When Life Gives You Tangerines

This one's another gift from the Kdrama Gods. Perfect casting, story and everything. 🥹👏👏👏

Sus Behavior

The effort you put into erasing every trace of me makes me wonder—why? After all this time, even with the long silence between us, are you still bothered? Or is it the thought that I haven’t moved on that worries you? Honestly, just decide already: do you care, or don’t you? 😬

I Saw The Sign

The other day, at the mall, I ran into my cousin, a nurse who has been teaching for years. She asked if I’d be interested in teaching because, finally, the State University here in Bataan is now offering Public Health. It’s equivalent to Medical Technology or Clinical Laboratory Science. Initially, they only hired doctors as professors, but now they’re considering medical technologists and other allied health professionals with graduate school units. I could teach on my days off or after office hours as a part-timer.

At first, I was hesitant—and I still am—but I’ve always wanted to share what I’ve learned from my mentors, professors, and the greatest teachers of all: experiences. I know it won’t be easy since I don’t have any formal teaching experience. The closest I’ve come is training new employees, continuously guiding them, talking to work immersion students, and, way back, teaching my grandma’s house help to read and write.

But then I thought, there’s no harm in trying, especially since I’m not planning to leave my day job. I’ll just apply as a part-timer if they allow it. For now, I’ll give myself some time to think about it and start gathering my credentials and requirements from both undergrad and graduate school.

By the way, I’m almost done with the PAMET SPECTRUM - Laboratory Management and Leadership Program. We’re down to the last two modules—woohoo! The final one, Action Research, involves identifying problems in our own institutions and coming up with solutions. To graduate, we’ll need to defend our research, and once we do, we’ll become diplomates and achieve a Level 7 certification from PRC.

The program has been incredibly helpful. I really hope all the candidates graduate successfully so that this pilot run is considered a success, paving the way for PAMET and PRC to continue offering it.

On another note, I finally upgraded my tablet after six years. The older one still works well but has limited memory and functionality. I had been contemplating it for almost a month but decided to go for the upgrade, especially since I’ll be working on my paper soon. It would be a hassle bringing my humongous laptop everywhere, so I opted for a tablet that could also function as a laptop. The tablet comes with a pen and a detachable keyboard. Having a pen has had me scrapbooking and sketching digitally. Sometimes, I write and then draw, letting its AI interpret my scribbles to see if it gets me—haha.

I’ve found the AI functions of the S series really helpful for copyreading emails, memos, and more. I’ve been using the S24 FE for three months now, and it’s made composing and proofreading messages so much easier. And its camera's zoom is a wowwww! I hope the Tab S10+ doesn’t let me down either!

Me vs. Me, Myself and I

I don’t know if this counts as oversharing, but I’d like to share how I manage to get chores done despite my laziness.

I clean my bathroom, do the laundry, and change my beddings once a week (on weekends). To keep laziness at bay, I break each task in half, ensuring I finish everything within the day.

First, I remove the beddings, clear out everything in the bathroom, and load the laundry. Then, I take out the clothes I washed the previous day, wash the dishes, and prepare lunch.

Afterward, I fold the clothes, hang the new laundry, and scrub every corner of the bathroom until it’s squeaky clean. Next, I shower, put on fresh beddings, turn on the AC, and—ahh—rest.

There are days when my beddings still feel clean and comfy, so I stretch it for another day or two. (Okay, maybe I’m just too lazy to deal with five pillowcases, a bedsheet, and a duvet cover. 😂) When that happens, I end up changing them on a weekday. To make sure it gets done, I remove the beddings as soon as I wake up—forcing myself to put on new ones before bedtime. It’s me vs. me. I’ve been doing this for a while now, but I still get annoyed at my past self—the “me” from 12 hours ago.

You know that feeling: getting home after a tiring day at work, seeing a mountain of dishes to wash, finally taking a shower, and thinking you can relax in your comfy bed… only to remember you still need to put on the beddings. Keep in mind that I have to deal with 5 pillowcases (used to be 7 😂 but the lazy me wpuld always regret, so I had to Mari Kondo 2 pillows), a bedsheet and a duvet cover... a freaking duvet cover. But of course I have been doing a life hack with the duvet. HAHAHAHAHA. At least, I got things done.