I've been back in town for 6 weeks now and it is pretty amazing how times whizzes by. I have started a new research project, began to prep for residency apps, turned a year older, and began reading clinical shizz for the upcoming 4th year. I've had time to go to 3 conferences, go on multiple hikes, see family, have lots of catch up meals with good friends, and make new pals.
What is a bit fun is that the research team I worked with in Hanoi is in San Francisco! YUP! There is a clinical trial consortium and the American Thoracic Society conference next to lovely Union Square this week. I am playing tour guide, food server, and chauffeur to these folks and it's pretty cool getting to show them my neck of the woods so to speak. It has also been quite entertaining translating polite Vietnamese customs to here...
(walking near civic center)
AP: "That was a nice museum"
Me: "Yup"
AP: "So we are going to Chinatown now?"
Me: "Yup"
AP: "So are you and Deb going to bring the car around now?"
Me: "....yup..."
Hahahahaha, I am sooooo not used to that. So each place I've gone to I have had to pick them up, drop them off, and then deal with parking on my own. Not to mention everywhere we have gone has been tourist parking hell and I'm spending $30-40 on parking/day. yeesh. Oh well - it's totally worth it showing them the beautifuuuuuuul bay.
(These aren't pics I took with them - I'm too lazy to upload those right now. This is from a day hike I took on an island not too far from San Francisco and they do the purpose ok in showing off the purdiness of the city.)
