Radio

Rico was amazing on the radio interview! I have never done anything like that or seen the inside of a studio. We - Rico, Laurencio, Roberto and myself, sat around a table with microphones. Roberto had the info about the clinics in front of him so he was able to announce numerous times the times/location/and phone number for the clinics. He conducted a great interview, kept it focused with enough digressions that it was natural. 6 months ago Rico knew about this project that I am doing and thought it is a good thing. Now, he is the spokesperson. From multiple sources, he put together the teaching manual that we will be using and he now knows as much (and maybe more)about auricular acupuncture than the promotores we will be teaching. The fact that he has done radio before and loves doing media helped too. I didn't speak much in spanish during the interview, I didn't speak much at all which had been what I had desired. They referred to me and used me as a resource. It is all so exciting!!

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Wednesday night @ airport waiting for Julia.

Another day of shopping and preparing. Rico is finishing the manual. I shopped for snacks for the weekend as well as more supplies after seeing what is really needed. Everything takes a long time to do, especially since I am on foot. Ceciproc is located 1 1/2 blocks from the house, it is down a steep hill. The mercado is 1/2 a block or so from Ceciproc on the other side of the street, so up a hill. I went up the hill 8 times today then did a Zumba class this afternoon after my spanish class. The last trip up the hiill was very, very slow. Eventually my legs will be rock solid. Not yet.

One of the things that I love about Oaxaca is the faith that people have in each other. I got dinner to go tonight. I went to a new place, just followed my intuition in deciding where to go. The place was empty. The walls had great art on them and the artist happened to be there visiting so I go a guided tour while I was waiting. I had ordered 2 orders of green enchiladas, I thought that they would be simple to carry. The owner/chef gave them to me in a tupperware style container and told me to bring it back tomorrow. Although that seems like a small thing it has happened with more valuble things too. When I had thought about ordering mole verde she offered that I could take the clay pot that she prepares it in.

On the other hand, a young boy, maybe 9 years old, stopped me on the street and asked if he could interview me. He asked what I think the future of México will be. I gave some superficial answers then asked what he thought. He had a pessimistic view, he expressed (from what I could understand) that things are going to get worse with the violence and economy and people's lives were going to get more difficult. Wow. I then asked what he thought that he could do to make things better. He did have ideas and spoke enthusiasticly about them...but I couldn't understand most of what he said. I also thought it was interesting that he asked my name and age. I offered to tell him where I am from but he wasn't interested that I am a foreigner.

Looks like the flight is here.