Sleepy Head

It is time for me to go to sleep now so that I can have at least 6 hours of sleep so that I will survive the night again tonight. I need to be awake and active all night at work and avoid being sleepy because the one that is in charge tonight is the biatch. Oh I hate her very much! She is a control freak and always reporting to the manager even things that is not important. I cannot wait to have my residency visa so that I will only work part time to avoid this lady. Anyway are you looking for any eczema treatment? If you are visit the link above.

Books For Me :)

Since last week we are not allowed to use our mobile phone at the bedside. I means no facebooking, no chatting, no browsing online and playing games at the bedside. At the first few days I was having withdrawal syndrome. Lucky me I am cured now :) Since there is nothing to do while looking after ventilated patient I read a book last night and managed to finished 450 pages overnight. No wonder I am suffering with headache now.

To clarify I don't read books to patient I read books for myself :)

Weight Loss Affiliate

My friend/colleague wants to lose some weight just like me. To be able to do it we are going to sign up into weight loss affiliate. When we mentioned it to our colleagues at work we were surprised that even that our slim colleagues would love to join us. Now this gives me more pressure. They said that they are not trying to shed some pounds but to maintain their health. I really need to do it because right now I am suffering with short of breath because of my heavy weight. Sigh...

I Need A Home Business

I was at work again last night and I am doing two more nights. I am not feeling so well but I need to work. Off sick here in Australia is limited. Only two weeks a year :( If only I have a successful home business I am not going to do a lot of shifts. But right now I don't have any option but to work to earn money. How sad! But still I am thankful, at least I have a job that can support me and my family so well.

Good Luck to Apol

I heard that my colleague/friend whom I work with in Philippines and work in the same hospital in UK is already working in ICU where I work before. I am so glad that he took the chance. I've been telling him for some time to apply so that we will be working in the same unit and the workload is lighter but he was happy with the ward that he was working before. If only I'm in UK we will be working together again. Good luck Pol. I know you can do it!

Moi and Apol in one of my Poll Shift

I Gained Weight Again ;(

Is it really obvious that I gained weight again? My colleague asked me if I want her refurbished fitness equipment because as what she said I look like I gained some weight again. Urgh!!! But anyway, thanks to her honesty. Now I realized after weighing myself that I gained three kilos in the last two weeks. I knew it! My uniform has been tight this last few days. Waaaaa!!! I need to do something about this.

All About Poo Poo

As a nurse we do all the care of the patient including patient who just had a colon cleanse who are bed bound. Sometimes it leaks all the time and needs constant cleaning. It makes me sick thinking about this but it's a part of our job as a nurse that needs to be done. So imagine being with a patient with constant diarrhea for 12 and a half hours. Not easy at all!!! And it is possiblefor us too to have a diarrhea following looking after patient like this even with constant hand washing.

Talking About Mrs. Hitler

I have a colleague which I really hate. Not only me but by everybody. She makes it difficult for all of us. She treats us like kids not an ICU nurses with lots of experience. She wants everything to be done according of what she wants. I have a Filipino colleague once that stand of what he thinks and what he knew because she was wrong and you know what? She complained it to the manager. Now nobody talks to her and everybody are talking behind her back including me.

Treatment For Insomnia Anybody?

I just finished my night shift but I can't get some sleep because the sun is shining outside and it is so tempting to spend the day roaming around. But then I need to get some rest especially that I don't feel so well. But I already spent two hours in bed but I can't sleep and also I am not used sleeping before midday. Does anybody know any treatment for insomnia? I already had a warm bath and a cup of cappuccino but it didn't help at all. I have some sleeping tablet here but I don't want to take it because it makes me crazy.

Party In Between Nights :)

I thought I can do it but I did not manage. I don't have a plan to sleep today after my second night shift but my body was so tired. So my family went to the church without me. Oh well, there's still next Sunday. It is my fault because we went to the party yesterday before going to work. Now after three hours rest I am awake and about to go to the park to attend the Multicultural Party being held there. But I need to sort out my Linksys router first before going because daughter number one said that she can't get a wireless connection upstairs.

My BFF's Are Coming

The picture above is already 15 years old. That was taken when we visited my cousin. A four hours travel from the place where we studied in college. This two are my best buddies and my best friends. And you know what? They are going to visit me here in Australia next year. I am very happy because after a long long while we will see each other again. My friend Venus is in Chicago right now and Marly is in UK. We did not had a chance to see when I was still there because I was busy minding my kids that time. Along with them our friend Japet will join them and currently he is in Kuwait. And I'm sure our friend Gina who is in Melbourne will join us too. I can't wait for that to happen. I miss them so much!

A Colleague That I Knew Before

Can you believe it? I have a male colleague that is my school mate in college. I didn't know him and forgotten about his face already from before. We only had a year gap. So we saw regularly in school for three years. Just recently my cousin uploaded old pictures and to my surprise we participated in the cheering squad on the same time. We were laughing because until now we can't still remember about meeting each other. I know his common friends and he know my friends. It was year 1995 when we joined the cheering squad. It's been a while maybe that is why we can't remember each other. Oh well, the important thing is his partner is going to have a spa party and we are invited. Yahoo! And if you are selling spa covers contact me because she is looking for one.

Rules That Can Be Broken :)

When I started in the unit where I am working right now there are no set rules. You can do whatever you want to do at the bedside. Some bring laptops, some bring nintendo dsi, all of us bring our phone and browse our facebook, answer our call anytime when it rings and everybody can eat whatever on the bedside. But recently they said that it is not allowed anymore. What the heck! What do they want to do overnight? Especially if we are stock on the side room with only one patient? Oh well, there is still the desktop in the office that we can use. Or maybe we can still bring our laptop or browse our mobile internet if the supervisor on the shift is nice :) We will see. Anyway, we can only do this thing during the night shift because day shifts are busy all the time.

On Going Application For Our Residency

I am happy that after almost five months of waiting for our residency application I heard from the immigration that they are reviewing our residency and what I need to submit to complete my application is my current Nursing license in Australia. Yahoo!!! I thought that they already lost my application because it's been a while before they contacted me. I hope that we can get our residency status soon.

I Had A Long Rest :)

I was so tired yesterday after my third night shifts. Especially that I went to the city without any rest. I managed to sleep at 4PM. I thought that I can get up before 7PM but my body was so tired. My kids tried to woke me up but I was on deep sleep and was dreaming that I was on holiday and complaining why the hotel that we are staying has cheap laminate flooring. LOL. It was so weird. Got up at midnight and I was thinking that it was already 5AM. Lucky me after two hours I managed to slept again for another five hours. I am happy because I need a long rest especially that I am working again tonight.

Filipino Colleagues at Work

I so love that I have seven Filipino colleagues at work. Four of them are girls and three are boys. Most of us do night shifts and sometimes all of us are in the same shifts. So just imagine us all in one 12 hours shift. The unit is full of laughter and noise. It is like we are having party at work. None of us are level two because nobody want any responsibility. Some of my Filipino colleagues were offered a supervisory post but they declined. Who wants it if everybody are happy with our post? The $1 per hour extra salary is not worth it. Anyway, one of my colleague is selling her POS systems. Anybody interested?

Work and Play

After our wonderful holiday last week. I need to work and work again for our next one. I did four night shifts, a day off yesterday and I am going to do three nights again starting tonight. I am tired but I need to do it. Especially that two of that three shifts are extra shifts. Yay! Can't wait for our next holiday ;)

The Importance of Vitamins

I do night shifts most of the time which makes me prone to sickness and I should take vitamins. But the problem is it makes me sick. I need to try my best to maintain my health so instead of vitamin I eat fruits. I am lucky that my kids take vitamins without any problem. I make sure that they have Vitamin C and Multivitamins everyday and the result is good they are growing up nicely without any problem with their health and thanks to God.