July 2011
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Jammin' with FOLK U! Backless to School
Wooo! A music post! Yes, I still play music, and lovin’ it! :)
Last Tuesday, I played at the monthly FOLK U! showcase, subtitled “Backless to School” and held at Route 196. FOLK U! is an amazing haven for singer-songwriters who desire a safe space and attentive listeners to share their original music with. It’s definitely one of the things that I will miss when I...
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The last orientation: Cavite!
Man, I write my posts like I’m the screenplay writer for Memento. So this actually happened the day before I left for Palawan; Friday, June 17th was the scheduled day for the last of the on-site trainings and orientations for the worms project I’m assisting with at the NIH, taking place in Cavite.
Cavite is a province two hours southwest of Manila, just past Tagaytay (a popular...
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Pretty Pretty Palawan!
A couple of weekends ago I went to Palawan, which is a group of gorgeous islands southwest of Luzon. It was a spur of the moment sort of thing; a group of med students from Pittsburgh doing research with the NIH (where I work) invited me to come along, and it sounded like fun :) I met the med students at the Puerto Princesa airport; once we were all there I used my Tagalog to help haggle down...