Thursday, January 31, 2002

it's back

every couple of weeks i begin to question how the decisions i'm making now will effect my future... happens about every 3 weeks... the desire to stay a fifth year has come back...so many benefits and yet i still feel like there is more to be desired... most likely due to the fact this wasn't my original "perfect" plan... anywho, really need to talk it over with friends and family though... this time i'm either going to act on it or leave it be...


Wednesday, January 30, 2002

decided to see what the colorgenics site had to say this time around... this thing is creepy...


You have exaggerated demands on life but you are cautious enough to try to hide these beliefs from the outside world. You are covert enough to try to impress other people around you with your achievements and at the same time able to put on an act of pretending to be "humble"- being the same as everyone else.. It would appear however that whatever you are doing.. seems to be working out O.K.

Most people are conditioned by their environment and you are no exception .. You are an extremely emotional person - so much so that "the wrong word" can lead you to tears . You feel other peoples pain.You feel the need of sympathetic relationships and a pleasant work environment in order to develop and grow. You are an impulsive, loving individual with a great deal of inherent feeling.

Conditions are rather confusing at this time. You would like to involved with a particular person or a particular situation..... butyou are holding back. You find it difficult to make a decision...

You are trying to prove yourself .. not only to yourself.. but also to everyone around you...There is much that you would like to say and do .. but the situation warrants self-restraint .. and that is the last thing that you have on your mind..It would seem that you have an unsatisfied need to ally yourself with others whose standards are as high as your own. You want to be different - to stand out from the crowd. This is subjecting you to considerable stress but you tend to stick to your attitudes despite lack of appreciation. Of course, you are finding the situation uncomfortable and would like nothing better but to break away from it. But you don't like the idea of compromise. Your main problem is that you are unable to resolve the situation because you continually postpone making the necessary decisions ... You feel that if you make the wrong choice this would lead to such opposition that you would not be able to command the esteem of others. It is essential that those around you are prepared to comply with your wishes and respect your opinions. Only when this compliance is established, will you feel at ease and secure.

It is strange that the anxiety that you are experiencing at this time is of your own makings simply because of your desire to be respected by your fellow man and with those whom you work with. You are not satisfied. The normal congenial "you" is becoming quite introverted. This is becoming increasingly more obvious because you seem to shy away from participating in everyday activities ... You are refusing to allow yourself to become involved, or to participate with others and it is the reluctance to communicate that is the inherent cause of your problems.

i finished off the newsletter... now that leaves but 2 midterms and job interview... not too worried about the job interview because right now my summer could go so many ways... there's the possibility of staying in san diego with david and taking the EMT class with him... there are also two internships i'm applying to and of course there is always the possibility of traveling... so my options are pretty open... aiyo.. i keep putting off seeing my biology advisor... okie okie i promise i'll make an appointment to see her...after my meeting with my marshall advisor and pre-med advisor last quarter i haven't been too keen to seeing anymore advisors... a guy can only hear too much bad news... =/ i do believe this is about the least amount of studying i've done before going into a midterm... actually let me reword that... this is the least amount of studying i've ever done the night before a midterm... you can credit that to all the reading i've been doing to keep up with my classes... professors always say you should keep up with the readings... seriously it helps more than you'll ever know! look at me, now i have time to waste blogging about the insignificant details of my inane life.. =)

the turtles finally got a bit of sun today when we put to use the reptile light Cat bought for the turtles... last night david thought it would be a good idea to shine the light on the turtle at 2 in the morning the time when they should be sleeping to see if it would make them more active... unfortunately, david is the slumlord of turtleville and he has yet to buy them a proper lamp for the bulb... instead the turtles just bask in the glow of their turtle light in a regular table lamp that is put on its side.... david isn't quite ready for kids quite yet... i feel like a mother demanding the deadbeat dad pay child support... "david, those turtles need a heat lamp... david, they need the light to be in a proper lamp!... these turtle are like babies you can't just half-ass it david ...the big one's shell isn't healing.. i think the little one is about to die..." anywho, hopefully if i've gotten anything through to david he'll shell out the $10 to buy the turtles the lamp they need... otherwise i'm going to have my lawyer increase his alimony payments...

Monday, January 28, 2002

week 4

brand new week... 2 midterms, a job interview, and a newsletter all slated to be done by wednesday... right now of all things my biggest concern is getting a haircut...
i went home with the full intention of getting a good night's rest... but call it my competitive drive... or maybe it's stupidity, but as i was walking out of clics i spotted someone i knew from my mcat prep class... and he was doing the homework that was assigned today... that bastard! he's trying to beat me on the mcat! argh... so anyways... here i am studying someone when i should be sleeping... honestly, though if i could forego sleep for this quarter i would because it really is an unneccesary break... i could be almost 50% more effecient in my study habits if i could use that time to study some more... so yeah,i'm sure you've all realized that i've managed to turn myself in jesse spano... luckily i'm smart enough to know that caffeine pills are bad for me...

taking that practice mcat wasn't too bad... i think maybe it was the fact i didn't get to take a nap afterwards that was making me cranky... an 8 hour test will usually do that to you... it was a taste of bitter irony when i got home how the most busy person in the apartment ended up washing the big pile of dishes in the sink and then ended up cleaning the kitchen afterwards... and perhaps to add insult to injury i find that my roomie wasn't even out of his pajamas... =/... as much as i love my roomie it's really hard not being able to share the same kind of stress...as much as i talk about how stressed or busy i am... i really don't think you can understand until you've actually taken my classes or study like i do...

anywho, i took steph ng's little fruit test and it turns out i'm a banana...

Sunday, January 27, 2002

mmmm... i want some chinese food...
clics isn't neccessarily evil... just the computers... i hate not being able to find a desk because then i'm forced to work on a computer station... that basically means i end up typing away on my blog (as i'm doing now), IM people, and just find means to distract myself from school work... okie okie okie... i'll get back to work...

Saturday, January 26, 2002

frustrated, tired, pissed, and motivated all at the same time... just finished my practice mcat... nothing much to say... it's one long ass test...

off to study... or kill myself.. whichever comes first...

Friday, January 25, 2002

i just loaded up my palm pilot and i'm getting ready to hit the hay... tomorrow looks to be a killer... if eating and sleeping didn't get in the way i'd probably be able to get everything done... anywho, despite how busy i am i decided to skip CLICs for the night and instead kicked it with roomie steph one last time before she flies off to the other side of the world... i'm going to miss you lots!

right now my stress is just about to reach critical mass... on top of school drama, med school ish, money issues... i am now dealing with some very sensitive roomie drama... growing up i was always taught to accept unpleasantness and just roll with the punchs... normally these type of problems i contain within the walls of my apt and to the ears of my closest friends, but now the strain is building and i'm about ready to start throwing punches... which begs the question of what's right and what's polite... anywho, when i can find the time i'm just going to have to face the music and finally say everything that's been bottled up... should've have dealt with this a lot sooner...

anywho, the agenda for tomorrow is simple... try to finish all my mcat homework so i can study for midterms... i have two this wednesday... luckily though i've been keeping up with the readings and so it shouldn't be too much to study for the tests... yes, my nerdy ways are finally paying off! =) i can't really complain about my situation schoolwork wise because i know that some people would sell their arms just to have the possibility of applying to med school... for this i'm extremely grateful to my mommy and daddy for paying for my classes, rent, and everything else that makes such a spoiled boy... =) don't worry though, my parents will soon be repaid in full and then some when i'm a doctor... honestly, i dream about the day when i'll be able to go down to the benz dealership and buy my parents the SLK they've been eyeing... i really can't wait... =)

Thursday, January 24, 2002

times like this i wonder if all my efforts will really pay off in the end... just about pushed myself as far as i can go and now my brain is beginning to shut down... i usually don't do all nighters until finals week rolls around and tonight is no exception... despite my efforts my body wants/needs to sleep... i really still more homework to finish even though i'm caught up with pretty mush all my classes... this will only make me stronger right? the structure is deinitely good for me... i really wish i could go fast forward in time to see where i'll end up... okie, my thoughts are going crazy... i need to sleep...

Tuesday, January 22, 2002

blog before bed

today was just about the best day i could've asked for... a break i've sorely needed... i spent the day at disneyland with friends, spent time with the family, and even finished my homework! so nice and refreshing to spend with family again tonight... baby's whining, pointless arguements, the silliness of the kids, and the fact me and my wifey know how to get our study on... =) and of course you can't forgot the fact that disneyland just melted the stress and ulcer away... on top of that i was able to get homework done! very satisfied with the day... managed to relax, have fun, and get some work done...

Sunday, January 20, 2002

i finally was able to see my doctor today, but not after having experienced a horrible night of pain and suffering... could not get to sleep even if you had placed me into a cloud attended by singing cherubs... it was that bad... but now the worse seems to be over and i thank my mommy for getting making my doctor's appointment for me... anywho, despite feeling like poop i managed to drag myself outta bed to, of all things, to clean the kitchen and wash the dishes... you know how when your mom/dad is sick but they still have to get up to do their ish that's what i felt like... i'm a navy brat so i should be used to a little hard work... time to hit the books again if i want to play tomorrow at disneyland...

Saturday, January 19, 2002

yes folks it's official... reggie has been studying so hard he gave himself an ulcer... i'm actually kinda relieved because i thought that maybe i had given myself food poisoning from the pad thai i had made... anywho, the diagnosis isn't official but i'm pretty sure it's an ulcer... i have to go to the doctor tomorrow to make sure... hopefully she'll give me something that'll make the pain go away because i can't take aspirin, it'll just make it worse... waaaaaahhh... if you've never had an ulcer before... trust me it hurts... the pain comes and goes but when it strikes you it feels like someone is stabbing you in the stomach... basically my stomach has a hole in it... great... hopefully some relaxation will help ease my stress... i'm going to go crawl into the fetal position now... it huuuuuuuurts.... feels like burning...

Thursday, January 17, 2002

running at full steam you can't expect to last forever... today i finally crashed....not so much crashed and burned, but just crashed... i think the non-stop studying has finally caught up with me and throughout the day my body was begging for me to give it a nap... after lunch i complied and yup i ended up sleeping not for 30 minutes, but for 2 hours... my not seem like much but realize i can't get 2 classes of homework outta the way with that much time... i'm really looking forward to tonight... i really want to get a full 8 hours of rest...

Wednesday, January 16, 2002

overture

so this is how it's going to be for the next quarter? basically my schedule is more packed than it is during finals week... its class, then studying, then class, the studying, and if i'm lucky i get to see some friends... my time is up and i'm off to my mcat class which i truly enjoy and then it's off to CLICS to finish off some homework...

Monday, January 14, 2002

prelude

school is now officially here with the start of week 2 and my MCAT prep course... looks like the little tid bits of free time i had will be spent trying to study and sleep. after class tonight i went straight to CLICS to write up flash cards and to read for the week. getting home around 1 i just had that wonderful feeling of accomplishment that comes from a good hard day of studying... actually something i've been missing for awhile now... i really think i strive off structure and being busy... i'm starting to feel good again about med school... enough about school...

yes, i'm a disneyland addict and i just can't get away from it... after my prep course orientation on saturday i realized among other things that this would be my last free saturday for a while... it was such a beautiful day too! it was just beckoning me to go outside and play one last time... as soon as i got back home me and my roomie were literally on our way to the happiest place on earth. we decided to spend the day at California Adventure to see what it's like...definitely a fun place to be! the grizzly river run was one of my favorite rides... maybe because it managed to soak david more than me... =P... the new park definitely has a different vibe than disneyland... even more so at the section of the park that's modeled after the santa monica pier... i dunno, but something about the way it's designed makes it seem cheap... it just doesn't feel like disney to see carnival games or carnival type rides... when i think of disney i think of innovative rides that you can't find anywhere else.. (ie. indiana jones, the haunted mansion, space mountain.. ) i dunno if that's what they wanted to do or if disney was just being cheap... anywho at first i wasn't really expecting all too much, but everything we experienced pretty much passed my expectations. granted i wouldn't pay full price to visit it is still a fun place to hang out and play. we even got to watch the electical parade which is still fun to watch after all these years. after the parade we headed over to disneyland and played there for the rest of the night which was capped off with fireworks and one final ride on indiana jones... i find it funny how disney never likes to use the word roller coaster to describe any of their thrill rides... the always term it "roller coaster-type" in order to ease their guests i suppose... in all it was just so nice to spend time with my roomie chillin and playing =)

Saturday, January 12, 2002

week 1

week one of school has passed and it's definitely been pretty easy. much easier than i had anticipated... but then again i haven't started my other two clasess... schoolwise i'm on top of things and i've read ahead in all my classes... yes, i'm a big nerd =P strange though, the material i'm learning now seems a lot easier compared to the stuff i was learning (trying to learn) the past two quarters... it must be due to the fact i'm no longer taking any sort of chem/ochem/biochem.. i'm finally taking classes i actually enjoy...

i went home today and as usual i was updated on the drama that had transcribed since my last visit. well, a little background info... over winter break my lola was admitted into the hospital because she was having a hard time breathing and they found that fluid was collecting in her lungs... not so good... luckily my lola is a tough woman and she was able to leave a couple of days after new years... anywho, usually when she's back at her home she's taking care of my lolo who has been confined to a wheelchair ever since his heartattack two years ago... well, apparently my family on my dad's side decided it would be best to put my lola into a nursing home because the stress of trying to care for my lolo 24/7 was making her sick constantly (it's been the 3rd time she's been admitted into the hospital)... now, the logics of my family's decision really don't sit well with me... if anything my lolo who is a in wheelchair is the one who is in need of the nursing home... doesn't really make any sense... in general though, the thought of even placing any of my relatives into a nursing home is a foreign concept to me... luckily the nursing home isn't permanant and that as soon as she's better she'll be going to to live with my uncle... as for my lolo my dad's family has been taking shifts taking care of him. but it looks like my grandparents are being separated for the time being since taking care of my sick lolo is making my lola sick... didja get all that?

so check this out my philip li hong kong superstar collection has grown with a new addition... i now have a mold of his teeth! even got it signed =) hahahahaha... i'm planning on letting the teeth mature in value before i do anything with them, like auction them off at Sotherby's...

Tuesday, January 08, 2002

i finished my homework early and so i decided to play around...

i decided to run an experiment to see if some crazy and weird AIM screennames have been taken... the following names have already been claimed

nastyhoe
smelly
bigbutt
bunghole
pubic
skank
poop
turd
numberone & number1
fatbastard
skanky
fart
imabighoe
tastypoop
yourmomma
ipoopedmypants
mysisterishot
hairyback
hairynipples
goldenshowers
furlover
fudgepacker
ihavenofingers (which makes me wonder how he/she types...)
smallpenis
loveyoulongtime

the screenname armandoabanilla however was free so i decided to snatch it up... might come in handy one day... no real conclusions to draw from my experiment, just something for your enjoyment

Saturday, January 05, 2002

"get ready for the most fun-filled 12 weeks of your life. well, not really, but we'll try to make it as interesting as possible!" taken directly from my mcat prep course confirmation letter...

actually, i'm kinda looking forward to the coming weeks... in a sick nerdy kind of way... i was inspired after watching a special on PBS covering the lives of recent high school graduates... they all had such high hopes and aspirations... "people think i'm smart and they expect me to be the best..." my sentiments exactly =)

mochicamry: i could take the hip-hop class on saturday after emt stuff but that would be pushing it
MouseNg22: are we forgetting something?
MouseNg22: like time for sleep?
mochicamry: i feel like jesse spano
mochicamry: never enough time!
MouseNg22: hahahhaah
MouseNg22: there's never enuff time!! wahhh hahahah
mochicamry: i'll never get into med school! i'm sooo excited!
MouseNg22: what!?
MouseNg22: you can go to medical college:-)
mochicamry: yeah in the bahamas
mochicamry: waaaaaaahhhhhh
MouseNg22: oh stop
MouseNg22: you're gonna be just fine
mochicamry: just promise me when i'm stuck in the middle of america you'll come to visit or at least send me care packages with asian food
MouseNg22: i PROMISE
MouseNg22: ill even send mochi in a dry ice package
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shellshocking22: isn't your schedule like super packed?
mochicamry: yeah.. shit i feel like jesse spano
mochicamry: if i start teking caffeine pills you may punch me
shellshocking22: hahaha
shellshocking22: sure
shellshocking22: where?
shellshocking22: below the waste?
shellshocking22: oops
mochicamry: ouch
shellshocking22: waist
mochicamry: preferably somewhere where it'll knock some sense into me
shellshocking22: your head?
shellshocking22: your computer?
mochicamry: don't hurt my computer!
mochicamry: take me instead!
mochicamry: hahahaha

many more levels of profound thought to blog but i'm pooped and getting sick....

Thursday, January 03, 2002

i'm scared...

*cough* *sniff*... looks like i'm getting sick.. can't figure if i caught it from phil or mayrin since both are sick too... even more so than me...

new year's resolution: decrease my spending... waaahhh! =( and i wanted to go shopping for new clothes too...

okie, okie... yeah i know yesterday i said i was looking forward to school... it was a partial truth... now i'm scared... doesn't look to be like a fun quarter... anywho, went home to get some money from my mommy for books... everyone knows i'm a spoiled child, but whenever i ask for money i always feel this pain of guilt knowing that my parents work so hard for their money and i just go up and take it... yes i know my parents aren't complaining and considering the money is going toward books it's a valid reason to ask for it... right now i feel like a cheesy after school special... "i just have to make all this money my parents spending worth it!" i really feel helpless right now since now i really don't have any time to work.. i need a rich girlfriend or at least find a wallet stuffed with cash, whichever comes sooner... =P
back in the groove

spent some quality time with the kids today which is something i'm trying to relish as long as i can... school is fast approaching and i can't wait for it to start... need to see my roomies once again =) here's an excerpt from my other blog...

"the past few days at home i've been absorbing as much cable tv as possible since all we have now only have the basic channels in the apt. during one of my late night posts in front of the television i managed to watch TLC for about 5 hours... i was watched Life in the ER and a couple episodes of maternity ward. during that time i came to the very scary realization that i'm very ill equipped to deal with death on the job. although i know death will be an integral part of practicing medicine i really only looked at the aspect of saving lives and healing the sick... it only sends my mind drifting to thoughts that this soon will be a common sight in my line of work. dealing with pain, suffering, and death will definitely be something i'll need to deal with... i've read and heard it's really tough to separate the two worlds; your work and home... yeah, i can see it's going to be tough... "