I took my MCAT on March 27th and walked out of the testing center feeling like I was hit by a truck. I was actually feeling pretty confident after finishing the Physical Sciences section, but then the test decided to throw me a curveball during the Verbal Reasoning section with really weird passages. I never know how well I do on the VR section until after I see my score, so my confidence was steadily decreasing after that point. Then the Writing Sample portion of the test came up — apparently everyone and their mother (including me) used Facebook as an example for one of the prompts. I had calmed down some after that section and felt like I could conquer the last section — Biological Sciences. HOLY COW, it was seriously the hardest BS section I’ve ever taken in my life! Now I’m sitting here anxiously until scores are released, praying to the MCAT gods every single day for a decent score. I just hope I hit my practice test score average :( Until then, I have to start asking for letters of recommendation and start drafting a personal statement to begin the application process………I’m kind of nervous.

After that whole fiasco was over, I decided to indulge myself in things that I had put aside for studying for that dreadful test. I’m a somewhat transient Asian drama watcher, but I recently got into one of the cutest dramas I’ve ever seen in my life! At first, Pasta sounds like a Korean version of the Taiwanese drama Sweet Relationship starring Vic Zhou and Patty Hou (of which I was seriously bored of within 5 episodes but forced myself to finish, hoping Vic Zhou would save the series — he didn’t), but I was surprised at how quickly I began to love the series. Seriously — doesn’t this promo still scream “cute”?

For those wondering, it’s about a young woman with dreams of becoming a Pasta chef and the premier Italian chef she meets along the way. It might sound kind of lame, but the chemistry between Lee Sun Gyun and Gong Hyo Jin is so incredibly amazing that I hope they collaborate sometime again in the future! I also really liked the fact that there wasn’t really the “normal” secondary character love plot that usually occurs in all dramas — you know, where they actively try to “steal” away the male/female main lead from the other female/male lead during their blooming relationship. It was a really fun, lighthearted, feel-good watch that I would recommend to anybody who enjoys romantic comedies or is looking for their first Korean drama to watch! (If not, you should just YouTube clips of Lee Sun Gyun to listen to his voice because oh my god I’m so envious of his wife, who probably gets to hear it on a daily basis.)

Next up: Coffee Prince. I’m kind of late to the party, but I didn’t really have a desire to watch it since I didn’t find Gong Yoo attractive and I’m not really partial to Yoon Eun Hye. Lee Sun Gyun makes it all better, though!

Other news — I think I’m Asian failing most of my classes so far this semester. I find this………sad. And very disappointing. Get it together, self!