A Review of My NSLC Experience

*Sighhhhhh.....

It definitely doesn't feel like I spent 10 days in California. More like four or maybe five. Now that I'm back home, I really wish I had taken more pictures and videos. In fact, I wish I had just video-taped the entire thing. Like ALL of it! Thankfully, I went in half thinking I was going to die, but the other half of me knowing this was going to be one of the best experiences of my life and that I should savor every moment. (Talk about cliche...)

Hand Decor

Sorry, guys. This has to be a pretty short post because I just finished packing and it's nearly midnight. And I have to get up at 6:45 tomorrow. Anyway, it was our last day and emotions are running high! I know ten days sounds like a short period of time, but you have to understand that we spend more than 14 hours each day together.

A Day by the Bay

There are officially only 1 and 1/2 days left of this camp, and I've been trying to savor every moment. I'm going to miss the people, the TA's and the unique experiences from NSLC. Today, we spent a few hours on the pier and then came back for some lectures and a talent show!

Dissection Perfection

I would just like to point out that for once, I actually tried on my title! Okay, well, actually I always try, it's just this time I had a burst of creativity. For me. That's creative... for me. :)

Okay, now that we've had our nice title rant for the day, we can get on with real things.

Optometry, Suturing, and Drilling

The schedule from today:

9:00-9:45  AM                 Breakfast

10:00AM-12:00PM         Berkeley School of Optometry Visit and Lecture

12:00-1:00PM                 Lunch

1:15-2:15 PM                   Suturing with Dr. Parsioon

2:25-3:25PM                   TA Group Check-in

3:20-5:00 PM                 Diagnostic Simulation

5:15-7:00                         Dinner

7:15-8:45                         "A Day in the Operating Room" with Dr. Parisoon

9:15-10:15                        Karaoke.

The Best Day in History (of NSLC)

So yeah. The title pretty much says it all. Okay, it's the best day in the history of my NSLC experience. Still! Since everything has been amazing, you should at least be a little interested in what happened today, right? Would it help if I said it included brain surgery? Mwahahahahaha....

So anyway, here's the rundown of today's schedule:

Exploring San Fransico

Today was a pretty relaxed day, and despite trying to take a lot more pictures, I took about four. Go me! We went to Fisherman's Wharf and the Gladstone Research Institute.

Ropes Course!!

Today we went to the Ropes Course. Hehehehehehehehehehe. If you know we, you would know what tone of voice that was in. :)

For the Medicine Camp, there were two different groups. The first group goes in the morning and the second group goes in the afternoon. Yesterday, my TA was pretty sure we were in the morning, so he listed a ton of reasons why being in the afternoon was terrible.

It's Like College. Except Not.

Wow. Can I just say wow? After approximately 19 hours, I am already addicted to this camp.

Let me catch you up. On Saturday afternoon, I flew down to San Francisco with my brother on an fight full of noisy kids, having already accepted that my first few days at the NSLC Health Care and Medical Camp might be super nerve-wracking and maybe even miserable.

Theres Too Much To Summarize For One Title

Well, so much for commitment. :/

In my defense, I've been busy? The question mark isn't a typo, that's my own doubt seeping through into writing. But anyway, a lot has changed.