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Thanks felisepia. Folks absolutely loved that black bean chili of yours :)

Thought of the day:
''Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.''
- Albert Camus

Today we practiced taking blood pressure, among other things. Went well for the most part, until it was my turn, and while the diastolic pressure was about where it should be, the systolic one was around 145.

That's a not yet alarming, but it's above what it should be with a man of my age and weight. The lecturer recommended that I should take ( Read more... )

A shock awaited us all at the dojo yesterday.

You might remember this handicapped boy who I've mentioned in an entry or two. Yesterday he arrived to practise with a black eye and a busted hip, and it turned out that he'd been mugged just a day ago.

He had been on his way home from library, about 6pm I reckon, when five guys had pushed over his ( Read more... )

It's been long, far too long.

I wish I could say that it's the studies that keep me too busy to update, but I'd lie if I did that. Granted, the last few weeks have been rather hectic, with about a million pages of essays to return, so the few days off we have this week really come into a sore need.

But yeah, the other part of the problem is that my ( Read more... )

This week's been the first in the UAS (University of Applied Sciences), and while the sheer amount of new information and general confusion is mind boggling, things are slowly starting to come together.

First off, the whole class that I'm in seems to be quite big, about 40-50 people all in all. They seem to keep the Nursing people and Healthcare ( Read more... )

One of the more ''colourful'' customers made a visit today. An elderly gentleman, not really trashy-looking, but a bit loose on the head.

He appeared to the kiosk somewhere around 6pm with some beer cans, apparently stolen. The security picked the guy up pretty soon and questioned him, but all he stole from the kiosk was a cup of coffee, so the ( Read more... )

WHOO-FUCKING-YEAH!!! I MADE IT!

A letter of confirmation arrived from Uni today, and it said that I got into the Nursing programme. Of the 104 applicants only 26 were chosen, and I managed to get into that top quarter.

Y'know, for the first time ever it feels like I'm actually getting somewhere in life, and it feels pretty friggin' awesome.

Hell yeah.

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Sorry about the lack of posts LJ. Been busy with life n' stuff.

Shouldn't have been complaining about the lack of working hours a few months ago. Now I'm doing the standard 40 hours a week in two shifts as a summer replacement, and it's starting to show on the paycheck too. Too bad it's only two months, though, since I was kinda learning to like ( Read more... )

Hello LJ. I'm back.

Last friday folks and I packed our things and went on a little Easter vacation. Well, that and grandpa happened to turn 80 at the same time, so it was a good chance for a family reunion. So, what we did was to spend the weekend at a holiday resort near the eastern border. It wasn't too expensive either, since my uncle holds a ( Read more... )