The Fifth Marauder

was out the whole day. my cousins from virginia and LA came to visit. we went to downtown chicago, navy pier united center, and sears towers. my cousin proposed to his girl friend while we were at sears. we all conveniently left them alone while he gave her the bling (hehe) and when we all met up she was already wearing it. my cousin tried to make the whole engagement thing as uncheesy as possible. he wouldn't even make kuwento how he gave her the ring! we all had a nice dinner afterwards to celebrate. why he still had to give her a engagement ring still baffles me. as if they're not playing house already. haha. will post pics soon, when i get back. i think i ruined the supposedly engagement party. well actually it's just the 3 boys (including my dad) drinking beer and johnny (johnnie?) walker. i don't know what happened, but when i saw them bringing in the 12-bottle pack of corona beer, i lost it. it's just that we already had alcohol last night. i don't like it when my dad drinks because he turns into the biggest asshole ever lived. he used to have an alcohol problem and my mom says he's doing so much better in the past few months. i don't want him going back to his habit of getting wasted 4-7 times a week. i don't really give a shit if he drinks himself into a liver disorder or something but it really really pisses me off the way he treats my mom when he's drunk. so anyway, i forgot my manners, forgot that i am supposed to be a host entertaining guests. i threw a tantrum when they were bringing in the beer. i freaked. i was spitting mad. my whole body was shaking and i was sobbing uncontrollably. i even threw up a little because i was so upset. i kinda killed the mood a little bit i know. waaah. i felt bad after i have calmed down. i think i over reacted a little bit. no actually i over reacted a lot. haha. it's just that...basta. when i was here for 6 months 2 years ago, i found out for myself what happens when my dad polishes off a bottle of vodka (straight from the bottle) by himself. anyway, i will be coming back to manila in a week. waaah ayoko pa. success ang pag ligaw sa ipod. yay. buti na lang. hehe

or maybe it's just the jet lag talking. i got home at about 12mn and i couldn't remember falling asleep from that point forward until i had to drag myself to school at 7:30 am. the point of this entry is that i am homesick. for illinois. it's funny coz literally my home is here in paranaque but i am so not happy being back. or maybe i just need to sleep. or maybe because i have to make the transition from vacation mode to school mode so abruptly. not even a day's notice, i have to go to class. i haven't even unpacked my suitcase yet. well i have time now, but i'm just too lazy to do so. and i have to be back in school by 3 because i have a class. nice schedule huh? every monday and wednesday for the whole semester, my first class ends at 9:30 am and the next  one starts at 3 pm. yay me. it's a good thing i live near the school.

 i'm tired. just spent the morning walking around. got a lot of errands to catch up on. hay. i need a vacation from my vacation.

but doing so much better. in my past US trips, i would sleep at around 12mn and wake up at 2 am. now i find myself feeling sleepy around 5 or 6pm but i would go to bed around 10 pm and wake up at 5. not bad, as most of my classes this sem start at 8 am.

i really really have to do some advanced reading. i won't be taking the licensure exam until june 2008, but the batches ahead of us said that it pays to prepare early. and besides, we got stuck with a biatch for a professor for our  medical-surgical nursing subject, and rumor has it that this is going to be the hardest subject we will ever take up in our nursing education. and that is why i can be found friday night last night with my med-surg book open. argh.

i have a sty. a kuliti. for the nth time. i haven't had one for the longest time and i think this time it might be because of stress. i am not allowed to wear my contacts until this thing disappears so therefore i haven't had the chance to wear the new eye makeup stuff i brought from the US to school as well. boo. i miss putting on eyeshadow. my face looks so colorless without it especially when i'm wearing my white uniform.

we start duty next week at jose reyes hospital. it's in manila and i live in paranaque. good luck sa kin.  

sa 3 araw na pagluwas ko sa jose reyes  (ung hospital sa gitna ng tayuman at bambang station) na realize ko na ibang klase ang dumi sa maynila. hindi ko alam kung nag iinarte lang ako kasi ang layo ng biyahe, tapos maaga ang duty, kelangan kasi 5:45 am andun na kami, so umaalis kami ng bahay ng mga 4:20. pwede naman kami umalis ng 5:00, kaso lang hindi natin masabi, baka masiraan or whatever kami. basta grabe ang alikabok sa area na un. parang mas maitim siya sa regular na duming nakasanayan ko. haha. pag naghugas ako ng kamay pagkauwi ko galing dun, ang itim ng tubig na dumadaan galing sa akin. hay naku. di bale 3 araw na lang kami dun. ung mga susunod na ospital namin, medyo malapit na.

parang namimiss ko ung lumang group namin sa duty. o baka hindi lang ako sanay sa mga bago kong ka group. naaawa ako dun sa nag iisang lalaki sa group namin. wala siyang kabonding pag nagchichismisan na ung mga babae. haha.