Guatemala

Yay. I just signed up to go to Guatemala for 3 weeks at the end of the summer (July 23-August 12th) for a medical-spanish cultural experience :) Hopefully, it won't be too hot 'cause I hate it when I'm sweaty and gross. And, hopefully there's no infectious diseases around. Yikes! Other than that, I think it'll be muy divertido! (Check out my spanish skills)

Crudders!

All this time I thought my anatomy practical was going to be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, but it's actually at 4:20 p.m. Not a good thing because that means that I'd have to take the anatomy exam at 8:00 a.m, then wait all afternoon and hope that I retain everything that I crammed in my brain until freakin' 4:20 p.m. And, then after that I'd have to study for OMM. Bleh!

Bebes

A shout out to my friend TJ and her hubbie Tony: Congratualtions on your little ray of sunshine Alexis Danielle, born February 16th, 2006 1:32 p.m. :) Yay!

Debit Card

Sadness. My debit card is not working and it's not because it doesn't have money in it. And, freakin' Illinois doesn't have a lot of WaMu banks around. They just have ATMs. Boo. I can't live without my card...that's how I get food and stuff!

A More Mature Way to Break-Up with Neeps

Okay, so I talked to a friend and this is what I should say to Neeps:


I have realized that we both have a different way of studying and approaching certain situations. And, I know that we've been studying together for the past quarter, however, I think we are at a point where our learning styles are diverging from each other. And, I'm not saying that my approach or yours is the right way, but I'm saying that they are different. I think that from now on, we should go our separate ways and study with the people that we benefit from and learn most out of the short period of time that we're given.

I also want to let you know that I don't appreciate the snide comments and tone of voice you use when you get stressed. I feel like you are taking it out on the people that don't shouldn't have to be treated in that way. And, perhaps you don't interpret the things you say when you are stressed to be mean, but I translate it in that way. I'm a quiet person and I try to be patient, and a lot of the times, I let the things you say go, but I just want to let you know that I am a person who gets really offended when someone yells right at my face or says comments with rude undertones. Just don't do it again and the world will be a happier place.

My point is I think that we would be better off if we study with other people from now on and it's nothing against you. We're just different.

(Amen. Hallelujah!)

Drama Mia Once Again

Ok so venting time. Peas four gimme again for the lack of posts, but really I had nothing to talk about for the past few weeks. Sadness. Today, though is venting time: Some friends (and I'm not naming any names) are just waaaay too demanding for me and waaay too drama over things that shouldn't be a big deal. Let's call this friend 'Neeps.' So, Neeps and I study together with a couple other people and I happen to laugh with one of the other people I was studying with and Neeps very rudely claps her hands in front of my face and yells something like, "I have had enough of this! Focus people!!!!" Normally, I would let that go, but seeing that I was on task and I just happen to laugh & have fun while studying, that totally pissed me off. And, to the people who know me well, you know that for the most part I'm chill, but when someone yells at me like that they are totally asking for it. I really hate it when people mistake my kindness for weakness. So, I swear I was gonna push Neeps' fat ass down the ground and attack her with my fist because no one yells at me like that. So, I yell back shaking with my bloodshot eyes, "f-you" finger ('cause her face ain't worth the hand) and then said, "I f-ing don't need you," and walked away. And, I swear to you that took a lot of control not to bitch slap her across the face on my part because this is not the first time that she has actually done this to me and other people. So, I have now yelled at exactly two of my so called demanding friends in my lifetime.

So, it ended pretty quickly 'cause she apologized right when I was walking away. But, two-faced me can forgive you, but I will never forget it and I told myself that I'm cutting down on Neeps time from now on.

But, then Neeps sends me this valentine stuff animal bear, balloon thing with candy. So, I'm like okay she's trying to get on my good side and maybe she is sorry. But, really, I'm thinking to be really sorry I don't need freaking gifts, I need to see a tear roll down your cheek. Plus, anyone who knows me well knows that I think stuffed animals are generally a waste of space and I need truffles not candy. Dammit. Anyway, for a good half a day I thought okay I'll put up with Neeps. Be nice, be nice. And then the next day happened.

So, I'm in anatomy lab again and I'm studying with another friend because Neeps is following a professor like a lost dog. It so happens that Neeps and I were suppose to go down the anatomy checklist together. But, I'm like whatever she's busy and if I really had to study with someone I'll study with a drama free person instead and if Neeps wants to join she can come and get me. So, after my friend and I found all the structures we were looking for, Neeps comes over and says "Oh you're going down the checklist. You know, I was waiting for you." She was totally trying to give me a guilt trip. Bullshit she was trying to wait for me. I saw her going down the checklist with someone else. So, how dare she accuse me! And, why the hell is this a big deal?!!!! I told her I was leaving because I need to study for physio and told her which bodies had the structures she was looking for. So, my friend and I walk away and then we were looking at Netter's the anatomy book to answer one last question before we left and Neeps comes up to us and rudely says, "Rose, I thought you were leaving," and walks away. Beotch. I was. I so bitch slapped her in my mind.

So, to Neeps. I'll be nice as your acquaintance and professionally, but really, I'm cutting you off my life. I don't need the drama.

Lesson learned: I should've known about the Neeps.

February 13th

This is the email I sent everyone:

Hi Friends,

It’s cryday the 13th, and I was thinking to send everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day greeting, but this year is a new year and I have temporarily declared myself asexual and sworn off all men---I lote them! (except my guy friends, of course). I keep meeting reverse evolution princes who have the attitude of a staremaster sans the bod. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have amoraphobia. I just don’t want to be the Valenspammer of the year or even to be as pathetic as those long-stem posers and fear gogglers who would take anyone even foxymorons.

Please excuse me when I say that for today, I would rather not create blue bawls or be a scamentine, but I’d rather be a GHag working on a lush flush, drimming the night away.

Happy Cryday the 13th.

Not bitter at all & never will be a bandwagoner,
camille

Word Definitions:

drimming v. Drunk instant-messaging.

lush flush n. The rosy hue one gets in her cheeks after a few too many glasses of wine.

reverse evolution princes n. Men who at first seem to be princes but turn out to be frogs.

foxymoron n. One who is incredibly dumb but incredibly cute, who simultaneously attracts and repels. (“I’m so ashamed. I hooked up with that foxymoron last night.”)

GHaG n. Acronym. Girl-Hating Girl. The one whose only friends are guys.

staremaster n. Gym dandies who constantly check themselves out in the mirror. (“If that staremaster touches his pecs one more time …”)

bandwagoner n. A once-single woman who traditionally swears off the holiday but is now happily coupled off and suddenly all about hearts, roses, and luuuv …

cryday the 13th n. The day before Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a boy/girlfriend.

fear goggling n. The act of rushing into a relationship in order to avoid spending Valentine’s Day alone.

scamentine n. Someone who always has a random hookup on Valentine’s Day.

Valenspammer n. Shallow sentimentalist who sends valentines to everyone she knows. (“Don’t be flattered by Josie’s card. She’s a notorious Valenspammer.”)

long-stem posers n. people who send themselves flowers from a “secret admirer.”

lote v. to walk the thin line between love and hate. (I lote Johnny. One day he’s a dollface; the next he’s a total wanker.)

amoraphobia n. an irrational fear of Valentine’s Day.

blue bawls n. an emotional, romantic version of flirting that leaves you feeling sad and crying.

It Pays to Be Cute

Today I got someone to scrape the ice and snow off my car. YAY! That's it.

Sweat Drips, Blue Lips

So, last week was my first week back since winter break. If you want to really know what happened during Christmas, you should either call me or read Cheese's blog. Anyways, so last week was the first week I was back in school. I think I had a cold from the babies I visited last Christmas or real bad allergies or something. My first day back was Wednesday and my anatomy groupies and I were dissecting Minnie (our cadaver) and then Gerald says, "Wow. You must not be feeling so good." And, I'm like, "Why?" He's like, "You're sweating profusely." And I touch my forehead and my neck and I was sweating like Ballzee would on a normal day. That's a lot if you don't know. I just remember being really, really HOT. (In more ways than one, of course) I kept telling myself no blue lips, no blue lips. So what'd I get? Sweaty. At least I didn't faint this time. This story has no point whatsoever.

But, before I forget, I'd like to make a shout out to The Duddy: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :) YAY.

Science is Golden

I took this physiology exam today and I went to the classroom all early and no one was there. So, I started freakin' out 'cause people are always there early. I was thinking: maybe the test was at 7:30 in the morning and I missed it 'cause I thought it was at 1:10 in the afternoon...maybe I'm at the wrong building. Ah! Maybe it was yesterday! What the hell is today anyways??! So, I started calling random people to ask them where's the exam gonna be and no one was picking up! And, I'm like, they must be taking the test NOW and I'm totally missing it! That is until waaay later I found out people were in this mandatory core class (that I'm not in obviously) and that's why they weren't picking up their phone. *sigh* Oh drama mia!

So, I took the physio test and came out of that classroom thinking it was brutal. Hekka BRUTAL and bitch slapped me too. That is until I checked my grade and TEEEEE-DEEEE (pronounce like a tah-dah, but a tee-dee) I so bitch slapped that exam! Hehe. Science is truly golden.

Eat Two Chocolate Bars & Call Me in the Morning

Somehow I became the school counselor. Heh. What I mean is that people stop by my room or call me and tell me about their problems and then, they ask me what I think. This happens everyday. Don't get me wrong, I love it when people visit me and call me and when they think I can listen to them or give them worthwhile advice..But, hrm really, how much more knowledgeable am I than them? Friends, thanks for thinking I can give you answers. If only you knew....

Pluck You Eyebrow

Whenever my eyebrows become an eyebrow I get them threaded down the street in pseudo-little-India. It's not the same as Ziba in South Coast Plaza in CA where there's a ton of people going and there's a long line. But, at least it's a dollar cheaper. Anyway, I had a point...everytime I go there I'm like the only non-Indian person there and I'm not even sure if the person who does my eyebrows (Shailu or something) speaks English. We have these one word conversations...thanks. Eyebrows. Please. Yeah. Good? Perfect. Bye!

The first time I went there I think they were surprised to see a non-Indian person there. They were like, You Indian? No. Mexican. No. Then, when I tell them I'm Filipino they go, Ah, Filipino! I smile and then they look at me with the how-do-you-know-about-us look. Oh well. Whateva. What's important is that they do a good job and I'd do anything to have attractive eyebrowS.

Camel's XMas Wishlist for Family to Read

Okay since people are sending me their wish lists here's mine in no particular order or preference:

1. Kiehl's face products (creamy eye treament with avocado or moisturizer)
2. Shakira's CD Oral Fixation Vol 2
3. Any DVDs (I already have Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, LOTR Trilogy, Moulin Rouge, Shakira's MTV unplugged & Tour of the Mongoose Concert)
4. Cute long sleeve shirts or sweaters that are not itchy
5. Fun MAC Eyeshadows or lip glass
6. Big Earrings or jewelry
7. Cute hats, scarfs, or gloves
8. Victoria's Secrets low rise thongs or gift card

Of course, I always welcome anything. So gifts aren't always limited to the list above (wink, wink).

Bulls Balls

To the cousins in California: you guys would be so jealous to know that I went to the Bulls game against Orlando Magic last Tuesday :) Yay. I took pictures and video clips with my phone, ate the nachos, drank the drinks, and oh yeah, watched the game. That's it. I know nothing about basketball. I just wanted to post a blurb about it. Yay.

Oy Vey! Survey!

I'm a sucker for these things! I blame you Mark!

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Rose
2. Camille
3. Camel

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. cahmeehl
2. roseyt0es
3. That’s it!!!

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My clavicles
2. I’m nice (really I am most of the time)
3. I’m loyal to my friends & family

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Procrastination
2. My temper. I blow up at people. I have it sometimes. Maybe once every three years? Especially when it's HOT.
3. I’m stubborn

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Filipino
2. Catholic
3. Orange County

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Heights
2. The girl from the Ring
3. Failure

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. Boys
2. Physiology. Hrmm..maybe I shouldn't be a doctor.
3. Boys

THREE THINGS THAT ANNOY YOU:
1. Hot weather
2. People who flutter their eyes when making a point
3. Stupid boys

THREE THINGS ON YOUR DESK:
1. Netter's Anatomy book
2. Highlighters
3. Cell phone

THREE THINGS YOU SAY THE MOST:
1. I mean that in a non-homosexual way
2. Like...
3. I'm over it!

THREE PEOPLE YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH:
1. Family (when I'm in California)
2. Friends (Rachna, Hazel, Rose, Cat, Kim)
3. The other med students in school (Yes, we have all our classes together)

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS:
1. They're beautiful & HOT!
2. They appreciate my humor that I don't have 'cause I'm really being serious.
3. They're smart.

THREE REASONS YOU'VE BROKEN UP WITH EXES:
Aaah. Do we really have to do this? Okaay.
1. I wasn't good enough for them. Whatever.
2. Wrong time
3. He just wanted to hook up

THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE/SAME SEX THAT MOST APPEALS TO YOU:
I agree with Mark here. But, I'll add another thing..ARMS!
1. Intelligence
2. Humor
3. Culture

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Water
2. Make-up
3. My cellphone

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Jeans
2. Make-up
3. A thong

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS (or artists (at the moment)):
1. Shakira, of course
2. Fall Out Boy
3. Destiny's Child (Oh so mainstream, but it's HOT)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. Dance, Dance (Fall Out Boy)
2. As Long as You're Mine (Wicked Soundtrack)
3. Jet Lag (Joss Stone)

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Workout more
2. Pass all my classes
3. Get over the high school drama mia that's in med school now

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Love
2. Honesty
3. Loyalty

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I took bellydancing class so I can skip the excess hours of research they were making me do.
2. I'm scared of going up and down escalators.
3. I never lie.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Arms
2. Smile
3. Eyes (Blue or Green)

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Jump off a plane and call it skydiving
2. Right now...study
3. Be with a-holes

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Shopping
2. Singing
3. Talking on the phone

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Go home
2. Tell the people who's controlling the heat that "Really it's not that cold indoors!"
3. Tell someone off

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Pediatrician
2. Internist Infectious Disease
3. Child Psychiatry

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Costa Rica
2. Ireland
3. Philippines (Boracay)

THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR DIE PAINFULLY:
I dunno.

Turkey Skies!

I promised I'd post some pics from Thanksgiving. So, here ya go! I got Eli smiling! Gasp! I just noticed I have way too many pics of Eli in this blog. Scary. I like our sunset pic taken when Chris visited us and we stopped by the beach. It looks like an "ah" moment from the movies.



Yesss. It takes this much peanut oil to fry a couple of turkeys!
James and I were on the hunt for them on Thanksgiving day 'cause we under estimated how much grease it would take to fry the turkeys we had. And, we only found a bottle of peanut oil after checking four different grocery stores. Then, Ballz goes to ONE place and finds the motherload! Life is unfair, I know.

Turkey frying! Oil was splattering all over the place. Can you say coronary waiting to happen??? Yumsies! Those are Cheese's feet in the background. I dunno what she's doing.

And lastly, since Cheesey posted what she was thankful for in her blog, I'm going to steal the idea and list what I'm thankful for:

1. Family who flies me back to California every holiday season. Besides they're the bestest!
2. Friends. I only hang out with beautiful people because I can be beautiful by association. Call me superficial whateva.
3. Being in medical school, even though all I do is study.
4. Ballzee's purse collection
5. Make-up, coats, blue jeans, and my magic mic.

Peas Four Gimme

Please forgive me for the lack of posts lately. There hasn't been very many things that I can post to the public. Sadness. But, I'm back at home again. YAY! The weather is nice...not too hot and not too cold. And, the sun shines everyday :) It makes me happy. Here's a quick update of the things I've done lately:

On Friday, November 18th I got home at around 7:30 p.m. and family & I ate dinner at the Santa Rosalia Robel's house and we watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It was gooood. You people should watch it if you haven't seen it. But, I felt like the movie was rushing through the story & there wasn't enough character development. Maybe they should've gone for three hours of the movie like LOTR did. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is still a better movie, but I as a book, my fave is the Goblet of Fire.

On Saturday was TJ's wedding. She was soooo gorgeous! Her dress was very vintage classic. And her bridesmaids all had different gown styles, but same color --- dusty rose. It was a real cute and simple wedding. And, she cried while saying her vows. Aw. I never expected TJ to cry. But, TJ if you're reading this, you never cease to surprise me! You were my going out buddy in college. I thought we were on the same boat, but now you're off to another one. I don't even know if I'm on a freakin' boat right now. Hehe.

Anyways, also on Saturday, my cousin Christopher surprised us and came over our side of the country. 'Twas fun just hanging out and doing nothing. We ate Chinese food with him on Sunday AFTER I ate a full meal of pizza and pie! I love pie! I was totally experiencing food coma around the afternoon, but woke up when the cousins said they wanted to go to the beach. It was fun taking pictures. I'll post them when I get back to Illinois.

Monday, my friend Beverlie & I got sushi! MMmmmmmMmm. Suuuushi. I heart sushi. And, then we got some books at Barnes & Noble. That's all I'm going to say. Knowledge is POWER!

I don't remember what I did on Tuesday. I think I was just bumming it. Oh, I took Lola (Grandma) to the doctor and they did some neuro tests on her sciatic nerve. It was cool I thought. I'm a nerd like that, I know.

And, my boring life brings us to now..Wednesday. All I did today was eat In n' Out burgers with Hannah (Mownz). I'm going to see another movie tonight. Maybe Harry Potter again??? But, RENT and Pride & Prejudice is out too. I'd love to see RENT, but I don't know if it'll be as good as the musical. And, as for Pride & Prejudice, I dunno about that movie without Colin Firth (the original Mr. Darcy). They totally mis-casted Lizzie...she's suppose to be plain not real pretty like Keira Knightly. Sigh. People get it right! I still wanna see it though.

Toothache

Ok, I lied. I said I wouldn't post, but my tooth hurts sooo badly. I thought it was my inferior alveolar nerve, but it's my left posterior superior alveolar nerve. At least I know my nerves are working. I can't eat :( and this is a big problem because I love food. I NEED drugs!

Crunch Time

I won't be posting anything for a few days because finals is next week :( I have to study, but I can't concentrate because my inferior alveolar nerve is bugging the crap out of me. If only I had someone to study with---I mean just someone studying in front of me. Anyways, I'll be back home in California on November 18th for a week! YAY! Friends, Family, I'll see you guys then! And, we can watch Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire :) Happiness!

Grown up & Almost Done with the 20s

Well, okay I don't know about grown up, but almost I guess. Five minutes to go before my day is over. All in all, it was a good day. The twenty or so messages I had in my phone was more than enough to make me feel loved. Aaaaw. (Although none of them were kinky. I should be thankful "Loquacious the Stalker" stopped calling me).

Quick & dirrty review of what I did: I skipped OMM lab table training because the freshmen have a practical today. Anatomy lab went well even though I can feel the stress people are in. And, dinner with friends at PF Chang's was the BEST! Birfdae greetings in between we really nice too, heh compared to last year when I completely forgot it was my birfdae.

Today is the start of a new year! Well, for me at least. Thanks again friends & family :)