A Nurse's Point of View

Day 9 of my writing challenge - Teach Something Do you want to learn how to cook a delicious, juicy and crispy fried chicken in just 4 to 5 minutes? This of course does not include the preparation, only how long it takes to cook it to come up with this. Who would not like that right? And Who doesn’t like a yummy, juicy, crispy fried chicken?  As far as I know most of us love eating it. I love it, my children love it, my family and friends who tasted it said it was the most delicious fried chicken they've ever eaten. We all have different ways how to cook a delicious crispy fried chicken. It’s either following a recipe from a cookbook, a Youtube video or experimenting and improvising based on different recipes out there. I’ve been experimenting on it for a while now and the end product is always a success.  Just like every chef or cook who claims their fried chicken are the best, I would like to say it too  Mine is the most delicious, juicies...

Day 7 of my writing challenge. Prompt - Write to your kids or to your younger self. Writing to oneself is kind of awkward but sometimes it's just a way to remind us of what we did in the past and what we need to do in the present. This letter is dedicated to the author of this blog. :) Dearest You,  How are you nowadays? I hope you are doing fine and everything is okay.  I have several questions for you, please answer it honestly so we can move on from there. Where were you a year ago? I remember you said it will be a busy year for you.   What did you do then? You even told me  you have to set some goals to accomplish on or before the year 2013 ends. Did you ever accomplish it? Did you set it in the first place? Did you at least put it in writing? I remember you just got back this time of the year last year from a nice vacation in your homeland. You were with your husband Ton and daughter Isabel. You were very happy that after almost 3...

Day 6 of my writing challenge. Prompt - Tell Someone's Story This is a story about my childhood friend whom I haven’t seen for more than 3 decades now since she left for Saudi Arabia to work as a domestic helper. Her name was Lolita but she was fondly called Lolet. She was living opposite our house where I grew up and spent most years of my life .   I am not sure if she was the same age as me or a year older. I thought she was taller than me because her body type was bigger. She was a nice person. A good daughter of a very nice couple. The 4th child of 6 siblings. She was beautiful, kind, very responsible and industrious, doing almost all the household chores back then. We were not together during our elementary days. She went to a school nearby and I went to another school with my oldest brother and had to stay at my grandfather’s house during weekdays and go home on weekends. So whenever I was home, we always try to make up for the days that we didn’t see each...

Part II -  http://arlineraijmakers.blogspot.nl/2014/01/my-500-words-31-day-writing-challenge_19.html The Wedding The Preparation Ton had only 14 days’ vacation and it was almost spent with processing all of the requirements we needed for our marriage and the preparation for the wedding itself. We had to buy our wedding clothes, bridal rings, go to different   authorities for authentication of additional papers needed for the marriage and etc, etc. We were so busy but we were happy.  It was travelling back and forth from Manila to San Pablo City. It was tiring and stressful but we managed to stay smiling, positive and jolly.  We didn’t mind. We were in love so that was all that matters. Everything seemed easy and light. Guess that’s how people are when everything around them is red which they say is the color of love . Unforeseen circumstance The wedding was almost cancelled. What???...... On the day of our wedding a storm ...

Part I - http://arlineraijmakers.blogspot.nl/2014/01/my-500-words-31-day-writing-challenge_19.html The proposal He proposed to me sometime in May. He said it very clearly, he wrote it too but for some reason the email was not saved and I can't find it in our YM talks.  He said " Arline, Will you marry me"?  I was surprised but managed to say “ Are you sure you want to marry me?  There were some discussions, Q & A, some issues I want to clarify, and the answers were enough. The most important reason, we were in love. And to make the story short I answered Yes. Excerpts from one of my emails.... Jun 6, 2007   Dearest Love, Thank you for making me the happiest person in the world when you offered me marriage,,,, asking me "Arline will you marry me"? I thought I was fainting, you should have felt how i feel then. Goosebumps all over... and overwhelming with happiness.........cried tears of joy..... hoping I can hug and ki...