October 28th, 2009
by Manasi
Sunday the 18th of October, I woke up to snow. Actually, I woke up to rain, which promptly turned to snow. Sadly, I discovered this through facebook where everyone decided to update their statuses at the same time to exclaim about the snow in October. I jumped on our couch and looked out the window the find big fat gorgeous snowflakes pouring out of the sky. Luckily they were not sticking to the ground. Double luckily, it was Sunday and I am not currently in classes and not have to study. Though I had various errands that I had planned on doing, football watching won. All in all, it was a good football day–I watched the Giants lose, the Patriots killed the Titans and even the Jets lost. Amazing! If only the Colts had lost, it would’ve been perfect. Oh well, you can’t have everything.
The crappy weather also made it a perfect day for something warm and comforting. As Rabi doesn’t eat meat, sometimes these things are harder to find as beef stew or non-vegetarian chili are simply not options. Also, the traditional Shepard’s Pies or pot pies are not nearly as satisfying. Luckily, there is the ever versatile dish: soup! Nothing says cozy and winter like curling up with a steaming bowl of soup. Honestly, beef stew and such are tasty, but things like soup I actually enjoy vegetarian as they can be hearty and filling yet still healthy. I found this soup on the kitchn an amazing part of Apartment Therapy. It has a lot of interesting recipes as well as anything else kitchen related that you can imagine.
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October 25th, 2009
by Manasi
I have a confession…I used to HATE pumpkin. Well, that sounds harsh, but what I really mean is that I hated pumpkin in foods. Now, I’m a New Englander and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday…so this just all seems wrong. You know, I’m not even going to talk about how I’ve never seen The Wizard of Oz.
As time went on, I started to delve into more pumpkin flavored things. I started at least trying the pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, though it never outdid pecan and then in college my lovely roommate Victoria introduced us to these pumpkin cookies her mother made. Now these were something that I could get behind. She made them for us numerous times throughout the years, but I would always forget to nab the recipe from her. Flash forward many years after college and my obsession with food bloggers. One of my favorites is Joy the Baker. She has amazing recipes and pretty much everything I’ve tried has been gold. When I saw these babies, I knew they would be awesome because butterscotch is one of my favorite things ever.
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October 9th, 2009
by Manasi
Everyone warns you before you start medical school that you have to try and retain yourself. I wonder if these people went to medical school. Actually, I know they did and probably realized the same thing I have and wish they hadn’t lost themselves to being just med students. Though this advice came from former medical students, I always have to wonder if they’ve just forgotten what it’s like to actually be in it. Or perhaps it’s a case of going through four years of work and then realizing at the end of the day that you are only about medicine, so you try and impart some wisdom on those after you so they can avoid your mistakes.
Though I have only been in school for about six weeks, I can already feel myself losing aspects of my life before medical school. The first couple of weeks of school were definitely difficult partly due to the new lifestyle and changes and also because of complications in buying our condo and moving during the week of our first exams (side note: don’t move during your first medical school exams–it’s just a bad idea!). As I settled in a bit and we moved into our own place, I figured that the anxiety had passed and I had happily adjusted to the new surroundings. Then I spent a weekend in Boston–ate brunch in my old neighborhood and had dinner with my old coworkers. It felt like wearing some old, long lost pajamas. My life in Worcester really felt like someone else’s life.
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