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![]() I can be very shy and quiet at first but once you get to know me, I'm loquacious. I like to dream because only dreams take you wherever you wanna go.
Age: 24 Gender: F Location: chi-town
other website: http://www.myspace.com/ladyxyen
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PSA
Posted 9/19/2006 11:42:31 AM There are different stages of PSA (Public Speaking Anxiety) and I think I've experienced all stages of PSA. I felt anxiety when I was informed by my professor that I need to make a speech; I felt anxiety when I was doing my research and organizing my speech; I felt anxiety before I have to make a speech; I felt anxiety during the speech; I'm still a little nerouvs right now. This morning I made my first public speech for my speech class. I don't even remember the last time I've made a public speech. Maybe during high school years?? ::shrugs:: It was scary today though. I almost dropped the course because of my anxiety but I'm glad I didn't. The speech was about Japanese anime. I think I messed up. I forgot to mention some things. I did a lot of pausing and "um." I stayed up all night last night trying to get it together. The topic and presentation aids were good but I just wish I wasn't so nervous. I could have done better. I've done my research last week but I don't know why I spent the whole day yesterday making major changes to my speech and then ended up keeping what I had before. I'm such a retard by making it more complicated. =/ Oh yEnn...This isn't going to be an easy A. ::sigh:: My little cousin is so funny yesterday. Our aunt Nhi (not her mom but her aunt too) took her out to play with her daughter yesterday. She came home late last night because she was afraid that my sister would make her do homework. She hates homework and she tries to avoid doing it as much as possible. Anyway, she came home last night and my sister asked her why did she come home so late and then my sister told her to start taking out her homework. My 5 year old cousin started to cry as she started to write her ABC's. My mom and her mom were yelling at her because it's nothing to cry about. We told her if she doesn't want to write anymore, then her mother would disown her and she could go move to Aunt Nhi and stayed with her and her daughter. We asked her if she wanted that and stood immediatedly stood up. While everyone thought she would beg her mom to stay and not kick her out the house, she said that two sets of clothing would not be enough. She took her jacket and said needed her whole wardrobe. We all were so shocked because we didn't think she would disown her mother. She's only 5! Crazy little brat! lol Everyone is not talking to her right now because they're mad. Well...except for me. I just thought she's funny and crazy. She told me she want to grow up and be like me. Ah, 100 bonus points from me!
Summer is coming to an end.
Posted 8/25/2006 3:40:43 AM School starts next monday. I'm so excited. I bought all my books and supplies already. I can't wait until class starts. I'm prepared! Or at least I think I am. I can feel my heart pumping and I get butterflies in my stomach. lol. What can I say? I'm..umm...voracious for knowledge. All my professors posted their syllabi on blackboard and as I scanned them, I felt like fainting. This semester is going to be a busy semester. I started to do some homework for human physiology but I'm just clueless about biostatistic. It's a good thing I've finished watching one piece....well for now I mean. I'm finally caught up. (episode 275) I think I watched 275 episodes in 2 weeks or so. hehe. It's getting more exciting (like always) and I can't wait until the next episode to come out. They're stopping it for now because the tv anime is catching up to the manga, so the next episode is coming out in about 4 weeks. I guess it's a good thing because I shouldn't be distracted from school. haha. I wanna hear Robin's story; I wanna know if they're going to push the Buster's Call; I wanna see how each of Luffy's crew beat the CP9's crew. Oh, mannnn..., I can talk about One Piece for hours. I think I had a dream about it last night. I volunteered at the hospital today and it wasn't that busy. It's my last Thursday there because I'm switching it to Wednesdays. Today, I just delivered some flowers and transported discharged patients to the main lobby. I think it's very sweet and thoughtful to send flowers. I know some people think there's no point in sending flowers because they'll be thrown away anyway but they can brighten up someone's day or remind them that they're still special to certain people. Just delivering these flowers and seeing the expressions on their faces make me feel happy. I'll miss the Thursday people. I've learned a good deal from them. For example, when pushing discharged patients on wheelchairs, use your feet to push. lol. I remember the first time I had to push someone, he was heeeeaaaavvvvvvy. ::sigh:: I had trouble getting out the elevator but this girl I worked with told me to use my feet to push and it worked. I listened to her advice so now I don't really have trouble with that anymore. However, I still get a little worried before meeting the patients I have to transport. I always wonder if he or she is heavy or not, and I also hope I won't have any trouble pushing him/her. lol. One of the patients I had to transport was a very skinny old man. At first glance, I thought to myself, Oh, he's skinny so he should be light, but I was wrong! He was so heavy and I had to use a lot of feet. One thing I'm definitely not looking forward to is work tomorrow. I cut down my work schedule (because of school) and now I'm only working once a week (only fridays). It's going to be a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng day tomorrow. I can't wait for it to be over. I was planning to save up money for another trip to San Francisco or Texas this winterbreak but I think I'll probably go to Hawaii instead. I would go back to SF in a heart beat, but I also want to go somewhere I haven't been to yet and I haven't been to Hawaii yet. I have a good friend out there and I can visit her. I've been to Texas but it was only a stopover so I haven't really experienced anything there. HmmMMmm... Is it possible to visit all three states this winter?? haha. Or two? haha...I'm so greedy huh. We'll see. Hopefully I'll save up enough for at least two trips. I really wanna go back to SF since I want to move there and sooner or later, I need to check out it again. I wanna go to Texas because I told my cousin I'm going to visit her and I wanna see her again too. But I need to go to Hawaii too just because I need to. lol. What can I say? I'm going to work very hard this semester and obviously, it's going to stress me out so I deserve some therapy. Traveling is my #1 therapy!! =D
One Piece
Posted 8/4/2006 3:48:15 AM So I'm addicted to this anime called One Piece. A friend introduced me to it. I just watched the first 10 episodes and I can't wait to watch more but it's going to take me a day or two to finish downloading the next 10 episodes. =*( For those of you who are into japanese anime and haven't watched One Piece yet, I highly recommend watching it!
Life
Posted 7/30/2006 12:40:41 AM Summer is passing by so fast. I can't wait until school starts again. After next weekend, no more work on weekends for me. That means I'm a free bird on weekends. I've been missing out on too many things. I'm actually thinking about going to Dallas for a week or two before school starts to visit my cousin. HmmMMm... very tempting. hehe....maybe if I could save enough money... I hope Texas isn't as hot and humid as Chicago. ::sigh:: I need to get out of this heat. Did you hear that over 100 people have died in California because of the heat? That's crazy. I heard that the heat in the west is moving towards Chicago. Yeah, I've been paying attention to the news a lot lately; I've been reading the newspaper and watching the news on tv a lot. It's actually very interesting. Bush vetoed a bill on embryonic stem cells research but the House, including many republicans are fighting for it. The House tried to override the veto but they were 51 votes short. It can be an issue that would split the republicans. If these research could lead to cures for many diseases that have been killing us, shouldn't we continue it? However, our ethics and beliefs play an important role. Do you think stem cell research is unethically? I think the first question to ask is what defines a human being? Is an embryo considered a human? Some people consider a fetus to be human and not the first stage of an embryo but other people consider the very first stage of an embryo to be an human being. Maybe that's why it's been such a big controversy. Our beliefs and ethics, which are influenced greatly by religions, can easily tear us apart. Isn't the war today a very good example? Isn't religion supposed to make one person a better person? It's so sad to read on the newspaper or hear about how many people have been killed. When death tolls are reported, they're nothing but numbers to us but do we actually take them as people and not number. Some people might hear that 2 people were killed in the war today and think "oh, only 2 people?", but do they instead think about who those two people are and or feel sympathy for their family members? That's how I feel when I hear about people's death. I feel sympathy and I also feel blessed that my loved ones and I are still alive. It makes me appreciate the people around me more and appreciate life. Maybe my cousin's death has made me become sensitive to this kind of issue. When I was at the hospital, doing my weekly volunteer work, I met an old couple and they told me to live life to the fullest. They told me do as much as possible while I'm still young and make my life meaningful. (Old people are wise; they know what they're talking about. hehe) Life is so short and unpredictable. That's why I want to live the most of it. Living life to its fullest doesn't mean going out and partying all the time. It means working hard for something you enjoy and love and at the end, getting the satisfication of succeeding your goals. It means doing the things you want to do but never forgeting your responsibilities or duties. Before I thought my life was kind of dull but ever since I've discovered my dream and have goals that I need to accomplish, my life has become more meaningful. I finally understood my "purpose" in life. My goals seem distant sometimes but I know if I keep working hard, I'll get my ways. =D
My struggle
Posted 6/20/2006 1:33:45 AM I was never a "genius" but I did pretty well throughout grade school and high school. I graduated high school with a B gpa and made it into a good university. I never had trouble with school until I hit college. College wasn't as I expected. It was a lot different. I had teachers to guide and help me throughout grade/high school but I was on my own in college. I survived the first semester of college and it was probably because everything was a review to me. However, after that, I began to struggle in most of science courses. It wasn't because I didn't study but for some reason, I couldn't pick up as fast as some people. People didn't understand why I am majoring in biology when I'm not good with science. I'm not going to lie; I used to hate biology and chemistry with a passion because I was never good. I tried to talk to my counselor and one of my professors but they all advised me to switch major and drop the courses. I remember my sister and I were in an organic chem class together; I would go to class almost every day and I would always sit in front of the class. I took notes and studied at least one week in advance for all my tests. On the other hand, my sister barely went to class. She only went if she had to or if she felt like to, and whenever she went to class, she would sit all the way in the back. She didn't take notes and she studied a few days before a test. Sometimes, she would study for an orgo test the night before the test. I was failing in that course but she was getting a B, and I didn't understand why. Was it because I didn't study enough? Didn't take enough notes? Not paid enough attention in class? I didn't understand, and it just wasn't that class. I was stuggling in some of the other science-related courses too. However, I didn't stop trying. I didn't want to get defeated already. I wanted to combat this so-called science. I decided to study abroad in Australia for a semester. Many people, including my family, did not understand why I chose to leave. I needed to leave my comfort zone and find out how to fix my problem. I guess I needed time alone. I chose Australia because I heard science courses there are hard. At first, I was having a hard time adjusting and adapting to Australia. The heavy Australian accent made it harder for me to understand in class, so I had to depend on my books but the books weren't really helping. I began using other resources from the internet or the library. When other non-Australian students were out visiting Australia and having a taste of its culture, I stayed in my dorm or the library and studied. My Australian roommates thought that I was a genius because they always saw me study but if only they knew; I'm not as bright as they think and I pick up things slower than some people, so I have to work twice as hard than some people. After this experience, I began to love science, especially organic chemistry. I'm still not very good but I'm finally getting it.
Rapacious Lady
Posted 6/8/2006 9:32:22 PM I work with a very rapacious lady. She's a waitress and I'm a hostess at a restaurant. She is vexing me more and more. Today, there was a lady who came in for take out. I took her order and we had a great chat. While she was waiting for her food, she ordered a glass of zombie. I don't make drinks so I had to tell the waitress. Anyway, the lady paid with her credit card and she intentionally gave me $2 tip. As soon as the lady left, the waitress eagerly went to me (I'm also the cashier) and asked for her tips. She knew the tips was for me but she was like if she knew, she wouldn't have made her the wine. (sigh) Um...woman, that's your job! Anyway, I don't really care about the tips, so I just let her have it. It's just how selfish and schemy she could get that irks me. Err. On a brighter note, I've done a good amount of studying today. :) |
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