Good to be Home

God, I hate flying to Asia. The flight is always horrendously long, but the good news is that I am back home in the States and in my apartment. Nothing spell ‘loneliness’ than seeing the empty apartment and no roommates around.

Asia trip was excellent, I recommend reading our CURA blog for more info. I am so lazy to regurgitate a month trip in one blog entry. However, there are plenty of photos, and I am planning to post some here. The rest will be on facebook.

Happy Independence Day. Have a good firework show.

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CURA SE Asia 2009

http://cura-se-asia.blogspot.com/

I’m currently on a medical mission in South East Asia along with five other medical students and one ER physician. Follow our journey there.

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Rain on the Last Day of First Year

Despite the rain outside, everyone is in high spirit. The end of Neuroscience also means the end of first year. The word is that our class did very well on the Neuroscience Shelf Exam. I promise myself ice-cream if I can honor. So my fingers are crossed! XP

Several fun things happen this week. This shy classmate who never really spoke to me finally call my name. I’m telling you, I feel accomplished because he never really talk to me or anyone else before. I’ve also been getting random food everywhere because of all the dinner parties. Dr. Z’s dinner was especially delicious. Too bad I wasn’t able to ride on her horses. My friend’s mom’s cooking yesterday wasn’t bad either. We ended up staying up until 1am playing Apples to Apples.

Several days ago, I tried Latino/Salsa dancing. Boy, that was tough. My roommate and I were terrible at it. “Shake it!” they kept yelling at us. I’m trying! There’s nothing to shake! I’m sorry that I’m not well-endowed (T_T). Actually, I was preoccupied thinking about which muscle does what. You know you’re a full-fledged medical gunner when this happens. Hahaha.

Freedom is in the air, and with the end of first year, we have three months of vacation before coming back to start the second year (the toughest year). I will be packing for a medical mission in South East Asia. So I don’t know if I can blog often, but I will try and upload photos during my trip.

Everyone, have a good summer vacation.

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Academically Exhausted

As the Neuro system course is running on full steam, the rest of the class is out of steam. I have been studying non-stop ever since Neuro. My studying schedule consist of four to five hours EVERY night and more than twelve hours EVERY weekend. I have not had a free day since Spring Break and I’m exhausted.

Last time, I did complain about not learning enough drugs during Pharmacology. Boy, I am getting what I bargained for because for the next two weeks prior to the Neuro Shelf, it will be nothing but DRUGS! I already had a lecture on Anti-epileptic drugs, and let’s say I want to choke somebody. Now, I know why those pharm students are a bunch of dark clouds, but it’s not like the med students are better off anyway.

My only motivation now is the upcoming awesome summer of review of what I learned this year. Yay.

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New Studio!

I finally signed my lease this morning for a studio. Here is the layout.

It is approximately 585 sqft with washer/dryer, full bathroom, walk-in closet, balcony. The kitchen has a brand-new granite counter top with all stainless steel appliances. The bathroom is a tub/shower bathroom with granite counter top again. They really go all out with these apartments.

The walls are very thick. So I won’t be hearing my neighbors at all. My studio is on the third floor unfortunately, so moving is going to be tough. However, since it’s on the 3rd floor, I do have vaulted ceiling!

Here are some more photos of their larger 1/2-bedroom apartments.

These larger apartments are very nice, but I would need a roommate in order to be able to afford it. I’m still waiting for that friend of mine to join me soon. >_^

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