Crazy Concoctions

Memory Gap

January 24, 2009

The thing I hate about my brain is that if I don’t have a deep personal relationship with someone (in other words acquaintances that come and go at school or in the workplace, or people I haven’t told my life story to, or people who haven’t seen me drunk yet and vice versa) and I haven’t seen them in a long time, I either forget their name or face, and worse - sometimes both.

I’ve had numerous awkward moments wherein the person would call my name, grinning from ear to ear and start a conversation, and then the conversation would end and the person would be long gone before I remember their name. I would be left with a blank stare, which I hope the person wouldn’t have noticed. I would then rack my brain before I go to bed, trying to remember the person’s name, sometimes to no avail. Next I would feel so embarrassed that I hope we never see each other again or at least that the person forgot about that meeting and never mentioned it to anybody.

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If I Were a Doctor

January 15, 2009

At the start of ‘09, I had a strange epiphany. I got it right after I woke up from an afternoon nap. I don’t know if it had something to do with my dream because I couldn’t remember the dream when I woke up. My epiphany was that if I went on to be a doctor, I would probably be a neurologist, a psychologist, a psychiatrist or a psychotherapist. You see, my mom wanted me to be a doctor but like any good mother didn’t force me to do something I didn’t want, and she let me pursue the field I wanted.

Looking back, I believe I would have been a doctor if I really wanted to. I was good at school initially but slacked off eventually due to some traumatic childhood event and due to some bad decisions made on my part. And why neurology/psychology/psychiatry/psychotherapy? I don’t know exactly. I’ve always been interested in what’s going on in our brain for as long as I can remember. All the nonfiction books I’ve read so far I lately realized always have a psychological aspect to them, significant or otherwise. I am an avid viewer of Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel and I am always fascinated by shows that focus on the human mind, how people interact. Would you believe that I actually am excited by the fact that we humans only use a small percentage of our brain’s potential? Imagine what we could do if we were using our brains to their full potential. The possibilities are endless, and it would be nice to actually discover what other things the mind can do.

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Mini High School Reunion

January 11, 2009

I should have blogged about this way back last week, but 2009 started out sluggish for me, maybe because of the cold weather hehe. Anyway, third day of ‘09, my friends and I cooked up an impromptu reunion at one of our friend’s house. Because it was a long holiday, we sent text messages and called people up to see if they were still in the province and asked them if they could come for a small get-together. Everyone was asked to bring food and/or drinks good for five to 10 people.

At first we didn’t think many would come (we were expecting only about less than 10 based on the responses we got and because almost everybody was late), but 17 out of 155 is a good enough number for something unplanned like this one. Food was abundant and we still had plenty in case more people had shown up. It’s been 10 years since we’ve graduated from high school, and it’s high time we planned our grand reunion.

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