Our day began at 9am. We talked to family on skype, oh the internet, what would we do without you?
Afterwards, we went down to the hotel Emporium and had breakfast. All the staff are very nice and accomodating. Sawadee!! all the time :) After breakfast our day only got busier!
A woman from the Asian Tigers (Shawn's relocating service) came to pick us up. We first stopped at the hospital Bumrungrad to register and take a tour. Upon walking in, the hospital looked like a hotel. There was a McDonalds, Starbucks and a shopping center! The woman giving us the tour gave us an explanation of how the hospital system works. They have over 300 departments in this hospital. And when you need to see the doctor you just go to the speciality that you need. There is no reason to go to a "primary" doctor unless you don't know what is wrong. They also have everything in this one hospital, from vision, to skin care, to ENT (ear, nose, throat) to dentists. You name it, they got it. We also registered with the hospital so that when we return all we do is show up, show them our card and we are in! Now, every business place we went to, everyone was dressed the same and very uniform. Let me explain, all the nurses had on white suits with little white hats like the 40's! I mean it looked straight out of a pearl harbor movie, where all the nurses were cute with their hairdo's and hats. Then the other staff had on green scrubs, except, they weren't scrubs more like business suits that looked like scrubs. Another part of the hospital that is different from American hospitals was the physical floor. When you need to come to get a physical you come to this floor and go through 7 stations. Each station leads you through the process of your physical. You start off at registration, move on to consultation, billing and then vitals. All your vitals are done separately and after you are done you get your results and post discussion because the labs are right there! There is no need to wait to have the doctor send your labs off somewhere, it is all done in one place! What amazed me the most was they have a free cafeteria for you to replenish yourself after you have done the main portion of your physcial because you often must go on an empty stomach. Wow! Why doesn't the US have such a simple and nice setting. Oh ya because we aren't socialist!
Ok, next place we went to was the bank. We registered for a Thai bank account. Here too, everyone was wearing purple, the bank's colors. Their entire outfit wasn't purple but they had a least some aspect of it. Women were wearing purple skirts, blazers, blouses, pants and men were purple jackets, shirts, ties, etc. It is just so different. After we did our business at the bank and took out some bhat, we went to Shawn's new office Chevron!
He had a great time viewing his new cubicle and meeting all the people. Ialso enjoyed meeting his coworkers and can't wait to have lunches, dinners, outings together. We are really going to enjoy this! Well, I will save our evening for later. Yes there is more! Sawadee!!
Afterwards, we went down to the hotel Emporium and had breakfast. All the staff are very nice and accomodating. Sawadee!! all the time :) After breakfast our day only got busier!
A woman from the Asian Tigers (Shawn's relocating service) came to pick us up. We first stopped at the hospital Bumrungrad to register and take a tour. Upon walking in, the hospital looked like a hotel. There was a McDonalds, Starbucks and a shopping center! The woman giving us the tour gave us an explanation of how the hospital system works. They have over 300 departments in this hospital. And when you need to see the doctor you just go to the speciality that you need. There is no reason to go to a "primary" doctor unless you don't know what is wrong. They also have everything in this one hospital, from vision, to skin care, to ENT (ear, nose, throat) to dentists. You name it, they got it. We also registered with the hospital so that when we return all we do is show up, show them our card and we are in! Now, every business place we went to, everyone was dressed the same and very uniform. Let me explain, all the nurses had on white suits with little white hats like the 40's! I mean it looked straight out of a pearl harbor movie, where all the nurses were cute with their hairdo's and hats. Then the other staff had on green scrubs, except, they weren't scrubs more like business suits that looked like scrubs. Another part of the hospital that is different from American hospitals was the physical floor. When you need to come to get a physical you come to this floor and go through 7 stations. Each station leads you through the process of your physical. You start off at registration, move on to consultation, billing and then vitals. All your vitals are done separately and after you are done you get your results and post discussion because the labs are right there! There is no need to wait to have the doctor send your labs off somewhere, it is all done in one place! What amazed me the most was they have a free cafeteria for you to replenish yourself after you have done the main portion of your physcial because you often must go on an empty stomach. Wow! Why doesn't the US have such a simple and nice setting. Oh ya because we aren't socialist!
Ok, next place we went to was the bank. We registered for a Thai bank account. Here too, everyone was wearing purple, the bank's colors. Their entire outfit wasn't purple but they had a least some aspect of it. Women were wearing purple skirts, blazers, blouses, pants and men were purple jackets, shirts, ties, etc. It is just so different. After we did our business at the bank and took out some bhat, we went to Shawn's new office Chevron!
He had a great time viewing his new cubicle and meeting all the people. Ialso enjoyed meeting his coworkers and can't wait to have lunches, dinners, outings together. We are really going to enjoy this! Well, I will save our evening for later. Yes there is more! Sawadee!!
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