Of schools and hospital visits.
POSTED AT 12:19 AM

Blacksword

I had a lot of fun today. 

Today, my sister and I decided to initiate my long-planned return to formal education, a plan we've been brewing ever since I tried to grow a spine and actually think about my own future (Which was yesterday, I think).

So, my sister woke me up early this morning, in the hope that we'd accomplish all that we're setting forth to do before lunchbreak. Unfortunately, my mom was awake as well, and she had the uncanny ability to make you sit in front of her and listen to her talk about small nothings (and actually make you enjoy listening to it at the same time). Also, both my sister and I were quite unused to the morning rush, due to it being summer and all. So we were moving pretty slow this morning.  And so our attempts to be early birds failed. We managed to leave the house at around 11am, one hour before lunch, the time that we've expected ourselves to be able to return home at. Oh well. 

Anyway, we headed off for a college that I was eyeing for quite a while now. It's a bit near, there were a lot of routes that led to it, so it was very efficient to commute to. When we arrived there, we were surprised to see that the campus was really nice and organized. Even my sister, who came from a decent college, was surprised at the level of efficiency that this particular school exercised. Everything was within reach at every step of the enrollment procedure, which actually started once you entered the gate. Regardless of status, new student or old, you were handed guides on the enrollment procedures, which included practically everything you needed to know. That was a relief; I thought we had to get ourselves lost in a place we were visiting for the first time just to find someone to talk to. In fact, we never had to talk to anybody for info, and yet I was very well informed on what I had to do and the stuff that I had to bring. That's why our stay there was short. Oh wait, there was these two little punks that had the nerve to 'po' me while I was talking with them. I swear, if I see them again, I'm going to chop off their heads and turn them into keychains. I. AM. NOT. OLD. And I don't look old as well. I swear. Sheesh. Anyway, after a quick call to ma, we decided to head towards my sister's soon-to-be med school. 

It only took one quick ride to get to her school, since it was very near to my prospect college. And one quick look at the facade just made me go "woah". If the place that we came from was a model of efficiency, this place that we were standing on was a monument of intimidation. It didn't look like a med school. It looked like a research laboratory that had a hotel lobby for an entrance hall and a posh food court for a canteen. Obviously, they were sending a message to everyone who entered the place: only the best of the best can study here. Makes me marvel at the proverbial balls of steel that my sister had (and which I probably never will have. I mean, her first course was about sticking needles on people and taking their blood, and now she's trying to learn how to go elbow-deep inside people's guts. wtf?!?). Anyway, she toured me around for a bit. Saw a lot of foreigners and pretty doctors, took a quick look at the buildings, and then we were out of there. 

Next stop was the hospital that formerly employed my sis. She just quit a couple of months ago to go to med school, and now she's going after her separation pay. At first, I waited for a bit at the hospital lobby. But then I got bored, and decided to move towards sis just so I could she what she was doing. She saw me and noticed that I was bored. So she took me along while she got her clearance signed. It was pretty exciting and almost seemed like a tour for me (yeah, so it was a hospital. for a non-med-related guy, I don't get too many chances to go around inside one just like that). Anyway, she took me to a lot of the hospital sections and described to me some of them. But after a few signatures, I was again back at the hospital lobby, since she was going to go inside the staff-only places. 'twas pretty boring, plus there was a storm raging just outside the hospital, so the atmosphere wasn't really nice. While I was waiting, I got on that weighing scale that was really calling for me since I sat at the lobby. I am currently 180lbs. Not bad for a fairly tall guy like me. Anyway, after an hour or so, I think, she finished what she was doing. Got the money, took a last look at the place, and then we went out.

So finally, amidst the rain and the wet streets, we got home at around 3pm. I missed my pet cat Bruno (don't ask). She's currently in heat right now, so she always goes out to try and look for male cats to make kittens with. Really annoying. I wish I could get her neutered one day, if only she's not afraid of being taken away from here.

One of my cousins and her husband just left here about a couple of hours ago. They just visited us from out of nowhere, but I'm never surprised whenever they're here since they're one of our relatively frequent visitors. They'll probably sleep over here tomorrow. I really hope they don't. I don't like visitors, even if they were my cousins. Especially if they're sleeping over. It always messes with the comfy feel of the house. Well, I guess they're okay with me, but I hope they don't stay for too long. 

Well, that's it for my day. A bit long for one of my posts, but that's because I had a lot to write about. Even if I did leave out a lot of detail. 

Nothing too profound to spout out right now. That's a good thing.

Oh but there is something to be sad about (for me, at least). One of my fave daily sites is going through tough times right now. I hope they don't close it for good, or else there'd be one less site for me to visit to when I'm online. I don't browse around a lot of sites lately, so the ones that I actually frequent to are pretty special to me. So, again, I hope it doesn't go down. 

And one of my fave guilty-pleasure sites is currently under a DDoS/Virus combo attack. *facepalm.jpg*

And did I mention that there's currently a storm raging right now, just around the corner?

Tough times for everyone, including me. I hope everything turns out fine next month.

Oh well.

Ciao.

 

Feeling: mellow