We all know of the pharmaceutical rout that is predominantly spreading through the US current day, but I never truly appreciate just how large the pharmaceutical industry had grown until these past few months. The work that I have been doing at the hospital has been difficult to ameliorate; on one hand I know I am doing something positive for people, the other; it seems like our patients are simply over medicating themselves. With the advent of weight loss drugs like HCG, Pregnyl, and Novarel, no longer do we need to lose weight on our own. However, with the compounding industry's mastery of Progesterone and Thyroid amalgams, no longer are natural, albeit borderline tortuous events, like menopause met with such resignation.

In the end, I guess it just boils down to the satisfaction we get from our job. And truly, every day when I leave the hospital, remove my lab coat and sit in my car, I have to take a minute, take a breath. And; despite the lack of respite, tiring 50 hours weeks, nonstop patients, I honestly love my job; more importantly, I truly feel like I am doing something good.

The mitigating factor in this new routine of mine though, is that I haven't been able to eke out enough time to complete a single deviation, and for those of you who are still kind enough to keep me in your watch list, I felt like I owed you all an explanation. I am not just slacking off, life is just getting in the way I promise that once I get some vacation time, I will amend the long absence with something truly worth the wait; something that I feel like I have always striven to do, despite the variations in my schedule.

I guess I simply wanted to say, as always, thanks for sticking around; and for those of you who are and have been, that is the reason I have been so truant of late.

Now for some reprieve. I was tagged by , and although I don't usually indulge in these chains, this one seemed appropriate at the time..

Here are the rules;
1. Write these rules again.
2. Each person tagged has to write 8 things about herself/himself.
3. He/she has to write those things into her/his journal.
4. He/she will have to tag 8 more people at the end.
5. Go into their dA pages and note that you've tagged them.

8 things most people do not know about me/or might find intriguing:

1) I studied art at Arizona State University and the Phoenix Art Institute for years before going to, and graduating from, Pharmaceutical School just one year ago.
2) I am a huge Cigar/Wine aficionado, when I purchased my condo in Arizona, I converted the second bedroom into a cigar/wine room.
3) Which segues into number three; I've held an active Realtor's license for over 5 years.
4) I lived in Taiwan for over a year when I was younger, while there, I attended school with all the regular Taiwanese students, and studied Iaijutsu for a year. (talk about culture shock, Taiwanese student go to school Monday through Saturday.)
5) I adore sushi
6) I was one of the 200 person team in America responsible for debugging the American version of Final Fantasy XI, if you look for the credits in the game, Timothy Wong is listed.
7) I have had some work done 0_0
8) My sister is Shii-Ann from Survivor Thailand and Survivor All-Stars (not specifically about me, but people seem to find that interesting).

I am tagging: