The Great Hunt for Supervisors
Not too badly jetlagged, but up bright and early this morning in search of where on earth we were supposed to be headed. Maria had managed to track down an email from the elective co-ordinator which listed a street address for her office. After trying about five different buildings we finally found it, and luckily she was very welcoming and happy to greet us!
We mainly sorted some paperwork with her to make sure we were legally allowed to help out in the hospital, before she advised us to get our visas sorted in the morning and then introduce ourselves to our supervisors in the afternoon (she couldn't tell us how to find them though!). We were quite excited by this prospect of a lazy day until we reached the immigration office and received ticket number 6208. The number just called? 0045.
In the end, it took about three hours and $100 FJD to sort everything out, after which we were absolutely starving, so we headed to the very lazy option of the food court in one of the nearby malls to share a massive pizza. The view was surprisingly great, as we were looking out over the harbour while we ate, and it was nice to relax a little.
After stocking up on food for the next few days at the supermarket we headed back home and then straight out to the hospital to try and hunt down our supervisors. Maria and I will be on paediatrics for the next three weeks, while Ellie is doing general medicine. Armed with only two names, we managed to loop around the hospital several times, asking anyone we saw if they knew where we should be headed. It took nearly two hours (the hospital is a lot bigger than expected) and took Ellie along the entire length of the hospital and then back to the first door she had knocked on, but we did all eventually introduce ourselves to our supervisors.
Pros: They all seem lovely and welcoming, and told us not to worry if we want to take time off and explore the island.
Cons: We start at 7:30 tomorrow
We're all still tired, so that was enough exertion for today (Maria's fitbit tells me we walked nearly 20,000 steps) so we've headed in for a chill evening and dinner. We've promised that we'll try and do some exercise together to burn off the pizza but we'll have to see what happens....!
We mainly sorted some paperwork with her to make sure we were legally allowed to help out in the hospital, before she advised us to get our visas sorted in the morning and then introduce ourselves to our supervisors in the afternoon (she couldn't tell us how to find them though!). We were quite excited by this prospect of a lazy day until we reached the immigration office and received ticket number 6208. The number just called? 0045.
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| All these people were in front of us in the queue |
In the end, it took about three hours and $100 FJD to sort everything out, after which we were absolutely starving, so we headed to the very lazy option of the food court in one of the nearby malls to share a massive pizza. The view was surprisingly great, as we were looking out over the harbour while we ate, and it was nice to relax a little.
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| Lunchtime views (the sun came out a little later) |
After stocking up on food for the next few days at the supermarket we headed back home and then straight out to the hospital to try and hunt down our supervisors. Maria and I will be on paediatrics for the next three weeks, while Ellie is doing general medicine. Armed with only two names, we managed to loop around the hospital several times, asking anyone we saw if they knew where we should be headed. It took nearly two hours (the hospital is a lot bigger than expected) and took Ellie along the entire length of the hospital and then back to the first door she had knocked on, but we did all eventually introduce ourselves to our supervisors.
Pros: They all seem lovely and welcoming, and told us not to worry if we want to take time off and explore the island.
Cons: We start at 7:30 tomorrow
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| Outside the outpatients department |
We're all still tired, so that was enough exertion for today (Maria's fitbit tells me we walked nearly 20,000 steps) so we've headed in for a chill evening and dinner. We've promised that we'll try and do some exercise together to burn off the pizza but we'll have to see what happens....!
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