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...
Jul 6th
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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...
Jul 4th
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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...
Jul 2nd
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