I can’t believe I will be graduating next week, April 18, 2011, 6 days to go. It’s a bittersweet moment for me, I’m extremely happy because finally after 4 long years of hard work in college, I will be graduating already, but sad at the same time, because I will miss school (I can’t believe I’m saying this) yes you’ve heard it right, despite the long hours of studying, sleepless nights, making countless NCPs, standing for 8 hours on duty, brain- wracking exams and the list goes on. I will miss all of it! :(
I never really thought that I’d survived Nursing. Before I enter to college, I’d hear stories from other people that said na sobrang hirap daw ng nursing, well, after 4 years in it, I would say it is hard. This course requires hard work, a lot of Patience and Perseverance. Despite the challenges in my course, I’m proud to say that I’ve been on the dean’s list and president’s circle several times aand I’ve also been on MDC’s Top 100 last semester. All the hard work really paid off when I received these awards.
My college life has been one heck of a roller coaster ride for me, so many highs and so many lows! :)
Lows
1. Being away from home- During my first year in college, I got home sick most of the time because this is my first time that I’ve been away from our home for a long time. I miss the south, not that I have anything against the north- I love the energy it gives me- it’s just that I do miss the steady feel of the south . There’s just this familiarity and sense of home that I feel there.
2. NCPs everyday and NPs every rotation- Last week while cleaning my room, I saw my first Nursing Care Plan that I made when I was in 2nd year and boy, did I suck! Haha, there were red marks all over my paper and I laughed so hard because of the obviously wrong things that I’ve written in it. I just don’t like making NCPs after each duty and Nursing Process after every rotation, because instead of resting when I got home, I still have to do these paper works.
3. 3rd year Grand case presentation- This is definitely the most unforgettable moment in my college life. Despite the sleepless nights and hard work that me and group mates put on to it. There was an incident that happened between one of my group mates and one of the panelist while defending it. I can’t tell you what is it but because of that incident me and some of my group mates ended up crying about it. But, still our group and the panelist patched things up at the end of the day and we really got a high grade in it.
Highs
1. Independence- College gives you a lot of Independence, from choosing your subjects, professors (in other universities) to long hours of break (you can go anywhere) and etc. My parents are never strict to us when it comes to going out so I never experienced lying to them when it comes to gimmicks and sleepovers, because they always allow me. I really appreciate all the trust that they’d given to me and because of that I don’t do anything wild or crazy and I always go home before 3 am :)))
2. Being Street-smart- Since I’ve been studying here in Manila, I’ve been commuting everyday for the past 4 years and because of that I’ve learned the pasiko-sikot of Manila and Makati. Name a place and I can tell you in a heartbeat how to get there :) I just love how knowledgeable I am of this things because I know that I will never get lost here in Manila.
3. New friends- I love meeting different kinds of people every day, which is also one of the things that i love in my course. I have some patients that became my friends and they even added me up on facebook ;) . I also met my true friends in college, Planets (because we are 9 in the group), they’re my best girlfriends and I wouldn’t survive college without them.
There were so many things that happened to me during my college life, Good and Bad. If I’ve been given a chance to experience college again, I would do it all over again and wouldn’t change a thing about it. I love how college made me into a better and stronger person that I’m right now. It’s sad that in merely 6 days, I will be ending this great chapter in my life; yet I’m excited and scared that I will be beginning a new one.
