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The ProposalOn a rainy night inMarch of 2011, Ijoined a group offriends for a night offun in Hollywood’srenowned nightlife.That night a friend ofmine had highlyanticipatedintroducing me to this person who she believed wouldbe the perfect match for me. I went out thinking“Right. As if it could possibly be that easy to meet mysoul mate.” Little did I know, Babak Eshaghian wouldbe my Prince Charming.Babak and I connected instantly, and spent the nightchatting away. We had plenty in common, including ashared passion for the medical field. By the end of thenight we locked hands, for the first time. The momentwe held hands I felt what I had learned so much aboutthroughout my pre-pharmacy undergraduate classes,chemistry. I felt a jolt of energy travel up my spine,and the feeling was unique to me. A few months intoour relationship, Babak and I were talking about ourfuture plans and goals. That night he told me that heknew he would marry me one day. I felt the same wayinside, but was not brave enough to say so.I asked, “How areyou so sure about usin this short timethat we’ve knowneach other?” “I knewthe first night when Iheld your hand. Youshocked me, but in agood way,” heresponded. I kept thinking, “I can’t believe he felt thattoo.” I gazed into his loving eyes and knew he wasgoing to be the special man in my life.Around the time of my graduation, I noticed Babakwas restless and a tad nervous. When I asked about hiscondition, he just brushed it off and mentioned thathe was just excited about my accomplishment ofgraduating pharmacy school. I thought, geez, he sureis a lot more excited than I am. The idea of himproposing at my graduation never even crossed mymind.Graduation day arrived, and I was most excited aboutmy parents hooding me onstage and my grandmotherbeing there to share the special day with us. I alsolooked forward to greeting my handsome thenboyfriendBabak and our families after the ceremony.40 Western University of Health Sciences
PROFILEWhile taking pictures, I noticed Babak was missing fora while. The next thing I knew, my sister Marjanstarted leading me toward Babak. As I walked throughMy grandmother, parents, uncles, siblings, and Babak’sfamily were there to witness the proposal, and we allcontinued the celebration over dinner.“...the first word out of my mouth was ‘YES!’ I couldnot have asked for a more perfect proposal or fiancé.— Nooshin Niknam“We are excited for the futurecelebrations but there is noset wedding date yet. We aregoing to take our time andindulge in the joy of beingengaged for now.a crowd I noticed everyone around me smiling andthen I spotted Babak holding a dozen of the longeststemmedred roses I’ve seen pointed up towards thesky. I looked up and saw a helicopter carrying a bannerreading: NOOSHIN JOOON* CONGRATS! I LOVEYOU! I thought, “Wow; he hired a helicopter tocongratulate me. That must be why he has been sonervous this past week.” But then I looked at Babakand saw something shimmering in his hand – adiamond ring. Oh my, I thought as I looked up toconfirm what I had seen was real. I read the last part ofthe banner, “MARRY ME?” I was stunned, and before Iknew it, Babak was kneeling on one knee, asking formy hand in marriage. Once I was able to compose myjaw, which was dropped open, the first word out of mymouth was “YES!” I could not have asked for a moreperfect proposal or fiancé.Professionally, though, we are both excited to haveaccomplished our respective levels of education, Babakhas his medical degree as well as completed anInternal Medicine residency at USC, and I have myDoctorate of Pharmacy degree. We both plan tocontinue our education at prestigious institutions.This upcoming year, Babak will start the Pulmonaryand Critical Care fellowship at UC Irvine, and I willstart the PGY1 residency at Glendale AdventistMedical Center. We are both very excited to take ourrelationship and professional aspirations to the nextlevel. We anticipate challenges in balancing timebetween our professional and personal lives but with aromance seasoned with patience, respect, andadoration, we remain confident and look forward toall that awaits us.– Nooshin Niknam*Joon- means life in Farsi, but is also used as a suffix to thename of someone who is very dear to the addresser.WesternU View Summer 2012 41
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