<p>Im not doing this to receive condolensces or any sort of stuff… but Im feeling really sad today cause my grandmother just passed away… so now I have greater things to think of other than Penn. My grandma suffered from bipolar syndrome, so she has been living in a special house to receive special attention for 1 year cause my grandpa wasnt able to handle it anymore. We never were really closed, but I always had plans of goin to visit her… but I never had time!!! Either I needed to study for SATs or do hw, or any other sort of activity. Like this I have always planned to do things after getting into the college of my choice! I actually planned to visit my grandma next week to tell her whether or nor I was in. But that’s something I cant do anymore, she’s not coming back. I dont even know why im posting this… theonly thing I can say, as cliche as it sounds is to do whatever u want or planned right NOW… i know we are all planners and will be ibankers, ceos, or any other stuff, ruling the world… but take the opportunity right now to do whatever you really love or want, u never know if ur gonna be able to do it tomorrow… but anyway see ya and lets hope for the best this thursday whatever the decicions will be.</p>
<p>Feel better man.</p>
<p>aww bernard I'm sad for you. But definitely good advice. We're all here for you. One big Penn ED family =)</p>
<p>its all about priorities....i feel you man</p>
<p>a :) for you <3</p>
<p>aaw. <em>hug</em></p>
<p>hope you feel better and gl!</p>
<p>kinda puts things into perspective though doesnt it?</p>
<p>bernardolw, I'm so sorry and I know exactly how you feel, my grandmother died last week as well</p>
<p>im so sorry, feel better</p>
<p>hope you feel better!</p>
<p>I am sorry for your loss, keep faith in god and everything will be alright.</p>
<p>^ Why are we getting so religious here?</p>
<p>I mean, I'm a Christian, but I don't say these things to people who I'm not sure are Christians.</p>
<p>well I didnt direct it at a certain faith, and whether u choose to believe or not is none of my business.</p>
<p>I don't check every single sentence I type for political correctness.</p>
<p>I just meant it in the sense that everything will be alright. I'm not christian either (I'm Hindu).</p>
<p>We've already had a huge religious flame war over a simple gesture of goodwill. Lets not do that again; I'm sorry for your loss and I hope you'll feel better later. My grandfather also died last year but I never really knew him at all so I didn't know how to feel (he lived in China and I lived with my other grandparents then I moved to America). Hope you feel better later.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone!!! I dont know what to say... I dont even know if I shouldve started the thread in the first place but I feel like I needed it... but anyway thank u so much to everyone regardless of the religion you follow. Im catholic and this somehow strengthened my faith... but I believe Im no one to judge others and I think I should respect each one's beliefs.</p>
<p>God's Peace to you, bernardo,regardless of the outcome of your early application to Penn. Do your best to do your best, but stay grounded. That is probably what those who are closest to you want for you, and that is a fine way to honor the memory of loved ones.</p>
<p>bernardo, I don't know how to say this to you, but you should stay strong because your happiness is the most important thing to your loved ones. I just found out a month ago from my mom that my dad will be having a liver transplant very soon around early 2007 because of advance liver damage. I felt that my world was ending when I heard this. I never imagined that one of my parent might die so soon. Even though I felt like crying and breaking down, I had to stay strong and force a smile infront of my parents. This is the first time I ever talked about this...maybe it is your post that encouraged me. Anyways, I just hope I could get in to Penn, so I could have some good news for my dad before the operation. Good luck to everyone.</p>