Author Archive
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Nurses’ Shoe
Politics and Freedom of Speech has always been a part of the Filipino culture, it rouses at the same time when our ancestors have learned to wipe their own asses for sanitation. Though all of the mentioned are well exercised by the people (privileged or not), they are not practiced with full diligence and perpetual [...]
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COMMENTARIES, Community, FEATURED, STORIES
Motherhood Beyond 40 Years of Age
Life begins at 40. Most aging men and women say it should be. The inept fact however, is that some women have taken the aforementioned cliché too literally. The status quo of our society has revealed that Aphrodite’s descendants are now way beyond their prime years when they decided to jump into the perilous and [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Nurse, EMPLOYMENT, STORIES, Working Conditions
My Last Incidental Report
I had a total of six Incidental Reports at the last hospital that I’ve worked in. This was the very last that I’ve done before I left the country in search for a greener but sandier pasture. I’m not proud of any of my incidentals, but the nostalgic effect of the mistakes that I’ve done during [...]
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Kish Island for Dummies
Bring enough MTRCB prohibited materials for you and your roommates to feast on. Pack your luggage full of amazing stories just to ease the boredom. The bed bugsmight be Iranis by nature, but they are already kayumanggi by color due to all of the Filipinos that they have bitten. Don’t believe everything that your PRO [...]
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The Exit
Surely, my recent odyssey to the Island of Kish is one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Just try to picture out traveling into an unfamiliar land with no familiar face and place to keep your weary soul and frightened heart at ease, when you are just another Filipino Overseas Contract Worker chasing [...]
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COMMENTARIES, Community, EMPLOYMENT, FEATURED, MISCELLANEOUS, STORIES, TECHNOLOGY, TIPS
The first woman in my life… Mom…
The Filipino men, despite of our over flowing machismo and androgenic pride, we always fret and tremble in the presence of our Moms. I’m a self-confessed Mama’s Boy and I would never be ashamed of it. The unfathomable maternal care that my mom has given me for 27 years is one thing that I’m starting to miss since [...]
