2015: A year in travels

Ben (In like Flint, MI) – Senior year

San Francisco (multiple to see Theresa)

Residency interviews

Milwaukee

East Lansing

Denver

Irvine

Indianapolis

Detroit

Ann Arbor

Philadelphia

NYC

Chicago

Foreign travel

Vancouver, Canada – engaged

Uganda – Mbale, Bududa, Jinja, Sipi Falls, Murchison Falls, Kampala

Vietnam – Sapa, Hanoi, Phong Nha, Hoi An, Saigon, Vung Tau

Sights

Los Angeles

Las Vegas

Zion Nat’l Park

Bruce Canyon

Moab

Arches Nat’l Park

Canyonlands Nat’l Park

Antelope Canyon

Grand Canyon

Tally:  34+ cities and sites

B (places where I stayed in 2015 in chronological order)

Denver – U. Colorado (3 talks)

Vancouver, Canada – tai chi

Beijing, China

Vietnam – Hanoi, Phong Nha, Hoi An, Saigon

Chicago – American Academy of Pediatrics

Madison – U. Wisconsin (talk)

Mendham – grandkids

Baltimore – Mt. Sinai (2 talks) during Baltimore riots

East Lansing – Ben’s graduation

Lawrence – Dad’s memorial celebration

Madison – wedding

Toronto, Canada – Canadian Pediatric Society (talk), Toronto Sick Kids (group mentoring)

Mendham – grandkids

Vancouver, Canada – tai chi

Hong Kong, China – Dad’s estate

Vancouver, Canada – tai chi

Madison – friends

Japan – Osaka – meet Dr. Nagita, Kanazawa – sights, Oyama – Jichi U. (talk), Mito – sights, Tokyo – Japan Society for Psychosomatic Pediatrics (talk) … Jiro’s sushi

Irvine – APAMSA (2 talks + panel)

Washington DC – NASPGHAN (Teri Li Education Award)

Mendham – grandkids

Princeton – Asian American Alumni: We Flourish (panel)

Pittsburgh – 2^nd Nausea & Vomiting Conference (talk, CVS guidelines)

Washington DC – National American Academy of Pediatrics Conference (3 talks)

Boston – Massachusetts General Frontiers in Gastroenterology (talk)

Mendham – grandkids birthdays

Mendham – grandkids Thanksgiving

Denver – X-mas with Ben & Theresa

Tally:  35 cities (14 int'l), 20 invited talks etc. – whew, most ever

It began and ended in Denver – Rocky Mountain (cannabis) high

I was disoriented – where in the world is B Li?

I hit platinum – bioupgradable

It’s downhill from here – enjoyed it while it lasted

Highlights of 2015:

Buckeyes are undisputed National Champs - win historic first playoff

APAMSA's 20th anniversary - it is still up and running
Trekking to Vietnam’s Hang En caves – the 3^rd largest in the world

Japan – omnipresent aesthetics that I revel in, Jiro’s sushi lunch

Vancouver – humbled but still learning from my Tai Chi master

and most important

Dad’s memorial celebration – closure but more to be done

Wrassling and floor time with Naomi and Jack 

Ben’s graduation and engagement to amazing Theresa

Happy Holidays to all!

Highlights in pictures

Against many odds, my Bucks did it and I wore my Buckeye hat!

Keynote at APAMSA's 20th anniversary - an organization that I co-founded in 1995

Immensity defined, a human but a speck

Encamped on a sandbar inside Hang En cave 

Shirakawa-go village - idyllic World Heritage site

I eat Jiro's dream of sushi, it is out of this world

Sifu Paul Tam Nat'l Champion of Southern Fist and Master of Chen's (original form) Tai Chi 

Jack and the bean stalk

A berry, berry happy Naomi

Ben graduates in East Lansing (Teri was there), begins residency in Denver

Theresa and Ben blissful in Hawaii