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About Me

The 3nd year of medical school begins! Yeee haw.

Being a 3rd year medical student on the clinics is being the lowest of the low. You are the most unskilled and least helpful person. In fact, sometimes you make people's lives harder, like when you mix up the one handed sterile gloves with the two handed sterile gloves. You fight for attention, fight for somebody to notice that you are still alive and present, waiting. Waiting for somebody to give you a chance, teach you something, challenge you with a task. You leap for joy at being assigned the most menial of duties. After all, if you keep reminding them that you are there and are actually being helpful, maybe you'll get to do something BIGGER and more exciting. And, ofcourse, try to get a good evaluation so you can apply to some kick ass residency afterwards. Yee haw.
My rotations: Ob/Gyn July-Aug Pediatrics Aug-Sept Surgery Oct-Dec Medicine Jan-March Psychiatry April Neurology May Emergency Pediatrics June Pediatrics Sub-internship July Medical Spanish Aug Medicine Sub-internship Sept Radiology October
In medical school, you will FORGET information more than most people ever LEARN in their lifetime.

Check out my xanga page http://xanga.com/noelani82 and yahoo photos page http://photos.yahoo.com/noelani82 for more fun!

My Interests

hula and Tahitian dance, ballroom/social dance, horseback riding, running, striving to make a positive difference in my community, taking a warm shower, putting on nice smelling body lotion, contemplating the meaning of life...
And hanging out with friends is always cool too.

Hot Future Doctors!

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My highschool girls

My Stanford Luau days

My Polynesian MIT Dancetroupe girls

I'd like to meet:

Someone who knows how to waltz (rotary and cross step), swing, tango, cha cha, salsa, merengue, club two step, rumba, schottische, polka, one step, hustle and can keep up with me. And yes, I know PLENTY people who can fit this :)

I want to meet someone with a sense of humor. Someone who sees the world in a different light, and can offer me a glimpse into this unique lens. I want to meet someone who will challenge me, teach me something new, shake my foundations, make me laugh, bring me joy, make me cry and despair... showing me just how broad the spectrum of human emotions run.

I'd like to meet my Matty up here in Boston more often... (or even more, hell I'd like to go HOME more often!)

Salsa Performance Rehearsal

Tahitian Dance Performance

Music:

Hawaiian music, swing music, waltz music, salsa music, hustle music... something I can dance to. Something that takes more brains that just booty.

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Movies:

House of Flying Daggers (the best movie ever).

Phantom of the Opera.

Television:

House MD. The ONLY medical-related t.v. show even worth watching. When I grow up, I want to be House.

Books:

I read UpToDate online.

Heroes:

Family, friends, lovers.... the people who truly make a difference in my life. not some trashy celebrity or sports star. Okay, well maybe except for Dr. House.

My Blog

Your VIP access to the operating room!

Being a Harvard Medical student is like having a VIP back stage all-access pass to pretty much any darn surgery you could want to see. Just flash the hospital ID, "Hey Dr. Pompous-Ass, would it be oka...
Posted by Kara on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:31:00 PST

Sunday night on-call for Surgery

THIS IS MY TRUE STORY! Sunday thru Monday:6am: show up at the hospital at 6am for rounds. checking out "Dr. McDreamy" my sexy chief resident ;)10am: see a poor guy who stuck a zucchini up his ass and ...
Posted by Kara on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:38:00 PST

Magic: Reflections on OB/Gyn

This was my reflection paper assignment for my weekly patient-doctor class. Since I had just finished taking my oral and shelf exam for ob/gyn and am now on my way to preparing for pediatrics, I figur...
Posted by Kara on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:24:00 PST

If you've been tagged

Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about him/herself. People who get tagged need to write their own blog about their seven things as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need t...
Posted by Kara on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:20:00 PST

Harvard Med School Second Year Show

So the show was back in February... I just haven't had time to share anything about it. But right now, its 11pm, I've been studying for over 8 hours, and I can't study no more, so I might as well post...
Posted by Kara on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:55:00 PST

SF Conference and Return to the Farm!

Last Thursday afternoon, I left Boston for San Francisco (and got thereafter about 3 hours total in delays). I was at the Student NationalMedical Association annual conference, held in San Francisco t...
Posted by Kara on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:17:00 PST

In memory of Guinea

On Tuesday August 15, Guinea passed away. Guinea has been a loyal companion and a furry, squeaking, bundle of joy for the past eight years. We got her from our neighbors as an adult, so we are not exa...
Posted by Kara on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:23:00 PST

Summer of loves: salsa, horses, and Matty

There are three things that make me extremely happy. Like, ecstatic happy. Like, so happy I could be on certain unnamed illegal substances. And no, sadly, shadowing doctors and learning about medicine...
Posted by Kara on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:18:00 PST

Ironies of life, and dumb haole boys

I was at Waikiki yesterday catching some waves. Afterwards, I was sitting on the sand doing my thang (Neuroanatomy, by Sidman and Sidman, baby!), and listening to the conversation of these two haole b...
Posted by Kara on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:04:00 PST

My lil piece of heaven... and the end of med school

My goodness, it's been almost a year since I last updated! Sorry guys, I was too busy studying and being a good med student (riiiiiiight).Med school has been a blast. It has been a true learning exper...
Posted by Kara on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:36:00 PST