It has been almost half year since my last update. Sometimes, I drag.
Just can't believe that my last semester of nursing school is getting closer and closer to the end. Only 20 days. Guys, only 3 more weeks!
I think nursing school is the toughest thing that I have done in my life so far. Does it sound ridiculous? It's not med school. However, nursing school apparently is not that easy. I don't think my family or my relatives back home will ever understand how hard nursing school is in this country. It should be tough, because we are dealing with lives. Back home, nursing is totally different. It's way easier. Oh well, and it's in Chinese. I think that makes it WAY easier. Sometimes, I really hate to use the language barrier as an excuse for not doing great on the exams. But guess what? It really matters. Life is full of dilemmas, isn't it? And who says that life is easy? Everybody has his/her ups and downs. My English isn't perfect, still. It frustrates me sometimes, especially in the hospitals. But, I am very glad that I am able to understand or express better than before. Nursing school is completely another new language to me. Seriously, I am embarrassed to say that I didn't even know what "diarrhea" and "nausea" mean in English and I never ever memorized them two years ago. If they are in people's own language, a five-year-old kid will know what they mean. I couldn't memorize them until my friend helped me with drawing. In the past two years, I have learned a lot, a lot. BUT, it's never enough. Or, there is way too much to learn. Life is a learning process, isn't it?
So I had my graduation picture taken. Clinicals are over. No more white scrubs and white shoes. Only two more finals and some homework before graduation. Unbelievable. Truly. Sometimes, I do feel dumb when I realize that I am probably the only Chinese nursing student in the hospital while my ethnic group people are doctors. But, thinking of how far I have come, it's just an unbelievable thing. God is so good. I don't think I can survive this two years without Him. Truly. How many times that I prayed for those hard times and how many times he answered. He is there, guys. You just need to believe.
I don't think I am quite ready to become a nurse, but I believe that I will be when the time comes. Right now, I am just having serious disease--senioritis. I think it's very contagious.The only prescription is graduation.
It was a tough week this week. Sometimes, things are hard. They become harder if you are emotionally drained. But I am fully recovered now. Bright and shiny. Just ready to graduate and move on.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Summer 2014!
Again, haven't updated this blog for a while. I have always wanted to update something, but it just didn't happen.
SO! My 1st senior semester is over. I am so glad that I have survived all my classes and clinical. At the same time, I still feel that I don't know anything. I am getting closer to graduation. However, there is a complicating feeling in it. I feel so ready to graduate, but at the same time I also feel scared. Is this what I am supposed to feel? I guess. lol.
Don't let this bother me too much. Let's enjoy summer first. I am going to China next Saturday. I am superduper excited although it's gonna be 30 hours trip. I booked the ticket to China last week, which was pretty much last minute thing. I will fly to Turkey from Chicago first. Wish I could go out of the airport and enjoy some Middle East atmosphere. I have never been to other continents other than Asia and North America. Maybe it still counts even if I just fly in and out? lol.
I am excited to go home because I can see my lovely family. Mom has been thinking what to cook for me. Isn't that the greatest? Love my momma! Our first baby of the family, my niece, is 1 year old already! I was there when she was born last year. Good thing I am going home this summer so she can maybe have an image of her aunt? lol. I can't wait to cuddle with her. Well, maybe it will be too hot to cuddle in the summer. :P I remember last summer I didn't get to eat so much because the weather was too hot. I didn't really have an appetite. Hopefully it won't happen this time. I really need to make my stomach happy with those good foods. lol
One of the best things of going home is to meet all my old friends. Good friends are not necessary keeping in touch all the time, but you feel so comfortable and there isn't an awkward moment even if you don't see each other for ages. I love sharing the culture differences with my friends. Most of us think US is more like NYC, Chicago, or California. Who knows it's actually not? I still remember how I exactly felt when I first landed in Peoria Illinois. All my fellow and I thought we were at the wrong place. All we could see was flat buildings, cornfield, less transportation, and barely anybody on the street. We were pretty much shocked by what we saw. But I gradually fell in love with this quiet place. To be honest, there is not much to do here in this "city", but I have met so many friends who have made my journey more wonderful and unforgettable. I have met so many international people here. I can't believe what my life would be if I didn't come here. Graduating from a college,sitting in an office, repeating the same thing everyday, meeting somebody, getting married, building a family?????????? Actually that's really the pattern of many of my friends back home. I am just glad that I am here to experience things that I would never imagine.
mehhh...too lazy to keep writing. :P
Friday, March 21, 2014
City
Spring is finally here. It was 60F today here. It seems like everybody loves it. I bet. Being in the crazy Midwest and going through all the fun snowstorms make mid-westerners die for green and warm weather.
The 9th week of school was over. Just can't believe how time flies, as always. I am marching to the last semester of senior year slowly, but also fast. It's definitely scary. It's also almost time for searching a job, such and such.Growing up is a scary process.
I had a very relaxing spring break last week. I went to Chicago to meet up with my friend Jocelyn. She is my best friend from high school in China. She came to U.S. a year before me and graduated from Kansas University. For some reasons, we haven't seen each other for almost two years. Anyway, we stayed with a Cameroon friend 20 minutes away from downtown Chicago. I felt like home when I was there for the whole time. Although I was unfamiliar with Chicago bus, subway, train, and almost everything, it was awesome to be there.It was also familiar because it's city system. Tons of walking, transportation taking, and people surrounding, we loved it. It's like home far away from my own home. It was awesome enough to just wander in the city but doing nothing. I like that. However, it's creepy because there are way more homeless people than I thought. The metro is old and smelly. I think the metro is old not only in this city, but also in New York. I understand they have been here for a long time, but it should be maintained well to represent the city. Well, I am glad enough to go everywhere without driving.
My Cameroon friend, Vitavi, made Cameroon dish for us. She made plantains, baked fish, and stir fried for us. They were delicious. Jocelyn and I took Vitavi to Chinatown to have dim sum and walked around in the town. I probably gained 10 pounds over that week. Jocelyn and I ate so much at downtown and Chinatown. We didn't miss any chance of going to the real Chinese food place. :P Man, it was good!
Now I am back to the little town and drive around. I do like the small city which is peaceful and quiet.
The 9th week of school was over. Just can't believe how time flies, as always. I am marching to the last semester of senior year slowly, but also fast. It's definitely scary. It's also almost time for searching a job, such and such.Growing up is a scary process.
I had a very relaxing spring break last week. I went to Chicago to meet up with my friend Jocelyn. She is my best friend from high school in China. She came to U.S. a year before me and graduated from Kansas University. For some reasons, we haven't seen each other for almost two years. Anyway, we stayed with a Cameroon friend 20 minutes away from downtown Chicago. I felt like home when I was there for the whole time. Although I was unfamiliar with Chicago bus, subway, train, and almost everything, it was awesome to be there.It was also familiar because it's city system. Tons of walking, transportation taking, and people surrounding, we loved it. It's like home far away from my own home. It was awesome enough to just wander in the city but doing nothing. I like that. However, it's creepy because there are way more homeless people than I thought. The metro is old and smelly. I think the metro is old not only in this city, but also in New York. I understand they have been here for a long time, but it should be maintained well to represent the city. Well, I am glad enough to go everywhere without driving.
My Cameroon friend, Vitavi, made Cameroon dish for us. She made plantains, baked fish, and stir fried for us. They were delicious. Jocelyn and I took Vitavi to Chinatown to have dim sum and walked around in the town. I probably gained 10 pounds over that week. Jocelyn and I ate so much at downtown and Chinatown. We didn't miss any chance of going to the real Chinese food place. :P Man, it was good!
Now I am back to the little town and drive around. I do like the small city which is peaceful and quiet.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
1st update in 2014
Oh my goodness! Seems like I've already abandoned my blog. Haven't updated since last December. Well, it's just 1.5 months ago. Not terrible. :P
After the last post...oh wait! I have to go back and review what I wrote last time. OK...done. Found some grammar problems, but that's fine. It's not my 1st language anyway. :P No need to stress out.
So I went to Florida with three other Chinese girls for 16 days, which was terrific!!! That was so awesome! Going to Florida in one of my winter breaks was always on my list. Now I can finally cross that out.We had a great time in Disney World, Universal Studio, beaches, and Keys. We spent our last day of 2013 at the Southernmost Point, which was unforgettable.
I should have written down my journey to Florida. It might take me a long time if I do it now. So I am not going to start. :P Overall, it was very very good. I am so glad I did that trip in the winter before this semester. This is the 4th week of being senior student. I used to say "when can I graduat?" all the time, but now, it's almost here! It's already 4th week. Man.
Everybody around me has become soooo busy. I don't even see my neighbors a lot at school, weird! But, I understand how busy we can get. The weather has been so unpredictable. We already had two school-cancelled days. For us, school-cancelled day doesn't mean you can lie in bed and sleep in. All my fellows studied so hard to catch up or finished their additional assignment. Seriously I would like to go to class instead of day off. But it's dangerous to hit the road. So it's nice overall. I did go sledding today with some students from the dorm.:P In return, I studied 7 hours straight at Starbucks. Fun snow day. :)
I have been making food for myself this semester, which is much much healthier. I got the rice cooker from my host sister who just got married. Thanks to the rice cooker. ^^
It's still Chinese New Year now in China. Facetimed with my family a couple of times. It was a little bit hard to see all my family was there but me, although I am used to be away from home. Still.
Went to my Chinese friend's restaurant and had New Year Eve dinner with them. SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD!!! We had hotpot. I think I posted something about hotpot looooooooooong time ago. Basically, it's a steaming pot with broth and a table of various ingredients, which can be vegetables and meet. Then you put whatever you like into the pot and wait for them to be cooked. So it's just continuous fresh food all the time. Oh man. It was so delicious. It was a bless!
Hummm. there's no much going on except studying. and you don't want to hear too much about that. So ta ta for now. :P
After the last post...oh wait! I have to go back and review what I wrote last time. OK...done. Found some grammar problems, but that's fine. It's not my 1st language anyway. :P No need to stress out.
So I went to Florida with three other Chinese girls for 16 days, which was terrific!!! That was so awesome! Going to Florida in one of my winter breaks was always on my list. Now I can finally cross that out.We had a great time in Disney World, Universal Studio, beaches, and Keys. We spent our last day of 2013 at the Southernmost Point, which was unforgettable.
I should have written down my journey to Florida. It might take me a long time if I do it now. So I am not going to start. :P Overall, it was very very good. I am so glad I did that trip in the winter before this semester. This is the 4th week of being senior student. I used to say "when can I graduat?" all the time, but now, it's almost here! It's already 4th week. Man.
Everybody around me has become soooo busy. I don't even see my neighbors a lot at school, weird! But, I understand how busy we can get. The weather has been so unpredictable. We already had two school-cancelled days. For us, school-cancelled day doesn't mean you can lie in bed and sleep in. All my fellows studied so hard to catch up or finished their additional assignment. Seriously I would like to go to class instead of day off. But it's dangerous to hit the road. So it's nice overall. I did go sledding today with some students from the dorm.:P In return, I studied 7 hours straight at Starbucks. Fun snow day. :)
I have been making food for myself this semester, which is much much healthier. I got the rice cooker from my host sister who just got married. Thanks to the rice cooker. ^^
It's still Chinese New Year now in China. Facetimed with my family a couple of times. It was a little bit hard to see all my family was there but me, although I am used to be away from home. Still.
Went to my Chinese friend's restaurant and had New Year Eve dinner with them. SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD!!! We had hotpot. I think I posted something about hotpot looooooooooong time ago. Basically, it's a steaming pot with broth and a table of various ingredients, which can be vegetables and meet. Then you put whatever you like into the pot and wait for them to be cooked. So it's just continuous fresh food all the time. Oh man. It was so delicious. It was a bless!
Hummm. there's no much going on except studying. and you don't want to hear too much about that. So ta ta for now. :P
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