guys out there. I should remember my own self-worth and love myself enough to know that I deserve someone who deserves me. I hope that made sense. I have always compromise my standards in the past because I don't think I will ever find anyone who will love me, but I will. He's out there. He's probably just as consumed with life at the moment to be ( Read more... )

rickoids pull through and reply to me. After Rome, I'm planning to visit one more country. It's a tough call between Athens, Cairo, and Istanbul. Prague's out of the running because it's too cold. I sent an email out to rickoids living in those cities, asking if they can show me around since I don't speak the local dialect. I'm praying for Cairo ( Read more... )

out. At the end of "Cinderella," Sylvia Plath writes, "Until near twelve the strange girl all at once/ Guilt-stricken halts, pales, clings to the prince/ As amid the hectic music and cocktail talk/ She hears the caustic ticking of the clock ( Read more... )

Boston for grad school, Seattle for my residency, and NYC for my heme/onc fellowship, and Berkeley for the rest of my life.

the three world-renowned scientists in the field. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine is going to be one of my most anticipated classes here. It's taught by an all-star team of professors that include Weissman, Nusse, and Fuller. O M G. Irving Weissman's group at Stanford University that was the first to isolate mouse hematopoietic stem ( Read more... )

as more than a friend. I have never given him any hints that I like him. Ever. Because I'm so scared ( Read more... )

poignant confessions ( Read more... )

giving advces ( Read more... )

writing. My god.

I have been writing for the past 3 days and I only have 3000 words. I need 3000 more by Wednesday.

Oh yeah, my first paper also got published today in the Nov 6 issue of Cell Current Biology. Check it out. =)

a premed. Maybe it’s pride or maybe it’s just about being tough. But a true premed means never admitting that we need help, unless assistance is our last resort. Premeds don’t need to ask for help because we are tougher than that. We want you to think that we are hardcore. We want to believe that we are hardcore ourselves. But, what we failed to ( Read more... )