Nice title aaaaaaaa? There is no such thing as Human of the Year. If there was there would be perfection, and well lets face it folks were not perfect, no one is!
Anyhow I want to talk about an accomplishment I achieved today. I began running long distances 2 years ago when I decided to train for the Akron, Ohio Marathon. All 26.2 miles...
Anyhow I learned to pace myself because when you run for that long you don't sprint the whole thing. So at that time I was running 10min 45 sec miles potentially sometimes at 10:30 mins. So typically a 3 miles run would be under 33 mins. Anyways I have started training for this stair climb that I am doing next month. So I started running a few weeks ago. Boy was I not in the same shape I was on that glorious day when I ran the marathon.
Its funny to think how I can think that only because I use to run 20-30 miles a week I can defintely run 3 miles with no problems now, even though I hadn't ran in months. This made me think of life in general if you don't practice something or commit time to it, you do not get better at it.
Anyhow so the past 3 weeks I have been running, working out, spin class etc. Today I was on some crazy hype. I don't know what happened but I decided to run at one speed today, usually I move up and down. So I stared at 5.8 and quickly moved to 6.0. My little brother was running next to me, so I wanted to prove that I was a runner. The funny thing is today was not really a day that I needed motivation from someone else. I usually tend to run and find someone else I want to beat and this works with my training.
But today was different I was on another level. I started at this speed and gradually moved up and was not tired I just did the whole thing. I ran 3 miles today in 27 mins and 40 secs and ended at 8.0 speed, I am pretty sure I have never ran 3 miles in this amount of time or speed. It was awesome and I could have kept going but then it was time to lift some weights with my bro.
So perhaps I am not the Human of the Year but I felt like a one.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Regina Spektor and I..eet, eet, eet!!!!
Who is Regina Spektor you might ask?! I want to tell you a little bit about her. She is was born in Russia in 1980. Her family left in 1989, when Regina was nine and a half at this time Soviets were allowed to emigrate. There was a lot of political discriminate against Jewish people, which a desicion as to why her parents left the country. She is spectaculor. She is Jewish and therefore reads Hebrew and is fluent in Russian. She is so talented. If you have ever heard her album 11:11 she speaks in french and russian, as well in English. But she uses her languages and different sounds in all of her music.
What is fancisnating about Regina is that she never planned on singing. She played the piano in Russia and was into classical music. When she move to New York at a young age, she continued her studies with the Piano in the synagogue in the basement since they did not bring their original piano from Russia. She later found out that she just kept writing all these songs and begin singing in NY. Which leads us to this great musician.
Anyhow my first encounter with Regina was August 2007. I was at lollapoolza in Chicago. I remember looking at the line up of over 100 bands. I told myself I would check her out. I remember getting some of my friends into this music festival (I won't explain how I got them in but I did ;). Anyhow I remember yelling at my 2 friends as I rushed to the stage to see Regina performing. I said, "Come guys its Regina at this stage," I remember never seeing Regina in a picture or real life. I also never heard of her before then. I remember after yelling at my friends to hurry so that we could see her, there was this women who was staring at me. Seriously what is the first thing you do when someone stares at you?! Well the I did the obvious and turned around to see if she was really looking at someone else. I was only a few feet away from this stranger. They gave this warm and sincere smile. It made me feel uncomfortable because I didn't know who she was. She stared at me and waited, as though I was supposed to go to her. I couldn't understand why she was only smiling at me when there were hundreds if not thousands of people at this festival. It was like time stopped and only her and I were standing there. Her smile was so innocent yet so creepy for me because I didn't know why she was smiling at me. My friends finally caught up with me and I told come on guys lets get out of here. I remember by the time we got to the stage we couldn't get close up. When I saw Regina walk on stage I wanted to hit my head against the wall. Regina had heard me yell at my friends to hurry to go to the stage she was playing at and waited there with a smile for me to approach her. I didn't know who she was and had given her a confused but yet disturbed look. She probably did not understand why I was not running towards her. Anyhow I can never forget that look on her face, that sweet smile.
Now 3 years later I am completely obsessed with her. To think I had my chance and I didn't even know it then. I probably still wouldn't run to her, but I must say its crazy to think you never know who your meeting or who you will run into. Everyone is somebody right. They may just be famous later on. Anyhow
she just came out with a new album in June of last year. I can't get enough of her.
So go listen to her angelica voice, her sweet melodies, her relaxing tunes. Find the joy and peace through her music. Here are some of my favorite songs.
Song Album
Eet Far 2009
Better Begin to Hope
Samson Begin to Hope
Apre Moi Begin to Hope
Hero Begin To Hope
Rejazz 11:11
Us Soviet Krisch
Love Affair 11:11
Pavlov's Daughter 11:11
I like all the 11:11 album songs :)
Enjoy
Thursday, January 28, 2010
UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS
Today I made a lot of future friends. Will I hope they will be some close friends in the future. The thing about friends is you need to nuture the relationship at the beginning. You have to spend time and work hard in order to get closer, this could be with anything, friends, spouse, sisters, brothers, etc...
I went to a small group today. When I got their I was the first one and I figured I was at the wrong place because no one was there. Finally some guy walked in and was opening the door that pointed to the room I had been informed to go to when I had arrived. So I asked him if he was Jim (that is who I had been emailing back and forth in order to attend this group) he said yea who are you, I said Helen and he said Helen who? So I thought could this guy not remember me? I felt weird. He gave me the keys to the room downstairs. I later realized that he was Jim but not the Jim that I had spoken to over email, therefore that was the weird exchanges of our faces.
So after 20 mins everyone that attended this group was seated and I looked around I became a bit uneasy because I noticed that everyone was a couple except myself. I came all by lonesome and everyone had a husband or wife there.
I noticed the close bond these people had to eachother, they chatted with eachother for about half another before we even got started. I was warned by the Jim I met at the door that they tend to talk a lot and that this was the best group I could have joined. So once we got into the study of our spiritual growth with Christ. I must say it was intimidating talking to complete strangers about a study that is this personal. The good thing is you do not have to say anything you can just listen. So at one point I felt as though this was like one of those alcoholic anonymous meetings that everyone sits around and talks about their problems. However after a few mintues I warmed up to them and I couldn't stop talking about our study. I realized that I was probably the youngest in the group. I also realized that even though I had less life experience and in my head I thought that these people would be all incredibly experienced Christians they weren't. Some are going through serious problems, some have fought a good fight to be in the excellent condition they are.
Its funny to think about this analogy but its like school when there is a lot of different ethnic groups, or different levels of understanding in one classroom. This was like a bunch of different people in different specific area of spiritual growth, we were all at different places in our lives, but we have eachother to encourage ourselves. I shortly realized that for some reason, as hard as I had tried in the past to join one of these groups and I couldnt get into one, I was at the right group. I was so excited that I had gone by myself and met all these people. I am definetly fond of a few couples but the one that sticks out the most is the one with the norwegian husband. His accent is awesome and you can tell that he has had a lot of life experience. A lot of the things I went through or am going through he has dealt with.
These people are very nice and I look forward to having some of their wisdom. I also can't wait to share about my experiences with them. They are not only lovers of the Most High but they are adventurous old folks, there are 2 couples who love to go white water rafting, another couple loves camping in Florida. ha There is so much that I still have yet to uncover. The cool thing is they are like parents to me. They have some good advice.
So as I stated in one of my previous emails about challenging yourselves. I have ventured out of my comfort zone to go meet some strangers and boy oh boy this was an awesome experience. I leave you with one thought. If you have everything you need and want, but still feel a void, then you can agree there is something missing, even though it appears you are content with everything. Perhaps the missing puzzle is right in front of you. Go and search God even for just one day, but I mean really serach for him! I can asure you this will fill that void, it will change your life, you will feel and be a better person.
Peace folks!
I went to a small group today. When I got their I was the first one and I figured I was at the wrong place because no one was there. Finally some guy walked in and was opening the door that pointed to the room I had been informed to go to when I had arrived. So I asked him if he was Jim (that is who I had been emailing back and forth in order to attend this group) he said yea who are you, I said Helen and he said Helen who? So I thought could this guy not remember me? I felt weird. He gave me the keys to the room downstairs. I later realized that he was Jim but not the Jim that I had spoken to over email, therefore that was the weird exchanges of our faces.
So after 20 mins everyone that attended this group was seated and I looked around I became a bit uneasy because I noticed that everyone was a couple except myself. I came all by lonesome and everyone had a husband or wife there.
I noticed the close bond these people had to eachother, they chatted with eachother for about half another before we even got started. I was warned by the Jim I met at the door that they tend to talk a lot and that this was the best group I could have joined. So once we got into the study of our spiritual growth with Christ. I must say it was intimidating talking to complete strangers about a study that is this personal. The good thing is you do not have to say anything you can just listen. So at one point I felt as though this was like one of those alcoholic anonymous meetings that everyone sits around and talks about their problems. However after a few mintues I warmed up to them and I couldn't stop talking about our study. I realized that I was probably the youngest in the group. I also realized that even though I had less life experience and in my head I thought that these people would be all incredibly experienced Christians they weren't. Some are going through serious problems, some have fought a good fight to be in the excellent condition they are.
Its funny to think about this analogy but its like school when there is a lot of different ethnic groups, or different levels of understanding in one classroom. This was like a bunch of different people in different specific area of spiritual growth, we were all at different places in our lives, but we have eachother to encourage ourselves. I shortly realized that for some reason, as hard as I had tried in the past to join one of these groups and I couldnt get into one, I was at the right group. I was so excited that I had gone by myself and met all these people. I am definetly fond of a few couples but the one that sticks out the most is the one with the norwegian husband. His accent is awesome and you can tell that he has had a lot of life experience. A lot of the things I went through or am going through he has dealt with.
These people are very nice and I look forward to having some of their wisdom. I also can't wait to share about my experiences with them. They are not only lovers of the Most High but they are adventurous old folks, there are 2 couples who love to go white water rafting, another couple loves camping in Florida. ha There is so much that I still have yet to uncover. The cool thing is they are like parents to me. They have some good advice.
So as I stated in one of my previous emails about challenging yourselves. I have ventured out of my comfort zone to go meet some strangers and boy oh boy this was an awesome experience. I leave you with one thought. If you have everything you need and want, but still feel a void, then you can agree there is something missing, even though it appears you are content with everything. Perhaps the missing puzzle is right in front of you. Go and search God even for just one day, but I mean really serach for him! I can asure you this will fill that void, it will change your life, you will feel and be a better person.
Peace folks!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Travel bug...what does that mean?!?!!?
I have been bad with my emails or blog on this last tour I did in the past four months. I have been all over the west coast and down down south. So it seems as though I am back tracking a little but I am just filling in the gaps. Anyhow I traveled with 4 other people Kylie, Ryan, Jason, and Gavin. One other girl and 3 guys.
Here they are. I know madness. But regardless they were pretty cool kids. Anyhow I want to talk about Vegas or maybe no Vegas.
I didn't get to go to Vegas, NO I did not get to go. I had planned to go out there these past 4 months on my journey out west. I was convinced it would happen. This I have this thing about me. I plan... A LOT. I expect my plans to fall into place. I plan so that they work out. My plans usually go through, even if it failed in someway, it still happens. I have never had the desire to go to Vegas but I thought since I would be out west for 4 months I should do it. It seems silly since I have been to virtually over 300 cities. However the only reason I was not disappointed about my plan not falling into place, was because instead I got to go to the Grand Canyon.
I just thought about my awesome trip to the canyon a couple months ago. What a magical place. I never thought it would be that awesome. It really is true when it is said that words or pictures cannot describe it.
But I will attempt.
Anyways I got to go with Ryan and Kylie and we ended up staying in the canyon. We initally wanted to rent a cabin and have a fire roasting marshmellows and what not. But instead we got a room inside the canyon and it was awesome. We would walk out the door and and literally we were on the rim of the canyon, it was breath taking. I remember waking up and walking around the rim realizing how great the earth and nature is. Thank the mighty Creator. Anyways it really was a peaceful place and the funny part was we went there on our days off, but it felt like a vacation. We also got to go hiking into the canyon, we did 6 miles instead of the 12 all the way to the river. It was defintely a workout for me, going down was a breeze but coming up was rough and I loved every minute of it. I recommend everyone goes once.
So thinking of all the things I have done and seen in the past couple months. I have this unbearable case of the travel bug :) I can not stay in one place, but I have vowed to at least make it the next 4 months at home. I know I feel like an addict, just kidding. But I have made some plans as far as some things I want to do in the near future. I know this sounds crazy but I want to move to Jerusalem in Israel for at least between 1-3 months. I know why Jerusalem, you say?!?! I am so intrigued by this country. I love the food, the history, the intensity of soccer games, the passion of this culture.I know right now is not the time but I wll eventually get there.
Tel-aviv vs. Jerusalem game
The old city
I loved this graffiti solider when I saw it. It's such a fantastic picture in so many ways. The solider helping the child. The underlying symbols of graffit.
:)
Here they are. I know madness. But regardless they were pretty cool kids. Anyhow I want to talk about Vegas or maybe no Vegas.
I didn't get to go to Vegas, NO I did not get to go. I had planned to go out there these past 4 months on my journey out west. I was convinced it would happen. This I have this thing about me. I plan... A LOT. I expect my plans to fall into place. I plan so that they work out. My plans usually go through, even if it failed in someway, it still happens. I have never had the desire to go to Vegas but I thought since I would be out west for 4 months I should do it. It seems silly since I have been to virtually over 300 cities. However the only reason I was not disappointed about my plan not falling into place, was because instead I got to go to the Grand Canyon.
I just thought about my awesome trip to the canyon a couple months ago. What a magical place. I never thought it would be that awesome. It really is true when it is said that words or pictures cannot describe it.
But I will attempt.
Anyways I got to go with Ryan and Kylie and we ended up staying in the canyon. We initally wanted to rent a cabin and have a fire roasting marshmellows and what not. But instead we got a room inside the canyon and it was awesome. We would walk out the door and and literally we were on the rim of the canyon, it was breath taking. I remember waking up and walking around the rim realizing how great the earth and nature is. Thank the mighty Creator. Anyways it really was a peaceful place and the funny part was we went there on our days off, but it felt like a vacation. We also got to go hiking into the canyon, we did 6 miles instead of the 12 all the way to the river. It was defintely a workout for me, going down was a breeze but coming up was rough and I loved every minute of it. I recommend everyone goes once.
So thinking of all the things I have done and seen in the past couple months. I have this unbearable case of the travel bug :) I can not stay in one place, but I have vowed to at least make it the next 4 months at home. I know I feel like an addict, just kidding. But I have made some plans as far as some things I want to do in the near future. I know this sounds crazy but I want to move to Jerusalem in Israel for at least between 1-3 months. I know why Jerusalem, you say?!?! I am so intrigued by this country. I love the food, the history, the intensity of soccer games, the passion of this culture.I know right now is not the time but I wll eventually get there.
Tel-aviv vs. Jerusalem game
The old city
I loved this graffiti solider when I saw it. It's such a fantastic picture in so many ways. The solider helping the child. The underlying symbols of graffit.
:)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Bikes
This is an old pic of us in Argentina, its about 2 years ago. I love that we were out for hours in the heat riding our bikes. We stopped at some really old tracks where trains rarely run and we finally took a break.
Good bye Movies for real experiences
Goodbye movies is right!!!! My lounging days are over folks. I used to watch a min.of 2 movies a day, now I lucky if I see one a week. But I am not disappointed because I am having my own movies playing in real life.
Wow... I can't get enough of the ridiculous things I have managed to encounter. I also can't wait to tell you all about it. This is my way of getting these horrific things out. I kid, I kid not horrific.
So I attended my classes again. College students are really immature or way to mature but in an immature way (I mean old like 40-50 yr olds) that the class setting seems to be a joke. So the youngens feel the need to be jackasses, you know where they whisper things and laugh or blurt out inappropiate comments and laugh. The old folks go around asking questions about everything, like can my paper be more than 5 pages long, or they go on about thier kids for hours. Sorry but no one wants to hear about your personal life when we only have an hour or two to learn. There really is no inbetween. It is quite an adventure.
My Pysch Professor would not stop talking about how she spent her winter break in Hawaii and the tempature was 85-87 degrees the entire time.
*(I am not trying to put labels on people such as nerdy, old, blonde etc.. however I am doing this in order to give you a better description, not for making fun of them PURPOSES :)
Anyhow so the girl who knows everything about the bookstore and library managed to ask the teacher if she could include those pictures from Hawaii in the class slides. That way she would get her 10 mins of Viatmin D?!?! What I really didn't think she was funny if that was her point. Anyhow we also have the loner girl with a lot of acne on her face which makes me believe that is why she sits in the corner, seriously all by herself. No one sat next to her, I think that might be my next mission to befriend her.
Oh and do not get me started on the old man with blonde long curly hair, well its to his shoulders, he has these glasses too and always wears a baseball cap. He kind of reminds you of a creepy guy praying on young children, hence were in child development class! And let me tell you this guy will not shut up, I get to the point where I stare him for long periods of time in hopes that he will catch a glimpse of my annoyed facial expressions. He seriously asked how to find his homework assignments, if he could get the topic of our paper in advance, what our lab classes meant? These are ok questions to ask after class. And finally folks I sit next to the coolest girls you will ever know. They are your super tanned blondes and when I say super tanned I mean orange, what a delightful color to present :) But it gets better they were wearing your black ugg boots, and your black northface jackets, they almost looked like twins. It was defintely the wrong day for me to wear my black northface. They are too cool for everyone in that class. You might think I am bad right now for merely describing my classroom, but they are literally making fun of everyone who even moves. I gave them a nod to let em know who's boss. Just kidding.
So after my lovely introductions I get to tell you what the teacher wanted us to discuss as a classroom after her "awesome" syllabus read through. She wanted us to make rules for the classroom so that we can learn productively. Here are some that my actual class mates said, "No loud eating", what?!?!?! "No texting", "Must participate in class", really because I am not sure I would want everyone in that class participating, anyways you get the point.
At the end of the class we saw a sweet 1980's video about childrens behavior, at one point they showed a baby slide out of a woman, I mean the full works it was nasty, all the fluids and stuff. It was so intense I am not sure if I want to have a child. I am sure one day I will appreciate that, but for the moment it was a good thing I hadn't ate anything because I would have puked. As a matter of fact I can tell you that for sure I do not want to have that video taped ever.
Then I get to my naughty class. Where we learn every single part of the body. We must learn the anatomical names. For example we must say mammary for breast or the perineal for the region between the anus and the external genitalia. We get to see all these pictures of naked people. While my cheeks (aka buccal) turn bright red, my classmates laugh when they see these things. Bob, my best professor yet, saids, "alright children go ahead and get your giggles out now, but you will get used to us saying penis, vagina, gluteal...etc.. without laughing ever again." He means it too, he gave us yesterday as a freebee day for this stuff but hes not joking around. He told us to get used to seeing "naughty pictures" ha. The anatmony is such an interesting topic I seriously think it should be a requirement for every single person to take this class. I love this class, regardless of my endless hours of studying I must put in it to remember everything.
Last but not least I had a 25 question exam in Chemistry. Whatttttttt it was like a foriegn language to me. I seriously guessed over half of those questions. I remembered how much I hated this subject and it doesn't help that our professor is as old as the dinosuars and goes through his lecture as though we also are as old as dinosuars and know everything. However to redeem myself I must say that I rocked our lab, I was done with all those questions in minutes and we do not even have to hand them in till next week. I know I know overacheiver you say, but I have learned that if you are not one step ahead you are actually one behind. I wish sometimes that I would have had the same mentality as when I was at UIC would have been a bit easier in the earlier years. Do not get me wrong I have always loved school, so I made it a priority but I am way better at studying now then I used to be.
I have a few options right now as far as work goes, but I will leave that for my next post because it is more of a dilemma right now :)
I leave you with hope of a great weekend.
Wow... I can't get enough of the ridiculous things I have managed to encounter. I also can't wait to tell you all about it. This is my way of getting these horrific things out. I kid, I kid not horrific.
So I attended my classes again. College students are really immature or way to mature but in an immature way (I mean old like 40-50 yr olds) that the class setting seems to be a joke. So the youngens feel the need to be jackasses, you know where they whisper things and laugh or blurt out inappropiate comments and laugh. The old folks go around asking questions about everything, like can my paper be more than 5 pages long, or they go on about thier kids for hours. Sorry but no one wants to hear about your personal life when we only have an hour or two to learn. There really is no inbetween. It is quite an adventure.
My Pysch Professor would not stop talking about how she spent her winter break in Hawaii and the tempature was 85-87 degrees the entire time.
*(I am not trying to put labels on people such as nerdy, old, blonde etc.. however I am doing this in order to give you a better description, not for making fun of them PURPOSES :)
Anyhow so the girl who knows everything about the bookstore and library managed to ask the teacher if she could include those pictures from Hawaii in the class slides. That way she would get her 10 mins of Viatmin D?!?! What I really didn't think she was funny if that was her point. Anyhow we also have the loner girl with a lot of acne on her face which makes me believe that is why she sits in the corner, seriously all by herself. No one sat next to her, I think that might be my next mission to befriend her.
Oh and do not get me started on the old man with blonde long curly hair, well its to his shoulders, he has these glasses too and always wears a baseball cap. He kind of reminds you of a creepy guy praying on young children, hence were in child development class! And let me tell you this guy will not shut up, I get to the point where I stare him for long periods of time in hopes that he will catch a glimpse of my annoyed facial expressions. He seriously asked how to find his homework assignments, if he could get the topic of our paper in advance, what our lab classes meant? These are ok questions to ask after class. And finally folks I sit next to the coolest girls you will ever know. They are your super tanned blondes and when I say super tanned I mean orange, what a delightful color to present :) But it gets better they were wearing your black ugg boots, and your black northface jackets, they almost looked like twins. It was defintely the wrong day for me to wear my black northface. They are too cool for everyone in that class. You might think I am bad right now for merely describing my classroom, but they are literally making fun of everyone who even moves. I gave them a nod to let em know who's boss. Just kidding.
So after my lovely introductions I get to tell you what the teacher wanted us to discuss as a classroom after her "awesome" syllabus read through. She wanted us to make rules for the classroom so that we can learn productively. Here are some that my actual class mates said, "No loud eating", what?!?!?! "No texting", "Must participate in class", really because I am not sure I would want everyone in that class participating, anyways you get the point.
At the end of the class we saw a sweet 1980's video about childrens behavior, at one point they showed a baby slide out of a woman, I mean the full works it was nasty, all the fluids and stuff. It was so intense I am not sure if I want to have a child. I am sure one day I will appreciate that, but for the moment it was a good thing I hadn't ate anything because I would have puked. As a matter of fact I can tell you that for sure I do not want to have that video taped ever.
Then I get to my naughty class. Where we learn every single part of the body. We must learn the anatomical names. For example we must say mammary for breast or the perineal for the region between the anus and the external genitalia. We get to see all these pictures of naked people. While my cheeks (aka buccal) turn bright red, my classmates laugh when they see these things. Bob, my best professor yet, saids, "alright children go ahead and get your giggles out now, but you will get used to us saying penis, vagina, gluteal...etc.. without laughing ever again." He means it too, he gave us yesterday as a freebee day for this stuff but hes not joking around. He told us to get used to seeing "naughty pictures" ha. The anatmony is such an interesting topic I seriously think it should be a requirement for every single person to take this class. I love this class, regardless of my endless hours of studying I must put in it to remember everything.
Last but not least I had a 25 question exam in Chemistry. Whatttttttt it was like a foriegn language to me. I seriously guessed over half of those questions. I remembered how much I hated this subject and it doesn't help that our professor is as old as the dinosuars and goes through his lecture as though we also are as old as dinosuars and know everything. However to redeem myself I must say that I rocked our lab, I was done with all those questions in minutes and we do not even have to hand them in till next week. I know I know overacheiver you say, but I have learned that if you are not one step ahead you are actually one behind. I wish sometimes that I would have had the same mentality as when I was at UIC would have been a bit easier in the earlier years. Do not get me wrong I have always loved school, so I made it a priority but I am way better at studying now then I used to be.
I have a few options right now as far as work goes, but I will leave that for my next post because it is more of a dilemma right now :)
I leave you with hope of a great weekend.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
First day of challenges.
Wow what can I say Tuesday was the longest and most intimidating day of 2010.
Thats right as I arrived to school an hour early, I stood in a line to get into the bookstore to buy my books. I probably should have done that the week before but I didn't. Therefore I waited 30 mins to get in and another 30 mins to check out. Ridiculous I tell you.
Then I went to my first class, which I couldn't believe how much the professor talked about herself and her accomplishments. The funny part was how shes an instructor of child development and before she would tell us that she did not have children, she managed to tell us that she had 20 nieces and nephews, therefore she had tons of experiences with children because she discussed behavior with the parents?!?!?! Seriously what the heck right. But well see what happens.
Next off to my Anatomy and Physiology class. Boy oh boy was this very intimidating. The professor Bob was awesome, so enthusiastic, he made Bio sound like so much fun. However he warned us, that about 8 students of the 30 would drop the class because of how difficult it was. He said if we didn't have the time to not even bother. I was very mistaken when I thought it would be easier than taking this class at UIC. We then quickly realized that all the students were females, most going in to nursing. We apparently need to buy a medical dictionary and cannot spell anything wrong. Because in the real world you cannot spell incorrectly. The time commitment seems insane as I learned today from spending 5 hours going through the first chapter and lab and taking notes. But nonetheless I really enjoyed learning the proper terms of anatomy and learning a lot of the body and all the parts, organs, etc.
Lastly was my Chemistry class. Oh was this one making me sweat. Let me just say I LOVE school, I really do. I know that sounds weird. However after all these classes I was stressing out a bit. In chemistry we had an algebra quiz when we walked in. I love math, but I haven't done algebra in years so I managed to get the 2 out 3 problems one with the decimal in the wrong place and I couldn't even anwser number one. I don't know if I mentioned that I hate when professors at a college level think students should go around introducing themselves in class.
Which is exacly what Professor OOSTA made us do. But I liked his method a bit more, he made us find a partner get to them and then introduce them. I found out the 18 year old girl I was interviewing had an 18 month old baby. WOW. We had to mention an unsual fact about ourselves and that was hers. I found out that a guy named Javier could walk on his knees. I also felt like all these students were so much younger than me, but the good thing is none of them suspected I was older. Ha random I know
However I managed to strike up a conversation with 2 people in my Chem class I am hoping to refresh my math skills with them, or I will force them to do my homework...just kidding.
Oh some fun things, I have to buy chemisty goggles for 2 classes. I also must get my own pair of vinal gloves, an anatomy coloring book, I might have to get one of those dolls with all th ebody parts.
Anyhow I am looking forward to all the knowlegde I will gain on this crazy adventure I have thrown myself upon. My time commitment to these classes seem ridiculous.
Thats right as I arrived to school an hour early, I stood in a line to get into the bookstore to buy my books. I probably should have done that the week before but I didn't. Therefore I waited 30 mins to get in and another 30 mins to check out. Ridiculous I tell you.
Then I went to my first class, which I couldn't believe how much the professor talked about herself and her accomplishments. The funny part was how shes an instructor of child development and before she would tell us that she did not have children, she managed to tell us that she had 20 nieces and nephews, therefore she had tons of experiences with children because she discussed behavior with the parents?!?!?! Seriously what the heck right. But well see what happens.
Next off to my Anatomy and Physiology class. Boy oh boy was this very intimidating. The professor Bob was awesome, so enthusiastic, he made Bio sound like so much fun. However he warned us, that about 8 students of the 30 would drop the class because of how difficult it was. He said if we didn't have the time to not even bother. I was very mistaken when I thought it would be easier than taking this class at UIC. We then quickly realized that all the students were females, most going in to nursing. We apparently need to buy a medical dictionary and cannot spell anything wrong. Because in the real world you cannot spell incorrectly. The time commitment seems insane as I learned today from spending 5 hours going through the first chapter and lab and taking notes. But nonetheless I really enjoyed learning the proper terms of anatomy and learning a lot of the body and all the parts, organs, etc.
Lastly was my Chemistry class. Oh was this one making me sweat. Let me just say I LOVE school, I really do. I know that sounds weird. However after all these classes I was stressing out a bit. In chemistry we had an algebra quiz when we walked in. I love math, but I haven't done algebra in years so I managed to get the 2 out 3 problems one with the decimal in the wrong place and I couldn't even anwser number one. I don't know if I mentioned that I hate when professors at a college level think students should go around introducing themselves in class.
Which is exacly what Professor OOSTA made us do. But I liked his method a bit more, he made us find a partner get to them and then introduce them. I found out the 18 year old girl I was interviewing had an 18 month old baby. WOW. We had to mention an unsual fact about ourselves and that was hers. I found out that a guy named Javier could walk on his knees. I also felt like all these students were so much younger than me, but the good thing is none of them suspected I was older. Ha random I know
However I managed to strike up a conversation with 2 people in my Chem class I am hoping to refresh my math skills with them, or I will force them to do my homework...just kidding.
Oh some fun things, I have to buy chemisty goggles for 2 classes. I also must get my own pair of vinal gloves, an anatomy coloring book, I might have to get one of those dolls with all th ebody parts.
Anyhow I am looking forward to all the knowlegde I will gain on this crazy adventure I have thrown myself upon. My time commitment to these classes seem ridiculous.
Friday, January 8, 2010
2010 Watch out here I come.
Alright so I agree it has been months since I have been blogging on here at least. So as the new year starts I figure why not write a fresh new blog.
***However I will warn you this is not something I wrote on some paper for a new year's resolution. In fact I decided not to write anything down, because I know what I want so its up to me this year to accomplish it. ***
Now to more important things! I recieved a book "Become a Better You" by Joel Osteen. I must admit that I have only read a few chapters and I really really like it. I like Joel's way of teaching. But I do have one complaint about this book, it seems to keep repeating the same message over and over but in different sentences. I am assuming because he wants to make sure you get the point. I must say I am a bit annoyed with reading the same point 10 times in one paragraph but I understand why he does what he does.
Next I have decided this year is about positive influences. My silly brain gets into thinking these crazy ideas sometimes but here I go. I am laying it out all on the table. Do people ever get sick of being so negative, not just to others but unto themselves? I wonder do people enjoy being down or negative all the time? Is it like a sick habit or addiction. I mean seriously how many times can you get down on yourself about how fat, ugly, lame, bad person, or how uncreative you are? First you must have more confidence in yourself. I mean it really sucks when people aren't even telling you these things, but for some reason YOU yourself are putting you down. Come on people its 2010 be POSITIVE, be good to yourselves. The truth is someone doesn't believe those awful things about you. Your are great, you are talented, you are not fat or ugly. Love yourselves, because if you do not then no one else can. Even if you are not the negative one but you surround yourself around these people then you too can fall into this unhealthy habit. So for this year I will be a friend from the distance to those negative people, because I refuse to drown with the rest. POSITIVITY is powerful.
This next part is a series of questions I am asking. I just want you to think about this for a moment. No pressure :)
Have you ever met someone who you are so curious about? Someone who you can't believe exists out there because you have never met someone like this person? Just an ordinary person you might have thought about dismissing at first but once you find out more you are just so intrigued. How about someone who lives so freely? Did you meet a person this year that was honestly caring about others not just themselves? How about someone who was brutually honest but in the most nurturing way? Was this a person who could turn your frown into an amazing smile? Did they make you laugh? Did they make everything seem like it was going to be ok? It could be anyone a friend, a stranger, a person you are married to, or even just starting dating.
I DID, I met someone who I am very intrigued by because they carry all the qualities that most of us human beings do not acquire because we can be selfish. Someone like I have never ever met in my life before. Its a powerful thing. If you have NOT met someone like this I want to challenge you to go out and find this person. The reason I say this is because it will make you a better person and it will be a worth while experience.
So one of my favorite things to do, or maybe even a hobby of mine is meeting strangers. I guess this is how I started to see the qualities people have. Everyone you meet initially is different from the other, they might hold similar characteristics as others. I usually meet a lot, many, tons, (you get the point) of people in the year. especially for my job, but its very few who I stay in touch with. I was privileged to meet a girl this year who was awesome. I mean she is so spontaneous, loves to do these crazy adventures and I even got to challenge myself against her on my trip these past couple months. I see a little bit of me in her. Alright so I have one more challenge which might fall into the last one but basically go talk to strangers. Then decide what you learned from them.
So this year I have enrolled for some science classes, I signed up for the Johnhancock hustle the stair climb in Feburary. I have also been assigned the maid of Honor of my sister's wedding so I have been planning that. I am planning on signing up for the Chicago Marathon but haven't fully commited Ill keep you updated. I haven't planned much for this year except for what I am doing at the momeny.
Alright lastly I want to inform you of this new site I just discovered http://ffffound.com/
its has a lot of neat pictures on there, that are being updated every hour. Check it out if you get a chance some cool stuff.
Happy new year kids, lets start it off right.
***However I will warn you this is not something I wrote on some paper for a new year's resolution. In fact I decided not to write anything down, because I know what I want so its up to me this year to accomplish it. ***
Now to more important things! I recieved a book "Become a Better You" by Joel Osteen. I must admit that I have only read a few chapters and I really really like it. I like Joel's way of teaching. But I do have one complaint about this book, it seems to keep repeating the same message over and over but in different sentences. I am assuming because he wants to make sure you get the point. I must say I am a bit annoyed with reading the same point 10 times in one paragraph but I understand why he does what he does.
Next I have decided this year is about positive influences. My silly brain gets into thinking these crazy ideas sometimes but here I go. I am laying it out all on the table. Do people ever get sick of being so negative, not just to others but unto themselves? I wonder do people enjoy being down or negative all the time? Is it like a sick habit or addiction. I mean seriously how many times can you get down on yourself about how fat, ugly, lame, bad person, or how uncreative you are? First you must have more confidence in yourself. I mean it really sucks when people aren't even telling you these things, but for some reason YOU yourself are putting you down. Come on people its 2010 be POSITIVE, be good to yourselves. The truth is someone doesn't believe those awful things about you. Your are great, you are talented, you are not fat or ugly. Love yourselves, because if you do not then no one else can. Even if you are not the negative one but you surround yourself around these people then you too can fall into this unhealthy habit. So for this year I will be a friend from the distance to those negative people, because I refuse to drown with the rest. POSITIVITY is powerful.
This next part is a series of questions I am asking. I just want you to think about this for a moment. No pressure :)
Have you ever met someone who you are so curious about? Someone who you can't believe exists out there because you have never met someone like this person? Just an ordinary person you might have thought about dismissing at first but once you find out more you are just so intrigued. How about someone who lives so freely? Did you meet a person this year that was honestly caring about others not just themselves? How about someone who was brutually honest but in the most nurturing way? Was this a person who could turn your frown into an amazing smile? Did they make you laugh? Did they make everything seem like it was going to be ok? It could be anyone a friend, a stranger, a person you are married to, or even just starting dating.
I DID, I met someone who I am very intrigued by because they carry all the qualities that most of us human beings do not acquire because we can be selfish. Someone like I have never ever met in my life before. Its a powerful thing. If you have NOT met someone like this I want to challenge you to go out and find this person. The reason I say this is because it will make you a better person and it will be a worth while experience.
So one of my favorite things to do, or maybe even a hobby of mine is meeting strangers. I guess this is how I started to see the qualities people have. Everyone you meet initially is different from the other, they might hold similar characteristics as others. I usually meet a lot, many, tons, (you get the point) of people in the year. especially for my job, but its very few who I stay in touch with. I was privileged to meet a girl this year who was awesome. I mean she is so spontaneous, loves to do these crazy adventures and I even got to challenge myself against her on my trip these past couple months. I see a little bit of me in her. Alright so I have one more challenge which might fall into the last one but basically go talk to strangers. Then decide what you learned from them.
So this year I have enrolled for some science classes, I signed up for the Johnhancock hustle the stair climb in Feburary. I have also been assigned the maid of Honor of my sister's wedding so I have been planning that. I am planning on signing up for the Chicago Marathon but haven't fully commited Ill keep you updated. I haven't planned much for this year except for what I am doing at the momeny.
Alright lastly I want to inform you of this new site I just discovered http://ffffound.com/
its has a lot of neat pictures on there, that are being updated every hour. Check it out if you get a chance some cool stuff.
Happy new year kids, lets start it off right.
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