Graduation....counting the days

Today, we filled up our application for graduation. It seems not too long ago, almost two years actually, I was sitting for my first class - Theories in Nursing - and so overwhelmed about all the papers that we had to submit, and my mind going- "what the hell was I thinking?!?". Concept paper???? What do you mean concept paper? What the hell is concept!!!!!!

I totally freaked out that when I got home, I went straight to bed and cried myself to sleep.

But look at me, almost 4 semesters, 8 mini terms have passed, and 5 units to go.....I'm surviving. It has gone better, still, with every course seeming to drain everyone's energy, spending more that 24 hours at times trying to beat the deadline. Record to note - 56 pages of final paper for Aggregate 3. That was long!

The experience is more than enough to carry me through the rest of this year. I'm excited, as with every member of the GSA cohort. And there's good reason to. We survived!

How expensive is it to graduate?!?

Graduation Fee - $ ?????
Gown and Cap - $ 25.00
Hood - $ 15.00
College Ring - $ 389.00
Announcements- $ 69.94
Diploma Frame - $ 140.00
Yearbook - $ 30.00
Grad Vide0 - $ 20.00
Grad Pix - $ ?????

"You can't put a price on the pride, achievements and friendships made...it means your experiences are worth remembering (Jostens catalog)."

Yeah, right!

University of the Incarnate Word

announces that

Barbara Michelle B. de Guzman

is a candidate for the degree of

Master of Science

in

Nursing

on

Saturday morning, December tenth

Two thousand and five

at

eleven o'clock

Covocation Center

Far cry from caffeine-free. That's more like it! 

Yellow roses for Valentine's day 

Hail
*edited from Feb. 1*


Funny, for a State that has never experienced snow for 6 years (well, the statistics are kind of twisted), it has snowed last year (Feb 14) and today, it hailed, all glorious 3 minutes of it. But I took a rollfull of pictures. I'm hoping it would print the hail falling but I forgot to put my settings in sports, so it mught not look like it at all *pout*. I have an excuse though, I only had 3 minutes! *wink*. Oh well, as my mentor tells me, in a roll of 24, you'll be lucky if you have more than 5 that are really really good. We'll find out! And hopefully, it will snow again.....in another 6 years!

Angels in America

I just saw this movie (6 whole hours). I am so amazed by the genius of everyone that had to do with it. The script is phenomenal, the actors were all awesome. I can't believe Meryl Streep was the old Rabbi!!??!!! Anyways, I really love this movie. There weren't any trying hard dialogue, or scenes, or acting. It's just awesome! I'm going to buy my own copy!

Now speaking of movies, I also watched Singles, with Ara Mina et al. Well, don't bother. For example, Ara's daughter's dialogue's so unreal. Children don't talk that way!!!! There were scenes that don't need to be there, like the wishing well scene. Or it could have been presented in a way that will link it to the rest of the movie. And why, oh why, should there always be a gay sidekick??? That's overdoing it! Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of gay friends and I love them dearly. But like every signle movie? Try redoing this movie, from the dialogue to the acting. The story might actually work.

Enough critique for a day. I have like 11 more Filipino movies to watch. Most of them are suspense/horror films. And I have Sabel!!!! They say it's really good. I'll watch it later. During breaks form my Research Paper! Arghhhh!

I can't believe the semester's halfway though. Just two more papers for research and the mini-term is over. OMG, as in, I actually survived research! Well, that's not official yet but I think I'm on the right track. Speaking of surviving, I am done with 2 days of clinical preceptorship, 10 more to go! So far, everything's cool. I still can't imagine how I ended up in pediatrics. Although I love children, my clinical experience with PD is actually negligible. But as I've said, so far, all's well. I have 10 more clinicals and 1 actual teaching. I am going to teach childhood depression, which has been my obsession since our Aggregate class. I still wish that school allowed me to conduct my assessment on bullying. That's really what I wanted. Oh well, getting into the school system is really complicated, and I didn't have enough time for that.

One more thing, I graduate in December! Yay!!!! One more semester and school's over. Ain't that something to look forward to??? You betcha!

Oh wow, I went from movies, to research paper, to graduation. Whew!

Caffeine free (what good does that do!?!)