First week of school was hectic; had our lecture in NCM102 the very first day of class and so far we've managed to finish a 120-pages handout on the neuro and musculoskeletal disorders. We're supposed to have our unit exam next Tuesday, and we owe Ms. De Mesa 8 quizzes this coming Monday, plus the quiz Sir Sese and Ms. Capati still have to give us... that makes around 10 exams plus the unit exam for next week. Great. Not.

We went to Bataan last Thursday for our orientation to the Mariveles Mental Ward. Except for the fact that it IS a hospital for the mentally ill, the place actually looked nice. Mariveles is connected to the sea (I dunno which) and we passed by this road where on one side you could see the beach and a hell of a lot of fishing boats. The hospital's surrounded by mountains, everywhere you turn, there's virtually a mountain in sight, and it's really wonderful though somewhat belittling to look at. The air is crisp and a cool breeze was blowing all the time. If you close your eyes it really is kind of easy to forget where you are; well, at least until an old man singing at the top of his lungs that he's Darna breaks the spell of peace ^^0 We're to have our duty there sometime in January; a three-day duty where we'll be assigned one patient and we'll have to figure out on our own what mental disorder that patient is suffering from.

Oh yeah... my uncle's out of the ICU. He really did have a mild stroke but luckily the clot on his brain didn't explode. I know the operation to take that clot out costs around half a milion... wonder where the hell they're gonna get the money for that? Gah... I'm so bad because I really don't care what happens to him. I'm only remembering coz Mom's hounding me to get dressed now and stop using the computer so we could go visit him at the hospital. I kinda don't wanna go. Hell, forget the 'kinda'; I simply don't want to go. But we're going shopping afterwards so... ^_^0

Ang sama ko no? hahah ^^ Just being truthful here, is that so wrong?