l'ete
I have spent every day from May 10 up until yesterday studying, eight hours a day, at NavyMed Hospital's library, for graduate school exam. It seems as though the older we get, the more tests and such we take. Kiss of death or rendez-vous with fate? I think the exam went more along the lines of rendez-vous with fate :)
Today, I return to work at Talbots. It has its perks. The ladies are awesome, I get 30% off all merchandise (including glass/costume jewelry earrings, yay!), there's AC, and the last time a sketchy guy/potential clothes thieves stalked the premises we hired the bodyguards (who are really nice and fun to talk to). The first week there I had a 50% discount off any business suit. Which comes in handy for interning in D.C where I'm required to wear formal business attire/heels etc. all the time.
I am beginning interning in D.C June 30th, I interned there last summer too, at the Dept. of HHS. On other blogs from fellow classmates, I see them showing off how awesome and all the fabulous great things they've accomplished with internships. That's great and all, but I personally prefer keeping work and blog separate, I'm not into mixing the two, don't know why, just my preference je suppose. And I don't want to bore anybody with what I tell them. If they really want to know what it's like interning at DHHS and want to learn more, I'll tell them. But let it be suffice to say--I love working there, I do my best, I work hard, and that's really all there is to tell.
Oh, and now I have to compile list of grad schools and app deadlines. I never thought this day would come, lolll...it feels like it was just yesterday I was applying to Penn...*sigh*
Below is a meme...I added some new things i've done over time...
Italics: would like to do bold: have done
01. Buy everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swim with wild dolphins
03. Climb a mountain (well, mountain/volcano)
04. Take a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Seen the Pyramids at night
06. Hold a tarantula (3rd grade field trip to study tarantulas and insects...)
07. Take a candlelit bath with someone
08. Say 'I love you' and mean it
09. Hug a tree
12. Visit Paris
13. Watch a lightning storm at sea
14. Stay up all night long, and watch the sun rise.
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Go to a huge sports game - football, rugby, baseball, etc.
17. Create your own masterpiece
18. Grow and eat your own vegetables
19. Touch an iceberg
24. Get drunk on champagne (tipsy/asian glow count?)
25. Give more than you can afford to charity (taking into consideration I’m a penniless college student)
26. Look up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Have an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Have a food fight
30. Take a sick day when you're not ill (lol)
31. Ask a stranger out
38. Take an ice cold bath
39. Have a meaningful conversation with a beggar
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Dance like a fool and not care who's looking
45. Adopt an accent for an entire day
46. Visit the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually feel happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Have two hard drives for your computer
49. Visit all 50 states
50. Loved your job
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Have amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (or different state?)
55. Swim during a formal
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpack in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing (@ Arizona)
60. Nose piercing
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visit Ireland
64. Fell in love then fell harder and faster from heartbreak
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had lunch/dinner with them
66. Visit and/or tour Japan
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sang karaoke
74. Dressed sexy for no reason
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites around the Mediterranean
87. Taken karate
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice (never said WHICH Venice...)
105. Gotten flowers for no reason
109. Performed onstage with a famous symphony orchestra (our orchestra, at the Kennedy Center when I was a sophomore in high school)
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music (w/orchestra, and Penn Chamber)
112. Eaten shark
117. Been in a combat zone (DMZ)
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Speak more than one language fluently
122. Worn see-through clothes in public
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congressman
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you know someone is looking
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (i wish)
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Maintained 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
180. Read the Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read, just to see what all the fuss was about
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (once with someone who spoke only Russian, the other time with my grandfather who spoke Seoul-style business Korean)
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
195. Had a booth at a street fair
Today, I return to work at Talbots. It has its perks. The ladies are awesome, I get 30% off all merchandise (including glass/costume jewelry earrings, yay!), there's AC, and the last time a sketchy guy/potential clothes thieves stalked the premises we hired the bodyguards (who are really nice and fun to talk to). The first week there I had a 50% discount off any business suit. Which comes in handy for interning in D.C where I'm required to wear formal business attire/heels etc. all the time.
I am beginning interning in D.C June 30th, I interned there last summer too, at the Dept. of HHS. On other blogs from fellow classmates, I see them showing off how awesome and all the fabulous great things they've accomplished with internships. That's great and all, but I personally prefer keeping work and blog separate, I'm not into mixing the two, don't know why, just my preference je suppose. And I don't want to bore anybody with what I tell them. If they really want to know what it's like interning at DHHS and want to learn more, I'll tell them. But let it be suffice to say--I love working there, I do my best, I work hard, and that's really all there is to tell.
Oh, and now I have to compile list of grad schools and app deadlines. I never thought this day would come, lolll...it feels like it was just yesterday I was applying to Penn...*sigh*
Below is a meme...I added some new things i've done over time...
Italics: would like to do bold: have done
01. Buy everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swim with wild dolphins
03. Climb a mountain (well, mountain/volcano)
04. Take a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Seen the Pyramids at night
06. Hold a tarantula (3rd grade field trip to study tarantulas and insects...)
07. Take a candlelit bath with someone
08. Say 'I love you' and mean it
09. Hug a tree
12. Visit Paris
13. Watch a lightning storm at sea
14. Stay up all night long, and watch the sun rise.
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Go to a huge sports game - football, rugby, baseball, etc.
17. Create your own masterpiece
18. Grow and eat your own vegetables
19. Touch an iceberg
24. Get drunk on champagne (tipsy/asian glow count?)
25. Give more than you can afford to charity (taking into consideration I’m a penniless college student)
26. Look up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Have an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Have a food fight
30. Take a sick day when you're not ill (lol)
31. Ask a stranger out
38. Take an ice cold bath
39. Have a meaningful conversation with a beggar
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Dance like a fool and not care who's looking
45. Adopt an accent for an entire day
46. Visit the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually feel happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Have two hard drives for your computer
49. Visit all 50 states
50. Loved your job
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Have amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (or different state?)
55. Swim during a formal
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpack in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing (@ Arizona)
60. Nose piercing
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visit Ireland
64. Fell in love then fell harder and faster from heartbreak
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had lunch/dinner with them
66. Visit and/or tour Japan
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sang karaoke
74. Dressed sexy for no reason
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites around the Mediterranean
87. Taken karate
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice (never said WHICH Venice...)
105. Gotten flowers for no reason
109. Performed onstage with a famous symphony orchestra (our orchestra, at the Kennedy Center when I was a sophomore in high school)
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music (w/orchestra, and Penn Chamber)
112. Eaten shark
117. Been in a combat zone (DMZ)
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Speak more than one language fluently
122. Worn see-through clothes in public
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congressman
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you know someone is looking
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone's heart
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (i wish)
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Maintained 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
180. Read the Iliad
181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read, just to see what all the fuss was about
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (once with someone who spoke only Russian, the other time with my grandfather who spoke Seoul-style business Korean)
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
195. Had a booth at a street fair