So HAPPY.. I PASSED! LVN and RN-NCLEX exam

I'm so grateful I passed my exam. Well, it's not over yet... I'm actually just starting. Yep I am. I still have so many things to accomplish after passing both of my exam. Iv'e heard job hunting is harder.

I would like to share what I did before the exams. I'm not the type of person who's good in guessing nor having wild educated guess. Every question seems right. My only tip is you have to be specific in answering.. that's why you have to read and/or watch as much as you can. Answer questions as many as possible, be with positive people, know your content, and be FOCUSED.

First thing I did was to accept that I could't do this on my own. I couldn't just sit, read and understand a book (I'm not a bookish kind of person). I failed once and I knew I needed a way for me to master my content. I couldn't just guess the answers. It's great to know that you are sure of the answers while you're in the exam room ( this is it room). I have to decide which review center suits my needs and the most worth it. I have considered a lot of review centers at first. I googled their reviews for a couple of weeks, different review centers and what people say about them. There are review centers who concentrates on answering questions online, there are who do  one-on-one over the phone, there are live review centers around your area, there are online who focuses on the content online. So it depends on your weakness and budget. Only you can decide what you need. I asked few people in a nursing forum/group who just recently passed. They were so helpful. I guess it depends on what kind of person you are. There will be times that you will feel alone. You have to be strong! I guess I needed a mentor who believes I can do great things. Someone who believes in me. Someone who understands me and accepts me for being truly me. I needed to motivate myself to keep me going cuz sometimes I'm feeling so down like you can't breath anymore and you needed a break. But we just have to do this one thing that I don't even know if it's worth it. Yes, I  needed a stranger to tell me that it's possible for me to pass. I needed a stranger to boost my confidence. Someone who believes with me that anything is possible:) All we need is that one person who believes in us. It does not have to be a family or a friend. 

I just realized one thing that I would like to share with you, that I, alone, can believe in me. I can secure myself. Breath deeply. Always remember that God loves us and will love us unconditionally. Everything will be alright. Just have faith❤️

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KAPLAN OR HURST... Review for NCLEX RN and LVN

It's funny how everything turned out. I was searching and searching and searching for a review center. I planned to take both at the same time or at least within a time frame just to save time and money on reviewing since I needed to take them both anyways. I had to take them both because I am one of those international nurse graduate who needs to take some deficiency classes for a particular subjects in order for me to be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN exam. So I decided to apply to take NCLEX-LVN exam as well so I may work in California while trying to look for school in California. Since I am not eligible yet to apply NCLEX-RN here in California I decided to take it in another state. My goal is to passed them both so just incase, I may move to another state or reciprocate my license after I'm done with my classes. I know it's confusing. At least I won't have to review again for the exams after I finish taking the classes which is hard in my part . But remember, nothing is impossible.

I search and search and search for the right review center or online for me...as in everyday.. I read reviews online all the time, get some opinion from friends and online people who actually just took the exam and passed it, get some informations and ideas, and most especially encouragement. The same thing I had experience while taking my Local Nursing board in the Philippines. Online review for NCLEX both the RN and LVN. I couldn't express how much I research on both Kaplan, Hurst, and other companies. Kaplan and Hurst are on the top of my list. I considered some live review centers located here in Northern California but they cost more and I was thinking I wanted something that I could read the material over and over again. I need not only practice answering questions but also knowing and truly understanding the content. After searching for hours and days, I knew I had to stop searching and do the real review thingy. Okay, I knew I had to practice answering questions and have to actually understand the content. No way I could use my wild guess capabilities.. lol.. I am losing time and had to make the decision which would benefit me most.

In summary, I think Kaplan is the best for test taking strategies and hurst for content and test taking strategies. I got them both since I got Kaplan at a very very good deal and Hurst is just the right price.  I might still get them both regardless of the price since they are both informative. Hurst kept me going and it really helped me answered so many questions I had and just enough information. I guess you still have to look into more deeper thru books and most conveniently online blogs and youtube videos to look more deeper into the subject. Kaplan made me prepared to answer questions as well and their content videos are helpful too.  You have to be really specific in knowing what you have to do when you go into that room.

I will use both reviews too to prepare me to pass in the challenge exams that I needed for my deficiency classes too.

I heard this form a cousin- "Nothing is too much when it comes to your education"

I know budget is important too but us business people liked to call it investment. :)

Hope I helped you answer your questions! Please let me know if you have questions. Thank you! :)






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Speculous cookie butter by Trader Joe's

Everybody wants Speculous cookie butter. What's happening to the world. Every where I go and look, I see people posting about Speculous Cookie butter. It is distributed by Trader Joe's and it is made in Finland I think. I just love Trader Joe's. Their products, organic products, presentation, price tags, and people who worked there is just so amazingly nice. I feel so homey and comfortable and I see Trader Joe's as my Starbucks. They serve coffee into those little cups, sometimes juice too, and freshly cooked snacks to try out their products or should I say samples. I used to be a coffee person but I tried to stop due to hormones. I've read it has a lot of hormones but also an antioxidant. I used to crave and love coffee but things has changed. Have to control over my addiction to coffee. Coffee has a lot of Estrogen that contributes to having a Tumor and Inflammatory in our body due to excess estrogen. So I  stopped for a long time but while I was reviewing, I started drinking coffee again for a month to make an excuse to come back but I noticed it made my boobs big and swollen so I stopped and I just run around the block every time I feel sleepy while reviewing which is most of the time. Lol. Just have to do this nursing exam to be self-secured as well. To make the story short, I just adore Trader Joe's and love them. I want to make a recipe of organic products that I used soon. I am very particular with what I eat, ingredients and what the product contains but sometimes I have cheat days too. I'm only human:) I just can't help it. But I used to be super strict with my diet and now i am trying to balance everything. After my exams, I will post more on this blog just to share what I know and learn. I have so many plans but so little time and i don't want to be stressed with my plans while going to my goal. I can't wait to post more soon.

Let's go back to Cookie butter. I tried to purchase a bottle for my friend and when I visited them, they ran out and checked other stores who might have and can you imagine, I went to that store just to purchase 2 bottles. I was so glad to purchase 2 bottles at that time because they only allow 1 bottle of Speculous per customer and they only sell 12 bottles per day per store. That's what atleast they told me. It's crazy I know. They said that Filipinos purchase a lot and ship it to the Philippines by boxes so they try to limit what people are buying. Imagine they mentioned Filipinos and I was shocked but we Filipinos are just assertive and aggressive. Maabilidad. I'm a little disappointed but that's how it goes. I just wished they don't take it for granted. I was able to purchase 5 bottles though and give them to my brother, sister and her family, and a friend and add it up to the balikbayan box. I heard my friend was able to purchase a case but she heard the same thing about Filipinos. She'll give it to her family in the Philippines when he visits them.

Well that's all for now, I have to go back to reviewing. Thank you for reading and have a pleasant day! x

World of dolls, what's your world

It's been a long time since I wrote here. Since I came here in the US a year ago, I have been keeping myself preoccupied in different worlds. Apart from my cooking interests, at first I was hooked with Facebook, then Craigslist jobs in Cupertino, attending to job interview as part of my hobby, eBay selling world and now I got hooked in the world of dolls. It was like so easy for me to understand different kinds of world people get involved in and like I feel I am a part of their world already. I mean you know using their languages and knowledge, it's a whole totally different world for me and yet it's exciting.

I just recently received an authority to take the test from the board of nursing. Too bad, I may only take the LVN for now since they have changed their policies last year. Well, Rn's gotta wait or I may take it to another state. Well, we'll see, I just have to try first to be successful apart from nursing and that is my goal. Well, there it goes, that's what I have always trying to do just not to become a nurse but I just have to be successful and if not, I'm still going to be a nurse. I know I took up nursing in school but I took up Interior design too which is more interesting. I ended up becoming an event organizer which is really exciting and tiring but self- fulfilling when you see all those people who come to join you and visit your events. They just come to you and you won't even have to call them once your established. I just felt so humbly proud. I'm just expert in multi tasking.

I guess this is my own world and all I know is someday, it will all end up the way I wanted it be and everything will be better.

What's your world?

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Internet

It has been a while since I write here. I'm so glad our Internet is back. Happy December everyone! :D x

Free Lego event at Toys r Us on October 27, 2012

On October 27, 2012 Toys r Us will e having a Free Lego Event for your kids from 12noon-2pm at participating stores only. Stocks are limited, please come early!:)

To verify on your local Toys R Us, please click http://www.toysrus.com/storeLocator/index.jsp

See you there! x

Free tacos on Taco bell

Grab taco at Taco bell only on October 30, 2012 from 2-6pm only! x