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Thursday, July 03, 2008
Back to the Start
On June 3rd, I graduated from OHSU in Portland, OR and received my MD degree. Shortly thereafter, Amara helped me move down to Phoenix, AZ in time for me to start my orientation for my Med/Peds residency on June 11th. My first day of work as a physician was Monday, June 23rd. And since then, it's been busy and lots of learning, but I do feel privileged to learn and practice medicine.
Getting hooded
Shaking the Assistant Dean of the medical school Dr. Keenan's hand
Mike and I all gowned up
The Lai family visiting the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, OR
I have cap 'n gown hair
My parents and I visited the Spruce Goose at the Evergreen Aviation Museum
Here you can get a sense of how big the Spruce Goose really is
Visiting Multnomah Falls
My parents and I at Crown Point (where I proposed to Amara)
"Graduating" from the Christian Medical & Dental Association (CMDA)
CMDA leaders, old and new!
Visiting the Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA
Piggin' out at the Pike Place Market
Amara drummin' it up at the Experience Music Project
Who's taller, me or the Space Needle?
Look at the accuracy of my blind pointing
Riding the ferry to Victoria Island, BC, Canada
In front of the historic Empress Hotel in Victoria
At the Butchart Gardens
Big Chinese food feast
Mimicking totem poles
Parents' meeting for the first time dinner at McCormick&Schmick's Harborside in Portland, OR
Brunch at Three Degrees Restaurant with Amara's parents, my parents, and the Lums (our adoptive parents in Portland)
All packed up and about to embark on our trip to Phoenix, AZ
The car was fully-loaded to the brim!
Gyros lunch rendezvous with Jerm and Niki in Pleasanton, CA
All of my stuff on the floor of my new apartment in Phoenix.. this was packed into my car..
I finally decided to buy a dining table/chairs.. this is from Ikea.. $120 for the set
Thanks to Amara, the bathroom is the best decorated and most coordinated room in my apartment (note the flower arrangement on the left, the stylish candles, the cute little stack of washcloths, the fancy tissue box holder, and the matching decorative bath rugs). My contribution are the non-matching random assortment of bath towels you see hanging on the rack.
4:36 PM Albert
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