Started medical school today. Yesterday was the white coat ceremony and we were ushered into a new life of lengthy and voluminous medical learning. Yayyy! Been waiting for this for a very long time now.
I know, I'm a dork.
Was just in California a week ago. Left after the Prematric program and I must say that I really needed that break. It was just so nice to be doing nothing and not worrying about school things for a while. That and I don't think I've been on a real vacation in a long time. So I drove around all over Southern California, from LA, to Pasadena, to Long Beach, Santa Barbara, and back. Didn't do a lot of touristy stuff. Mostly was just trying to know the local attractions. Went with my cousin, Chris to an Angels game which was absolutely awesome since I've never been to an MLB game in my life (I was hoping that it would've been a Yankees game for my first one, but at this point, I wasn't going to be picky. Plus I got to go for free!) The Angels lost and I was completely thrown by the fact that it's not like TV where you get to hear the commentators over the background. Went to a few wineries but got skunked most of the time cuz I got there past 5pm. I did buy a very tasty chard so it wasn't a complete loss. Spent time with my cousins and other relatives whom I haven't seen in a while. On the way back home, I got laid over in Harrisburg, PA because of bad weather over Philly. It wasn't completely bad tho. I met this very beautiful, very charming girl, Alejandra. We talked and I gave her an empanada because she was starving and the plane wasn't giving us any more sustenance unless we shell out extra money. Then I helped her get a connecting flight to Boston since she missed her other flight. The rub...she's already spoken for. Such is my luck, right? Well, hopefully Karma was watching.
Anyways, I'm back and energized and ready to go. Wish me luck.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
It Is Over...for now.
After 5 weeks of intense academic cramming, the prematriculation program is finally over. I did well in some classes. In others, I was rusty, but overall, it was a fulfilling experience and I made many friends. Hopefully by the beginning of the semester, I should be ready.
I have one week's worth of vacation so I'm going to California to visit my cousin and his fiancee in LA. Nothing too fancy, just the tour of the local scene and what not. But more to the point, it's just gonna be nice to be out on vacation for a change. These 5 weeks have been somewhat brutal, especially for me who's been out of the academic game for about 2 years now. My mental muscle is getting a severe workout. But, like I said, it's all about getting the rust and cobwebs out. I'm pretty excited and confident about August, but that's over a week from now. For the time being, I just want to get out of Dodge, forget about the drama and just mellow out...
Snoochie Boochies!
I have one week's worth of vacation so I'm going to California to visit my cousin and his fiancee in LA. Nothing too fancy, just the tour of the local scene and what not. But more to the point, it's just gonna be nice to be out on vacation for a change. These 5 weeks have been somewhat brutal, especially for me who's been out of the academic game for about 2 years now. My mental muscle is getting a severe workout. But, like I said, it's all about getting the rust and cobwebs out. I'm pretty excited and confident about August, but that's over a week from now. For the time being, I just want to get out of Dodge, forget about the drama and just mellow out...
Snoochie Boochies!
Friday, July 6, 2007
Trudging along
It's almost 3 weeks into the prematric program, but it feels like forever. I'm getting bogged down by stupid details. I need to get my priorities straight. Let us not forget that the main reason why we went to med school was to be a doctor and not to relive college all over again.
A short reprieve yesterday after another grueling week of studying. Dan's pool party was cool. Some of the people from class were there. Claudio and I got lost on the way to the party but we got a good tour of our neighboring towns so it wasn't a complete loss. We found our way eventually and the party resumed with more beers and burgers.
Went home to find that my wall is growing mold. And then it rained hard and more water leaked in from the window frame. Needless to say I barely had any sleep thinking about the stupid problem, which put me in an awful mood today. Called maintenance but they can't do anything until the weather dries up. To top it all off, I think I was passed over for somebody else, can't say anymore without divulging incriminating information. So pretty much an overall crap day. A few redeeming things tho were the anatomy quiz (aced it) and the Transformers movie. Nothing like little distraction to calm the mind...sorta. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
A short reprieve yesterday after another grueling week of studying. Dan's pool party was cool. Some of the people from class were there. Claudio and I got lost on the way to the party but we got a good tour of our neighboring towns so it wasn't a complete loss. We found our way eventually and the party resumed with more beers and burgers.
Went home to find that my wall is growing mold. And then it rained hard and more water leaked in from the window frame. Needless to say I barely had any sleep thinking about the stupid problem, which put me in an awful mood today. Called maintenance but they can't do anything until the weather dries up. To top it all off, I think I was passed over for somebody else, can't say anymore without divulging incriminating information. So pretty much an overall crap day. A few redeeming things tho were the anatomy quiz (aced it) and the Transformers movie. Nothing like little distraction to calm the mind...sorta. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
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