WEEK 2- ASAPROSAR

 

Hi, welcome to my blog, I’m honored to have you back.

As you know I was a volunteer interpreter for the visual campaign at ASAPROSAR, that’s why I didn’t attend classes, with that being said, I’ll share a little bit of my experience at ASAPROSAR during January 30^th and February 1^st.

On January 30^th I didn’t feel nervous anymore because I got used to my role as a consecutive interpreter. We started our working day at 8:00 am and I was assigned to “Historial”, in simple words this assignment was about interviewing patients and collecting their information about medical records, the reason for visit, eye diseases, symptoms, etc., additionally, I had to be kind and patient because many patients were nervous and some of had long stories. Besides working in “Historial”, I didn’t have more assignments during that day. when I had a break, I took some pictures of my classmates. At the end of the day, I just wanted to sleep because I was very exhausted, but I was glad to help those people and doctors.

            

February 1^st was the last day of the visual campaign and Tom who was in charge of the volunteer group, let us decide on our assignments, so I decided to be the interpreter for a doctor named Amy, because I liked the way she treated patients, however at the beginning of my assignment, I helped Doctor Pauline first because Doctor Amy was assigned to OR. Long story short, we had a busy day and even though I ended up exhausted, I felt grateful for everything.

At night, we had a party at and everyone enjoyed dancing Rock an Roll, Cumbias, and Disco. To be honest I didn’t want to leave the party, because I was having a great time, unfortunately, we were told we had to go back to ASAPROSAR before 11 pm, otherwise, the security guard would not let us in.

 

Overall, I had a rewarding experience that I will never forget. I was so blessed and thankful for such an amazing experience which allowed me to learn new things, practice my interpreting skills, help people, meet new people, and share good moments with my classmates.