" Looking for the Low Hanging Fruit"

¡Hola!

Fue esta dia de regular. It was a regular day. Class, Lunch, Lecture And you know, YOGA CLASS! 

Breakfast was  different, we had our usual fruit bowl and choice of cereal after, i chose to eat cereal, it was Frosted Flakes.

Lunch was muy delicioso. We had rice again, which makes me happy; some beans, BEEF!!! and some papas fritas otherwise know as Fries, and Passion Fruit juice!!

Delicioso

Lunch

In lecture today we talked about Ventilators and their common problems and how to test it and fix common problems. Lab was a little different today instead of hands lab, we had a reading a discussion on WHAT IS THE DEVELOPING WORLD? and Working In The Developing World! It also rained during class! Raining season is in session!

It was interesting to learn how  a countries "development"/ Human Development Index (HDI) is  evaluated. Also to just discuss what is/causes poverty. In addition we talked about expectations for the next month in our assigned cities and the importance on building a relationship and earning the trust of the workers in the hospital. Also about having realistic expectations. Although it would be nice to be able to fix thing in reality we should go with an open mind and try to be of assistance or some help to the hospitals we work at. Also "Looking for the low hanging fruit" in terms of fix the easily fix things, theres nothing better than being able to solve a basic problem in high tech equipment. I guess it just made me think about my intentions and hopes of what i want to get out of the experience and be able to offer.

I am so happy to be participating in the program. I hope to bring about some change/assistance in any way possible and I'm open to helping in any capacity. I also hope to gain better understanding of the healthcare/Medical equipment issue in Developing countries  and make the most of the learning experience be it personal or academic.

On a lighter note. After class, Brittany our Lab Instructor is a Yoga instructor back home and after class, we all got tougher by the gym area and had an intense power Yoga session. Its been a few months since i last did yoga but i felt great and it was cool to do something new with the group. 

Yoga Trees

Yoga Triangles

We'll have yoga twice a week Tuesdays and Thursdays, i will definitely try and do it once a week. Also want to do Zumba while i am here and take a Dancing class.  A few nights ago we ran into one of the dancers from the first day and we said hi to him haha.

Dinner was also delicious. We had tortilla with fried cheese inside, Gallo Pinto of course, and a nice sauce/mixture of tomatoes,onions, possible garlic and some other things for the tortilla. After dinner I talked with Sra.Bernada, the woman who cooks our food. She is so nice. It was nice to practice some Spanish and she said that in future she will help me with my spanish. She is always happy when we tell her how much we like the food. We had to tell her not to prepare lunch since well be working at the hospital all day tomorrow. And I attempted to explain to her in spanish that we were learning to fix medical equipment in the hospital. She asked me some questions about what i was studying in school and how long engineering school is etc. Good Practice  We'll be having pancakes tomorrow We are super excited haha! And i believe Beef for Dinner! I also asked if she could teach us to make some dish and se was so happy to and said whenever we are free. IT was nice to interact more with her and hopefully i get to spend more time and practice my spanish. I also gave her hug! 

Later on that night we had a fly or some sort of infestation in our room because we left the door and the light on. We didn't notice it at first. First a few were just flying around, then on our beds and then we saw about 10 on the floor and twenty by the light. The bug spray wasn't killing them and we started yelling and jumping around soon the rest of the house came to help us. It was a great laugh. We finally knew who actually lived in the house and we spent som time out by the patio conversing with them. There are two kids about our age 19 and 21- Donelio and maria Fatima- we talked to them about school and what to do for fun. Hopefully we get to hang out with them sometimes.

Adios!