The rhythm of life
>> Last night I went dancing with my friends and colleagues after a long time. I was reluctant to leave the comfort of my house to face the bitter cold outside (12F), especially after having cooked myself a dinner of pepper chicken and Sichuan beans. But I'm glad I went. I love dancing. Dancing makes people disconnect from the mundane worries of everyday life and lose themselves in temporary bliss. Some of us look stupid when we dance, but at that moment we don't care; such is the power of music. It makes us lose our inhibitions and forget negative emotions as we come together for the simple pleasure of rocking our bodies to the rhythm. The DJ last night played numbers from the 80s and I was happy.
>> A friend of mine just broke off his engagement. The decision was mutual and well-thought out; their lives were simply moving in different directions. I understand, to a large extent, what he is going through. I wish I could console him in some way, tell him what I know from experience - that he will feel good eventually about how things have turned out, that he needs to immerse himself in friends and work right now, that all that happened was for the good . But the only way for him to learn these things is to go through the experience. He has to go through this alone and come out on the other side of the tunnel.
>> I did not get together with friends to watch the SuperBowl. I watched Puppy Superbowl instead, on Animal Planet. I want a puppy too.
>> I am going to [Teaching hospital] with [Adviser] this Friday to meet the Director of the emergency department to talk about my dissertation research. He knows what I am going to be working on and has already given the go-ahead. I will be staying in an apartment on campus of [Teaching hospital] during the data collection. I can't wait to get started. I will initially be conducting observations by 'hanging out' in the ED. The goal for the first month or so will be to observe and learn everything I can about how things work in the ED. I am scared but also excited about the new people I will meet, the new experiences I will have, and the things I will learn. I'll be writing about it all.
>> A friend of mine just broke off his engagement. The decision was mutual and well-thought out; their lives were simply moving in different directions. I understand, to a large extent, what he is going through. I wish I could console him in some way, tell him what I know from experience - that he will feel good eventually about how things have turned out, that he needs to immerse himself in friends and work right now, that all that happened was for the good . But the only way for him to learn these things is to go through the experience. He has to go through this alone and come out on the other side of the tunnel.
>> I did not get together with friends to watch the SuperBowl. I watched Puppy Superbowl instead, on Animal Planet. I want a puppy too.
>> I am going to [Teaching hospital] with [Adviser] this Friday to meet the Director of the emergency department to talk about my dissertation research. He knows what I am going to be working on and has already given the go-ahead. I will be staying in an apartment on campus of [Teaching hospital] during the data collection. I can't wait to get started. I will initially be conducting observations by 'hanging out' in the ED. The goal for the first month or so will be to observe and learn everything I can about how things work in the ED. I am scared but also excited about the new people I will meet, the new experiences I will have, and the things I will learn. I'll be writing about it all.
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