December 2010
19 posts
Phone Convo
Mom: Sarah!
Me: Yes?
Mom: Do you still have your on disc on you!?
Me: Huh?
::then I remember she just saw Tron::
Ohh! No.. I think they caught mine.
Mom: Oh, we should have a spare in the closet. Just letting you know your father and I are off to the portal and should be home soon. Bye!
haha… you should have seen us after we saw Indian Jones, reenacting a chase scene while...
New Years Resolutions for 2011
1) Apply to medical schools in June
2) Ask for letter of Recs - (Feb)
3) Give up pork altogether. Each rare attempt to enjoy it these days just ends in disappointment.
4) Defined abs and obliques and upper arms. You can do this!!
5) Maintain a BMI of around 21 ~ 95 lbs.
6) Raw food substitutes for snacks and meals, which means bring your own lunch instead of spending.
7) Get a job...
My mom tells a joke. I cry. I try to tell a joke. I end up crying anyways. …I swear, my mom brings out the weak in me.
Me as she wipes my tears: I hate being a softy! Her: You just have a crazy mom.
On a holier note, I attended mass at St. Paul of the the Shipwreck, where my parents got married 23 years ago. During the homily I learned that the third Evangelist was St. Francis of Assisi, whose vision of the nativity became the image we are familiar with today. I normally don’t go to church, but tonight was most welcoming and vibrant. The choir and live music was excellent, as my...
“I’m pretty much taking a 5 hour practice test every other day throughout...”
My explanation: heat induced breaking and rebonding of disulfide bridges.. Justin’s counter- explanation: the interthiol bonding between keratin intermediate filaments associated with the methionines and cysteines of fibrous proteins…
oh, we were talking about curly hair by the way..
“Don’t sleep counting sheep. Count blessings, then sleep.”
– Yogi teabag. Counting my blessings is one of my main ways of praying. I do this daily.
I’ve been sick this past weekend. I suspect it’s those apathetic morons on MUNI who “forget” to cover their mouths when they sneeze or cough. ’Tis the season...
I promise..
to not live December and January in complete recluse, just because my MCAT is in 50 days. I promise to plan at least one fun activity with friends per week since 6 hour study sessions daily leave me bitter and weary. I just have to plan in advance, and enjoy the time off despite my impeding guilty conscience.
February is the month where my life begins. I’ll get a job, I ‘ll get...
World Aids Day
Shocked to have learned that in San Francisco alone, Asian Pacific Islanders (A&PIs) diagnosed with HIV have risen 9% which is more than half as many compared to last year! On the other hand, this may be due to more people stepping forward and getting tested. I took the below statistics from The Banyan Tree Project, a national campaign to end the silence and shame surrounding HIV/AIDS in...