Take your Daughter to work day! (I Watch Too Much TV)

Song of the Day: Ugar by, Serebro (Russian girl group) 

So today I went with my mom and dad to their workplaces today.

It feels weird since I'm nineteen and I feel like a little kid again. Reminds me of that TV episode where the parent takes their child to work for the day. 

I was able to volunteer and help make Mrs. Hussey's day better :) 

And now I'm currently studying/resting at my dad's workplace on the computer.

It's been a pretty productive break so far! :D

Sunday: went to church, helped cook steaks, helped parents host the dinner for the missionaries, and just relaxed after my little freak-out on Saturday! :) 

Saturday: Donated blood, started looking at MCAT questions, went window-shopping with the mom and sister, and that's about it....

Friday: Took my last final, cleaned the bathroom in our apartment, flew home, and made it just in time for the ward Christmas party!

MCAT fact of the day!

So I was going over questions on my mcat question site again and apparently, there will be questions regarding PUBLIC HEALTH as well! Man, I got a lot of work cut out for me! Haha :)

Did you know: Although all of the above are challenges which cities face, the choice with the most impact is likely to be (A). Air pollution tends to cause the deaths of 1.2 million people per year, and contributes to countless more, according to the WHO. Most of these deaths are due to cardiovascular and respiratory issues. In regards to the other issues, Tuberculosis tends to be several times more common in cities, but tends to impact a relatively small number of people compared to air pollution. Road safety is important to health, but its effect is again dwarfed by air pollution. Encouraging healthy food consumption is especially important in cities, where access to unhealthy food and advertising for it is high, but again this effect is generally dwarfed by air pollution. 

And now some facts about urine! Cause why not? Haha! 
 Urine is produced by filtration of the blood, so excretion of wastes and metabolites through the urine will be through blood filtration, making (D) incorrect. The drug or its metabolites must be able to pass the membrane of the glomerulus which is the capillary bed where filtrate escapes the blood and is concentrated in the nephron. Ions poorly traverse the membrane, making (A) incorrect; moreover, nonionic compounds are capable of entering the urine. The same objection can remove (B) as well. This leaves (C) as the correct answer.

Before this post gets any awkward, I'm out! 
Love,
Maya 

November (A Month of Thanks)

Song of the Day: Ghosts by, The National Parks 

Note: You NEED to listen to this band! PERFECT FOR FALL! :)

Hello again after about two months! 

It's been an interesting semester to say the least, but I thought I should make this post- as well as upcoming ones- purely grattitude posts since this is the month of grattitude. 

Goodbye September (My Bucket List)

Song of the Day: Sweater Weather by, The Neighbourhood 

Another day, another Monday, another gratitude post!

But now it's time to say goodbye to September and the remnants of summer and hello to October and Fall! 

As I said before, I really am starting to love the Fall season so I can't wait until all the leaves have changed color :D

Med School Preparation begins NOW! (MCAT Fact of the Day)

 Song of the Day: Burn by, Ellie Goulding

I'm also going to be using this blog to help me prep for the MCAT! 

So here it goes....
All you need to know about ACTIN 

The mitotic spindle is mediated in part by actin which helps to control the spindle's length, supporting the microtubules. Muscle contraction is mediated by both myosin and actin. Cellular shape is largely determined by the cytoskeleton whose primary component is actin. Therefore all three will be affected by changes to actin.

 And since I'm taking the new one, here's a psychology fact of the day!

 Social loafing is the tendency for an individual's effort to be less than maximal when their efforts are camouflaged as part of a larger group effort. A tug of war is a classic example of an activity during which any one individual's effort is not able to be determined. Therefore it is the most prone to social loafing. The combined pulling strength of five members will inevitably be less than the summation of each person's individual strength.

In addition, here's a preview of what O-Chem (organic chemistry) has in store for me! D:

 An aldehyde will have a terminal carbonyl, making the carbon chain C-C-C-CHO. This configuration has a maximum of 8 hydrogen atoms, which means the molecular formula given cannot be an aldehyde. Esters have two oxygen atoms, meaning this molecule cannot be an ester. For a ketone in this 4-carbon compound, the chain will be C-CO-C-C, which also has a maximum of 8 hydrogen atoms. Only an alcohol is possible, as in the configuration CH₃CH(OH)CH₂CH₃ which has 4 carbon atoms, 10 hydrogen atoms, and 1 oxygen atom. An ether is also possible but is not listed as an option.