January 2012
3 posts
honors/pass/fail
the grading system for jefferson med is a goodbad thing. good because most people will PASS but not HONOR, and “pass” encompasses anything between a 70% and 89%. so you got a 74 in anatomy? don’t worry, the kid next to you who got a 89 has the exact same grade as you: PASS.
(although they do eventually rank/tier everyone..)
but what do you do when there’s 1 quiz and 1...
Mongolia's Renewables Belittle World's Nuclear... →
“The world’s most sparsely populated nation [Mongolia] has the potential to generate 2.6 million megawatts of wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower…”
Of course. :)
December 2011
0 posts
useless things
i ate too much for dinner, and i am sooo…..full.
we hung some of our honeymoon pictures in a collage frame above the desk, and it makes me miss those 5 carefree, endless days in jamaica when i was 1) super tan, 2) not a full-time employee anymore, 3) not a med student yet, and 4) a newlywed wife. the beach and 90 degree weather sound so good right now…
i am definitely never going to...
November 2011
3 posts
Watch11.20.2010
Exactly 1 year ago, the Philly crew (me, Minji, Luke, Behzad) and my then-boyfriend headed up for a “spontaneous” road trip to our alma mater, Cornell University. Little did I know that this would be the weekend of the Epic Proposal, created and master-minded by amazing boyfriend Yunseok Mark Jeong… then organized, coordinated, and executed by almost every single one...
med school
=
NOT cool.
October 2011
3 posts
I grew up in the world's most polluted city.
This article from CNBC lists the 10 most polluted cities in the world. It’s not hard to believe that UB, Mongolia ranks as the most polluted city. Read the whole article if you have time, but here’s the excerpt of Mongolia below! I can’t imagine how bad UB dwellers’ lungs must be…
10. Kuwait
9. Nigeria
8. Iran
7. United Arab Emirates
6. Egypt
5. Saudi Arabia
4....
just got really frustrated flipping through my Netter’s Atlas of Anatomy, looking for that illustration of the stomach & its arteries…. the only problem was, i was looking through the thorax chapter. it took a few minutes to remember that the stomach is actually under the diaphragm, in the abdomen.
anatomy cumulative final in 4 days. I’M SO READY! muhahaha
Already mid-October
October 15: cambodian senior health fair
October 19: my 24th birthday
October 21: my cumulative anatomy final exam & practical
October 21-23: liberti fairmount church retreat for newcomers
October 23: 3-month wedding anniversary (month-iversary?)
October is a good month. :)
September 2011
2 posts
i failed to make it to class all of last week. kind of an off-week in terms of productivity and studying. but i will (MUST) pick up the pace, because next week has double the lectures AND dissections.
i’ll end my lame update with this:
do not eat unhealthy food. exercise. live a healthy life.
my cadaver (unofficially voted the largest and youngest cadaver in the lab) obviously...
August 2011
2 posts
med school, day 4
we’ve only had 3 days of class so far and i feel like i’ve already learned so much. these kids are crazy - class starts at 9, but seats start to fill up before 8:30. everyone’s fighting for the coveted “table” seats in the front, the ones that have long tables and outlets for each seat. no one wants to get stuck in the back with the dinky chairs that have tiny...
July 2011
3 posts
fast forward x230592
Lord, it’s been crazy beyond belief. july 1-7 doesn’t feel like 7 days, but more like 20 days. wedding planning is no joke. going from philly to maryland to philly to maryland to philly in a span of 7 days is exhausting. moving into the new apartment, cleaning, and furnishing it has been and will take out huge chunks of time. i was gonna go to canada next week to change my visa status...
June 2011
2 posts
Stress
Last night I dreamt that I found a bakery to bake me my wedding desserts; and right next to the bakery was a hotel that had 50 mirrors in a standard-size guest room so all my bridesmaids and flower girls could find space/mirrors to prep with, and they offered complimentary hair curlers; and then the hotel started blurring and i was back home and my mom was sitting in the middle of a thousand...
May 2011
5 posts
Excerpt...
…of how we roll.
YS: E, is it just me or do you feel like we haven’t been on a date, a real date, since 2011 began?
E: What are you talking about? Remember the time we visited our wedding location and then walked around Jeweler’s Row shopping for rings? And that weekend where we spent the morning in pre-marital counseling and the afternoon taking engagement photos? We were...
Apartment: Check!
After poring through countless pages of apartment listings on Craigslist and Padmapper (which more people should know about - apartment listings shown on a map so you can easily see where it’s located!), we narrowed down 10 apartments to visit this weekend. After a hectic Friday hopping around town visiting nice apartments, small apartments, expensive apartments, shady apartments, we were...
April 2011
5 posts
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster (when a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl, Ukraine exploded).
when it comes to patience, steadiness, and hot-headedness, YS is the polar opposite of me. so thankful that he’s calm and patient when i’m not. :)
my way to R & R
this week isn’t a 7-day work week. needless to say, i made good use of friday night (small group dinner party!!) and will be taking full advantage of my work-free saturday :)
here’s what i have in mind:
have an early morning QT, praying, praise session
substitute going to the gym with this intense youtube workout video that MOH sent me
do those household chores, bills, paperwork...
God is good. →
The other weekend when I visited YS in Houston, his pastor spoke on Ephesians 1:7:
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace…”
He shed light on Paul’s use of the phrase “according to”, rather than “out of”. We humans, as sinners, don’t deserve anything better than...
March 2011
6 posts
Class of 2009
hehe, i’m on a reblog binge right now. but i also love this picture! class of 09, be there or be square 7-23-11! miss y’all. :)
minjisong:
It was awesome seeing all of you this weekend. <3
Reunion, Part II: July 23, 2011, Philadelphia, PA
tom and joy's wedding
i love this picture for so many reasons. <3
February 2011
4 posts
Guinea Pigs
One of my wonderful bridesmaids just told me that YS and I are the guinea pigs of our class. After attending our guinea pig (aka trial run, aka experimental) wedding, Class of 2009 is meant to learn from our wedding experience and to create their own weddings based off our successes and failures.
Oh well, I don’t mind being a guinea pig, as long as I can say
BRIDE TO BE AT 23!!!!
Praise...
i'm aging
i got my first white hair
my skin is wrinkling under my eyelid fat
i’m gonna be a mrs in 5 months
my pimples turn into infected red/black spots that just won’t go away
my teeth are yellow
my eyes don’t look fresh and innocent
my hair curls look dead-er
i burp a lot
i call every other person “honey” or “sweetie”
at 23, kids. at 23.
January 2011
1 post
Blessings
So I thought this would be my January-July 2011:
Chill (x3)
Finish patient data collection for thesis
Become an expert on stats computer programs for thesis
Write & present thesis in April and get MPH
Chill
Work out a lot
Weekend job
Chill
Spread out wedding planning over a leisurely 7 months
Prepare mind and heart for marriage, for med school, and for marriage+med school the combo.
...
December 2010
6 posts
Taking after my dad
so i think i’m allergic to dog saliva….
it was super cute and affectionate when my cousin’s dog started licking my hand, so i let it lick away. but now my hand and arm is itchy. and it’s making other parts of my body itchy. i guess i shoulda washed my hands right away. SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH
Love in 2010
everyone is getting engaged left and right, like it’s the thing to do in 2010! cornell friends, mongolia friends, germany friends, my renewal small group, my tenth small group, and even my co-workers/boss’s family! looking forward to marriage is an exciting time in life. i pray that each of the engaged couples that i know would grow to love God more as they learn how beautifully He...
MRI Scans Live Birth!! →
i’m not generally a fan of technology, but events like this remind me that technology can be amazing too. i just wonder how the mother felt giving birth in a scanner. and the baby’s eyeball in that picture looks a bit freaky…
Winter 2010
It’s December 1 already! I don’t know how this year flew by so fast. If 2009 was a year of crying out, waiting, and learning to surrender, 2010 was a year of… well, more waiting and submission, but also one of answers, growth, and blessings. What a joyful year.
I’m sure I’ll reflect more as this month comes to a close, but right now I have to rave about my MOTHER,...
November 2010
8 posts
“Most men are not satisfied with the permanent output of their lives. Nothing can...”
– J. Campbell White, “The Layman’s Missionary Movement,” in Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader
Give 10 and watch it multiply! →
saeromii:
(Thought of EPak-because of Mongolia- and a bunch of others because of NK!)
/// Barnabas Trading and World Vision are partnering to bring you a unique opportunity to give the best Christmas gift ever! For $10, you can give a pair of warm winter boots to a child in Mongolia, who may have been physically abused, disabled or living in extreme poverty. These boots are specially designed...
cornell
i’m super duper duper duper excited to see cornell friends again (especially you beautiful oldies! yes i will DEFINITELY hang out with you!!!), but i’m also excited to revisit my memory-laden campus. and as nerdy as this sounds, i also can’t wait to stroll through -
uris,
olin, and
MANN libraries again!! saturday, come soooooon :D
snippets of conversation: me & ian, gchatting about the ithaca trip that me, minji, luke, behzad, and yunseok are gonna make this weekend…
i: too bad your car is packed (cuz he wants to go again)
e: you’re gonna go again? haha
i: i was gonna drive up to philly to go with you guys, if someone dropped out
e: come in the trunk!!!!
i: uhh… no thanks haha
e: well, no...