Flight 1549

I have new adventures to add since I last listed my itinerary.

Nanjing --> Guangzhou --> Kuala Lumpur --> Krabi --> Railay --> Koh Phi Phi --> Phuket --> Chiang Mai --> Bangkok --> Nanjing --> Guilin --> Yangshuo --> Nanjing --> Shanghai --> Nanjing --> Guangzhou --> Hong Kong --> Jiangmen --> Huizhou --> Guangzhou --> Nanjing --> Haikou --> Sanya --> Haikou --> Nanjing --> HOME! --> Madison --> Home --> Madison --> SF --> Chicago --> Boston --> NYC --> LaCrosse --> Madison

Whew!

Coming back to the States always feels like the wrong time. There's always something left undone in China and when is anyone ready to merge into speeding traffic after not driving for a year? But that's what it feels like to reinsert oneself back into med school. No matter how much planning I put into my return, it always feels like an emergency landing. Now, three sub-internships later and applications all in, I can breathe a sigh of relief.

Onward!

Favorite quotes I borrowed from my sister

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway." -Mother Teresa

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!" - Rocky Balboa