On the ship deck after just arriving at Mindoro for a medical/surgical mission in May 1997.
I'm here with my close friends from PGH. From left to right: me, Rina, Joel, and Reagan.

The "Plumbers" just before leaving our abode for our Physician Licensure Exam
last August 9, 1997. "Plumbers" is the name we gave to our study group
(my co-interns from PGH) when we were reviewing for the medical boards.
We spent a month together at a rented townhouse in Proj. 6, Quezon City,
and had a lot of good and not so good memories.
No, we weren't named "Plumbers" because we had "leakage" for the exam,
but because there were a lot of actual leaks and plumbing problems in that place.
(The lighting here was not so good because this was taken at about 4-5 AM.)
From left to right: Reagan, Ray, Joel, Ronnie, Laurie, Jun, Jackie, Jane, Gigi M., me, Regie, Cindy, Rina, and Gigi T.

After passing the boards (whew!), we gather at the PICC
for our oath taking as licensed physicians (September 1997).
From left to right: Joel, Ray, me, someone in the back (?), Rina, Laurie,
(Jun is behind Laurie), Regie, and other people I'm not familiar with.