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About Me

my family calls me a rotten banana - yellow on the outside, white/brown on the inside. yellow because.... i'm yonsei, 4th generation japanese american.. and darn proud of it! white because... some asians think i'm white since i don't exclusively associate with other asians. brown because....me encanta la cultura latina! a love that first developed with the language, then biological research in costa rica during college, medical mission work in nicaragua, a high school science teaching stint in paraguay, travels throughout south america, and a leadership role in the mexico house building ministry with my church, ROCKharbor.God has faithfully led me through this wonder-filled journey: i am currently living in mexico to study medicine! the MD, bilingual training, and international health experience will hopefully provide opportunities to not only be a health provider to developing countries, but a resident, rights advocate, and public health educator. i fled the states, once again...

My Interests

living abroad, traveling, global public health, baseball (angels, dodgers), ESPN, skiing! hitting golf balls with dad, dancing, reading, piano, coffee, terere-ing, spanish, sudoku, dutch blitz, learning how to love and trust God more, simplifying life...

Music:

bacilos, carlos vives, shakira, julieta venegas, U2, beatles, alison krauss and union station, caedmon's call, david crowder band, chris tomlin, simon and garfunkel, (random mix, i know).... i can appreciate all types to an extent....even kachaka.

Books:

guns, germs and steel by jared diamond; el alquimista by paulo coehlo; finding darwin's god by kenneth miller; mountains beyond mountains by tracy kidder; pathologies of power: health, human rights and the new war on the poor by paul farmer; betrayal of trust: the collapse of global public health by laurie garrett; the gift of pain by paul brand and philip yancey.

Heroes:

my parents; my ancestors whose positive attitudes and resolve during and after the internment inspire me.

My Blog

choosing to climb

Perhaps by nature I always seek challenges, small or large. Comfort does not sit well with me. I crave to be uprooted and transplanted to new environments. I know that the life I proclaim is not an...
Posted by lindsay on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:49:00 PST

a miracle at 12:15a.m....

So, my best friend Jenna was trying to get pregnant before I left for med school. I anticipated this, so I gave her a card before I left and I told her to open it when she got pregnant (so i could so...
Posted by lindsay on Thu, 10 May 2007 02:45:00 PST

laundry and loathing

Laundry... can now be done without scooping out water from the gigantic garbage can! (because my pipes are too small, I cannot directly connect the washing machine hose to the drain since the quantit...
Posted by lindsay on Tue, 01 May 2007 04:51:00 PST

back from break and....

...I feel refreshed. Despite running around Southern CA (San Diego, Pasadena, and Orange County), I can't complain. I was able to see many friends and family; unfortunately not everyone...but many ...
Posted by lindsay on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:18:00 PST

de niña a madre - nica documentary

For someone who rarely goes to the movies, going two days in a row is blog worthy, especially when lo más reciente is about Nicaragua. The synopsis described three Nica teenage preganancies, one from...
Posted by lindsay on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:42:00 PST

los invisibles

Yesterday I went to see "Los Invisibles" as part of the Guadalajara Film Festival. It is a documentary of 5 "hidden" stories that we never hear about...those elucidating some social injustices of thi...
Posted by lindsay on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:13:00 PST

falling flat on my face

To describe my current state... intense lessons of trust. In pursuit of truly following Jesus, to have Him permeate my life in all that I do, to hand over the reigns to His control, "something" frequ...
Posted by lindsay on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:02:00 PST

the one year itch

The one year of marked change is almost here....which, traditionally 6 months prior I start re-evaluating my life. :) Am I on the path to obtaining my goals? And if not, how do I get there? I gues...
Posted by lindsay on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:04:00 PST

olé

Saturday I went to my first bullfight. It wasn't bullfighting season in Spain when I visited Barcelona or Madrid, so despite warnings of gore, my curiosity sent me to the bullfighting ring. Honestly...
Posted by lindsay on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:51:00 PST

can't let go

(note: I wrote this without my glasses or contacts (yall know how blind I am)....at night by some wind of inspiration...forgive the "rawness" of this blog....complete with typos and bad grammar.)Once...
Posted by lindsay on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:55:00 PST