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Name: venus
Location: California, United States
Birthday: 7/19/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: hmm..just being happy and goofy and hyper and silly..yep yep..just having a good time ejoying life while i still can =) making memories to last a lifetime with the ppl i love the most
Expertise: nothing..nothing at all..ima big fat loswe<---look i cant even spell wat i am!! ..im an expert at being a dork om my goshies i am the biggest dumbass out there..oOo im also that 1 friend who will ALWAYS be by ur side whether u need me or not, im here for you & i care lots bout you..if you ever need nething im ONLY 1 CALL AWAY!!
Occupation: Student
Industry: Medical
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AIM:  aznsopreshus
Member Since:
4/18/2004
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| why is it that things are never the way they seem? is life supposed to be comparable to some optical illusion, where we are constantly struggling to figure out whether what is clearly presented in front of us is a reality or merely a hallucination? .....or is it just me? *sigh*
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| :( thats how i feel right now :(
i wish i was working towards a
major where my ultimate job will be something stable and not wishy
washy like psych, esp. when i already know that i do not want to become
a psychologist in the end..take pre med or pre law for example; these
people are going to end up as our future doctors and lawyers, but with
psych it's kinda like they give you a degree (well of course, you earn
it), but then you have to go out and find that job that is social
science related; the job doesnt come to you, like how doctors are
always in need and once out of med school they will always have a
direction to go-either working in a hospital or starting their own
practice..idk if im making any sense at all, but i dont care.
arrr..*sigh* that's what has been boggling my mind for a while...im
looking more into business these days-like the marketing or advertising
side of business, but idk..at this point i feel like this is my 5th or
6th pre-life crisis...is this even healthy for me? who knows..who
cares. blah! whats going on.
to digress, sometimes i
wish i was more action-oriented instead of a passionate
individual..that is just one of the many flaws that i should
relly try fixing before i graduate. It is not a good characteristic to
possess esp. out in the work force.
Note to self:
be more agressive! get what you want in life! get what you deserve! You
live once. In life, dont regret the things that you could have gotten
but didnt have the courage to get @ the time. You may not like the
process but the end result may be worthwhile!
*wow, easier said than done...sometimes i feel like im all talk and no
show...bleh whatever...i just feel emo today..who doesnt have their
extraordinary emotional days?
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my tentative schedule for spring 2007:
Psych 160
EPS 3
English R1B
IB 31
Public health 116
***and possibly psych 150 [and drop IB 31]...except for im only # 149 on the waitlist. *sigh*
on a lighter note,TAIWAN was sooooo much fun!!! the FOOD..oh my god..i
can only marvel at how taiwanese women stay so thin-like anorexica thin
too...im a XL in jeans over there! its rather depressing. You know how
they say disneyland is the happiest place to be? well for me that place
is taiwan..its one of those places where you just have to visit to
understand why people of all ages find great enjoyment in a trip to
taiwan and why it is so addicting. Not to mention the shopping is,
simply put, QUALITY! Not only are the clothes (at night
markjets, not malls like SOGO) affordable, they are one step forward
in fashion! their fashion is so classy and stylish. i
came home every night with at least 1or more purchased good :) i was
satisfied :) The family there...what can i say? my extended family has
got to be one of my favorite things in my life. Even though we only see
on e naother maybe once every 3 or4 years, family is family, and
you can feel that bond between you and a cousin or an aunt and mostly a
GRANDMA!! (wai po!!!) My only regret is that i could see them
more often than what is the case now. My cousin named her daughter
after me!! how flattering is that...her name is venus, and all my
relatives call her little venus. She explained to me that the reason
why she decided to name her venus was because wen i was younger (about
5 or 6) she came to live with my family in America for half a year or
so and she felt that i was something special to her. [utterly touching,
right? :)]
I loved going to different night markets at least twice a week,
visiting the different tourist attraction sights of taiwan, eating out
every meal of every day..but i must say, breakfast was always the
best!, gaining weight: this is the only exception i will make with my
weight gain because every pound was undoubtedly worth the palatable
food. All the little shops were so amazing, esp at Xi Mun Ding and
Taipei 101. I bought too many little fun gadgets, like hello kitty
keychains, earrings, camera case, shoes, and purses.
so here are some highlights if my trip:
-New Year's Eve: my first time "clubbing" in taiwan at Champagne 3 (C3)
-fireworks at Taipei 101 on new years eve
-way overpriced studio pics, but worth it nonetheless :) [they pamper
you so so much! i felt like a celebrity for the day: they did my makeup
which took 45 minutes, my hair, i tried on about 10 or 11 outfits,
including dresses that were featured in some fashion magazine in
taiwan, and they gave me a manicure, free, unlimited food and drinks,
and a photo shoot that lasted 3 hours OMG 3 hours!! how do celebrities
even handle that?! but ultimately, the ictures turned out perfect (as
studio pics always do since they airbrush them like celebrity
magazines). i cant wait to receive my photo album they call it
"magazine" since they bind it in a way whre it seems like you were
featured in some fashion magazine. It will be mailed to me in late
Jan...andddd i also took mother daughter shots with my mother...she
looked AMAZING...my mother is beautiful. :)
- my hair!!!! i got it chemically straightened!! which means it should
last for about 6 months..its so much more manageable now..i love it
-so this is actually pretty unexpected, but i got compared to Jolin
Tsai!! A couple people (family, people at the club, and some guys from
KTV) had mentioned to me that i resemble her a bit....i think i am out
of her leauge and that they were all bluffing and felt compelled to
make the matching last name connection with the actual person. but it
was flattering, nonetheless! :D
-hearing Jay chou & Jolin Tsai in EVERY single store! omg it was so
great..that never happens in America....well obviously it doesnt
haha what am i thinking..but it just made me so proud to know that even
though i dont live there & dont even visit often enough, im still
attentive & appreciative to the pop culture there
-meeting all my cousins children...you know those lilttle kids you
always see in family albums but have never relly even met....im sure
everyone has family like that
-tutoring!! i tutored a 24 yr old who is applying to a college in
England and he needed help with ideas and editing of his thesis paper
and the projects that it entails...i felt sooooooooooooooooo
productive!!
-being introduced to and developing a mild obsession with the world of sticky pics :D
-experiencing my FIRST earthquake..OMG I MUST go into detial with this
one..i was at a thai restaurant with jason (one of my fav berkeley
friends) and his mom...we were just eating our hearts out when
suddenly, his mom says, OMG i jsut felt an earthquake....1 minute
later.."OMG i just felt another noe, do you gusy feel it too?" then we
look around and everyone in the restaurant is getting pretty terrified
except for the waiter....turns out he was oblivious that techtonic
plates were even moving!! wow..hes crazy not to have felt it..so thats
the stroy of my first earthquake. :}
-experiencing the convenience of the MRT (bart of taiwan), motorcycles,
and taxis...transportation in taiwan is nothing like in the U.S.of A.
Here if you dont have a car, or good friends who does, consider
yourself a prisoner of your own home.
-getting sick...and remaining very sick for most of my precious time
there..but you can bet that did not stop me from enjoying everything
that taiwan has to offer
-getting new glasses !! so much cheaper there than here.
-receiving a LV purse as a gift...wow...i am SO not interested in those
name brand purses except for coach...but i like my LV purse, i just
dunno when i would ever use it? its just Not very venus-like
-meeting my mom's HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS...HIGH SCHOOL!!!
soo these are just a glimpse into what i have been up to the past 20
days in taiwan...i am looking forward to round 2 sometime soon
hopefully. but right now, i am a jetlagged little puppy, who wakes up
at 3 am and sleeps at 12 noon..The time zones never ceases to
manipulate my sleep cycle.
AND..school is starting...my 4th semester at berkeley..3 down, 5 more to go...Yippy
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| Oh
my...Oh my...i can't believe it's only 2 weeks into summer..with summer
school & all, it really feels like an eternity has passed!!
whewww!! So i'm taking this really intense and by REALLY i
mean...THINK: 18
weeks of Poli Sci lecture crammed into a short 3 wk summer intersession
course..meaning 4 times a wk, 4.5 hours each day! yes...that's what i
mean by REALLY intense! wow, i cant even believe how im still in that
class??? aren't i supposed to be burned out by now and wanting to drop
the course 2 hours into it?? haha..well, to be honest, i kinda like
that class...okay, im under exagerating..I FREAKING LOVE THAT CLASS..oh
my
goodness, what's ahppening to me?? I never thought i would be saying
those 5 words in my college lifetime!!! But seriously, the professor
graduated with a POli Sci degree from Berkeley so he's got
credibilty..not only that, he's got a way with words..he can make the
most boring materials into a creative, interseting short
narrative. I relly do love his teaching
tactics. For every issue he presents, he gives a real life,
understandable example to
substantiate his claim. I LOVE IT!!! & through this class i
realized that my deeply engrained despise for the academics aspect of
college (ok fine i dont hate it all, just at times i relly hate
learning lol but who doesn't) is due to lack of professor ability
to stimulate the material
being taught!!!! The material itself is not boring; for some reasons
professors at berkeley make lectures so dry and so boring! (well at
least the ones ive had). With this professor, he is amazing! And
seriously when i claim a professor is amazing, wow...that must be
something, cuz usually i dont give a damn..as long as i get my A im
happy. Like this guy...idk how else to put it, but he simply knows how
to teach and how to turn words into highly anticipated bedtime
story..and when i say bedtime story, i mean it literally..my class is a
night class....5 to 9:30!!!! hahaha..So i pretty much have been
enjoying my summer because of this..but it's ending soon...a wk and a
half soon...but right after i am taking a history course at another
CC...bleh! i just hope im fortunate enough to get another "AMAZING"
professor..
Some interesting things ive learned thus far in Poli Sci 1:
*out of 300 million Americans, only 45 million vote! (thats ridiculous..go VOTE!!!)
*when Washington remarried, it was his first wife's youngeer sister, and even worse...they had 6 kids!!
*contrary to popular belief, America IS NOT a democratic nation...we are a representative democracy!
* House of Rep. are the only govt officials elected throguh
direct election ( meaning 'we the people" directly elect them into
position)
*the US Constitution is only 7,000 words long!!!
OKay enough blogging..i have to study for my 2nd midterm tomorroww!!
one and a half wks into class and weve had 2 already!! (including the
one tomorrow!!) its crazzzzzzzzyyy...and on the last wk (next wk)
we have 1 mdterm on monday..and the final exam on thursday!!!!!!)
HEAVEN HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & KK if youre reading this, that was for you!!! love you & miss you!
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STINKS...ARRID WORKS...ickypoopooo...ewwwwwwwww i hate this time of
year..studying for finals has fried my brains out..GL everyone!! i hope
you all kick some ass!!
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