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Saturday, November 19, 2005

R&R and Lessons Learned

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The best part about the weekend is that you have the sheer luxury of wasting your time :-). I'm sitting back on the sofa and drinking coffee, with my legs propped up on the coffee table :-).

Steve and I will probably get our dining set today. Finally, right? :-) After 5 months, we're just getting around to buying a dining set :-). It's not going to be anything fancy at all. We just need a table and four chairs :-).

Let's see, what have I learned lately that's blogworthy....

I learned that the way the hospitals work over here is MUCH different from the way hospitals work in Manila. In Manila you pay at least PART of your bill when you leave. It felt REALLY weird for me to take Steve home the day he was discharged and not have to pay for anything just yet. Insurance has to process all the costs incurred, figure out how much they'll be covering, THEN they'll send me a bill to me to pay for the difference. That can take about a month or two.

I'm thinking of starting another website or blog that talks about things that are different between the US and Manila. We've got trainees that sometimes come over from Manila and for some of them, this is the first time they've ever been to the US. A website that lets them know what to expect can be very helpful to them :-).


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