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About me  So, I fought the good fight, but after struggling for an inordinate amount of time in a fruitless attempt to come up with a charming, witty, brilliant opening line that conveys that perfect blend of sophisticated intellect and down-to-earth goofiness, I decided to abandon pretense and just go with this: Greetings. More |
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Candace Pau, 2nd-year medical student
Sunday, May 7, 2006
Cheesecake, Business Plans, and Random Musings
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Monday, May 8, 2006
The Body, Politic
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Six Heads are Better than One
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Another day, another Arbor meeting...or twenty. =) After some riveting biochem studying in the AM, I headed to the med school for a meeting with my fellow Arbor Free Clinic managers. I mentioned yesterday my abhorrence of red tape, but stepping into an administrative role, it becomes strikingly clear that there is often no other way around it. Read More
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Every New Beginning Comes from Some Other Beginning's End
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The familiar click-click of pipette tips being ejected, the quiet hum of the thermocycler; rows of black foam ice buckets, bench tops strewn with boxes of microfuge tubes and gel cassettes; the smell of science. This was home to my sensorium through much of my high school and college existence. While projects and laboratories may have changed with the times, these staples of basic research remained a constant from the first time I stepped into a lab in the summer of 1997 to the summer before I began medical school in 2004. Read More
Thursday, May 11, 2006
A Time for Speaking, A Time for Listening
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This morning, I spent an hour answering questions and dispensing "advice" as part of a pre-med speaker series organized by the undergraduate Bio Core Laboratory course. All I can say is, I hope no one gets fired as a result of inviting me to speak on the panel.
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Friday, May 12, 2006
Hello, Goodbye
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This post comes to you live from the great city of Beaverton, Oregon...it's good to be home! Read More
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Lessons from the Bedside
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My maternal grandparents moved from Taiwan to the US to live with my parents and me when I was five years old. They have been so much a presence in my life that I can't recall having a concept of "family" without including them as well. Having had them around during my formative years has shaped a lot of who I am as a person, including my interest in, and my perspectives on, medicine. Read More
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Happy Mother's Day Y'all
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So close...but no dice. My mom and I were really hoping to be able to take my grandmother out to lunch today for Mother's Day, especially since she hadn't been out of the house in months. Her health has been poor of late, but it seems that she's recently hit an upswing, so we were optimistic that she might be up for venturing outside. Things were looking good this morning, as she spent quite a long time picking out which outfit to wear and meticulously doing her hair and makeup. But, unfortunately, it was not to be, as I think all that prep work might have worn her out, and by the time we were ready to head out, she was feeling too weak and short of breath to push forward. Read More
