Tested our orthosis on our patients and based on the results we refined the AFOs to fit the patient. Our patient was very jovial and usually happy despite having had stroke twice. It was great to see kids use the AFOs to move happily. But I felt broken hearted when some of the AFOs did not work as expected. Though there is no one to blame since I know just like in hospitals some medication work for some people and fail on others I really felt for the few patients...

We finished making the orthosis by cutting in to the required shape and breaking it from the cast. We also smoothened the orthosis, which wasn't as easy as I thought. It was great learning the various techniques. I might have had jetlag since I woke up at 3a.m and felt very sleepy at around 5p.m. After the walk from the hotel I ended up taking a one-hour nap. We then proceeded to have dinner in KFC, which was a great bonding session. The day was however made th...

We went to the school for children suffering from various disabilities where we met our patients. Each group had 5 cases and each case had 2 case managers. My partner was Natalie a second year student from Hong Kong Polytechnic. I found her adorable and very passionate about helping other people especially when it came to communicating to the rest what was happening since most of the conversations were done in Cantonese. We made a model for the AFO of our patie...

We travelled to Guangzhou city in China, which was a 5-6 hrs ride. I was excited since this was my first time in China. I never expected that the city was that developed and so huge since I thought the only developed cities in China was Beijing ad Shanghai. The technology in the hotel was also as developed as that in Hong Kong. We stayed at Gondola Taikoo Hotel. We had dinner and later went to sleep. My roommate is called Will Yang. Glad to have him as my roomm...

Glad to meet with students from Hong Kong University and surprised by the presence of students from Washington University. There was a bit of light moments from the introductions and we were later divided into four groups. The ex-Poly U students who are interning in the hospitals then taught us the process of making the orthosis. That day we had our first dimsum during lunch and I was happy to order one of the Chinese foods I loved. Later that night we went to ...