Chicken Fried Rice!

Yesterday, I tried my hand at making chicken fried rice.  That fact that I am alive here today to tell you this tale should be label my endeavor as a success.  I got the recipe from the internet and with the watchful of my Asian roommate, I was able to successfully put it together.  I cooked the chicken, steamed the rice, cut up vegetables, and cooked an egg.  In the end, I tossed them all in a wok and cooked it through.  Along with my ability to make egg drop soup, I can practically make a full Asian cuisine.  Not really, but I tell myself that.

Next up, making Pakistani food.  Personally, I'm pretty far from this since my attempt at daal was an epic fail.  My mom even measured out all the spices and tossed them in a bag for me.  Asian works for the time being.

Third block has begun.  I've found that I have more free time and I am still able to keep up with my work.  This is a good thing, since I'll be taking it easy starting at the end of this week.  I'm even thinking about participating in the bhangra group for the AUC talent show.  Along with the martial arts group, there are a lot of things to try out.  Almost seems like undergrad again.

On Sunday, we watched the USA vs. Canada Olympic ice hockey game.  The underdog US team won against the very talented Canadian team.  The crowd at the casino was ruckus and drawn on very national lines.  Every goal with followed by cheers for the US or Canada.  Glad to see people getting into hockey, even if it was mainly because of the national bragging rights.  Personally, I was a little conflicted watching since Marleau, Thornton, Heatley, and Boyle all skated for Team Canada.  Whenever they came on the screen, I looked away because I couldn't bear rooting against them.  I was called out a couple of times, but we're also talking about my favorite player in hockey.  Overall, it was a very entertaining game.

Before we went to the casino, we also got together and played some StarCraft on campus.  It was a fun couple of hours.  We had 5 people so we played from FFA and then a game of 3v2.  Hopefully, we can play a few more times before the semester ends, depending on everyone's schedule.

Eight more weeks until I get to go home..

It's February Already?

Blocks are around the corner which means it's time to start blogging to kill some time.  Seems like it has been a while since I have had a chance to express my thoughts.  So here's a quick rundown on my life.  I've been making it to class pretty consistently for the last 6 weeks.  I think I've only missed 3 days of class and one of those times was to make it to a doctor's appointment.  I've noticed that if you pay attention during class, you have much less to do when it comes time to opening your books and studying.  The extra time has been good to me, since I have been able to make it to the gym, play basketball, and watch more StarCraft pro-gamer videos.

It's a sick addiction, but there is so much of it on YouTube that I have a nearly inexhaustible supply.  I'd feel worse if I was one of only a handful of people who did it, but watching this stuff is really popular.  I've even improved on my own game when I play, since I have a better understanding.

This Monday will be part two of my traditional semester game plan; do well on the first two exams and ride it out to the end.  It works out well and keeps me pretty stress-free for the entire semester.

The only painful aspect has been the memorization for Med Micro.  Brute memorization has never been interesting to me.  Give me concepts and let me adapt them to new situations.  This is actually how Physio works, but Med Micro continues to annoy me.  Luckily, I found a flashcard program for the iPhone, so I have created a better way to study than sit there and stare at pages of paper.

Today was our last day of ICM 3.  We were given a check off to figure out whether we learned the new parts of the physical examination (heart, lungs, and abdomen).  I pretty much had it all down, so it went by quickly.  Next semester, we get new preceptors, so it will be interesting to see who we get.  Our current guy was pretty good.  He made sure we were on top of the reading, but he was also pretty reasonable in our interviews and worked with us most of the time.  I think he tried to make it fun and informative.  If we didn't have three other classes, I would have had the time to actually enjoy, but that was not the case.  For now, I will enjoy having my afternoons back again.  Now I can nap in peace and not find myself waking up in the evenings.

And I think that is about it from me, so I will get back to studying and hopefully finish up early tonight.