Packing and Mum & Dad ::sigh::

How I hate packing all my things into bags and boxes. It's so annoying and tiring. Ugh!! Now I just wish my mum is here to sort out all my things and my dad is here putting things into bags and boxes nicely. It was impressive what they did for me when I first needed to pack for med school. Parents are just amazing. Thank God for my parents.

I'm moving my things tomorrow and driving Thurs. I will be very sporadic with internet, but I will check in once I get internet.

Boards are officially DONE!!!! (for now)

Scores are in ..... And I passed. YIPPEEEE!!!! Scores are not exactly what I was hoping for, but under the time constraints and the set of questions I got, I'm happy with the scores.

COMLEX 574/87
USMLE 205/84

Once rotations start, I'll start prepping for Step 2 for next summer. Ugh. More tests.

I'm officially a 3rd year.

I'm looking forward for my 2 weeks of traveling come August. 1 week with my parents traveling the East Coast and 1 week with friends in a Florida resort being a bum and enjoying the sun.

Crazy Week ....

This started with me agreeing to come back home to volunteer as the Arts & Crafts translator for Sacramento's Chinese Culture Camp. I was scheduled to fly back on Tues and land at 11am and immediately get myself to the camp and start my work. My flight leaves from Kansas City at 7:30am and it's a 3 hr drive from Kirksville. So I left my apt at 2:30am and got to the airport around 6:30am with a 1/2 hr nap and 15 min detour on the airport exit. At the same time, I got a cold which started 2 days before. My nose was so stuffed that I couldn't sleep before my drive. All in all, I was up for 36hrs when I got back from the first day of "work".

Work was fun. Translating what the teacher from Taiwan was teaching and at the same time teaching the kids the Chinese Arts & Crafts. After the day is done, my mom and a couple of her friends were in charge taking the 3 Taiwan teachers out to dinner and sometimes after dinner program. This was from Tues to Fri.

For the after dinner programs, we have gone to Tapioca Express for Shaved Ice. We walked around Old Sac and the Delta Boat and the walkway along the Sacramento River. After that we went to Leatherby's Creamery for their gigantic banana split and sundae. The next night we took a walk along another small river in a residential neighborhood. The highlight of all those were the conversations. The conversations were non stop and full of laughter.

Then on Sat, my family and I drove to SF for my brother's white coat ceremony at his dental school. They don't have a different white coat for students. Their coats are the same length as the fully licensed docs, unlike mine. Then we spent the weekend hanging out with my brother at his apartment and had some yummy food. We spent some time playing card games and did some grocery shopping in Chinatown. We at Thai food, Taiwanese food and Korean food. All in all, it was great to be able to hang out together as a family. It's been a while since we were able to do that.

Taiwan Scallion Pancakes

These are one of my all time favorites lunch/snacks in undergrad at UCLA. Then I didn't have access to Asian market in MO to buy the frozen ones, so I learned to make it.

Ingredients :
2 cups of flour
1 tsp of salt
1 tbsp of oil
3/4 cup of boiling water (more or less)
4 tbsp of vegetable oil or sesame oil
1 cup of finely sliced scallion

1. Mix the flour and salt together and then add the 1 tbsp of oil and the boiling water to the flour. Mix thoroughly to form a dough then knead for 5 minutes.
2. Form it into ball, cover and let rest in the mixing bowl for 20 minutes.
3. Form into a log and cut into 4-6 pieces then roll each piece into a round disk.



4. Brush with oil or sesame oil and sprinkle with scallions. Roll into a cylinder and then coil it into a snail shape. Cover and let rest for 20 minutes.

5. Flatten the dough with your hand and then roll it out again.
6. Heat up non-stick frying pan over medium heat and brush it with some oil. Pan fried both side until golden brown.
7. Cut into wedges and serve with any dipping sauce of your choice.