Now you might me wondering who is this cutie and why am I standing in a picture with her? (nope, not that) Actually, this is an old friend of mine whom I ran into quite randomly, Shirley. I haven't seen her in easily 6-7 years now. I met her in college, where she was two years ahead of me. She has had more influence in my life than she knows; my college career was practically modelled after hers. We both majored in MCB and Econ, and in the end I followed her path into medicine. About the only thing I didn't follow her lead in was singing (she has the voice of an angel, and I the voice of a sea otter). After she graduated from Berkeley and matriculated at UCSF, I lost touch with her, and thus was faced with the uncomfortable situation of having to make my own decisions about my future. Not so much fun.
It was awesome catching up. We compared med school experiences and such, and I got to hear what it was really like at UCSF (my dream school). Strangely enough though, I found myself all the more thankful that I had the priviledge of EVMS. I don't know if it was my fate to go out of state to attend med school, but I don't think I could've had a better med school experience. Nobody I've talked to outside of EVMS seems to have had such a tight community, amongst our class, our faculty, our administration even. I found myself telling her about the time Dan and I got Dr. McCombs let us take a picture of him in his black suit and plaid pants (discovering that even in the first month of school, he definitely knew my name and face), and about rounding with Dr. Esterowitz on internal medicine (and how she would round on MY note instead of the intern's, and how she would gently encourage us to never take things for granted, but instead research the best treatment), and other such stories of life at a tiny med school. (EVMS has its gunners and aloof faculty too, of course, although maybe a bit fewer and further between.) Amazing how things turn out sometimes.
I was amazed with the incredible serendipity of seeing Shirley again. Looking back on the photo though, I'm totally crowding into her space. Sorry!
Purty, huh? The night before Jason graduated from pharmacy school. Click here or above for a larger version.
There it is, the hospital I will be spending the next four years in. It's definitely in a scary neighborhood, mere blocks from skid row, but it's also a grand old hospital. 21 floors, built some 75 years ago, with a dedication in the lobby stating that it was built so that the residents of Los Angeles will always have healthcare regardless of ability to pay (edit: oops, not just free healthcare, drat!). Now I'm the polar opposite of a socialist and I do view healthcare as a commodity, but the idealist in me is darn proud that I'll train here. As long as I survive the process, anyways, I think I'll be very happy in the end. Btw, I'm gonna have to learn Spanish. Easiest part? General hospital in Spanish is "Hospital general." Awesome!
Oh, and I dunno why I named the last post "part 1" since it's clearly part 1 of 1... well, I have a few more photos from oklahoma, arizona, etc, but none of them really came out all that well, unfortunately.
This is a photo of the arch at St. Louis. I was there with my father two days ago, at the Gateway to the West, and former home to one Daniel Danry. Consequently, I felt at home as well. I would've liked to have stayed longer and to have had the chance to ride the tram to the top of the arch, but I'll get to return one of these days. Click on the above picture or here to see it full size.
Continue below the fold for two more photos, a more conventional shot of the arch as well as a shot of Maryland Plaza.
Wow, we've graduated! Congrats to my fellow graduates of the class of 2006. :D My friend Jason took this photo, one of the few that weren't the standard arm-in-arm-in-a-line pose. We were trying to be Captain Morgan or something... One thing I notice, unlike Kimi, I can't seem to pull off the whole cap/gown/hood look...
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