7 April 2008
Today we went to the hospital to have orientation. We met Dr. Ni who speaks wonderful English and “Lao Ma” who we’ve learned we can call “Xiao Pan.” Dr. Ni introduced us to the buildings of the hospital and what departments they housed, though we didn’t go into any buildings except #10, which houses the library and thankfully computers with internet. The computers proved to be a challenge, however, as everything is in Chinese and the keyboard is set up to accept pinyin (Chinese made into Roman style letters) that would then be changed into Chinese characters.
We learned we will have 1 week rotations in Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Massage. We were sized for white coats, by only Shannon trying on a large one and then sent home.
So we hung out, walked to Zhejiang University the #1 University in Hang Zhou and #5 in China and looked for food and such. I think there’s a very large statue of Mao Ze Dong in the University Courtyard. Many people stare as we walked about as usual.
We bought a pineapple, had it divided into thirds and ate it on a stick. For this pleasure, we paid only 6.5 Yuan (93 cents).
Our dinner was chosen by pointing at pictures. One dish spicy but had lots of organs, that girls didn’t eat due to organs and though I hate liver, decided to eat more of it than I would rather to encourage them to eat it. This plan didn’t work and the spice of it kept me from eating more in addition to the thought of eating organs. The other two dishes were innocuous: bland tofu and a celery dish with some sort of shellfish and some unknown animal product that tasted like shoe leather. We each had a bowl of rice and water. All this cost 65.00 Yuan or $9.30.
We then came home and talked about going out to a bar to see what it’s like here. Instead, I went to see Wàipó and Wàigōng. Wàipó demonstrated cupping and Wàigōng played the harmonica for us. They kept feeding us candy like crazy, just like elderly people in America. We shared family photos and I better learned words for daughter and son. Through this, I realized lady the other day who I said was her daughter is not, but probably a friend. The girls joined in on the fun this time.
The German lady, Alex, came in from a trip to Nanjing. She and I talked a lot about her experiences here and other things before deciding it was getting late.
To Beijing tomorrow, must pack.
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