GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative Cover: Perspective overlooking Lake Atitlán from the first viewpoint along the San Pedro hiking trail. 1. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 2. “Obsesión” by Aventura 3. “Te Doy Gracias Señor” by Palabra Miel Santiago Atitlan 4. “Firework” by Katy Perry 5. “Stand By Me” by…
GRIP: Engineering Research in Singapore Cover: Singapore Sunrise In my first post, I wrote about how discipline and routine made steady work possible during my internship at GAO Capital in Singapore. Showing up at 10 every morning, going to gym 4 times a day, and working through each day with a plan kept me consistent…
GRIP: Guatemala Health Initiative Cover: Lunch with vegetables, avocado, ribs, pasta, and corn tortillas. When I think about my month in Guatemala, I think about a lot of things: the mountains surrounding Lake Atitlán, the colorful streets of Santiago, and long days at Hospitalito Atitlán. But lately, I have been scrolling through my camera roll…
GRIP: Engineering Research Intern in Aachen, Germany Cover: Presenting at the research poster symposium 1) Friday I’m in Love – The Cure A reminder of the eventful first Friday in Aachen, where we took the local regional trains to Köln, of the nearby big cities on a trip organized by our program. We climbed its…
GRIP: Research Assistant @ University of Auckland, NZ My favorite way of getting to know a city is by familiarizing myself with its cafe scene. As a self-proclaimed cafe connoisseur, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and variety of coffee shops in Auckland. After trying at least one barista-poured coffee per day from both…
GRIP: KK Fund in Taiwan Three Places, One Summer: A soundtrack to my GRIP journey through Taipei, India, and Singapore. Taipei — Coming Home 1. 小城夏天 — LBI利比 Every summer begins somewhere, and mine began at home. Before airports, internships, and new cities, there were familiar Taipei streets, humid evenings, late-night convenience store runs, and…
GRIP: Legal Research at University of Minho Law School (Braga, Portugal)
GRIP: Engineering Research in Hanoi, Vietnam If I were to write a letter to my pre-internship self, the pages would probably be overflowing with a list of things I forgot to bring: extra contacts, more jeans, sunglasses, and so on. I probably would have told myself to hug my siblings a little longer and to…
GRIP: World Medical Association Cover image: Picture of Aare River taken be Me. Penn Global once asked me a question: Where will Penn take you? I thought I knew the answer. Ferney Voltaire, France, Medical Ethics intern at the World Medical Association, I imagined. An internship. A new experience. I did not expect the answer…
GRIP: World Medical Association Cover image: Inside the Palais des Nations at the International Labour Conference When people ask what I’ve been doing this summer, I usually start with the straightforward version. For the past six weeks, I have been working in Geneva and Ferney-Voltaire as an intern with the World Medical Association (WMA). During…
