The Diary of a Young Man

It has been a week and a half since my last blog post here. Internet had been not available the past 7 days due to antenna problems. I know, I have to rebate. It would definitely follow some other day. Anyway, I had a vbery busy duty day. I had been appointed as the leader of the metropsyche duty. I was a bit anxious at first when Mam Dacuno, our clinical instructor for that area announced that we will have a field trip in the “Correctional institute for women.” The thing that made me anxious was the program. The program could get a lot costly. We have to buy stuff for tokens of appreciation as well time to practice for intermission numbers.

Today, the program was a success and I talkled to one of the inmates. She told me about her life in drugs and she did shed a tear while telling it. I was touched about it and I cannot help but to comfort her. I was also the one assigned to do the health teaching in front on the group. It was a success. I spoke, “filipino” and all was well. Group 1 BSN 3 A was not alone in conducting the program because we were with Group 1 section B. It was a very happy event. The games were performed really well and we did laugh when the intermission number came.

I had done an intermission number in the beginning with Jezel. We sang, “Bakit ngayon ka lang,” by Ogie Alcasid. It was fun because Jezel’s height is short and to be able for us to share 1 microphone I have to lower myself. In the end, we gave our tokens of appreciation and we said opur farewells. Mam Jocelyn, the inmate assigned to me gave me a souvenir. It was a key chain. I appreciated it so much. It was great gift from a good friend. I was seriously sweating within the program but it did not matter anymore. I smiled at the world around me and I did not care anymore.

We also had a tour in NCMH. We got our shirts for the mnetropsyche facility and it costs us P180 each.  We will be using those on Monday during the exercise scene with the patients. Life is such a good thing to live!

We reached school at around 12 noon and we had our lunch break. At 1pm, we resumed our duty and continued with the “self awareness talk. I was done with the “self awareness talk” about my self. I talked on Monday and it made me cry somehow. I shall not tell anymore the details of my talk. We were done at 2:30pm. We left school a bit tired but pleased with the duty.

I had a lot of things to carry on the way home. I already got my Pediatric Nursing book by Wong that costs 1,200 pesos. I already purchased it on monday morning but now I have to get it in the book store. It was a heavy burden. I have a lot of things to bring home and with that book my trip was a horror.

I also bought a purple flower as well as 2 key chains. I liked those nobjects and those thingts cost 55 pesos all. I am planning to give the flower to one I love most. Anyway, I got home tired and a bit sleepy. I started playing love songs on my computer and it definitely soothes my souk. I am extremely happy that this day made me learn a lot of things. I had touched the lives of others and valued team work more than everything today. I hope iot will not be the last that we will be visiting the CIW. I have to know more about them the next time I visit there. I want to see more smiles from people who changed and deserve to be loved more.

I am loving being a nurse. I am convinced that I could be an effective psychiatric nurse someday in my profession. I cant wait for my first handling of a psyche patient.

Have a nice day !