Floozy Speak!

We were quite worried about our operative dan when the dan didn't make his scheduled check in. However our listening outpost in Europe picked up this transmission last evening.

-The Shadow Keepers

well day 3 and the "beijing cough" i read about online has kicked in, took it a few days to manifest, while the city is no doubt attempting clean it self up, i wonder if its for the right reasons, theres major concerns over the world view that 2008 olympics will have so theres all kinds of initivaties happening, one is a whole new "breed" of taxi drivers and new cars hitting the streets, our interpurter pointed out the old taxis that are set to be phased out by 2008 and so on, more western styled bathroom facilities are being created all over town as well, squatting in a drain hole to take crap is damn scary if you ask me, ive been lucky so far, the hospitals ive visited just make me want to cling to the incredible god like facilities we have in the us,

ok so im rambling, what else, the peking duck we had last night was great, very tasty, there was a spicy beef dish too that about blew my top off, the local beer is excellent, and so far everything has been super cheap aside from the hotel,

i dont see many americans really, in fact its suprisingly really considering how many US firms seem to be visibile in the skyline, maybe they are out there but i feel seriously out numbered lol, and body language its just universal, i get a ton of stares yet everyone has been nice and generally friendly, cab drivers are a hoot, just about had a mini tai chi session in the car ride yesterday

the work has been good, learning alot about how doctors here view western medical science, facilities are scary, but improving, they just have a different level of care happening, they are smart docs no doubt but its really much different here,

its hot, this is probably the worst time of year to visit, 101 yesterday, today was just as hot and the facilities we are visiting typically dont have ac anywhere expect in the docs office and the operating room,

this is the first work project where ive been exposed into seeing lots of blood, that first day was difficult, getting used to it now, but boy that first day they were pullin out 5 pound tumors out of a patient, scary stuff, the poor chap yesterday was 33 and had rectal cancer, that proceedure was intense, todays was a 56 yr old man it went very well

the doc today had his own tv crew show up to film us filming him in the opertating room, he then took a bunch of pics of us to send to the net lol, some of these operating rooms are pretty small, todays was small, and for some reason the lunch room is on the same floor just three doors down lol,

all the gear is working well, pda included, our interpurter worked fast to keep us up with what was happening

there are times in the heat and what i see and it freaks me out a bit inside, the level of filmy, or dirt on everything, is like GAH!, theres just a ton of stuff here, people, cars, bikes, buildings, its all massive in a huge spread out style, not like tokyos towers of steel, everything here is half as large just tons of them,

the sight of the apartment buildings gets to me the most at times, i see buildings that would be condemed in the US, all with the ac units hanging on the outside, and its not like 1 or 2, its like endless,

well my beijing cough is callin, im gonna take a nap,