4 weeks!

in 2.5 weeks, I will be done with my first rotation!

In 3 weeks, I will be putting my IV skills to use at my institutional rotation.

In 4 weeks, I will be beachside with the sand between my toes enjoying the sun (without it being 100+ degrees). This trip cannot come soon enough-- I feel like I have cabin fever being in Dallas for so long!

Ahhhhhhhh, sunny California, here I come! I am soooooo excited! i have never been to california and can't wait to see what all the fuss is about. i expect beautiful weather, beautiful people, and the most delicious asian food everrrrrrrrrrrrr!


...but honestly, my main reason for going to cali: find victor kim and convince him to be my bf! he's sooo cute/talented/amazing/SINGLE!





yes, please!

nee how? i don't know chinese...

Greetings from Taipei!

We arrived in Seoul a week & a half ago and had a great time-- Korea is super clean and technologically advanced. The food was really yummy... until we ate too much kimchi!

We are now in Taipei and just got back from a 2 day trip in Hua Lien. We went to Taroko gorge (beautiful!) & also went white water rafting. Sooooo, we thought Tiffany, Mark, and Kevin all knew Chinese pretty well... until we came to Taiwan. Kevin is our strongest speaker, but even he doesn't understand everything. The instructions for rafting were yelled out in Chinese, then we watched a video in Chinese, and then... given additional instructions in Chinese. We did not have a guide in our raft with us so Le & I had NO idea what we were supposed to do, and the Chinese speaking people only had a slight idea of what to do (when you hear a whistle blow, that means "be careful!"). Thank goodness none of us fell in the water (everyone else in our raft did though, one guy fell in twice!). Pfft, who needs Chinese? We got life skills-- when the water looks scary, just stop paddling & hold on tightly to rope in the middle of the raft! =)

Sadly, we only have 2 more days in Taipei before heading back to the States. We have a long layover in San Francisco so we are going to make a short excursion out of that as well!

Time to go drink my 1039304th $1 bubble tea drink & eat more green onion pies.

Love from Asia


Gyeongbok-gung palace-- Seoul


Bukhansan Mountain- Seoul


beef & rice-- we've had so many of these bowls in Taiwan, yum!

last class EVER

Today was my last class day EVER! How did I celebrate?

By not going to class today or yesterday, of course! My last class was Tuesday afternoon... and I spent it looking up hotels/hostels. After I take an exam today (I know, I should be studying right now) and two finals, I will be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to move onto rotations!

EXCITEMENT. I should really study.

Love,
Loc

Asia, baby! nom nom

Woke up this morning and stumbled upon cheap tickets to Asia!

Asia trip 2011-- we're going to Taiwan via South Korea for 2.5 weeks right after the P4s' graduation. I'm sooo excited-- I'm going to be eating so much delicious food in less than one month. We will be in Seoul for 4 days (I think) then heading to our main destination-- Taipei! YAAAYYYY. I've been watching chinese dramas since I was a little girl and have always dreamed about going to Asia to eattttttt (I know, I'm a fatty) so this is definitely going to be A.W.E.S.O.M.E!


So excited. I'm only giving myself one day at home before going on my trip to DC/NYC with my parents, but it's going to be soooo worth it!!

back down the rabbit role

After tomorrow, I only have 3 more weeks of school-- crazzyyy!

My dorky story of the week:
I went to go run last night on the treadmill while watching a new episode of Body of Proof. I love shows like that so I walked/ran the entire hour and managed to do 5 miles. I was so proud of myself, so of course-- I take a picture. I was trying to be really stealthy since it's weird/dumb to take a picture of the treadmill screen. When I thought no one was looking (people were running on either side of me), I snapped a picture. Of course, I forgot that my camera would FLASH and alert everyone nearby that I was a major dork. =/ Then I turned around and saw a girl looking at me... she had been waiting for awhile trying to get a machine. Sigh. After that, I had to keep running because I didn't want to face her so soon... which probably made her even more annoyed!

As I started the new year, I decided this was a year for change. Sighhhh. I was doing so well, finally thought I had everything under control, but as it turns out... I don't. Why are bad habits sooooo hard to drop? Well, I've been slacking lately so today will be a NEW day! Let's hope I can stay strong.

Pictures from a volunteering event. We baked a buncha homemade pizzas (dinner & dessert) for people staying at the Ronald McDonald House.


dessert pizzas!


we made about 13 pizzas!

good eats and not so good eats

What's a trip to Ikea without the 50 cent hot dogs and frozen yogurt?? DELISH! I also got a 17-piece tupperware set for $3.99. CRAZY!!




then, we went to Wal-Mart where I saw this...

...interesting

white house & lady liberty

Greetings from Austin!

We haven't had any exams for the past two weeks and don't REALLY have any this coming week either (take home exams don't count!) so life has been w.o.n.d.e.r.f.u.l.! I've been able to hang out with friends even more, go out on WEEKDAYS (crazy!), and do what I love most-- watch tv!


Next on my travel calendar: going to Washington, D.C. with my parents! We decided to make the most of our trip by spending 2 nights in D.C. then taking the TRAIN (how cool!) to New York. My parents haven't been to the east coast so I thought fitting in a trip to Manhattan would be super. I didn't get to go to the Met/MoMA last time so hopefully I'll be able to make it there this time. I'm also trying to plan another trip in May/June but haven't decided to where yet-- I really want to make the most of my summer break before rotations!


Love from Austin,
Loc

Random thoughts:

I can't believe I'm going to be moving away from Austin in 1.5 months. I have been living in the Austin area for 5 years now, it's where I "grew up." I think it will be weird to move back to Dallas. =/

I.am.moving.on.finally.

Eating an XL Mr. Goodbar once in awhile is good for you.


Funnies:
http://www.someecards.com/2011/04/06/the-best-obnoxious-responses-to-misspellings-on-facebook
this site made me LOL literally, a lot... in the middle of class...

one of the funniest ones: