2nd Full Day

Today I lectured/presented on Nursing Economics to senior undergrads who were so very polite, respectful and positive I was a bit alarmed! There was an audible 'ahhh' when I entered the room and when I was finished,, a class officer made a speech thanking me for coming all this way to do good work for them. Things are much slower with a translator of course and what a pleasure to see the book chapter I wrote translated into Thai!

I  have proof positive that they were able to master some applications of "profit margin" and "the margin" in hospital care. They wore uniforms, school uniforms, not scrubs and at the end of the day they gather downstairs to sing the national song under the picture of the much loved Queen Sirikit.

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We have a driver-the school has its own van and we have a road trip  planned for next week to present to students out in a rural area who sometimes come to PhiNtsanulok and sometimes have faculty come to them. A very nice young man on faculty may do the driving. He, like the regular driver, is a great driver and I could get used to being driven. Being the visitor, they have me sit in the front and faculty seem very proud of their cars. I am accustomed to driving/being a passenger on the left and overally the driving is relatively calm and the roads are pretty good. I was treated to lunch both days and I have them order for me. Bkfst and lunch covered by the program and I haven't spent any real money yet except convenience store stuff.

Courtesy of the Dean, I am having two dresses made from the fabrics she selected and of course our driver took us into town (15 kms) to the tailor. I go back Monday for the fitting. This is great because I really didn't bring the right outfit for the Nsg Admin seminar in which I am the keynote but my selction on casual clothes (skirts and 3/4 length pants w sandals and no hose) seems just right and I have managed to beat the heat, relatively speaking, for two days in a row.

Sleeping pretty ok from the start, didn't forget anything important, all the hardware working (they are on OUR electricity so my converters/adpaters not necessary after all) and I don't know how to use the Quick Pro app to actually word process so that's  a bit of a disappointment. Remember, the grand back up is  my traditional office at the U where there is computer support and secretarial support better than at home.