Just two years ago, I was a graduate nurse...

Hi friends,

Congratulations to all the graduates this March! I remember just 2 years ago, I was beaming graduate in after 4 years of studying Nursing, full of hope and aspirations. I never got to work lengthily as a nurse but I did have experience inside a hospital. However here in my current job, I work in an office coordinating a certain research project. 

Today, as part of my job, I visited a doctor's office inside a city hospital. It was a very old medical center but it was standing there proud. Even with it's archaic design, it boasted of very modern amenities and treatments. Sitting in the halls, waiting, I saw some nurses in their scrub uniforms walking along the hallways, probably out on their breaks, going to another department on an errand but hopefully not loitering. Somehow, it makes me reminisce the days that I have laboured inside a hospital among patients in a ward or other therapeutic areas. I also remembered the times we stood waiting for patients to treat  in the occasionally lazy emergency room. But my favorite area was, of course, the operating/ surgical theater. Being inside an operation makes me feel important, useful, dynamic and wise. We were an important part of the surgical process. We made sure that the tools were complete and prepped the area to make it as aseptic as was ideal. Ahh, how I loved being in that area! We even get to wear lab coats same as the surgeons. We sometimes hear people refer to us as doctors because of the crisp, white lab coats we proudly wore with matching white OR slippers and sometimes caps. 

As I was reminiscing in my formal office attire waiting outside that doctors office, I missed my old job. I missed my old, comfortable nursing uniforms. I never thought I would miss the way it felt to be a nurse after I have decided my office job is way better. But as they say, nursing is one of those noble jobs that asks you to give a little of yourself just to get through to your patients.This is a fulfilling profession that I would always have great memories about. Who knows? Maybe in the future, I could go back to being a nurse.But as for now, I am content just reminising.

Why you should love Mineral Makeup

When you earn online, one of the perks is that you can shop for anything in the internet. Most of the time I search for books for sale, but I also search for girly, health and beauty products that are within my budget (blog earnings).

If ever I have enough online income for a month, I'd go to my favorite online shopping site, Shopwiki and there I will search various types of things that help me with my skin. Well the scorching heat here in this part of Asia is not very friendly to my skin type. (I should definitely search about their sun care products later.)



Anyway, one of my favorite finds is the mineral makeup. Mineral makeup in mall stores are expensive, simply because they're mineral which means they're all natural. And I also love the grain and coverage of this type of makeup. Check out their mineral blush. As you can see, you can find them in small bottles. That's because a little amount is enough, it goes a long way. I found them too in Shopwiki and the price range is really within reach.


I find online shopping affordable and efficient. Imagine, you don't have to go to mall stores where some saleswomen are not so helpful when you're about to test the products they sell. When you check the site, underneath their cosmetics and beauty tools buying guide, they even have a helpful tips on how to apply make up like how to keep your lips stained or how to have smokey eyes, etc. All the info about the ingredients are written there to guide you. There are even different types of brushes being sold. I really, really recommend their mineral make up products.

Tea and LBM: bet you didn't know, too

My mom and I always argue about this. She keeps on drinking tea when she feels that she has a problem with her bowel movement. She insists that tea relieves the diarrhea. She said it's like common knowledge. Hello? That's like mixing oil and water or drinking aspirin when you have a virus (..wait that's another story).

Let me get this straight. Caffeine in tea only makes your LBM symptoms worse. This is because caffeine's action is like a diuretic. It makes you pee more. Try to remember the time you last drank Coke. You kept peeing almost every 15 to 30 minutes, right? Same with tea..When you have LBM, you tend to lose fluids and electrolytes. So if you drink tea during this diarrhea episode, then you would lose more electrolytes making it worse than when it began.

I really don't know how my mom cures herself by this. Maybe it's psychological.

What you have to do is eat foods or drink fluids that can replenish your lost electrolytes. (Like bananas).Also, avoid oily foods or other foods that might irritate your digestive system. If it's possible, try not using drugs to stop diarrhea.

What gives me the authority to write these things? I'm a nurse.
(What...nurse?...kcatwoman?.. I told you I'm human too.)