melatonin levels

studying for my anatomy midterm, i just learned that the rise in melatonin levels is what causes people to sleep, and during different stages in life the timing of the release of melatonin changes, which is why teenagers sleep later (the melatonin levels rise later in the night).

well, i'm no longer a teenager and i can't stay up late anymore either... dang melatonin...

i need to stay awake to study!

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pinky and the BRAIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5nMsXg1Lk

culture

the last thing a fish recognizes is the water it is swimming in.

weather forecast

rain EVERYDAY until Saturday!... (what SF gate said)

i'll have to try specially hard to do hw now... on rainy days i just wanna stay home and watch tv or read or something...

good advice from teachers

the greatest rewards come from the greatest commitments.
-prof. dimond (anatomy)

she said this to our class today as she told us that she wants us to really learn about the subject of anatomy, not just come to class the day before the midterm to get all the answers.

i have to admit, it is really hard to go to class if you can just get the answers and the questions a few days before from the professor herself! but i really am trying to go to each class, despite that relentless voice in my head telling me i don't want to go.

picture of red blood cells and a neutrophil

(neutrophil: one of 5 leukocytes, or white blood cells, in your body)

something else she said was that we students should take advantage of the educational opportunities we're receiving. there's a guy she knows who's 45 and really unhappy, all because he didn't really learn in his classes, never really soaked in the knowledge around him. sounds kind of funny... but i could see how that could be true.

i think this could be applied to every commitment/experience in our lives. it definitely pays more to put your all into whatever you do.. rather than passively sitting and going through the motions of things. in all the instances i can think of i've felt more satisfied when i talked more in class, read for section and contributed to discussions, participated in dialogs happening during core meetings. it definitely makes me feel like i'm not wasting my time and that i'm contributing to what's going on around me.

definitely going to try to do those things more...

suggestion

i heard if you set aside 5 minutes of your day to do whatever it is that makes you blissfully happy you will feel generally happier.

still have to find out what that thing is for me... and soon. so far my week has been: class work advising work meeting running late to class work class meeting.. in that order. running on like that. i think that's why i've felt so tired lately. and why i haven't succeeded in doing all the hw i need to.

also, it rained. and i just wanna stay home when it rains. =(

there's something in the air

well right now, rain is. but for the last week i've been feeling like it's really the Fall season.. like almost Christmas time. just the smells of the trees or the way the wind's blowing.. i dunno.. but i like it!

and i like this picture! haha... happy october!

things that make me forget about school

go kart racing.. (the car is going so fast you can't see it..)

delicious food! (chocolate with sea salt and olive oil.. yum!)

going to san francisco... (SF food festival)

meeting famous people.. (i met Marcel from Top Chef! ahh!)

more delicious food.... (it may be small, but this creme brulee was BOMB!)

If we are unhappy it is because we are repressed; the solution is to remove our repressions.
-Carl Elliott

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>>>>>>>FORWARDED MESSAGE:
Dear Kababayan and Allies:

I heard through the grapevine about a remark made on an episode of
"Desperate Housewives" last night. The scene entailed Teri Hatcher's
character (Susan) at a hospital, being told by her gynecologist that
she might be hitting menopause. Susan replied, "Can I just check those
diplomas because I just want to make sure that they are not from some
med school in the Philippines." If you go to abc.com, you watch the
full episode and witness the scene at about 18:50 minutes into the
episode.

This type of derogatory remark is not only unnecessary and hurtful,
but is also unfounded, considering the presence of Filipinos and
Filipino Americans in the health care industry. Filipinos are the
second largest immigrant population in the United States, with many
entering the U.S. and passing their U.S. licensing boards as doctors,
nurses, and medical technicians. In fact, the Philippines produces
more U.S. nurses than any other country in the world. So, to belittle
the education, experience, or value of Filipino Americans in health
care is disrespectful and plain and simply ignorant.

As Filipino Americans, we need to band together to ensure that this
type of hateful message is not allowed to continue on our television
and radio airwaves. Given the recent amounts of media attention that
has been given to Michael Richards (against African Americans), Isaiah
Washington (against gays), and Rosie O'Donnell (against Asian/ Chinese
Americans), it is ridiculous that this type of hateful speech made it
through various screenwriters, the show's producers, the show's
actors, and ABC itself. Yet, this isn't the first time that negative
remarks have been made about the Philippines or Filipinos in the past.
In recent years, we've heard one too many "dogeater" comments by
"comedian" Joan Rivers on the red carpet or in her standup act, and I
believe that it is about time that we stand up for ourselves, so that
this type of hateful speech never happens again.

Please join me in expressing your concern, disappointment, and/or
disgust to the producers of ABC.com. You can sign the petition at
http://www.petitiononline.com/FilABC/ or you can reach them directly
abc7@abc.com.

And please feel free to forward this widely to other Filipinos/
Filipino Americans/ Asian Americans/ and other allies.

and i was just thinking

about Pixar. i think because they use objects (Cars) or animals (Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc.) in most of their stories they don't really have to be all critical about their characters. like, they're not stereotyping certain people... maybe they are... but at least it's not super obvious.

they could totally annihilate Disney.

this made my day...

i know this might have been online for a while, but because of jean, i had a good laugh at it...
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/74

Oct 1

there's been a lot on my mind... and even though i've been thinking about a lot i still feel like i'm at the same place i was when i began thinking about these things.

but hey, it's the first of the month... maybe that's some sort of good luck.

and here's something i learned in class...
flip-flop socks exist! i guess people like wearing their sandals in snow and stuff... haha... so someone invented these. if i wanna wear socks with my sandals i just wear regular socks, yo...