another me

Reemerging

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:52:41 -0400

I don’t know how often I will be able to post, but I’ve decided to take a cautious step...

newyorker: Atul Gawande writes on how success involves the...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:45:23 -0400

Atul Gawande writes on how success involves the recovery from failure:

Scientists have given a new name to the deaths that occur in surgery after something goes wrong—whether it is an infection or some bizarre twist of the stomach. They call them a “failure to rescue.” More than anything, this is what distinguished the great from the mediocre. They didn’t fail less. They rescued more.

Click-through to read “Failure and Recovery”: http://nyr.kr/LeJ3GV

From LeBron James’ Twitter. #WeAreTrayvonMartin

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:22:00 -0400

From LeBron James’ Twitter. #WeAreTrayvonMartin

The Atlantic: The Decline of American Nationalism (Or, Why We Love to Hate Kony 2012)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:24:58 -0400

The Atlantic: The Decline of American Nationalism (Or, Why We Love to Hate Kony 2012):...

In light of the intense (excessive?) controversy over the...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:00:00 -0400

In light of the intense (excessive?) controversy over the Kony2012 video, what is gained or lost from advocacy through online videos? What’s the balance between catching people’s short attention spans and providing inadequate information?

Spring Equinox 2012 In Mexico, thousands of people travel to...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:19:00 -0400

Spring Equinox 2012

In Mexico, thousands of people travel to Teotihuacan (and other sites around the country) to celebrate the spring equinox (usually around March 20). In particular, they go to the Pyramid of the Sun (La Pirámide del Sol) and stretch out their arms towards the sun. Furthermore, the sun’s rays are said to hit a particular point on top of the pyramid, which many visitors touch to absorb the sun’s energy.

For a first-time visitor to Mexico, Teotihuacan is definitely worth your time.

On a separate note, please send out your prayers to Mexico in hopes that everyone is safe after today’s 7.4 earthquake. Espero que todos estén a salvo..

Also, some past posts on my summer in Mexico..

One world, one language?

Cities

7 hours

Big & small

In less than 15 minutes, fourth-year medical students across the...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:47:37 -0400

In less than 15 minutes, fourth-year medical students across the country will find out where they will be working as residents for the next several years. Listen to Drs. Atul Gawande and Sherwin Nuland describe this “Match Day” event on NPR. Good luck to all the Hopkins MS4s!

Experiencing Cities

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0400

For those of us who love to travel, the list of places to visit can be daunting. Moreover, the...

Transitioning Thoughts

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:00:06 -0400

So this is what it feels like to have a rush of adrenaline in crisis—a potent mix of excitement and...

jennlim: STOP KONY 2012 | “Nothing is more powerful than an...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:28:00 -0500

jennlim:

STOP KONY 2012 | “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come, whose time is now.” | spread the word

"I also believe that in many parts of this country and certainly in many parts of this globe that the..."

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:00:05 -0500

“I also believe that in many parts of this country and certainly in many parts of this globe...

In my previous post “Need for Green,” I recounted a...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:04:06 -0500

In my previous post “Need for Green,” I recounted a Businessweek article I had written back in 2005. In the article, I talked briefly about fuel cell technology in cars. Now, in 2012, it just may be happening.

San Francisco in a week photojojo: Photo by Alex Zyuzikov

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:48:00 -0500

San Francisco in a week

photojojo:

Photo by Alex Zyuzikov

barackobama: President Obama: “I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:49:00 -0500

barackobama:

President Obama: “I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon for a while.”

Need for Green - Addendum

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:10:00 -0500

As a follow-up, here is an interesting blogpost that was posted to the Johns Hopkins Center for a...

Created by some of my super talented classmates. Go Hopkins Med...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:04:00 -0500

Created by some of my super talented classmates. Go Hopkins Med 2014!

365rulesforpremeds:

Study Break: Shit Med Students Say

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Class of 2014

Created by:
Emily Silverman
Alessa Colaianni

Jeremy Lin: From Zero to Hero - Addendum

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:07:06 -0500

All quiet on the western front. “Linsanity” (the media craze and fan hype) has calmed...

Need for Green

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:04:05 -0500

Back during my senior year of high school, I wrote a short article for Businessweek magazine about...

Sounds about right.

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:08:05 -0500

Sounds about right.

The sister’s photo project is featured on...

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:04:06 -0500

The sister’s photo project is featured on Photojojo!

welovephoneography:

#lookdownlookup, a neat phoneography project by junebugkim:

#lookdownlookup = iPhone 4S camera + PicFrame + Instagram (sometimes)

For some reason, I always end up taking photos of my feet…

But one day while traveling in Korea during winter of 2011, I decided to take such a photo. Then I also took one of what I was looking at while standing there. Then I went into the app called PicFrame and mashed them up. And suddenly, I realized I was telling a story.

So this is that.