we meet no ordinary people

I am a
medical school-going
crossfitting
God-loving
Harry Potter-reading
cupcake-baking
dancing
C.S. Lewis-quoting
Desi gal.


I also believe that in my life,
I meet no ordinary people.
Who I Follow

I love being able to read for fun again! In the last couple weeks I have read:

Getting Into a Residency (Iserson)

The Resignation of Eve (Jim Henderson)

Gifted Hands (Ben Carson)

Miracle in the Andes (Nando Parrado)

and I am halfway through Hunger Games :)

AND I got my score back on Wednesday!

  • Me: Coquiiiiiiiii!
  • My brother: Chocolate chip or oatmeal?

lisbethdarsh:

I struggle here today to find the words to place the performance of one man into context, to give perspective, to serve justice unto the event and not overdramatize, overspeak, overwrite the events that happened on one Sunday afternoon in Colorado. It was just exercise, after all. One…

“Dr. Spelke, 62, is tall and slim, and parts her long hair down the middle, like a college student. She dresses casually, in a corduroy jumper or a cardigan and slacks, and when she talks, she pitches forward and plants forearms on thighs, hands clasped, seeming both deeply engaged and ready to bolt. The lab she founded with her colleague Susan Carey is strewed with toys and festooned with children’s T-shirts, but the Elmo atmospherics belie both the lab’s seriousness of purpose and Dr. Spelke’s towering reputation among her peers in cognitive psychology.”

She seems so cool!

Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon Bonaparte

“CrossFit started me thinking: What other things could I—and my coaching clients—do more effectively in short bursts of 15 minutes rather than dragging them out over time, or even not making time for them at all? Where in our work and lives does our no-sweat approach cost us productivity, a competitive edge, and even our ability to renew and recover?”

Forbes + CrossFit = <3

whatshouldwecallmedschool:

I see the sunshine and am just like,

Pretty much sums up my current feelings. I sat outside at Starbucks today and enjoyed it entirely too much!

Repro lectures are boring. At least Chris Lewis is entertaining?

A look at the “cohabitation effect” from the NYTimes.