Mar

30

We’ll all float on, okay

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so the organic chem lab final last night went surprisingly well. it was harder than i was expecting, but not unreasonably so for something only worth 18% of the final grade.
i think the most notable thing about last night’s exam is that it was the first one i have ever written in a university […]

Mar

29

Last day of classes

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my organic chem prof surprised us by finishing all of the material he wanted to cover a full week early. which meant my last day of classes was yesterday instead of next Wednesday. good-bye, room 166 with lights that make the white board impossible to see at some angles!
tonight is my organic chem […]

Mar

29

BCSAP and MUA

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from an email i received today from the bursar at the Medical University of the Americas:
The Ministry of Advanced Education, Student Services Branch recently reviewed Medical University of the Americas to be considered as a designated institution for participation in the British Columbia Student Assistance Program (BCSAP). The application has now been reviewed; unfortunately […]

Mar

28

E.T. said it best

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coming from someone that lives ~750km from her boyfriend (and has talked to him every single night for the past 10 months) as well as most of her other friends, it may be hard to believe that i very much dislike talking on the phone. “hate” is a strong word, but possibly appropriate here. […]

Mar

27

My packing/purging mantra

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i just gave my desktop computer, bea-oo-tiful monitor, and speaker/subwoofer system to my sister, so i guess it fits.
i could also fill the box of my truck any day now with several garbage bags of clothes and a variety of Other Crap I Don’t Need. i hope the local thrift store is happy to see […]

Mar

26

CO2 and you

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according to TerraPass - a carbon consumption calculator and offset provider - my flights to Zambia and Nevis (as well as half a dozen flights within the province last year) total 31,232 miles and make me personally responsible for 623 gallons of fuel consumption and 12,180 additional lbs of CO2 in our atmosphere.
i like to […]

Mar

26

Monday again already?

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hello. hi. hello!
yes, i’m alive and have just returned home from a relaxing weekend with the Amazing Boyfriend in Vancouver. thank you for all of the comments and emails from the last post. i am so so thrilled that a few of you have been encouraged to add a little more “adventure” to […]

Mar

22

Answering Africa’s call

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(alternate title: “Sarah, you were right”) ;)
“hello? Africa? no, Toto isn’t here right now… yeah, i like that song too.”
sometimes a sequence of events is too perfect to be coincidental.
Tuesday PM: i find out MUA’s waitlist isn’t moving at all and i will definitely be starting school in September and am […]

Mar

21

Currently reading: “Dark Star Safari”

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“All news out of Africa is bad. It made me want to go there.”
~ Paul Theroux
new news regarding me and Africa to come soon (i hope).
EDIT: thank you kev for giving me a site design that can handle 500 pixels of photo goodness. you totally rock. :))

Mar

20

On sushi and (restless) spirits

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September 4, 2007: i will officially start med school one day before my 30th birthday.
i would be lying if i claimed i wasn’t a little disappointed to be starting later than earlier. but after a couple of emails with the ever-patient and ever-accommodating director of admissions at MUA, i have decided to remove my […]

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