Last Day of 1st Semester

Finally! I am so glad this semester is finally coming towards an ending.  However much joy I do encompass, there is that much more pressure to perform well on finals.  I feel as if I need to double (or even tripple) the amount of drag and stressing as my gpa will certainly not meet my expectations for this semester.

However by no means has this semester been a failure.  Of my highlights, I have met some very peculiar and interesting people all throughout the past few months and have greatly benefited from their insight, as well as become friends with some and merely acquaintances with others.  Of all the people I have met, I would like to give a shout out to "Redeemed" life group of HMCC.  Honest to say, all of you beautiful people have truly revived my spirit for when I was thirsty, you have given me water. :)

As for foresight, things seem to be unraveling quite pleasantly.  It is indeed time for optimism, as some omens may suggest.  My beloved Chicago Bulls are 6-1 at home, November had the lowest unemployment since the recession began, my physical sickness is beginning to die away and to top it off, there is only 1 week before I am reunited with my family.  Although the pressure to perform and lets say to deliver positive performance in my academics still burdens me.  I truly believe now there is hope and promise as I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

For all you Northwestern and Loyola students, and whoever else, that have finals, tough times, struggles and endeavors marked on the coming weeks of the calendar, my prayers and hopes go out to you.  Also thanks, to the 357 visitors of my blog, for giving me hope to even keep this site still running.  I am truly blessed and have a heart of thanksgiving!

My priorities are clear.

The Good, Bad, and Ugly

GOOD
NBA - The Chicago Bulls overcome the Lebron and the Cavs 86-85.  Rose with 14 points and 11 assists adds another double double, as he keeps adding to his resume. Lets go Bulls!



BAD
Has anyone been following the news lately? Oh dear, another shooting but surprisingly at a army base Fort Hood.  Psychiatrist and Major Nidal Malik Hasan has been identified as the gunman.  Fatalities include 12 dead and 31 wounded.  Possible causes for the shootings have been linked to Hasan feeling "mortified" and also having terrorist extremists connections.  I seriously doubt he had terrorist connections, God Bless all those who were involved, suspect and victims alike.

UGLY actually VERY UGLY
Hard to believe but this topped the BAD for today.  Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon (Band) perform on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.  To be completely honest, this was pretty bad.  While the band played a rock style track, you could listen to Yoko Ono making hysterical laughing noises and monkey sounds.  This was so incredibly bad that I yet cannot find an image or a clip of the performance.  God Bless you too Yoko Ono.

Also, we have raised over $50 the past few days for Compassion International.  Please continue to support our campaign and click on the ads frequently.  Thank You

Credits: NBA, MSNBC, LNJF

POLITICS - NYC and more!

(November 3rd)
My favorite Late Night talk show host Jimmy Fallon suprisingly did the introduction for incumbent and victor Michael Bloomberg for his third consecutive term as Mayor.

If anyone wants to know, (I) Bloomberg marginally ousted (D) Thompson to continue being mayor of NYC.  Makes you wonder if Bloomberg would have still won if he hadn't spent $100 million of his own cash, compared to Thompson's campaign costs of only $8 million.

Also today was a good day for republicans.  The majority of moderates voted for the GOP in the Gubernatorial race for the Garden State (Christie) and in Virginia (McDonnell).  Where are thou, Obama nation?

To top it all off, Bubba vs Dubya, thats right, heavyweights Bill Clinton vs George W. Bush will go at it through debate on Feb 25th at Radio City.  Tickets will be on sale soon!

What does politics matter anyhow, back to organic chemistry and my dreams of becoming a MD.

noise: Chopin Etude in E major, Op 10 mov. 3
credits: MSNBC + Getty Images + New York Times

TAKE A BREAK!

This is something everyone should checkout! Forklift causes over $100,000 liquor collapse.
Personally I'd hate to be this guy, could there have been better use of all that booze?

credits: msnbc

Anyhow, I came across this clip of Arte's comedic appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon




Haven't laughed this hard in a while, anyhow anyone down for a trip to NYC?

Final Lap

SO! Halloween is over, the day to celebrate America's love of obesity and excuse to wear offensive attire HAH! Sadly to say, I woke up around 5:30 pm, and started the day by "visiting" the weight room.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: Free Burritos at Chipotle!

LIKE WOAH! Who doesn't like a free 900KCal Burrito. I've had a craving for the past few weeks for chipotle, and the hour of wait for my free (2) burrito, was most definitely worth it.

BEAR DOWN!

Only if DA CHICAGO BEARS offensive line was half-decent. Kickoff is at 12:00CT, vs the Cleveland Browns at Soldier Field! This would be most satisfying if they do win and obviously a great way to start what is to come.

What is to Come

So.... Absolutely nothing fun in the forecast for the next few months or so. My life-dar involves a month of misery before the ending of this semester. 5 chapters of ORGO left, 2 Research Papers, etc. I even quit facebook just so I could even have a chance to pull off the infamous 4.0! Also quitting online poker, turned $4.50 into over $80 before just losing it again. I've lost the last 4 hands I've had pocket A's! Definitely do not have time for cards any more.

Keep Keeping ON?!?!

I (volunteer - cws) tutor 4 days a week at 2 different locations, and I absolutely love the kids that are involved in my life! It's even better when you like to hear some comments such as "I like you better than the other tutors" or the different children trying to claim you as their tutor! Awesome Feeling

Organic Chemistry is my best friend

I've got admit, cramming 4 chapters of orgo is not very smart and quite hard, while on top of that reading for theology and submitting in a paper for mass media and pop is quite burdensome. Anyhow, welcome back audience, I have awaken from my 1st semester hibernation, let's end this hiatus shall we?!?!

If anyone has been following this blog, you probably know I have invited you to lockerz. Well if I didn't, email's please~~!, I'm trying to win my free macbook pro as many of you know.

Also today was my first day of work at Asian Human Services, currently I have two jobs, at femi memorial outreach fund and AHS, both equally fulfilling and satisfying.

I only have one road bike now, which is in the shop, because I misplaced the straddle cables I ordered from England. THIS IS DRIVING ME CUUUURAZY!

Sorry folks for such a disappointing post, I am tired and need to finish the rest of chapters 6 and 7.

GOOD NIGHT BE SAFE BE WARM BE HEALTHY CIAO TOODLES

p.s. christmas isn't too far hehe

1 week down... infinity more to go

OH so I apologize to all my very faithful readers (0), for not being able to post a blog for the last week but I guess I now have more than enough material to share!

I would like to just apologize to all my professors for being a very bad student, as I didn't make it on time to any of my classes, and actually missed two classes friday morning for some good sleep.

I would also like to conclude that orgo is from the devil, and now it makes sense why I am taking a theology class on Jesus Christ. Haha Oh my what a terrible joke.... moving on.

Thirsty Thursdays, Freshman going all out nuts Fridays, and endless nights of orgo have given me ample opportunity to ponder upon this coming school year. Already experiencing what is promised to be an exciting sophomore year, I am even more thrilled to know that all the energy I have will be exhausted. (Sarcasm)

This week, I allocated much of my time towards Basketball, Working Out, Eating, and Orgo. I feel like what I should probably do is replace eating with qt's because I missed last thursdays bible study and my relationship with God has been not the greatest. Although I've been very busy this week, I am still looking forward to being awesome at school and building this old 1970 Raleigh Record vintage road bike. With over 80dollars of parts on its way, I can't wait to unlock the potential of this beauty. HAHA I sound like a bike geek! Another thing I am looking forward to is meeting up with all the Northwestern students that attend HMCC. This year is gonna be a great year, both in our daily and spiritual lives!


Last but not least!

Shout Out to my brother Alex back home. Happy 15th (8/28/1994), best of luck as a sophomore at Stevenson and I hope you make alot of friends and persevere in your studies!

Alright I'm going to go study some more Orgo, wish me best of luck. Oh and my lame way of keeping readers is by promising them Lunch or Dinner?!?! haha yeah, thats right... what could be better than getting some good food with ME! HAHA

COLLEGE WEEKEND NUMERO UNO

WOOT IT IS FRIDAY!!! PARTAY BABY!!!! HAHA

The last two days, I haven't been busy at all really, but have had a great time just relaxing and getting ready for the new school year. Wednesday, I had a very important interview with Renee, a very kind person who works for Femi Memorial, for a tutoring position! After the interview, I think I just ate and accomplished absolutely nothing. The rain was quite a disappointment but on the other hand, that gave me ample opportunity to EBAY! HAHA So I ended up winning the auction for the iron gym in order to workout at my nice cozy place and also I won the auction for a new bike! YAYYYY FINALLY!!! I haven't really shared this, but for the last 2 months, I have been looking long and far for a road/commuter bike because I am too lazy to walk 10 minutes to class.

Here are some links to the pictures - and what the bike will look like after a little bit of elbow grease.
http://picasaweb.google.com/zdilly2000/SchwinnContinental10Speed?feat=email#5370666753870289122


BEAUTIFUL HUNTER GREEN SCHWINN CONTINENTAL 1968 10 speed

I guess I'm so excited that I will be able to pick up a new hobby of bike-manship and look so very stylish on this bike!!! I ended up the night by cooking shin ramen with chicken noodle soup, and honestly it was pretty good. I guess everything is good late at night. :)


So I woke up around 10, because I had to help the freshman move in! I LOVE FRESHMEN, especially with the look of their worried and confused faces. Don't worry freshmen, college is much better than high school! After that, my 3rd roommate ERIC Pedone (ERIC POWER) moved in, and to be honest he seems like a pretty neat kid. Only spending a few hours trying to get the router to work, I went to Northwestern Village (Evanston) to eat nothing else than.... TACO BELL?!?!?! Like I thought, it was disgusting and I regret to blame myself for giving my other roommate the executive decision on where to eat. (There was a whole story of how Chipotle made him want to puke, while Taco Bell was amazing.... My patience is quite something)

HAHA enough of that, I also checked my email and guess what?!?! I GOT THE JOB!!!! I'm sure some people will not be so happy about that -evil laughter- HAHA! Roger, our college bible study leader person guy, picked me up from Northwestern Village and we headed over to the Canaan Vision Center for bible study and some of shirleys homemade pasta and CAKE! (I've already gained like 7 lbs since college started (**) )

A serious case of food coma from stuffing myself with the food kept me dozing during bible study, but I swear I remember all of it - Jacob wrestling with God *Genesis -32*

After some good ole prayer and some liquid fusion, Roger was so generous to give me a ride back to this place and now I'm ready to pass out! NITES

MOVE IN: ACCOMPLISHED

Alright, so today was quite an interesting day. I will try my best to recollect my thoughts while listening to "I'll be there."

I woke up around 11:00, packed up my clothes, and ran into my first obstacle of my day, my brother. Besides that feud, my ride to Loyola U was quite smooth until i realized I didn't have my school id, so my mom and her friend had to unload all these things outside, while i delayed for another 30 minutes. It was quite a turbulent move in, as we realized the stuff was unloaded in front of the wrong dormitory. OH NO! Well my mom kinda just left me there, and I hauled my belongings and to be honest, I was quite surprised at how homey and clean the place felt. Definitely looking forward to making this place my home for the next year. After settling in, I heard a knock on my door and thinking it was my roommate, I fell into an unfortunate surprise. As soon as I opened, they screamed at the top of my lungs, and I kinda freaked, as who wouldn't. They were my roommates friends apparently, great (SARCASM). For the next few minutes, I was facebooking frantically as 3 uninvited but always friendly guests were making a mess of my my roommates belongings and setting pranks. HAHA I LOVE COLLEGE

After filling out my forms, etc and doing all the boring things, I cooked some dinner, worked out and decided to take a jaunt to the Dominicks nearby. As I was walking there, around 12:30, I think I saw a guy getting stabbed in an alleyway. I pray that my eyes were playing a trick on me as I was pretty confused at that time. Awkwardly, I wasn't really scared, or too emotional, I kind of expected something like that to happen in Rogers Park and WOAH now I feel really messed up reanalyzing and reliving that moment. After unpacking a little bit more, I decided to make some clam chowder, and this is how it ends I guess. What a lame ending, but I just wish whoever is reading this would pray for my safety in Rogers Park. I promise the next post will be a much more enriching experience!

first blog post

So Im so very very excited to post up my first ever blog post! YAYYYY!!!!!
well to keep this very proper, i should probably include a preface of some sort

Preface: I sincerely apologize to the reader for any incorrect grammar, the misuses of vocabulary and the onslaught monotonous style of writing which is to come. Hopefully, many of you will enjoy and if I am lucky enough, appreciate this blog of my college days and in return I will promise to write down the most raw, passionate and even deranged of thoughts and experiences to further proof of my dedication and gratefulness. As I am a premedical student currently, my life is boring as is, and to the many (or not) readers out there, all my hearts and prayers go out to you who will become severely damaged, confused, torn and although there is a very high chance of you going into depression or insanity, I will promise you I will come visit the mental ward that you have been placed in. so cheers!