God is good!

Survived my P2 

Yay! Straight Cs, no repeating!

The worst is over 

P2 year

Remediation 

x2, why do I do this? 

Hardest year ever 

Goodbye 3.0

Hello "I just want to pass"

Summer please come soon

Birth control

BC for grown ups

Bigger boobs, hungrier, spot 

This is "married" life 

One year to train

Today I declared

Hopefully I stick to it 

Nike Run next year 

Declaring is news!

Running is not my forte 

What the hey, Y.o.l.o. 

Onto P2

Can't believe I'm here

I survived my P1 year

With a 3.3

P2 is tougher

Studying after meetings

Sh*t just got real fast

Love my family

Went to Nebraska

Nothing but fields, corn, and steak

Family made it fun 

Miss them already. 

No more flag football for me

*face palm* Epic fail

Note to self don't play football

Fat ring finger now

Hard way, lesson learned

So if you're wondering why..

Ring is on my right 

2nd Quarter In

 Great start to New Year

New marital status, yay!

Engaged to Kevin!

1.1.14 

Finished my first quarter of grad school!

First quarter of pharm

Can't believe it went by fast

Phew! Survived a lot

Moving to NorCal 

Away from family and friends,

Change to cold weather,

And messy roommates.

I failed my first midterm ever,

Rolled my ankle too

In front of the class..

Thought I had hemorrhoid and thrush 

Hypochondriac

Survived the quarter

With an A,B,and C. Yay!

Ready for the next! 

Start of P1 Year

Nuff said. Need to go back studying. -_-

One Year Out

It's been 1 year now

Since walking through Bren Events

I feel so so old

Sudden change of plans 

UCSF is for me

Live with no regrets

Can't change my mind now

Y.O.L.O. Is my new motto

Yes.. Maybe.. For sure.. 

I'm on the radio!

My friend did a series about twins and lucky me, I am a twin. I was a bit scared before listening to it. I didn't want to hear my own voice, but it turned out my voice sounded the same as what I hear all the time. Haha. My friend is awesome!

  http://soundcloud.com/convos-at-the-counter/episode-2-twins-stories

Who would have thought...

SC or SF
Hardest decision ever
Jesus take the wheel

Oh March, You are Mad!

March is a month of madness not because of the football games... or it is basketball games? Anyways, March is usually crazy for me because of birthdays. Mine, my sister's, and my mom's. But this month is super crazy because of weddings too. Not my wedding, but my friends'. I'm super excited for this month because I actually have things to look forward too besides work!

 So since I wrote last, God has been so good to me! He let me and my sister fly up to SF and interview at the #1 pharmacy school in the nation! Who would have thought I could go that far! I haven't heard from them yet, but we'll see where God wants me to go. Also, I got a raise! God is good. I am so blessed, which is why today I adopted 2 kids from World Vision. 

One of my kid's is name Innocent! What a cool name! He's from Zambia and he shares the same birthday as me. The other, is a teen from India named Sanju. Not going to lie... she looks just like me when I was her age.. No other comments on that note.. But, anyways I love them both already! 

God is soo good I just wanted to share His goodness. That's all for now. (:

Thankful for 2012

Oh, 2012
You have been so good to me
I will miss you so

From graduating,
To Indo and Thailand too,
Soon to USC

Can't wait for what's next
Bring it, 2013
I am ready for you.

5, 7, 7, 5

You might wonder why
It's not 5, 7, 5 now
Return of the haikus means...
Zombified haikus!

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Unexpectedly
Had to check my email twice
Told my parents, then my sibs
USC I come

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I have mixed feelings
Yes for me, maybe for sis
I'm supposed to be happy
What does this all mean?

God gave this to me
Be grateful for his blessings
Give me back my joy, sucka
This is my time now!

Haven't written one in a long time..

Life keeps me busy
New post grad life and new job
God keep me sane please

Progress!

Yay! Pharm apps are well on its way.. In celebration of my first submission, enjoy this cute clip.

Settled in.

No more jet lag! I've settled into the regular pace of life again, but with a new perspective on life. New confidence in my identity in Christ, new trust in God, and new desire to serve others, I'm ready to live for God!

Since I came back, I've been chillin' doing my pharmacy apps, and I've been job searching. Thanks to God I found one.

I also went to Mexico for a day to serve God's children. Yay! Here are some pictures.

Back from Thailand

I have bad jet lag

Up since 3 in the morning

Instead I write here

My Thailand medical mission trip was a step of faith that I know God had to force me to go. He closed all my job leads, changed my family and Kevin's hearts to let me go, and even provided supporters to get me to Thailand. What more can I say, God really wanted me to go out of my comfort zone. I'm glad I did.

Being in Thailand, I thought that I would adjust well since Indonesia is very similar to Thailand. Both countries have spicy cuisine, both have very humid weather, both countries aren't the cleanest places, and both have similar cultures. I thought I would feel like home in Thailand, but God proved me wrong the first night when I mistakenly ate a green chili pepper, thinking it was a green bean. God forced me to be out of my comfort zone again. He did so so I can give everything to Him, even my body, when I thought I had control over it. Luckily, I recovered by the time our team traveled to the island and started our clinic week.

To say our trip focused solely on clinicals is a lie because God had other plans. He showed us the relationships that have been fostered since Newsong came to the island 5 years ago. Coming to a 100% Muslim island was hard 5 years ago, but God has changed their hearts because many came to seek blessings from the American doctors, some gave us sweet gifts, and some invited us over to their humbled homes. We came to show God's love through our actions medically, but the people of Koh Yao showed their love back to us by cooking for us during Ramadan. For those of you who don't know what Ramadan is, it's a period of time when the Muslim people don't eat or drink during daylight hours. It's amazing how these people were willing to cook for us, knowing that they couldn't eat for themselves.

Through these people, God showed us what he has been doing on the island. For example, the imam, a religious leader on the island, came to the clinic and our hotel a few times to visit us. He even invited us to his house so he can show off his monkeys he trained. Knowing that the imam was so eager to see us is a sign that God is definitely working in him. Another occasion, the driver who drove us around the island, invited us to his house where he cooked a seafood feast for us. Another woman came to drop off coconut snacks called baubin, literally translated as, " damn crazy," because they are so good. Instances such as these showed that God uses these people to show us his love too.

Though I learned how to prescribe in Thai and give medical advice to the patients in Thai, I mostly learned to live faithfully for God. The funny thing is, a lot of people thought I was Thai and spoke to me with all kinds of Thai. One phrase I learned to say often was, " phoot Thai Mai dai, ka." It means " I can't speak Thai."

I can go on and on and on about my experience in Thailand, but so few words can fully express the life there. Though Thai food will never be the same, Thailand and the people of Koh Yao will always be in my heart.