my lil’ world

How to study for a big exam?
These are helpful suggestions from Kendra Campbell, a med student in US:
1. Make a schedule, and try to stick to it. This is probably the most important tip.   Having a schedule provides you with structure, and is a good way to prevent falling into the trap of running out of time in the end. It also ensures that you always have a task at hand, instead of sitting around bored, wondering what you should do. I usually go as far as creating a schedule down to the hour, but depending upon how much time you have to study, this wouldn’t always be necessary.

2. Get up every day at a similar hour. This obviously goes along with #1, but it’s always a good idea. In addition to getting up around the same time every day, it’s also a good idea to "try" and go to sleep at a reasonable hour every night.

3. Don’t forget to schedule in "fun time" or time off from studying to relax. This is incredibly important, and will prevent the dreaded "burn-out." If you’re lucky enough to have a dog (or other pet), take them for a walk, or play a game of fetch. Playing with my dogs is one of my most favorite de-stressors. If you’re somewhat obsessed with cleaning (like I am), take off 20-30 minutes to wash your dishes or do some laundry. Do you enjoy being outside? If so, take a walk around the block or to a nearby park. You may have noticed that all of these activities involve physical activity. There’s an obvious reason for that. Unless you are studying while on the elliptical trainer (which I actually don’t recommend), you are probably sitting on your butt for hours at a time. We’re med students. We know that moving around and getting your blood flowing is advantageous to both your mind and body. Don’t forget what you know.

4. Do questions. This is a great way to learn. Use an online question bank, or one of the thousands of prep books. And don’t just look at the correct answers. Actually figure out why you got the question wrong (and even right), and learn from your mistakes.
5. Don’t study what you already know. This is pretty obvious, but people sometimes do it anyway. Stop wasting your time!
6. Caffeine is your friend. Never forget your friends.

7. Change it up! If you find yourself getting incredibly bored, and wondering if chewing your leg off might actually be a more enjoyable experience, change something! Either change the subject you’re studying, how you’re studying it, or where you’re studying. If you’re lucky enough to live by a beach, go there and crack open your books! It will save your sanity, and also your innocent leg.

8. Take the day or night off before your exam. Don’t forget to do this! I don’t care if you’re behind, or you think you can stuff more information into your head if you keep studying. Don’t do it! And especially don’t stay up all night before the exam. This might be the worst idea ever. Let all those pharmacology drugs simmer in your brain for a while. Give the information time to cement. Have a nice dinner or go see a movie (preferably a completely mindless comedy) and reward yourself for all your hard work.

Well, those tips seems doable. Gotta try ‘em, pals.
(taken from Medscape Medical Students)

Will a good girl dump a friend?

I believe she won’t.

But that makes me be not a good
girl.

Cuz believe it or not I did
dumped a friend.

Didn’t know whether what I did
was a right decision or a wrong one.

Was it a huge relief or
merely a howler.

Not dumping actually but getting
rid of a friendship exactly.

I thought she could be a new
good friend.

She was at first.

Then when we got closer she
suddenly be a demanding kind of friend.

She talked much and never really
listened.

And in a week she started to
exploit my welcome.

A new person who just walked into
my world but already made a scene?

There’s no way I was gonna stick
with this friendship.

I left, hide.

Rejected all calls she made.
Ignored all messages she sent and deleted them from my inbox.

I totally disconnected all
possible links.

Didn’t want to know everything
about her, until now.

This is my real story.

Is this already making me looked
evil?

Well if I tell another recent
story then I perhaps could be a positive bad girl.

I plan to get away –again-
lately,  from a guy whom I call
mr.toohardtotalkless.

Yes, that name already explains,
yeah?.

He loves to talk. Talk about
everything. Everyday.

When he knows I need silence, he
keeps on making sound.

Even after I shout you shut up!
He still won’t.

He likes to psychoanalyze. Think
about this and that and everything thinkable.

Make lots of theories of life as
if he’s the straightest human being in the world.

Okay that’s fine, but judging
me? Nah nah that is annoying!

Think he knows me then sum “great
assessments” on who I am are made up..

Who da hell is he to judge me?

Send me messages every day. I
repeat, every day.

Ask too much questions for a
friend. Bloody curious.

Doesn’t it sound like he’s one
of a kind of my previous no-longer-friend?

Demanding. Pushy.

It’s been almost a year since I
got him close to my every day.

And all this time I’ve been very
patient beyond my limit.

I am tired to “serve” him.

Being fed up of being nice to
him, I back off and minimize the contact.

When I step back, he moves
forward, keeps on asking and trying to pull me back.

The more he pulls me, the more I
wanna push him away.

I realized behind all these
uncomfy situations he is actually a nice and kind guy.

But as long as he keeps on treating
me the way he did, I can’t save this friendship.

I know I shouldn’t just throw it
away.

So mr.toohardtotalkless, I know u r gonna read
it. U r reading it.

Will u help me get thru this?

Treat me properly so I won’t be
the mean girl I thought I am.

Then we can be good friends,
better friends than before.