Happy New Year!

Man, it's been a crazy year. It had so many ups and downs, and I'm just glad that we're onto a new year/decade now. Although I most likely won't reach these, but my New Year's Resolutions are as follows:

1) Spend less money. If you didn't know, I keep record of how much I spend every month and what I spend it on. This year's amount was significantly higher than 2008, so I need to keep my expenses to a control.

2) Get a job/internship. I'm already really behind in finding experience to buff up my resume. I need to get a job to help Resolution #1, and an internship to make myself sound useful to dental schools. Hopefully I will be able to do SMDEP or research over summer.

3) Lose 15 lbs. Over summer, I ate a lot. No like, a lot. I got a head start on my freshman 15 and ended up gaining 10 lbs, and it stuck with me. I need to start eating healthier again and get back into shape. I'm just a wee bit out of [original] shape.

4) Live a healthier lifestyle. As in no more sleeping at 5 A.M. [I‘ll try] and no more junk food. Cookies for breakfast and chocolate for dinner probably isn’t the best diet.

5) Maintain good relationships with everyone. I tend to be a relationship-ruiner, and I just hope that I'll be able to stay on good terms with all those I am close with.

6) Do 1 pull-up. I'm weak; this would be an amazing accomplishment for me.

Thank god I had this winter break; everything [with the exception of one underlying problem] fell nicely back into place and many problems have been solved. I’ve been burnt out since the end of winter quarter 2009 and it took me nearly 9 months to recover. I feel refreshed and ready for school, and I’ll definitely be working my ass off for that 4.0. Some relationships have been reestablished and I hope to keep them this way.


As for a flashback on the highlights of 2009...

1) New Year’s Kiss.

2)

*missing Janelle and Julia

Bio with Janelle, Frank/Dat Dam (Aman), Joan (Claw), Priyal (Dave), and Julia. Since our professor was COMPLETELY incompetent, we had to learn everything by ourselves. We had crazy study sessions and these were the days where I made 30-to-40-page study guides for each test.

3) Getting into UCSD. I really was not expecting to get in since I only had 5 classes worth of grades and my GPA was not the best. I didn’t even bother checking until Charles checked for me and posted on my facebook my acceptance letter, haha. Transferring in one year is definitely one of my biggest accomplishments and something I’m really proud of.

4) Roadtrip to SD.

5)

Coincidentally ran into Elijah at Safeway, so he came to join us on our weekly Jack in the Box Runs [see #6] :)

Chem with Tom and Elijah. We had Dr. Liu, FUNNIEST professor ever. I miss mass-printing and "free" candy in PSME and spending breaks together.

Some of Dr. Liu's infamous quotes...

"NoooOOOooo! *backs away*"

Dr. Liu: don't worry, if this doesn't count for your grade, then you'll be fine!
Class: but it does count for our grade...
Dr. Liu: oh, then too bad

"and then later you noticed that there are black spots on your skin and it's peeling off. then you go like 'oh. that's not water." On explaining lab safety.

6) Jack in the box runs on Thursdays. Including being locked in the bathroom, “swimming” in the toilet, pointing out the pterophyta, and getting endless refills on soda.

7)
New Year’s Eve dinner. I was really surprised that this dinner was so successful. When I was younger, my family used to always have hot pot on New Year’s Eve, but we stopped since about 10 years ago. This year, my mom randomly decided to have hot pot again. I usually never have dinner with my family, but it was a good get together with family and friends.


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