This week I have become relunctantly addicted to American TV (and those of you who know me well will know that I don't watch much TV at home). But American TV is something else. One show in particular has captivated my interest and it could only be made in America. It's called "Dance Your Ass Off" and its an addictive combination of "The Biggest Loser" (uber-emotional weight-loss programme for those of you not in the-know) and "Strictly Come Dancing". In a nutshell, the show is based on a group of contestants, all of whom have clearly overindulged at the local All-You-Can-Eat [View Full Entry]

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Hey Gang, So here I am, all set to leave the country for 9 months. For those of you who i havn't talked to in awhile, here's a brief sum up of my life and what i'm doing: I've finished 3 (out of 4) years of med school at Tufts in Boston. Its been pretty fun (sometimes), but at the end of the day, I still regret going strait from college to med school without taking a year off in between. So 3 years later, i'm making up for that mistake with a year abroad now. I'll start out my trip [View Full Entry]

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Well, I have now had a chance to fully settle into Boston and thought I should give an account of my (uncharacteristically athletic) weekend. The weather was forecast to be pretty bad over the weekend so we had to reschedule our original plan of going berry-picking on Saturday. Instead my sister announced that we would start the day by going to her gym to do a class intimidatingly-named "Cardio Combat!" I kind of make it a point of principle not to do a class with the words "Combat" in its name (similarly "Power", "Blast", "Attack", etc) as they frankly all sound [View Full Entry]

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So here begins my adventure...packing: almost done, writing two paper: finally done, saying goodbyes: sadly, in process. As a person who doesn't like change, this is a huge leap for me; I am leaving everything that I am comfortable with and am jumping headlong into the great un-know with utter excitment, and admittedly tinged with fear. Tomorrow I will be on a 6pm flight from boston and then, after stopping in San Fran. and Hon Kong, a grand total of 31 hours late,r I will land in Denpasar, Bali, where reps. from our program will pick us up and transport us [View Full Entry]

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Before i hopped on a plane back to Mickey Mouse's home of Orlando we grabbed some dunkin donuts and headed off to the prestigious Harvard University to walk around the campus. There is an unofficial tour of the campus but we opted to wander aimlessly on our own. The weather definitely had a change of heart and we got a day of the sun shining as we walked around. [View Full Entry]

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As we got ready for the day we noticed the weather sure wasn't going to cooperate with us and we were prepared to get a little damp. With umbrella in tow we headed off to catch the T and start off our day. Our first stop was the New England Aquarium (we opted to get the Boston City Pass (http://www.citypass.com/city/boston.html) Upon arriving at the aquarium we decided to take in the 3-D Imax show before heading inside as it was in a separate building. we dont recommend visiting on a weekend, especially a holiday weekend in the rain as the place [View Full Entry]

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On this trip we drove about 10,200 miles. That’s around two-fifths of the distance around the equator. We traveled thru twenty-nine states. Now I have been to 38 states total. My favorite burrito places were Bumble Bee’s Baja Grill in New Mexico, Wahoo’s Fish Taco in California and Colorado, and Laughing Planet in Oregon and Indiana! On this trip, I have learned to love sushi. I really loved this trip because it was an amazing experience to see family in California, Indiana, and North Carolina. It was also cool to see how different my super green hometown of Sudbury, Mass [View Full Entry]

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Well, this is my first blog. I told a friend that I was planning to start one and got told "it'll be far too well-written and detailed. The public wouldn't be able to handle it". Now, I am not sure if it will be well-written, but it is very likely to be detailed! I finished up work 2 weeks ago and am now safely arrived in Boston where I am visiting my sister for a month. This is about my 6th visit to Boston but I always tend to travel January/February or October/November and the weather is much hotter now than [View Full Entry]

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I often wonder why my brain works the way it does. Just one month ago, I altogether gave up coffee. Cold turkey. Done. And I haven’t touched the stuff since. Tomorrow, I am flying into Colombia… a country that boasts one of the best coffee roasts in the world. In fact, my hostel in Bogota offers free coffee service All. Day. Long. What was I thinking? Two weeks ago, I purchased a shiny new pair of Newton running shoes (which by the way are awesome). “If I wear these out the door now, can you donate my old pair for me?” [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday, while driving my sister’s minivan to the nearest Target store, I got smashed into by a car that had spun out of control on the freeway. Four cars total were involved, but thankfully that minivan is sturdy and everyone was fine. For over an hour, I was one of those people standing by the roadside being gawked at by slow-moving, donut-munching drive-bys, as though they had never seen an accident before. I was annoyed, and in that moment, I wished I was in New York City taking subways and not having to deal with these incidents. And I realized this [View Full Entry]

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