awkward and interesting......

okay...so finally moved into the dorms and got everything settled (sort of). It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. My dad took a day off work to help me move (how sweet) and mom got everything settled in the room for me (wow I'm so dependent). I didn't think I was going to have enough space in my double room, but it turns out there was more space than I needed to fit all of my stuff. Besides that, i like my roommate as well (not that anyone else cares).

Anyway, had my orientation yesterday for school. Oh my god, first four hours of gruelling experience where I had to listen to every department from financial aid to people who fix the computer...after an hour of active listening all I remember was blah blah blah blah.........
Then was four hours of Occupational therapy department orientation, which surprisingly seemed to go a lot faster and was somewhat interesting. It was just basic introduction to the program (mostly technical stuff), professors (I like them so far), and other student. During the student orientation each one of has had to stand up and introduce ourselves (I hate speaking in public) it was awkward, but everyone seems nice and hopefully I get more relaxed next time (was so nervous).

Okay, enough about me. SO we were given our schedule for first year: anatomy and physiology w/ lab; foundation of ot w/ lab; research methodology; therapeutic media and kinesiology and biomechanics w/ lab. Everyone I've talked to so far says that it is very intense but the overachiever that i am, I'm also working around 15 hours a week. The cool thing is that I get paid to study, well at least that's what my boss said. Cannot wait to get back into the school mode and work. I just love the rush of studying all night before exams, rushing to do the paper (hopefully, I don't procrastinate like undergrad), doing research, going to the lab. WOW I am such a NERD.

Anyway, gotta go and pack. I packed my books, my roommate is saying I'm not gona touch those books, but darn it I'm gona consciously make an effort to TOUCH the books (I paid a lot of money for them). Yeh four day weekend. Will definitely start writing on regular basis about the fun/hard/interesting ot stuff (less about my personal life)....maybe....

I'm not ready :(

okay so finally done packing and will be moving tomorrow in the dorms. My mom always says: "you will learn from your mistakes", but I never do. I always procrastinate with everything...even things I shouldn't. I mean, I had the whole freaking month of august to pack but no as usually I waited until the last moment to pack and of course without any way of organizing it I went crazy and packed everything that I thought I needed. I figured i'll just get make a list of things i need when i'm missing them and really really need them. Hopefully, this doesn't happen when I'm in school. definitely can't afford to procrastinate in grad school. From what friends in grad school tell me, procrastinating will get you so far behind that there is no way of catching up. ....

so moving to the dorms tomorrow...so not looking forward to sharing tiny space with another person, not to mention sharing the bathroom with all at least three people (YIKES). I've heard some horror stories about dorm bathrooms (stuff gets stolen, people end up using your stuff) Gross....there will be blood if someone uses my razor...I can forgive anything but I hate people who have no respect for other people's property.

Besides from the dorm thing, I'm definitely excited to start school. Sooooo excited to start classes, especially anatomy. One of the main reasons I chose this program was the fact that offers whole year of anatomy, with cadavers. i think this will make things so much easier when dealing with clients, especially with ortho. Not just clients, it also helps working with other health professionals.

well gotta go get my beauty sleep and be ready to move tomorrow

leaving home :(

OMG....spent the whole day shopping for school. I never thought its going to be so overwhelming. Being a pack rat that I am, its so frustrating to cut down my list of ABSOLUTELY necessary stuff . Come on...everything is necessary at one point. i mean, there is a reason I bought all the stuff at one point or another.. because it was absolutely necessary. Since I didn't have to move out for undergraduate, I didn't really experience the frustration and these weird emotions I'm feeling. I never thought I would be so scared to move out. Wow, I guess I took everything for granted. Moving out is like setting up a new household....actually moving to a dorm room (as I will be) and sharing a room with a total stranger is more scary than setting up a new household. At least, in a new household you know the person, even though they're probably as annoying as the total stranger (oops becoming too personal). Anyway....

i just don't know where to start. I started a list of things I needed but I don't think I can fit all the stuff in my room ...I might just have to have friend go over the list and cross of the things I really don't need...because I can't build up the courage to cross of all of my collection of Buddhas (I mean girl needs her luck, right!!) all right gona go back to watching the Olympics...

Oh, and yes I really do have a large collection of Buddhas ( as well as books on Buddhism)....can you say crazy (obsessed)
7:56pm

Crazy me....

hmmm...uhhhh this is my first blog ever and I'm so scared. The fear mostly come from my crazy crazy mind and how it works. my brain just wanders from one thing to another and I have tendency to bable on and on and on....about random stuff, so hopefully none of the readers (hmmmm.....hopefully not a psychologist) get confused and totally go crazy trying to figure out what the heck I'm writting and please don't send me any emails about my gramer mistakes....trust me I know I need to improve my writting skills....but I'm using Freewriting (write everything that pops into my mind)....

a little background would be nice...I am 24 years old, a first year OT student (yeh class of 2010) for the entry level masters program in california. Maybe writting and watching olympics wasn't a good idea, totally distracted. Anyway, I graduated in Biopsychology last year, and took a year of before going back to school. that decision was due to many reason: money (mainly), nervousness, doubts.....Finally applied for MOT program and yeh got in. I really can't say that I'm an expert in occupational therapy, as I just learned about it last year; however, I can be sure that it is the profession for me becasue it combines all of my passions: biology, psychology, most importantly helping people. I mean come on what other field helps a person to do what they really really love. I really hadn't come across any other field that was so powerfull that it affects everything in a one's life....from getting up to performing ADL's and to doing things that one loves. I am really really exicited to start my program and learn about this great (sadly...not really familar to many) profession.

The reason I started blogging was to record my experiences about OT student. One day, I hope I can go back and look at my acheivements, failures (or as my inner self calls it unexpected achievements), life in general so I improve improve and improve....

all right I think I ran out of my multitasking brain power...Gona go back to focusing on Olympics and ice cream in the freezer....