This morning, I had to teach microbiology to a bunch of high schoolers. I was given a crash course on microbio with 10 slides 5 minutes before I had to teach. Despite my extreme sleepiness and slight hangover from last night (didn't drink enough gatorade after all), it went really well. New discovery, the mold penicillium (produces penicillin) is * ( Read more... )

Our med school formal was last night. It was at the top floor of the Crown Plaza hotel in Union Square. There was a cash bar, food table, and live dj. A lot of my classmates showed up--it was a ton of fun. A bunch of us (16 people)went to dinner at Cafe Bastille before hand; it's this really cute french restaurant with awesome live music. The food ( Read more... )

Wish I could take time off and read for a week straight. I'm in a binge-reading mood right now =). This afternoon, I read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. It was a good book that offered a wonderful philosophy on life. The story itself was heart-warming, touching, and definitely a tear-jerker. However, I thought it was too preachy. It is about ( Read more... )

Just finished reading the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Interesting book, fun read, unfortunately, it left me feeling extremeley unsatisfied. Like most people, I love a good conspiracy, but unfortunately, the book offered no great resolution to the very mystery it proposed. I hate it when books do that! Also, I hated the ending of the protagonists ( Read more... )

After 2 days of classes, it's the weekend once again =). I started reading the Da Vinci Code this past week. It's a fun read, not well-written, but reminds me so much of Paris. I miss Paris, the patisseries with pain au chocolat and croissant buerre, the smell of freshly roasted coffee, walking along the Seine on a sunny day eating gelato/crepes. I ( Read more... )

I LOVE SKIING SO MUCH! I just came back from a 3 day trip to Tahoe. 15 of my classmates went up to Lake Tahoe and stayed at this cabin for 2 nights and did some AWESOME skiing. For the first night, we all made tacos and played a bunch of drinking games at the cabin =P. It was great fun except I didn't get much good sleep since I kept having to get ( Read more... )

My leather jacket got stolen at the club last night. >=( Fortunately there was nothing in it and I don't like the jacket that much. But still, who steal's other people's jackets. If I ever find that jacket thief, I'm going to be violent and kick the crap out of him/her. Oh well, time to look for a new leather jacket =) Last night was pretty ( Read more... )

And happy to be one! I think I have almost perfected the art of deriving pleasure from bumming around and vegging. After uploading more pics to my friendster profile, editing more personal info for thefacebook.com, it's finally time to write my in my blog and babble. After this I may start commenting in my friends' blogs, hehehehe.

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Woohoo! Done with renal! The exam wasn't too bad, finished in about 1.5 hours, then went for a beautiful run in the park. It finially stopped raining here and it's so warm! I'm so happy and hyper =). Goal for my 5 day break: cut loose and have fun!


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TiradoCC04  and I were having an interesting conversation about factors that determine castes in certain cultures. For instance, I just learned that in certain African tribes, the status of a woman is determined by the length of her neck. They fit copper necklaces around these women's necks, the longer the neck, the more necklaces they can fit, the higher ( Read more... )