so, the major event of the past week was The Interview Day, which i must say went a lot better than expected. one memorable moment happened during the second interview, when this doctor told me that "neurosurgeons live in the dark and rarely get to be out in the sunlight" and what do i have to say to that? clearly this question was made for me. i told them, flatly, "please, look at me, i'm this pale all year round! does it -look- like i get much sunlight on a normal basis?" this evoked a bit of a snort from the interviewer, and i'm not sure what the snort meant. i couldn't tell if it was a friendly sympathetic snort or a ohgodyou'resuchafreak snort. then again perhaps being a freak is a prerequisite for medical school, in which case i am certainly on my way there. sometimes i really disgust myself with my stupidity, immaturity, and insensitivity. i guess the good news is that i at least possess self-awareness. oh well, like i was just telling aud, i'm just waiting for my cool gene to kick in. and when it does, watch out world. HAH

anyway, yesterday was quite a different day. i spent the morning shouting at my kids for about 2 hours after a particularly annoying debate friendly. the debrief lasted longer than usual because the teachers were somewhat agitated, which in turn irritated me even more. sometimes i feel like my kids suck the blood right out of me, and then do the same crap all over again. especially after i spent an entire day explaining to them importance of human rights, only to hear them later deliver the very profound point of how "when we trample over human rights, people become unhappy, and the economy suffers". SOMEBODY KILL ME PLEASE. i practically shouted till my throat almost died and i needed lunch to revive me. the teachers tell me to be more forceful with them, so i didn't even feel guilty about asserting myself. i must assert myself more.

after that was hong's party, where the barbeque was wasted because the food mostly wasn't cooked properly. i hate eating burnt stuff because burnt stuff is carcinogenic. i feel pained eating food that's black on the side, and this includes toast of any shade closer to black than white. see, my snobbyness extends to all aspects of life.

today i had good food cos someone took me for lunch at sizzler. the salad bar is quite formidable, especially since it's got like all kinds of stuff including nachos and potato wedges and 3 different kinds of soup and pasta and ice cream! of course there's no way to eat everything but i was quite fascinated by the ice cream dispenser. when i'm rich and have a big house i will have an ice cream dispenser in my room, and will perfect the art of swirling the ice cream cone to get a completely symmetrical sundae. i will also have my own gelato parlour, which will sell 100 flavours of gelato which don't melt in the sun. it will be like the gelato stores in austria where they use scoops which look like spades and give you HUGE chunks of gelato which balance precariously on tiny cones. i have so many big plans, i can't wait!