This isn't Ivan, but just a good
looking guy looks like him. Who is this guy, anyway? Well, this
is the owner of this homepage, Nobita. The picture was taken
in Oct 1993, his first semester at WSU.
We look so similar
that many friends of us thought we were brothers or cousins,
and even Ivan's father thought the good looking guy in this picture
was his son, Ivan.
Ivan has been my best friend since we were studying
at Washington State University, Washington. He was a Biochemistry
major at that time. After he graduated in 1995, he continued
his studies at Iowa State University studying Veterinary Medicine.
Then he got his intern at the Emergency Room of an animal hospital
in Chicago. Don't expect his job was somewhat like George Clooney's
in "ER". As a matter of fact, his job was a lot more
relax than that in the "human ER", as people didn't
care about their pets as much as human. Ivan just got a new job
at an animal hospital at Virgina Beach. He told me he was going
to take some leisure classes such as Yoga, Martial Art, Swimming
etc. After a long way of studying and tough internship, Ivan
definitely will enjoy his life in Virgina.
Ivan
and I have a lot in common. We like talking about Japanese animations,
comics, and robots. Also, we are the GOD of "refunds".
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...... We always exchange experience
of refunding stuff. It's better not mentioning it anymore, or
the owner or management of Wal-mart will kill us.
I
always believe in reincarnation (the soul enters, after death,
into another human or animal body). Ivan doesn't eat animals
with wings (poultry), such as chicken, duck, turkey, and geese.
It isn't because of his religion. He told me he couldn't stand
the taste and smell of the flesh of poultry. I always tease on
Ivan that he was a chicken (or other poultry) in his previous
life. So, in his current life, he doesn't or cannot eat poultry
and becomes a vet to save the life of his "old folks".
Believe it or not?
About
our friendship..... um um .... we started our friendship when
Ivan used my dining card for meals at school (the second semester
we were there). We certainly always had breadkfast, lunch and
dinner together, and became very close friends since then. (People
in the dining hall might suspect we were gay couple, as we always
went there together and shared "one" dining card).
:P
Another
rememberable part about Ivan and I happened the first summer
we were at WSU in 1994. He had to find a job related to animals
in order to apply for the vet schools. We took the bus to Moscow,
the town about 20 mins away from Pullman, our school town, then
walked along the downtown of Moscow looking for the animal clinics.
We talked about cartoons and TV episodes when we were little
boys..... I still remember that summer was very hot ...... yes,
very hot ...... Ivan graduated next year before summer, when
I went to Moscow again alone next summer, I felt lonely and sad
because Ivan wasn't there.
Some
Hong Kong students gave Ivan a very ugly nickname, Ah Baak (Uncle),
because Ivan would evaluate thoroughly before he spent every
penny. I absolutely understand that as I used to be in his situation.
I never told Ivan that I didn't like those Hong Kong students
teasing on him. It might be the reason I let Ivan use my dining
card and seldom talked to those Hong Kong guys.
If
you find Ivan's background is interesting, you may contact him
at this e-mail.
P.S. Unlike
Leo and Brian, I met Ivan in college. Although we have only studied
together for 2 years, we had so many memorable time together
in Pullman. I was shocked that I wrote so much about us. Carol
said paragraphies about Ivan and I were very interesting. As
a matter of fact, when I read the part about Ivan and I walked
along Moscow downtown looking for animal clinics, I was really
touched and almost had tears in my eyes. I still remember the
scene, that summer was vvvverrrrrry hot.
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