What LIVESTRONG means to me I was once asked if it was possible to move past the pain of losing a friend to Cancer. To that I didn’t have an answer. But there is another pain that I would associate with Cancer, helplessness. I have seen this disease from both the hospital bed and the […]

I ride for Sarah Deuel. She is my best friend. She is the best friend a lucky little Asian girl like me could have. She is also my housemate, my personal chef, my partner in crime, my mom, my sister, my confidant, and my better half. But, most of all, she is my best friend. […]

Tonight, they announced team houses — seriously, just like Harry Potter — and I found out I have the honor of being the leader of House 1 alongside Aaron. I can’t even begin to explain my excitement!!! I finally have a concrete reason to be called Momma Mayte. We already have our first task: by […]

A couple of Fridays ago we were given the opportunity to visit M. D. Anderson’s Center for Cancer Research in Houston. All I really knew about the trip was that we’d be passing out candy to pediatric patients with cancer. I knew it was going to be a heavy trip, but I had no idea […]

Recruitment exhaustion. Deadline arrival. Application inflow. Filling excel sheet. Passing hours. Somewhere within lie seventy-five extraordinary human beings – people to change the world. Over and out.

My wife, Swathi is very understanding of my shenanigans. She does complain about me not spending enough time at home because I keep juggling different things, but without her support it would not be possible for me do all this (work, class, assignments, texas 4000, donations etc). She patiently waits when I spend time taking […]

Entropy is defined as the disorder that occurs in the world. It is what causes the end of anything to occur. By definition, it can be created but it CANNOT be destroyed. So for every second that goes by, more and more entropy is being generated from people like you and me whether it be […]

My Biggest Fear After earning a spot on the 2013 Texas 4000 team, I should have been ecstatic. Texas 4000 had influenced my life for the better before I was ever accepted, and it should have been one of the most exciting bits of news I had ever gotten. It wasn’t, and here’s why. As […]

I wish that life was always happy and, by extension, I would never tear up when writing a blog post. Unfortunately it has been one of those weeks where sadness crept in, and I have felt helpless to do anything about it. Being a part of Texas 4000 has made me more aware of the […]

I still love deadlines. The first fundraising deadline was this past Monday, and I am so grateful and happy to say that it has been far surpassed. As of 7:00PM on September 3, 2012, $2,905 has been donated to cancer research in support of my personal Texas 4000 requirement and goal. Thank you so much […]