It’s almost a year now that I am living inside the hospital. And frankly, I got no real space and real time. My eardrums are starting to ache from the paging system which usually starts at 6 in the morning and ends at 9 in the evening. The routine prayers that I hear everyday is so much like that of a timed medication, we have 6 am Angelus, the 12 noon Angelus, the 3 o’ clock prayer, the 6 pm Angelus and the last prayer of the day- the evening prayer that is being said with out failure every 9 pm… huh!? That’s 5 prayers all in all. Heaven here I come! WohAoho! You might wonder why we have all these prayers, well I happened to work in a religious (Catholic) hospital. In this institution the Sisters rule!
Anyway back to my almost a year here, my Olfactory nerves are now immune with all the scents that you can think of in a hospital. I know that I am at 3B station even with eyes closed, because of the so so so familiar smell. What smell? Its not stinky though, id say its a cocktail of hot air plus sweat, scent of Ampicillin, aroma of betadine admixed with alcohol, plus the mixture of different perfumes that people wear. Addicting!
My eyes? Well, my retinas are now making their own visuals. They are now telling me: “we are so bored. Come on! entice us with a new stimuli… we need new images.” Poor optic nerves! I think they are starting to atrophy.
And Oh, my taste buds, my taste buds are now starting to get numb with the canteen food, hehehe. Top choices? For breakfast, (that if I am not too lazy to go down), hmm I can have chorizo, fried dried fish and scrambled egg. Lunch: fish tinola, sweet and sour fish, dinugoan, pork humba and chicken curry. Dinner? I skip this part of the regimen unless its free. Free- meaning we have scientific lectures outside the hospital. Wink!
My eyes? Well, my retinas are now making their own visuals. They are now telling me: “we are so bored. Come on! entice us with a new stimuli… we need new images.” Poor optic nerves! I think they are starting to atrophy.
And Oh, my taste buds, my taste buds are now starting to get numb with the canteen food, hehehe. Top choices? For breakfast, (that if I am not too lazy to go down), hmm I can have chorizo, fried dried fish and scrambled egg. Lunch: fish tinola, sweet and sour fish, dinugoan, pork humba and chicken curry. Dinner? I skip this part of the regimen unless its free. Free- meaning we have scientific lectures outside the hospital. Wink!
The catch when one stays in the hospital, LOTS OF SAVINGS they say! But I am poor as a rat. Who can blame me? Ayala is just a walk away no!
This is my life for almost a year now. Boring? Well, codes at the wards and ER spiced it up!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
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