Well, just like the last Christmas eve and Christmas day, I will not be celebrating the coming of the new year tonight with families or friends. I’m working tonight, and two more nights after that. Business as usual. That’s why I posted this quick greeting now.
In the Philippines, it’s a great time to be with your loved ones. I miss my last year’s celebration – the fireworks, the noise, the loud music, the happy greetings. Families would gather around the dining table for a midnight feast we call media noche.
But tonight, it’s going to be different. It’s not going to be a countdown of how many more minutes and seconds before the year is finally over. It’s going to be a countdown of how much more medications are to be given, how much urine the patient has passed, how many more call bells I need to attend and how many more charts I need to finish.
I may wish it’s going to be fun, but it does not sound that way.
I just wish that I get a patient tonight who will appreciate my nursing care to him. I think that would be enough consolation. And as the old belief would say, I would then get a whole year of appreciative patients. That would be fun!
Allow me thank all of you who never got tired visiting this site. Thanks for a whole year of blogging fun and interactions. I really appreciate the fact that you spend time reading my thoughts. I appreciate it more than you know.
“See” you next year, guys! Have a great new year!!
Cheers!!!!!
A Dose A Day 
happy new year!!!!
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happy new year, jemski!
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I was surfing the net and I really loved your pictures in my city Dubai, 😀
I’m from UAE and I really hate it here :p
maybe because people get bored over their countries and they love traveling, not the place itself
Regards,
Aysha (VISITOR)
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Hi AYSHA, thanks for dropping some notes. You’re lucky to have a very beautiful city. You might not realize that because you are already used to the place, but there are really amazing places here that you cannot find elsewhere. I think each cities have their own distinctions, and yours has a lot too.
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So it is true that nurses don’t have holidays? I guess we are needed that much!
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ngayon ko lang din na realize na wala pala kayong holiday specially pag new year lalo na dito sa atin sa pinas… bantay sarado tayo sa mga paputok.
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Cheers din…oo nga no…walang holiday sa mga doctors and nurses…maswerte lang if day off mo hehe
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2009..especially December 2009 is not very good to my memory…wala lang..na-sad ako tuloy..it brings back pain lang..anyways, I think I am coping very well..lalo na may baby ako..enoguh reason to be okay..
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