This is my new life motto.
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During my two hour-long session with my thesis advisor:
Me: Will this be enough? but I feel like my thesis doesn’t really say anything! *panic*
Advisor: Dana, it’s just an M.Phil thesis. You are not trying to save the world with your thesis.
audrey hepburn and husband mel ferrer pose for pictures during a roadside excursion somewhere in france, 1956.
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Desire to Inspire: Where has the time gone?
A toast to my little sister’s self-discovery in El Triunfo, Guatemala. I can’t wait to be back in the village as well at the end of this month to reground myself in my passion before medical school—also for “my family, friends, and a simpler, much more fulfilling life.”
Next summer: we are going to be returning to our family, our friends, and our blessed lives in El Triunfo— together, that is!
I only have nine more days left in El Triunfo? The concept of time has escaped my mind. But here I am, counting the few days that I have left with my family, friends, and a simpler, much more fulfilling life. I have discovered so much about myself in the time that I´ve had to myself driving my…
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Damien Rice
—Cannonball
I started listening to our song again. It no longer makes me sad. It’s so yesterday. Buh-bye, Little Danita.
And yes, stones have taught me to fly.
Cannonball - Damien Rice
Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
Still a little hard to say what’s going on
Still a little bit of your ghost your witness
Still a little bit of your face I haven’t kissed
You step a little closer eat
Still I can’t say what’s going on
Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it’s not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball
Still a little bit of your song in my ear
Still a little bit of your words I long to hear
You step a little closer to me
So close that I can’t see what’s going on
Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it’s not hard to fall
When you float like a cannon
Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to cry
So come on courage!
Teach me to be shy
‘Cause it’s not hard to fall
And I don’t wanna scare her
It’s not hard to fall
And I don’t wanna lose
It’s not hard to grow
When you know that you just don’t know
Globetrotting…
Flatmates are moving out… It’s finally hitting me that my postgrad life in Cambridge UK is coming to an end. Walking into Elsa’s and Shen-Han’s full boxes in the hallway made me want to start packing as well— actually, I’d do anything right now to avoid writing.
I am looking back… and gosh, I’ve traveled a bunch in the past twelve months.
June 2010 - June 2011:
- Boston to Los Angeles after Graduation in June 2010
- Los Angeles to San Francisco in June 2010 to see a friend
- Los Angeles to Guatemala in July 2010 for Proyecto Guatemala
- Traveled throughout Guatemala in August 2010
- Los Angeles to Hanover in September 2010 for an interview
- Los Angeles to Baltimore in September 2010 for an interview
- Los Angeles to Boston in September 2010 (followed by short trips to NYC, Philly, Providence for interviews)
- Boston to London in October 2010 to come to Cambridge for Michaelmas Term
- London to Boston in October 2010 for an interview
- London to Boston in December 2010 to see a friend
- Boston to Los Angeles in December 2010 for holidays
- Los Angeles to San Francisco in January 2011 to see a friend and for interviews
- San Francisco to London in January 2011 to come to Cambridge for Lent Term
- London to Madrid in February 2011 for a vacation
- London to Berlin in March 2011 for a vacation
- London to Rome in March 2011, backpacking
- Rome to Venice in April 2011, backpacking
- Venice to Vienna in April 2011, backpacking
- Vienna to Prague in April 2011, backpacking
- Prague to Paris in April 2011, backpacking
- Paris to London in April 2011, backpacking
- London to Boston in April 2011 for HMS Revisit
- Boston to Los Angeles in April 2011 for Easter
- Los Angeles to London in April 2011 to come to Cambridge for Easter Term
- London to Barcelona in June 2011 for a vacation
Upcoming trips:
- London to Boston in July 2011
- Boston to Los Angeles in July 2011
- Los Angeles to Guatemala in July 2011 for Proyecto Doctoritas
- Los Angeles to Boston in August 2011 to start medical school!
…. this is insane. Why didn’t I sign up for a frequent flyer program? Failed.
What I do know now is that… it’s time for me to settle down— physically and mentally. It’s been a fun, but exhaustive year of globetrotting. I want to start buying and collecting things (i.e. typewriter) without having to worry about “how am I going to fly back home with everything?!” Silly, but it’s true. I am glad that Boston is going to be the place. Why? I won’t feel homesick when I am in Boston…!
Got back home at 2:30am from Trinity Hall June Event, found myself in bed at 4:00am, and woke up at 9am, barely an hour before my thesis presentation. Finished putting together my slides on the bus. I pulled it off somehow, and the best comment I received today was: “Dana, I really admire your huge ambition for this project, but…”
It was a stressful morning.
Now, I am having a well-deserved tea break/me-time in the cafeteria at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital. It’s really crowded with patients and docs, but I feel very relaxed.
By the way, my baby seastar arrived in Guatemala yesterday. I am really sad that I can’t be there with her, but am also excited to watch her learn and grow with the people of our village.
It’s raining… again… in Cambridge. I want to be in bed and snuggle with my teddies… while watching Mona Lisa Smile.
May Ball 2011
Jesus College May Ball 2011 at the University of Cambridge.
We made it to 5am! — Survivors’ Photo!
