LOL...

Lauren, Leah, me, Jamie

Meet my new OT friends! They are absolutely the best, well at least for now when we haven't killed each other yet bc we spend almost 24/7 with one another...jk! We had met each other during orientation and been pals since =D
I had made some chicken enchiladas in my dorm kitchen so they came to eat plus Brad and Tanner, whom both live down the hall from me. They're 2nd year PTs. I had a great time eating and chating and just chillin' out! Jamie called this our dysfunctional dinner, then she says WE ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL! I don't disagree...
But now it's time for me to read my last chapter before tmrw. I am actually pretty proud of myself for reading this much already. Undergrad, I just skipped the reading and made it through. I don't see that happening here so I must be a nerd!

Shots suck

TD shots hurts my arm =(
I want to just cut it off right now!

This morning I went to the hospital (Wellness Center) to get my TD shot and blood work done. Well I thought they took credit card, but they don't. So I only had enough cash for my TD shot. sigh. I have to go back next Wednesday to get my blood drawn. aiya.

Little Miss Sunshine

Because I am procrasinating on my bazillion pages of reading for class, I thought I tell you about this movie I saw this weekend. Actually I won't say much except, GO WATCH LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE!!! It is the best movie I have seen this year! It may possibly be my favorite for 2006. People describe it as a movie about a dysfunctional family, but man it's more like families today. I think it is more normal, everyday situations that any of us may or may have encountered. For the most part, you can relate to someone or to some scenario at any time during the movie. I teared here and there, but I won't tell you why. You'll know when you watch it. So GO!

GREGORY GYM, oh how I miss thee

I went to the gym tonight for the first time here...I SOOOOO SOOOO MISS GREGORY!!!
I don't know if there is another gym like the GREG anywhere, I am sure there is, just not here.
Here they call it the Fieldhouse, so I will probably refer to the gym as the Fieldhouse from now on. Anyway, it's not bad really. One huge court for basketball that is divided up so that you can play more than one game at a time (kinda like the rec at UT). What's cool though is each treadmill has its own tv right in front and on one side of treadmills, there is a fan for each one too! Not much else. It looks big on the outside, but not so inside. Oooo, they provide towels too so that is cool! All in all it's not too bad for a work out place. Now if only I can get a routine going, I'd be good!

Orientation Day 3

...was really short. Kinda makes me irritated since they should have just added more stuff to today instead of us being done by 11:30A and having a free afternoon. I rather just end early and have free time at the end of all that. One more day to go and tmrw is the longest day of them all!!!

So we were done at 11:30 today and was greeted with pouring rain as we walked outside. Hm...I must have missed the umbrella memo bc I didn't bring one and so many other people did! The girls I was with, Leah, Jamie, & Lauren all had one. They're also the ones I have been hanging out with, all of us in the OT program. They're fun! I squeezed under Lauren's umbrella with her and went to get my student parking pass. $35 to park on campus (cheap!), but it is first come first serve. I really only go it for nights when I come to campus. The streets here flood so parking kinds sucks anyway. I think I am going to put in for a parking garage next year. We'll see how it goes and where I'll be living. We had lunch in the hospital cafeteria, Chikafila yum! It was crazy busy in there and we ended up just siting at a table where someone had put there stuff down. and we met them when they came back! They were pretty cool and didn't care that we decided to join their party.

My financial aid money also came in today!!! I was really excited when I checked my bank account this morning. So I paid for tuition, dorm room, and my books. Oh geez my books. So they're all new and all expensive, of course. But the sad thing was, it was raining again as I left the bookstore. They put all 6 books in a paper bag that I had to carry all the way back to my room. By the time I got back, my arms are soooo swoo0lleee!!! haha...the bad also had holes at the bottom and about to break loose. Good thing I was home and wet. Yay for my day of rain. I need to invest in rain boots.

Orientation Day 2

Today was sooo much better than yesterday. This morning we met as all the Allied Health Students and then we split up into our respective fields. It was the first time all the OTs got together and forever we will be together for the next 2 years! I think there are about 30-33 people in my class. So far, we've the largest Masters acceptance class. UTMB just changed their program to a MS degree a couple years ago. The first Masters graduating class just happen this summer!

So we broke off and met our faculty for the next year, the four professors that we will have for the next year. They seem pretty nice, however, there is one that is pretty intimidating. Her students call her The Vixen, and she knows it, and she says she likes it AND she really does live up to that name. oh GREAT! She's going to be teaching Philosophy History Ways of Knowing 1st semester...sounds so..... so they talked and we listened. I found out that they already registered for us this semester so we don't really have to worry about it. My question is why do we have to register ourselves the rest of the time when we have our classes set already? Can they not just do it for us because it's not as if we had a choice in what to take or who to take it with! This is what this semester will look like:

This is your schedule information for Fall 2006.

Course ID	Course Title	Credit Hours	Begin Date	End Date	Campus	Days / Time / Building / Room
OCCT 5200 001	Occupational Influences	2.0	08-28-06	12-08-06	University of Texas Medical Branch	Thu 01:00 PM-03:00 PM BTBA RTBA
OCCT 5201 001	Phil Hist Ways of Knowing	2.0	08-28-06	12-08-06	University of Texas Medical Branch	Tue 01:00 PM-03:00 PM SASN 1.304
OCCT 5202 001	Environmental Influences	2.0	08-28-06	12-08-06	University of Texas Medical Branch	Tue 10:00 AM-12:00 PM SASN 1.102
OCCT 5300 001	Anatomical Influences	3.0	08-28-06	12-08-06	University of Texas Medical Branch	Thu 10:00 AM-12:00 PM SASN 1.304 Fri 09:00 AM-12:00 PM SASN 2.246

WOW! No classes Monday and Wednesday, and Friday I am done at noon. This is the least number of days and hours I have ever had, even during my undergrad! but I am also scared that this means, more outside work. I know we have projects and I hear crazy reading assignments. We'll see how it goes. If it's ok, then I'm going to pick up a part time job. I figured out my most my finances for the semester and I can use the extra money. But as the semesters continue, more classes and hours are added.

oh yeah, we took our ID pics today. The girls I was with kept making me laugh so we'll see how it turns out! It's our pic that will follow us for the rest of our days here. I think we also have to wear our ID badge everywhere we go. It accesses everything around here. More later!

My new travel companion =D

My new duffle bag or whatever you call it! I love it...it's huge, well huge enough for me to take back and forth from Galveston to Houston or to wherever for the weekend! It even has this sitting pad you can pull out to sit on so you don't have to sit on the ground. That I probably would never use bc it's a pain to put back, but I'll definitely be using up all the other spacious spaces it has! So now my Nike bag that has served me for almost 10 years now, yes its been that long and it still works great, will be my gym bag.

Chrome

Friday night out at Chrome! We were celebrating Becky's Quarter of a Centuriness and it was lots of fun! Does anyone know who has the pictures of the girls? and can I have them?!?! I had Andrew's camera at the time, and I think the setting was wrong so everytime I tried to take a picture of us girls, it never came out. Finally Andrew fixed it or did something...I'm a n00b.




Sachin and Patrick...whom I haven't seen since graduation! oh geez, I've missed these guys.







Patrick's face got owned by Victor








Last but not least, THANKS guys for coming with me so I wouldn't have to go alone =)

More pics here

Happy BIrthday MOM!

hm...we were suppose to take her to dinner tonight, but they were tired from being out all day. Plus they had to be at church at 6:30. So we'll go tmrw night. Anet go pack tonight so we can eat tmrw!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

me, mom, grandpa, dad, anet in SF this summer

Becky Ju...

I've known this girl forever, well since the 6th grade. I think we had homeroom together and maybe another class. I can't remember! I know I'm posting this kind of late in the day but...

HAPPY QUARTER OF A CENTURY OLD!
Long, Ray, Remi, Becky, me, Milan

I believe this is her birthday before our Junior year at UT...
that was one crazy, most memorable summer!