Wow, I haven't updated this thing in a while! Last week was incredible exciting as well as stressful, so it's great to be home right now, being pampered (sorta) by my parents. Here's a quick run-down of what I've been up to ( Read more... )

so tired.... i've been running around from 8am- 10:30pm, almost non-stop. Instead of rambling on about all that happened today, here are the highlights:

i love love love neuroscience! i'm such a nerd, i know. But i can't wait til journal club for our brain, mind, and behavior block! Presenting these awesome papers just give me the chills. wooo

so i ( Read more... )

What a long and pleasant weekend! It all started Thursday, we had our 2nd cancer exam, which I finished in 1 hour and had the day off after 9am =)

Thursday: post exam--watched Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. Hilarious movie, makes me almost want to smoke up (j/k). Then MSTP seminar, then student health about my leg pains. They told me to ice ( Read more... )

This is a funny story about an asian girl with extremely nosy and overprotective asian parents. The background to the story might be kinda long-winded, but the punchline's worth it. So the story goes something like this:

About 2 months ago, I was away in Tahoe without internet access, and so I called my dad to check my emails for me. Today, I was ( Read more... )

I went skiing at Alpine Meadows for the last time this season. It was such a beautiful day and super warm. Unfortunately, that means the snow was heavy and slushy. Nevertheless I had so much fun! I learned to love moguls! Weird, isn't it? I hated it in the morning, but somehow the slushiness made it easier to turn on mogully terrain, and I decided ( Read more... )

Hi, my name is Doris, and I'm an AIM addict. I've been staying up late and chatting with peeps on AIM. I found out last night that you can text message people's cell phones from AIM, and that made my night. How easily amused I am!

Haha, seriously though, classes have been so boring. I actually have been ditching morning lectures a lot. They are ( Read more... )

exciting episode of 24 tonight! if you are a fan, you gotta watch ( Read more... )

I just got back from a 3 day trip to San Diego for the Days of Molecular Medicine conference on stem cells at the Salk Institute. It was overall a great meeting filled with interesting talks and perspectives. I learned a lot about stem cell biology, different genetic and epigenetic regulation of these cells, and how truly bizarre and inane the ( Read more... )

This past week has been a rollercoaster ride. Seemed like everything was going on: making plans for this conference this coming week, writing the hep b grant, dealing with people and their issues in journal club, meeting with my summer rotation lab, catching up with school work, organizing events and stuff, finding time to hang out with friends, ( Read more... )

What a crazy week! Friday is almost here! Yippee. So I've been running a lot, 27 miles in the past 6 days! I think I might be getting a shin splint, so gonna ease off for a while. I've been running so much because the weather's been gorgeous and I'm going to try to run this marathon in July. Also, I've discovered the fun of running to the beach-- ( Read more... )