NeverGonnaGrowUp says...

ahhhhhhhhhhhh
for some stupid reason my final exam (supposed to be on monday) became unlocked

and then i accidentally logged into it

and now my final exam starts and will end at 1pm sharp.

CRAPPPPP!!!! and i can't reach my prof!!!!!!

Peter says...

"4th to 17th - Karen & Gordon in EUR!" AWWWWWWwwwwww =P

on a another note, namely, regarding exams:
GAH!

Karen says...

sidebar updated!! w00t!!

Joanne says...

My travel schedule is a little hectic in May/June but here goes...

May 24th - May 27th: in Vancouver
May 27th - June 1st: in Edmonton
June 1st - June 3rd: in Vancouver
June 3rd - June 9th: in Edmonton
then it's back to Toronto

June 21st - June 26th: in Chicago

Ok, so the last little bit doesn't really apply to anyone, but I thought I'd share 8p.

I didn't use up any vacation time this year yet so it's very probable I'll be back in the summer sometime!

Stephen says...

Wow. You win. That really sucks. I don't lose the summer to clinic until summer of third year.

Joyce says...

Steve, our school year officially ends on June 29th, and starting from July, we start full-on training at the clinic as 3rd years. There's a study break from Aug 3rd to Sep during which we'll have to study like there's no tomorrow and take the board exam sometime in mid-late August.
Right now we have on average about 30hrs/week of school time with lectures and labs, 1 exam and 1 practical/week, and this will continue till June, when we start clinic AND have 2 exams/week.

wonderful, just wonderful

Stephen says...

Summer is definitely not here. I don't know about Joyce, but the meds and dents here go until the end of May.

Boooooo!!!!

Karen says...

next week??? already??? darnit. hehehe. that's pretty awesome. 1st year law, piece of cake! over just like that... =P

Peter says...

haha, you want it to be next month don't you? heck, you want it to be may 2008... but no, unfortunately for you, it's next week... =)

Stephen says...

Joyce: we're supposed to remind them to have proper oral hygeine and not pick their noses.

We're going to try and come back to town at some point, but it's so up in the air right now that I can't give any dates.

Karen says...

30th of this month or the next?

Peter says...

got tiks booked for the 30th

Joyce says...

summer!! *sob*

steve, if med being just about acronyms is sad, here's our "take home lesson" after aaalllll the time spent on cardiovascular pathology
-- prescribe prophylactic antibiotics to all patients with heart problems so that if you get sued, you can argue you've done your job right.

vivienne says...

YAYYYY summer is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs around*

We should do something together!!!!!!

Karen says...

hi people!

now that summer is finally upon us, well close enough =P (w00t!!), people please do notify me/the blog of summer travel plans with dates so i can update the p&c travel itinerary on the side! this is especially important if such plans including coming back to vancouver so that people will know that you're in town! i think, joanne, you're coming back in may sometime?? chris in july sometime?? ms. joyce in august sometime?? starphen?? cindy?? peterli?? mr. i'm-too-cool-to-email-karen-back?? and *sigh* also outgoing dates, ie gary. thankya. =)

Stephen says...

Releases potassium where? Besides, it's pretty easy to find an injection mark on a body.

I still think the easiest way to get away with it is to make it look like an accident. Either that or kill the person with a falling icicle, then bury the body under snow. When the snow melts, the icicle is gone and so's your murder weapon.

While we're on the subject, read Roald Dahl's short story "A Lamb to the Slaughter". Then see what you say.

vivienne says...

So, Joanne....if I get your drift......I should use...some KCl on my students?...

Joanne says...

Speaking of not leaving any mark...I just learned the other day that the perfect murder involves injecting someone with a whole whack of potassium chloride. The potassium will lethally lower the blood pressure, and since the body releases potassium upon death anyhow, no one will ever suspect foul play was at hand.........

vivienne says...

*shudders to think of how many times she has touched Tim's shoulders*

Haha...phone book eh? How about the Miller-Levine Biology textbook instead?

Stephen says...

Yeah. At least he doesn't have any bruises. Viv - if you're going to smoke some kid, do it with a phone book so it doesn't leave marks.

Peter says...

apparently tim's sex organs are located in his shoulder... hey, we're all special in one way or another right?

vivienne says...

Tim: Uh....I don't see how punching a kid in an arm constitutes sexual abuse. LOL...you are REALLY stretching things. :P

Pete: That's uh....great....*looks outside her window frantically while she types this*

Peter says...

i'll do even better... i just told Vancouver Police about the 'incident' - gave them ur address too... hopefully your jail term will be long enough to teach you that you just can't go around punching people, viv...

Tim says...

If I was the kid I'd charge you for physical and sexual abuse.

vivienne says...

Hahahha.....I'm just glad I don't have to deal with needles. I hate needles. They're evil....okay, they're not evil if *I'm* the one brandishing them.....

I actually punched one of my Gr. 11 students in the arm today. LOL....I wonder if I'm going to get into trouble for that...

Tim says...

Wow you missed that big of a vein? Actually that's ok, I've done something similar where I was in the vein...but then the needle came out because I did not have it in far enough. That is the problem when you have big bulging veins, you tend not to stick the needle in too far.

Stephen says...

Right. "Facebook". Because "fucking" will never fall out of style.

We had to take blood from each other at school. We also gave each other injections.

If you thought having nurses do it was bad, try poking the shit out of your friends and not feeling terrible about it. I missed a vein on a man who was 6'8"! It's like missing a Mr. Sketch marker in someone's arm!

vivienne says...

Well, Karen, I have to say that your last blog encouraged me to write back on P&C: Blogspot....haha...

It's just the way you called "Facebook" f******** that sounded like an extended swear word that amused me....hahaha....

Anyway...I've had problems with my google login, which is why I haven't been able to post for a while, but it's working now! :)

Karen says...

*looks around at quiet blog*

*shrug*

perhaps when f******* is no longer 'trendy' and they launch a friendster2008...

*sigh*

Karen says...

peterli: haha, true!! the sad part of this is the bad name she gives to all females who are even slightly attractive and aspires to go into politics. the question is, did she frolick around in government because of all the criticism or do people criticize because they know she just wants to frolick. haha. nopes, i was not too surprised, though i was when she crossed the floor.

Peter says...

yeah, i think the people of canada should feel used... she totally just used us for political gratification... we're just another piece of meat to her... *sigh* she never really cared

(haha i'm probably one of the few people who didn't see this coming)

Karen says...

aside comment: oh ms. stronach.

Karen says...

they do that in toronto too?? i've been a "randomized", "normal", "young 20s female" control blood sample twice now. i allowed them to just suck blood from my arm on some lab bench with just some ethanol and the same syringe and needle i use for protein extraction for a 5 dollar starbucks card. fair enough. hehehe. but yikes, i never had that much trouble giving blood either.

Joanne says...

Eeek, your post totally made me cringe, Cindy! That's ok...in hospital studies, a convenient way to gather "control" samples was to collect blood from random grad students. Asian girls were always difficult. Normally, the nurse would just give up on obtaining a sample...until they see me standing beside my friend with two big, bulging veins on my right arm. Therefore, you just have to find less persistent nurses, or friends with very visible and accessible veins ;).

NeverGonnaGrowUp says...

thoroughly enjoyed your albums joyce :)

so today i starved for over 16 hours so i can get my blood drawn for lipid analysis (class requirement)
and the nurse just couldnt get any blood...and 2 holes on my right arm, 1 hole on my left arm,...they finally got blood from the back of my right hand near my knuckle of the index finger. the second hole on my right arm and esp the hand one HURT LIKE HELL......AHHHHHHH...

no one has ever had this much problem drawing blood from me until ive gotten to albany. GOD. (dont think i've gotten my blood drawn by anyone other than my dad's nurses tho. maybe they are used to small asian veins) I HATE NEEDLES WITH A PASSION...

Joyce says...

two things
1) It's not a secret that Frank Sinatra donated the money to build the auditorium I sit in everyday, but I learned today that not only he participated in the design AND he donated a piano as well. The music school people are going to have a concert here and came in earlier today to check out the condition. They were jealous, of both the auditorium and piano. BAH!!! omg. A PIANO! A GOOD ONE? AND I SIT IN THE SAME ROOM WITH IT FOR THE PAST 7 MONTHS AND DON'T GET TO SEE NOR PLAY??? I want my tuition back.

2) injecting into your incisive foramen sounds REALLY painful

Stephen says...

Learn to love it. It's the stuff dreams are made of.

Karen says...

oh how i wish i liked avocado...

Joyce says...

Steve, it's not photoshoped. And I ate a pouch of it in two sittings. It's gooood.
This is Trade Joe's own brand, so unless they decide to go north, I don't think you can get it in Canada.

quoting this article: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0813/is_4_30/ai_100959897

But if you want authentic guacamole, pick up some Trader Joe's Avocado's Number or AvoClassic. What's inside the plastic pouch that's inside the box is pure
guacamole--nothing but mashed avocado, onion, vinegar, hot peppers, salt, and
garlic. It's as fresh and as creamy good as any guacamole you've ever tasted,
and well worth the 90 calories

Stephen says...

Was that photoshopped? If not, where do I purchase said guacamole?

Joyce says...

I've posted my spring break pictures on Picasa
http://picasaweb.google.com/joyceyhkao

Peter says...

wow, you posted a pic just for karen? what a good friend...

Joyce says...

For those who don't facebook, here's something I want to share.

Karen says...

ben: i would try emailing people to see if they're interested since very few people actually frequent this site anymore... *sigh*.

Unknown says...

Hi all, 2 things:
1. Don't even mention old... For some reason I thought I was turning 22 yesterday... Today I realized I was born in 83 and 2007-1983 does not equal 22. OMG all of a sudden it makes sense everyone around me is either married or getting married...

2. Canucks playoff tickets. So this year, they're apprently not selling by ticketmaster, but only via phone and internet. Is anyone interested? The prices are $80-300/ticket. If you are, keep reading. Here's what I propose. The tickets go on sale Saturday April 7 at 10 AM. And I'll bet it'll be pretty hard to log onto their internet site. Moreover, the phone lines will probably be somewhat clogged. So if a few of us starts phoning in like around 9:59, and just keep trying... one of us will probably get through early enough to book tickets. They're limiting a max of 4 per customer. So is anyone interested in going to round1 playoffs or what?

Stephen says...

Happy 24^th birthdays, lads! I know it's late, but it's better than never.

I'll mention ages because you're old and so am I.

I just went to a concert where one of the bands playing was made up of teenagers, their oldest member just turned 22 (they were not the ones I went to see, they were just an opening act). Half of the crowd was still wearing braces and trying to get people to buy them beer. Also, my friend and I freaked some girl out while waiting in line for drinks because we were talking about the merits of the public versus private school system.

Talk about making me feel old...