" Does Passion ENDS? When COMMITMENT Begins?

Just erlier as I visited surara's new blog I was kinda shocked when this post dumbfounded me:

as i was passing mart's page while ago, i was struck by this, "does PASSION ends? when COMMITMENT begins?" qouted by him in his friendster profile.does passion ends?and when does commitment begin?what makes a man by the way, if i ask you? fame? money? sexlife? good house? nice pad? gadgets? iphone? nightlife? art? love? why does these things are present in our lives by the way? does theses things contributes a man's growth in society and in God's eyes? lots of questions i've drawn by just reading mart's shout. i realized that if this things screen our lives or passed us, or got our attention our passions begin and our commitment ends. to whom we serve our commitment? God. and what this passion makes us? sinful, dirty, doomed. passion is like a drug, it makes you addicted to it.i think passion never ends. and commitment begins and ends in a short span of time.i dont want to get agains your lifestyle, but its true, if something gets our attention, we forget God. i am like you also, i forget God everytime. everytime. that makes me sad, and i made Him sad too.

MART"S COMMENT:

It's nice to know your'e back... like a T-back.. LOL. Anyway, based on your posts these days it seemed that you're already spiritualy inlined... don't you?! Just a month ago you posted like an athiest thing. You seemed not to beleive in God already. But now? everything has changed and I'm glad to hear that. Maybe you were enlighted from where were you last week. wer'nt you? hehe.. Actually, I posted that out of nothing. I just heard it from the Newest Star Cinema's Movie treailer When love begins. When I heard it first of course I was thinking about relationships, love, and romance. There is some romantic relationships that is unclear. I mean you are together but you're not commited to each other. We are dating but I didn't tell you not to see someone else. There are relationships that are good as that, beause sometimes when time comes that when girl and boy engaged commitment to each other maybe passion ends. Maybe beacause of some factors that follows when you are committed. For some, it's just nice to enjoy each other that we are not commited to anything.

I guess that tagline was all about that. And I'm glad you have associated it with GOd's passion. you've braoden your idea and found a deeper meaning. God speed! i hope you'll come with me now on our open cell ( bible sharing) even without foods.. lol! just kidding.. anyway Thank you for that post you have somehow endorsed my page. Thank you! :-)

SAMAL ISLAND HOPPING

It is summer already! And what’s better way to enjoy the summer ?! than an extravagant Samal Island hopping. Yes, last Monday together with my classmates as a farewell bash we tour to the different Island of Samal . First stop was Isla Reta. It took us about an hour to reach the place via ferryboat from the Sta. Ana wharf. We enjoyed the place by taking pictures, pictures and pictures. At around 5:30 PM, we took our ride going to the next Island at Kaputian by a small “lantsa” . There is where we rented an air-conditioned room and a cottage plus four tents. By sunset, we took our supper and enjoyed everything. We were playing cards , engaged in some games like “ police2x, kawatan2x”, swimming, some drinking, singing, talking about nothing serious and serious things, having a nice time in Kaputian Beach park until we rested and slept.

We woke up in time again to see the moon go down in the west and watch the sun begin to illuminate the east. At 7:00 AM some of my classmates left but with Trecia, Kathy, Kuya Elton, Neil, Menche, RJ, Lorain and her BF, we decided to go to another Island which is in Penaplata . A single motorcycle took us to the place. We went first to Requina’s resident to have a rest for a while and prepare foods for the next stop. We also saved our photo files first in our hard drive for us to have a memory space for the next “picture2x”. At lunchtime, we then had our way to Fernandez Beach Resort. There is where we took our lunch and enjoyed the super exciting game “99”. ( Maybe I will just have another post for this game) Of course, in every game looser must have a consequence? The one who loose eats banana. When the banana were all consumed there’s the “Suman” to replace. Then “ Bulad”. Then, Mango. The worst was the rice, as in eating rice and rice alone. Haha Super enjoy. ! After all our foods were consumed, the next activity was the most favorite picture2x again. Picture here, picture there, picture everywhere. At 7:00 PM, we bid goodbye to the island and went home by a barge.

Res ipsa loquitur "the thing speaks for itself" I wan't to say more about how enjoy our trip was but I'm lost of words maybe just look at the evidences...Our Photos... ( More photos will be available soon in my friendster account)

MHHmm.. what a great experience... I look forward to have more like this, this summer just before I'll have my review.. LoL. :-)

It's about Sharing...

"We sleep in comfortable beds at night, and we have our families to embrace when we're lonely..."

One day with Mayee and Trecia, had our lunch at Blue Carabao Resto along Obrero Street behind Mc Donald’s Bajada. As we enjoyed eating our much-loved food, chewing the most scrumptious viand and sipping our freezing ice tea someone caught my attention. A little boy at around 7 years of age gaping at us like envious entity who can do nothing about his hunger. Out of consideration, we called him and let him join our meal. We talked to him and we knew that his name is Jason. He talked about his life. From where is his parents to what he has been doing all of the time. We learned that he came from a broken family. And there’s no one else to care for him so well that most of the time he’s in the street. No education. No. enough foods. No comfy clothes.

These are but of those stories, though real, we overlook; so wrapped up are we in our lives.
We disdain their mere presence. We try our best to keep away from them: we take a bypass when we see them coming towards us, heck we cross the opposite street if we can. We squirm in disguise if they so much as touch us. We detest them for soliciting a single peso from us, or ask for the left over of our shakes and drinks.
We think that they’re too lazy to earn a living or to go to school. We think they are nuisance to society. But do we really believe that if they had the choice they would actually choose to live in the streets, begging for their meals, dirty and hungry?
Unlike them, we don’t eat left overs. We sleep in comfortable beds at night, and we have our families to embrace when we're lonely. However, it doesn’t seem enough, does it?
I feel blessed when I give. I think it is more than a social responsibility. I feel more lucky that I’m the one giving rather than the one asking. Hindi madaling manghingi. I believe that each time I give, God shovels back to me what I shovel in his bin of compassion. Only His using a bigger shovel.
I don’t give anything to anyone and expect something in return. I give because it’s natural thing for me.
I’m not telling this to brag that I helped nor to impress others but once and for all let us think that these are people too; people with their hopes and dreams. They want the things that we want, and hope for something better in life as well. Maybe it’s not bad to share a little sometimes even a bit of what he have
To give is to show an example of Christian charity; being an inspiration to those who seek reasons to be righteous and giving hope to those in despair. God has not denied whatever I ask from Him.

I’m not someone who has everything in life in terms of material things. I tell you, there are also times where I can’t eat the food that I wanted or buy the things that I needed most. But, giving is not only through money or material things. It is also being able to listen to the problem of others and being able to give them good advice and encouragement. Most importantly, it is sharing of one’s time, understanding, love and mercy. Through giving, we are thanking God for the gift of life and, at the same time, making a difference in the lives of our brethren.
You don’t need to be a Manny Pacqiao or a Bill Gates for you to give. Tell me I’m a liar but it is nice to give, really. It is one of the most wonderful feelings when you give. TRY MO!

It's Mah Birthday!

I'm not getting any younger, I am now leaving the stage of Identity VS Role Confusuin stage and taking a leap to Intimacy VS Isolation as Eric Ericson's psychosocial theory per se. I hope this time I'll meet my needs. I hope I won't be isolated. Hehehe... Well, I am now 20 years old not a teen anymore If I could just say it as Twenteen. hehe.. We'll, like any birthdays of course we deserve to have a wish. And my wishes goes like this.

1. Pass the Board Exam (one time lang!)
2. Pass the Board Exam (one time lang!)
3. Pass the Board Exam (one time lang!)
4. Pass the Board Exam (one time lang!)
5. Pass the Board Exam (one time lang!)

hehe... I hope my wish will be granted! :-)

A MILLION THANKS

As i step to the greater heights of the next level and cross the threshold of being a professional let me express my sincerest gratitude to some people who inspired me and taught me not to surrender in this endeavor. First, to my parents mama nenet and papa maddie who never gave up despite all indestructible impediments that came and served as my inspiration. You were the reason why i always stand up every time i stumble in the midst of this fight. Secondly, to my family nanay bebing,tatay willy, auntie cecil, uncle tata, kuya wilson,palen and to the rest of the adlawan and adiong clan who somehow shared their blessings and lend their helping hands. To my classmates and groupmates in the college of nursing that together we faced every dare of this hardwearing itinerary day by day. To all my mentors in this institution who took part in molding me to become a so-called globally competitive human being. To my friends who’ve been with me through ups and downs of this roller coaster ride and for propping me up to sustain the nerve of going on. To someone who had me at my best and loved me at my worst for making a difference and for giving spice in my ordinary college days. To all my detractors who anyhow taught me how to be brave and motivated me to improve myself as a grown up individual. Of course, to our almighty god where i draw most of my strength and for sending the holy spirit that enlightens me every moment of the day. I would not have done all of these without your help! I hope that time will come that i can be able to pay back the kindness you’ve bestowed, as when the time that i could reap the harvest of this struggle. A million thanks to all of you!

PAALAM PAARALAN!

Who would have thought that I am now declaring adieu to the place where previously became my world. Ang PAARALAN. Ever since I was a child, pag aaral na ang naging mundo ko. It’s like most of my time runs in school and doing school stuffs alone. I can’t say that I was a perfect student. Of course, nobody is perfect. But, I am confident to say that kahit papaano naging mabuti at responsableng naman siguro akong estudyante. Hindi ako anak mayaman kaya I need to double my effort upang makapagtapos at magtagumpay sa buhay. Yan ang sabi ng aking mama ang nagging una kong guro. Naalala ko pa noong ako’y nasa limang taong gulang pa lamang. Ako’y nag-aral bilang isang Kinder 1 pupil sa isang Day care Center School at sa awa ng Diyos ako ay nagtapos bilang isang Valedectorian sa aming paaralan. In that case, I was accelerated to the elementary level as grade 2 sa isang pampublikong paaralan sa aming lugar. ( gifted child siguro ko sa una! hahaha) At sa awa ng Dyos every end of the school year ako naman ay palaging nasa top at nakakatangap ng mga parangal. Hanggang sa ako’y lumipat ng paaralan noong ako’y nasa ika apat na baitang dahil sa di maiiwasang mga sitwasyon. Ako’y nagging transferee student sa isang paaralang mas malapit sa aming bahay. Naging aktibo din ako sa kahit anong mga events, sports at organisasyon sa aming paaralan. Pero, di naman sa lahat ng oras ako’y nag aaral tulad ng kahit sinong batang estudyante kapag may oras naglalaro naman ako kasama ang aking mga kaibaigan ng aking mga laruan tulad ng mga lego, kotse2x, robot at ipa pa. Minsan ako’y tinatamad din. Ayaw kong pumasok at nag ka cutting class kasama ng aking mga kamag aral. Kami ay namamasyal kahit saan. Ngunit, sa murang edad alam ko naman ang aking mga limitasyon kaya I still managed to continue and have a good grades. I finished elementary as a millennium graduate noong taong 2000 na may karangalan.

Holy Cross of Davao College was my next way to continue my dreams. In this stage of my life, the small robots and cars turned into computer games, billiards and some other things. My lower years of high school gave me a chance to look at myself and discover more about myself. Furthermore, this stage also made me urges to look at the people around me and discover more about them. Dito ko nakilala ang aking mga kaibigan na hanggang ngayon ay kaibigan ko padin. Dito ko rin unang naranasang umibig. (Char! It’s no valentine’s day special lol) Eventually, I could say that I had focused more my time in doing some fun and superfluous things, for instance hanging out with my ka-berks ( Ang GGB boyz! Mga tol miss ko na kayo! haha) and pacute stuffs than doing my assignments and some other school works. Na miss ko tuloy ang sonic boom isang arcade sa isang mall malapit sa aming school. At ang mga outing sa beach at ang night outs! Huhuhuh! Dito ko naranasang mapatawag sa Prefect of Discipline dahil sa mga kapilyuhang mga ginagawa. Magkaganon man hindi ko pinagsisihan ang mga panahong iyon. I have learned a lot from those experiences. Mga aral na hanggang ngayon ay dala dala ko padin. Pakikisama, pagkakaibigan, pag-ibig at iba pa. Eka nga learn from your mistakes. However, when I was in my senior year, I did my best to catch up and as a result, I got my good grades back. Here is where I met my best friends. (The ungoyz hahaha)Those days made me look farther ahead, in order that I may discover my role in building up a better world. Until my most awaited event has arrived, I walked on the aisle of achievement. I graduated High School but then I know it is not the end of my endeavors.


Now we are coming within reach of my college days. The most confusing question: Unsa man na COURSE akong kuhaon?. A usual quandary of any high School graduate heading its way to college. I can never forget the person who really influenced me to be in the nursing profession. Ang salarin! Si Carlo Tibog Surara one of my best friends in high Scool. “ Mag nursing nalang lagi ta Mart”. Ever since this was his line. He talks about so many pros about the course. At first, hindi talaga ako pumayag kasi ang hilig ko talaga ay ang pag cocomputer at pagdidirect o paggawa ng mga movies at ang photography. Pero ang tanga pud nga Mart Armand kauban ang uban pang utro pung tanga hala! Nagpa uto! Sige go! We went to different medical nursing school with four of my best friends and took each entrance exams. Of course, pasa kami lahat sa lahat nang aming inexaman. Kasama na dito ang DMSF, Brokenshire, SPC, ateneo at DDC. At sa lahat after a lot of brainstorms obviously ang Davao Doctors College ang aming na pili na pasokang eskwelahan. ( Kay colorful ang GyM lol!) Pero wait! A minuite kapeng mainit! Nasaan na si Carlo? Ang salarin! Hayon! Nag enroll sa isang Computer School. Kami ay iniwan sa napakahirap at maggulong mundo ng nursing! (Jos ko pong Pineapple!).
Ngunit, sa kalaunan nagging masaya naman ako sa college of Nursing. Na enjoy ko naman ang mga bawat sandali bilang isang college student. Madali akong nakapag adjust, ito ay sa tulong nang mga bago kong nagging kaibigan. Here’s where the childish and playful boy turns into more man that is responsible. As I go on, I realized that being in this field is absolutely no joke. Requirements, projects, manuscripts, return demonstrations, sleepless nights, hospital duties, community visits, toxic CI etc. These are just some of those terms that every nursing student is very familiar with and for sure, things that make their lives go like hell. OO, hell! Mala impyerno talaga ang pagod ng isang nursing students. Here is where I experienced going home at about 4:00 am from a classmate’s house doing our projects and then go back to school at 6:30 am. I cannot imagine how I survived without sleeping. I want to speak how hard it is being in this course but then I just can’t put it into words. Maybe in one word. Hell.!
However, I already learned how to love this profession. Mahal ko na ang trabahong ito. Kahit palaging sinasabi nang aking mga kaklase na “ bakit hindi ka nalang nag Masscom o nag film making o kaya nag photography o kahit anong computer course?! “. Ito’y palagi nilang sinasabi kapag nakikita nila ang mga gawa ko kung may mga events sa aming school o proyekto na ginagawa ko. Masaya naman ako at nagagamit ko ang hilig ko sa kursong ito at nasisiyahan sila sa mga gawa ko. Ngunit heto na ako isang ganaap nang Nurse at ilang saglit ay magiging registered nurse na in God’s time.

Endings don't mean to stop, it's just a way of telling us that there's a new beiginning ahead us, we should always be ready for the unpredictable, expect the unexpected,. It's easy to fall but hard to get up. But once we're up and back on track, we will be a better person. That's the way of life, We just live it, we learn from it.
Maybe it is just a farewell to a four-cornered building, where we get our formal education. Education that means 'to draw out', facilitating realization of self-potential and latent talents of an individual. It is an application of pedagogy, a body of theoretical and applied research relating to teaching and learning and draws on many disciplines.An education that is acquired through the school. But, life is an unending education an endless learning and a continuous wisdom.
This is just another episode of my existence that has been closed and another season has just to be opened. And I look forward to a lot more of wonderful sequel to be shown soon. More exciting. More breathtaking. More fun.! ABANGAN!...

SUCCESFUL SEMINARS!

Before we stride the aisle and bid farewell to our soon to be Alma matter, our final term was consumed merely by a seminar. Not just as if any other usual seminar but a colloquium conducted by us students. Each group from our class must organize two seminars with a given topic by our instructor. We must put in order everything from the physical set-up, certificates, to the letters, speaker etc. As a leader of our team, I can say that it was not truly an easy venture for all of us. We were so busy, that our whole time was all focused to the preparations. So many sleepless nights took place, plus the hardship of time management because of other responsibilities like hospital duties, OR/DR cases and of course with our personal lives. However, all of those were entirely disregarded as everyone commended us after our seminar. Clinical instructors, supervisors, fellow students were saying good things about how we conducted the said project. It really pays to do well in everything you do.!
Anyway let me show you some evidences of the said events.

Caring-Cary
“A Pragmatic View of jean Watson’s Caring theory”
with special guest speaker

DANILYN ISIDOR, RN

OPENING REMARKS
by: Mart Armand Adiong

“ With Great power comes great responsibility” quoted from the Spiderman motion picture. So as a team leader, I was tasked to organize and supervise the group. It was indeed a privilege to me to act out with this role. Together with my groupmates we had battled the pressures, the hard to meet submissions of paper works as preparation for the seminar and as well as the emotional twists just to come up with this endeavor. A juncture from now you will be able to witness the Pragmatic View of Jean Watson’s Caring Theory. Specifically to…(objectives)... So Clinical Instructors, supervisors, fellow students, guests ladies and gentlemen I will not take this speech so long, as to reap the harvest of our struggle. I now officially open “ Caring – Cary A Seminar on “ A Pragmatic View of Jean Watson’s Caring Theory”. Good morning!

HOLISTIC MAN

“Because a part can never be well unless the whole is well”
with special guest speaker LINELL G. MALIMBAG, RN, MAN, pHD.



OPENING REMARKS
by: Mart Armand A. Adiong

“A DREAM COME TRUE” that is how I describe this seminar. Since our last seminar was undeniably a great success, it is very hard to beat or even level with the victory of the first one. Of course, more pressures in our part. However, we still did our best with all our might to lift this seminar. A lot of brainstorming happened. Then we wanted it to be more creative and different from the first one but still have the blotch of our group, an informative and quality seminar. So, what is the best way to do that is to have the finest speaker. And we thought of only one person who could suffice our mind's eye but to have non other than our college dean Linell G. Malimbag, RN, MAN, PhD as our speaker. As she said, we were the first and the last group in the entire sections in our school that she would say yes for a seminar as a speaker. Of course, it was a great privileged for the whole 57&58 team. And it is indeed a dream come true for me.
On the other hand, what exactly is holistic care management in Nursing?, How does holistic approach would mean as a theory, related learning experience, and as a practice? What are its pitfalls? And How do we approach these pitfalls? All these and more will be answered within about an our from now. So ladies and gentlemen seatback and relax as HOLISTIC MAN a part can never be well unless the whole is well will rock your world. Thank you!.and Good morning!

Note: This OP wasn’t the actual opening that I had during the seminar because I lost my copy that time. I was just like saying anything that comes in my mind. Lol!

All seminars were really a big SUCCESS! Congratulations to all of us!