by Calvin Sun | Dec 31, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Fit for Foodies, Mexico, One Small House
It’s a final goodbye to Mexico! We crossed the border last night to meet up with one of our med school classmates as she graciously drove us around San Diego to get dinner at the famous In-N-Out joint. We were so tired though, and since we had a early...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 30, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, How's the weather?, Mexico, One Small House
As the roof came together, I couldn’t help myself to run up there and ask if anyone wanted a new profile picture for their facebooks. After all, it’s not very often we get to sit on top of a roof on a newly constructed clinic. As we...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 30, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Mexico, One Small House
So this is our last day and it feels like things are starting to wrap up nicely: Although most of the work is done, there’s still a lot left. Luckily we raised enough money to pay some volunteers to stay behind and finish the whole thing by...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 30, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Doctor in the House, Mexico, One Small House
Who knew that a bunch of medical students can come up with a theme song about their community service experience in less than 48 hours? - At time of posting in Tijuana, Mexico, it was 13 °C - Humidity: 77% | Wind Speed: 37km/hr | Cloud Cover:...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, How's the weather?, Mexico, One Small House, Uncategorized Stories
Today we were hit by pretty bad rain so we took only a skeleton crew to work at the clinic site, where we worked on insulation and shielding the roof with tarp. The construction pace on the clinic nevertheless decelerated and some of us were sent off to...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Mexico, One Small House
So we decided to stay a little later into the day to finish the roof… …and before we knew it, dark had already set upon us. So we called in the calvary, lighting up the site with truck-lights and floodlights. At time of posting, half of the...
