Welcome to the Blog; Tagalog and Thai! The name comes from the two languages I will (hopefully) learn in my journey to SE Asia. Tagalog is the Dialect of Filipino spoken in Cebu City and Thai, the native language of Thailand. Many of you may not know I am even taking this trip or know and still can't figure out why. Here's the long and short of it:
I graduated from Santa Clara last June (wow can't believe it's been so long) and moved back to Seattle and took an internship at a biotech company. I spent three months in a lab pipetting and decided I had no desire to do that ever again. I tossed and turned and the stock market continued to plummet and I decided, "what better time to study for the MCAT?." I studied for the MCAT for four months and volunteered at ASTAR, an Autism clinic in Seattle. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed working with the Autistic population and decided I really wanted to give this whole medicine thing a try. The MCAT came and went (painfully so) and I began to doubt my ability to succeed in medicine. I was in search of more confirmation.
I learned about Glory Reborn, the clinic in Cebu City, from Santa Clara friends, Austin and Sam. Austin and Sam had visited the clinic during their four month journey around the world researching micro-financing (see blog). After corresponding with the clinic directors, Lindsay and I decided to take the leap and head to Asia to dig a little deeper into ourselves and find out what it really means to serve others.
I am new to blogging so bear with me on this adventure!
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Dear Lauren Warrior Princess, We miss you every day at ASTAR. Or at least every Tues and Thurs. I am very impressed with your bravery and endurance(of sleep loss). My question is: Are the men nice there and can you find me a husband who can cook? Please learn ho to make Phillipine cake and get me some CD'S of Cheryl Lynn? Yes, I am self focused. Via con Dios! JB
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