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applicationsapplicationsapplications

applications to grad school is so much worse than undergrad. i'm completely lost and dont know what the hell to do. fine, the application is self-explanatory enough...but there are layers within that i dont understand and need serious help on!! for example...what the hell is a fellowship?!?!? from what i understand, this means that the university gives you a full ride..but i thought that only happens for people studying their phD. but apparrently, this is not the case. one of my friends who is a masters student at ucla said that anyone can get a fellowship...and for that matter, anyone can also be a teaching assistant! WHO do i ask for help on stuff like this!??!?! i have no idea. if possible, i wana spend as little $$ as possible on my grad education..thus TA-ing or getting a fellowship would be super ideal..but how do these things work?!?!?! sobz. i thought for masters, you just take classes like an undergrad....i didnt know you could do stuff with the profs.........

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

@ work

i'm at work! hee =P so the health promotion board is quite the ideal place for me to work at when i actually graduate. this is public health in its essence - the promotion of health! it is pretty cool to see public health theories being used in real life action, and the campaigns that are going on. so much work, thought and consideration goes into these campaigns...but on the receiving end, you dont even see the hard work being put into it. to make matters worse, it is also difficult to see the impact of public health unless national surveys and statistics are being collected which isnt done very often. but that is public health. =)

hmm..i was actually gona say that i'm writing right now cos i'm bored...but i guess random stuff just occupied my time!! hee =P because it is now 516pm!!! and it's a friday so we get to go hom half an hour earlier!! WOOHOO~ cant wait for 530pm...hahaha

i'm such a slacker. according to dustin, i just wana be a taitai. *grinz* =P

FINALS week

i'm coming home this sunday!!!! =) but before that, i have to finish up my finals...blehz..how irritating...i HATE the rush after finals even more. the packing in a hurry...thinking about where to leave my stuff..who to take me to the airport...how to say goodbye to friends..arghhh =( oh well. i will just have to deal.

this year is more special because so many of my good friends are graduating..i think i will be lost without them. it will be so different without them. i hope they will still be around LA next year....i shall not say anymore because i will start crying. it is inevitable..i know i will cry before the year is out. haha =P so i shall save my tears for then.

time fliesss..cant believe i'm going home this sunday. i leave this place with my heart sore every year. if not for emilia, i would stay a little longer to ease the pain of going away so soon. but emilia is leaving on the 26th..which gives us a mere 6days of reunion - far from enough for best friends. but i wish suyen and i can have that luxury.

i will be home soon! =) 20th june to be exact. the night of 19th june really. i cant wait to go home! yet i cant bare to leave LA. isnt life an irony?

SEASNET

hee..i'm sitting in the SEASNET computer lab next to my dear dus-dus. he's being a studious kid! poor him..he's got 2 midterms on tuesday and he has only started studying today....*stressed* we had a BUSY weekend! i have a midterm on tuesday too! i'm screwed cos it's a midterm that's like a final cos there's only 1 midterm and no final for this class....sighz...i've never read for this class before...which is a great BIG mistake. now i'm stuck with ~200pages to finish in less than 2days..... =(

anyways, guess what i did today?!?!?!??!??!!! i RAN ~3.5km....woohooo!! =) it felt super good...now i realized that running on the track isnt as fun as running...basically anywhere else. meaning running on different terrains with changing gradients and scenery. it's more interesting and it keeps my mind off running. BUT the real reason why i ran today was cos it's the annual UCLA RUN/WALK....it's a 5km run..i ran a little more than half before i started walking cos of the incline...however, i started running again after a break. it felt super goooooood! i have no regrets joining! plus it was for a good cause too..it's for the UCLA children's hospital funds. we had to wake up at 6am to get there early too. hee =P there was loads of freebees....hahaha mainly snacks and water so that we wouldnt die of hunger/thirst. i never knew joining a long distance race would be this fun. ooooo...there was a mechanical bull too! cool huh? *grinz* it was a good day today.

now i gotta run cos dustin's standing next to me pressurizing me to leave the lab so that he can go home and study. oh well. byee for now!