Peak Performance Team Building 2008

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All the residents from my program got the day off to go hiking and figure out how to work together. Good times all around!

Other Contributions

Not sure if any of you know but I blog on two other group sites. Lately, since I've been on vacation I've been posting quite a bit on all three of my blogs. They are located ------>
over on the side navigation bar. They're on "Jason's Blog" and "742evergreenterrace;" two very different sites. Jason's Blog used to be his own personal blog, but as his friends we took the liberty of making it our own haha. There's just random random things posted on there. It's mostly pictures and some inside jokes. 742 is mostly a review blog, but we've been adding some personal blogs on there as well. However the posts are usually limited to entertainment. So check it out if you're bored.

Finally Got a New Guitar

For a couple of months now I've been wanting to get a new guitar since my old guitar is over 15 years old and, well, is a junior guitar. I feel like my artistic side has been dying since I started medical school so this is one of the things I'm doing to remedy that. So today I marched into Guitar Center looking for a particular guitar, the Jasmine by Takamine which was on sale for 100 bucks. However, they didn't have that particular one. I tried playing some other guitars on display and found the Epiphone PR-150 for 30 bucks more and got it. I'm loving it right now. :)

Vegas 2008: Off the Strip

After testing out multiple photo servicers online, I finally decided on Picasa for my Vegas album. It does everything I want and it's easy to use. AND it has this nifty little thing where I can embed a slideshow in a blog.



The reason for my trip to Vegas was because I was on vacation and I've always wanted to see a show. I decided to take my family and go see KA at the MGM. Three weeks before my trip, I found out my friend Sheila from Chicago was ALSO going to be on vacation at the same time! So I booked the room and she booked her flight.

Our first night we all ate Dinner at Nora's Cuisine off the strip. My friend had had her rehearsal dinner there and I thought it was one of the best itialian food I've tasted. Afterwards, we headed over to the Orleans to watch Step Up 2 the Streets, which was actually better than what I had expected. Sheila and I shared some coffee while my mom played the slots. She won 100 bucks! SWEET.

The next morning, I woke up at 5am thanks to the construction outside of our hotel room! I moved into the living room where Sheila was sleeping and slept for the rest of the morning. My mom wanted to go to Chinatown for Boba because we had seen a lady drinking Boba the night before. So we headed over to Chinatown, again, off the strip and had some fantastic DimSum. Since we were stuffed, we decided to walk it off and shop at the nearby center. There, we found Boba and good deals on cheap jewelry. We stopped off at Rio because my mom wanted to shop at this store there. While we were there she suggested we catch the "Show in the Sky" which was supposed to start in 30 minutes. Hmmm what could we do while we waited? We played the slots of course! And THANK goodness we did! I won 450 bucks!


We headed back to the hotel for a much needed nap and got ready for KA. The show was amazing. The technology was as impressive as all the gymnastic tricks that were performed. Back at the hotel, we ate the leftover italian food and called it a night. The next morning we ate at Paris buffet and took Sheila to the airport. Good times.

On our ride home there was heavy rain and heavy sunshine at random times. Very interesting drive. It definitely kept me on my toes. What a great way to start off my vacation!

My Daily Fortune For Today

It's time to turn over a new leaf....again.

GREAT.

Market Broiler

The fact that my family has been going to Market Broiler at the Ontario Mills Mall consistently for a couple of years now can attest to how freakin' fabulous this place is. What kept us coming was the Snow Crab that comes with this creamy butter sauce. Mixed with lemon, it is hands down THE best crab out there. It is always fresh and I've never had a bad crab in that place.

This year(or last year) they opened up the Kamiyama Sushi side to the restaurant only available in Ontario. We've tried a few rolls, including the Dragon roll, the Krunch roll and Tuna roll which are all available on the regular menu. On the Kamiyama Sushi menu, there was an albacore tuna roll I wanted to get. At the time I ordered it, they were out of all their tuna. So the chef made me this awesome roll with salmon for free. I don't know what it was called, but it was great and kudos to them for giving it to me for free. Talk about service!

Today, my mom's boyfriend took us out to dinner to Market Broiler for Valentine's day and I was definitely in for a pleasant surprise.

For appetizers we wanted to get a roll. We decided on the OC roll which had tuna(I can't remember), cream cheese, hints of wasabi, topped with panko and drizzled with sauce; OMG #1.

For entree, I decided to get the Duo platter with my staple, the Snow Crab and something new, the Hawaiian Glazed ribs. I'm not usually a rib person, but I had gone to Lucille's the previous weekend so I figured I'd try these out and OMG. The meat was practically falling off the rib and it was full of flavor; I didn't even need to add the hoisin sauce they provided.

My mom's boyfriend got the surf and turf with the NY steak and the King Crab, of which I had a bite and another OMG! I came into to the restaurant grumpy and left full and satisfied. Not only is the seafood there always a pleaser, but now I've discovered their non-seafood just as good! AWESOME!

YEAH BABY!!: A Guitar Hero 3 moment

This accomplishment deserves to be posted on all 3 blogs I'm involved with. I beat "Cliffs of Dover" on Guitar Hero 3 on HARD level, not once but TWICE last night. Granted I didn't do very well but I beat it!! To help you understand how difficult a feat it is, I have attached a YouTube video to help demonstrate.

Music

“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Berthold Auerbach

“I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. ~H.A. Overstreet

Lately, I've been going through some “drama,” we'll call it, for lack of a better word. I've also been needing to study and clean among other things. Thus, this past week I've been trying to get over the “drama,” I've studied a little bit and I've cleaned a little bit. All three things were catalyzed by one thing, MUSIC. I then realized the importance of music in my life.

No matter what I'm feeling or going through at a certain point in my life, I can usually find a song to describe my situation. One example would be my “Hmmm...I feel like going clubbing.” song and right now that is Low by Flo Rida featuring T. Pain. When I was in junior high, I would get into tiffs with my mom and I would blast Disarm by The Smashing Pumpkins. If I really need some cheering up, I usually listen to showtunes/musicals and sing along. And finally DANCING, one of the loves of my life is an interpretation of music, both of which are an interpretation of life. Likewise for this situation(s) I'm in at this time, there are songs to accompany it/them; a soundtrack of my life if you will. So, “thank you, music,” for getting me through the roller coaster that is my life.

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back on loneliness.” - Maya Angelou, Gather Together in My Name.

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” ~Victor Hugo