Remove all articles of clothing except underwear. Open wide and say “ahh”. Poking and prodding. Breathe in and breathe out deeply. Check blood pressure and pulse. Smoke? Drink? Sexually active? Exercise? Urine sample. Examine ears and nostrils. Drop your shorts. Blood samples.
Getting a routine physical can be a pretty… embarrassing and potentially humiliating [...]
Happy Dominican Republic Independence Day!! =)
Though I’ve spent quite a bit of time working in Santo Domingo, I just realized that I didn’t even know that the DR gained its independence from Haiti back in 1844! Then again, it took me many months in the DR before I [...]
Over the past few weeks, ever since I’ve been back working locally out of the NY office, I’ve been telling myself to go to the gym… But instead, all I’ve been doing is eating a LOT, sitting on my butt all day, and doing everything BUT go to the gym. =)
As a result, [...]
It’s only been a few days since the AMI conference in Los Angeles… and yet, it already feels like it happened months or even years ago!
Numerous thoughts have cycled through my mind prior to, during, and following the conference. Most of them uplifting but some of them downright depressing. So where to begin?! =)
Perhaps [...]
Lately, I’ve been getting asked whether I’ve lost weight recently.
The short answer is no, I haven’t lost weight recently …
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But I have shed some of my excess insulation over the course of the past year! =)
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Rain.
Flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder with the steady patter of raindrops bouncing off the windows.
The world outside is stormy and wet.
Meanwhile, I’m comfortable and dry inside my hotel room under the covers of a king size [...]
It’s been nearly two years since I began that next “phase” of my life and became a working young adult. For some reason, I had tons to say during that first year and posted ridiculously long Xanga entries nearly every 2-3 days. Lately though, I seem to have retreated from frequent and lengthy posts and [...]
In the past few months, I haven’t really had too much to say nor too many pictures to share… perhaps it was the lack of “new” or “exciting” things going on or just plain laziness resulting in my taking hardly any pictures…
After having spent quite a bit of time working in the Dominican [...]
It’s been another month since I last posted on Xanga…
A lot and nothing has happened since my last post.
I can’t believe that it’s been officially two years now since I graduated from college.
It feels like it was a lot longer ago than that.
I don’t really have anything [...]
Two weekends ago, I decided to finally explore a little bit of this country in which I’ve been working for many, many moons.
And in order to do so, I rented a car and taught myself how to drive a stick shift. It sounds more daunting than it really was… really! =)
So, [...]