GMI Student Blogs

  Wow. I can't believe the time for my last blog post has come. I feel like during my entire time abroad in Costa Rica, even outside of the internship I've learned a lot and have been humbled a lot. Like I mentioned in my first blog post, this was the first time...

Overview of the Week This was our last week in Costa Rica 🙁 This weekend was a long weekend, and I stayed around relaxing and preparing for our last week here. At work, we worked on wrapping up our projects, and said goodbye to our coworkers. Keep reading to hear all...

Hard to believe how fast time has flown by! It seems as if it was just yesterday when we all arrived at Rice and introduced ourselves to everyone in the GMI space. Now, two months have flown by and I am back at home in Houston.  In retrospect, I really enjoyed my time...

THE LAST FUN WEEKEND After no symptoms and negative tests we walked around San Jose and brought our Guanacaste trip back to life for the long weekend. Saturday, Jhalak and I walked downtown to the Libreria Internacional to pick up some Spanish books for ourselves...

PURA VIDA! WE MADE IT! The final week in Costa Rica!! Our 2nd to last weekend was a very special one because we spent it in Guanacaste! We could not have picked a more perfect weekend because Monday was Guanacaste Annexation day so we booked a hotel in Brasillito and...

¡Hola a todos! We finally made it to the last week in Costa Rica. In this final blog post, I will be writing about my final two weekends as well as any final updates on my work at Establishment Labs. Highlights: Playa Conchal Pizza at Brasilito Successfully finishing...

So happy for you to join in and read my blog post for this week! This week was a very special one - starting with Raniyah's birthday to getting to watch a surgery in ER. Alright, here we go!   Raniyah's Birthday Celebration with a Tasty Czech Treat Last Saturday...