So I’ve been reading a lot of friend’s blogs lately because I’ve been bored working at my parents restaurant. I thought about writing on my xanga again, but I figured xanga was pretty much dead, except for maybe a few of you who still write on there (and I actually read those too, I’m just bad at commenting/epropping). Remember eprops? Back when xanga was big, those were such a big deal lol.
Anyway, the blogs I’ve been reading have been all nice and organized, with good writing styles etc. Yeah, not gonna happen with me. For one, I suck at writing, but also I don’t think there’s one central thing I really want to write about. This is just gonna be a massive brain dump of whatever is on my mind at the moment.
So I recently moved into my new apartment in Chicago. It’s fabulous, awesome, magnificent, marvelous, and any other word you want to throw in there. It’s in University Village in that tall, white, mid-rise condo building. I’m living with Griffin and Dan for the next year, which I think/hope will work out very well. I think I have such high hopes/expectations of roommates now since I lived with Aalok and Biggie. If I could live with them all over again, I’d do it in a heartbeat. I feel like they became my brothers….. from another mother…. apparently a brown mother. I feel like our personalities just matched so well in that MRH apartment. Not to say that Griffin and Dan aren’t gonna be awesome roommates either, it’s just things will definitely be different.
Summer ‘09 started off great. Finals week was fairly easy… all I had was an easy soc final, and a homeostasis final that I didn’t study much for. All my other classes had finals the week before or no final at all. The hardest part of finals week was having to move my stuff out and cleaning. I was pretty happy with my grades though once I checked. I actually got an A in homeo, which surprised me, but then I got a B in my eco/evo lab so it kind of balanced out. Ended with a 3.80 this semester. Then CFW was the week after. That was the first time I’ve gone to CFW in my three years being part of AAIV, and I’ve got to say it was an awesome experience. Just being able to bond with people and growing closer as a fellowship was amazing. Although, I can’t help but wonder if that bond will last long after CFW, at least for me anyways. I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures/posts of UIC ppl hanging out, and I find myself asking, “where was my phone call to hang out?”. I guess it wouldn’t have mattered that much, seeing as how I’m stuck working here at my parents restaurant all day, everyday for the next couple weeks. But, it’s the thought that counts right?
Which leads me to my next point…. I’m about to be a senior this year. During spring celebration, I can honestly say that most, if not all of the seniors had a pretty large impact on me the last couple years. Would people be able to say the same about me? Do I actually make a difference in other people’s lives, especially the underclassmen? I’m not really sure, I’m leaning more to no than yes.
Now on to a completely different topic (been randomly thinking about a bunch of things since I have so much time here at the restaurant)…. I miss just hanging out with the old high school crew. Playing bball at arrowhead, wasting time at cf park, sitting outside taco bell for hours. We always complained that we had nothing to actually do, but I was pretty content with just hanging out with everyone. The summers are completely different now. There’s so few people that are back now that getting a game of bball going now is like pulling teeth. Chris and I played bball for like 2.5 hours the other day, just 1v1 the entire time lol. And of the people that are actually back, the majority are usually busy doing something. I guess we’re just getting older. Let’s get some kind of reunion going, and fly ryan kim back to naperville from washington!
I keep writing in this blog, when I really should be studying for MCATs. Which is another thing that worries me – for the past few years I’ve been working towards getting into med school and being a doctor, and I’ve always been very confident about succeeding. Recently though, I’ve been getting a little scared about the whole thing. Like, what if I don’t get in? What if my scores aren’t good enough, etc? I’ve got to wipe those things from my mind. It doesn’t do anything good except make me worried. Why worry so much about little things in life? Things will work out in the end, even if it’s not what I expect. Just keep seeking God and He will definitely provide.
I think this is the longest blog I’ve ever written in my life. Now you can’t complain about me not updating anything John Chao.
