Hi!

Sorry, long time no blog.

Well, it looks like I didn't get a place in Bond medicine =) which means I stay in Sydney! =D

I'm slightly, but only ever so, disappointed that I didn't get it, which is silly, because it's based on self-centered expectations and what not. But it seems that God has placed me in Sydney, and this is a confirmation of that. It's strange, because I think as it was the time when the offer day was coming up that I was most conflicted about it my potential decision. I must say, my heart is in Sydney right now (and before the 18th) and to leave would have made me even more disappointed than I am now. So I am glad. =)

OMGOSH. Now I'm decided how to strategically plan my degree. I don't know whether I want to try to transfer to medicine still, because I've spent ages planning my degree and I have a pretty good idea what I think I want to do. I'm trying to double major (which is actually gonna force me to overload for the next 5 semesters of my degree, 4 of which I'll have to balance against clinical placements!) Then for my 4th year I'll be back to a normal load of pure nursing subjects. ALTHOUGH! I am considering doing an honors year in psychology just to open up the doors of becoming a psychologist as well. So I'd take 5 years in total to come out and the pathways that I could follow at that point in time would be one (or a combination) of the following:

-practice as a nurse

-complete two years of further psychology education (+hours of supervised practice) to be registered as a psychologist

-go for post-grad med

-apply for military service (or maybe even during my studies...)

I've decided that to put languages on TOP of that, is a bit too much, because it would take me 6 years and I would come out with a bachelor of science major in psychology (honors) and history and philosophy of science, master of nursing, diploma of languages. HAH. yeah, right. That's not gonna happen. I'm not going to spend 6 years to do that... I won't "study" languages as part of uni, but I'll definitely try and study in my own time. Goals for the moment:

-maintain Chinese conversational skills

-pass JLPT level 3

-learn basic Korean (maybe score between 161-200 on the B-KLPT, if I can be bothered taking the test)

AND another goal: GOTTA LOSE WEIGHT BEFORE OCTOBER FOR BROTHER'S WEDDING. FREAK. OUT.

=)

Oh and my church hunting has come to a very sticky situation. I've found 3 churches that I like... but can only go to MAXIMUM 2... unless I pick and choose between bible study, uni groups and service. Haha. Don't think that that is really possible. I think my deciding factor right now will be distance from home. So when I move, maybe my churches will too. It's weird using church in the plural form. Hmm. I would actually go to 3 if it didn't kill to much time and I could make it to all three and manage to do some study... but it's really because there are clashes between some stuff. So, no.

OKAY. SLEEP TIME. UNI TMR. YAY. LAB. DON'T FORGET. SHOES. OR LAB COAT. OR. STUFF.

-jmah