Music fest kind of week.

I am blogging again, yay! I am actually not bored because I am watching the Flyers vs. Devils game on TV right now. I am just in the mood to type something up. So... my whole week has been very fulfilling. I saw three of my favorite musicians in a span of 7 days.

Sam Sparro performed at World Cafe Live last Monday (4/23). To most of you who do not know him, he is an Australian singer-songwriter and his music is basically soul and funk with some electro. He is not quite that big, but he certainly has many followers and gay followers.

Shades of Grey & Black and Gold

This guy's voice is very soulful!!! I really enjoyed his singing. He was so lively on stage too including his two back up singers. I love him!

I also saw Death Cab for Cutie on Wednesday (4/25)! What can I say? It makes me happy when a band sings as good in their records as they are live. This band is popular. Their show was sold out and I don't even think they are mainstream yet.

Death Cab for Cutie with Magik*Magik Orchestra

Finally, after months of wishing for Chiddy Bang to perform in Philly, I saw this tweet:

I had a hard time asking my friends to come with me because it was such a short notice. Nobody seemed to be available on a Saturday night lol. plus I realized that I need more friends who can come with me on these shows. I do not have anyone at work to invite to T_T and my friends are all working now so it's difficult when our schedules do not match. :( Good thing the Alvaro sisters were free that night and they came with me yay!

Chiddy Bang is not very known yet. Yes, because I think in a few years, they will be very big. Just like Wale (wah-lay) who also performed that night, their genre is "alternative hiphop," which is uncommon. For me, their music is fresh, new and embodies the music of the young generation. Everything now is a fusion of all kinds of genre.

Mind Your Manners

Opposite of Adults

Ray Charles

Truth

I was ecstatic when I watched the videos because I did not realize he was looking at my camera plenty of times! Oh, a little background about them... Chiddy Bang is a hiphop duo from Philly (more reason to love them).

My work schedule last week was awesome because I was in the PACU, which I absolutely love! That is why I got to attend many shows at night. Do not let this change your opinion about me. I am still that person who enjoys staying at home, watching a game or a movie, chatting with friends on my laptop, but I am a sucker for my favorite bands/artists lol. I just gotta have to see them live. It makes me happy :)

A whole mess of a week!

This week pisses me off. Every worst luck had happened to me and all the bad things just keep adding up everyday. First of all, my laptop broke. How it happened? I do not know. One day I was watching "Gone with the Wind,"  and the next day I can't even get to boot it up. Adding to the dilemma, I wasted nearly $250 buying a spare hard drive (including wires and recovery disks) to replace the old, faulty one. I have never opened my laptop and take out parts before and now I have to do it for the first time. I pray I do not break the laptop even more by trying to fix it. All my files were not backed up, which what pisses me most. I guess it was my fault for not buying an external HD when I had the time, but still...

The timing of my laptop breaking is so great because now I cannot even finish my ECCO (which is the most annoying online class I have ever taken) during my spare time. I have 4 more modules left and I am planning to finish all of them this week (Thank God I have the week off, the only good thing this week). I can't even do it as planned because my hard drive failed on me when I needed it the most! Now, I am using my sister's laptop to at least finish 1 module. I logged onto my class and lo and behold "Healthstream is under maintenance from 8p to 4a." Uggghhhhh! I can't do it tonight, which is why I am blogging right now

This brings me to probably the most annoying thing that happened this week. The reason why I wanted to finish all my ECCO is so that I can start on my ACLS class. Per manager, I have to finish my ECCO first before ACLS, which is such a waste if time. That ECCO probably takes 3 months to finish. Why is it necessary to finish ECCO before ACLS when taking it at the same time is doable?!? Plus, they have never told me I have to be ACLS certified before I can get off orientation. They, and may I stress it more out, THEY were supposed to sign me up for the April initial ACLS and I trusted them to do it. I waited, waited, and waited. Finally, I decided to sign up for the class myself and then I saw the April class is already full and I am left with the May class.

No big deal, I got in the May class, right? Oh heck, no. That means my orientation is being pushed until May when I want to get off orientation already! I may not be ready but I want to be on my own, handling my own patients without the pressure of having my preceptor watch everything I do.

I just hate setting a schedule for myself and nothing goes as planned. I hate wasting so much time when things can be done NOW. I hate this week for not being so kind to me. I am just really pissed.

Happy New Year!

It's 2012!! Two-zero-one-two and the world has not ended like those crazy predictions!

I decided to list my goals for this year. I believe writing down your goals will help you achieve them. Just a custom I have always followed and have always worked! :) So here are my goals for 2012!! I hope this year won't let me down.


1. Finish my critical care course, get my ACLS, finish my orientation in March and be awesome at my job.
2. Be a good active listener (I am guilty of tuning people out.. a lot.)
3. Act more like an adult.
4. Get my driver's license (I keep putting it off.)
5. Play the guitar again.
6. Read more.
7. Travel!
8. Do something extreme for the summer (I did skydiving last summer, so maybe bungee jumping?)
9. Since Sarah is not here in Philly anymore, find a friend MY age. (It sucks being 20 and all my friends are older than me :| )
10. Buy a house (in God's will)
11. Be myself all the time and not let other change me for the worse.

A pretty achievable list, right? What else did I miss? Lol. Hope everyone has their goals set for the new year too. Happy New Year!