22 Aug 2006, 12:39 pm
"You are a very interesting person." 
Thanks I don't hear that much.
There goes my cat's tail again. It never seems to stop. He found a napping perch right near my keyboard. Every once in a while I have been swating by it while typing this. Sometimes I would be nice if he wasn't so possesive. I can be upstairs for about 5 seconds before he is scratching the door. When I end up coming back there he is at the door.
I am glad to live at home with my parents and my cat. I wasn't blessed to have siblings. There are times when I think it might have helped me interact better with people. Then again I am glad to have my own space and time to relax quietly.
Funny thing is that of my mom's side of the family I am one of the two cousins that currently has no sibling. The neat thing for me is that I have one more cousin than the rest of them.
When it comes to my extended family I come from an international family. My dad's parents emmigrated from The Netherlands. The rest of my great-aunts and great-uncles are still over there. Over the years we have made trips out there or they have come here to visit. When I was fifteen Dad and I made a trip out there. I had a really good time with him.
My mother's parents were missionaries in Kenya. My grandfather is a retired optometrist who made a way for third world countries to produce a set of glasses for very little cost. He and grandma went to India, Singapor, and Papua New Guinea while I was growing up. Recently he went to Ghana. Besides these places when my mom was in her junior year of highschool they went on a trip around the world. Actually it was not as fun as it sounds. Of course there are some interesting stories about the trip.
My parents were missionaries in Nigeria, West Africa. They were there for a total of five years. The last three were spent with me. I was born in a missionary hospital two hours away from where we were living. I don't remember anything of that time of my life, since we came to the states when I was three years old.
Okay enough rambling. I would like to keep contact through email as well.
22 Aug 2006, 1:45 pm
23 Aug 2006, 5:57 am
Thanks I don't hear that much.There goes my cat's tail again. It never seems to stop. He found a napping perch right near my keyboard. Every once in a while I have been swating by it while typing this. Sometimes I would be nice if he wasn't so possesive. I can be upstairs for about 5 seconds before he is scratching the door. When I end up coming back there he is at the door.
I am glad to live at home with my parents and my cat. I wasn't blessed to have siblings. There are times when I think it might have helped me interact better with people. Then again I am glad to have my own space and time to relax quietly.
Funny thing is that of my mom's side of the family I am one of the two cousins that currently has no sibling. The neat thing for me is that I have one more cousin than the rest of them.
When it comes to my extended family I come from an international family. My dad's parents emmigrated from The Netherlands. The rest of my great-aunts and great-uncles are still over there. Over the years we have made trips out there or they have come here to visit. When I was fifteen Dad and I made a trip out there. I had a really good time with him.
My mother's parents were missionaries in Kenya. My grandfather is a retired optometrist who made a way for third world countries to produce a set of glasses for very little cost. He and grandma went to India, Singapor, and Papua New Guinea while I was growing up. Recently he went to Ghana. Besides these places when my mom was in her junior year of highschool they went on a trip around the world. Actually it was not as fun as it sounds. Of course there are some interesting stories about the trip.
My parents were missionaries in Nigeria, West Africa. They were there for a total of five years. The last three were spent with me. I was born in a missionary hospital two hours away from where we were living. I don't remember anything of that time of my life, since we came to the states when I was three years old.
Okay enough rambling. I would like to keep contact through email as well.
Your cat is not possessive; it just loves you. A great deal! I sometimes wish that I had a cat a bit like that, although when I was in Cyprus at my grandmother's, a cat almost fell in love with me. He would not leave me alone; he would lick me all over every time I was near him (which was almost all the time).
I feel the same about living with my parents; I grew up with them and they are my best company. I sometimes wish that I had a twin, but then I am relieved that I didn't as that would mean having half the amount of stuff that I have now (yes, I know that sounds selfish
)!
Netherlands? I like those sort of people... My extended family are mostly Greek Cypriot (Father's side - I have around 20 cousins, 2 aunts and 1 uncle and loads of other relatives in Cyprus), but on my Mother's side, I am half Polish, however I only have grandparents there. My trips to Cyprus were fantastic when I was young, but now I have stopped going on holiday with my parents due to my need for routine and the panic that I feel when I have too much excitement. You know a great deal about your extended family! Both my grandfathers (Greek Cypriot one is now dead, God Bless) fought in wars; my Cypriot grandfather in the Greeks-Turks war and my Polish grandfather in the Second World War. They were both Prisoners Of War.
I used to live in North London when I was young and I was born in a Central London hospital, but I remember neither because, of course, I was too young. I was also born two weeks early and weighed just under 6lb - how about you?
Off topic, I am currently eating a very delicious and healthy sandwich that my Mother made me. I think I could live on her sandwiches.
24 Aug 2006, 5:44 am
24 Aug 2006, 7:34 am
One of my Great-Uncles was in a labor camp during World War II. While he was there he got sick. He never got better when he got home. Another one end up getting brain damage because he accidently fell and hit his head on a barge. Yet another one was trying to jump on a train and ended up getting hit by the train instead. I always feel guilty for being interested in how some of my relatives died. 
Dad and I are planning a trip to Europe again this coming March. It will be a graduation present for me. Considering how I am struggling right now it will be a great relief. The problem is we are finding so many things we want to see. We need narrow down the choices. It will be nice to have a long vacation. I just hope I can finish this program.
I as born in a missionary hospital in Mkar, Nigeria. The doctor who was supposed to deliver me went out of town before I was born. He thought mom wouldn't have me before he came back. I ended up coming early. Instead of being born on Nov. 4th I was born on Oct. 29th. One of the first things my mother was told about me was that they could fix my ears for her. We stayed there for three days before we went back home.
We lived two hours away in Wukari, Nigeria for three years. The day I came home the whole village came and brought me presents. I think I had between 100 and 300 visitors come to take a look at me. Most of the told my parents better luck next time. Girls are not thought of a highly as boys in that culture. I think I recieved three live chickens that day. I know at least two women gave us money to have my ears pierced.
25 Aug 2006, 4:30 am
27 Aug 2006, 12:50 pm
My dad's father forced to work on a barge in Germany with his brother during the Second World War II. He has told me some stories of what he remembers going through. Right now his dementia is getting worse so sometimes it is hard to keep a conversation going.
" I sometimes wish that I had a twin, but then I am relieved that I didn't as that would mean having half the amount of stuff that I have now (yes, I know that sounds selfish!)" I feel the same way.
My cat wants to hunt the cricket in our garage. He has been hankering to get in there for several days. I don't like letting him in there when I am about to leave or when mom is due home soon. I will admit the cricket is getting on my nerves as well.
This week clinical days have been much better.
Congratulations on the clinical days being better!
Dementia is awful; I've seen Alzheimers sufferers (in fact, my now dead (God Bless) grandfather was an Alzheimers sufferer) and it is awful to see how they deteriorate both mentally and physically. The worst parts are being unable to eat, talk properly, write, being trapped in a wheelchair, being incontinent and being catatonic. They just sit there all day in one position staring into space. Eventually they get so bad that they're bed bound. Its awful.
A twin would be good in some ways as there would be someone very similar to me that would share my feelings and understand me. However, my mother did say to me once that if I had a twin she would have killed herself by now!
Your cat will probably kill the cricket. Or maybe not? "My" cat plays with half-killed mice (he never quite kills them, but leaves them maimed and in shock
), but he always kills birds.
27 Aug 2006, 12:55 pm
27 Aug 2006, 12:58 pm
27 Aug 2006, 1:04 pm
Dad and I are planning a trip to Europe again this coming March. It will be a graduation present for me. Considering how I am struggling right now it will be a great relief. The problem is we are finding so many things we want to see. We need narrow down the choices. It will be nice to have a long vacation. I just hope I can finish this program.
I as born in a missionary hospital in Mkar, Nigeria. The doctor who was supposed to deliver me went out of town before I was born. He thought mom wouldn't have me before he came back. I ended up coming early. Instead of being born on Nov. 4th I was born on Oct. 29th. One of the first things my mother was told about me was that they could fix my ears for her. We stayed there for three days before we went back home.
We lived two hours away in Wukari, Nigeria for three years. The day I came home the whole village came and brought me presents. I think I had between 100 and 300 visitors come to take a look at me. Most of the told my parents better luck next time. Girls are not thought of a highly as boys in that culture. I think I recieved three live chickens that day. I know at least two women gave us money to have my ears pierced.
Well at least your relatives had interesting deaths - most of mine died from "natural causes" (i.e. cancer, degenerative brain disorders), although some died in war.
You will finish the program, don't worry! I'm just finishing an almost 3 month holiday from school after my GCSEs, in which I got the results a few days ago.
You were born on October the 29th? I was born on October the 22nd, but two weeks early. I was a bit underweight and 60% deaf, and needed to stay in an incubation unit for two weeks, but otherwise I'm quite fine physically now.
You had a fascinating "birth party" - three live chickens? Very different to the sorts of rubbish babies receive nowadays (stupid little dresses and huge colourful cuddly toys that get put in the loft when they turn one year old). Girls are good, although they are only just becoming as important as men. Condoleeza Rice will tell you that women are important too.
27 Aug 2006, 1:24 pm
My mother decided if she didn't give me a sibling by the time I was seven she wasn't going to try anymore. They didn't adopt because mom thought she would be nicer to the adopted child instead of me. Thus I remain an only child.
The cricket still lives? What a persistent cat.
Only child-ness is good. My father wanted four children (!), but my Mother wouldn't have it. Thank God.
27 Aug 2006, 1:26 pm
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23 Nov 2006, 6:50 pm
Sorry about not posting in a while. I hope all is well with you.
I have been really busy with school. Right now I am just trying to survive this quarter. My problems areas right now are dealing with patients and co-workers at clinical. This past week I had to disclose that I do have AS. I was not trying to keep if from the people at clinical. This just happened to be the first quarter that I knew ahead of time. I thought I could make it without disclosing, unfortunately that hasn't been the case. I did do a lot better about interacting with people last Thursday and Friday. Unfortunatley while I was helping one of my students with an exam an accident with the patient occured. I do realize there was nothing we could of done, but I am not proud of freezing up when I was needed most.
Thankfully I have been able to relax and get other things caught up this week. It has really been wonderful. I really needed the break. Luckily I only have two more weeks of this quarter. I don't know what will happen in the next and last quarter. Hopefully I can still graduate from the Radiology Technology program next March. Even if I am not able to go into what I really want to I do have something I can lean back on. Hopefully I will be able to find something that will work and be the best fit for me. I am proud of the fact I have made it this far in the program. I am not ready to quit even though it is not always easy for me during clinical time.
I have been trying to find new strategies to overcome some of difficulities with interpersonal relationships. I know if I don't improve these skills now I won't succeed in anything I do. Right now I am open to any suggestions people have when it comes to strategies.
25 Nov 2006, 4:42 pm
I hope all is well with you.I have been really busy with school. Right now I am just trying to survive this quarter. My problems areas right now are dealing with patients and co-workers at clinical. This past week I had to disclose that I do have AS. I was not trying to keep if from the people at clinical. This just happened to be the first quarter that I knew ahead of time. I thought I could make it without disclosing, unfortunately that hasn't been the case. I did do a lot better about interacting with people last Thursday and Friday. Unfortunatley while I was helping one of my students with an exam an accident with the patient occured. I do realize there was nothing we could of done, but I am not proud of freezing up when I was needed most.
Thankfully I have been able to relax and get other things caught up this week. It has really been wonderful. I really needed the break. Luckily I only have two more weeks of this quarter. I don't know what will happen in the next and last quarter. Hopefully I can still graduate from the Radiology Technology program next March. Even if I am not able to go into what I really want to I do have something I can lean back on. Hopefully I will be able to find something that will work and be the best fit for me. I am proud of the fact I have made it this far in the program. I am not ready to quit even though it is not always easy for me during clinical time.
I have been trying to find new strategies to overcome some of difficulities with interpersonal relationships. I know if I don't improve these skills now I won't succeed in anything I do. Right now I am open to any suggestions people have when it comes to strategies.
All is good
I have just finished some arduous physics coursework (now only to realise I have to go and do my biology coursework tomorrow).
I am sorry that your clinical decided to go wrong; do not blame yourself for it. Disclosing about your AS can be seen as a positive move in that you are not embarrased about the syndrome.
Relaxing is fantastic and I'm glad that you had the chance to do it! And you will, will, will graduate because you are amazing and fantastic.
My suggestion for interpersonal relationships comes from some advice my form teacher gave me in one of our meetings. That is, don't push with the friendship. Don't expect much from it. Let it come by itself. Don't put a face on and force yourself onto the person. Take it calmly and very slowly. Hope that helps.
I think that I will send you my physics coursework; its a website about superconductors, with some humour. Would you like it?
-Steel Maiden
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