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SOON TO BE...forever after...

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:29:03 GMT

13 days...

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:46:23 GMT

FASTEST GROWING JOB in AMERICA / MOST GROWTH & 5th BEST JOB OVERALL IN AMERICA

- What is this job you might ask? Its my job

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/snapshots/5.html

Check it out on CNN.money.com. The ranked the 10 best jobs in America currently. I have the 5th best job
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/

How proud I am of the PA profession...its definitely come a long way.

MONUMENTAL TRIP to CHICAGO :-)

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:55:13 GMT

So last week I took Connie to Chicago for her Spring Break...and as some/many of you know, it was quite an eventful trip I'll start the entry with the biggest news...through pics of course

Connie and I are now engaged It was a great time in the windy city...the whole thing was a surprise for her. I planned the entire trip...the flights, the hotel rooms at the Renaissance near O'Hare...and also the early morning knock on the door with a tray of breakfast in my hands with a little red box underneath the coffee mug which she lifted up herself and found in amazment her engagement ring Its a pretty quick one run on sentence of the way it happened but I guess it gives a good picture

So now to a picture show about the rest of the trip

Connie's suite/room in the Reinassance by O'Hare

Chicago-style hot dogs. I dont ever remember having one of these when I was there

Inside the field museum. Me laying on the Egyptian...cot?

We liked how the lizards seem to be looking at us as well when we took the pics!

Two of our favorite animals. Doesnt the snapping turtle look nuts?

This is the view of the city from the observatory on the 96th floor of the Hancock building Ina, it was great to see you after so many years! Thanks so much for taking Connie and I around downtown and showing us the "Gold Coast." You're great...hurry up and move out to California...ha!

Connie and I waiting at an L station below the city Part of the Chicago experience. Although it may look like food...that pic was taken in a SOAP shop The shop is touted to be a favorite of big name celebrities.

A little out of order. Ina took this pic in front of the historical Chicago Water-tower. Thats a pic of connie laying over the edge of a building on a construction railing.

Gino's east, deep dish Chicago style pizza. Connie's first time. Rich, it was great to see you again and Im happy that you got to meet Connie. You look great ha ha! It was good remembering good times...crazy times at Wheaton and in Tennesee

In front of Gino's East

Thats all the pics now. Sung, Yuji...it was good seeing you both as well. Sung, thanks for taking us to Morton's Steakhouse to celebrate our engagement! You're a great brother....see you out here in Cali too!

Sarah...it was good to see you at Wheaton. How nuts...after almost 4 years and talking/meeting at ROC retreat now you're gonna be a senior at my alma mater in a few more months. Thanks for helping out and seeing Connie and I when we visited. It was good meeting your friend Grace too! Too bad we didnt take pics! How did I forget to do that? :-p

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:59:14 GMT

So its been literally a bajillion years since my last entry...well literally one year and about 3 months, although in the xanga world that is practically an eternity. It would almost be safe to say that this site died...and now has suddenly come to life with an unexpected breath that was silently breathed out of nowhere. So what inspired me to put an entry up? It was this man's latest xanga entry http://www.xanga.com/raydog. I literally said out loud "OH damn!" when I read his entry. I love it! That's why Ray and I get along so well...

Its freak awesome...and that is a phrase Ray and I share in agreement. This is seriously in the realm of the "Scott Song" articles that some of you may or may not know about...i hope Ray's entry makes its way around

So since Oct 2004, what has happened? Wow...where to begin:

1) Graduated from PA school in atlanta
2) Drove three days by myself out west to California where mom, Sophia, and Connie are
3) Studied like mad and took my national PA board exam - and passed Praise God
4) Began attending Newsong Church
5) Visited Peru and the Galapagos islands with dad - his present to me for finishing grad school
6) Began working at a Family Practice private clinic in santa ana...speaking Spanish all day long
7) Auditioned and joined the Newsong worship team
8) Got a job at Miller Children's Hospital as a pediatric hospitalist (current full-time job)
9) Received a part-time offer at St.Joseph hospital Emergency Room
10) Took Connie ring shopping for her birthday in November
11) Went to Thailand with Newsong LA for a medical missions trip from the 17th- Dec 2nd. Saw Bryant there and things that would give direction to my life from here forward. Was part of the Newsong Bangkok first preview service.
12) Went down with Connie to Atlanta to sing at Ray and Jessica's wedding this December 2005

What else? I guess if i were to put everything that has happened in the last year since moving out here to Cali in a nut shell, it would be the above.

Sunday, October 10, 2004

Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:19:38 GMT

Cheescake Factory - Perimeter - Oct 2004

Quite a long time since my last posting. PA school at Emory is coming to a close as I am in my last semester. No more clinical rotations...just classroom things to take care of before Im out. I have definitely grown to love my cell group here in Atlanta.

Connie came out to visit me this past weekend which was great

The cool thing about taking pictures in a booth with mirrors behind the round semi-circle seat is that you see others in the pictures as well.

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Tue, 08 Jun 2004 03:20:26 GMT

May - June 2004 in California

This month couldnt have been any better. Finally, i felt back at "home" where community, family, friends, and special people were around me. I may have spent time learning outpatient pediatrics and internal medicine but God had ( and still has) so much in store for me in SoCal for this past month. Amazing times of growth with family, confession with friends who know me and love me regardless, and of course I was finally able to spend quality time with Connie and see just how much of a blessing God has put into my life through her.
So here are a few more pics from a couple more events in California this past month:

Carina and Sohn's Wedding

This is a girl from Connie's Small group in Mercywalk at Newsong. What a wonderful group of women supporting each other.

Carina in the wedding dress, duh! Alison and Jessica...two ovens waiting for buns

Connie and I outside the chapel (tried to match my tie with her dress)

Fruit Picking with Sophia & Lee in the Bay Area

These were the best cherries and white peaches I had ever tasted. You get a bucket and go pick everything yourself and pay by the pound. Of course while you are in the fields you can "sample" a bit if you feel like it Honestly, we gorged ourselves so bad...we all needed help leaving the farms

Sophia, Me and Connie...ready to attack the cherry trees The Lin siblings in the trees

Connie tries to eat half a peach in one bite She actually does it

The Fruit picker family for the day The BEST white peaches...really.....

Wife & husband, I guess its cute Hilarious. I guess i should have been more emotional

Going Away Party

Connie put together a small suprise get together for me on my last weekend in California. What a doll. I dont think anyone has ever done that for me before. These pics are at the Korean BBQ place in Garden Grove near my grandma's place.

Me and Connie Jamie, Bryant, and James (thanks for coming out!)

Kat is literally "smokin" in her outfit Connie and me

My "dahling"

I havent seen Jason Hsu for over a year since he left to China. SO strange to ring that doorbell in Diamond Bar and have him open it for me. It was good to see him, enjoy the biggest/best bowl of mango shaved ice on this earth, and see all of his pictures from the last year of escapades in China. Of course it was odd to see you Grace in there as well Jason, Im glad that i got to share with you what has been going on, and you to me as well. I feel peace knowing that i left Cali sharing with my friends the real deal.

Monday, May 24, 2004

Mon, 24 May 2004 23:07:40 GMT

Josh, Bryant, Dan, Connie, sophia, chinese clothes...and cute kids

Bryant, Me, Josh Connie & Me

Dan Chang (look at those arms! ) Cute kids from Newsong

Me and Connie

Sophia and I found these outfits while going through my dad's old stuff in my grandma's house in Garden Grove. It was at the bottm of a suitcase filled with old pictures from Taiwan...his year books, etc etc....He said later that they were his father's clothes. Nutty...we barely fit into them. Well Sophia fit fine into the shirt, but my Jet Li Once Upon a Time in China outfit was a tad tight...

Monday, May 10, 2004

Mon, 10 May 2004 05:36:06 GMT

California from May 1st - June 6th

Joshua medical...a christian based practice providing medical care from pediatrics to Adult internal medicine and women's health. Where I am spending a month. Check out their link:
www.joshuamedical.com

Currently listening to MAROON5
These guys are awesome. Probably a bit late in getting into them, but thanks Andres/Patrick for giving me a burn . Song you've all heard on the radio "This Love," is hardly indicative of this band's talent. Previous alternative band influenced by R&B and funk mold into a tight soul/funk sound with remnants of Jamirouquai, 311, and even Michael Jackson

Currently reading Every Young Man's Battle

An excellent book for today's young male...moreso single than married. Thanks Andres for looking into this book and getting it for me. Props to you for telling me about it.

Friday, April 16, 2004

Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:20:25 GMT

Connie, Me, Lee, Soph, Mom (Roland Heights) Click to enlarge Sophia and Mom

Grandma and Grandpa Chen Grandparents and Grandson

Anita Lin and Tom Yim (Engaged Couple...I knew Anita since Junior HIgh too) Me,Connie,Anita,Tom

Me and Connie Me and Connie...again

Sunday, February 29, 2004

Sun, 29 Feb 2004 04:47:34 GMT

Who Am I
by Casting Crowns

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
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Thank you Connie...words cannot express my gratitude for your care and support through this tough time. You are a diamond in the rough, and i will not forget....