CAUGHT SLIPPIN

OW. I got "raped" by my histology test today. School has been rather rough for the past 3 weeks. Tests continuously pouncing and today was the last and most difficult one. I did well on all the other previous tests.

Could I have prevented this tragedy? Perhaps, but more likely I could have only cushioned this violation with a condom and some lube (how's the imagery?). The amount and length of detail on the exam was more difficult than I had expected. My preparation for studying wasn't my best as I have been incrementally falling behind in my readings, bit by bit. What an eye opener.

Luckily, next week is more relaxed. Certainly, the accumulated experience from the past several weeks is just a warm-up. In the future, there will be constant tests every week beginning in January. Joy. Meanwhile, I'll try and walk off this pain.

Dave Chappelle: "Man get raped..you just gotta get up and walk that shit off....caught me slippin!"

There's A Lot of Garbage

Certainly, there's a lot to write about: apartment and kids moving in for school this week, dental school progress, diet change, new phone and laptop, and random things. I thought I would make multiple posts but let's try it in one long attempt.

As foolish as this sounds, I moved into an apartment I have never once seen beyond the internet pictures. The price/mo. is really cheap at less than 500 which includes some utilities, internet, cable tv and furniture. Also, I share the kitchen and living room with a roommate who has yet been assigned to my apartment, thankfully.

I really expected the worse of conditions but the place surprised me at how not so bad it is actually(insert harhar! ). However, the bed provided was horrific as I saw some form of dried up barf or feces on the bottom. I demanded, nicely, that I get a new bed. My new bed was a strange one: no box spring and is supported 1.5 feet off the ground. It's good because I can store lots of stuff below but the center support pole is so squeaky. I'm now trained to sleep like a ninja and remain completely still throughout the night.

College kids are now moving in for school this week and my enjoyment of an empty parking lot is over. I know I won't like it but at least I can tolerate. Last Saturday some inconsiderate and lazy kid threw his kitchen garbage bag into my balcony and that made me mad. Luckily, the maintenance staff understood my situation and told me they would take care of the trash. When I was 18, I don't remember myself as a kid who was inconsiderate and rude to other people around me. But then again, I'm not a stupid person.

This blog post is already pretty long with no visual assistance so I retract my earlier statement (no, i refuse to remove the statement), and my separate topics will be divided by different posts.

My Bad

Haven't blogged as much as I would like to but school has been busy, and blogging is in the back of the line at the moment. Much to write about my place, dental school and classmates, new phone and other things. You should RSS feed this if possible; just kidding.

BTW, I appreciate sleep more now. Well, except for right now.

UK

Not the United Kingdom, uninformed reader. The University of Kentucky will be my school for the next 4+ years (and expensive too :( ).

I have just arrived from Utah on a connection flight through Detroit. This trip reminded me that I dislike long flights (3+ hours). The seats on delta airlines aren't comfortable and my butt was aching. Also, I was dozing the whole way and my sudden snoring woke up me and my neighbor on several occasions. How embarrassing.

The weather in Lexington, KY is rather humid and warm. People here are very nice and the area is more green than what I'm used to back home. Lots of farms and horsies.

I suppose I'll share pictures since my mom demanded I send her them.

Also, I would like to be on the record that the mcDonald's chicken nuggets meal made me queasy. If you share this experience, then I think we have ourselves a lawsuit.

What I Want

I used to want a bunch of things: ps3, new kick'n computer, phone, mp3 player, laptop, etc. However, I don't want them anymore, except for the phone. It's definitely helpful to delay and see if I want any of these several months later.

Back at the old home, there's a piano I used to play on quite a bit. So I'm considering in getting a electronic piano. Alternatively, I might instead get a guitar to learn something completely new.

Life is just fine. I'm hitting the gym more with friends. Definitely easier if you have others to motivate each other. Bad foods like soda and fast food is being kicked aside. Now I just need to learn a bunch of easy and healthy recipes.

Snuggie sucks!

For this past Christmas, I got my parents the snuggie that is some trendy product as seen here:

Before buying this I thought the snuggie was a stupid product, but I kept reading and hearing by word of friends that it was good. My parents didn't take the snuggie home by reason of not enough room in their luggage. However, I'm sure they thought it to be stupid.

Never judge a book by it's cover. I just tried the snuggie while watching the season premier of 24. In result, I could not wear the snuggie for more than a few minutes. It really is a cheap backward robe. Worse, it kept creating static to the point I could smell ozone. Perhaps I should wash it and give it another go.

Sick Ed

Eww I'm currently sick, and have been for a few days. Congested nasal cavity and coughs that hurt my head. I told my parents and now they won't stop calling. It'll be over soon, I hope.

I just watched the Spike Lee film called "25th Hour" starring Ed Norton. Fantastic movie with a touching ending. Makes me want to read the book (sorta). I wanted to read the book from the I Am Legend movie but never get myself to do that.

When it comes to books, I most prefer to read non-fictional books that can help you in real life. Currently, I'm slowly reading "Change of Heart."(Am I correctly naming titles of books/movies? I'll find out after I finish typing this blog.) I would rather read these books today because I find them much more useful. Earlier in my life, I read fictional books for entertainment, which I'm sure is the general reason people read such literature.

Which do you prefer to read?

Cough*

RECAP

Herro,

My time back at home has been pretty well spent. I got to see a lot of friends but not everyone.

Several of us went snowboarding. For me, it was not that fun. First, I forgot to adjust my flow bindings , and I already fell behind the group. I had to readjust the bindings again mid-down the trail. So I texted a friend to go on without me, and after I sent the message, I look down and my board has disappeared. Off in the near distance I see my my board going down the mountain. Finally, I found it after some hiking down. For most of that boarding event, I was on my own doing trails of my choice. It's really nice because you can really go at your own pace. Unfortunately, I had a really hard time controlling my board, especially on alternating from heel to toe, vice versa. So several times my board caught the snow/ice and resulted in some bad falls, but luckily I wore my helmet. I don't recommend using flow bindings. They're great for getting your boots in fast, but they sacrifice too much control to be worth using.

The night before I watched the George Clooney movie "Up In The Air." It was a really entertaining movie and Clooney is a really good and suave actor.

Anyways, I'm heading back home tomorrow for a class later that night. Vacation is basically over as it should be. I'm somewhat tired of the traveling by air and road so going back to the routine student life will seem refreshing.

Iron Chef!

This is definitely one of my favorite shows of all time. Their english dubs are surprisingly acceptable and convincing. Also, I'm not talking of the terrible USA version of the show. I'm referring to the original Japanese show that was sadly ended. The theatrics and how it was run was always entertaining. Also, the concoctions the chefs "dish" out are awesome; always makes me hungry.

So I'm back home for a short period before school starts and I was really happy to see the Iron Chef show (FLN channel btw). I don't have cable in my own home so I spent a couple hours on the television.

It sure is really cold here, obviously. brrrrr

Something Interesting

I woke up to a very uncomfortable feeling in my left arm. It was entirely numb. I'm sure you may have experienced different degrees of numbness, but this was the worst of them all. My arm was so numb that it took approximately 1/4 of a second from my mental command to the physical movement of my finger. As I jumped out of bed I could not carry my arm and so it hanged and drooped towards gravity. After 5 min, I did get my sensation and total control back.

I noticed that a lot of these numbing events occur when I sleep with this certain shirt on. I guess I'll stuff away into some storage box.

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O crap

I did not post a single blog last month.

T_T QQ Q_T q_t

Poison!

Yesterday was a good day overall. After classes, a few buds from class and myself went to a bar to watch the NFL season opener. Beer was way cheap for that night. 17 bucks for 8 beers; ridiculous. And they were giving away free food of chicken sliders and hot dogs. BUT!...when I got home I felt slightly whoozy so I took a half hour nap. Then I suddenly felt sick to my stomach and was dizzy. Now it wasn't from the alcohol, I tell you. It was probably the food causing me food poison. There was no pepto stuff in the house and I didn't feel good to drive. I tried to vomit but for some reason my nose had to bleed....weird stuff. Luckily, things got better in another hour when I used the funny remedy of Powerade. Sip that stuff occassionally and eventually, I was 90% better.

Spaghetti

Meatballs.

I cooked that tonight. Not a bad first try. The sauce and meat was good. Howevever, the spaghetti could have been more soft. It tasted fine when I tested it while still in the water but after drying it wasn't the same. I also had salad to go with the main dish.

:)

Beeho Fry Rice

So I've just finished cooking my first ever fried rice-beeho style. No soy sauce and no msg. Instead of cooking canola oil there is olive oil. Hollla!

In place of soy sauce, I used the 'squid' fish sauce. Beeho fry rice has onions, hot dogs (i'm too cheap for more exp meat), mixed vegetables, eggs and, of course, rice. Also included: salt, grinded pepper, and mushroom powdered thingies my mom gave me.

Tastes pretty darn good.

My time in California

Ok so it's been over a week since I left California and returned home for school, which the first class starts at 7pm. All my classes are at night, which have obvious pros and cons.

Here's a wrap-up of where I left off:

My cousin and I did go kayak fishing. Way nice weather and got some good upper back workouts. After about 5.5 hours we caught no fish but each of us got a few bites. There was this sea lion (otter perhaps?) that popped its head out of the water a few times. There are pics, of fishing and more, in my facebook so head over there.

The families went camping to Big Sur. It was less than two hours away from San Jose. They have some beaches, but were too cold to swim in as most West Coast beaches are anyways. We did this and that, but it was for family stuff and was enjoyable.

With this big of a family, there's always a moment of embarrassment. Our last camping trip years ago ended with most of us, except those not crazy such as myself, holding hands and dancing around the camp fire. But this year, there was none of that, thankfully. However, on our last night, many of the parents drank quite a bit of wine and were very loud, performing Vietnamese singing games. The neighboring campers to our left abruptly just stopped what they were doing and stared for minutes.

Oh! On the first night, two cousins and I stayed up late and talked on various subjects. In pure awesomeness, the clear night sky was the medium for many shooting stars. Those stars were so fast and clear while some were rather huge! You had only one second too see them pass by. Luckily, I saw four stars that were each given a wish. After two stars, I felt like it was too much. LOL

The trip to California was worth the two 12 hour driving trips, and part of me didn't want to leave. But real life called and I had to pick up.

Already

It's August and here's the first post for the month:

I was shortly in Utah to visit family and friends. Some good stuff during the stay. The family, except my brother, left to San Jose, California yesterday. 12 hours of uncomfortable sleeping and a constantly talking uncle. It was good that my music player lasted for 11/12th's of the way. I ate at sushi boat-town with my cousin; it's a tradition that we do whenever I'm in town.

The weather is sorta cold for me but I'm getting used to it. Sleeping was way easy as it was at a chill temperature.

The plan for the rest of the trip will be fishing (hopefully), San Francisco, Napa Valley wine country, and a two day camping trip.

WEEEEEE!!!

Bored or really tired

So I have just returned to the home land. this will be for a short time then it's off to california for a family trip with other related families for camping.

After over 5 hours from returning, I am already really really bored. Eating dinner with the whole family was good. The food was definitely better than what I was making myself. I felt a little tired and napped til 10ish. Browsed the internet, played SF4 (which I hate because their online design and registry is terrible), and watched some tv. Now here I am back on the laptop. Maybe I'm just really tired in the head.

Things should turn around if I come up with things to keep me entertained (sounds obvious...!).

Mornin heat

whoo, it's 8:33 am and I am feeling the heat w/o a/c.

Last night, I ate at Sushi Mon and did the AYCE 1 hour challenge. Not much of a challenge because I am not a noob at AYCE sushi restaurants. And this place is great for AYCE because they'll even do half orders on rolls and everything on the list is allowed with a few few limits.

I arrived at a great time where everyone but one man was done eating so the fish came really really fast. Another factor, ordering nigiri strictly allows the food to arrive quickly.

I loved the albacore tuna nigiri the most. ::drool:: . The quality was great overall. For sides, my favorite was the cooked mussels; that's big for me because I'm generally not a big fan of mussels. I avoided special rolls because that's how you lose to the house. LoL. For the first time, I had a sake shooter that was interesting in content and taste. The sliced green onions and fish eggs threw me off initially so I quickly took it. If given the choice, I don't think I'd order that again.

OH! I almost forgot. For dessert, instead of green tea ice cream, plum ice cream was ordered. Holla! One of the best ice cream flavors ever. A long time ago, I had tasty hot plum wine. Conclusion: plums are way underrated.

I haven't been to many AYCE sushi restaurants, and I've been to sushi buffets like Todai and Makino. Sushi Mon wins over all of them.

Yozho

It certainly has been awhile since I've updated, which I noticed recently.

Updates:

Life is alright.

My hand me down rice cooker is terrible. For some reason, it's wiring or something is not connected well so I have to improvise on keeping it working. I want a new one!

Last night, I encountered a female black widow spider while taking out trash to the backyard. At first, I wasn't sure but I had a feeling it wasn't some normal spider. Looked on the net and for sure, I noticed the red portions on the body (abdomen) and confirmed presence of female black widow. It was pretty close to the back door so I couldn't ignore it. Smashed that thing with territorial authority.

Weather has been getting really hot for almost every day. Except for the last few days where there were clouds and reported rain. whew!

I wonder what I should cook tomorrow. Last few nights have been take out and I gotta stop doing that. Btw, Port of Subs is a fantastic sub place. Fresh sliced roast beef provologne with little mayo, dijion, onions, sliced jalepenios and olives. fantastic.

Post more this week, I may. LEYTER

To add more....

...to my list of broken things, my mini ipod of many years died on me about a week ago. but i'm not too upset as i milked the crap out of that thing. replaced battery and custom firmware made me keep it longer. i dropped that thing so many times and it still worked like a trooper. funny, though, what killed it was a small two feet drop onto a rug over hardwood flooring.

phone update: i went back to my treo 700wx because it holds a much longer battery life than the lg enV. Also, I like the custom software i have on it such as this nice threaded sms program and mobile gui theme. just wished this phone was smaller and didn't have that antenna sticking out.

oh, and my bday was last tuesday. 23 years old now! daaam. i hope this year will be a strong jordan year of my life. however, no cake. never had one in who knows since when....

also, i went to the optometrist finally after 4 years. Originally, i had thought it was 2 years since the last check up. The doc, with a funny change in tone, said i should see him every two years. So it's time to get new glasses! my current one is so beat up with scratches and missing parts.