i was having a haircut earlier when my mobile phone rang, i checked who was calling and it was a number not in my list of contacts. i usually would not answer calls like that but i was thinking it could be one of my co-worker who was also on days off and whom i was about to meet up before dinner. so i answered the call, it was a woman with a good tone of voice, though she was talking fast, i did understood her. she tells me then that my mobile number was chosen as the winner of a sim card of another local network provider, added that it will be sent through courier and i need to dictate to her my full name and home address. huh? wtf is she thinking? i turned off my phone before she can say another word. i think this is a scam.
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flunked
last january, i took the nclex-rn examination back in manila. i was on my days off then but the problem was i wasn’t ready. i had the chance to reschedule the exam but i still took it – it was a bad choice. it was sort of jumping off from a cliff with a parachute on but not being sure if it will work or not. then came the results after about two weeks in the mail when i was back here. when i saw the white envelope, i knew i flunked:
we regret to inform you that you did not pass the nclex-rn examination. enclosed is your nclex-rn candidate performance report.
i did so bad. i mean very bad. out of 8 content areas of the examination, i got 6 of them as below passing standard, 1 as near the passing standard and 1 above the passing standard.
enclosed is a board of registered nursing request for repply/repeat examination application to reapply for board eligibility to take the nclex-rn examination.
if the exam is not taken again within two years from the date of the last examination, the application will be considered as abandoned and the files destroyed. that is one reason i have to reapply, and next time i have to make sure that i am ready for it.
panic attack
the door of the rig office flung open and i saw our driller, chris, with his workclothes full of grime, flushed and breathing heavily, his gray eyes wide open looking straight at me..
“what’s wrong, chris“? i asked.
“robert“.. he said, “i’m having a panic attack“..
a panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that develops for no apparent reason and that triggers severe physical reactions. symptoms varies from faintness, trembling and even a sense of impending death.
i accompanied him to the rig clinic, and made him remove his boots as he half-reclined on the bed. i gave him a cup of cold water to drink, dimmed the lights and left him alone for a few minutes. when i went back, i asked him how he was doing, if he still feel the same, he said he calmed down a bit.
he added that it had happened to him way back, some years ago. i asked what caused it, he answered he sometimes get claustrophobic, feeling trapped.
about 5% of the population will experience panic attacks during their lifetimes, it affects more women than men, and appears to be inherited.
i have also read that most panic attacks usually peaks within 10 minutes and i saw this with chris. after a few more minutes with him inside the rig clinic he felt better, he got up, slipped his boots back, said thank you and went back to work.
he looked okay when i saw him today, as if nothing happened.
sensory replays 