Sunday, June 18, 2006
Me and my Country
Ever since Gawad Kalinga came to my life, I learned how to appreciate and love who i am and where I grew up in.
Being a vigilant civilian, I always make it a point to be update with the ongoings in the polical arena. Call it a habit but I always make it a point, dead tired or busy, to always browse the daily paper. Sometimes if I do not get to read it daily, I accumulate them all and read it during the weekend.
Growing up knowing what happens from the world of the Malacanang to showbizness, I had seen how distorted some people work. Due to my daily readings of opinion pages, I became an anti-believer of Filipinism.
And so probably one of my underlying motives why I agreed to continue nursing was because of my growing passivity to my motherland. I reasoned out, what the hell will I get in return for serving a country with corruption at its very core? It was disconcerting to see people on the streets while some Presidents and officials hold a cabinet party. I hated the situation.
Then came GK 3 years ago. The build I had attended lat 12th of june taught me that building my nation needed sacrifice. Though I hated the scorch of the noon sun, I braved it knowing the hollow blocks and sand I was passing play a big part to changing homes and lives.
Yesterday, when I attended the congress, I cried once again because it was such a overwhelming feeling to see that GK indeed builds a lot of lives. I witnessed how many foreigners came to the country just to serve as a witness how the Filipino hopefully stands up to the challenges of poverty.
As the congress ended, I vowed to myself that I will exhaust all my talents for GK. If ever I do leave the country, I will work, come back and build a GK home. Who knows, I can even open another GK village!
GK is starting to spread the fire to the rest of the world and seeing how huge change it has caused makes me proud to be Filipino.
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I know already how to inject people. Wahaha. I also am enjoying the start of 3rd year. Tomorrow, I will handle babies. I thank God my prayers were answered. I have no sat. classes and I have what seemed to be a good rle group. I am still with Josh and Mae and though I like majority of my classmates, there still are people who I will work with who I am afraid to be friends with. I hate to be judgemental. Let's see how they'll fare during this week. hehe.
Oh...and the two of the top students are in my class. I know I must not be pressured. I trust God. :)
MY UBER NICE SKED:
1st rotation:Makati Medical Center Nursery(6am-2pm)
2nd rotation:DR-Ospital ng Makati(mon-tues:2pm-10pm;wed:2pm-6pm)
3rd rotation:Comembo Lying-in(6am-2pm)
4th rotation:5th floor-Makati Med(6am-2pm)
*approximately 4 weeks per rotation
Mon-Wed: RLE (duty)
Thursday: 8-11 Nursing 201
1-3 Nursing 201
3-5 Psychopathophysiology
Friday: 8-11 N-201
1-3 N-201
3-5 Psychopathophysio
5-8 Strategies of Health Education
Yahoo!
9:31 PM
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I don't care what the world
throws at me now.
It's gonna be alright.
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