April 2010
1 post
A dream is a wish your heart makes →
when you’re fast asleep.
Or so the song says…
I haven’t recorded my dreams in a while. I’m upset about it. I’m going to try to dream tonight.
March 2010
1 post
ccastillo1989: DUUUUUKE →
January 2010
1 post
ccastillo1989: Lady Gaga in Sanford? →
December 2009
5 posts
How low can you go?
Oh happy day
My birthday was awesome! Yay!
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree!
Happy to be back in the US of A and my Blackberry, which now is Twitter enabled.
November 2009
7 posts
Research projects →
Not surprisingly, because my head has been seriously focused on completing the research project and paper for the study abroad program I am currently in, I dreamt about it. In this dream, I was…
Harvard coins →
It was my senior year and I applied for a few scholarships to get my masters in global health. I really wanted to do it at Duke, so I filled out an application for a scholarship there with more care…
Nap that shows commitment →
Just woke up from a 1.5 hour nap. Dreamt that the program group went to visit another indigenous group - we went there with the assistance of a man who worked with them, and also happened to have…
Fire on high →
I’m at Duke University, and unlike in reality, it is located in a valley between heavily wooded hills. In the distance, I see a small fire up on a hill while I am talking to a friend, and I point it…
Artemisinin resistance? This is bad news. @time http://bit.ly/3g81jo
Fall Break = Spring Break →
It is now November and it’s only been about 2.5 weeks since we started classes again after Fall Break. Even so, I can already feel that we have entered the last month of the program. We are…
climate change.
October 2009
6 posts
now in La Selva Biological Station
In the Thick of Things →
After San Jose, the group traveled once more to Las Cruces Biological Station, where we stayed for another 2 weeks and completed our project proposals and had all the lectures that we would be tested…
back in San Jose
Tamarindo, Costa Rica - an amazing place.
college is hard.
It's been a while →
In fact, it has been, and I have not written in my blog for quite a while. I have been busy though, with learning and projects and now studying for midterms. Next week is fall break so hopefully by…
September 2009
21 posts
super cool…i wish i had the beatles rock band. http://www.thebeatles.com/ via @addthis
A couple →
1) A friend of mine from Uganda told me that I needed to stop telling people about his new girlfriend. He was very angry at me for saying something about it, and he grabbed me by the arm and…
I LOVE IT!: RT @gatesfoundation U.S. investments in global health are working. Check out our new campaign: http://bit.ly/XGu2D
Costa Rica is great.
High School and Costa Rica →
I seem to have some unresolved feelings about high school that are apparently mixed in with my current experiences in Costa Rica. Last night I oddly dreamt of being back on my high school basketball…
City Life →
I am now back in Las Cruces, the first biological station we visited soon after our arrival in Costa Rica. We arrived here on Monday after completing our 2.5 week stay in San Jose. We will be here…
RT @DukeNews Duke joins leading universities to launch Futurity.org http://bit.ly/kJcpe
Under Attack →
A couple of nights ago I dreamt, not surprisingly, about the group of people I spend every day of this program with. In this dream, however, we were located in Durham on Duke’s campus when we…
ah gotta love/hate the Costa Rican men
please wash your hands a lot.
Riots, Family →
Two nights ago I spent the last 2 hours of my day before falling asleep using my computer and listening to the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. Consequently, I dreamt about riots at Duke much like the…
embarking on a lecture entirely about diarrhea
RT @gossipgirl Six days…
La gripe porcina. I am about to give a Spanish presentation about Influenza A (H1N1), formerly referred to as swine flu.
God bless statisticians. I couldn’t do their job.
Welcome to my Home →
Last night, the group in my study abroad program and I went out for dinner in San Jose. We went to a Peruvian Restaurant, INKA Grill, and needless to say, it was amazing. The food was great, I had…
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Costa Rica blog, pictures
Peruvian food in San Jose at INKA Grill. EXCELLENT - pisco sour, ceviche, and papas rellenas. i am in heaven.
Duke Awarded Federal Contract to Support Clinical... →
I find this incredibly exciting. I want in on it.
First visit to Las Cruces →
I have now been in Costa Rica, the happiest country on Earth, for two weeks now. Beginning in San Jose, where the group first met, the 19 students and our two resident professors have progressed…
I feel like one’s study abroad semester should be considered a success if it feels like an extended science summer camp/vacation.
Fainting →
I remember very few details of this dream. I found myself in a public place talking to someone, I think, when all of a sudden I started to feel dizzy. Before I knew it, I lost control of my legs and…
Sometimes you just have to open up your mind →
and realize that an overplayed song can still be legitimately good.
August 2009
12 posts
ahem. people should follow gossip girl on twitter.
win some or learn some
on my way to go zipline in the rainforest canopy and whitewater rafting
Reflecting on the validity of TMI
Going to bed after a light taste of San Jose fun … looking forward to Gabe’s 21st celebration tomorrow night