by Calvin Sun | Mar 3, 2011 | Pre-travel Preparations, United States
23 days left until South America! But in the meantime, what if I told you I’m already planning for this summer? Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Nepal, Kashmir (India), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, North Korea (you bet), and Singapore? Does that sound like a step up from...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 17, 2011 | Community Service, December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Mexico, One Small House
As of 12:00pm EST, Monday January 17th, the community free clinic we were building in Tijuana, Mexico has opened: Clinic Hallway Inside the clinic – the community waiting room Pharmacy room with medications donated by Mickey Heller and his family…All...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 5, 2011 | Colombia, Our Next Adventure, Peru, Pre-travel Preparations
On a budget thats more than 2/3 cheaper than an average college senior’s all-inclusive spring break, this is what I will see in 7 days: Ollantaytambo, Peru Aguas Calientes, Peru Machu Picchu, Peru Bogotá, Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Playa Blanca, Colombia Islas...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 4, 2011 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Epiphanies on the Road, Mexico, Post-travel Reflections
3 months of fundraising and 4 days of construction later… I don’t believe any of us fully grasped the impact of what we were doing until we had left. And even now, in the nascent days of our Tijuana-withdrawal, I myself still haven’t fully...
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! Crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S.; yes they check for your passports to let you through. Very straightforward, but the traffic took 2 hours! We crossed the border last night to meet up with my classmate Nubia as she...
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. Patty Andrei Patty...
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: Pepsi better pay me royalties for this 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...
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 55.4 °F - 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 other sites 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 roof has been...
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