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| sunshine |
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| playing outside |
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| reading |
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| bliss in the sun :) |
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
rat brain surgery!
Today, i watched the brain surgery of a rat for the first time!
Today, at lab, I got to watch as the researcher implanted 2 wires into the rat's brain so that she could stimulate the specific structure without damaging or affecting any other neural areas. The whole process took only about 20 minutes. It was funny watching the groggy rats coming out of anesthesia. Their legs couldn't hold them up, so they looked like they were swimming around the bottom of their cages. Very cute ^. ^
Today, at lab, I got to watch as the researcher implanted 2 wires into the rat's brain so that she could stimulate the specific structure without damaging or affecting any other neural areas. The whole process took only about 20 minutes. It was funny watching the groggy rats coming out of anesthesia. Their legs couldn't hold them up, so they looked like they were swimming around the bottom of their cages. Very cute ^. ^
Monday, June 13, 2011
Direct Patient Care + dead sea salt scrub!
Today, I tried 2 new things!!
I got to partake in direct patient care at the ER and I used a dead sea salt scrub BOTH for the first time!
First New Thing:
At work today, I got to hold the ultrasound probe and stabilize the needle while the resident drained a wound! It was so freaking exciting! I can't wait to get to med school!!!!
Second New Thing:
Today, my sister and I used a dead sea salt scrub! It felt sooo cleansing and soothing while using it and my skin feels super baby soft after. WOO! ^. ^
I got to partake in direct patient care at the ER and I used a dead sea salt scrub BOTH for the first time!
First New Thing:
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| via sciencephoto.com |
Second New Thing:
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| the one we used was not green, but it had similar consistency. |
Sunday, June 12, 2011
IHOP cheese scramble
Today, I had an IHOP cheese scramble for the first time!
It was HUGE. Just as I started eating, a really big guy walked by and wished me good luck finishing the meal. He said he just packed half of it to bring home. I barely ate 1/3 of it. It was super satisfying, especially after a night out, but it's sitting a bit heavy in my stomach ^. ^
It was HUGE. Just as I started eating, a really big guy walked by and wished me good luck finishing the meal. He said he just packed half of it to bring home. I barely ate 1/3 of it. It was super satisfying, especially after a night out, but it's sitting a bit heavy in my stomach ^. ^
Saturday, June 11: Romper!
Today, I wore a romper for the first time!
I went out for a friend's bday and wore a romper! It was very cute and fun ^. ^
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| the one i wore is similar to the middle one...mayhaps a bit shorter ^. ^ |
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10: Yankees Stadium
Today, I went to watch the yankees live in yankee stadium for the first time!
It started raining a bit through the game, which made it more fun. The rain looked like snow and super pretty, I think because of the lighting. I also saw Soo-shin Choo play! All in all, very fun and very awesome. (I think I like Yankees Stadium better than Fenway o.o)
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| shin-soo choo! |
It started raining a bit through the game, which made it more fun. The rain looked like snow and super pretty, I think because of the lighting. I also saw Soo-shin Choo play! All in all, very fun and very awesome. (I think I like Yankees Stadium better than Fenway o.o)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Mouse Decapitation...
Today, I saw a mouse get decapitated in the name of science for the first time!
It was actually pretty sad to hear the mouse give its last squeak. But then later, I got to clean and refill the water/alcohol bottles for the mice downstairs.
(I didn't do anything new yesterday... GASP! terrible! xP)
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| it really was just as cute :( |
It was actually pretty sad to hear the mouse give its last squeak. But then later, I got to clean and refill the water/alcohol bottles for the mice downstairs.
(I didn't do anything new yesterday... GASP! terrible! xP)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Verilux Lamp!
Today, I used the Verilux lamp for the first time ever!
I've been going pretty much nonstop between golf, work, lab, med school apps, and play for the past month, and especially this week. Today, I got home from the lab/running errands/picking up my sister around 4pm and wanted to PTFO. Due to my insomnia, napping is not an option.
I napped anyway...but only for 50 minutes! which is super short compared to my usual 3 hour naps. I still wasn't feeling too great after my nap, so I went to my desk and used the Verilux lamp that my sister recently gave me.
It works so fantastically. I just sat in front of it for 30 minutes while sending some emails and I felt so much better. I didn't feel sleepy and my body stopped aching. AMAZING!
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| Verilux Lamp! |
I napped anyway...but only for 50 minutes! which is super short compared to my usual 3 hour naps. I still wasn't feeling too great after my nap, so I went to my desk and used the Verilux lamp that my sister recently gave me.
It works so fantastically. I just sat in front of it for 30 minutes while sending some emails and I felt so much better. I didn't feel sleepy and my body stopped aching. AMAZING!
Monday, June 6: Zydeco Music!!
Today, I listened/danced to Zydeco music for the first time!
I had late tea with my friend, who introduced me tonight to Zydeco music! It is impossible not to dance to and so happy/upbeat! Found my summer music obsession ^. ^
I had late tea with my friend, who introduced me tonight to Zydeco music! It is impossible not to dance to and so happy/upbeat! Found my summer music obsession ^. ^
Sunday, June 5: Calculating Golf Scores!
Today, I calculated my golf score for the first time!!
I got golf lessons in middle school, but didn't really go out to the field until a few years ago. Today, for the first time, I calculated my score. Up until now, I've been keeping score, but have been putting more weight on how well I hit the ball (how good the contact I made was) rather than my numerical score. But I played well enough that I calculated my score! 139 :)
I got golf lessons in middle school, but didn't really go out to the field until a few years ago. Today, for the first time, I calculated my score. Up until now, I've been keeping score, but have been putting more weight on how well I hit the ball (how good the contact I made was) rather than my numerical score. But I played well enough that I calculated my score! 139 :)
Saturday, June 4: Pinball Machines!!
Today, I played a real pinball game via a real pinball machine for the first time!!
I went to a house bbq/party thrown by one of the attendings where i work. Apparently, one of his hobbies is collecting, selling, and buying arcade games including pinball. As a good asian girl, i never went to the arcade when i was little and never played very many arcade/video games. but not on Saturday!!
I went all out, playing the different arcade games, including the pinball machine! It's harder than computer pinball, but not by much ^. ^ very fun!
I went to a house bbq/party thrown by one of the attendings where i work. Apparently, one of his hobbies is collecting, selling, and buying arcade games including pinball. As a good asian girl, i never went to the arcade when i was little and never played very many arcade/video games. but not on Saturday!!
I went all out, playing the different arcade games, including the pinball machine! It's harder than computer pinball, but not by much ^. ^ very fun!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Friday, June 5, 2011: Webster Hall
Yesterday, I went to Webster Hall for the first time!! It was also my first non-campus, non-boston, non-classical concert!!
I went to see Portugal. The Man with 2 UMDNJ lovies and it was, in a word, AMAZING. The band was so talented, the music was soul-stirring, and the crowd, fun/full of cute boys ^. ^ hahaha
in all seriousness, if I could relive just one night of my life, last night's concert would make top 3. if ever the chance to see this band live comes up, GRAB IT.
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| from my samsung galaxy phone camera |
I went to see Portugal. The Man with 2 UMDNJ lovies and it was, in a word, AMAZING. The band was so talented, the music was soul-stirring, and the crowd, fun/full of cute boys ^. ^ hahaha
in all seriousness, if I could relive just one night of my life, last night's concert would make top 3. if ever the chance to see this band live comes up, GRAB IT.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Research Lab
Today, I got into a neurology research lab for the first time!
They mostly study the effects of alcohol and alcohol dependence in the molecular pathways in the brain and in motor neurons. They do both in vitro and in vivo studies. I start next Tuesday. I'm so excited!!!!!
They mostly study the effects of alcohol and alcohol dependence in the molecular pathways in the brain and in motor neurons. They do both in vitro and in vivo studies. I start next Tuesday. I'm so excited!!!!!
Wednesday, June 1: Leisure Driving!
I got home late last night from a long shift at work and went straight to bed. BUT! on my way home, I drove home slowly with the windows down and the music low and appreciated the night drive for the first time! It was actually pretty amazing. I smelled honeysuckle for most of the drive, then a skunk, and then more honeysuckle, and then the waterfalls that I drive by almost every day. I never smelled my way home before and it was really, really relaxing and surprisingly (or maybe not) inspiring. I plan on doing it more often, especially on my drives home from late shifts when the roads are pretty empty.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
charcoal mask
Today, i did a charcoal mask for the first time!
I got a facial done today and the facial lady gave me a charcoal mask! I don't see much of an improvement in my skin yet, but she said it takes about a week to show signs, which makes sense I suppose...skin turnover time and all that. We'll see!
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| I have no idea if the above is what was used for my face, but i thought it was a cute pic ^. ^ |
Yesterday, 5/30/11
i didn't do anything new... :(
BUT! i happen to have done 2 new things on sunday, 5/29/11! so i will count one of those for yesterday.
on sunday, i ate at a fondue restaurant for the first time ever! it was more fun than delicious, but still pretty tasty ^. ^ hard to go wrong with melted cheese and chocolate. nyommy!
(hopefully, i won't have too many more cheating/doubling up days)
BUT! i happen to have done 2 new things on sunday, 5/29/11! so i will count one of those for yesterday.
on sunday, i ate at a fondue restaurant for the first time ever! it was more fun than delicious, but still pretty tasty ^. ^ hard to go wrong with melted cheese and chocolate. nyommy!
(hopefully, i won't have too many more cheating/doubling up days)
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Today! Microwave mug brownies!
Today's new thing! making microwave mug brownies (with my sister)!!!
Tried 2 different recipes. Green Cup is the recipe my sister saved above. Yellow cup is the recipe I found here :)
Consistencies of both recipes before going into the microwave!
After they came out of the microwave! The green cup chocolate cake was much cakier and breadier than the yellow cup chocolate cake. The yellow cup cake was definitely more moist and bordering on pudding-y. They both tasted pretty similar. The differences really came down to texture. All in all, not that great tasting. In fact, they're both sitting on the kitchen table half-eaten o.O hahahaha you win some, you lose some :)
Tried 2 different recipes. Green Cup is the recipe my sister saved above. Yellow cup is the recipe I found here :)
Consistencies of both recipes before going into the microwave!
After they came out of the microwave! The green cup chocolate cake was much cakier and breadier than the yellow cup chocolate cake. The yellow cup cake was definitely more moist and bordering on pudding-y. They both tasted pretty similar. The differences really came down to texture. All in all, not that great tasting. In fact, they're both sitting on the kitchen table half-eaten o.O hahahaha you win some, you lose some :)
yesterday! eating in paterson!
Yesterday, I left work and went out into the streets of Paterson, NJ to eat lunch. It was my first time eating lunch in real Paterson and not the cafe inside work.
I went to this bodega across the street to get sandwiches. I never knew places like that even existed. Inside the giant "ice cream" freezer were styrofoam cups filled with who knows what from who knows when and topped with soda cup lids. The turkey that went in my sandwich was almost definitely sold under the label "sandwich meat." Several times, people came in, gave the cashier a dollar in cash for 2 cigarettes at a time. There was also a man in a soccer jersey taking all the baked goods from the display case with his bare hands, returning with different baked goods--still in his bare hands--and putting them in the display case. Not only did I get to watch all this, but I also got a big and delicious sandwich for under $3. Awesome.
I went to this bodega across the street to get sandwiches. I never knew places like that even existed. Inside the giant "ice cream" freezer were styrofoam cups filled with who knows what from who knows when and topped with soda cup lids. The turkey that went in my sandwich was almost definitely sold under the label "sandwich meat." Several times, people came in, gave the cashier a dollar in cash for 2 cigarettes at a time. There was also a man in a soccer jersey taking all the baked goods from the display case with his bare hands, returning with different baked goods--still in his bare hands--and putting them in the display case. Not only did I get to watch all this, but I also got a big and delicious sandwich for under $3. Awesome.
Friday, May 27, 2011
chinese mustard
today was a pretty busy day of moving my sister out of her nyc apt back to jersey, so it was a pretty close call for finding something new to do. luckily, we got chinese food for dinner and i have never had the chinese mustard that comes in those packets no one uses...until now!
this is the exact packet of chinese mustard that i tried for the first time. it is a lot spicier than any mustard i've ever tasted, which doesn't say much because im not a huge fan of mustard. that being said, i really really like this mustard! it's spicy first and very subtle mustard flavor at the end. i might even start using it on the reg. when i order chinese. it's basically a hot sauce lightly flavored with mustard.
SUMMER OF NEW!
most recent plan: try something brand new every day. starting yesterday to september 6.
yesterday, 5/26/11, i tried a scone for the very first time in my life! it was delicious, and i can't believe i've been missing out this whole time!
Monday, February 14, 2011
love!
sometimes you cant see the love in front of you because you’re stuck on top of a giant gerbil. hope everyone was able to look past their giant gerbil today ^. ^ happy valentine’s day!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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