Work Is Treating Me Good So Far

I am so fortunate nowadays that I have a job. With the current economic situation it is very hard to maintain a stable life. I am just so blessed to have a stable life and a stable work as well. So far, work has been treating me real well.

I am so happy that I got this supervisory position at a very famous nursing home in Los Angeles. The nursing home belongs to a very well reputed company and they have a lot of other facilities all over California which has given my chances of working with them in the future.

I am contented with my rate and the working environment was very cool. All I do is do supervisory works, mostly paperworks, and do some instructions to the charge nurses who belong under me. It is not that hard but it really requires a lot of decision-making and quick thinking, which I like most.

It is a very rewarding position and I like to make decisions to make the place going. I didn't have any problems with my subordinates and they all appreciate me and respected me. I also do appreciate them and respect them for doing the best job ever and for their cooperation and compassion to the residents.

Compared to my hospital work before, this supervisory position was cool. I like it so far. I have learned a lot from it and I applied all what I have learned from my previous experiences and my colleagues had noticed my exceptional work. It was kind of rewarding so far having received all those accolades. I'm perplexed and surprised.

It is not a stressful job and I liked it so much. Interacting with the residents was an enjoyable experience and I have learned so much from them especially their own little stories about their stay in the facility and about their lives. It was awesome and fascinating as well.

I still kept my other job at school which I would probably be doing for a longer time. I came to realized that I have invested so much time from the school and I don't have plans to give it up because I too love to teach a lot. I might probably be keeping it until I am tired of doing it but for the mean time it will be for keeps.

My clinical classes was been also a rewarding experience and helping this students learn a lot from their clinical exposures was a breath of fresh air. I loved doing it for them and I am so happy that they liked me a lot. I also felt rewarded personally because of all these bright comments. I am so blessed to have done it for them.

Yeah, I loved all my two jobs and most likely I will be doing them forever. I am not after the high pay from it. The satisfaction I had in doing my job is a great factor that I stayed stress free right now. I am so glad that God was been so good to me. Can't complain for anything else. I am just thankful for everything I had.

Finally, I Got It!

Ok, I am having trouble doing my blogs and I am kinda pissed off with Blogger to have changed my settings which personally I haven't done any changes. This is what I call was kinda related to my previous post about change.

Change indeed is unpredictable. It is inevitable. It is surprising. Like this one, I never entertained that it had to be happening. I had trouble finding a way in to post my blog but because of my ingenuity and resourcefulness I found some other way. Clicking here and clicking there somehow works and viola I'm here blogging all my frustrations about the site.

It's been like a week now that I have to internet because of my recent moving out from my apartment. I transferred from my previous apartment at the bottom and moved to the second floor of the same building. It was a tad tiring and exhausting process but I have to do it because my landlord needed to fill in the place because he has to somehow caught up with his financial constraints brought by that guy who stole my jewelries.

Remember, he was the one living upstairs and he apparently had got booted out from the place because on nonpayment of the rent for six months. In short, he got evicted and now has trouble erasing that bad record from his credit history plus the piles of cases he had regarding the burglary and the fraudulent acts he did to me.

I cannot imagine how he stomach staying in that apartment and not paying the rent. He was living there for free but my landlord did not stop toying with his luck to evict the guy because he himself has to race against the clock for keeping up with his financial trouble with regards to his mortgage.

Now, I am blogging here at work because my internet was still not hooked up because I moved to the new place without a telephone jack which is one of the requirements for the internet connection. I had just had it placed last Monday and they told me to wait for another week so that the internet can be connected. I'm glad it will be scheduled this coming Tuesday for the connection.

Whew, that was a long wait and I cannot wait for more. I've been acting like crazy because of not having the chance to go check and input my blogs and this is what I found. The Blogger changed their setup and let Google Chrome does their blogging now.

Before, I didn't have any trouble plotting my blogs but now I have been struggling to look for the window to write down my musings. It was really frustrating but I didn't gave up and now I accidently found it. I was so happy upon knowing that I can blog again.

I've been dying to have done my blogging the previous days but because of the dilemma I had in finding the window to blog it made me helpless and frustrated but now, no more. Thank God!

Now, I think everything will be all right and that my blogs will be coming right on and will be posted as it is. I am glad everything went back to normal again. Yeah!

Change Is Indeed Harsh

Every thing in life revolves with change. We have to embrace the fact that change is the focal point where life evolves. Change for the better is the ultimate goal of mankind that's why we have the opportunity to experience the abundance of life's gifts.

Yes, change is difficult and that's the number fact that we must accept. It can be cruel sometimes but without it we could not learn the ramifications of our every day existence. Change is indeed a journey and we have to equip ourselves in order to be ready to face it.

Change starts when we were still young. Our body starts to grow, we have to undergo certain stages in life, our body buildup develops and we gradually grow up from childhood to adulthood trying to experience the rigors or life. We always welcome change unconsciously, for all we know we grew with it.

Like me I have been through a lot of changes in my life. I grew up with a very nurturing parents who guided me to have good valus and direction. I tried to be an obedient child in order for me to attain success. Change had also brought me to where I am now.

After college I pushed myself hard in order to get successful. My parents were hundred percent supportive with my endeavors and I thanked them for not leaving me behind. I am very lucky to have them guiding me meticulously on how to mold my life and my future. I owe everything to them and I am very grateful for them.

I kept so focused but sometimes I made mistakes. And this mistakes have gave me lessons in life that I am cherishing making a new me. This has molded me the way I am today and from those setbacks I know how to face my adversities because of them.

Things are kinda difficult but we have to adapt to changes in our lives. As we grow old we have to accept that our own perspective also changes. We got to be mindful that our life does not revolve on one stage only but of different stages so we have to equip ourselves on how to face them with intrepidness.

Change must be difficult and we have to be ready for it in case it will come along the way. We have to focus with our strengths abd muster our weaknesses in order to be ready for everything that will eventually happen. Life entails a lot of preparation especially when some major changes will set in.

I am proud that my upbringing was been positively influenced by the good mantra around me. My very supportive parents, my influential environment, and everything that had contributed to my success has been very influential in my success. And without these changes I may not be where I am right now.

Yes.... change is hard but it is a good way of learninig about ourselves, our dire survival, and our adaptation. Armed with an effective coping mecahnism our journey towards the influence of change will be fruitful and progressive. Life is indeed affected by the changes we have undergone all throughout our lives.

Lenten Season I Used To Grow Up With

I remember when I was still in the Philippines celebrating the Lenten Season. Starting from Palm Sunday and the whole week until Easter Sunday was a whole day of reflection and recollection for me. It was an eight day celebration for measuring u my faith.

I got to reflect my spiritual and religious affinity to God. Starting from Pam Sunday, it was always a tardition for us to celebrate the coming of Jesus in Jerusalem. We used to go to church and bring coconut palm leaves to be blessed. We use to wave them after th emass and the priest will blessed them depicting what Jesus have done when He was enterng the gates of Jerusalem.

Then the following three days the streets of our town were busy building "Capillas" or little station for the "Via Cruces" on Holy Thursday and Good Friday. It was always a hot summer on those days durig Lenten Season so people are going out in he open tring to explore nature and some gose to the beach or find caves to explore and have fun.

Then on the Wednesday, we used to help decorating the cart for my grandma who sponsored for the "Angustia". We decorated the cart the whole day in preparation for the next day procession around the town and then after that we also helped decorating the "capilla" near our house where the procession will pass during the afernoon. Our "capilla" was the last station of the procession.

The next day on Holy Thursday we attended the afternoon mass at the churchyard recalling the sacrifices of Jesus then after the mass th eprocession starts. The procession covers the whole town imitating the way of the cross. I remember we used to cheat the long way and we used short cuts to lessen our way. People from the barrio went to town to also attend the general procession. It was a long procession and people were intently meditating while walking. It was a very strong sight to see and the exhibition of faith was very powerful.

After the procession we go home and took dinner then we went back to the church plaza and witnessed the re-enactment of "The Last Supper". There were assigned people to act as apostles and the head priest acts as Jesus. There was a banquet prepared and the assigned apostles and the priest dined and ate heartily depicting the last supper that Jesus had with the apostles as stated in the bible. There were a little play being dramatized and some passages form the Bible were being mentioned.

After the play we went to the "capilla" and there we waited for the old ladies to start the "passion" where they chant the verses from the Bible about Jesus' sufferings. Some of us because we were still small and ignorant doesn't know what it was and we were laughing at the old ladies because they sang funny and off beat. We didn't know it was supposed to be sang like that.

After the "passion" food and hot ginger ale were being distributed and we also partake for it even though we did not participae for the chants. Then as the night goes deeper we played on the streets and then started to listen to the stories of the old ladies about Jesus' life and suffering. I missed those things.

On Good Friday me and my mom goes to the church to viist the altar and then do the "Via Cruces" inside the church. I have to also submit myself for confession so that I can repent for my sins and do the indulgences given to me by the priest and be ready for the communion during the mass.

Then in the afternoon we have to attend the mass and another procession around the town is being held. This time the procession was very long because there were a lot of carts of saints participating for the procession. The procession will start at 1800H and will finish at 2100H. Then after that we go home and take dinner and come back to church to line up for the kissing of the cross which the qeueu was very vey long.

After the kissing of the cross we went to the "capilla" to listen for the "passion of christ" sang by the old ladies and then we participate in the chants by reading the verses ahead and the old ladies will chant what we are reading to them. After that refreshments were being served while we listened to the stories told by the old ladies.

On Holy Thursday and Good Friday all the Radio Stations play dramas about Jesus' life and we used to listen to it and cried sometimes. On Good Friday some programs were focused on the seven last words uttered by Jesus and there were reflections and commentaries by the priest and other religious scholars interpreting the meaning of Jesus' last words. It was a very educational program during that time.

On Saturday Morning we woke up and go to church to attend the mass for the Alleluia where in in dramatizes the discovery of Mary Magdalene that Jesus had risen from the dead. There was an assigned little child acting as cherubim singing alleluia foreteling that Jesus had risen from the dead and conquered death and redeemed mankind frm sin. Then after that a mass is being held at the church's plaza.

On Sunday night at 2100H we crowded the church bringing some seeds to be blessed in celebration of the Holy Water blessing and the lighting of the Pascal Candle heralding the birth of the Catholic New Year wherein a new church calendar is being started and the long candle is being lighted. A long mass is being held which lasted until midnight.

To me, I couldn't forget this celebrations I used to do and grow up. It was still fresh in my mind. And that every Lenten Season I am being reminded of my religious tradition and cultural roots. Now that I am away from my town and had lived in the United States for so long I missed all these things I used to do. It was very nostalgic for me to remember all those things that I cannot do anymore because of the distance I have.

The whole week celebration had always reminded me of strengthening my faith and fortifying my relationship with God who send Jesus to redeem my sins. Oh how I wish to be back home again and celebrate the Lenten Season. Hopefully someday I will and I could.