I have just arrived from my niece’s crib. She is 25-year old style savvy. It was my first time to visit her in their new home and I felt like I was reading a lifestyle magazine and the difference is that I could actually touch and try the stuff.
Her room was packed with her wardrobes, shoes and bags. There are three closets containing all her clothes while the mezzanine was specifically designed to fit in all her shoes. The room was painted in dark red and the brown fixtures made it more cozy. She also have this western hangbags that keep her purses tidy and organized. I wish I had a room like hers.

I am still looking around for my outfit to my colleague’s wedding and with that in mind, I still keep on gluing myself to TCM on cable. They show films from the past and I could take a peak on what’s in during the fashion then. I just have a hard time listening to their audio since way back then, good audio system has not been developed yet. The viewing experience would be much enjoyable if mxl 990 was already in use circa 1950s. Black and white films are classic enough let alone having good sound.

I was strolling at a local mall and when I passed by a photo processing shop, I cannot help but reminisce the time when we used to have films in our cameras and have them developed at a nearby photo processing shop for developing. With a little curiosity nudging me on my side, I decided to stop by the said shop to see if there are still old school cameras and I was surprised to see that along with the digital fuji cameras, there are still traditional cameras that use films on their showcase.

I felt weak in the knees learning that our patient whom I wrote about in November last year, died after undergoing another operation to close her infected chest wound.
In December of last year, she underwent coronary artery bypass graft to cure the blocked three vessels in her heart. Her peritoneal dialysis was temporarily put on hold on the day of the operation but was resumed the following day in the recovery room.
The patient was uneventful in the recovery room and in the surgical ICU. She was even transferred to our ward, in the same room about three days post operation. She was about to be discharged after a few more days and they have settled everything until on the day of her discharge, the nurses noticed heavy amount of serosanguinous fluid oozing from her operation site. The discharge order was deferred.
She was cut open again to let the tissues granulate. She was also referred to the Infectious Disease Service and wound gram stain culture and sensitivity revealed heavy growth of e. Coli (Escherichia coli). After a couple of weeks of wound dressing by the surgeons and antibiotic treatments, she was scheduled for wound re-closure. It also went well. She was transferred to surgical ICU and the unthinkable happened. Her blood pressure dropped and she crashed. There was nothing they could do to revive her . The relatives requested DNR.
I felt chills down to my spine hearing the bad news. One cannot defy fate.

I can’t believe that time flew so fast. It is now 2012 and with a new year stepping in comes the so-called new year’s resolution. The year might have hyped up a notch but there is nothing more to it. Same income, same expenses. Since, I have mentioned about resolutions, I am trying to instil in my life the importance of saving up and saying no to unnecessary purchases. Recycling and reusing stuff will be the new “brand new”. I will consider every step towards keeping my bank account unthreatened even going for rv repairs will be a part of my life.

I finally got my dream stethoscope. My dear friend in the US played Santa for me this year and decided to throw in $100 inorder for me to get most wanted cardio stethoscope. I really do not want to spend beyond my means that is why I try to contain myself with the things that I have. I do not want to live in debt as I know how it feels to be living from paycheck to paycheck. My friend agreed that I could pay the rest of the tool’s cost on my term. I really love having friends who are willing to do things to make you happy.

It is almost the end of the year and most establishments are getting their last pitch on fuelling up their sales by holding the year-end great sale. So, while the companies are raking in profits they are faced up with salesforce reporting to know their return of investment. This is the most dreaded part of any business and sales for aspirin and advil is really getting up as sales people are having headache doing the accounting.

It is the time of the year for the kids. One of the best gifts I am thinking of giving my nieces are battery operated toys. I have fun seeing them tinker with stuff that stimulates their curiosity. There are those who are already packaged with duracell procell d so I would save up on getting separate batteries. I can’t help but think of the Duracell battery commercial on TV where two boys are trying to impress a girl using toy cars.

My nieces and I will be meeting their mother, my sister, in Makati later. My original plan was to bring my eldest niece to SM MOA to go ice skating but my sister just asked me instead to bring the girls to Ayala Ave to see the Christmas lights display there. She thinks that the kids will love them and it will save us money. My sister works for a jewelry shop in Manila Peninsula and I learned so much form her about different type of jewelry pieces including the baraka jewelry . I never knew that jewelry making has evolved throughout centuries.

It is gift giving season already and I am all crammed up thinking of what to give away to my beloved ones. I do not have the time to hop in malls although I have specific gifts in mind. I want to relax on my days off that is why I am considering getting funny t shirts online, have them personalized and just wrap them in dainty wrappers. I am sure that everyone in my family would love the treat.