San Francisco

Some brief things about my visit to the City by the Bay:

1. Dear SF,
Is there ever going to be no traffic on the streets?

2. Dear SF,

I feel claustrophobic!! Help!

3. Dear SF,
OMG! There's so many restaurants. I must be in food heaven. *Dies from happiness*

4. Dear SF,
Why are there so many strange people on the streets. I don't get it. I guess considering the number of people on the streets there would be a higher incidence of having weird people, but still...

5. Dear SF,
 I don't even know what half the buildings are... Why aren't there nice big signs posted outside each building?

6. Dear SF,
You know your dining experience is going to be good when your your straw wrapper is shaped like a rose and your rice comes in the shape of a heart. Best Thai food ever. Thanks for such a delightful lunch.

7. Dear SF,
You know that feeling you get when you're about to leave from somewhere that you have been staying for a couple of days? It's like you're homesick for a place that's not your home? Yeah, I have that feeling.

I will miss you SF!

8. Dear SF,
I didn't like you at first, but you grew on me. Good to know we have a typical relationship.

Clearly not love at first sight

9. Dear SF,
Why is everything so expensive? The tea I normally pay $3 for is so much more expensive here. Why is that? I just want my tea without added expenses. Is that too much to ask for? Also, a breakfast buffet for $23? Really? You should know, I'm a poor college student. I can't afford it. Do you want me to die from starvation?

Money leaving my pocket... why is everything so expensive??

10. Dear SF,
I don't think I could live with you. I watched Sherlock Holmes last night and the cab driver was a murderer. Now I can't take a cab anywhere, ever. This is going to be a problem... I can't possibly drive in SF without having a heart attack and I get too confused with public transportation. What am I supposed to do to get around SF? I don't want to be stranded in one place, but I also don't want to go out by myself because my sense of direction is useless. I could be lost for weeks.

That should really say "potential murderer" but I realized it too late and now I'm too lazy to go back and change it.

11. Dear SF,
I never once saw any police car. What was that about? Are you that good that you don't need the police? Really?

Dear Preet

Dear Preet,

I know you are stressed out from midterms but I just needed to tell you a couple of things... I'm reading over the lecture notes for the 112 midterm and I just realized that you haven't written any notes on top of his lecture notes. Um... May I ask what exactly you were doing that was so important that you totally ignored his lecture for like 30 slides. I know it probably made sense when he was giving the lecture, (I know you wouldn't just completely ignore the lecture) but honestly, it does not make any kind of sense anymore. Why didn't you write down more annotations to his lecture notes. I am so mad at you young lady. Now you're going to have to spend extra time trying to figure out what each slide says. If you had just done your job in the first place you wouldn't be having this problem. I am very disappointed in you.


Dear Preet,

What part of you should probably study ahead doesn't make sense to you? Oh, that's right. The "probably" part. You think it gives you an option. Well guess what? It doesn't.


Dear Preet,

I hate you for not studying more when you had the chance. Now you are literally failing biochem. Wonderful. Just what I need.

Dear Preet,

I wish you would have "I just naturally look good" days more often because you look like crap right now. These midterms are not doing you any favors, that's for sure. 


Dear Preet,

Stop complaining about yourself on your blog. :)  That smiley face should make you feel better. Or... just go drink some tea.

New Favorite Group

This last week I watched Stardust with my roommate. I had never seen this movie before so I was really excited to see it and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!! It was such an amazing movie. I mean, yes, it was the generic love story but it was unique because the script was very clever. Anywho, I'll let you decide for yourself if you like it or not, but since I loved it so much, I went YouTube surfing to find the music for the movie...

And then my life as I know it changed forever!

No, not really, but still....

I came across a song called "Rule the World" by Take That. Let me tell you, that song is one cute song. It makes me happy just listening to it. So after listening to the song a biggilion times, I finally got around to looking at the other songs that the group has done. I love, love, love most of their songs now. I have a new favorite band. YAY! And the best part....? THEY'RE BRITISH! Yes, you read that correctly. This band is British and you can hear the accent when they sing. That's just brownie points for them. Check them out!


In other news:

• I think a filling came out of one of my teeth. Great. I don't even have time to go to the dentist. My dental hygiene roommate tells me that my whole tooth could become infected and fall out if I don't get it checked out soon. Um... Remember that nightmare about losing all my teeth from one of my other posts? Yeah, I think it's becoming a horrible reality. So, now I have no idea what to do.  

• I've gotten over my biochem test. Screw it. If I have to repeat the year, it's fine. My dad's encouraging words to me: "No one reached God by jumping just once... That's why they have ladders" OK. It's roughly translated from Punjabi but still it makes sense in some bizarre way. Although... I'm not sure you can reach God with a ladder either...

• I have my Over the Counter Drugs midterm tomorrow. I'm so drained. I don't even want to think about studying again, but I must.

• I went grocery shopping today and one of the workers noticed I was taking an unusually long time at the ice cream aisle. He asked me if I needed any help finding something and I told him that I was just taking forever because there were so many choices of what ice cream flavor I could get and I didn't know what to get. So then he tried to get me to buy the Candy Cane ice cream flavor. Well, I didn't know how to tell him that I really did not want Candy Cane ice cream, so when he turned around to get something I grabbed the Cookies'n'Cream and made a run for it. Exercise for the day. Check.

Bad Day

No, I don't mean the song. I just had my ass handed to me by my biochemistry test.

Let me take 5 minutes to cry because I'm going to have to repeat this year. Make that let me take the rest of the year to cry because I'm going to have to repeat this year.

Sadness.

Wow, I just realized this is the first post that I'm actually sad in. Usually they're all stupid. Another first, along with my first failing grade. And the worst part is that it's not over. The torture continues for the rest of the week. What shall I do now? Study for my next midterm or indulge in self pity? Self pity it is.

OK. I'm done being a sniveling, crying baby. I'm going to suck it up, take what I get and hope for the best next time. 

Actually, I'm going to let myself have some self pity here and get on with life in real life.

Pharmacy Madness

I have 5 exams next week and I have JUST started studying for them. I'm going to the Temple with my mom tomorrow to pray for myself. DEAR GOD, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!


Interesting stuff from the week:

1. During lab I had to print out my prescription labels 6 times because I accidentally wrote the wrong thing. It was so embarrassing. I ended up stuffing the wrong labels in my backpack, away from prying judging eyes.

2.  Yesterday, I was freaking out and I looked up from my desk and the first thing I saw was the "Keep Calm and Stay Calm" section of the huge poster that Quynh gave me. Loves it. I took it as a sign from God.

3. Tahiti cookies from Pepperidge Farm are really good. Yum. So is L&L. Double yum.

4. Dear October, I'm glad you could finally join us.

5. Dear ThinkPad, stop being a spoiled brat. Next time you start acting up I'm going to leave you at OIT. Do you want that? Next time you act up, think about all those poor abandoned computers... then you'll realize how well off you are.

6. I want to go to Colbert and Stewart's rallies. It would make my life.

7. Dear Tub Drain, I do not like to stand in my own filth when I shower. Do I need to say more?

8. Dear Preet, You're awesome. Love, Preet

9. I had a strange dream today. I was running and I wanted to keep running forever and ever because I was running so fast. (I think it was some kind of magical power) Anyways, I woke up and I wanted to go running. Then I realized how absurd that sounds considering my exercising record. But a part of me still wants to run to see if I really do have this cool new superpower. (It's like when you have a horrible nightmare about losing all your teeth and you have to check to make sure your teeth are still there when you wake up. Only this wasn't really a nightmare. No wait, it changed into a nightmare after because this ghost like person wanted to kill me. Great.)

10. We learned how to counsel people on smoking cessation so we could be certified as a trained professional. My idea of smoking cessation: "Stop smoking or you'll die and even God won't like you because you'll smell like cigarettes" I'm just kidding. I actually learned a lot about how to help people. I did not know there were so many options. Interesting note: One of the drugs that helps people quit smoking is contraindicated in people who have psychotic problems. I don't know about you, but if a psychotic person wanted to smoke, I would totally let them. I'm just saying... NORMAL people go a little crazy trying to quit smoking, so what would happen to people who already have mental problems? Oh, yes, that's right, they would go even more crazy.

*Note: I shall add some wonderful pictures to these comments ASAP, probably after my midterms. Actually, it might be during my midterms depending on how stressed out I am.*