Good morning, world!
Q: Why on earth am I up at 10 am in the middle of my winter break, two days after xmas and three days before New Years when my average wake up time for this break has literally been 3 pm?
A: Like the 281573856873648364921 other American premeds out there, I set my alarm for 9am to register for the April MCAT online. Naiively believing that it would be a painless 30 second ordeal, I even propped my laptop right next to my bed at eye-level so I could just roll over and register then go back to sleep hopefully without ever leaving REM sleep. Then it would all just seem like a bad dream. ha.. ha...
If there's anything even remotely meaningful my premed journey has taught me so far, it's that NOTHING, I emphasize *NOTHING* ever comes easily to a premed. We have to claw, bite, and maul our way through everything usually without any sort of compensation. Take this morning for example. A 30 second done deal dragged on to 30 minutes... an hour... an hour and still running... Iyr62q48oyhfrlywarfiuaey gah! go to sleep and stop congesting AAMC traffic, people!! I would love nothing more than to go back to sleep and wake up maybe around 5 pm and just take the leftover spots. Unfortunately this whole process has me riled up, plus the inner premed is still wistful... like the abused puppy that still waits by the door and wags its tail when it sees its aggressor... or like the average lazy person waiting for the elevator, feeling a little guilty for not taking the stairs but unwilling to leave because we all know the split moment u head up those stairs the elevator will come... plus you've already pressed the button anyway, right?
Seriously these recurrent error signals due to heavy user traffic is making me want to stab myself in the foot and jab out my eye. But of course secular weapons won't suffice to inflict any sort of mortal wound; we premeds are just THAT thick-skinned.
So while I'm waiting for the system to check for available seats near my favorite ramen restaurant, I guess I'll explain my blog address. Succinctly, Dr. Uechi is my role model, and I hope never to lose sight of what he symbolizes in this whole premed/med/dr marathon. Dr. Uechi is a dentist residing in Okinawa, Japan. In kanji his name is (上地), roughly translating as upper ground, which I hope will remind me to take the high road or more graceful path in life. I think he is admirable because not only is he incredibly good at what he does, he never ceases to pursue further education and advancement in his field. Despite opening his own clinic, he finds time in his busy work schedule to volunteer twice a week to treat disabled kids who are really temperamental and usually cannot get dental care anywhere else. He then wrote a PhD thesis on his findings of treatment plans for these kids. Furthermore, he is extremely hardworking and compassionate, and always finds time to keep in touch and help out his friends.
Anyway, that's it I'm going back to sleep. Ramen isn't that important to me; as long as I get to take it somewhere...
