When busy days overtake

I am not really sure of when was the last time that I actually rested well. That I mean of a real good one. The months that were – it made me toxic and dizzy. I officially started my supposed professional life working with a customer care company – as you may or may not know - I worked for TeleTech for five long months. I decided so because I was so bored after the board exam on December that for a second I finally made my mind and furnished one typical resume (forgetting all that has been taught in college for an excellent and attention-grabbing document such as this), passed it on the company’s receptionist, and landed a job in a day. Whew, everything was just too fast – I came on 9:30 am to pass my resume, passed all the tests, been interviewed for 15 minutes, toured the area and signed the contract on exactly 6:30 pm and were on my way back home 7 pm. That was surreal! I landed the job for barely nine hours.
And here I am right now, after all the days I have been working with TeleTech, I decided for something I consider as paradigm shift for my so-called professional life.

I will be a nurse-trainee for another six months in Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH), commonly referred to as the regional hospital in Bacolod City. I started my orientation just this week and will be working for the General Surgery Ward of the institution. Do I like my post? Yes, I do. Working for pre-operative and post-operative patients is an exciting and challenging task. I know that it has been a terrorizing subject for a student nurse – the course known as Medical-Surgical Nursing. I loved it when I was in college. And I still do. That’s why I am so eager on working for the next six months in this area and I am just hoping that after six months I can consider myself as an expert nurse in this area.

I have been busy then, and I kow it will be another toxic yet exciting six months ahead of me. Kaya ko ’to! This reminds me so of Seng-t’san’s poem On Trust in the Heart:

Pursue not the outer entanglements,
Dwell not in the inner void;
Be serene in the oneness of things,
And dualism vanishes by itself.

This poem means one thing for me: that despite life’s busyness, we should always make exceptional effort to find peace of mind and reflect on life’s most important things.

*Thanks co-trainees Gibbs, Ethel, Jepoy and Christine for a great start! I am excited on working with you guys.