Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Sunday, May 11, 2014
April Vlog
**Click on the picture to get to the video!
One of the best events that have happened was that Curt and I were able to watch Noteworthy in action. They celebrated their 10th Anniversary and had a great concert. It was pretty sweet! It was really funny because it was the weekend before Finals but since I made a schedule to follow, I was able to take a night off from studying and was able to play with friends.
Another big event was that I finished off my 4th semester of Finals! Man, it felt so great! I was able to celebrate the last day of finals with great friends over some yummy ice cream treats. It was awesome to just kick back, relax, and talk about not having to go home and do homework. Phew! It felt amazing!
I also wanted to mention that my 2 darling sisters: Crystal and Patricia had birthdays this month! I feel so old!!!!! I'm so grateful for my family... my awesome parents and crazy siblings! Oh the memories! I miss them so much and can't wait to spend some time with them after I'm done with school. :)
After relaxing for two days, my good friend, Janessa and I sat down at my kitchen table and had a serious conversation and session about BOARDS!!! Yes, it was our break from school and we got together and planned our schedule for the big exams that will basically change our lives hahahaha! It was pretty awesome and exciting at the same time. We had so many questions that we even called WREB themselves. They were so nice about it though and answered each and every one of the question we had. After a whole day of figuring out what we were going to do for the next 4-5 upcoming months, we sent our first application to take our 1st board exam: Written Anesthesia WREB! Holy cow, it was exciting and at the same time, we both had great anxiety. We had butterflies and I think worms in our stomachs lol! Well ok not worms, it just felt like it! Ever since then, we both have been studying non-stop for it. It was such a pain to not be able to enjoy the break but it's ok.. it'll be worth it in the end! :)
Even though I was studying my brains out for boards, there were times when my sweet hubs just knew that I needed a break. He decided that we were going to enjoy the sun and the warm weather. In Provo, they had a huge Spring event going on and we decided to go. It was super fun! We even got to hang out with our friends with cute babies. We had a blast!
Then, after a long week of being cooped inside the house again, the Buckmiller tradition of going to Moab finally arrived. It was nice to get out of Provo and have a change of scenery. We even invited Janessa since she was my study buddy and I couldn't leave her. We were both determined to study no matter what... but did that happen? Not so much! LOL! However, we were able to experience our first Jeeping experience (for Janessa) and first rock climbing and conquering my fear of heights experience (Me). It was super fun and man, I was so nervous for my life. It was such a rush of adrenalin and it was awesome!
Besides the fact that I was studying for Anesthesia boards, I was also studying something else not related to dental hygiene at all.... JAPANESE!!!! Yes.. I am learning Japanese for fun and because I needed a break from all of the serious stuff going on. I also have plans of visiting Japan next year and visit my best friend. It's been a dream of mine to visit that country since I was young. I tried going in 2008 but decided to go to school instead. I was even planning on going the next year but guess what happened..... I met Curt! LOL! So now, he told me I can go next year. Woohoo! I am super excited aboout it. I know it's a long ways away but it's something to look forward to. There's a video of Curt and Drew trying to learn a few phrases of Japanese somewhere in the video hahahaha!
Here are some books and audio cds that help me with my Japanese..
This is what I use to communicate with all my Japanese friends. It's an app called LINE and it's super awesome.. and FREE to use!!!! I love it.
The toughest part about learning Japanese is their alphabet. It's super tough learning it but I'm having so much fun memorizing them. Curt and I would watch anime and I could read the characters. It totally feels like an accomplishment. :)
Someday, I'm planning on mastering Korean and Spanish.. and yes I am serious about it. I don't know what it is about Asian languages but it just sounds cool and beautiful. Spanish on the other hand, is definitely a must for me. :)
Basically, that's what our April was like! Oh and by the way, did I mention that we got to see Switchfoot for the 2nd time in a row? Yes, it was awesome! Nuff said!
**Here's a Japanese version of "Let It Go" with it's English translation if you want to watch it! Just thought I'd share it. Hahahaha!
Monday, April 22, 2013
My crazy April and Spring break has sprung!!!
So I know that I have been really sucky at this "blog once a week" thing but I totally underestimated the busy life of a hygiene student. To make it up, I shall repeat what I did for the month of March like my last post and ramble on about my last month of 1st semester.. so here we go!
So.. the month of April was very very very and I cannot stress how VERY stressful it was for myself and my fellow classmates. It was insane and crazy. Finals week was a couple of weeks away and there were so many things to do. But our class historians and their committee were so nice to come up with a cookie social to help us take our minds off of Finals for at least a couple of hours. Here are some pictures. Of course I couldn't eat any of it except for the sliced apples with Nutella! :)
So.. the month of April was very very very and I cannot stress how VERY stressful it was for myself and my fellow classmates. It was insane and crazy. Finals week was a couple of weeks away and there were so many things to do. But our class historians and their committee were so nice to come up with a cookie social to help us take our minds off of Finals for at least a couple of hours. Here are some pictures. Of course I couldn't eat any of it except for the sliced apples with Nutella! :)
Hahaha... my face in this picture is just weird!
These gals are awesome!!!
Cassie & Me (She's totally my IDOL!)
Our team for the guessing game! Awesome!!
Alright, enough of fun pictures! Hahaha! So after the cookie social, the stressing began. Tons of homework to catch up and trying to finish all our clinical PEs and Lab Activities. Not to mention, due to stress and our clinical team having the hardest clinical instructors at the end of the semester, tears were definitely shed. It was no fun at all! But, even though it was a rough time I have managed and figured out my study schedule and with the help with my smart classmates, this is what I came up with. (Unfortunately, it totally fell apart after trying to keep up with it!)
(don't know if you can read it, but it's pretty insane!)
Monday: Anatomy, Radiology, and Morphology
Wednesday: Embryology, Pre-Clinic Theory, and Spanish
Thursday: Preventive Spanish
So who has had 7 finals in one week? I have! It was a crazy week and definitely felt like I was the cast of The Walking Dead even though I vowed not to ever see a preview nor an episode of that show. (I am not a fan of gore and scary stuff in general.) But running on 5 hours of sleep every day of Finals week with an hour nap before studying was dreadful but at the same time it paid off. We got our grades were up and I was very happy about it! :)
After the last exam of the semester, my dear friend Chelsey and I went to meet up with some of the gals at IHOP for breakfast. It was so fun not to worry about any homework or deadlines or anything school-related.
Miss these gals already!!!
Smiles everywhere!!!
I went to work on Friday and Saturday and when I got home, it was so nice to change, plop on the couch, and catch up on my tv shows! It was super super nice!! :) These are some pictures that I took and are on Facebook and Instagram after our last finals were done.
Date night with the Dietrichs at Nickel City!!! :)
Getting our eyebrows waxed.. Chelsey was going home so she wanted to look good! I just tagged along! $5 for waxing, not bad!
Saying goodbye to my books for now and putting them in a safe place! Hahaha!
Got bored on Sunday afternoon and baked some GF cookies!!!
Oh and last but not least, we took some class pictures too! Look how awesome we look!
 |
| Class of 2014!!!! |
Monday, March 4, 2013
UDA Convention + Birthday Party + Baby Blessing!
Wow! What a weekend! After being so busy for awhile, I finally had a little break from school. Last week, we only had 3 days of school due to the UDA Convention up in SLC, UT. It's a convention where everyone in the dental field geeks out about freebies (specially toothbrushes) and all the cool stuff that is related to dentistry. Even though we were only in school for 3 days, it felt like a drag. I think it'z coz everyone was just so tired from the previous weeks! I can't blame them! Anyway, it was so much fun to go to the convention and just play around. First, my friends who didn't get their loupes yet were so hilarious. Both Carlie and Chelsey kept going back and forth between the Orascoptic booth and the Surgitel booth. It was funny since we would check up on them once in awhile to see the progress. While they were shopping for loupes, we walked around and saw a bunch of gals from our class. It was so awesome to see everyone looking so glamorous. It was awesome! We had so much fun and after a whole day at the convention, our feet were just sore to death. My favorite part was when we went to the massage booth and there were these machines that jiggle your whole body. I did use the word "JIGGLE" coz it totally does! And yes, we were there from 8:30-4:00 LOL! But on the way home, we passed by the SLC Temple since Chelsey hasn't seen it before. Like always, it looked gorgeous! :)
Another story was that Curt's uncle John turned the BIG 60 this weekend! It was so fun to see the family from Maryland and Seattle. Too bad Nate and Tiff and little Nora couldn't come! (I was so excited to see little Nora too! Yes, I'm talking to you Tiff if you are reading this haha!) It was fun though. Uncle John is so fond of anything chocolate that everything on the table were basically made with chocolate. It was choco-tastic but after that, I'm all chocolated-out for awhile.
And lastly, little Ivy was blessed this past Sunday. She looked so cute and just so adorable in her dress. Jim was funny to try to put her to sleep before the blessing so she doesn't get too cranky. When Mike and Ivy were called up along with all the Priesthood holders in the family, I couldn't help but tear up while listening to the blessing that Mike was giving her. It was just an awesome experience. It was funny to see the chapel half occupied by our side of the family and Mike's. It was pretty cool! I was like "I love this, we have such a huge family!" It definitely made me miss the gatherings in the Philippines. But anyway, that is the summary of my weekend! Hope you all had a good one! Now it's time for me to pack it up and study for another set of upcoming exams! Good luck to me!!!
Another story was that Curt's uncle John turned the BIG 60 this weekend! It was so fun to see the family from Maryland and Seattle. Too bad Nate and Tiff and little Nora couldn't come! (I was so excited to see little Nora too! Yes, I'm talking to you Tiff if you are reading this haha!) It was fun though. Uncle John is so fond of anything chocolate that everything on the table were basically made with chocolate. It was choco-tastic but after that, I'm all chocolated-out for awhile.
And lastly, little Ivy was blessed this past Sunday. She looked so cute and just so adorable in her dress. Jim was funny to try to put her to sleep before the blessing so she doesn't get too cranky. When Mike and Ivy were called up along with all the Priesthood holders in the family, I couldn't help but tear up while listening to the blessing that Mike was giving her. It was just an awesome experience. It was funny to see the chapel half occupied by our side of the family and Mike's. It was pretty cool! I was like "I love this, we have such a huge family!" It definitely made me miss the gatherings in the Philippines. But anyway, that is the summary of my weekend! Hope you all had a good one! Now it's time for me to pack it up and study for another set of upcoming exams! Good luck to me!!!
Photo Booth Fun!!! :)
My fellow lovely future hygienists! <3
Nicole and Chelsey relaxing at the massage booth! They're pooped from walking around LOL
Leyza, Nicole, Me, Carlie, and Chelsey! Yay UDA!!! <3
My 2 badges from the previous UDA's.. next one will say "HYGIENIST" YAHOO!!!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Still breathing and surviving + a baby in the family!
So far, I have made it through my first 2 weeks of hygiene school and honestly, it was rough. Our professors are great! Some are intimidating and some will make you laugh your head off. I'm not going to lie that it has been a stressful 2 weeks. And yes, I have already shed some tears from the stress and panic of not being able to get any homework or reading done. It's been one heck of a ride so far. A lot of memorization, lots of homework, and LOTS of studying. Holy caboodle!!! I was crying to Curt one night and asked him why I even joined this program and that I don't think I could ever do it. Right now, we are taking 9 classes summing up to 18-19 credits. Aaaahhhh!!!! One thing that stuck in my head was that one of professors told us that we already got through the hardest part.. Getting accepted in the program! I mean, I get what he was saying just because he knew that we were already stressing out about our classes, but we are the lucky ones of getting accepted and getting in. If they didn't see us having the potential of getting through this extensive and accelerated program, we would not be in our chairs in class right now. Those words of wisdom definitely made me feel a lot better about myself. I'm also glad that I met and made a few friends already. Our class is pretty awesome. Anyway, it's our 4-day weekend coz of the holiday. Thank goodness!!! It's nice having a break.. we totally needed it.
These are the classes that I am taking this semester:
- Morphology
- Radiology & Radiology Lab
- Head and Neck Anatomy
- Pre-Clinic Theory & Pre-Clinic Lab
- Embryology and Histology
- Preventive Dentistry
- Spanish
Here is my lovely schedule!!!
Also, one lovely thing happened last week!!! My sis-in-law Holly had her baby!!! She is so adorable!!! Curt and I were so happy when we finally got the message at around 2:30 am that she was born. Welcome to world Ivy Lynn Simmonds. We love you!!!
Have a great holiday weekend everyone!!! Be safe!!! xoxoxo
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Oh.. Sunday
What busy week we've had. I almost think that Sunday is the only day that I could blog about my life instead of the usual daily or at least 4x a week thing. Anyway, we had an exciting/busy/crazy week = Migraines, wedding, and HP. Getting back from our trip from MOAB and adjusting to life again was pretty rough... specially for me. I've had migraines for the past few weeks which is no bueno at all. I had to miss work on Monday coz I was getting really sick. Due to that, I went ahead and got an acupuncture which was ok. I mean, I didn't see the usual gal that I went to but it was still had a weird experience. I went to a guy named Master Lu on State street. I was expecting to lay on a bed and get a relaxing treatment but instead he just made me sit on a chair and started poking needles on me and I had to sit there for 30 mins and expected me to feel better after. I didn't think it was worth $60 but oh well. Last Thursday was Matt and Sarah.'s wedding day. I give props to Sarah for waking up early on her own wedding day since the sealing was at 8:20am. Crazy! Our sealing was at 1 pm and I had to get up at 8:30ish to get ready and it was tough for me. It was a really nice and relaxing day though. Too bad we forgot to bring our camera so we don't have any pictures.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Our week in a small post..
Curt and I have been busy all week! It doesn't feel like summer at all to us just because we've been running around like mad crazy people.. well at least I have haha! Anyway, I hope everyone had a good 4th of July. We kinda did since we spent most of the day cleaning out the apartment that we will be living in soon. (Yes, we are moving again, sadly!) But it's for a good cause. We saw some amazing fireworks and a good show at The Stadium of Fire down in Provo. It was probably one of the most amazing fireworks show I've seen. It was great!!! And we also got to sit close to the stagee.. David Archuleta was adorable and Brad Paisley is just a talented hottie! Even Curt was wowed by his amazing guitar skills. We were lucky to get two tickets from our good friends, Alec and Kelsey. Over the week, we were happy to also hang out with our dear friends, Molly and Matt again. It's been months since we've seen them. So yesterday, we all went out to dinner at WingCoop and introduced their fabulous wings. We had a fun time and chatted the night away. Of course, the girls weren't full yet so we decided to ditch the guys and head out to get some frozen yogurt from a new lil place in Holladay. YUM! After that, we drove down through Walker Lane in Holladay where we just admired the huge and beautiful houses and picked which one would be our future houses. (It's free to dream, right?!) LOL! Well, even though the week felt like it dragged, it still ended nicely. :)
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Talk about so much cuteness!!!!
I know it's late but I just can't sleep just yet! I've been thinking about desserts and sweets and I remembered how fond and excited I was about these 2 cupcake books that my lovely friend, Stephanie has! Yesterday, Curt and I went to hang out with our awesome friends: Phil, Steph, Matt, James, and we were glad to have Mykin and her hub, John with us too. We hung out and played the game "Curses!" Ever heard of it??? It's an intense game and we were just laughing our heads off! Anyhoo, before we all started the game.. I noticed this cute book on the table and wanted to see what was inside. As I flip through the pages, I got more excited on how cute the creations were on how to make cupcakes so cute and so hard to eat because of the intense cuteness. Of course the boys enjoyed on how excited I got coz every time I flipped a page, my voice kept getting higher and higher due to the intensity of the cuteness of the cupcakes! Anyway, it was a lot of fun.. James had to grab the book from me for us to finally start the game. I asked Curt if I could buy them and create these lovely cupcakes someday and he said yes!!!! I'm going to buy them soon and hopefully start making some awesome cupcakes and sharing it with people. I just wonder when that will happen... probably when I'm a mom! Hahahaha!!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
