nostalgia

Can i share this music with you?


It's so touching and moving! A moment of nostalgia...

I was looking for a dictionary earlier in the day and came across a reference book that I bought a couple years ago. Unintentionally, I opened to see the surprise passage. The book landed on the chapter about Karma. I have heard karma from time to time and have tried to explain what I learned about Karma from time to time but to say that I truly understand is a stretch. So I started reading a few pages and the message brought me back to the time I was training in a few years ago at the center. It was hard and it was painful but mixed within the discomfort is the sweet fruit of determination. Little did I know what happened to be a short training session has changed many things about one's self. Time after time, I continue to flash back about what happened then and remind myself to continue to practice. Time is scarce but one needs to make time for what is important.

I started making fermented glutinous rice. I didn't go to the store to buy the fermented yeast (out of laziness). Instead, I used the liquid (supposedly containing fermented yeast) from the store-bought fermented glutinous rice instead. I don't know if this is going to work but we'll see in a week. I'll report back to see whether it's actually edible! :D

My kombucha is growing so fast and so well!!! Seriously, if this keeps up, I will run out of jar and will have kombucha for a very long time! I'm glad though because now I don't have to pay big bucks for a small bottle. Very happy about this.

so what new thing have you tried doing this week? Maybe my goal should be trying to do something new once a week or once a month. So by the end of the year, I will definitely have learned something. :)

good weekend y'all

July 4th 2011

Is it July 4th already?  it will be at least another few hours... in any case, I already heard fireworks soaring the sky.. are people drinking already?



Of all the years, this is probably the first July 4th weekend I'm alone and nowhere near any relatives.  I guess it's part of growing up.  You slowly drift away from the things that you've known for years and come to take them as they are always there.

Have been busy with work and a short vacation.  Now back to regular schedule.  Try to get a good start on a research project with my professor.  I think we finally get it going.  I got some data... (approximately 20% of what I should get... but if I can accomplished that in one day - not on sitting, then I think I should be able to finished this by the end of July - I hope..) with the analysis can be done in the month of August and have it written in Sept and submitted in Oct and present it in Dec... and possibly getting more data to have it presented next June at the national meeting...(too much to ask? but I always think you should aim high so even if you can't achieve the highest level, you are probably close to it!).

I'll be in internal medicine this month.  nervous...and anxious... because I realize i don't know anything.  Whatever I studied, I forgot them already.  Hopefully, my patients will be nice...

I've started cooking new things these days.  Recently hooked into Japanese sweet potatoes.  This makes me want to go back to Japan sometimes this year.  I didn't realize how much I love that country even though I couldn't speak the language.  I just like strolling the street randomly without having to worry about anything.  Is it a true vacation? I guess so.  Kyoto is so different from Tokyo.  There are many places I want to visit that are near Kyoto (on the outskirt mostly) but didn't get a chance to do so.  The people I met there were so generous.

If you want to try, black rice (or wild rice) cooked with chopped Japanese Sweet potatoes is delicious! :)

Happy July 4th!! Get your shopping done because I've heard it's a steal this weekend.  I did mine online which took approximately 30 minutes (the amount of time it would take me to get to the mall, find parking, and get to the store).  Good luck with the deals! ^_^

night late night

at times I wish I had 48 hours a day instead of 24 hours.  My body probably will function just fine.  How is it that this semester has been going by so fast that I can't even remember...It was just a month ago when we started school.  Now we're about 2.5 months left before going on rotation.
it's a bit crazy to think about how fast things will go by...
then next I have to make another decision... another crossroad...

new year...new mood? a joke

if only i could predict the lottery number as well as i predict my mood a few days later...


in darkness night falls
in sorrow rain drops
of the morning to set
crackle midnight dew
hazy morning mist
settles past playground

thinking

just can't stop thinking about next year...
so much to do...so little time...
at least i don't have to move...it's a good thing.
at time like this...i can only say..."snap it out"
busy busy...who said third year is easy? I can't believe how much work we have to do...but i guess it's preparing us for next year...but tentatively...i'm not sure it will be extremely helpful

dropping or keeping..decision decision...

happy new year? did I say it already? can't remember!
I've decided to drop a class... i know ...it's crazy but I do feel that I should do it instead of trying to do it.
I want to do something else...may my intuition be the correct one!!!!