beep beep beep the alarm clock went off. i rolled over to snooze the alarm clock, and at that moment the phone riings. "Zach are you awake I hear." it was Dr LI calling to make sure we were awake.I had to stop shake my head for a second i thought i was back in the United States. So I jumped out of bed looking disgusted and realized I was still here in China good thing. I was determined to indulge in every thing possible thing i could while stil in here in China.
Todat we had a very full and busy day . We visited three places First was the TEDA international Hospital. (Tianjin Economic development Area). Then to the largest noodle companyin China (master Kong). Finally to the SPD Bank here in Tianjin.
The first stop the TEDA international hospital was absolutely incredible. WHen we arrived we were warmly greeted by our tour guide.he first showed us how the a card is issued and each place inhte hospital the patient goes they have a card that gets swiped and it brings up all their information. we then were brought to throught some exam rooms. from ther we were shown the C scan rooms and the computers used to read them. My favortie part of the cisit however was when we had to "scrub up" i will call it. We had to put little fooites on, a face protector, a head protector and a robe, we were then led into where they do ther catheeder lab, or what we call stints. are put in. thenafterwords a few students including myself got to visit the server room in the Hospital what a phenomenal palce. we then headed out to the bus to eat lunch and head to Master kongs,
As we arrived at master Knogs noodle plant. we were once agian greeted by our tour guide. From here we took a shuttle less then 100 yards to the place where the noodles are made. Once inside, she explained while we watched step by step how the noodles are made. My favorite part was the the very last step where by a robotice are the noodles were precisely placed on pallets to be shipped off.The technology and design that went into that arm was outstanding. After leaving the building we were then led back to the main building where we watched a video on Plant and the Comapny in general. afterwords we were given the opportunity to try some nooldes. What college kid doesnt enjoy free food? the day wasnt over yet. we then got onto the bus and headed to the SPD Bank.
As we arrived at The SPD bank we were met by Mr Wang and Mrs Wang. we were immediately led into the VIP room. from there we were led up stairs where the corporate banking takes place. Once upstaris we were let into a room that was very nice.We were then given an overview of the bank.Which Dr. Li interpreted for us. after which we had a Q and A session. It was really intersting to find out that ther was a single account in that bank worht over1 billion RMB. I think it surprised everone in the classromm. Mr. Wang, and Mrs. Wang were very nice and I was really grateful to be able to visit the bank.
It was another great day to an already life altering trip Can't wait to see what tommorrow has to offer...
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