Linda's in Oaxaca, Mexico!: STRESSED (kind of)

SO, the end of week 4 is upon us. It's pretty crazy how we've been here for a whole month now..and it's pretty crazy how we've ONLY been here for a whole month because it feels like so much longer! I've finished my rotation with Dr. Hector Tenorio and I'm really happy because it was BORING. But, I am thankful for the fact that I was able to get my reading done DURING clinic because he was either a)late or b)had no patients. On Friday, he only had 2 patients the whole morning. He ended up showing me pictures of his coffee plantation, and I learned that he had 2 kids who are both good at physical sciences (engineering and physics). I think I learned more about coffee than about medicine (ie. did you know that coffee fruit is actually a cherry? AND, it's actually very sweet? AND it comes in two colors: yellow and red?). Nevertheless, he's a very chill guy. I like him personally, but this rotation just SUCKED. Just WAIT till evals. I'm so excited for Hospital Civil which will be in 2 weeks for me! SURGERIES AND OB/GYN! SCAPELS AND POPPING BABIES! WOOT.

Thursday, it was Michelle and Mayra's birthday so all of us went to go eat at La Terraza. It's a really fancy shmancy place with fairly good priced food. The place was gorgeous, BUT no matter how gorgeous it was, it couldn't make up the HORRIBLE food and service we got. The only thing that was good was the cake Trieu and I got before the dinner (almond flavored deliciousness!) We were there at 7:30pm, but our food didn't arrive until 9:30pm. I had ordered a chicken salad, but I felt something hard and grainy when I ate it. It literally like hurt my teeth! I thought it was sand so I asked the waiter who told me it was pepper. NOW it was ALMOST 10pm, so I was like WHATEVER..and ate the nasty salad. I was already in a pissed off mood (when I'm hungry, and I don't get food, I'm pissy) so when I found out it was ACTUALLY sand afterwards, I was NOT happy. Before, I would just be like "oh well...I already ate it..." but I think I finally grew a backbone. I told the waiter "YOU TOLD ME IT WAS PEPPER, but it was SAND." He saw that I was really not happy and sad I didn't have to pay. I was happy afterwards. But yea the food was bad. My friend's spaghetti with butter had so much butter, it solidified. My other friend's chicken mole had a chicken head in it which was gross. Everything was just bad. In Oaxaca, DEFINITELY street food or small cheap places serve the best food, NOT the restaurants.

Last night, after studying, a few of us went clubbing at Elefante again. It was fun, but DUDE. I HATE CIGARETTE SMOKE. This morning, I woke up and my lungs were hurting and it was hard to breathe due to all the cigarette smoke last night. Even as I am typing now, it hurts so bad..=( I'm so weaksauce. My poor lungs :( But, it was fun and a good stress reliever.

Today, I basically wrote my paper..or part of it. Our midterm is two 5 page essays due on Friday. I'm pretty stressed out about it just because I think it's a bit hard. But the topic is interesting and it really makes you think. I think after writing this paper, I'll be able to really remember and understand what the heck I'm reading. BUT, I still hate essays. AND, the fact that I'm super wordy makes it even WORSE that we can only write 5 pages. :( SIGH. THEN, Judy, John, Andy, and I went to eat SUSHI! YES SUSHI IN MEXICO! It was ACTUALLY pretty LEGIT though the sushis were kind of small...BUT, nevertheless legit sushi! MY tummy is happy. Afterwards, we paid a visit to the famous hamburguesa man near Santo Domingo (famous church in Oaxaca), which I HAVE to try sometime. His burgers are famous in our program and I can see why. They literally MELT in your mouth. MMMM. I'll take a pic next time I eat it :)

Time is FLYING by. This Tuesday, we are having a cooking class on cooking healthy Mexican food! I'm super excited! THEN, we are going to Mitla, which is a market that also has ruins for us to visit! Then, the week after is Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which is basically Halloween on steroids because it's like a week long or something. AND THEN, it's PUERTO ESCONDIDO (aka PARADISE) for 2 weeks! OH YEAHHHHH! 8)

alright pictures!

Happy birthday Michelle! Her and her baby blue. The pony with the deformed mouth (see fb pics)