Saturday, June 07, 2008

downtown living

i was daydreaming down the hallway on my way out to throw the trash. i only realized that i might have missed the exit once i smelled the pool. as i walked back, a friendly voice asked me if i'm looking for where i need to throw the trash. (everyone in this building is so friendly)! i looked up and the guy looked really familiar. for the last 3 years, he has been a host at our medical school talent show. i am starting to feel that the city is getting smaller. :)

earlier in the day, i walked to my future home for next month. it turned out that the previous tenant is from my school as well. i recognized the name since he is going into radiology. i have not met him personally, but i will be on-call with him later on this month. (i'm doing an elective inpatient month in the hospital where i hope to apply for my transitional year.) he is in his last month of his transitional year. the transitional intern i'm working with this month is also going into radiology. (diagnostic radiology is a 5-year program: 1 transitional year + 4 years diagnostic radiology). it's nice to start getting to know people in the field.

lately, for dinner, i've been frequenting this cajun creole place across my building. but when i got there tonight they have ran out of food. so i decided to walk down the avenue to try to find another place. as i was walking, i ran across one of my classmates. it seems that everytime i walk around, i either run across somebody or i spot them in the outside seating area of the various eateries.

i love this area. very urban! i can pretty much walk to where i need to go. it's a side of indianapolis that is very lovely and very appealing to young professionals. the closest grocery store which i finally found in my random walk is a bit pricey, though. but the walk there and back to my place was very nice.

here are some pics of my current place:

this is my 5th place in 5 months. it's getting hard to explain to people why i move every month ;). ummm, who said that there needs to be a rational reason? :)





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