A Bad Case of Writer’s Block
In writing, there is nothing worse than a very bad case of writer’s block. Writing as a hobby can be fun. You get to write about anything you want, but when you have deadlines to meet and keywords to think of, the task can sometimes become frustrating.
I’ve been a web content writer for sometime now. As all of you must know, web content writers are expected to have fast turn-outs of articles each day. I have six 500-word articles due today. If it was any other day, I’d be more than confident to say that I can do all these articles in one day. Today is a frustrating day.
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The Steady Decline of Board Passers in the NLE
The results of the November 2009 Nursing Licensure Exams were released a few days ago. As expected, issues on the quality of nursing education was on the limelight once again. There are a lot of things to say about this issue. Now, where do I begin?
Here are the NLE passing rates from June 2007 until November 2009
* 48.18% passed the June 2007 NLE. There were 64,909 test takers.
* The December 2007 NLE had 42.70 % passing rate.
* Only 43.07 % passed the June 2008 board exams.
* In November of the same year, the passing rate went down to 44.51 %
* Last June 2009, the NLE passing rate was 41.87%
* The recent board exam has the lowest passing rate among the past 5 licensure examinations. 39.73% of test takers passed the NLE. Out of 94,462 examinees, only 37, 527 passed the exam. This examination cycle also has highest number of examinees.
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Be A Trip Planner! Plan Your Dream Vacation
A dream vacation consists of all the good stuff: hassle-free flight, impeccable hotel accommodations complete with facilities and fun for the kids, three days of touring and sight-seeing, good food and partying at night, an a sunset cruise to cap off the weekend. In other words, a dream vacation is filled with plain, simple fun, with no dull, boring moments in between.
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10 Sticky Notes To Live By
Here are 10 simple rules you can follow for a more manageable life.
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5 Things
There are no perfect persons; no perfect relationships but in this lifetime, you’re lucky to even meet someone molded to fit the curves of your being and fill the empty spaces of your soul.
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Politics, It’s in the Air We Breathe
No, this has got nothing to do with the National Elections.
Sa unang pagkakataon, tagalog ang blog ko dahil: (ay taglish pala)
mas masarap sumulat sa sarili mong wika lalo na pag may matindi kang emosyon na gustong ilabas (gaya ng inis na nararamdaman ko ngayon).
Hindi ako pulitiko, hindi ako pinuno at lalong-lalo nang ayokong sumabak sa pulitika. Narealize ko ngayon na sa kahit anong pagkakataon, sa kahit saang baitang ng pamumuhay mararanasan mo ang pulitika. Kahit ayaw mo siya, ipagsisiksikan niya ang sarili niya sayo.
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SMS Pinoy Style
Text messaging… while it made communication even more convenient for everyone, it also gave birth to a new kind of short hand writing which then led to a new kind of language: The text language
Now, I can only speak of how SMS is used (and abused?) here in the Philippines. I think (I hope?) everyone would agree with me that our text habit has gone from acceptable to idiotic.
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So You Think You Can Be Lez?
The primitive way of viewing homosexuality is through a psychological eye. Being a lesbian is widely seen as having sexual relations with another woman. With this concept, people came up with 3 identifying components of a lesbian:
* Sexual behavior
* Sexual Desire
* Sexual Identity
Hence, homosexuality is seen as something that should be cured, if not all together admonished. Because of this primitive view on homosexuality, homosexuals are pushed to the dark alleys and back rooms of our society.
Today, I’d like to think that we’ve veered away from this concept. Homosexuality is now as much cultural and political as it is psychological. The many lesbian and gay movements prove that homosexuality is far more than just a deviation from the normal psychological development of an individual. It shouldn’t be seen as something to be cured in fear of spreading it to other people.
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My Walls of Hope Experience
Last December 19, I volunteered as a painter on the Walls of Hope project at Philippine Children’s Medical Center. I spent an afternoon getting dirty, trying hard to paint decently and making friends. What better way to spend a Saturday than this? Would have been better if I went there earlier than I did.
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Idleness: The State of Doing Nothing
Idleness. In American culture, being idle is looked down as being lazy. There is no losing time for them. In some cultures, idleness is a time for relaxation, reflection and meditation; a time for spiritual growth, hence the tea ceremony of the Japanese, yoga of the Indians and siesta of the Spanish. In Filipino though, this easily translates to “Tambay”.
