Discussion 3:

In this blog, I will use the word "nice". Where and how we use this word? Why did I choose this word? Who uses this term? Why this term is significant to me? How do other people react in this term?

I work in the hospital and most of the people at work uses this term "nice". We are usually using this word if our patient did something bad or did something good. One example of this is, One of our patient pulled out her PICC (Peripheral Inserted Central Catheter) Line - this is a line that goes directly to the veins in your heart and a place where the intravenous fluids and medications goes. One of the nurses sees it and she said nice. So the patient ended up being confuse if what she did is right or wrong. Hearing the term nice will give them a connotation that, what they did is right. That makes me confuse too sometimes because I am wondering if the nurse was happy of what her patient did or she is just being sarcastic. It's hard to tell on what they are really mean once they said that word not unless you will ask them. I used this word nice in this discussion because I have a special friend back home (Philippines) named Janice and I usually call her "nice". Every time I hear this word reminds me of her. It brings back memories and always put a smile in my face. People at work react in this term every time they hear it because they know that, once the nurses said this word their patient did something bad or sometimes they did something good. One example of the good things that the patient does is, not to get out of bed without help and usually, the nurse will tell them "nice" you did the right thing not to get out of bed by yourself. I hear this term pretty much all the time when i am at work.