My Interview

How did I do?

I meant to post this early but I was so busy with other things.


Thanks for the tips on interview. They do recycle the essay questions. I went there and there was another girl waiting to be interviewed at the same time. We had our interviews in thelibrary. I had to write essay whilte she was being interviewd and the other way. The interviewer was kind of young. It is laid back and nice. He mostly asked from the sheets he got. You know they have two parts for interviews. He flicked through my file (the one I see the the first time) and asked me some questions (like how many school I applied, my volunteer work) and wrote notes under the questions. Oh when he looked my file, he saw that I went to Hunter College in NY and he asked me whether it was the one on Lexington Ave. And he saw the letter from NYHQ volunteer office and he said SGU students went rotation there. That was good right?

The second part was where he asked questions like---
*Why do you want to be doctor? What do you see yourself in 15 years?
*How did you feel about your education?
*How is your potential for your education?
*How would I feel living in 3rd world country?

You know those questions. And we were talking about Burma (where I came from) and suddently he asked me how do I feel about youth in asia. I was like--humm why did he asked. I answered like they are influenced by western value. And he was like no it is not what he meant and he repeated it carefully. It was euthanasia. I was like oh sorry and I answered the question. (Is that a bad sign?) And he also asked about abortion.

Then he told me to get the other girl who was writing her essay and he explained about SGU and the Grenada. We asked questions. The whole interviews for me and her took only 50 minutes or so. When he explained about school and island, he mostly looked at the other girl, not me. I don't know that meant he talked to her because she is the one who will get in? I am a little afraid. It is not that I have bad profile. I have 31 MCAT with 3.5 gpa and 3.39 science gpa. I had done volunteer works and a lot of extracurricular activities. I had good recommendation letters. I didn't mensioned in the application about my publication. I am a coauthor not the main one though. I am afraid that he didn't really see my file because he just flicked trough it. May be he will read later? I don't want to get another reject letter like I have been getting from US school. I hope every thing will be ok and I will get in. I hope I see someone I know on internet when I am in SGU.

Thanks again for good advices.

Interveiw with St. George's University

Here I was waiting and checking my e-mail 3 times a day to see when the inteview coordinator will contact me. Yesterday, when I check mail, there was a letter from SGU. I anxiously opened the letter and there it was, invitation for the interview. I was happy but, the interview would be in Palos Verdes (where?). It is in West Los Angeles. Since I don't drive, I need someone to give me a ride there.

The letter says that I have to call the interviewer to ask when and where exactly I will have my interview. I called Dr. A, he told me the direction to go to the Library in Palos Verdes. Guess what? He doesn't know the address. He told me to just wait in front of the library. I don't know how he looks like, so there is a problem, but you know what, it won't be so hard for him to notice me (because I will be the only person with suit in front of the library). Oh the best part is that my interview is on Monday May 16th. I have only 2 days (now 1 and 1/2 days) to get ready. It was not his fault, it was me who chosed Mon. He told me to meet him on Wed 5pm. Since my mom is away and my dad is working that day, I can't go. I called him back and he said he would be leaving somewhere on Thurs and would be coming back the week after. And he asked me whether Monday was ok. I wanted to get things done right away so I said it would be fine.

Now here I am, trying to figure out how to prepare for my interveiw and ends up broswing other people blogs. I should better be reviewing my application and also should prepare what to ask him. I think it is a good thing that I get interveiw right? I hope and wish that I will be fine. Please wish me luck if you read this.

Best Birthday gift

Totoro

You know what, I got what I really wanted for my birthday. The one I been waiting to hear from, she sent me a card and the best part was she knew what I wanted. She sent me "ToToRo" DVD. It is a japanese cartoon. I told her once that I couldn't find it. I liked that cartoon since I was like 12 or something. I wanted it so badly. Now I got it, my best friend sent it to me.

It is a best gift that she remembered me and best of all, she sent me TOTORO.

Thanks Gu.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Today is my birthday. Do you know what I got for my birthday? Here they are:
- A Spanish Test

- A Super curcuit work out with all the machines in my fitness class. And three around the tennis courts plus run up to top floor of 5 stories building and run around on top and come running back to the class.

- A treat to my self (at the Yashinoya, Japanese fast food).

- An embarassment in piano class (I totally practiced a piece with wrong keys for a month and now every one know it because we had a quiz today).

- A ride back home (my mom picked me up).

- A T-shirt from my little brother (how sweets of him to buy me a cloth on the way from his school, he is in 10th grade by the way).

- A stethoscope from my boyfriend (he sent it by priority mail with Signature comfirmation thing, but the postman just left it in from of our house which is actually on the sideway of busy street. Thank god it was not taken by any one. My brother found it when he came home. The question is why bother buying signature comfirmation if you don't need anyone signature?)

- A Birthday card from a friend of mine in Burma (we haven't had contact for like 7 months already. What a strange thing that it arrives just on my birthday)

- A diner with my mother, brother, and a guest from ohio (my dad has to work tonight).

- Three e-cards from my friends.

- Two comments on my blog (finally somene visits and cares to leave me a note)

It is a good birthday except for all those thing with test and running. Also, I don't hear any thing from one person I badly want to talk to.

Any way, Happy Birthday to MEEEEE!

My Dream

I dreamt of my best friend last night. I don't really remember what it was. It was something like we had to take a test or something. Also I have to sneak in to the place she volunteered. I don't even know whether she is volunteering right now. It was hospital and the nurses drove me out of the unit. I had to sit outside (like a waiting room). And something else, I don't know what. Dreams are weired, don't they?

I miss her a lot. I can't call her. She is busy with medical school. Since I am free, I have a lot of time in my hand, whereas she doesn't. Her finals are coming up I think. She doesn't call me too. May be she gets tired of me.

**2days to my birthday**

Bombing in Yangon

What a coincident that I was reading and watching about the twin towers the other night. It is sad to hear that there were bombings in Yangon (Burma). There were three bombings on one day within 10 minutes. What is happening? I knew it yesterday when my parents called my aunt and she freak-out because my cousins were out for shopping. The targets were supermarkets and trade center (or something) where a lot of people were there. The government said 11 died and 160 something were injured. There may be more that they don't say officially. And now the ethnic groups are the one to be blamed. No body knows who is responsible. The Shans (who lives in Shan State) are saying that the bombings could be the trick of the government. I don't care, but no body should be killed for any reason.

I hope things will be ok in Burma. Every country should be in peace.

Why?

Why do I feel sleepy all the time? Even though I went to bad early and woke up late, I still do feel sleepy. Why is that? No coffee helps me too. I feel just sleepy.

May be it is because I have been eating too much of cuisine food lately. I had 2 days of malaysian cuisine food, 1 day of Cheese cake factory, 1 day of Thai food and now I am going to eat more Thai food to night. Why do I even have to go to restaurant with my parents? Actually I don't have to, but I do want to. May 5th was my mom Birthday and she treated her friends in same malaysian restaurant for 2 days because she had to divide them into two groups. I was with both group. I have been eating too much and I can't seem to stop it. I am hungry every two hours because my stomach has began to stretch out and big by now with all the food I consumed. I don't want to feel sleepy anymore, but it is really good to eat Asian food.

If I don't go straight to bed after Thai food, I will post more.

I will never forget

I was surfing blogs and I found this Website. It makes me sad again to see the twin towers fall and I remember being there on that day. It is really sad. I was wondering if I didn't take the last train from the world trade center and if I went to CITIBANK on the plaza level, I might be the one running or even worse might be the missing one.

It is a very hard day for all of us. I couldn't sleep well for 3 months after that and every time I see something to remind me of that day, I feel sad and want to cry.

I will never forget that day and I will never forget all those people who lost their lives and all those people who helped on that day.

Good News

I received an e-mail from SGU the other day saying that I am qualify for interview. Good news. I don't know when I am going for interview and where. The interview coordinator will be contacting me in next two weeks. I just have check my e-mail every day and have to wait patiently.

Next good news that I haven't shared. I passed my driver license test for california the other week. I know it is no big deal for other people but it is for me. Don't get me wrong, I already have a license. It is NY lincense. I have been living in CA for almost a year now (exactly a year on May 15) and I don't drive. Me NO DRIVING!!! Amazing huh! I get around in this town with Buses and trains. I know I know, many of the people here have never been on the Metro (the train) in their life. They ask me how I am going around the town. I go to school with buses and I can even go to Universal Studio and Hollywood by buses or trains. Hey I am a Newyorker, remember. We use buses and subways to go around. So it is no prob for me to figure out how to get around here. It is very good that MTA in CA has a website that pretty much tells you how you can go by taking what bus or train. Cool huh? I wish NY MTA has done something like that. Anyway, that's me, using MTA effectively in Los Angeles. Now I finally get my CA lincense (actually, I haven't received the real one, but it is on its way). Thank god I don't have to retake the driving test. I just had to take the written one. And I only had a chance to get wrong 3 answers out of 36 questions. I did it with one wrong answer. I am pretty proud of myself. I know it is nothing but I feel great.

Another good news. I applied to Ross University (the other carribean med school in Dominica) last year. I couldn't go there due to my immigration problems (No valid passport, no citizenship). So I didn't go to the May 2004 class and my application was deactivated. I called Ross the other day and asked what I should do if I want to go this year. They said I just had to send a new application (since they want updated info) and the best thing is that I don't have to pay the application fee again or I don't have to go through the interview process again. Good, huh? It was because I reported my problems to the interview (who happened to be associate dean of Admission) and he put a note in my file. So I am all set if I can send them my application and oh I forgot, the latest transcript from my school. I am so happy that I have a school to fall back on.

Enough of the good news. And nobody reads my blog anyway. This blog is for myself.

Lunch-sized pasta

menu_Sheilas_Blackened_Chicken_Pasta
Originally uploaded by malikha.

I had never been to the Cheese Cake Factory before. It is a restaurant and bakery. One reason I never been there was it was kind of expensive (a slice of cheese cake is like $6) and the other reason was I couldn't make anyone go with me. Yesterday, after I finished my class, I decided that it was the day to have lunch there. There I was in the Cheese Cake Factory, lunching ALONE, trying to figure out what to order, I saw the pasta menu and saw that they offered also in lunch-sized order. Hummm, I usually don't eat pasta but what the hack.

I ordered Sheila's Blackened Chicken Pasta and Iced coffee mocha for drink. I asked the waiter to make lunch-sized for the pasta. The pasta came with hug plate (about 1 ft) with nice chicken breast flavored with some spices, tomatos and bell pepper.

I thought this plate was the lunch-sized? How big would the regular size would be?
Anyway, I tried to finish it, but I could 't because of the all those warm bread I consumed before the arrival of blackened Chicken pasta. I finished the chicken and I asked for my check. I was so curious that I had to ask that question.

Me: I have a question. This is a lunch-sized, right?
Waiter: Amm, I believe so. Let me ask.
Me: (confused) It is just too big for me that's all.
Waiter: I be right back.
He went off to the back and talked to some guy.
A moment later..
Waiter: I talked to the manager and he would make sure that you will be charged for lunch-sized.
Me: (really confused) What? This is not a lunch-sized?
Waiter: I am so sorry.
Me: I didn't mean to complain. Since it was too big, I just want to know how much bigger the regular size is.
Waiter: I am sorry.
Me: That's ok. So that wasn't a lunc-sized then.
Waiter: It was a regular size.

No wonder, I thought the plate was big. No wonder, I couldn't finish the plate. No wonder I felt so full. It was a regular-sized plate. I ate 4/5 of it.