Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Only Fitting

It's been a while and I thought it was only fitting that I return to this blog a year after I've started it. It's summer, and for the most part things are happening and I need some way to keep track of it, right? So here I am today...




... not much of a difference, except for maybe my hair. My hair, which used to fall right above the middle of my back, is now down to my butt. It's in dire need of a cut, but I think I've gotten attached. A cut and maybe some color are in the near future.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The Journey Begins

One week and two days have passed since the beginning of nursing school. It's not joke when it comes to long, full days of lectures, group work, and quizzes. The 6 days in total (I have classes from M-TR) have been packed with information. And ever since school began, I've just been trying to keep up or catch up. I should actually be reading a chapter about inflammation right now so I can take another quiz (my second one for the class thus far). We just got our quizzes back for another class and I've really been cutting it close getting 90% on the quizzes we've had so far.

But rewinding about a little less than two weeks ago, we had our nursing orientation and induction. To make it short and sweet, we sat for hours on end, listening to people talk about what we'll be "looking forward to" in the next 3 years. Quite possibly, the most interesting thing during that orientation was listening to nurses in the field share with us their experiences with patients. I wasn't able to take any pictures during the orientation, but here are a few that were taken of the whole class:


I'm somewhere in the middle.

My parents caught a bit of traffic on their way to the ceremony, so they got there pretty late. They weren't able to get any pictures of the ceremony's process, but we were able to get some pictures, albeit the blurryness, this was the only picture of me, my mom, and my dad. My brother was taking the picture:

We headed back to the west side of the island to find a place to eat and "celebrate".

We ate at Phuket Thai to celebrate. After that dinner, I've kind of deduced Thai food has instantly become one of my favorites. :) Sadly, I wasn't able to get any pictures, one: because I didn't have my camera on hand, and two: because my phone camera was not working at that time.

I might be able to post something tomorrow, but I'm making no promises. Until next time...

Monday, August 30, 2010

Music Monday: July/August Mix

Everyone loves playlists, right? With that, I decided to do a bi-monthly playlist (since 3-5 songs won't exactly make a good playlist) to feature each Music Monday from the last two months, including the day's feature. So, click play and enjoy! The track listing is located under the player.



Track listing
1. Your Hand In Mine - Explosions in the Sky
2. How Deep Is Your Love - The Bird & The Bee
3. There Are Many of Us - Aska Matsumiya
4. All Summer - Kid Cudi, Best Coast, and Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend
5. Go Outside - Cults
6. The Fragrance of Dark Coffee - Godot
8. Fireplace - Haardvuur
9. Talking To The Moon - Bruno Mars

The second time you listen to the mix, the track will be randomized.

Music Monday: Count On Me


Hailing from the wonderful group of islands I call home is Bruno Mars, who is today's featured artist. It's a cute song, letting us all know that we all have someone to count on and what better way to describe a song than using a part of the lyrics itself??

If you're tossin' and you're turnin' and you just can't fall asleep,
I'll sing a song beside you
And if you ever forget how much you mean to me,
Everyday I will remind you, oh
Find out what we're made of
What we are called to help our friends in need

You can Count On Me like one, two, three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like four, three, two
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah