Recurrent Dreams

Up to this day I continue to have vivid dreams about my previous dog Bingo. This happens maybe once per month, and it happened last night.

A few times I would dream of him coming back to life, and the rest are the good times we had together. Every time, though, I would vividly remember the sparkle in Bingo's eyes. It's the same sparkle I saw when we dropped him off at the vet in December 13, 2005. It's the same farewell sparkle. Then, many times, I would wake up in tears. Even though it's almost two and a half years since Bingo left us, I still carry thoughts about how great and loyal Bingo was. He's my gold standard for a dog, partly because he's the first one I had. We would always compare our current dogs to Bingo. Every time our Bowser or Yoshi do something similar, or even opposite, to Bingo, we would point it out.

I do know my memory of Bingo is forever. I was with him the day I carried him home in 1992, until the night we took him to the vet. There were many years that I was away for school at UCSD and OSU, but Bingo never missed a chance to wag his tail when he saw me home. There are no two dogs the same, but I sure wish to have Bingo again.

Back to Work!

I had just returned from my vacation at Taiwan! It was so sad that the China-loving KMT won the presidential election. Now that they had won, they are no longer saying they love Taiwan and they don't identify themselves as Taiwanese anymore. Now it's "ROC" this and "ROC" that. I think a lot of Taiwanese people felt cheated. The Japanese and American goverments had expressed their dislike of KMT and worry that it will give into China. Any way, I'm usually not so deep in politics, but I'm sure the voice of Taiwan won't be dead on the next election.

I'm very glad, however, that the DPP supporters didn't become the wild dogs like the KMT did after they lost the 2004 election. This time there was no outrageous riots and no one said to boycott the new goverment. I'm glad that the DPP and its supporters have class and are not sore losers.

So that's my rant of the Taiwan elections.

During my stay in Taiwan I had the chance to meet up with a good friend of mine from NTU who is a 7th year med student/intern who rotated through USC last year. It was good times. I also met up with Ivy down south. The weather was on our side for 7 out of 9 days. It was very warm in southern Taiwan and rainy in the north.

Too bad it's back to work now. I'm rotating through Children's Hospital this month, so it's supposed to be busy. I did get some studying done on my long flights, but I still have a lot to go!