study?

with two midterms and two finals next week, naturally it is time to blog =D

school this quarter doesn't seem quite as intimidating as it did last quarter for some reason... i just haven't felt the same pressure that i felt last quarter to study ^^;;; so here's a little insight into my life so far this year~

school - currently taking microbiology, oral radiology, foundations of pharmacology, cariology, behavioral science, quality assurance, conservative direct restorations, and overview of demography, epidemiology and statistics. microbiology and pharmacology are both 3 week courses which is good because it just means there less material to cram the night before =D unfortunately, the finals in those classes happen to coincide with the midterms in radiology and conservative direct restorations... and so, less than 5 days away from impending failure, i am here blogging XD

classes this quarter are quite interesting... the theory behind radiology (x-rays and stuff) has a lot of physics based stuff, so it's not too bad. in restorations, we finally get to drill teeth~ well.. fake ones... haha... it's harder than it looks. i'll show you my failures when i remember to take pictures of them ^^;; in cariology we learn about caries (the bacterial disease that causes cavities) and a bunch of interesting tidbits that are pretty cool~ for instance, did you know that if you're going to eat sweets, you should brush your teeth before eating them??? that's because when you brush your teeth, you remove the biofilm (the layer of bacteria) on the surface of the teeth and prevent the sugars you eat from being converted to acid, which demineralizes the teeth. according to the research, the sugars are converted to acid almost immediately and begin to demineralize the tooth, but without the bacteria, the sugars can't be processed and your teeth won't be demineralized. good to know, right?? =D

for school, we were required to purchase loupes, which are basically a pair of really expensive fugly glasses with magnifying lenses attached to the front. i finally got mine over winter break, but i hadn't gotten the prescription put in until now... because i am for all practical purposes nearly blind, i need to get special thinner lenses so they won't be like 3 inches thick... lenscrafters wanted like $400 for my lenses so i said no, and went to find some place in san gabriel that would do it for less... and i found....
"ICU Optometry" hahaha pure genius. i must've laughed about that name for a good minute =D

they had my glasses done for me for a mere $150 bwahhahha and now i can finally use them to help me see my fake teeth when i drill ^^

enough about school.. recently, in my ever-failing resolution to be somewhat healthy, i bought power pushups from costco =D they're hard to do... but i have managed to do up to about 80 of them in a day ^^;; i can feel muscles forming already, but i dunno how long this will keep up haha... with any luck i'll be better about it than i am about blogging :P

and since mike didn't want to risk getting me these instant noodles that have meat in them from taiwan... he delegated his friend to do the smuggling for him hahah. if you ever go to taiwan, you MUST eat these instant noodles... (the bag says 滿漢大餐麻辣鍋牛肉麵) they go for like 40nt in a bowl form at pretty much any 7-11 or family mart =D when he gave me the bag, i was salivating already hahah... i finally cooked one today... so good~~ the 花椒 numbing my tongue, the richness of the soup... chewiness of the noodles... ahhh.... writing this is making me salivate some more haha

and now i want to go to taiwan again :(

ok enough screwing around for today ^^;; time to get some studying done~