So I´m back to school now. As of last Monday I starded my Pediatrics rotation. No comments for now, I'm pretending I can keep an open mind to what's left of this year so that the burnout does't come as quickly as during Internal Medicine.
Speaking of which, guess what? I did it! I passed that friking exam! Internal Medicine you can now procede to kiss my buttocks. Thank you very much.
On other things, during this 2 week break I went to San Francisco, CA to visit my dearly beloved brother. It was incredible, I loved the city. It's just oh so beautiful. I happened to visit around the time of the Gay Pride Parade, right after the legalization on gay marriage in the state of California, so the gay fever was quite high. We obviously attended the parade and let me tell you, it was not at all what I expected. I had to separated and kind of opposed ideas of what it would be. The first, that it would be like a march, you know, people with signs protesting for their rights, bla bla The second idea was that it would be like a Rio de Janeiro Parade or something. Lots of music, lights, dancing, cars, cerebrities, etc.
Well, it turned out to be kind of both. SF is way too advanced in the gay acceptance area to have a protest like I imagined, still, there where moments, specially at the beginning, when people would march for different causes. From the right of gay couples to adoption and even agains genital mutilation a.k.a. circumscicion (one of the best groups, with people dressed as penises n'all) On the other hand, the party I expected didn't happened either. It was a nice experience anyway, very unique.
I spent 10 days in SF visiting most of the traditional tourist attractions nearby: the Golden Gate, Pier 39, the Monterey Bay Aquiarium, UC at Berkeley, Stanford University, Palo Alto, San Jose, etc etc. And also going to weird ethnic restaurants with my brother (one was a burmese restaurant so small and hidden that no more than 8 customers at a time could be served). You can se most of it on my Flickr fotostream.
After SF I went home to my parents and sister. We spent 3 days (including my Bday) at the beach. It was very relaxing.
I'm very tired and not really inspired enough to write, so I'll leave it at this point.
Hopefully I will regain inspiration or become in the desperate need to procrastinate some studying and finish telling you guys about my vacations.
Mientras tanto buh bye
It smells aaaaaaaawwwwsssoooommeeeee!! Very very yummy!