It's my midterm week right now, and I'm half done! Monday was Biochem and Drug Actions (basically Biochem) and today was Biological Systems (basically physio, anatomy, histology, whatever). Tomorrow is a rest day, and I finish off with Pharmaceutics on Thursday and Health Care Delivery on Friday. ahh. This is first time I've ever had four midterms in one week. Even during finals, I chose my classes (or got lucky) so that I would at least have a weekend in between finals. After yesterday's midterm, my head actually hurt. So much that I couldn't prepare for today's, but I guess luckily the midterm was at 5:30pm, so I had time to study. Anyway, I didn't want to complain about midterm week. I wanted to complain about something else.
We got ants. A load of them. I was thinking about taking a picture, but it's too gross and they go all the way from one side of the living room to the other side, just to get to our trashcan. They didn't come before this week. They came on Sunday and we managed to get them to leave by Monday. And then they're back again. I think they love yoplait yogurt because each time I've thrown it away, they've appeared. My roommate and I have found out that ants hate black pepper, vinegar, cinnamon, and Clorox wipes. But we haven't found out how to quickly kill them with the materials we have right now. If they don't disappear tomorrow (we put the source outside), we'll probably have to get ant spray. I'm hoping we won't have to resort to that because cleaning that up is a pain, and I hate the smell. One other factor that might contribute to this ant attack would be the weather. It's cold! and rainy! and the ants want to be warm and dry, with food. Well, it's just my speculation because the same thing happened some years ago back home during the winter. Ant attacks right before or during thunderstorms. I don't mind that they're nicely staying in a line, but it's so black and our carpet is pretty brown. So being able to see the ant trail distinctly on the carpet tells you how bad this attack is. Massive. It's so gross, but when I go to the living room, I can't help look at the moving blackness.
So gross.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
LXXXI : Good Questions
After finishing my externship, we had a take-home final. More like homework, which I totally forgot about until today, when it was due. So, I quickly went home after the first pledge meeting and completed my final in 2 hours. It really took 2 hours. Why? The questions really made me think, and there were 16 of them. And while I was answering each one, I kept thinking, "these are good interview questions." They are also good questions to ask people and get to know them better. :) A few:
How do you define success?
Success is the feeling I get when I overcome some intangible barrier, such as memorizing a piano piece, and see the people around me smiling.
I've done this one before: What makes you happy?
Many small occurrences make me happy. For example, hugging clean, straight-from-the-dryer laundry, receiving a smile back from someone I walk passed, getting postal mail, and cooking for other people. Seeing other people happy makes me happy, too.
Why did you decide to study pharmacy?
Growing up, I was intrigued by Chinese medicine, especially when I wrote a report about the Chinese physician, Hua Tuo. He made his own medicine and walked around China, curing people of their illnesses, and he was the first Chinese surgeon. What appealed to me was how he dealt with the patients after his diagnoses and procedures—the herbs and mixtures he gave them. I entered undergrad as a pre-pharmacy student not really certain what exactly was pharmacy. The more I learned about modern pharmacy, however, the more I became interested in it as well as Chinese medicine.
Do you want to be a leader? If so, in what capacity do you want to lead?
I want to build trust and equality among the health professions, starting with the perception people have of pharmacists. I also want to develop ways for the concepts of Chinese and Western medicine to be combined to maximize therapeutic potential.
And lastly, something I haven't really been able to talk about to anyone else, but I'm starting to feel like I learned the most about life from it.
A crucible is a moment or event in your life that was extremely challenging and altered your perspective on life and leadership. What and when was your crucible?
I have always felt I was a late sprout. I was generally carefree all through elementary school and just went with the flow of things in life. In high school, I felt I was in charge of how happy I can be with my life, but I was lost as to how to go about doing that. Unfortunately, because I did not have a clear mindset of what I was looking for, I encountered an emotionally extremely challenging situation in undergrad, when someone I met had a clear vision of his principles, and it clashed with mine. Through this episode, I learned that I needed to be more firm with my own principles and that I cannot be accommodating all the time. Whenever I became firm, I felt uncaring, so I would back down again. As a result, what could have been solved in a few days dragged to a few weeks. From this moment, I learned that someone must be resolved and clear when it comes to one’s values and beliefs. Leaders, to persuade others to understand their principles, must be determined and, at times, resolute.
How do you define success?
Success is the feeling I get when I overcome some intangible barrier, such as memorizing a piano piece, and see the people around me smiling.
I've done this one before: What makes you happy?
Many small occurrences make me happy. For example, hugging clean, straight-from-the-dryer laundry, receiving a smile back from someone I walk passed, getting postal mail, and cooking for other people. Seeing other people happy makes me happy, too.
Why did you decide to study pharmacy?
Growing up, I was intrigued by Chinese medicine, especially when I wrote a report about the Chinese physician, Hua Tuo. He made his own medicine and walked around China, curing people of their illnesses, and he was the first Chinese surgeon. What appealed to me was how he dealt with the patients after his diagnoses and procedures—the herbs and mixtures he gave them. I entered undergrad as a pre-pharmacy student not really certain what exactly was pharmacy. The more I learned about modern pharmacy, however, the more I became interested in it as well as Chinese medicine.
Do you want to be a leader? If so, in what capacity do you want to lead?
I want to build trust and equality among the health professions, starting with the perception people have of pharmacists. I also want to develop ways for the concepts of Chinese and Western medicine to be combined to maximize therapeutic potential.
And lastly, something I haven't really been able to talk about to anyone else, but I'm starting to feel like I learned the most about life from it.
A crucible is a moment or event in your life that was extremely challenging and altered your perspective on life and leadership. What and when was your crucible?
I have always felt I was a late sprout. I was generally carefree all through elementary school and just went with the flow of things in life. In high school, I felt I was in charge of how happy I can be with my life, but I was lost as to how to go about doing that. Unfortunately, because I did not have a clear mindset of what I was looking for, I encountered an emotionally extremely challenging situation in undergrad, when someone I met had a clear vision of his principles, and it clashed with mine. Through this episode, I learned that I needed to be more firm with my own principles and that I cannot be accommodating all the time. Whenever I became firm, I felt uncaring, so I would back down again. As a result, what could have been solved in a few days dragged to a few weeks. From this moment, I learned that someone must be resolved and clear when it comes to one’s values and beliefs. Leaders, to persuade others to understand their principles, must be determined and, at times, resolute.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
LXXX : Activities
Each week is getting more and more tiring to go through. This upcoming week will be the last week of my externship, and I'm wondering if I should be hired at the location (it's a Rite Aid pharmacy). I want some income right now, but I don't want to be overwhelmed with handling everything I'm signing up for (a bunch of health-related committees, student organizations, and a pharm frat). I still don't know how much I can handle, but I don't want to end up with nothing. Maybe I'll go for it and still look for other job opportunities as they come. I hate going into things I am unclear about.
Anyway, among all that worry, I have some updates about this past week! I left my cell phone in my apartment for the whole day I was at school on Monday. It wasn't the first time I left my phone behind and went to classes without it, so I finally made myself a sign:
It has been useful already, as I almost left my apartment without my phone three times after I made it! I don't know why I keep forgetting to take it with me in the morning. I need it outside my backpack because it's my alarm, but I end up forgetting to put it into my backpack after I wake up. It's very neglected and abused.
Yesterday, I went to Beverly Center with two pharm friends, Josh and Erica. We were in the area in the morning because Josh had an interview at Olympia Hospital, and shopping was great at taking my mind off of worrisome things. I found and then bought this shirt at 21:
I actually was debating whether to get it, but Josh and Erica talked me into it because it really is me. Plus, it was under $10! I finally have an egg shirt now!
Then today, I finally made a trip to the main campus to play badminton with the team. When I got into my car, it was an astonishing 112 degrees F!
It dropped to 107 as I drove with the AC on, but I was still sweating while just sitting there. I like hot weather, but I dislike having to concentrate on studying during that kind of weather. I don't feel my weekend was very productive. There are still about two hours left of it, so I'll try to make good use of that time. So much other things I want to do first though! Too much, too much...
Anyway, among all that worry, I have some updates about this past week! I left my cell phone in my apartment for the whole day I was at school on Monday. It wasn't the first time I left my phone behind and went to classes without it, so I finally made myself a sign:
It has been useful already, as I almost left my apartment without my phone three times after I made it! I don't know why I keep forgetting to take it with me in the morning. I need it outside my backpack because it's my alarm, but I end up forgetting to put it into my backpack after I wake up. It's very neglected and abused.
Yesterday, I went to Beverly Center with two pharm friends, Josh and Erica. We were in the area in the morning because Josh had an interview at Olympia Hospital, and shopping was great at taking my mind off of worrisome things. I found and then bought this shirt at 21:
I actually was debating whether to get it, but Josh and Erica talked me into it because it really is me. Plus, it was under $10! I finally have an egg shirt now!
Then today, I finally made a trip to the main campus to play badminton with the team. When I got into my car, it was an astonishing 112 degrees F!
It dropped to 107 as I drove with the AC on, but I was still sweating while just sitting there. I like hot weather, but I dislike having to concentrate on studying during that kind of weather. I don't feel my weekend was very productive. There are still about two hours left of it, so I'll try to make good use of that time. So much other things I want to do first though! Too much, too much...
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