departure

so i've made up my mind.
I'm moving over to http://dragonflyin.wordpress.com/

iphone

so I've been suck into the world of iphone. immediate uploads on facebook, constant updates on my friends' whereabouts and best of all, regular contact with friends from home.
its a love and hate relationships with the iphone and i admit i am an addict now. I was hoping that with the iphone i'll be able to blog more but i'm stuck at the first step now. Should I switch to wordpress because of the free app or should i pay $1.99 for an app. Let just say I am a scrooge and the only app I bought was 99cents whatsapp. $1.99 sounds exorbitant but I really dont want to abandon dragonflyin.blogspot. either. help~

Security Alert

You know the weather's getting better when you start receiving security alerts. Zero alerts over winter because its too cold but the numbers increase when the weather warms up.

March 18, 2010

Security Alert

At approximately 11:55 p.m., Wednesday, March 17 – a graduate student walking alone at 56^th Street and Dorchester Avenue was approached from behind and struck on the head with a blunt object causing a non-life threatening injury. An unknown suspect took the man’s wallet and fled. The victim was transported to the hospital by Chicago Fire Department EMS ambulance.

Police are investigating.

When out at night, try to have a friend walk with you. There is safety in numbers.

Friday night dinner turned suprised birthday party

our italian dinner

it was a normal stay-in friday night dinner with the room mates. Then the room mates got really busy, bringing the trash down, "trash is really hard to sort" comments, Sara running in and out of the house, people banging on our door and, "SURPRISE!" a huge gathering of people outside our house, party poppers and 2 cakes! I was truly surprised even though nobody believes me. (Sometimes when you lie too much, nobody believes your truths)

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It was really nice having friends over for a party. a party for me. I was sort of in a daze the whole night. My birthday? That quick? Its that time of the year again? Its the last thing on my mind at this point, really. Such a different perspective from college years where March was always a month of anticipations and celebrations. My second birthday abroad but I'm glad I never have to celebrate it alone. There's always people around me trying to guess my age and share the cake and celebrations together. I am blessed with friends wherever I am and I am grateful. However, a tinge of bittersweet trickles down my heart. Where will I be next year? Who will I be with? An uncertain path I embarked on 2 years ago, no regrets, only more and more stories to carry with me along the way.
leaving you with some pics. more to come on facebook.

policy brief

my first attempt into the world of policy writing. Definitely not my forte but it was an exciting first try, will probably be my last one too. I am sticking to Clinical work, I'm more at ease doing that.

Policy brief on child care in Chicago

the proud nerdy writers!

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in the midst of finals

despite having 3 papers due this week, i couldn't bear to miss the Oscars. so my room mates and i randomly put together some food, flopped in front of the tv for the next few hours and worked on our papers. this week needs to pass quickly...

How many computers does a graduate student need?

Week 10 is coming up. I have 3 papers to complete by this weekend. While everyone has 1 more week till finals week, I'll be done by next week. Pressing on. Pardon me for the limited post at this point. Looking forward to SPRING BREAK! SUN.BEACH.FREEDOM. I'm coming.