Helicopter ride photos

The new room

Finally, here it is. The location is what is costing so much.

Where I live now

I will not be posting until next week, because unfortunately due to my lovely roommate who almost managed to mess up my possible medical career. Since he caused such a mess that I have to move to another destination.


Stay tuned!

Back in the States

Time to kick off a new semester. We'll actually I'm 1.5 weeks into the new semester already.

I had to come here a few weeks earlier before the semester started since I had two exams to complete in order to get two of my summer classes finished.

This weekend I'll start telling a story about a certain roommate who happens to be the biggest stereotype of American bad drinking habits & stupid behavior ever to be reported.

What I'll try to do differently this fall in my entries to this blog:

1) More entries
- About life in general
- Hawaiian history
- Current affairs
- Random entries information about health issues etc. etc.
2) More pictures, due to complaints back home for not doing so.
3) ???
4) Profit

Diamond head:

Broaden your knowledge.

Got some nice stuff to read from amazon today.

Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human [Paperback]
By: Joel Garreau
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767915038

The Scientific Conquest of Death (Paperback)
By: Immortality Institute
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/98756113528

The Immortal Cell: One Scientist's Quest to Solve the Mystery of Human Aging [Hardcover]
By: Michael D. West
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385509286

More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement (Hardcover)
by Ramez Naam
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767918436

Entertaining stuff to read for the next two weeks!

Cost of education

I just feel like I have post about something, so I'll write about a topic that keeps coming up on my mind.

The cost of getting a M.D. from here in the states is quite... expensive.

First getting your bachelor's degree will cost the following per year:

Tuition 14000 - 38000
Living expenses 500*8=4000
Food 300*8=2400
Insurance 1200
Books & Supplies 2500

24100 - 48100 dollars per year. Multiply that by 4 -> 85600 - 192400 dollars total. Quite the amount, eh?

Then the medical phase, oh boy.
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Quoted from the Johns Hopkins Medical School site: "Applicants who do not hold a permanent visa or an immigrant visa are not eligible for financial aid due to federal restrictions on the use of most of the loan funds that support the financial aid program. Due to these limitations, qualified international students will be issued conditional acceptance into the School of Medicine under the following terms: On or before July 1 of the year of matriculation, the accepted student must deposit in an escrow account to be established in the State of Maryland under the terms acceptable to The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine funds sufficient to meet all tuition, mandatory fees, and living expenses for the anticipated period of enrollment. (In case of tuition increases for future year, accepted students will be billed for additional charges as they become due). The current escrow amount for four years of medical education is approximately $252,000 US currency."

Compared to back home, that's quite the difference.

The whole Finnish model is completely different, get in, you're in. Over here during the bachelor phase you need a GPA of around 3.7 = 88-92% depending on your class, and that's the minimum, which means you're risking it.

What's causing the problem then? The stupid economy. Because everything is going so bad several states are limiting the opportunity of foreign students to enroll, great...
No more scholarships are being offered as well.

Oh well, enjoying my time while I can. :-)

exactly 1 month until this semester is over.

Going through the heart & circulation at the moment, fun times.

Life lessons

Hey hey hey,

No long post coming, I have to go sleep soon since I have to wake around 0300 to write my paper.

lovely exam about cell metabolism, focusing on sugars over.

I have to say I stopped drinking sodas after reading a bit too much outside the area, High Fructose Corn (Cancer) Syrup is honestly the worst thing in the western diets these days, I am not going to start lecturing here, I don't have the credentials nor the interest, if you want to learn then do the research yourself.

I haven't sorted out all the pictures yet, but I had to post one that I took when I stepped out of the building where I was taking my exam at.



Writing a damn paper before I go sleep, fun times.

This is the first thing I see every morning when I step out of the door.


A fat samoan guy living in section 8 housing (housing for poor people). I think that the guy is still alive is more impressive than the mountains in the background.



Which view would you prefer? Comment.





Lesson: Don't touch coral reefs, because they tend to be sharp.