Monthly Archives: December 2014

Cross Island Relay

Posted on December 30, 2014 by gratitudeactually

The last Saturday of the year is the date each year for the annual cross island relay, and this is the first year I’ve been able to participate. After a little back and forth, I ended up doing the route … Continue reading →

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CNMI First Bleeding Disorder Conference Part 3

Posted on December 28, 2014 by gratitudeactually

See part 1 and part 2 here. After the light elastic taping seminar, we dived right back into educational sessions. The rest of the week included day-long seminars with me about the bleeding disorder. Like I mentioned before, it was … Continue reading →

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Christmas in Saipan 2014

Posted on December 25, 2014 by gratitudeactually

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah … Continue reading →

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CNMI First Bleeding Disorder Conference Part 2

Posted on December 24, 2014 by gratitudeactually

The conference was not all me speaking (fortunately) and did include two days of learning for me. As a part of the conference, we brought in a doctorate of physical therapy who works in a hospital that treats patients with … Continue reading →

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CNMI First Bleeding Disorder Conference Part 1

Posted on December 23, 2014 by gratitudeactually

When I came back to Saipan, I knew that I would have a built in population of patients with hematologic problems (problems relating to the blood). I knew this because I was involved in their care when I was here … Continue reading →

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Watershot Iphone5 Housing

Posted on December 17, 2014 by gratitudeactually

  (Random picture of Christmas lights reflected off the picture windows at sunset) Sorry for the lack of posts, but hopefully more to come soon about my conference activities this week. I recently got a little Christmas gift for myself … Continue reading →

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First Friday Films

Posted on December 11, 2014 by gratitudeactually

On the first Friday of every month, a film is played at the National Park Service’s American Memorial Park theater. The theater is normally used to play their feature film about Saipan. (unless it is not working and then they … Continue reading →

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Awesome paper snowflake tutorial

Posted on December 9, 2014 by gratitudeactually

At the request of a surprising number of people… the paper snowflake tutorial! (Disclaimer – I did not make this up but my friend showed me off a Japanese website. We all know that the Japanese are masters of any … Continue reading →

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Christmas in the Marianas

Posted on December 8, 2014 by gratitudeactually

Well, I guess this signals December — the little white dots that are falling over my carefully typed out blog posts. Just kidding (and the carefully-typed-out part)! but I did forget about the snow falling ‘app’ that I had installed … Continue reading →

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Betel Nut Chewing

Posted on December 6, 2014 by gratitudeactually

A few recent events have had me thinking about betel nut chewing here in Saipan and the CNMI. Most people who arrive here are surprised by it but I at least had heard of it before because of it being … Continue reading →

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