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A couple of year's worth of update
Dancer (put your advert here) Started conversation Dec 9, 2005
Hi all,
I guess alot of you are angry with me.
You have a good reason to be.
I don't blame you.
I do apologise.
I think I'm back though. Was gone for a few years (except for a peek or two).
If It takes me too long to return, complaints are welcom at [email protected] as email or google talk messages/conversation.
Again, I will give an update of the last year+ that passed since I was here, and boy was it a busy year+.
Again, you can skip it by going past the s.
I guess I finished the last update when I got back from Scandinavia. I was there with my parents and my best friend - Yakir. When we got back to Israel, Yakir got sick again (Leukemia - Blood cancer).
A long time ago I decided I will study medicine one day, but never acted on it. On January I decided it was time I went to uni.
Getting into med school is not easy in Israel - I certainly didn't have the grades for it.
I went to the business of getting a good psychometric (Like the american SATs) grade - which ment studying about 11 hours a day for 3 1/2 months.
On the second month for this task, after 5 years of fighting the disease - Yakir died. I was left the only one in the world that got my jokes - I was left alone - Lost a brother.
I did get the high psych grade though, but still wasn't able to get into med school because of my school grades (which were good, but not of a high enough percentile to get into med school.
I went to uni as a Biology major.
Now - there's an option to try getting into med school based on academic acheivement in the uni, but you need a year's worth of courses for that, meaning, you can only apply after a year an a half in uni, and get accepted after two years. I'm too olf for this... with my grey hairs and all.
Since I did some math in the open university, and after all, I am a computer programmer, and a bonefied geek, I decided to do a year's worth of university in one semester - allowing me to get into the next year's.
I started searching for courses to do and ended up with a devestatingly busy week - having 2 and sometimes 3 classes at the same time (like harmiony in Harry Potter). I did all of the classes of 1st year biology (inc. extra points) and also took 3rd year and grad courses in Computer science and Physics - only those I was sure I already know the material for.
I had to get top grades on everything - couldn't miss a single course, and had to get it on the first test term - because grades had to be submitted before the second test term.
Also, in order to keep sain, I skipped all the physics classes and went to dance at the high academy for dance and music which is near the university (actuall, on the same campus).
After LOTS of hard work - I was successfull. and this year I started med school in Hadassa Jerusalem - which is a great hospital.
Since I did all those courses last year, I have verry few this year. I was planning to take some Computer science and 2nd year Med courses but I was offered a job at a great company (MobilEye) that makes computer vision products for the autormotive industry, so I am working there part time.
Parallel to all of this, I was (am) working for another company - which I hope will allow me to work with them throughout my degree.
This make my current life extremely busy - and my girlfriend (of 6 months) is complaining about it.
I still dance and teach dance a bit (only once a week).
I still do some photography work.
I'm still enjoying what I do, and life in general.
I decided to come back on h2g2 now - I missed you all.
in more recent news:
I Got back from reserve duty this week.
I'm sick.
My knee hurts.
I'm tired.
I have alot of work.
I complain too much.
Dancer (who thinks he's really actually back for real this time)
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Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary] Posted Dec 9, 2005
Ahlan again!
So, are (were?) you here in Hebrew U, then? Do you live in Jerusalem now?
I'm adding you to my Friends' List, anyway, whether you like it or not.
with everything!
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Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Dec 9, 2005
I study in HUJI, most of the time in Hadassa, but on Givat-Ram a day a week.
I live in Mevasseret Jerusalem.
Itai (going to sleep for an hour - then to work for a few hours)
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Sho - employed again! Posted Dec 10, 2005
oh you busy person!!!
Thanks for the update - I really don't know how you managed all that but I guess losing your best friend is all the motivation you needed to get through it all.
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J'au-æmne Posted Dec 10, 2005
Dancer! I was just thinking about you the other day, wondering what had happened to you.
I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, but it's great that you've turned that into something positive in your life. The brother of a friend of mine has Leukemia. Happily he's very healthy at the moment, but one knows he could always get worse.
I hope you are back for real but I could really understand it if you're not, you're a very busy Dancer these days!
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Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary] Posted Dec 10, 2005
Hadassa Ein Karem, right?
Such a beautiful neighbourhood - but unfortunately too out of the way for me to go there very often...
I study in Mt. Scopus, and since I live in French Hill, that works out pretty good for me.
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Witty Moniker Posted Dec 11, 2005
Welcome back, Dancer! Congratulations on your admission to medical school, you certainly earned it. And I am glad that you still find time to dance, even if just a little.
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Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary] Posted Dec 13, 2005
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Yael Smith Posted Dec 14, 2005
I'm not travelling anywhere untill at least May of next year, and even then, I'm not sure I'll make it to Jerusalem.
Too bad we don't live there anymore.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Dec 16, 2005
for your friend.
Welcome backand thanks for the update (I never took you off my friend's list)
Annie/GB
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Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Dec 16, 2005
Thanks all for the warm welcome back.
Hi GB,
Read your jurnal... don't know what to say, it seems like the general mood here (at least with alot of the lower U123456s)
Dancer
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Sho - employed again! Posted Dec 18, 2005
which is why it's doubly... triply... fantastically soooo much better to have you back.
My Gruesome Twosome have taken up dancing and had their first ballet exams this year. Now they want to do ballroom too
I'm still amazed about your drive and energy, just reading your first post here again makes me tired!
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Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Dec 18, 2005
Are they doing the RAD curriculum (?english?)
Because if so, I did the exact same exam they are doing now when I was 18 :-o
Dancer
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Sho - employed again! Posted Dec 18, 2005
Sounds like it could be that. I know the conditions for their exam outfit nearly caused me to have some kind of heart-attack/stroke combo
Gruesome #1 did Grade 1, #2 did primary. Next year no exams because they'll do a performance, then they will miss out a grade (so it will be as though they moved up a grade per year)
Their teacher is soooo strict. it's a shock for the German kids, I know. But she's a friend of mine, and since I think it's good for the gruesomes... we see eye to eye.
How are you finding it?
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Yael Smith Posted Dec 22, 2005
I danced for 2 years, and they didn't do any exams. Later in the 2nd year I was so much taller and bigger than the others, it was decided, quite rightfully, that I shouldn't go on with it. Did some modern stuff, but in my heart always liked the ballet better...
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A couple of year's worth of update
- 1: Dancer (put your advert here) (Dec 9, 2005)
- 2: Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary] (Dec 9, 2005)
- 3: Dancer (put your advert here) (Dec 9, 2005)
- 4: Sho - employed again! (Dec 10, 2005)
- 5: J'au-æmne (Dec 10, 2005)
- 6: Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary] (Dec 10, 2005)
- 7: Witty Moniker (Dec 11, 2005)
- 8: Dancer (put your advert here) (Dec 12, 2005)
- 9: Yael Smith (Dec 13, 2005)
- 10: Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary] (Dec 13, 2005)
- 11: Yael Smith (Dec 14, 2005)
- 12: Titania (gone for lunch) (Dec 15, 2005)
- 13: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Dec 16, 2005)
- 14: Yael Smith (Dec 16, 2005)
- 15: Dancer (put your advert here) (Dec 16, 2005)
- 16: Sho - employed again! (Dec 18, 2005)
- 17: Dancer (put your advert here) (Dec 18, 2005)
- 18: Sho - employed again! (Dec 18, 2005)
- 19: Dancer (put your advert here) (Dec 19, 2005)
- 20: Yael Smith (Dec 22, 2005)
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