early thanksgiving

When I mentioned to my aunt that it’d be kinda cool to have an early Thanksgiving of sorts over the weekend while I was in southern California (yay for another med school interview!), it blew just a bit out of proportion. I’d been thinking something along the lines of a small family gathering, but I …

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nicknames

I think it’s mildly amusing how we’ve all gained a billion different nicknames in our program. Aaron = Boris because his middle name starts with a “B” (which actually stands for Benjamin, but apparently this does not matter) and he’s Russian. Sneha = “Snebs” because one of our professors accidentally called her “Sneba” on the …

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bench press qualifier

There’s a bench press competition this Friday, but I can’t participate in it because I will be flying across the country to attend my hopefully-last interview for med school. (This is my tied-for-first-choice med school, although if I’m to be honest, I’m leaning toward the one I’ve already been accepted to. Its only real downside …

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Yogurt with Granola

This is totally not a recipe, but it does fall under the category of food, especially in the sense that it’s a snack I will likely return to often, so here it shall stay.

Yogurt with Granola

Ingredients: -Trader Joe’s Organic Lowfat Yogurt (Vanilla Bean) -Nature’s Path Organic Pumpkin Flax Plus Granola …

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Flan

We made this in February of this year for my facebook spouse’s birthday. (We’ve been married on facebook since July 9, 2006. ;) It ain’t official til it’s on facebook!) We lived together for all 4 years of our undergrad years at Davis! Good times were had by all, and I really miss our …

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