• Blacks Beach (San Diego)
• Mendenhall Glacier Ice Cave (Juneau, Alaska)
• Chihuly Garden and Glass (Seattle, WA)
• UNESCO World Heritage site of Sarawak’s Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo)

Note: I am an INCREDIBLY slow reader. Goal: Get faster at reading...

☞ Currently

• The Gospel According to Jesus by John MacArthur
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (One chapter a day)
• Quiet by Susan Cain

To-read (not in any particular order)

• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• When Healthcare Hurts: An Evidence Based Guide For Best Practices In Global Health Initiatives by Greg Seager
• To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain by Matt Chandler
• The House of God by Samuel Shem
• Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper
• Future Grace by John Piper
• The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis

Finished

• The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien [Fin. 08/14]
• Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung [Fin. 07/14]
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis [Fin. 06/14]

• Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio-moderato
• Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
• Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato
• George Gershwin - Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra, 1925
• Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring
• Eduardo Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21
• Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto Op. 14
• Tomaso Antonio Vitali - Chaconne

Nap Types

• Power nap (20 min. - most useful for busy students)
• Restorative nap (90-180 min. - for creativity boost)
• Caffeine nap (cup of coffee, then 15 min. nap)

Falling Asleep

• "Focus on concepts and possibilities, not specific details"
• Update to-do list

Waking Up

• Don't get too comfortable (a.k.a don't get under the covers)
• Schedule something important to do after you nap (e.g. an appointment)
• STRETCH
• Ask friend to call/text you to wake up
• Nap according to a schedule

• Histone acetylation loosens chromatin, DNA Methylation "tightens" DNA
• To find "new" period of trig f(cx): (normal period)/(c)
• my lip balm & lotion

Must-haves

• intelligent
• respectful to parents, loves his mother
• similar sense of humor
• good grammar
• good relationship with God

Would be nice!

• tall
• attractive
• not overly geeky or nerdy
• clever and witty
• doesn't mind my weird biology jokes and references
• speaks cantonese (definitely not a requirement, but would be awesome!)
• Sherlock Holmes' observant qualities (and science of deduction ways)
• an affinity for classical music

From http://writersfriend.tumblr.com/post/289...

• Trying to find the "Right" Answer
• Logical Thinking
• Following Rules
• Being Practical
• "Play is Not Work"
• "That's Not My Job"
• Being a "Serious" Person
• Avoiding Ambiguity
• "Being Wrong is Bad"
• "I'm Not Creative"

Academic/Career

• Get through most of the MCAT Critical Analysis Workbook
• Review Ochem for MCAT (and because let's be real I sucked at a lot of it :P)
• Shadow at least a couple times... ._.

Books

• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung
• LOTR: The Return of the King by J.R.R Tolkien
• The Gospel According to Jesus by John MacArthur
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Misc.

• Look into CMDA a little more
• Look into/pray about medical missions

• ✔ Love Song (Sara Bareilles)
• ✔ Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
• ✔ Lemonade (Jeremy Passion)
• ✔ Cheap Date (Lateeya)
• ✔ Say Something (A Great Big World + Christina Aguilera)
• Officially Missing You (Tamia)
• Different Galaxies (Dumfoundead)

Holiday Related

• Who Would've Thought (Sam Ock)

• NYmag Med School Graduates
• Legally Blonde
• An Open Letter to My Fellow Insecure Col...
• Medicine's Search For Meaning - NYTimes

• TBD

• do not slump in chair!
• tap your feet
• squeeze/massage ears (pressure points)
• lie back on hard surface and hug knees to chest
• eat protein-rich foods
• eat spicy foods
• ten-minute naps if need be
• listen to music from musicals
• list to be expanded!

by Faith T. Fitzgerald, MD

Altruistic , compassionate , courageous, intellectually curious, frugal scholar, gifted in history, philosophy, politics, economics, sociology, and psychology. Must have working knowledge of biology, chemistry, physics, and medicine. Physical endurance , emotional maturity , and technical-manual skills sufficient to take apart and reassemble the human body and mind at levels ranging from the micromolecular to the gross are required; must have flexibility to master all knowledge, __sift and discard++ that no longer applicable, while discovering new data at the bench, in clinical practice, in both general and subspecialty medicine. Teaching, counseling, administrative, computer, and budgetary expertise is essential, as is commitment to the disenfranchised . A working knowledge of the law; literary, artistic, and musical talent; and multilingualism is highly desirable. Should be able to prevent and cure disease , including the depredations of advancing age; physical disarray; and spiritual, mental, emotional, and economic illnesses . Will need to function effectively and efficiently in both intensive care units and urban slums .

To Do:

• Change my G-string to a Low G string

Techniques:

• Chunking (can get a good sound 90% of the time)
• ✔ Travis picking (but work on being faster)
• ✔ Strumming

Barre Chord Tips

• Rotate finger a little bit instead of barre-ing with a flat finger
• Use thumb behind the neck for added support
• If you can spare a finger, use your middle finger and press it on top of your index finger to provide extra pressure.

Songs to Learn

• Hurts - Wonderful Life

• Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas [x]
• Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson, M.D. [x]
• The Human Side of Medicine: Learning What It's Like to Be a Patient and What It's Like to Be a Physician by Laurence Savett, M.D. [x]
• Letters to a Young Scientist by E.O. Wilson

Eyes (Sight)

• pretty book covers
• beautiful landscape/cityscape photography
• nice arms and shoulders
• garamond, and other nice serif typefaces
• simply elegant typographic designs
• zoomed-in photographs of cells
• pretty gift card designs
• lavendar-colored lab gloves
• pretty letterheads
• men's suits
• trench coats

Nose (Smell)

• my bed
• freshly brewed coffee
• Peet's Coffee Shop, especially
• Nice smelling shampoo (have yet to find one that I especially like)
• used books (sometimes)