I know I've been slacking..I'm Sorry!

Sorry viewers, I know I have not updated my blog in like a month. Like I said in my original blog post, I am not a blog person and it just takes patience for me to sit down and actually type everything because so much goes on in my life here each day. So in this blog post I am going to try my best to keep my blog up since so many of you guys have been looking at my blog. Well about a month ago I went with my friend Jon from Mauritius and Nick (U.S.) to Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland. The cities were located in northern England (close to Edinburgh, Scotland). It was a very fun trip and I got to explore a lot of the English countryside and got to go to cities like Birmingham, York, and Middlesburough. It was located near the beach so I also got to go by there. The beach in Sunderland was nice, but not as clean as back home in Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach lol. I have to say I do miss the beach and warm weather, but the U.K. is awesome and I do not want to come back home anytime soon LOL. Last weekend I went to Cambridge also where the legendary Cambridge University is located. It was a very nice campus, filled with so much history. I might upload some pictures of my trip up soon. I learned that Alfred Lord Tennyson, Isaac Newton, and other historical figures studied there. The city life in Cambridge was really fun, me and some friends on the trip had a really good time exploring downtown and visiting many buildings and cathedrals. Two weeks ago I also found out that I got into all the medical internship programs I applied for: University of Washington, Yale University, and Columbia University. All sites gave me two business days to decide which one to choose. After a long two days of deciding, I finally picked Yale University (which is in CT). So this summer I will only be in North Carolina for 9 days (June 10-19) and then Connecticut until August 1st. It was such a hard decision, I am so glad that God gave me this opportunity, I do not know how I could have done any of this without him. I was really praying that I would get into one of the sites because this would be a "key" opportunity for me getting into medical school. This internship/program will group me with students in the U.S. who want to go to medical school as well. It is basically an academic bootcamp in which I will be taking organic chemistry/physics during the summer, prepare me for medical school admissions, work with medical students/physicians in Yale Med hospital, and basically help improve my chances of getting into medical school. I am enjoying my classes over here, I would say Molecular Biology/Genetics is my favorite class so far. The labs are pretty interesting. Because I only have school on Monday, Tues, and Wednesday I am able to go on trips because my weekend basically starts Wednesday at 1 pm. This weekend I am going to Madrid, Spain (March. 3-6). I am pretty excited about this..gotta make sure my batteries are fully charged for my camera lol. After this coming weekend I will be chilling out and saving up money for my big excursion during Spring Break. During Spring Break (April 8-24) I will be going to Netherlands (Amsterdam), Italy (Rome), Greece (Athens), and France (Paris). Spring break here is all of April and then exams start in May. Well I am going to go do some school work, I promise I will update this log more often! (Try checking every 1-2 weeks!) Thanks for viewing. Much Love

Keenan (February 27, 2011) 7:06 pm U.K. time