just finished the 1st exam of the year..  4.5 hours and hard as $#@%.. I am staring at my highlighter, contemplating starting to study again..

man... I just spent like 20 minutes updating my Friendster profile and then I clicked "Save" and then it didn't record a single thing..  as if I didn't enter anything at all.. and when I clicked "Back" all the new information was gone...  those $#%#@!'s

anyway, Friendster seems to be just another Asian match making service.  it's kinda cool because you add friends, and can see their friends, and their friends friends...  and so on. 

the website is www.friendster.com, and you can search for me under mikelin@jhmi.edu if you want to add me as your friend..

also, today as I was driving I realized that it is much easier to be happy when you look at the big picture of life, and don't sweat the details...

tonight I really need to get started on writing this paper for research.  I hope I don't procrastinate the night away... 

what should I eat for dinner..

hey everyone... only 1 week left for me here at school, then off to San Fran for 2 weeks to see family and friends, then help my sister move to Pittsburgh (she got a residency spot for dermatology at UPMC! go Peggy!) then back to b-more for more research..  i hope to visit pittsburgh sometime this summer too..

what the $#@! is up with my chatterbox?!

alright, I know I should get back to studying, but I have just been receiving so much fan mail lately that I decided to post another entry..

Recently, Cindy, her family and I went to the zoo.  At the zoo, I found the description of one animal particularly interesting: