JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

I was reluctant to write Why I didn’t become a doctor. I didn’t know how well I could describe my entire experience in one weblog post. Many factors influenced me and to share the entire story in detail would be far too lengthy for a blog. So I chose to emphasize the angle from Enoch’s […]

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I was jogging around the block one morning when I heard loud music coming from one of the houses under construction. The radio was blaring “Sweet Home Alabama” and someone was singing along, in a nice shower voice, echoing through the whole plywood frame of a home. I could have given a complaint – hey […]

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I appreciated Fred’s post yesterday What’s so Funny, describing what he liked about M.A.S.H., Hawkeye in particular, and the power of laughter. Fred has a grandaughter the same age as my daughter, so it means something to me to hear him say: If I had life to do over again, there would be more music […]

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Enoch’s post giving a damn about the patient, not the numbers linking to Victor Van Hee’s A Great Case reminded me of an experience I had had in a hospital years ago – and how it was one of the reasons why I changed my mind and chose to leave the medical program I had […]

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After lots of email and phone calls to my family members, my mom and siblings, trying to set a date for a birthday celebration, it was finally confirmed on Monday night that Wednesday lunch at our home would work best for everyone’s schedules. So yesterday after dance class and before dinner, I squeezed in a […]

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