They want me

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Hello, my name is _____________, I represent the Army Medical
Department in Puerto Rico. Congrats on your great MCAT score! I have been informed that you have applied to Medical. We are offering you our HPSP Medical School Scholarship. We pay all tuition costs, books,instruments, medical & Dental coverage and additional fees, plus we also provide you a $1907.OO MONTHLY STIPEND FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR YEARS. The stipend goes up every 01 July. The Scholarship if offered to students applying to the four Medical Schools in Puerto Rico and Medical Schools
in the U.S. My job is to assist you in applying, assuring and accepting
the Scholarship.

Once you graduate from Medical School, we will send you to one of our modern Medical Facilities in the U.S. to complete your selected board certified specialty residency.

We do not interrupt your education because we do not use General Medical Doctors. Come and meet the many Medical Students ( male & female) in Puerto Rico who are enjoying the program. The Scholarship will save you hundreds of thousandths of dollars in student loans.


For a moment, that was tempting.

Great Cesar's Ghost!

At this new mexican restaurant.....

I arrive to pick up my order. A new employee greats me and says that the food will be ready in a minute. I hand her the money and she begins to talk about her day, how I'm her first customer of the day and she felt bored. I smile.

Her: .....yeah, because my boss got food poisoning and she was in the hospital for a day.
Me: (opens eyes wide) Really? Did they tell her where she got it from?
Her: Nope, no idea.

A minute later she hands me my order, nicely packed in plastic, and says :"Buen Provecho!" My mind has already made its guesses and by the time I get home, I'm not that hungry.

I ate the food. Wish me luck.....and health.

Death at a Funeral

On Sunday, my dear friend Sammy called and practically made me get out of the house to see "Death at a Funeral" at Fine Arts Café. I really didn't feel like going out, it's been raining for almost a week and I had lots of work to do. On the way to the movie theatre I came upon one of the most annoying things some drivers do. I was driving at about 45mph in a 55mph minimum highway (but most people drive at around 60-65mph). Suddenly, a guy with a van behind me decides to continually flash his lights (low lights and bright lights), thinking that for some mystical reason this was going to force me to speed up, at night, in the rain. The effects of his actions made me slow down to about 25mph and adjust my rear view mirror so the light wouldn't keep hurting my eyes. The man starts honking his horn and now it's even harder for him to change lanes, he finally gets out of the lane and I can continue driving at the pace I was. Why do people do this? The only purpose I see in this mode of "hurrying people" is causing an accident. This also happened on the way back home, in a 5+ lane highway, with light traffic, just as the first one. Why can't they just change lanes? My mother sarcastically said:"Because it takes a while for them to realize that they CAN change lanes."

Finally, at the movie theatre, I meet some of Sammy's friends, all of them very nice and fun. I also met up with my good friend Zahíli, who I haven't seen in a bit.

The movie was great! Although a bit predictable at times, it was just what I needed, a hillarious and smart film. But, for a moment, I found myself at some point wondering how disastrous that experience could be for me. My worries where soothed by the monologue at the end. Go see this movie!

I love lagartijos, so what?

Christopher, a friendly little fellow...




Lagartijos are small lizards that live all across my island, yes, MY island. They don't bite, attack nor eat animals / people. They help balance the ecosystem by eating ants, mosquitoes and certain leaves. Aren't they awesome?

Hello

Hi Blog World !

I decided to make this so that I can have a space to write about......everything, and share it with my friends and maybe make new friends. For now, a little about me:

My name is Cristina, I am a 21 year old biology student at the University of Puerto Rico. I will be graduating in May 2008 and hopefully I'll begin medical school in August. I was born and raised in the lovely island of Puerto Rico and I take a lot of pride in my country and it's culture. I speak Spanish, English and am currently in my second year of studying French, so you could say I'm doing good at it . Since I love languages and everything that has to do with communication I am also learning American Sign Language on my own. :) Posts might be in 3 different languages, but I'll try to stick to English for the most part. There are also a lot of other things I love so I like talking about pretty much everything. I will always consider myself as a frustrated pianist wannabe (how tragic!) .

I want to make this blog an outlet to express myself and talk about daily occurrences but I won't talk about absolutely everything, so I'll try not to talk about certain issues, deal? And know that this won't be updated daily, with my schedule it's impossible for me to do so.

I called this blog :"Paroles" in honor of one of my favorite poetry books by french writer : Jacques Prévert. FYI: Paroles = words. :)

Oh, and one more thing! I like comments . :)