Sunday, June 26, 2011

Graduated and Geared up

It's funny how a laminated piece of paper can represent all your work over the past four years. But it is what it is and I have one! HA!

So what does an accepted medical student do the summer before matriculation???
Well for me, I did a little 3 week Eurotrip, hitting up england, spain, belgium, and of course Amsterdam ^^. It was FUN to say the least. I felt oddly free, like no matter what I did or how much trouble i got into, i would go home in 3 weeks and still be the kid that the family was so proud of.

So being unemployed I decided that I need to make use of my time. First idea is pretty generic, "lets get JACKED!". I am currently doing a 6 day workout program, although due to some days of lazyness and random business related errands i run for my dad, I usually only make it 4 days a week. But here's the kool part, I also decided I need to pick up a new SKILL. yes a skill, but what?? master cooking? nahhh. learn guitar??? meh. ooo ooo i know! learn how to DJ! YES! and believe it or not, this is what i have chosen to learn. Honestly, to be good at this is quite hard! I bought myself a beginner setup and of course a hard copy of "DJing for Dummies". Actually, my buddy is a DJ and he had a gig at a nightclub friday night. He knew I was getting into it so he invited me to "shadow" him a bit so he can teach me the ropes. Suffice to say i could barely hear a word he said over the music, but I did get a better "feel" of what a DJ does. I assure you, I'll be mixing live in Ibiza in no time! =D

When i'm not doing either of these two things, ill be doing something with friends or playing a game of starcraft. Nothing says time well wasted then a few solid hours of starcraft. And i dont know if anyone else notices this but, its always SOMEONES birthday, therefore there's always somewhere you can go to have a good time if your feeling up to it. Often though, I prefer to jsut chill out with friends, go for a movie, play some poker, go out for some sushi, or whatever.

Dont be fooled though, even after your accepted there is still official business to take care of! You think med schools will just let you pay them thousands and thousands of dollars!! no!! well maybe!! but first you need to go get 7 viles of freaking blood sucked out of you, injected with a million vaccines, and you must let another human being (albeit a doctor) inspect every inch of your body. Don't forget to apply for your I-20 forms you troublesome Canadian students. pffft thinking you can just move to the US without paperwork!

Sometimes, I don't even feel like i am really starting medical school. I feel as if I will be returning to my undergrad institution in September as per usual. NYU is supposed to send out orientation material and housing assignments in the next couple of weeks. I am really excited to see if I got the building I wanted. It will certainly give me a more concrete sense of reality and I expect a surge of excitement to follow close behind.

Stay tuned.