Winding Down

As the month of June comes to a close, I prepare to wrap up my work in Singapore and my time in Asia. I've taken my MCAT and my primary application for medical school is ready to be submitted.

So now with 47 days left, I have more time to travel, day dream, read, meet new people, and agonize. So I've managed to do a little bit of all that this first week.

I've signed on to help plan a few yummie get-togethers. I've agreed to lead worship for my cell. I'm reading A Long Way Gone, I've managed to jump off of my friends guest house balcony into the pool twice trusting that others would help me swim out of the water (I can't really swim. I also made a friend in the process). I've had great conversations over delicious home cooked meal with new friends (those are the best kind). I've had tough conversations with old friends (these are the hardest kind). I've planned a trip to India.

And I've worried over my MCAT and medical school options. But seeing as I have no idea what my score is and knowing that for me medicine in not an ambition but a calling, I'm no longer concerned with all that foolishness. Instead, I spend time day dreaming about going to Haiti, the non-profit work that I'll be doing when I get home, my mom's affection, hanging out with all the babies, and mentoring aspiring doctors in Haiti at medical school that has not been built.

Reminiscing

Okay so I'm supposed to be studying for the MCAT right now. In fact, I was supposed to be studying for the MCAT all day except...well except that I got side tracked.... I called my cousin as a mini break. I wanted to catch up on our plans to initiate a literacy driven non-profit organization back home. (P.S. I'll be based at home starting this August, while I apply to medical school and help my cousin get our non-profit ambitious off the ground. Hey what can I say I've been stung by the change-the-world-one-person-at-at time bug and so has my cousin)

So we are all systems go. Some changes are underway but all for the best. So what started as a quick how-are-you-how's-it-going turned into a brainstorming and curriculum writing session. Ahhh...I always end a conversation with my cousin Dayana feeling GREEEAAT (said in the Tony the Tiger voice)! She is about business, which I appreciate to the umpteenth. I can't wait to get home and get to work on making these things happen. Look out for updates about our projects...coming this August.

Anywho...I'm supposed to be studying but I have to tell you about my birthday. It was a week or maybe two weeks ago (I can't remember these weeks are ally blurring together, especially since all I've done is study and take practice test...my poor brain) So I had the most amazing birthday week thus far! Isn't that awesome, I hope I can say this every birthday for the rest of my life. It would be nice to have great birthday's every year. People kept on buying me the best chocolates cakes they could get their hands on, great surprises, and fabulous presents (3 fabulous dresses, a Salvatore Ferragamo fragrance, goody bags full of chocolate, and a teddy bear with chocolates).

I get so much love from my spiritual family and my friends in Singapore. I'm not a person to miss people...but I don't know I'm really going to miss the amazing moments I've had in Singapore like Sunday morning prayer and worship sessions with my cell group.... Aditi’s hugs...Sally's laughter...Jay's cooking...Andrew's fabulosity...conversation's with Nikki...ice cream and sleepovers with Zarina...Esther and Cheryl's sms...feeding mini-me and the list goes on and on...

You guys don't even understand. I get so much love in Singapore...God has truly blessed me. I even get more love from home. I feel like family (especially my mom, Anna, Gabe, and Juliette) and friends (yes I'm talking about you Teni, Trish, and Suzanne) are always calling me to tell me how much they love me or just to catch up. I hear from them like every week or two. I'm going to feel like postpartum or something if I don't get this much love when I get back to the States...hmm maybe I'll go to medical school here...then I can have it all forever and always!!!

Which reminds me, I need to study for the MCAT otherwise I won't be going to medical school at all...so peace

Be blessed, live long, and prosper!