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Happy Birthday Nikolas

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

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Here are a few photos that I have of Nik’s first year. I can’t believe how much he’s grown! That goes for Josh too, those boys are growing so fast. I wish I could be there to celebrate, I really miss you all. I hope you enjoy going through these pics.
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I’ve already packed away my books…

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

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Rock Garden, Hagley Park

I am officially done with studying until February, so…Woohoo! I felt relief that was almost equivalent to finishing the MCAT’s after these New Zealand university exams. They are held in a “standardized test” style where you go to a lecture hall and proctors give the exams instead of your teacher. And they are strict! I had to go to the bathroom during my first exam and I had to hand one woman my student ID and another physically escorted me to the bathroom, like we can’t be trusted! Over the two days, I wrote for three hours on each exam to the point where I thought my arm would fall off and we were actually expected to back up our arguments with cited sources. Thats pretty tough when you don’t even know what the questions are going to be, but its over and I’m pretty sure I passed.
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I Should Be Studying

Saturday, October 21st, 2006
moregardensprouts.jpg My window sprouts There is nothing like writing in the blog as a good procrastination technique. I'm really just having problems getting started this morning, so this is probably a fit exercise in waking up my ... [Continue reading this entry]

Spring Updates

Thursday, October 5th, 2006
springdaffodil.jpg Its been quite a while since I've posted here, but I've definitely been very busy with school. I have just changed my enrollment to the Masters of Health Science Health Information Management Program, so I ... [Continue reading this entry]