RAM Upgrade

Finally, after a few weeks of waiting I finally had the chance to upgrade my laptop's DDR2 memory from a measly 512 MB to a respectable 1.5 GB DDR2.

At last my laptop is running a bit faster even if it only has a 1.73 Ghz Intel Celeron processor. I was quite frustrated because I found out that my laptop was just phased out and there was a new model with an Intel Dual Core Processor for exactly the same price! And I was like what the hell! Damn it!

MORAL LESSON: Patience is a virtue... and it will lead you to better opportunities!

But anyway, I still love my laptop even if it is this simple...

1 More Week To Go

I am so glad that next week would be the last week for this school semester. I am already so fed up with the Grand Case Presentation and theses paper for nursing research!

I am also glad that I won't have to see some group mates who don't know anything better to do than complain, complain, and oh yeah complain! I am sick and tired of being a leader who has to pick up other people's work and have to get my self stressed over it!

Just a few more days and I am home free to have a fresh whole start!

Things You Don't Want to Hear During Your Surgery

Read this doc on Scribd: 21 Things You Never Want To Hear During Surgery

December 2007 PRC Nursing Board Exam Results

I didn't know how to react when I've heard that Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan College of Nursing didn't have it's normal turn out of 100%. Ever since the opening of the College of Nursing, it had always garnered a 100% passing rate (well except for one time when it had a 99% passing rate). But never the less, Xavier University has once again proven that it's graduates are not to be looked down at. Nurses who graduate from Xavier University are certified to have the 3 C's: Competence, Commitment, and Compassion...

I am proud to announce that my school is the 2nd Best Nursing School in the Philippines as of the December 2007 PRC Nursing Board Exams. XU had a passing rate of 98% (still close to 100%) with 229 passers out of 233 examinees. I pity the 4 who failed because they not only carry the burden of failing but also the shame and the pressure of being the cause of XU's decreased passing mark... but we cannot blame them because the board exam is not easy. Imagine out of the 67,728 board takers, only 28,924 (or 43.42 percent) passed!

I am also proud that there are topnotchers from my school namely:

Top 6: Katrina Victoria Luceno Akut, Xavier University, 86.00 percent.
Top 8: Hernessa Torralba Hernandez, Xavier University, 85.60 percent.

There are also topnotchers from a sister school, Ateneo de Davao University! But I won't be amazed because it is Ateneo of course.

For more info and proof that I'm not making this whole up please visit this link: Inquirer

Or you can go to the official site of PRC: PRC Board Exam Results

Beer and Fireworks = Bad Combination

This is just one of the many reasons why I don't drink and why I highly discourage anyone else from drinking. Beer makes someone lose their selves for a while. Beer is a very good CNS depressant so your thinking and good judgement are impaired. This is the reason why there are so many drunk people out there who does stupid things like murder, rape, theft, and just plainly making a fool of themselves by lying unconscious on street corners. Not to mention that most vehicular related accidents are caused by drunk drivers.

There are so many health risks that I could give you that is related to drinking.

• Increased risk of accidents
• strokes caused by bleeding
• medication interactions - including non-prescription drugs
• breast cancer - alcohol increases estrogen levels, which is a risk for premenopausal women
• birth defects - fetal alcohol effect (FAE) and low birth weight
• liver cirrhosis
  
• heavier drinking - many people, such as recovering alcoholics, can't maintain moderation

source: http://www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/education/benefits.html

Not to mention that drinking could actually lead to an alcohol induced neurosis or dementia. I'll blog about this in a separare blog.

So for alcoholics out there limit drinking. For those thinking of starting drinking, don't start.