April 14, 2015

NC Engagement

Bret Likes: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, dogs, The Wire, IPA, and Cookie Crisp.
Bret Dislikes: Spiders, tuna, shopping for clothes.
Bret’s Unusually Impressive Feats of Accomplishment: Air Force veteran, served as Middle East and Korean intelligence analyst (in Korean he worked in an underground bunker and can speak fluent Korean), worked at the NSA, MBA from John Hopkins and has scuba dived with sharks.
Jessica Likes: Jeopardy, reading, fleece pajama pants, macaroni and cheese, reminding her loved ones of any ailment she thinks she might have.
Jessica Dislikes: Flying, doing the dishes, getting up early, and all the ailments she thinks she has.
Jessica’s Unusually Impressive Feats of Accomplishment: Taught in Psychology and English departments at Harvard, recruited to teach two Psychology courses at John Hopkins, started GlazerTalks LLC and and travels internationally to teach about Positive Psychology.
Ollie’s Likes: Playing soccer with a tennis ball, sticks, giving high-fives.
Ollie’s Dislikes: Dressing up as a firefighter for Halloween.
Ollie’s Unusually Impressive Feats of Accomplishment: Has visited 15 US states so far and is the handsomest puppy on Earth.

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February 19, 2015

Courtney+Vernetta // Engaged in Durham.

Our favorites from Courtney and Vernetta’s engagement session in Durham. :) Some rocks, some water, unusually warm weather, and a whole lot of trees.

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February 17, 2015

Min+Clemann // Engaged in Durham.

Min and Clemann like Legos, math, science, museums, eating, baking, and movies. I’m particularly bad at math and science, but have a deep appreciation for eating as well as Legos and movies. Plus, Geoff makes up for it all with a solid understanding of science and math that I completely lack, so we were able to have some good conversations with Min and Clemann despite them being a lot smarter than us. :)

These guys are originally from Singapore and met during orientation for their engineering-related Masters at Duke, where they were 2 out of 3 Singaporeans that year. :) Turns out that they also live only a few minutes away from each other in Singapore, which Geoff and I thought an adorable coincidence, but it turns out that the whole island is only really 30 minutes across, so it’s not that big of a coincidence after all. ;) Min’s background is biomedical engineering, but she switched to medicine and just completed her 4-week elective at Duke Hospital (she hopes to go into pediatric medicine). Clemann’s background is aeronautical engineering where he worked for Singapore Airlines, but he has since switched to building offshore rigs where he gets a lot of satisfaction seeing his work result in a tangible structure.

They loved their graduate time and experience at Duke, so while Clemann’s been living back in Singapore for the last three years, he flew back to Durham to get some pre-wedding photos taken with Min on Duke’s campus and some special places for them around the city. Afterward, they were doing some traveling to Seattle and San Francisco, and then will both return to Singapore where they’ll get married in June. :) We had a great time seeing these two adorable, fun-loving people spend some time on their favorite campus and revisit some old spots. We wish them all the best with their wedding and lives in Singapore!

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Category: Couples