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Our Wedding

University&nbsp;of&nbsp;California,&nbsp;Irvine We&nbsp;first&nbsp;met&nbsp;while&nbsp;attending&nbsp;UCI&nbsp;of&nbsp;which&nbsp;it&nbsp;wasn't&nbsp;until&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;our&nbsp;time&nbsp;there&nbsp;where&nbsp;we&nbsp;happened&nbsp;upon&nbsp;each&nbsp;other.&nbsp;Little&nbsp;did&nbsp;we&nbsp;know&nbsp;how&nbsp;close&nbsp;we&nbsp;would&nbsp;later&nbsp;become.&nbsp;I&nbsp;met&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;while&nbsp;attending&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;my&nbsp;upper&nbsp;graduate&nbsp;division&nbsp;classes&nbsp;for&nbsp;Biology,&nbsp;but&nbsp;I&nbsp;come&nbsp;to&nbsp;find&nbsp;out&nbsp;later&nbsp;from&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;that&nbsp;he&nbsp;first&nbsp;laid&nbsp;eyes&nbsp;on&nbsp;me&nbsp;in&nbsp;our&nbsp;second&nbsp;year&nbsp;of&nbsp;Biology.&nbsp;You&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;blame&nbsp;me&nbsp;for&nbsp;not&nbsp;knowing&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;class&nbsp;of&nbsp;400+&nbsp;students!!&nbsp;We&nbsp;both&nbsp;thought&nbsp;to&nbsp;each&nbsp;other&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;was&nbsp;cute&nbsp;and&nbsp;how&nbsp;it&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;date&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;assuming&nbsp;we&nbsp;got&nbsp;along. What&nbsp;a&nbsp;whirlwind&nbsp;it&nbsp;was!!&nbsp;Shortly&nbsp;after&nbsp;we&nbsp;started&nbsp;dating&nbsp;we&nbsp;said&nbsp;"I&nbsp;love&nbsp;you"&nbsp;to&nbsp;each&nbsp;other&nbsp;in&nbsp;3&nbsp;days&nbsp;after&nbsp;dating&nbsp;although&nbsp;completely&nbsp;by&nbsp;accident.&nbsp;We&nbsp;spent&nbsp;our&nbsp;last&nbsp;year&nbsp;at&nbsp;UCI&nbsp;working&nbsp;on&nbsp;projects&nbsp;together&nbsp;as&nbsp;an&nbsp;excuse&nbsp;to&nbsp;hang&nbsp;out&nbsp;with&nbsp;each&nbsp;other&nbsp;and&nbsp;spend&nbsp;time&nbsp;after&nbsp;class. Shortly&nbsp;after&nbsp;graduating,&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;helped&nbsp;me&nbsp;study&nbsp;for&nbsp;my&nbsp;MCATs&nbsp;to&nbsp;later&nbsp;help&nbsp;me&nbsp;get&nbsp;into&nbsp;Medical&nbsp;School.&nbsp;We&nbsp;talked&nbsp;long&nbsp;and&nbsp;hard&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;journey&nbsp;in&nbsp;medicine&nbsp;but&nbsp;he&nbsp;said&nbsp;to&nbsp;me&nbsp;he&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;care,&nbsp;he&nbsp;just&nbsp;knew&nbsp;he&nbsp;wanted&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;with&nbsp;me&nbsp;and&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;that.

Our First Meeting

Love for Disney Never DiesLet me just tell you that I love Disney and everything about it. There is just something magical there and it makes me happy to go despite the long lines and the crowds. If you do not know my favorite Disney character already, then it is Belle from Beauty &amp; the Beast!! Michael did not know what he was getting into when he first started dating me except that it must be easy to keep me happy by taking me to Disney. Instead we ended up going to Disney throughout our years in California and continued into Medical School in Florida at Disney World!! He told me one day that Disney was something special to him now as it meant and symbolized his love for me and our relationship. Now we are off exploring Disney internationally with the first one being Tokyo Disney SEA!! Off to more adventures soon once the Pandemic dies down. I will never forget when he surprised me with a trip to Cenedella's Court &lt;3

Disneyland to Disney World to Tokyo Disney SEA

A Little Kitty in Our LivesMedical School is no small feat and most would say it is an honor to be accepted into, but let me tell you it is a grueling marathon that continues to this day. The grueling hours of studying and balancing different fields of study as well as trying to polish your resume for the next hurdle of applications is endless!! The stress levels were endless and the nights were just filled with coffee, but I finally caved and said I needed a support animal even though I was not having any mental break down but it was a nice stress relief. Michael of course supported the idea as he was worried about my sanity for lack of a better word. We picked up this little kitty named Tigress whom we later renamed as "Zoey" as he said I wouldn't be able to come up with a name that started with "Z" for her. HAH!! I showed him. My cat allergies kicked in shortly after with runny nose and watery eyes and congestion of which Michael started freaking out and said we should return her, but I refused and said I would take pills if I needed to and even when I sounded horrible it would be okay! It really did get better and no I did not have to medicate myself daily, I just got used to it. A wonderful addition to our lives &lt;3 It was adopting her that made Michael think we were more of a family now and he later told me that he could see me as a mom. :)

Zoey Tigress

NRMP Match is a system for medical students to match into a residency system. It works similar to a lottery system and blind date system where you rank programs and they rank you. Suffice to say, I matched into University of California, Riverside for Internal Medicine!! The long trek back to California begins!! Michael was super elated to have me back home otherwise it would have been another 3 years long distance. All things happen for a reason :) A year into residency he proposed to me by taking me on a trip back to our first trip together to Lake Tahoe wherein he let me bring Zoey along and proposed to me over a secluded view out point by the lake :) Now we begin one of the biggest chapters in our lives with our wedding and we are excited to celebrate it with all of you ❤

The Move Back to California

Our Story

Photo Timeline

My best from from high school who has put up with all the craziness from cosplay to International Baccalaureate to undergraduate together. It feels like just yesterday everyone was mistaking us as each other and we were like sisters. Could not have asked for a better partner in crime and friend!! Off we went to Medical School and now turning the final chapter in our lives into adulthood. 

Teresa Hoang

My sister and long time friend who has been through everything from personal issues to crazy fanatic crazes with anime to gaming and staying up late until the early hours of the morning playing Audition or FlyFF where we were leveling partners. Although we have grown up and grown apart as we reach different stages of our lives, you'll always have a special place in my heart and always there when the going gets tough. Happy to have you as one of my bridesmaids!!

Katherine Ngo

My little sister who was always so full of energy and we would ban together to bully Katie (just kidding) but was all in good fun! Thanks for being there although we were in different age groups but we could always rely on each other and talk to each other when it came to relationship issues. Has been a blessing knowing you and I am excited as you go onto a new journey to graduate school although you are now so far from home, but I know you'll be an excellent provider. Glad to have you as one of my bridesmaids!

Emmeline Ngo

My medical school best friend who took me under her wing when I first moved to Florida and adopted me into her family as I was so far from home. I am truly grateful to have met you and even though we now live across the country from each other, it feels like just yesterday when we talk about our ongoing issues from administration to now our work load as attending physicians. Grateful for our friendship and glad for you to be one of my bridesmaids!

Nicole (Nikki) Wells

Michael first met Charles back in middle school and soon after found out they lived in the same neighborhood. It didn't take him long to realize Charles was unhinged and to stay far away.  Jump forward a decade, by random encounter, Charles asked to tag along on a backpacking trip on the High Sierra Trail.  Been exploring the mountains of California to the canyons of Utah since. Been in life and death situations and have always trusted Charles' sound judgment.  

Charles Newton

Another lifelong friend Michael met in middle school who just happened to live in the same neighborhood. We first bonded over our love for legos and bike riding. I won't forget the time you stood up for me against some bullies at lunch and managed to get my lego figure back. Spent all of high school playing lacrosse, messing around with chemicals, in general just causing trouble (still very much surprised with what we got away with). Learned alot from this fool and he will always have my respect.

Taylor Smith

One can not have enough childhood friends from grade school, Josh being the third delinquent of the neighborhood. Michael and Josh grew up biking to the park, beach and on occasion, through South Coast Plaza (security has got nothing on us). They saw one video on backpacking and thought it was a great idea to go on an 11 day backpacking trip and an ice breaker. Some of my fondest memories are with this bro.

Joshua Clarke

Michael met Luke working in a molecular laboratory.  Whether its machines breaking, test failing, or some variation of  chaos happening  in the lab, Luke manages to keep everyone spirits up with an out-of-this-world renditions. Like the rest of Michael's close friends, Luke has fallen for his lies about an "easy" backpacking trip. However, Luke's made the yearly backpacking and camping trips better since. Glad to have you here as a groomsman and unofficial bouncer. 

Luke Adea

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Jennifer and Michael

Jennifer and Michael

J&M

Wedding Day