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Thanks Financial Aid Office
I got this friendly letter from my Financial Aid Office titled "Indebtness Letter". Just a friendly reminder that I owe $42,277 so far. Thanks ( Read more... ) -
stupid medical jargon
here's a rant. medical jargon. difficult hard-to-remember words to mean the simplest thing. for example, purulent to mean 'pus-y' . well that one kinda makes sense cuz u dont wanna write down pussy in a medical document. but here's one. nosocomial means 'hospital acquired'. then there's multiple words to mean that same thing. anitbody equals ( Read more... ) -
Homophobia in Health
Have you heard?! DRUG-RESISTANT STAPH FOUND TO BE PASSED IN GAY SEX! FLESH EATING BUGS SPREAD AMONG GAYS! EPIDEMIC FEARED-GAYS MAY SPREAD DEADLY STAPH INFECTION TO GENERAL POPULATION!!!!!! Hide your children! Sound the alarms! The Gays are coming!
Those are some headlines to what the media is hailing as the new 'gay disease'. Did I go back to ( Read more... ) -
Goodbye 2007
You will be remembered for the independence gained, for being among great friends, for making new ones, for intellectual and personal growth, for applying to medical school, for getting into medical school, for the beginning of an academic adventure, for the end of 423, for so many musicals (wicked, avenue Q, urinetown, miss saigon!), for learning ( Read more... ) -
vegas 07: the neverending crazy that is my parents
the title pretty much sums up every vacation with my parents. my parents are the most intolerable yet fun people to travel with. no other person outside of our family is able to travel with them because of my parent's loudness, tempers and stubborness, but how can you resist when you end up laughing so hard your abdominal muscle hurt? we really put ( Read more... ) -
Shootings
What is up with all the shootings happening around the country? It seems like every other day there's something on the news about a random fire shooting where multiple people are getting hurt. Today there was are shooting at a school bus of children. Who the hell shoots kids? All these shootings makes me wonder if there really is such a thing as a ( Read more... ) -
Rain
I really do like you rain. You clear the smoky air and you clean my dirty-hasn't-been-washed-in-months car. I like you rain. I especially like it when I'm at home and under my big warm blanket and you're pitter-pattering on the roof, the window, everywhere. It's nice how you bring people together rain. I don't really like how you make the floor wet ( Read more... ) -
How is it the end of November already?
Time seems to be speeding along. I can't believe that Halloween, Thanksgiving is over with and now Christmas and the New Year is just around the corner. It wasn't long ago when I was still in 423 worrying about getting into medical school. And boom! I'm here and almost done with one semester. Shit. Times flies. Med school is fast and it scares me ( Read more... ) -
Vietnam here I come!
I got accepted into the Good Samaritans summer medical mission trip! Happy I am! The mission will be two weeks in rural Bac Kan and Nha Trang and then I plan to travel for another week or so just to go site seeing. Now to prepare my mind, body, spirit, and stomach...
I have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day :-) -
Crack!
As an osteopathic medical student, I am learning how to be a doctor, a chiropractor, and a masseuse all in one lovely package. We've been learning HVLA these past weeks and its very interesting cracking someones back, rib, and neck (this Tuesday!). I might buy a portable OMM table so I can practice at home and to treat friends and family. Today I ( Read more... )