LIX : Last Semester of Undergrad - Week 13

This week was horrible up until Friday night because I had a Physio exam on Friday. I realized how much I despised having big exams on Fridays because of this week. I work the hardest for Physio, and I dread Physio tests the most, but I completely enjoy all the things Herrera teaches in Physio. Anyway, week 13 was a tough week mentally and physically. Apparently, I had been lacking proper nutrition because my lips were super dry and the skin kept flaking off, and on top of that, I felt like my lips were slightly swelling outward such that they were getting thicker-like. It was horrible, but I bought some Emergen-C (which I was surprised that it didn't just contain Vit C! It has a bunch of the Vit. B and necessary yummies) and took that toward the end of the week. I'm glad that my body's feeling much more normal, but not completely just yet. It might be due to the strange weather here, too. Hot and then so cold!

Random little cheer-upper while studying:

Super tiny red velvet cupcake! :)

Its deliciousness in one bite revived my motivation to study longer. yay for sugar!

Anyway, studied my butt off and then the weekend came! Relay for life, where I donated 9 inches of my hair, but it was measured from the longest strand, so I kind of cheated. I probably averaged 7 inches... whoops. The minimum was 8 inches. :P I still had shoulder-length hair that night when I went to badminton training. And I don't know how to capture my feelings for the badminton team members, but I love how hilarious some of them can be. We went to a pretty expensive Hong Kong-nese restaurant (Sea Harbor Seafood Restaurant or something) because we wanted to try it out and use some of the club money~ social event y'know! It disappointed us when the waiter kept coming back to tell us "oh, we ran out of [blahblah]" for at least 3 dishes that I could understand (why so many cantonese-speakers on our team?!). Also, the dishes were so small! 13 of us went and we each paid $16 for that dinner... but many of us went to In-n-Out afterward cuz it really did not fill us up. I was too tired to eat even though I was only "satisfied," so I just hung out with them since my driver wanted to get a burger. I found out that I get excited talking about science-y topics. He asked me "So would you get atrophy if you only ate 1 meal one day?" But apparently you eat normally for the other days. And we talked about the physiological conditions that go with just having a meal one day of the week. No problem for the body, right? It just super uncomfortable to feel your stomach gurgling all the time.

Then, on Sunday, I went to visit my friend's apartment in Alhambra, which I'll be next year! I am going to USC Pharmacy School!!! :D *proud to be a complete Trojan* And then, that night, I started studying for my Monday Pchem exam... but I felt chill about it. So weird. I wish I could feel chill about all my exams even when I know I haven't completely studied for it. But, unfortunately, I freaked out studying for Physio. when it was only Monday. and the exam was Friday. *sigh* Our mind and body are WEIRD sometimes.