Beautiful Things

I promise I'm alive! A rare weekend break to perform health screenings on a nearby island. #healthfair #developedcountry #island #volunteer #med #caribbean #purpose #sohot #grossface #datferryride

Sometimes I forget we live in paradise - brief post-unifieds break! #tig #island #grenada #beach

Gotham city (#TriBeCa) #nyc

I've dreamt about eating at @wd50nyc for years. Thanks to @meemoojungle for coming with me before I left NYC and before their relocation! Ps; this tasted like Mac and Cheese! #latergram #wd50 #nyc #moleculargastronomy #foodscience #tapioca #cheddar #rice #wyliedufresne

This was SO good, I almost didn't get anything! #firsttime #chobani #soho #pistachios #darkchocolate #oranges #mint #honey @alicita2410

Colbie Caillat - Try

Finally home in the US of A! (Let's play!) & found this gem while going through photos. Japanese kaiten-zushi (conveyer belt sushi) > most NYC sushi 👍 #narita #japan #latergram

The Bulgolgi burger from Seoul's McD = one of our top five meals in Japan and Korea #noshame #hatersgonnahate

These Chinese tourists brought their own stick and e'erythang... #selfietime #bukchonhanokvillage #seoul #korea

Spotted: Geisha in action = trip/life complete #gion #pontocho #creeping

Totoro in the bonsai garden for breakfast #osaka

Day 1 in Taipei: Earthquake, rain showers, underground mall shopping, and cat cafés

also, as i was excited to share my joy to be home as i landed, the number of people i wanted share it with (or would care) was few. i wonder in two years, how many friends i will still be in touch with?

With the country suffering from a water drought, we had to choose between having water to shower OR water for our washer/dryer for a few days. Guess what we chose...

- owner of campus eatery that made our "chocolate" cake with vanilla sponge cake. we had to google image a picture of "chocolate cake with chocolate icing" for him.

Powerful spoken word: Patrick Roche - "21" (CUPSI 2014)

observations: - the pediatrics ward felt like a small upgrade above a clinic. it was certainly nowhere near as equipped as any pediatrics dept in a U.S. hospital. - there were 3-4 doctors (1 is graduating from my school in june!) on the floor, 6 interns. there were at least 20 kids, with at least 5 crying at a single moment. - Dr. N-- was the epitome of calm, loving, meticulous leadership. She listened intently to the intern/doctor presenting the cases and made comments to inquire, clarify, as well as educate. At the same time, she found moments to laugh with the nurses, pay attention to us shadowing med students, and comfort crying infants. What an inspiration! - a tonnnnn of lymphatic issues. or just a way to gauge how sick the kids are? if so? good. i know my lymphatics. - one of the kids had harry potter bedsheets! so cool. - need to research the country's healthcare. they were discussing how flabbergasted that a parent actually emailed the doctor saying it was the doctor's responsibility to take care of the child's medical bill... - i didn't see a single computer in the entire ward. maybe one. when they had to look up something, they had to find a handbook! an actual BOOK. so crazy. - there was an intern sitting there just making small cotton balls out of a huge huge bundle of cotton. this would NEVER happen in the U.S. you'd just buy it!