ends justify the means

i like listening to the smart people in class.


I found out that the study abroad program I want to do is being held in Tanzania. I immediately googled traveling and safety tips for traveling in Tanzania, and what I found was not good.

The central areas of the larger cities (e.g. Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar) have a criminal element that preys on unwary tourists! Do not walk alone in apparently deserted places especially at night; wherever possible walk with a group. Be on the look out for pickpockets and bag snatchers. Do not carry more cash than required. Do not wear jewellery. Wear a money belt that fits under your clothes. Don't carry a lot of camera equipment especially in the major cities. Keep a photocopy of the first few pages of your passport, visas and air tickets, separately from the original documents. Beware of thieves posing as police officers.


So now I don't know what to do! Go to an unsafe third world country for two weeks? or be a bum at home for two weeks?

This week has been going by quickly and I like it.

As I sit in this international public health class, I'm thinking I want to go to a third world country after graduation. After I graduate, I won't know what to do.. unless i already have a full time job (i can only dream/dread)

so here are options I have for the future:

Find a full time job
Find a good internship and keep my normal job
Decide what to get my master's in
-- either MBA or MHA
--- and if MBA: i'll have to apply for that program
if MHA: start school (again) right after graduation

Or, if I get to graduate/walk and still have one more class to take, I can just do my internship class?

continuing my list..

Travel to Australia or France or anywhere where I can do volunteer work or find a good internship related to healthcare/public health/ public relations
((find someone to travel with))
Live in San Francisco, Boston, or New York for a semester/couple of months and find a relevant internship there

so many options!!!

Hopefully I'm still driven by then.

and as much as I keep dreaming of having my own apartment, I realize there is no need to at all. As idyllic as it sounds, I have almost everything I need right at home... so why bother?

zzyzx!

we'll let the market take care of it

i always re-think my major decision from time to time.. but now i'm for sure!

ahh the future is NOW. everyone will be graduating in like next couple years!

days go by fast.. but class goes by so darn slow.

an hour ago, i fell asleep- sitting in the front row- of the class that i'm in.. and the teacher tapped my table.

and i'm still in this freaking class!

and someone just walked in.. 1 hour and 55 minutes late.. what the hell.


Looking back, I have had several different major options seem appealing to me.
I applied to college as a biochem major (BIG mistake!!!)

Before, everytime someone suggested a career, i really took that career into consideration and researched what classes to take and a lot of other basic information regarding it.

First there was dermatology (biochem)
then there was being an accountant
then there was being involved in stocks & investments (finance)
then i considered being a communications major (idk what career i was thinking about)
and i really don't know when healthcare admin came into the picture! oh yeah.. it's because i wanted to be a doctor.. then i thought about business. and then i realized duh.. healthcare+business
then i met this professor in my healthcare in america class who introduced me to public relations and marketing and tried to convince me to get my BA in journalism.

off tangent: my professor just said something about the number of doctors in beverly hills and compton.. and everybody laughed- that's a little mean.. even though i laughed too. haha

so whatever.. the point of me making this list is to just look at all of the different options i had.. and reiterate the fact that there are so many freaking career options!

and currently, my decision is to double major in healthcare administration & journalism.
for the future- i plan to get my MBA in hopes of being a well-rounded businesswoman.

BUT- who knows!! this could change! but i dont want it to!

whatever!

AND i'm still IN CLASS! what the hell!

give a little...

more like give a lot.


this ain't no charity!


i forgot what it feels like to be (semi)grounded.

how old am i? 14??

whatever.

buy me a nation ltd. shirt.
take me to nacionales.

today i went to disneyland and didn't ride anything for the second consecutive friday.

about my last post..

poor thing!!!

i'm really trying to get back into blogging mode.. but i can't! i think i should do it while watching tv. as you can see, i only have two links: mary and cory kennedy. i got so frustrated trying to add more links, so i ended up calling it quits.

in due time..

Britney's Comeback Commences TONIGHT!

Who cares? I DO!

because her music makes me feel like I'm a junior in high school again.


and i lalalalove Mark Ronson forever