this one's for you twin :] (yes i do see what you write on the side)
Before you read this looooong blog about my life (which is mostly about school) and question why its all about school. It's because I am for always a nerd :]. On that note, my anthro degree was finally ready for pickup mid february 2010 and i picked it up a few days after it was ready :]. one day, hopefully soon, i'll have a SLP M.S. and maybe even a PhD, but i'll celebrate when that day comes.
now it gets to sit next to its evil friend
the evil bio friend
the friendly anthropology :]
my last blog was about school so lets start off with how the last semester ended. well that analysis paper took ALOT of my time so i couldn't study as much for my other classes. I was really glad when i handed the paper in because i have this problem where i can only concentrate on one item at a time :(. we ended up getting a 90 on that paper and we were kinda disappointed because we felt that i rocked that analysis portion but an A is an A so we can't complain. Finals week was stressful as always and it sucked more that all the UC people were out early so i was studying while everyone else was having fun. On the day of my phonetics final i realized i lost my phonetics workbook and probably left it in the library hours before when i was studying there. it was worth 12.5 % of my grade and i was terribly sad and, so i drove to the library at 9am and asked the front desk if they found my books and guess what??? they found it! i was so relieved. So in the end when all the dust settled, I got my first 4.0 in college!!! i'm so proud of myself :)
so when we finished finals, me and cynthia still had ALOT of shopping left to do before i left for pheonix on the 22nd so that's what we did. The week i left for phoenix, everyone decided to do a lot of partying and i missed out on it :(.
Pheonix was so much fun. I enjoyed seeing my grandparents and family. I always got so many presents :]. My cousins all have children now so they didn't have that much time to take me out but it's okay. I can do that anytime. The reason i visited was to be with family. My little cousin is all grown up now. She's in her second year of college :]. I told her that maybe one day we'll be able to play beer pong together lol. All in all, i was really glad to see everyone but i was also glad to come home where i had internet and a car lol.
After I got back from pheonix i spent alot of time with cynthia and her family for the holidays and new years :]
fast forward a month and here i am studying at starbucks again as i'm blogging. School started a couple weeks ago and I'm ready to rock and roll again. I have to try and keep on with the studying and prove to myself that last semester was no fluke. So i decided not to apply to grad school this year and I truly think that it is the best decision. I've emailed three of my teachers last semester for a recommendation letter and all three gladly agreed to :]. Barbara commented on my amazing writing skills and said that "I had a way with words" :] that made me blush. Either way I'm really glad that I have plenty of recommendations now. Also I contacted my teachers about opportunities to gain experience in the field. I feel so behind in my class because everyone has some prior experience. Dr. Joe the audiologist and one my last semester teachers agreed for me to volunteer for him. I'm to meet him at his school next Thursday to work out a schedule. I'm really excited because this is my opportunity to work one on one with a professional as well as the students.
In my life, I've let so many opportunities pass. I've always felt like I wasn't good enough with my grades so I never applied for anything. This time, I'm ready to let those mistakes go and learn from them. I really got to put myself out there if I want to achieve my goals and dreams.
I feel like I have so many things to do and it just never stops. But I guess that's life. That's why I haven't been blogging. I still need to email my professors from UCI and my teacher from Cal Teach, Mrs. Stepanksi and update them on my life and progress. Even though the moment's gone, everyday when I wake up and see that poster on my wall from the kids of Mrs. Stepanski's class, it reminds me that I should work hard simply because for a moment in time, those kids looked up to me. Mrs. Stepanski was also very invested in me while I was under her watch. The letters and poems she sent me as well as the giftcard she didn't have to give me stays in my heart.
I don't really know what to expect this semester and the classes are increasingly more challenging. I'm doing my best to study and adapt to change. I keep telling myself that it will only get harder as life goes on so I will have to keep trying harder and harder. What keeps me going is the prospect of my future success and the proud looks on those who have believed in me along the way as well as the people I will help with the stuff I'm learning now. Every single one of my teachers love their career and are very passionate. I hope that I will become as good if not better a speech pathologist as any one of them. On a comic relief note, one my teachers this semester added me on facebook lol. He's pretty chill, rides a motorcycle, and is all tatted up.
Oh, and I just finished reading Tuesday's for Morrie for my alternative and augmentative language class. It was a fast and good read. The story is so inspirational it makes me believe I can do anything. read it when you get the chance guys. Its a true story about a Professor named Morrie and his student named Mitch Albom. The two had a very close relationship when Mitch was in college. Mitch graduated and went on to be a very succesful sports writer. Mitch, with all the wealth and prominence yet feels lost in life decides to visit his former teacher Morrie after hes learned that Morrie is dieing of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Morrie then continues to teach Mitch about life lessons until he dies. Mitch Albom documents this in his book "Tuesdays with Morrie"
So there's that. I know most of my posts are about school but that's the bulk of my life right now. I'll blog in a few days, months, who knows lol. see you laterrrr alligatorrrr
