inspiring blogger award

Esther  (Chocolate Runner Girl) nominated me for the Inspiring Blogger Award!  :] Thanks so much! You should go check her blog out! We’re currently doing a Foodie Friday linkup with Montana, Annmarie and Emily, and she posted a delicious recipe for a green smoothie! :]

The Rules:

• Thank and link to the person who nominated you.
• List the rules and display the award.
• Share seven facts about yourself.
• Nominate 15 other blogs you enjoy, then comment on their posts to let them know that you have nominated them.

7 Things About Me:

1. I did Tahitian and hula dancing for about 4 years in undergrad! I really missed it when I graduated, so I started teaching weekly classes in the school gym when I got to med school. We got to perform in Carnegie Hall for the past two years (Follies 2013 + 2014)!

2. My brother told me that if I ever move back to California, I should live close to him because he’d be completely willing to pay all my grocery bills if it means that he gets to eat the food I cook. He also says he’s proud of me for finally going self-hosted, and even shared my blog with a couple of his friends! I’ve actually kept this blog completely unpublicized until recently (the last 2-3 months), so this was rather awesome to hear! Slaving through >700 posts and putting everything together from scratch-ish was a rather tedious and arduous task since I’m archaic and very technologically un-advanced. I’m really glad that’s over with!

3. I’m currently fostering an adorable cat from Please Save A Cat. Purdy Girl was my roommate while I was living at the shelter, and she makes it really hard for me to do anything productive because she’s so darn cute. She’s around 5 years old, but she’s tiny, so I keep accidentally calling her a kitten. Her favorite spots to chill include windowsills, the bottom of my bookshelf, and my bathroom cabinet.

4. I accidentally left an open bag of frozen raspberries on the counter the other day, and this is apparently what happens when you do that. I totally thought someone had died. :[

5. Since I’m a broke/frugal medical student and attempting to live like a minimalist for the next year, I refuse to buy any furniture. This is what my home office looks like. (The desk chair + bookshelf were free. My desk is full of awesome and very functional.) I’m currently in the process of trying to sell a ton of the things I own (namely, textbooks and clothing).

6. Although everyone thinks of me as the crazy cat lady (they’re not wrong, as I am surely headed in that direction–who else can say they spent the last 3 months living at a cat shelter?), I actually started out life as a total dog person until I found Ninja while volunteering at a homeless shelter and smuggled her home. I apparently haven’t changed all that much in the past 9 years, but she’s gotten rather large. That being said, the real truth is that I love pretty much all animals, and volunteer at no-kill shelters whenever I get the chance to. :]

7. I’m actually in a lingerie model contest and would very much appreciate your votes! To vote, please click this link (or the image below)!

After you get on that page and have found my picture (I’m #4! or the only Asian one, har har), you’ll see the image pictured below (it’s in the bottom right-hand corner!) and email it to modelsearch@lovelbb.com! (The form will pop up when you’re on the page.

The winner gets a prize package that I’m hoping will contain goodies that I’ll be able to donate to next year’s Lovely Rita Fundraiser back home since I can never physically be there for it! (It also gives me an excuse to go back to visit and help out at Please Save A Cat and Friends For Life. <3)

These are the blogs I’m nominating!

• Annmarie @ The Fit Foodie Momma
• Montana @ Pretty Lil Mudder
• Emily @ Whatever Floats Your Oats
• Jennifer @ Wine to Weightlifting
• Amy @ Will Run For Ice Cream
• Jessica @ Healthy = Happy
• Autumn @ AutumnPTW
• Christine @ Food Addict & Fitness Fanatic
• Jodi @ Tiny Thunder Running
• Laura @ Laura: Fat2Fit
• Sarah Grace @ Fresh Fit N Healthy
• Cassandra @ Almost Getting It Together
• Deborah @ Confessions of A Mother Runner
• Lauren @ Run Salt Run
• Courtney @ Running For Cupcakes