{"id":38,"date":"2022-06-14T05:58:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T05:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/freeman2022-ksmit\/?p=38"},"modified":"2022-06-17T13:41:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:41:52","slug":"first-week-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/freeman2022-ksmit\/2022\/06\/14\/first-week-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"First Week in the Philippines!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kamusta!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m finally here! Well, I’ve actually been in the Philippines for just over a week now but it has been a great experience so far. I haven’t officially started my internship just yet as we had to be placed in isolation for a week to self-monitor for any possible signs of sickness from traveling \u2014 we have all now been cleared to begin our internships but we’re still waiting for our IDs to be processed in order to be able to access our respective buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first week in the Philippines was filled with exploring the area of Los Ba\u00f1os, Laguna. Along with the other US interns, I attended an orientation where we given a general “Survival Guide to the Philippines”, we met multiple professors from UPLB and surrounding research groups, we learnt essential Tagalog phrases, and we went out to dinner together at an amazing restaurant called Kamayan at Palaisdaan Resto<\/em> and Resort where ate traditional Filipino cuisine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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