tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586206017666366362024-03-19T00:25:06.203-04:00Wish You Were Heremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-37628396694646084572012-02-29T12:45:00.005-05:002012-02-29T12:50:17.661-05:00Search.....I happened to do a "google" search of my name (looking for anything suspicious that I would want to remove!) and found this!! I remember interviewing for it, but never heard anything about a final draft or publication.Education Anywheremehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-9235677139497682492011-04-04T14:57:00.000-04:002011-04-04T14:57:52.414-04:00SuperVegan - Adrien Zap of World Vets on Veterinary Relief Efforts in Post-Quake, Post-Tsunami JapanSuperVegan - Adrien Zap of World Vets on Veterinary Relief Efforts in Post-Quake, Post-Tsunami Japanmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-68004305510985788712011-03-31T19:59:00.003-04:002011-03-31T20:03:19.783-04:00Japan photos, articles and videosMore photo here: https://picasaweb.google.com/adrienzap/VeterinaryAidInJapan#World Vets information and media articles: http://worldvets.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=203Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOqYcXosFHcmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-71241544923912513452011-03-31T19:30:00.003-04:002011-03-31T19:55:28.771-04:00Bits and pieces from JapanUnlike in Haiti (where I had hours to spend in my tent avoiding mosquitoes and blogging) I had virtually no time (nor energy) to blog from Japan. I've gotten numerous emails, phone calls, interviews, etc about my trip so I've sort of half-a**ed them together into a semi-informative blog post.Enjoy :)Where have you been exactly sent in Japan ? Around Fukushima (about 30 km around I'd say, since mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-66561510072666165812011-03-15T10:48:00.003-04:002011-03-15T10:58:52.123-04:00early morning mathRight now it's 9am in Utah -- 11am NYCI'm leaving San Francisco at 1pm (CA time) -- 4pm NYCArriving in Tokyo at 5pm Wednesday (Japan time) -- 4am NYC*yawn*mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-50458722877142122742011-03-15T10:28:00.003-04:002011-03-15T10:48:04.086-04:00off to japanLess than 24 hours ago, I was half-sleeping/half-lazy in bed when my phone rang. When I saw the World Vet director's name pop up on my caller ID, I knew I was going to Japan. I just didn't realize it would be so soon... like... NOW! Before you could say "tsunami" my bags were packed and I was off to the airport, making last minute arrangements and phone calls along the way. Last night at around mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-17756842509492381882010-10-13T20:09:00.003-04:002010-10-13T20:16:44.383-04:00Bring a helmetI feel like I haven't "blogged" in a while... probably not a bad thing, but I don't feel like there's much to say if I'm just sitting home in Connecticut and "travel" consists of trekking back and forth on I-95 every day. Everyone keeps asking me "Where are you going next??... Asia? Africa? Back to Ecuador?" I am currently broke (thank you vet school applications), just started a new job and am mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-32788589369444478582010-08-28T11:49:00.002-04:002010-08-28T11:50:59.830-04:00I Have a Book!!Here's a sneak peak... click on the link below for more details!Perros Callejeros by Adrien Zap | Make Your Own Bookmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-37798897740022859882010-08-24T14:51:00.001-04:002010-08-24T14:52:43.465-04:00Where did the time go???Summer is my all time, all around favorite season EVER. And for all intensive purposes, my summer officially ended at 11:00am yesterday :-(Summer 2010 started on June 21, and I spent the first three "official" weeks of summer in Ecuador, where it is actually winter. Wet, rainy, cold winter.I came back to the states just in time for a brief heat wave (several beautiful, sunny summer days with mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-16174417929107998352010-08-24T14:41:00.001-04:002010-08-24T14:47:10.056-04:00How I love to be here....mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-44886848020893982442010-08-19T10:12:00.004-04:002010-08-24T14:51:18.879-04:00Ecuador VideosAnother video from the long plane ride home from Ecuador:World Vets Clinic, Ibarra, Ecuador 2010mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-84066705748194251852010-08-13T14:54:00.011-04:002010-08-15T14:30:20.118-04:0016 miles and a lot of ibuprofen later....Last Saturday was the 23rd Annual Swim Across the Sound - and it literally took me this long to recover from the agonizing muscle pain and blog about it... (not really... I've just been cRaZy at work and not able to get online :-)My team of 5 crossed the 16 mile (25 kilometer) stretch of water from Port Jefferson, NY to Bridgeport, CT in 8 hours, 24 minutes and 53 seconds.We finished 5th in mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-19514744014783471942010-08-05T21:40:00.008-04:002010-08-05T22:31:03.239-04:00Swimmer's KryptoniteSO.... in a historic attempt to make this year one of the best years, I'm working on crossing off a few more items from my personal "LIST OF S#*% I AM TERRIFIED OF DOING"* Travel to a war-torn country and sleep through an earthquake - Done* (Re)learn how to surf (or at least, not die on a surf board) - Done* Handle a spider monkey - Done and done (scars to prove it)* Re-apply to veterinary schoolmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-26179114665388378022010-07-15T19:01:00.002-04:002010-07-15T19:11:47.084-04:00Ecuador videoWhat I did on the plane ride home from Ecuador (when I should have been sleeping!! :)mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-87101987802294410632010-07-15T18:54:00.002-04:002010-07-15T18:55:01.198-04:00Ecuador photos updatedRecent Ecuador photos can be found aqui:http://picasaweb.google.com/adrienzap/ProteccionAnimalEcuadorIbarraEcuador#mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-75312554419401218122010-07-13T21:39:00.002-04:002010-07-13T22:04:24.451-04:003 weeks later...3 weeks and 367 animals later (I think that's the final count... I lost track around 30 so I have to check my notes).... I am sitting in the Colombia airport at the same cafe I was at when I blogged 3 weeks ago - it seems like it was just yesterday, but at the same time, it also seems like it was lifetimes ago. This has been an long 3 weeks filled with blood (lots of blood), sweat (mental as wellmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-45190997282600017652010-07-10T18:46:00.003-04:002010-07-10T19:31:07.972-04:00machismo es violenciaThere is a billboard campaign in Ecuador promoting non-machismo male attitudes and anti-domestic violence. The slogan is "machismo es violencia" (Machismo is Violence) and there are catchy signs and billboards around Ibarra. Does it work? Probably not.Today was mostly a good day in the clinic. Twelve surgeries (including 3 street dogs EL and I caught with a dart gun this morning) and an overall mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-23854167011077995632010-07-06T18:50:00.001-04:002010-07-10T19:18:54.437-04:00When bad things happen to good people....... I get very upset.I went to Ambato Sunday night to visit my friend DA and her family. It was (supposed) to be a much needed, animal-drama free 3 days of rest and fun before heading back to Ibarra for the last week of the PAE/WV clinic. But the universe saw fit to have otherwise. My last night in Ambato was supposed to be spent at a nice little restaurant and any number of local bars or clubs -mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-47663854768048958932010-07-02T09:30:00.003-04:002010-07-02T22:15:25.649-04:00Ehrlichia = 5.... Me = 0There’s a reason I haven't updated my blog in almost a week. Actually, there are several:1) I’ve been exhausted every single night2) I’ve been too depressed to take out my computer (or go to the Internet cafe)3) I’ve been too busy having panic attacks and/or being generally agitated and/or impatientWe held surgery/clinic days on Sunday and Monday. Tuesday we were too depressed and drained to do mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-64210793856101805192010-06-26T22:01:00.003-04:002010-07-02T22:10:24.619-04:00La EsperanzaI arrived in Quito Thursday night and (finally!) met NA (the World Vets vet from Buffalo) and BL (the PAE Ibarra coordinatior). NA and I are staying at BL’s aunt’s farm in La Esperanza, a small town just outside Ibarra. I have an AWESOME room on the farm, and even though it’s about 40 degrees (F) out at night, I have a pile of super warm blankets and a nice cozy bed to snuggle in. Now I just wishmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-14961411203309604322010-06-24T15:00:00.000-04:002010-08-19T10:06:51.380-04:00awesome Colombian lunchFrom the Barra International Cafe, Bogata Airport mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-37059276462747838922010-06-24T14:39:00.003-04:002010-06-24T15:03:09.783-04:00flight of the ninosAvianca has pretty nice planes, and I was on a huge one, the kind that has seats in the middle, then 2 rows on the sides? It also had an actual first class, THEN business class, then everyone else. Speaking of everyone else.There were about 30 little kids (between 6 and 10 years old) on the flight sin adultos. They were all wearing big red Avianca buttons that said "UM" - "unattended minor" maybemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-10849838840049984082010-06-24T14:25:00.002-04:002010-06-24T14:38:41.784-04:00Aye.... Dios.... Mio....So far, so much has gone wrong that it can't help but get right quick.Tuesday my beloved Blackberry died, and I almost lost my mind. Instead, I lost my temper at RadioShack, and after shelling out $50 for a new battery, the damn thing died AGAIN Wednesday night! I am totally embarrassed at how technology dependent I am. So after a few mini-panic attacks, my phone was fixed (not entirely, but mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-81888148204722067202010-06-24T14:00:00.000-04:002010-08-19T10:12:10.631-04:00Wish I Had Some Help HereWhat 60 lbs of crap looks like BEFORE:Was too emotionally drained to take an AFTER shot, but let me assure you, it was ALL packed into 1 large L.L. Bean rolling duffle, 1 small L.L. Bean carry-on duffle, 1 RubberMaid carton and a back pack... Aye my aching back!!!!!!!mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-558620601766636636.post-82056687298571744172010-06-20T14:21:00.004-04:002010-06-20T14:28:45.637-04:00laughter from above“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” (Woody Allen)Thursday I leave for Ecuador (trip #4 in 2 years...) with World Vets for a 3 week spay-cation in Ibarra. I have never been farther north than Otavalo (which is apparently pretty close to Ibarra) so it will be a true adventure! I had planned to join World Vets in Cambodia for Pacific Partnership 2010, but the universe had mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088054500100839412noreply@blogger.com0