June 2012
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“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you”
– Philippians 1:3
May 2012
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omg! a meaningful post!
okay, so i know haven’t updated in a while, but life has been really busy since being back in the states! i’ll work backwards.
today we had our second clinical exam and i never want to forgot all the positive feedback i got today. the doctor and patient told me i did an excellent job, showed empathy, was very enthusiastic, made great eye contact, asked good questions and really...
April 2012
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april 13.
april 13 and i’m stuck stuck thinking about you you and the legacy left behind you and the things you’ll never get to teach me and all the things i’ll never get to show you or share with you and just the fact that you’re not here with me it’s enough to make me break down but i wasn’t built to break you taught me that
i think had my first taste of heart ache today in years.
i haven't in a long time.
today i broke down and legit cried.
i was reading catching fire and i got to the part where katniss is thanking one of the tributes families and how she’s reminded of her every time she sees the yellow meadows and so on. i don’t know how i got so attached to that character =X
but also, it really reminded me that it’s almost been 6 years. today, i finished ICM. the last teacher...
March 2012
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jasminerivas asked: I have been doing some research for foreign medical schools and came across your blog when googling UMHS. I just want to thank you for being so candid and descriptive in your entries. :)
i know it’s a privilege to grow old, but it makes me so sad to see some people age =(
i can't even say that i haven't written anything...
I’m afraid to say what I want Because I know that wanting and needing aren’t often alike But the heart needs someone to love And I want someone to love me But I never asked for it to be you I don’t even know what to ask for any more Do I ask for what I want? Or what I need? I’m scared of the answer I’m hoping that they both lead back to you But as I already know What I want And what I need Aren’t...
mission statement.
when i initially wrote my personal statement, i spoke about the importance of service and how i wanted to serve my community. although that’s still true, i think there’s something that’s more important to me: i was really blessed to have a good childhood and to have a chance to grow up and live and experience so many things. to give back to the world, i want to ensure that...
i guess it’s true that you find some of the most important things when you’re not even looking for it.
i find it hard to say what i want because i’m afraid to want things but for the first time, i really want this. i know i want this. and i’m not afraid any more.
an observation:
the people that want to know everything and be “in the loop” are often the most closed off people.
growing up a bit early definitely has its...
it’s kind of sad to preface this entry with the following words: “this isn’t a rant but…”
it stems from my roommate’s AC being perpetually on because his AC unit wasn’t responding to his remote control. instead of him calling our landlord to get it fixed, it was me. when the guy didn’t show up, i had to call our landlord again instead of him. every...
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
in honor of his birthday:
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
by Dr. Seuss
Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go. ...
February 2012
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“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it”
– Proverbs 4:23
[this is why i don’t want a bitter heart]
grateful.
i recently emailed the two professors that wrote letters of recommendations for me when i applied to medical school with pictures from my first day at the hospital.
people who need people are definitely the luckiest people.
here is what she wrote back:
Hi Jan:
I am so happy to hear from you! Seeing you in the white doctor’s coat makes me smile. Actually, let me re-phrase: it brings...
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to be recognized by your entire school—your classmates, the faculty, and dean— for putting together a fundraiser event and having it be a huge success is something i’ll never forget.
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January 2012
20 posts
stolen!
i stole this from an article named “5 photo shoot ideas worth stealing”
5. Find a huge trampoline on a perfectly blue-sky day. Get a couple models–friends, pros, whatever. Dress them up really interestingly…fashion, sports, whatever. Wait till just before sunset then hose them down–I mean soak them– and have them bounce on the trampoline, over and over, high into the deep blue sky....
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"You can tell the size of your God by looking at...
we were talking about the scores you need on the USMLE step 1 exam to get into the field of your choice followed by the fact that things (exams) only get harder as you go and the competition rises as well.
of course my anxiety levels skyrocketed!
but then i saw this as someone’s status update on fb and it reminded me what’s more important; something that i often forget.
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i definitely want to work with children.
when i was younger, my sister and i begged my grandma to buy us each the 200 crayola crayon set from costco and she obliged. lo and behold, i never really used it =X so i brought it down with me to the island to donate to the children at church.
i was so excited to present them with the 200 different colors to use when they did their after church projects! i even had a chance to help them color...
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JAN 20
pogiboogi365:
woohoo! my 23rd and a 3rd birthday is today! haha but no one celebrates that.
today was a REALLY fun day. a lot of it involved mr. umhs, which i’m really excited for!
as soon as i got to school i caught an H bus into town. bad idea! seriously, how could i forget that most businesses don’t open until 9am?! fail! but it’s okay because the story gets better =] actually, i pretty...
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JAN 18
pogiboogi365:
i will start this entry by stating that I AM THE CLASS WHORE! and with that said, i had a good time today…if you know what i mean! but okay, let me explain.
wednesdays are ICM days. after learning about some vascular diseases, we went up to the lab and our professor, dr. kumar, needed a volunteer who would strip down into boxers. so of course i volunteered for the chance to be...
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“Communication. It’s the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing...”
– grey’s anatomy
2 things to remember.
advice from dr. garmon: “a mediocre student make for a mediocre doctor”
two. today we had our first day in the ICM (integrated clinical medicine) lab. our first lesson was on taking patient history. after the lesson, we were given scripts to follow as patients and we partnered up—one person would be the patient and the other would be the doctor. i paired up with my friend joey,...
good vibes!
jay came in a day earlier =]
sha and joe came to hang out too.
i’m getting good vibes about med 4.
thank You, Lord!
i just had a number of dreams but the last one i had was me modeling on the beaches of panama (does panama even have beaches??) with a bunch of white models and a young leondardo dicaprio look alike. we all made $50,000 in an hour from just posing in summer wear and we were talking about what we’d do with it. i instantly said i’m depositing it and investing it! and then one of the...
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