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Not Dengue Please

Two days ago, I woke up with a sore throat. It was either caused by the ice cream I ate on the night of my birthday or the bacterial infection from my classmates who had flu last week was spread to me. Ugh, this is my 2nd or 3rd tonsillitis this year.

Yesterday, I was supposed to go to the hospital for my practicum but I wasn’t feeling well. I checked my temperature; it was 38.8. I tried to observe myself for an hour but my temperature did not go down. I decided to stay at home and rest. I was febrile the whole day. I also had chills, joint pain and back pain. I felt irritable. What’s good about it was that I got a lot of sleep. In the afternoon, my dad decided to take me to doctor for a check-up. He was thinking that I might have a dengue.

At the clinic, the doctor asked for the symptoms I felt. He ordered CBC with platelet to rule out dengue. Dengue has the same signs and symptoms with flu except that it targets the platelets of a human being. During the history taking, he asked me when my next menstrual day is. I told him that I am getting my period within this week. He explained to me that studies show that women who have menstruation are more susceptible to dengue. According to this study, the scent of women having their period attract mosquitoes. I didn’t know there’s a study about this.

My laboratory result was normal except for my WBC which is elevated. It might be due to the bacterial infection caused by my sore throat. Bad news is dengue is not yet ruled out. It’s too early to tell that this is not dengue so if I still have fever after 2-3 days of taking antibiotics, I should go back to the clinic and  have another CBC with platelet test.

I hope this is not dengue because I’ve had dengue patients before (most of them are kids) and I saw how painful and traumatic it was to have such kind of disease. Another thing, I have so many stuff to do for my MA class. I also have an online job to attend to everyday and I can not lose that job just because of those effin mosquitoes.

Let’s just pray this is only tonsillitis and not dengue.


posted in July 29, 2010 under Daily Dose, Personal Health

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25th birthday

I feel like I have two birthdays this year: yesterday and today. Yesterday, I celebrated it with my family and my boyfriend. Today, which is my actual birthday, was spent by answering greetings on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and SMS, watching SONA, and attending the 6pm mass.

This morning I arranged the flowers given by TJ on a flower vase. I just randomly put it on the vase and displayed it on our altar. I don’t have the talent in flower arrangement so it doesn’t really look nice. Haha. I, then, realized how gifted the florists are. I wish I have that talent too!

Because I wasn’t able to wear my “birthday dress” yesterday, I just took pictures of me wearing it today. TJ didn’t allow me to wear a dress; baka masilipan daw ako while watching the PBA games.

Bought this dress from a thrift store. <3

And another…

At 6pm, I went to church to attend the mass. Tears fell down from my eyes when the priest mentioned about “blessed are those who wait” during the homily. It is because before the mass started, I prayed and thanked God for making me happy this day. “Diba Lord, sabi niyo… blessed are those who wait… Eto na… happy na uli ako.” And during the Prayers of the Faithful, they also mentioned about couples who had problems, that they may be reunited by love, be strengthened by their faith, and be reconciled. This is it. This is the answer from God. And I don’t know how many times I said thank you during the mass. I just couldn’t believe that this is happening. I thought that I am starting a new life without him… but then, God still wants us to be together.

In a few hours, my special day will end. Back to normal life: school and work. I still can not believe that I am already 25 because seriously, I still feel young! Nagmumurang kamatis! Haha! It is probably because I still don’t have that much of responsibilities at home or in my life, generally speaking. Sigh, I really wish that I’ll still get those things I pray for. I know I can’t get them all in one snap. I know they will come at the right time. So here I am, waiting again…

Thank you everyone for the greetings! :)


posted in July 26, 2010 under Daily Dose, Goals & Dreams, Lovedub

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The day before my birthday

Last night, I thought my 25th birthday would be the worst. I thought I would describe it as my fucked up birthday. Well, I was wrong.

Before I went to sleep last night, TJ and I chatted on Facebook and I was so pissed off because he told me things he shouldn’t have said. It hurt me. After a while, he called me and told me to stop crying. I replied, “Why do you even care?” But he just said, “Basta. Tumahan ka na.” So I went to sleep with puffy eyes and prayed that this is all just a night mare.

This morning before 7 am, my mom woke me up and told me that a classmate of mine is waiting for me downstairs. Why would a classmate visit me at this early hour, I thought.  I had a hunch that it wasn’t a classmate. I went downstairs to check if my hunch is true. Yes, I’m right. It was him waiting for me at the living room with a beautiful bouquet of my favorite flower: pink roses. Remember this item on my whoisteejeigh blog?  ”23. There might be an instance that he will make you really mad on a Valentine’s Day but on the next day, he will appear right in front of your house with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.” It happened again.

He told me that it was planned, except the break-up. It was part of his plan to make me angry. He also told my family in advance about his surprise. I can not believe that they cooperated with him!

And so we talked about what happened during our break up. We didn’t talk about the root cause of this issue; we only discussed the effects of our actions. To be honest, that moment was surreal. I cried when he handed me the flowers. He asked me why I was crying. I had a hard time to explain to him my sudden outburst. I guess, I was just full of mixed emotions.

We talked, laughed, hugged and kissed. We both missed each other. At that moment, I just wanted the world to stop from turning. I was in cloud nine.

After we ate breakfast, we prepared lunch for my birthday’s celebration. We cooked and ate baked macaroni, pancit bijon, fried chicken and fruit salad with my whole family. Two hours after lunch time, we went to Araneta Coliseum to watch PBA live. It’s a treat from his dad and I was thrilled to go inside the Big Dome because it is my first time to watch it live.

The first game was B-Meg vs San Miguel. I cheered for James Yap (hahaha!) but I rooted for San Miguel because 3 of the players were from FEU. We’re fans of Ginebra but since they didn’t win for semi-finals, we rooted for another team.

In this game, San Miguel won! Huzzah!

During the break, we took pictures of ourselves.

If you see it, you’ll shit bricks. Hrhr. Just kidding! Boyfriend and I were surprised that the guy was included in my picture! So I had to take another! Hehe!

This is the best picture of us. HAHAHA!

The next game was Talk n Text vs. Alaska. I met a new crush, his name is Cyrus Baguio from Alaska. Hihi!

After the game, he and his dad dropped me off at my house.

One thing that I will not forget about this day is when he told me about his plans for his future. I was flattered when he included me in his plans.

I really thank God for answering my prayer. I told Him that if he is really the guy for me, he will show up on this day; if he’s not, then He should help me to be strong and to accept that we aren’t meant to be. But… he showed up. :)

I don’t ask for any material things on my birthday (except that Nokia C3!! Haha!). All I wanted is to be happy. And I am glad, I got it the day before my birthday.


posted in July 25, 2010 under Daily Dose, Lovedub

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Birthday Wish List

In 2 days, I will turn 25. 6 years ago, I thought that at the age of 25 I will be  successful and stable. I guess some aren’t just meant to happen the way you wanted. This entry is not a reflection on my birthday. I’ll probably do that in the next few days.

This afternoon, I went to the mall to check if Nokia C3 is already out.

Sad to say, it will be out next week. I was hoping that I’ll get one on or before my birthday but like what I said some aren’t just meant to happen the way you wanted. Good news is that I found a store which sells the cheapest that is if I pay it in cash. I already reserved one unit and the saleslady told me she will text me as soon as possible. I’m so excited!

One thing that makes me excited about buying this phone is the fact that I am using my own money. My parents always buy me the things I need or even want. I think the most expensive thing I’ve bought using my money is a pair of shoes. So this really makes me proud of myself.

Another thing that I’d want to buy are the following:

Bow clips. I tried to look for this everywhere but to no avail. I’ve heard they sell one in Forever 21 but I haven’t been there. Didn’t join the hype when it opened. I’m too lazy to commute from QC to Ortigas just to check if they have bow clips. Just in case you’ve seen one, please let me know where to buy these cute stuff.

Geek glasses are so in right now. And it’s not that I am joining the bandwagon. I only wanted that one because it is floral printed. Random Fact: I am into floral prints even before it became mainstream. I’ve always had this thing for printed stuff. And that belt thing, it’s floral printed too!

Although high-heeled shoes make a girl hot and sexy, I still prefer wearing flats. I feel comfortable wearing them. I still feel sexy when I wear flats though. Haha!

I still have a lot of things that I want for my birthday but these are the top of my list. Others are non-material things: happiness, job, and good health.

One thing that will make me happy is reading letters from different people. And that’s why I made this tumblelog to receive letters on my birthday. How narcissistic of me!

Write one for me, will you?


posted in July 24, 2010 under Daily Dose

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Clinical Residency

Our practicum aka Clinical Residency started last Monday. It’s different from the Related Learning Experience during our college days. We aren’t allowed to handle patients which SUCKS. What we only do are observe, choose a patient for case study, eat at McDo, and go home. Hahaha! Seriously. I once told my classmates, “Masmatagal pa yata tambay natin dito sa McDo kaysa sa loob (hospital) eh!” Contrary to our “objectives” as part of our requirements, we do not complete the 8 hours of clinical exposure. After getting the cases, we go home immediately. Like today, I arrived at the hospital at 7:30 am (I’m late! I know!) and left at 9:30 and hanged out at McDo with my classmates for an hour.

This was on our first day. This is not in McDo though. This was the day when Mamu (we call her Mamu because she’s already 50 and a mom of two kids) who was assigned at the Emergency Room apparently became one of the area’s patients. She had a sudden rise in blood pressure. Stressed on the first day?

Another picture with my classmates.

And this was today after I got home from my 2-hour duty. I don’t know why I like this picture. Maybe because I am getting compliments from different people? Hihi!


posted in July 23, 2010 under Cameraddiction, Daily Dose, M.A.N. Degree, Nursing Life

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First Post

Finally, my blog is up! After gazillion years of waiting, complaining and ranting, my domain is now activated.

So I would like to welcome everyone to my new personal blog, whatxylasaid.com. I decided to create one because I made my nursecissism blog a themed one which made me post only the things related to my nursing life. And because I am in and out of the nursing world, I don’t get to post regularly. In this blog, I can post anything without being limited to nursing topics or to my nursing life. I actually made a personal blog before on Tumblr but I deleted it for some reasons.

Another thing, my layout is very minimalistic for now. I actually have this concept in mind but I can’t make it work. I don’t know why.

God, I miss blogging for real! And I am so glad to be back in the real blogging world.


posted in July 22, 2010 under Blog Talk, Daily Dose