tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97661852011-08-20T23:34:05.973-07:00Musings from a 30-something gay Filipino American guy living in San Francisco. And I still don't like flan (well, except my mom's)....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.comBlogger3961100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-12215039583887938622011-05-14T02:25:00.000-07:002011-05-14T02:25:32.909-07:00

(Damn, this is the first post I've written here in over a year--shows you how much more I'm into my twitter than anything else. I didn't even write a breakup post with Mr. 36 like I did with Mr. 35! Anyways, it seems like my life is more focused on pharmacy school than the incessant plodding of my own age getting bigger and bigger, but not too focused enough that I forget that I do have a life

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(Yes, this is long overdue--not like I actually have time to write anything given my trying to survive my first year at UCSF pharmacy school. Besides I'm more on my twitter anyway.)Dear Mr. 35:Yes, I know you've already left. I've come to the realization that the years are coming in and out a little faster, but I can't help but wish that you stayed a little longer. At least the letting go was

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Ask me anything http://formspring.me/stkyrice

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Ask me anything http://formspring.me/stkyrice

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So the past few weeks as I've been coming closer to closer to starting UCSF, I've been racked with insomnia. I'm not sure why, since I've had no reason to worry about finances, or jobs or anything like that. For the most part, I'm really excited about starting my dream and doing what I want to do.And yet, I've been feeling this weird sense of "survivor's guilt." Knowing that I had one of the

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Thanks to the wonderful world that is Facebook, I've become reacquainted with lots of friends and relatives my age that I've lost touch with from grade school to college. As I've just passed my 35th birthday and am now comfortable with being single again (Howard and I broke up about a year ago, and it's only been now that I feel comfortable with publicly announcing it), I'm seeing myself

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So I've decided to do a separate blog that chronicles the next 4 years at UCSF as I go through pharm school, through tumblr, since honestly, I don't think I'll be able to blog as much on here. I'm envisioning my tumblr as a way to separate my pharm life form the rest of my life (which hopefully won't completely dominate, but I'm sure I'll be failing miserably at that). I'll still be posting here

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Got into UCSF. Found out on Saturday.I'm still shocked, even though it's been a few days already. I literally found out the day after getting into Touro, and I had resigned myself to the fact that I would go there. I had even begun scoping out pharmacies in Napa/Sonoma to check out and when I came back, I saw the letter. I opened it up and as soon as I read the words, "I am pleased to inform

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Just a quick post (and in case you don't follow me on twitter or facebook).I got accepted to Touro University for pharmacy school today, which means I'll be declining my spot at Hawaii-Hilo (and throwing away $500, but at least it was insurance that I was going SOMEWHERE for school in the fall). I'm still waiting to hear from UCSF (and I have about one more week to go before I find out the

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I've had an incredible string of really wonderful things happen to me lately: getting accepted to pharmacy school in Hawai'i, establishing and re-establishing contact with old friends and relatives, getting a well-overdue raise from one of my jobs plus retroactive pay, and now eagerly anticipating my last interview for Touro in the East Bay.Then I got a phone call from a friend of mine stating

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Let's just say that turning 35 has seriously rocked in ways that I was totally not expecting. I think the main reason why is that things are moving forward in my life in terms of school--after having found out that I got accepted to pharmacy school in Hawai'i-Hilo a couple weeks beforehand and waiting to hear about UCSF while also getting ready for my interview at Touro this coming Thursday.The

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I'm deliberately stealing a page from MJ's Annual Breakup Post, well, because she's just fucking awesome. Dear 34, I'm not sure what to make of you. You came into my life in the middle of major emotional upheaval and uncertainty, and like most people, when they're confronted with a batshit-crazy Filipino guy do what most people would normally do: grab a bowl of popcorn, sit back and watch the

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So I'm going to be a subject for this study where blood is being drawn for a whole bunch of experiments on specific genes where the subjects are people of color. One part of the consent form was intriguing, since it states that my white blood cells could become "immortalized" in order to run potentially other experiments in the future on the impact of drugs on different folks of color. Given

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So the collective blog that I write for, 8Asians, has been nominated for the 2009 Bloggies, one of the most well known blogging awards around. Our fearless leader/Bloggie Hall of Famer, Ernie, has done a fabulous job of keeping all 8+ of us in line as we blog about general Asian American craziness.Unfortunately, there's no way in hell we're gonna win since 3 of the blogs are from Gawker Media,

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It's not what you think...

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So I haven't posted anything on my blog in a while, especially since I've been posting other stuff elsewhere, like my twitter and 8Asians, so I haven't had much incentive to write here lately.Well, actually I have, I just haven't felt comfortable sharing--and most of the people who want to know about me..already do. I've gone through some pretty profound changes and realizations the past few

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"If you really want to do it, you'll find the time/energy/resources to do it."That's what I've been thinking about the past few weeks. One of my bad habits is that I have too many interests and not enough time or willingness to do everything I want.Which means...there are very few things I really want to do.First and foremost is trying to get into pharmacy school (obviously). I've already

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So I'm in the midst of making my calamansi limoncello, and I'm super excited. :)A few of you guys have asked me to post the recipe, which is so ridiculously easy (given that you can get access to 95% grain alcohol), but is very, um, potent. The cool thing about calamansi is that the peels are so thin that there's no pith, so you can just put the whole peel in without making it bitter, unlike

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I wasn't surprised that Prop 8 (the amendment banning same-sex marriage) passed, and I'm honestly amused that people can't understand why it passed. Anyone who's lived outside of the urban areas of California (Inland Empire, San Diego, Redwood Empire, Central Valley, etc.) knows that the rest of California is just as red and conservative as the Midwest, the desert, etc. Anyone who's seen that

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So after moving and getting rid of a lot of my crap, and at the tail end of finishing my pharmacy application (I'll be hand delivering it tomorrow), I finally have time to write and blog. I have lots to write about but don't want to overwhelm people--like how much I love my new place; how I got to see Howard a week and a half ago; how I'm really loving blogging for and meeting the folks from

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So I'm in the process of moving to a new place back in SF over the past week, and it's been more of an emotional roller coaster ride than I was expecting. In the process of moving, I'm getting rid of more than half the clothes I have, and 90% of my books. It's been weird because although I haven't read any of the books, nor have I worn a lot of these clothes, it feels weird to actually get rid

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So I wanted to go see my dad this coming Sunday to let him know that I'm moving back to SF, and I gave him a call.--"Oh, Jun-Jun (my familial nickname, just means I'm Efren Jr.), I'm going to be busy. You have a couple of aunts in Alaska visiting." o (thinking, Alaska? aunts? Neither my dad, nor anyone else on his side of the family, has ever mentioned anything about having relatives in Alaska?!

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It's been a pretty crazy past few weeks for me, and I haven't really had a lot of noteworthy stuff to blog lately. Until now, anyway.o Hawai'i-Hilo started classes two weeks ago, but I still haven't gotten the official rejection letter yet from them. Bastards. I probably won't apply there again since I had such a bad experience with them not following up with me in a timely manner.o I'm #18 on

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Took this meme and was totally read. Hard.My actual problem according to this meme:Seeks to avoid criticism and to prevent restriction of his freedom to act, and to decide for himself by the exercise of great personal charm in his dealings with others.Jesus, can they get any more accurate?Anyway, click on the box below to read more--and to take the test.<!--ColorQuiz.com code-->Efren took the

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I've officially thrown in the towel and given up on waiting for Hawai'i-Hilo pharmacy school for 2008. I'm trying to understand exactly what it all means, since the conventional wisdom would assume that I would've been accepted to lower tiered schools like Hawai'i without any hesitation, given my decent post-bac (3.7 GPA), my work experience, and PCAT score (99th percentile), and that I wouldn't

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So I've been thinking about a lot the past month about body image, or being, gay, fat and Asian--primarily because I've been hanging out a lot with a really nice guy who I'll name Booster (per his request) who is a self-admitted sticky chaser, or that he is a non-chubby Asian guy who's into chubby Asian men, and who at the same time, has helped me to accept for myself things about my body that I

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So I was hanging out with a friend tonight for dinner who I've been helping to adjust to life in SF, finding a place, becoming familiar to all the different SF neighborhoods, etc. He's still fairly closeted and a lot of his friends don't know that he's queer (I guess if one doesn't think that someone is, it doesn't even enter one's consciousness)--nor do they know that he and I messed around. So

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So personally, I've had a lot of stuff happen of late, most of which I'm still deciding whether to actually blog about or not (and at this point, I probably won't for the time being). I was actually wondering whether I was gonna make it to SF Pride this year, especially since this was my first one without the husband here and I had too many weird emotions circling about because of it. It also

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Efren enjoys his dessert at Osha ThaiOriginally uploaded by ernieThis is what happens when I hang out with Ernie (of LYD fame) and Minjung. Sheesh. ;)

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So I've been making a habit of going into the sauna after my workouts the past few weeks, since it's one of the few places I can literally sweat my stress out (and it also helps to get rid of the nasty chlorine smell after swimming). I've also been taking a few dance classes with this teacher who's very out, very Filipino, and very comfortable. (And he IS pretty cute, but he has a boyfriend, so

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So I got a letter yesterday from Touro College of Pharmacy (in Vallejo), saying that I "probably won't get invited for an interview." Yeah, you'd think after almost a year after I first worked on my application. Anyway, I got invited by Touro to apply for their MPH program, with a guaranteed interview if I keep up a 3.0 GPA after their fall term.Uh, like I really need to take a year off to go to

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o Got called an "elder" (!!!) during a board meeting for the Community Initiative. After my raised eyebrow and all the giggles aimed at me, the guy who said previous comment stammered then proceeded to say, "Well, I know that none of you are under 40...", which brought about outright laughter from everyone on the board. It was all I could do to not mutter, "I'm 34, bitches, step off!".o Also

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So I'm trying to process my reaction to the marriage ruling in California, and part of me is ecstatic, and part of me is waiting for the other shoe to drop. It's weird having this ambivalence, partly because it's highlighting an interesting evolution and debate within the queer community, with many people racing towards assimilation, and other people wondering why the hell we're running so fast,

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So Sunday marked the 5th Mother's Day since my mom passed away, and for some reason I had this sense of melancholy, partly from the realization that life goes on and time marches on, and there's nothing I can do to stop it. It was partly brought about because of a friend of a friend whose dad passed away unexpectedly (I don't know my friend's friend at all), and that another friend who I've just

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One of the best Looney Tunes cartoons ever, called Chow Hound. Too bad it's not really shown anymore on TV because it's seen as too impressionable upon little kids (though I remember seeing it as a little kid and seeing it as a fable against gluttony and greed, myself, and thought it was a better story than anything I learned in Catholic school!).There's some great lines in the cartoon like, "I

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For some reason, I'm liking the color orange, hence the new layout. I used to think that orange looked really bad on me, but for some reason I'm liking it. Go figure.Random stuff:o My hip hop teacher's troupe, Funkanometry (where he's creative director), is auditioning for a queer women's hip hop troupe on Thursday. Given that he's been doing a very successful queer men's troupe for the past

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So as most people who read my blog regularly know, I've been waitlisted for my two top pharmacy schools, and I'm trying to be patient. And while I know this and have to let things move on their own accord because I can't do anything to push the process along, it's been extremely draining emotionally for me. I would've thought that I would've been able to put plans in motion for school by now,

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(Realizing that I should probably start twittering if I keep doing this, but oh well...)o Just came back from a great weekend with the husband up in Seattle, even if it was way too short and way frickin' cold (snow in Seattle in the middle of April?! WTF?!). Made me realize how much I missed him *sigh*, and that it's going to be to his birthday tomorrow and our 11th anniversary after that.

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o Thanks to Joz and Yoshi for the awesome party down in LA and for letting me drink more in the past 3 days than I have in the past 3 years (probably). Surprised that I wasn't as drunk as I thought I'd be. o No new news about UCSF and Hawai'i.o I have to pay way too much in taxes, and now I'm seriously considering quitting one of my jobs because the hassle of being an independent contractor

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So I'm going through my iPod Shuffle and realizing that I have lots of random shit in it: old-school hip hop and freestyle from the late 80s and early 90s; lots of pop music; some classical; ballads; jazz (Ella Fitzgerald, Cassandra Wilson, etc.).I suddenly notice that one song that I can't place and it hits me...it's a remixed version of the theme from the Super Nintendo RPG, Chrono Trigger, one

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I got waitlisted for them too. ARGH! At least I didn't get rejected, but according to their letter, people from the waitlist won't start getting notifications until mid-July for UCSF. In Hawai'i, people will start being re-evaluated as early as April. I'm now wondering how I'm going to do this. If I end up getting accepted at Hawai'i, but then I get a call from UCSF saying that they're

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So I'm supposed to find out about whether UCSF has accepted me or not for pharmacy school by the end of March.It's March 27, and three or four more days to wait. Needless to say, I'm tearing my hair out and going crazy with waiting.Thank the goddess that my boss for my independent contractor job showed me this website of (naked, mostly gay) men and their awfully decorated abodes while they're in

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I blame Ernie and 8asians for turning me on to this website....see more crazy cat pics

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So I just found out that I made alternate for University of Hawaii-Hilo pharmacy school. It's not a bad thing, but I guess I didn't do as well in the interview that I thought I did. But now I have to wait to see if I'll get in, and that can be as late as the first week of class. Yikes.At least I'm still waiting for UCSF, and now I'm hoping that I am the one out of 122. (I hope I hope I hope I

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Thanks to everybody who sent me birthday wishes...I feel very blessed and honored to have such awesome friends and family. :)It was a very strange, but good day. Woke up with a weird tension headache that went away after I took some meds. The hospital where I work on Fridays had a fire and we were evacuated. After the fire, my computer was acting up and for some reason kept on punching in the

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That's all :)Not doing much this year since I'm still waiting for my (I hope) acceptance letters for UCSF and Hawaii, but if you wanna send me presents or wanna get together that's cool...or if SOMEONE would join her GirlFriend from LA next weekend to hang out with me for shabu shabu with Ernie...(you know who you are, and yes I'm calling you out!) :D

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So I'm back at work yesterday (sigh) when one of the techs comes in frantic, asking us, "How do you say, 'hold your breath' in Tagalog?"My coworker and I look at each other (we're both 2nd generation Fil Am, but I don't know Tagalog and she barely speaks it), look back at him, and say, "We have no idea." We end up calling different people and get different answers while the tech rushes out, and

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So tonight's my last night in Hawai'i, and itmade me realize how badly I needed this vacation,just to think about everything and nothing, andto enjoy the company of friends, and remembering the joy of being by myself. It's reminded me howlucky I am to have friends from so many differentbackgrounds, to give me perspectives on issues, and also made me realize that sometimes, I just needto shut up

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What I've been doing so far:o The interview at Hawai'i-Hilo pharmacy went all right. Halfway through the interview,I realized that the interview was closed file since everything I said was met with confusedlooks as I assumed they had read my app. The weird thing was that apparently not even half the people scheduled didn't show up for their interview. I hope that works out for me!o Touristy

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I arrived into Hilo last night and getting ready for my interview. I can't say too much now as I have to get ready, but Hilo is gorgeous and warm.Wish me luck on my interview, then i'm off to tex drive in for malasadas and souvenir shopping. Too bad I don't have 3G here in Hilo. The network is so slow!

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Not now! I think I have the flu...3 days before my interview in Hilo AND 2 days before I fly out to Hawai'i. I'm achy, my nose is stuffed up and my throat's on fire.Not cool. Argh!Please send your well wishes my way...*sigh*

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o I bought a blue linen dress shirt for my interview in Hawaii-Hilo next Thursday from Thomas Pink today. It's the first time I've ever spent an insane amount of money on a piece of clothing, but this is my pre-birthday gift to myself/pre-congratulations (hopefully) for pharmacy school. And it looks really good on me. *sigh* o I'm looking forward to going to Hawaii next week. I haven't been

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So I just read from the SF Chronicle that New College might lose its accreditation as early as next week.While technically it doesn't affect me since I've already completed all my prereqs for UCSF Pharm, it comes across as a shock that the problems that have been affecting it still haven't been resolved (really, is it THAT hard to implement some kind of hierarchical structure to a university by

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As the door was closing..."He did pretty well!"I am SO psyched! :)

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Tomorrow's my big interview with UCSF Pharm. I'm cautiously optimistic, but still slightly freaking out. I did all these things today to help me relax--like actually sleeping almost 10 hours, and swimming 2200 yards (it may not be relaxing to some folk, but it was a good mind diversion). I also did a little more preparing, trying to read about Medicare Part D and behind-the-counter drugs, but

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-29203907875138015792008-01-25T22:39:00.001-08:002008-01-25T22:48:04.088-08:00

Stopped by Mitchell's Ice Cream in the Outer Mission tonight and saw that they had "kalamansi" sorbet, which they only have in the winter. I've been loath to have it since most of the time it's usually really artificially flavored and I end up not being able to eat 1/2 a scoop before throwing it away. Of course, being the pig that I am, I order it anyway.It's pretty damn good now. It doesn't

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I guess that's one of the things that I've been thinking about the past few days.It's probably coming into very sharp focus because of my interview for UCSF Pharm school that's coming up. Like I mentioned before, it's a really eerie coincidence that it's happening 5 years to the exact time that my mom passed away. Try as I might, I can't seem to shake the weirdness of it all. After going

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o Finally got my interview date for Hawaii-Hilo Pharm: 2/21. So looking forward to it.o The husband came down this weekend and had a great time with him. I miss him already. *sigh*o Made a FABULOUS pastel de cuatro leches cake. Click here to see the pics. Click here for the recipe. I made it in less than two hours, and the only thing I didn't make was the caramelized meringue recipe.

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I just found out I have to withdraw my application for UOP today. It turns out that they don't accept the New College courses I've been taking, and I'm not going to waste another 5 months to take courses that I've already gotten A+'s just to fulfill some damn requirement from a school that I'm not that excited to go to.Oh...was I being bitter? (Note: For those of you who just started reading my

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-9039255051237143592008-01-08T17:58:00.000-08:002008-01-08T18:03:27.350-08:00

So I got an e-mail saying that I got an interview from Hawai'i-Hilo pharm. My scream of shock was so loud that people were wondering whether I had passed out or suffered a seizure. So that makes two interviews (UCSF being the other one), one on the waitlist (Creighton), waiting to hear from UOP, and finishing up the supplemental from Touro.At least I got an interview from my preferred backup--I

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-25431244275796290982008-01-04T22:45:00.000-08:002008-01-05T01:16:30.198-08:00

So I was looking at the tuition rates for all the pharmacy schools that I'm applying to (and thanking all and sundry spiritual beings out there that my dad's offering to help pay), and was floored by the costs.UCSF: $21,000 a year, but since I'm a career employee with benefits, I'll only have to pay 1/3 of that.Creighton: $28,000 a year.Hawaii - Hilo: $31,000 a year for non-residents, then

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Given that I'll probably be celebrating with friends including joz and MusicChyck and hopefully Ernie at around this time, I probably won't be able to blog till tomorrow, so I just wanted to wish the 3 or 4 people who read my blog a happy 2008. :)I don't have any real resolutions or plans for 2008 except for one thing: to be happy. Whatever that means, whatever that entails, I don't know, but

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So in sorting out my mail from when I was in Seattle for Xmas, I ran into two notification letters from two other pharmacy schools I'm applying to (in my shock over making UCSF Pharm for interviews, I had completely ignored the other letters). UOP in Stockton finally considered my application complete and is now finally going over it. I also got a letter from Creighton's online program (yup, a

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-87725303531867599892007-12-26T23:49:00.000-08:002007-12-27T00:09:56.447-08:00

It's been a pretty good Christmas so far, the best I've had in a while. I got to spend Christmas itself with the husband up in Seattle, and I actually experienced my first white Christmas ever with him, as I actually saw snow falling for the first time--yeah, yeah, I'm a California boy, I know. It's good to see that he loves Seattle, even if he's having some difficulty adjusting (though if

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So I'm up here spending Christmas with the husband, and I'm trying to remember how to relax and have fun (given that it's been too damn long since I've actually done something fun...grrr).I've deliberately made no definite plans while I'm up here, except to hang out with Howard, and a friend from Facebook. So far it's been fun, marveling at the clouds and an amazing full moon while on the flight

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I'm sick of bacon.Click here to see why.

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"How the hell did I get so much porn?!"That's all. I'm going to bed.

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o I'm TIRED. Had another 20 hours of class (microbiology) in the past 48 hours. Annoyed that I got a B+ in my midterm when I should've gotten an 100 if I wasn't so damn careless. Kinda annoyed that the lab teacher seems to make it clear that I'm her pet, even though I'm not trying to be--maybe it's because I'm the only one who asks questions that are really relevant, admits to screwing up, and

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Tonight was a night of ultracoolness, since I got to hang out with both Joz and Ernie, especially since I've never hung out with Ernie at all, much less spoken or even e-mailed him. The husband was really jealous (hehe).Anyway, it just made me realize how in the loop and how out of the loop I am about things, such as pop culture, Asians/Asian Americans, queer stuff, etc. I think I had a blank

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-69054047327454110102007-11-29T21:28:00.000-08:002007-11-29T21:30:17.999-08:00

The first single from Jill Scott's new album. Anyone who can have Cornel West on her music video is fucking incredible. :)

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So I'm recovering from this weird scratchy throat thing, which is even weirder than the colds I usually get. Since I have a fairly decent immune system, I've been used to getting a scratchy throat, then all the symptoms that I usually get within a week are crammed into a day (sore throat, runny nose, stuffed up nose, sinus pressure, mild fever, then breaking of fever), so that by day #3, I'm

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So after 4 weeks of being on pins and needles about my pharmacy school application, otherwise known as PharmCAS, the application finally finished processing today.I was most worried about my cumulative science GPA since all the schools required a 2.8 cumulative GPA in order to be considered for admission, and given my less than stellar record as an undergrad in the sciences, I didn't know if I

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-41782885219526719042007-11-20T13:58:00.001-08:002007-11-20T13:58:34.445-08:00

Naia Gelato (http://www.gelaterianaia.com) has two flavors of gelato, coconut milk and molasses. Combine them together, and you have bocayo-flavored gelato.Bocayo is a chewy candy made by boiling molasses and coconut together. It's one of the few things I remember when my mom took my sister and me back to her home province in the Philippines, Pangasinan, when we were kids. Apparently Pangasinan

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Second day of my 4 weekend class in microbiology through New College, though they're actually now at Life Chiropractic College West. I'm part of the inaugural class, technically 7 students, though one guy still hasn't really shown up (and got a B in the o-chem class I took last summer--how, I don't know). It's a class for 4 weeks (though we get next weekend off b/c of Thanksgiving), for 10

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o Finally starting to get back into swimming again and really loving it. I'm not able to do the yardage that I was doing, but it seems that the workouts are just as intense so it all works out. I'm really happy that I can work out and not have my shoulder in serious pain.o I finally a swimsuit I like--a drag suit from Speedo, which consists of a mesh outer layer with a regular speedo layer in a

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-83264540323407699522007-11-07T07:36:00.000-08:002007-11-07T07:52:12.007-08:00

I've been noticing that a lot of my friends who were avid bloggers have started to take breaks and question whether blogging is the most appropriate way they want to communicate (in a relatively open forum, I suppose).There's a weird voyeuristic and exhibitionist pleasure in blogging, where I get to read other people's thoughts, thoughts that can be seemingly private, or at least strangely

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-58441097281258548362007-11-01T00:23:00.000-07:002007-11-03T01:14:08.090-07:00

I hand-delivered my UCSF application this afternoon, and mailing off my UOP application tomorrow afternoon.And then I'll be done for now--I'll be submitting my Creighton application in a couple weeks when my bank account recovers (it's cost about $400 to submit all my apps so far...), then have to hear from Hawaii and Touro about submitting supplementals/secondaries for them. The funny thing is

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-58775578675662944972007-10-30T23:15:00.000-07:002007-10-30T23:17:15.138-07:00

Just submitted my PharmCAS application, and will be submitting my supplementals for UCSF and UOP tomorrow.I'm relieved and now I'm freaked. Wish me luck!

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Of course, my PharmCAS and supplementals for UCSF and UOP are due November 1st. I'm just about done but wanted to tweak it and spend the whole weekend fixing it up.Then I get socked with all these things happening...last night dinner and tutoring for my former roommate, then party for my hip hop teacher...friend's son's birthday party...funeral for the father of one of my favorite cousins...

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-64527302391656683552007-10-20T22:38:00.001-07:002007-10-20T22:39:57.228-07:00

For some reason, I'm really feeling the song--even though her singing's not the best, it just hits me hard.Or maybe it's because I really miss the husband.More Videos

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And realized that it was WAY too personal for public consumption. Even for me.While I don't mind putting my shit out there, it involves other people who...aren't as comfortable with it.Let's just say that I have an added appreciation for going to a certain *ahem* institution in the South Bay.

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So I'm trying to figure out this word that the new doctor (who's this young, kinda cute Asian guy) is using. I'm mumbling the word over and over, "flocculated...flocculated" and finally said, "Flocculated?!"Suddenly, my coworker asked, "What did you just say?!"-What? Huh? I was trying to ask you how to spell that word."Oh! [spells word] I thought you were saying something random."-[laughs] Well,

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-8395244373921300002007-10-05T09:35:00.001-07:002007-10-05T09:35:26.053-07:00

So after getting my PCAT scores a couple weeks ago, I was wondering they hadn't shown up on my application. I decided to look at the application where it said, "You must submit your scores to PharmCAS."Oops. I forgot to include it in my score report requests.I actually just did it now--and not looking forward to the deluge of snail mail spam from pharmacy schools that I'm not interested in

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So over the past few days, there's been a brouhaha among the Filipino cybercommunity about a racist remark that was said by Teri Hatcher's remark on Desperate Housewives talking shit about Filipino doctors and how they're not up to snuff.Racist? Yes. But on a grander scale of things, is it really worth it?I'd rather much focus on real issues of Filipino doctors in the US, rather than some random

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I'll just have to make do with Gelateria Naia's natural yogurt gelato.I did discover a couple of places that have Korean frozen yogurt, like ToBang and Cafe Aroma in Santa Clara, but nothing that compares to Pinkberry/Red Mango.I swear, the next time I go to Naia and get the yogurt gelato, I'm gonna have to bring some Korean mochi, Cap'n Crunch cereal and some cut up mango and blackberries just

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And I did better than I expected.I scored in the 95th percentile or higher in everything (verbal ability, biology, quantitative ability, and chemistry) except for reading comprehension (86th!!! WTF???), and my composite was in the 99th percentile.Guess that makes my application for Hawaii and Creighton that much stronger. *cabbage patch dance*Woo hoo!!!!

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Who wants Big Daddy??? Originally uploaded by stkyrice Ice cream sandwich from Its It, the best ice cream sandwich maker ever.One of the reasons why I love living in SF.

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So I was supposed to hang out with a friend from elementary/junior high last night and her girlfriend after she saw the Native American AIDS Project benefit starring Judy Tenuta and Alec Mapa. I texted her after the performance to see what her plans were (and since she's notorious for being flaky).I got a call almost immediately."Hey, I can't make it tonight..."-That's fine. What's going on?(

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o The husband left for Seattle last Sunday. I'm feeling all right, surprisingly enough. We've been in contact (through phone calls and texts) every single day. I miss him terribly, but at the same time, it's helped to clarify a lot of my own personal issues about life that had nothing to do with him. It's a very good thing, actually. It's also made me realize that I am very happy that I am

...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09020653823868113052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766185.post-82495732140205618752007-09-01T09:25:00.001-07:002007-09-01T09:25:19.851-07:00

So creepy in so many ways...:)

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So one of the dishes that my mom knew how to make well (she was a better baker than a cook) was bibingka, or a dessert made from sweet rice flour. When my mom was still alive, she made it quite often, but trying to get the recipe out of her was almost impossible. She had given me a recipe, but it had turned out so horribly that I figured she just did everything by hand and eyeballed the

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I scored an A+ in my organic chemistry lecture.Now just waiting for the lab grade (which hopefully I'll get an A+ in too).Does this count, Joz? :P

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Just finished the PCAT two hours ago.Frankly, I was expecting it to be a lot worse than I was expecting, though the math threw me for a loop (Calculus! ACK!).I finished everything a lot quicker than I expected, particularly the chemistry portion, which I thought was going to be hard--but luckily, taking organic chem 2nd semester so soon really saved my ass. Considering that I'm prohibited from

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Off to bed (before midnight, no less!)...Have my PCAT tomorrow morning. I took a practice exam and I did really well, so hopefully tomorrow shouldn't be too bad.:)

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I have another 24 hour sickness thing. Scratchy throat yesterday, now runny nose. I just need to crash tonight when I get home, and I'll be fine when I wake up tomorrow morning. Blah. I guess that's the good thing about having a decent immune system, I know what's going to happen.Just as I have my final in about 2 hours, and my PCAT Saturday morning. I just need to collapse for about a week,

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So my o-chem lecture final's over and I just got back my two midterms, with only the final to go.My first exam I scored 136/150, where the mean was a 96, and on the second exam I scored a 141/150 with the mean being a 113.Considering that the (hot) professor said that a mean was a solid B, which is 70%, with the curve being as it is, I have a soild A+ going into the final.Which means just a bit

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o Last weekend of organic chemistry is this weekend. It's made me realize a number of different things, the scariest of which is that I actually like studying this, and that's not even pointing to the fact that my professor is hot. o I'm feeling really confident that pharmacy is where I'm headed. Partly because of this class, but it's weird how naturally this is all coming to me. It really

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P8040013.JPG Originally uploaded by AiYahh The husband found this on a sidewalk in the City...I wonder who this "Effran" guy is...interesting!

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So I'm in the midst of taking this 4 week intensive course in 2nd semester organic chemistry, which means my weekends have been fucked. I'm also really exhausted from a lack of sleep since I basically get no real days off until August 25, since I have my final exam on August 22, and the PCAT on August 25.I've been taking this course over at New College, over at their Science Institute, where all

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So aside from all the craziness with the husband leaving for Seattle in about a month and a half (Thanks to people who sent me e-mails, btw), what's stressing me out isn't that, surprisingly enough. Starting this Saturday, I'm going to be a virtual (both online and otherwise) hermit.I'm taking this 4 week intensive course on organic chemistry through New College of California's Science Institute

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