Drowning
Wow, so I guess it's been quite a long while since I've posted anything up. I have been really busy, really drowned in work, school, and my duties as the caretaker of my Mom while she's here in the US. So now I will give a brief enumeration of all that's been going on so far, and some thoughts and ramifications:
1. My Mom will be starting external beam radiation therapy (LINAC) in mid-November, and she will be receiving radiation on a daily basis, from Monday to Friday, for 6 weeks. After this, she will have a resting period of 3 weeks (which is when we hope to go back to the Philippines and celebrate Xmas and New Year), and then she will be starting with chemotherapy and this is when the clinical trial will start.
2. We are moving back to Panorama City, where we initially stayed last year from June to September. It's the house of my Aunt's mom, who has passed away and had been living in a nursing home since December 2007.
3. I will be filing for an extended leave of absence from my tutoring work at Sylvan, since they only schedule me in the weekends now, and I work just 2 to 6 hours a week. I am already working a lot at USC, and I feel that without Sylvan, I may have the freedom to do more hours at USC and end up having more income. I shall be blogging about my teaching experience soon enough.
4. I am drowned in schoolwork and thesis. Each week I have a presentation, a midterm, a paper, or a combination of at least two of those three.
5. Please vote NO on Proposition 8 (The ban on gay marriage). Vote for Equal Rights! A current poll shows that people who are against Prop. 8 are leading 52% to 44%. California, let's show the world what it's like to live where discrimination is a thing of the past!
6. I have been observing the US Presidential Campaigns under a microscope, and I have pretty much finalized my choice since the end of the last Presidential Debate. Even though my whole family is Republican (and bullishly so), I am advocating for Barrack Obama.
That's all for now. I am planning to post an article about Genetic Responsibility of parents sooner or later, perhaps when I have the time.
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for my Mom. She is in good hands now and I am making sure that I am present when she talks with the doctors.
1. My Mom will be starting external beam radiation therapy (LINAC) in mid-November, and she will be receiving radiation on a daily basis, from Monday to Friday, for 6 weeks. After this, she will have a resting period of 3 weeks (which is when we hope to go back to the Philippines and celebrate Xmas and New Year), and then she will be starting with chemotherapy and this is when the clinical trial will start.
2. We are moving back to Panorama City, where we initially stayed last year from June to September. It's the house of my Aunt's mom, who has passed away and had been living in a nursing home since December 2007.
3. I will be filing for an extended leave of absence from my tutoring work at Sylvan, since they only schedule me in the weekends now, and I work just 2 to 6 hours a week. I am already working a lot at USC, and I feel that without Sylvan, I may have the freedom to do more hours at USC and end up having more income. I shall be blogging about my teaching experience soon enough.
4. I am drowned in schoolwork and thesis. Each week I have a presentation, a midterm, a paper, or a combination of at least two of those three.
5. Please vote NO on Proposition 8 (The ban on gay marriage). Vote for Equal Rights! A current poll shows that people who are against Prop. 8 are leading 52% to 44%. California, let's show the world what it's like to live where discrimination is a thing of the past!
6. I have been observing the US Presidential Campaigns under a microscope, and I have pretty much finalized my choice since the end of the last Presidential Debate. Even though my whole family is Republican (and bullishly so), I am advocating for Barrack Obama.
That's all for now. I am planning to post an article about Genetic Responsibility of parents sooner or later, perhaps when I have the time.
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for my Mom. She is in good hands now and I am making sure that I am present when she talks with the doctors.
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10/25/2008 12:47:00 PM
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