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Name: David
Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
Metro: Boston
Gender: Male
Interests: Dentistry, molecular/cellular biology, real estate, finance, internet marketing, tennis, cycling, archery, photography, teriyaki, pho, bubble tea, philosophy
Expertise: Figuring out what the heck I'm gonna do with my time... since I obviously have so much of it to spare ...yea right... oh, that and sarcasm;)
Occupation: Dental Student & Researcher
Industry: Dental
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AIM:  davidmiya
MSN: davidmiya@hotmail.com
Member Since:
11/28/2002
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| So, supposedly, back in the summer, I booked a ticket back to Hawaii for the spring break. However, on second thought, I'm not sure I want to go back during spring break.
I mean, seeing as I'm already on the mainland, I might as well take advantage of the places that are on here on the continent. I will most likely be canceling these flights and going somewhere. Now the questions is... where?
My thoughts:
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1) West coast
- Visit friends in Cali
- 6 Flags
- ???
2) Skiing
- Colorado
- Whistler
- East coast?
3) East coast
- New York (Niagara falls, NYC)
- Visit friends
- Florida?
4) Other:
- Grand Canyon
- Yellowstone National Park
- Road trip... to where, from where?
Honestly, I really don't know what to do with myself. I think it's more of a matter of who's gonna be going with me and what we're going to be doing. Gah, so many choices.. don't know what to do..
Any ideas, shoutouts, suggestions?
P.S. I really like the idea of a road trip. Anyone wanna go with me??? My Spring break is from April 17-25
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| It's been crazy, but the memories just keep on coming. Best kids on earth...
My favorite classmates!
Halloween fun... that would be my classmate from Hawaii!
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| OK, so right now, I'm still ridiculously drunk, which is why I'm writing this right now.
Basically I was about to go home from a Tufts/Harvard/BU grad school mixer tonight when one of my classmates decided that he was going to get pizza at 1AM. I decided to follow him and we ended up BSing with some female internal med residents from BU for like half an hour. It was hilarious. My classmate is a baller. He basically warmed up the conversation for about 10 minutes with a couple of female doctors, and invited me and his roommate over from across the room. We sat down next to them and literally squished them up against the wall and they didn't care. LOL! It was great. We made fun of doctors for the whole time and got away with it.
God, nowhere else in the nation can you get away with this sort of debauchery.
I love Boston.
LOL.
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| Never have these two things been in such heated conflict. Basically, every time I go out, I basically say to myself "being out X hours means that I'm going to concede X number of points" on this upcoming exam. I'm usually accurate in my assumption.
People who are in a terminal professional program or who merely have a college degree oftentimes can't understand the plight of medical and dental students I think. The battle does not end when one gets into med/dent. You fight every day for the "privilege" of being invited to a post-doctoral specialty program. In orthodontics for example, there are probably <100 slots open each year across the country. Each year, there are about 4,000 dental students who graduate from dental school. These 100 slots are sought after not only by new grads, but also practicing dentists and international dentists. It's already established that the U.S. dental education system is the best in the world, and everyone is trying to get a spot amongst the elite surgeons and specialists.
I ask myself everyday how badly I want this. The answer is always, always VERY BADLY.
Every time I wake up, I wish I was just a bit smarter. But of course, we have what intelligence we have and are unable to change that. So, the only alternative is to make up for that deficit with hard work.. therein lies the conflict between having a social life and excelling in one's professional aspirations.
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On another note... it's that time of the year again.. the holiday is going to be coming into full swing very soon. Last holiday season was the best of my life for a number of reasons. This year, I predict, will be quite mediocre for a number of reasons as well. I won't elaborate out of respect for certain people, but suffice to say, I wish things weren't so complicated...
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