted on 2:19 AM

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  • About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged in US each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.
  • Women purchase 85% of all valentines.
  • In order of popularity, Valentine’s Day cards are given to teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets.
  • Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines.
  • About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
  • Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are the biggest holidays for giving flowers.
  • Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine’s Day each year.
  • California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine’s Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America. Approximately 110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.
  • 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
  • Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine’s Day.
  • In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
  • The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine’s Day.
  • Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s.
  • Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an “Improvement in Telegraphy”, on Valentine’s Day, 1876.
  • The oldest surviving love poem till date is written in a clay tablet from the times of the Sumerians, inventors of writing, around 3500 B.C
  • Amongst the earliest Valentine’s Day gifts were candies. The most common were chocolates in heart shaped boxes.
  • In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a prospective suitor. If the gift is kept, then it means she has accepted his proposal of marriage
  • If an individual thinks of five or six names considered to be suitable marriage partners and twists the stem of an apple while the names are being recited, then it is believed the eventual spouse will be the one whose name was recited at the moment the stem broke.
  • In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St Valentine’s Day to make them dream of their future husband.

Hearts.

Posted by Maane Simpas | Posted in | Posted on 10:45 AM

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Happy Valentines Day, everyone. :)

Bluetooth.

Posted by Maane Simpas | Posted in | Posted on 1:05 PM

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If pain must come, may it come quickly, because I have a life to live and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him. Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
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