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Shift Happens: 4 Months of Ghosting

hi diaries! (yes, i’ve officially decided to call you that) first of all, i’m sorry for disappearing for the past 4 months. your SN has been busyyy—like super. clinical duties, requirements, and guess what… I finally had my exposure in the ER for 3 weeks!!! and honestly? it was the best thing that happened toContinue reading “Shift Happens: 4 Months of Ghosting”

Shift Happens: A Late Merry Christmas, and a Thank You to This Year

Hey guys, I miss writing with you all.Merry Christmas—yes, very late, but still very real. Honestly, I didn’t think this year would be kind to me. I was scared. Like genuinely scared. You know that Chinese deep stuff about luck and fate and how a year is supposed to ruin you? Yeah. According to that,Continue reading “Shift Happens: A Late Merry Christmas, and a Thank You to This Year”

The Sound That Tells Me I’m Home

At the deepest part of the night, when the world is finally at shalom and everything feels still, there is one sound that refuses to disappear—the snore of my tito. At first, it was annoying. The kind of sound that makes you roll your eyes and wish for silence. But as time passed, that snoreContinue reading “The Sound That Tells Me I’m Home”

Shift Happens: A Letter I Can’t Say Out Loud

written but not published on November 14 – Mama’s Birthday. November 14 was your birthday, Ma. And we weren’t okay.You said things I understood… but you didn’t understand mine.I know I get angry easily, but every time we argue, I’m the one who lowers my pride, chooses understanding, and tries to keep peace even whenContinue reading “Shift Happens: A Letter I Can’t Say Out Loud”

Shift Happens –When Shift Turns to Drift: Losing a Friend in the Middle of Life’s Chaos

Some friendships end quietly, not with a fight but with distance — and that silence hurts more than any argument ever could. I just recently lost a friend — a friend whom I thought would always be my kakampi. I know deep within us may wall na nung nagkabati kami ulit, but I let itContinue reading “Shift Happens –When Shift Turns to Drift: Losing a Friend in the Middle of Life’s Chaos”

Shift Happens: The Friends That Stayed, The Ones That Left

I used to chase people who left; now I cherish the ones who stayed. Friendship in nursing? Random.As in sobrang random. May tahimik, may madaldal, may serious, may bugnaw ug face pero kabuang kaayo. I love it that way — kasi in every kind of friend, I also discover a new version of me. IContinue reading “Shift Happens: The Friends That Stayed, The Ones That Left”

Shift Happens: From Doubt to Calling

From confusion to conviction — the shift that changed everything. Before pa ko nag-2nd year, naka-duty na ko. Pero back then, lahi pa akong mindset. I was doing things because kailangan, not because I understood why. Nervous, lost, and honestly, murag ga-automatic lang ko basta makaduty, okay na, basta makapasa, laban lang. There were daysContinue reading “Shift Happens: From Doubt to Calling”