First Vacation

I finished clinic early today, and it was a night of catching up and hanging out. I watched the movie, "The Namesake," suggested by Elan. It was a surprisingly good movie. Slow-paced, but thoughtful and at some parts very dramatic. It's about an Indian family in the States and about all the struggles, surprises, love and fear that they encounter. I'd recommend it to anyone who is into movies; actually I have it with me =).

I'm done with Step 3! It was a tough test, so hopefully I did okay on it. I'll find out in about a month. It was fun to be at home for the 4 days. I went to Indian Wells for the ACP meeting, and saw Ray there. Haven't talked to him since we graduated from med school. He's still the gunner type, it seems like. My brother Will also came home for the weekend. My mom came back from Taiwan as well, so we had a house full of people again. High winds and brush fires were all around this weekend. It feels like the entire southern Cali is on fire. Ashes everywhere, and I hear that the clinics might be closed in SD. We'll see what happens when I get back. We're in code orange, so not sure what I'll end up doing... probably urgent care. Anyway, 2 more days until my vacation! It'll be nice to head over to Hawaii, where the weather will be nicer, and hopefully air a lot cleaner.

Study weekend

It's the weekend, 2 whole days off! But I'll need to study for Step 3, so it'll still be busy. I think this might be the first weekend I'm staying here even though I have it off. Anyway, we're planning on maybegoing to Gaslamp in downtown tomorrow night. Only been there once a few years ago, seemed to be a fun place to go.

Day Off

Tomorrow's my first day off in 12 days. It actually went by pretty fast. During the last call night, my resident brought the xbox 360 and we hooked it up to the conference room projector and played Lego Star Wars for a few hours. I have also started playing more tennis now, today for 1.5 hours. It seems like I have not played this hard for this long in a few years now. Tomorrow, I'll probably have to start studying for Step 3, which is coming up fast!

Fall

It's October already! I'm still chugging along in my wards rotation, now half way through. It'll be 3 weeks before I take my Step 3. Time flies fast when you need to study. But it'll be nice to be done with the exam, then I can concentrate (or not) on the rest of my intern year. Immediately after the exam, I'll have my first 2 week vacation! I'll be going to Hawaii with Helen, and it should be lots of fun. Last time I went to Hawaii was several years ago with my family. In other news, my mom's going back to Taiwan in a week to finalize the remodeling of the 2nd apartment. I guess that's it for all the news... 'til next time.