I'm back after 6 months! A lot has changed in the past months. I am now four months married and is very happy with my huband Peter. We already have a resto and I am taking care of it together. I came from Gensan a week ago and after reading my post about the Olongapo duty, I can say that it was nothing compared to my hospital duty in Gensan. I still do not like to be assigned in ICU and would still want to be in OR, but I have already learned a lot of skills in Gen Santos City Hosp and St. Elizabeth Hosp. Thanks to all our clinical instructors Jecca, Mitch and Marlon, Bong to name a few.
I can't believe my classmates made me the leader in Nursing Research. (wala na kasing ibang choice lahat sila working at ako lang ang hindi, hehe) Now I really have to take charge.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Friday, March 28, 2008
A New Dining Experience
Had dinner in Thousand Crane Shabu Shabu Restaurant in Greenbelt. Seafood shabu shabu is satisfactory but the beef kalbi is to die for. You can see sauce dripping while grilling the succulent meat in those red-hot coconut coals. We asked the waiter why use coconut charcoals instead of the regular uling and learned that the former stays longer, and is smoke-free than the uling counterpart. The tomitomo (it’s chicken done bbq style but better) is equally good. In addition to the gastronomic satisfaction that one can get from dining in this restaurant, you’ll be assured that what you actually eat is clean. The reason? The staff wraps all shabu shabu “apparatus” in large plastic bags at the end of the day, everyday to prevent roaches from running around them.
After devouring more than enough beef kolbi tonight I know I can’t be a vegan, however, I am not purely a carnivore. Now I’m being defensive.
After devouring more than enough beef kolbi tonight I know I can’t be a vegan, however, I am not purely a carnivore. Now I’m being defensive.
Animal Love
I have just realized that my family were naturally animal lovers and that includes me. I am pretty sure my siblings will guffaw at the comment of considering myself an animal lover since they knew me as the animal sadist when we were little. I used to destroy anthill mounds and pour boiling water on the ants and there’s this story about what I did with the kittens …well that was when I was small..
I have been contemplating joining PETA after having seen the Korean movie “Le Grand Chef”. There is a truly heartbreaking part where the chef had no choice but to sacrifice his pet cow in order to win the cooking competition. I cried a river on a scene where the cow shed a tear after learning that his friend is giving him away…. As if the cow had agreed to sacrifice itself for the good of his friend. Now, I’m crying again…I should stop watching movies of the same kind but don’t get me wrong, this a good movie but I would not suggest it to be seen by animal lovers. People who like to cook like myself will appreciate the cooking skills showcased in the movie. A scene showed a skillfull handling of a blowfish, a fish which could be pose hazard since this particular fish is poisonous when not done the right way. The brutal killing of the blowfish ( fish prepared sashimi style – I think it’s a Japanese delicacy) makes me want to be a vegan.
I personally think animal slaughterhouses should do it the humane way such that less pain or no pain will be experienced by these animals before finally taking it’s life such sensitizing the animal before finally killing it, (as far as I know, only Monterey Meats practices this) because like us, animals too have a well developed Central Nervous System, and can feel the agonizing pain the same way as we do.
Isn’t it in the US they have a strong law against cruelty to animals both for domesticated animals and the ones for consumption? I hope the same law will be applied to the country.
I have been contemplating joining PETA after having seen the Korean movie “Le Grand Chef”. There is a truly heartbreaking part where the chef had no choice but to sacrifice his pet cow in order to win the cooking competition. I cried a river on a scene where the cow shed a tear after learning that his friend is giving him away…. As if the cow had agreed to sacrifice itself for the good of his friend. Now, I’m crying again…I should stop watching movies of the same kind but don’t get me wrong, this a good movie but I would not suggest it to be seen by animal lovers. People who like to cook like myself will appreciate the cooking skills showcased in the movie. A scene showed a skillfull handling of a blowfish, a fish which could be pose hazard since this particular fish is poisonous when not done the right way. The brutal killing of the blowfish ( fish prepared sashimi style – I think it’s a Japanese delicacy) makes me want to be a vegan.
I personally think animal slaughterhouses should do it the humane way such that less pain or no pain will be experienced by these animals before finally taking it’s life such sensitizing the animal before finally killing it, (as far as I know, only Monterey Meats practices this) because like us, animals too have a well developed Central Nervous System, and can feel the agonizing pain the same way as we do.
Isn’t it in the US they have a strong law against cruelty to animals both for domesticated animals and the ones for consumption? I hope the same law will be applied to the country.
Leaving for the US
I feel happy for a classmate named Jomar. He’s leaving for the US tomorrow (finally) to be together with his wife after being separated for a year. He briefly told me the struggles they both had before the long awaited issuance of his visa and the anxiety that comes with it. They got married the day before the scheduled flight. Imagine his wife having to leave the country the next day after being married! How hard could that be?
I can feel sincerely happy for this person and I am wondering if the same will happen to me 3 years from now after I graduate and pass the hardest tests of my life. After we bade goodbye, he told me that soon my time will also come when I get to go to the US to work. I’ll just hope it’s going to happen.
I can feel sincerely happy for this person and I am wondering if the same will happen to me 3 years from now after I graduate and pass the hardest tests of my life. After we bade goodbye, he told me that soon my time will also come when I get to go to the US to work. I’ll just hope it’s going to happen.
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