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I always take a bunch of Wrigley's chewing gum. The girls like Juicy Fruit and you can give it to them and say I love you!

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Jazzbo has the right idea. Plus, these second-hand items won't likely trigger a customs issue like a case of perfume might....or the 24 cell phones I brought to CR once and decided to take a shortcut and go through the "nothing to declare" line. Mistake

I have gotten the best mileage with the chicas when bringing gift for their K*ds. It seems that a barbie doll is about worth a BBBJ. And you can get some good mileage with a sturdy Tonka type of toy too. If you look at what is for sale in the mall in San Pedro and bring items from the USA that are better than that, you'll score big points. Once, upon entering CR, I was asked why I was bringing so many toys. I said I was going to visit the Ch*ldren's hospital. (I know, how low of me huh? But I did give to Santa's Bro's Ch*ldren's hospital effort, so I consider this a harmless white lie, I guess)

And it is fun to see the chica's enthusiasm. It seems to be a universal truth that the way to a chica's pu*sy is to care (or pretend to care ) about her K*ds.

i'll usually bring a few of these ...a good lip gloss is very difficult for the ladies to find and pretty damned expensive even if they can. simple to transport and make a huge impact.

http://www.albabotanica.com/lip/lip-glosses.html


suerte.

$4.99 a crack? Big time spender here......

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if five bones'll bust your wad blanco >i'll suggest a different activity ,,,

I got to disagree! I once found designer hoodies in SAMs that were cheap. I got worse service and labeled a sucker for giving them out EXCEPT to girls I didn't use. Gifts will screw you up. The appreciation 1/2 life is about 2 hours and by 6 hours they forgot - forever - you ever gave them anything. The one Tica who looks out for me still remembers her gift from 2011 and I never used her.

You can give them a $1 gift or a $1,000 gift, you get the same results. They WILL forget it and ask for more.

Don't do it.

my gratuitous behavior isn't limited to to those i schtoop. a for example would be my interaction with the super sexy colombiana who heads security for the inbound/outbound flights for american airlines. i fly substantially with AA and enjoy a comfortable relationship. these girls aren't compensated well and a little loving gesture is never forgotten. remember it's all about the presentation. first couple of exchanges with @@@ i'd always ask how she looked so pretty so early in the morning. banter flowed a couple of instances thereafter and wouldn't you know we happened to enjoy a nice bottle of phelps cab over dinner at her house in san diego {CO}. ultimately it's how you play and what you want out of the exchange. for me i travel many points central europe through south america and i'll tell ya making a random workers day with a lip gloss, ghiardelli chocolate bar. suppose its just one of those random acts of kindness if done correctly return enormous rewards. trust me when i tell you i can be a real bastard but have come to find a slight tweeking of my game plan incorporating some props and using my social skills have exposed me to more colorful social settings.

suert.

My experience has been just the opposite. I always take chocolates and things from Victoria's Secret with me. I give chocolates to almost all the ladies I am with, and to the bartenders and waitresses. The Victoria's Secret things are for the special ones. Sometimes, maybe a year later, a lady will mention something I gave her. I don't know if I am an exception, but I have received a very good return on investment from almost all the ladies.

GoodDayJohn is NOT an exception. I'm with him and Dramatist on the gifts.

I've given many gifts......including $1 lotions, a flat screen TV and a colonoscopy.

I always get my money's worth in return.

In addition to gifts para mi personas especiales, I always bring clothes and shoes I really don't wear and other things I can use while I am there, from hair dryers to umbrellas to sunglasses, to caps, to half empty bottles of cologne, to you name it, and give it away, day by day when I no longer need it there. Always graciously accepted even if they don't really like it--if they don't want it, they know someone who does.

And makes for more room in my luggage to bring back as much daily fresh dark roasted coffee from Trebol at the Central Market as I can carry. 20 kilos = 44 pounds for a free check in bag, for example. And they'll put it in various size bags for you, makes for great gifts. And they'll grind it for you but DO NOT FORGET to tell them "American grind" or they'll pulverize it so that it works in the old CR sock coffee makers, but the grinds will leak thru any filter you have in the states or Canada. CR coffee is arguably the best coffee in the world.

And Rac, you did mean you paid for her colonoscopy, right?

Yea, DGD, you're right.....I didn't do it; I paid for it.

But I was in the room watching the TV screen and having a lively, informed discussion about her with the gastroenterologist while he jockeyed his scope through her lower alimentary canal all the way past her ileocecal valve. It gave me a whole new perspective about the inner workings of a chica. They can be really clean----inside and out.

Another Doc told her that she might have a colon tumor; and to come back in 3 months for a colonoscopy under the CAJA system. It was well-worth $300 to me (and to her) to eliminate the tumor concern immediately. That was the most important gift that I've yet given in SJ.

AND---I found a very competent, well trained gastroenterologist that I would see myself, if I needed to.

Can you post his name or would rather not?

One block up the hill from La Amistad, on Mondays and Wednesdays. Other locations on other days.

Perfect English. No gringo pricing----same price for everybody.

Dr. Carlos Francisco Quesada Ramirez, MD - CURRICULUM VITAE
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, and Japanese

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

EDUCATION

1985-1989: University Studies: Bachelor of Science in Health, Autonomous University of Medical Science of Central America (U.A.C.A.)

1990: Licensed in Medical Science (U.A.C.A.)

1991: M. D.

1992-1995: Postgraduation in General Surgery

October 1996-February 1998: Student Research in Colon Diseases, Second Department.of Surgery, Medical School from the University of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

October 1996-May 1997: Treatment of Varicose Esophagus and Colangiopancreatography cotrograde, Diagnostical and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Second Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

May 1997-January 1998: Postgraduate studies accredited by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterologists in the Endoscopy gastrointestinal Hospital, Hamamatsu Rosai, Shizuoka, Japan

September 1997-Jan 1998: Training in Digestive Endoscopy (Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy) in the Medical Cooperation Hospital Matsuda in Shizuoka, Japan
June-July 2002: Surgery course of Gastric Placement Lap Band and Gastric Lap-Band and advanced laparoscopic surgery accredited by Mecachrome Medical in the Angeles del Pedrega Hospital, Mexico DF.

2004-2005: Masters in Administration in Health Services, Santa Lucia University

March 2004: Postgraduation course in "Managing Laparoscopic Morbid Obesity" accredited by Gastro Obese Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil

September 2005: Training course in Lap Band (Adjustable gastric band)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990: University Intern in Surgery, San Juan de Dios Hospital

April to June 1990: Internal Medicine, Nacional Geriatric Hospital, Raul Blanco Cervantes, M. D.

June-September 1990: Gynecology and Obstetrics, San Juan de Dios Hospital

October to December 1990: Pedriatrics, San Vicente de Paul Hospital

1991: Social Service, Hospital Max Teran Vals of Quepos

1992-1995: General Resident in General Surgery, San Juan de Dios Hospital

August to November 1995: Calderon Guardia

January-March 1996: San Vicente Hospital of Heredia

1998: Surgery, Honorary Assistant of General Surgery, San Juan de Dios Hospital

1998 to 2006: General surgery, assistant surgeon, San Juan de Dios Hospital

1999 2001: General surgeon assistant of Raul Blanco Cervantes National Hospital, Gerontology Hospital

2005-2007: General Surgeon assistant of Clinica Biblica Hospital

Major open surgeries performed as main surgeon: 3,500 procedures

Advanced laparoscopic surgeries performed as main surgeon: 1,000 procedures including 220 gastric bypass and 150 gastric bands per year

COMMUNITY SERVICES

1989: City de Naranjo

1990: Day Center for Elderly Attention, Curridabat

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

1989: International Medical Teleconference XXIV Annual Pediatric Postgraduate Course

1988: III National Congress of Medical Students of El Salvador

1988: Advances in Intern Medicine, Week of Baylor

1989: VII Actualization course in Pediatrics

1989: IV Student Medical Congress of Central America and Panama regarding Surgical Emergencies. Was General Secretary of this congress.

1990: IV National week and II International of Geriatric and gerontology

1991: Induction course for Social Service Doctors

1993: VI Congress of the Panamerican Society of Trauma

1994: LV Medical National Congress

1995: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation course

1995: Course of Advanced support for Trauma

1995: Course of Advanced Cardiology support

1995: II Internacional Congress of Actualization in Cancerology

2001: Gastroenterology Congress and Therapeutic Endoscopy

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

1990: Biopsycosocial changes in climate

1992: Fistulas Enterocutaneas Fistula post surgery of patientes Treated in the San Juan de Dios Hospital

1993: Colostomy for Treated Patients in San Juan de Dios Hospital

1994: Traumatic perforation of Esophagus in Treated Patients, treated in San Juan de Dios Hospital

1995: Thyroid carcinoma (Graduate work regarding General Surgery. Winner of the best job of the annual generation of General Surgeon Residents in San Jose, Costa Rica)

Effect of Piroxicam and Acarbose As Chemopreventive Agents for Spontaneous Intestinal Adenomas in the APC Gene 1309 Knock out Mice. Publication in the International Japanese magazine Journal of Cancer Research, vol. 84. April 1998.

Clinic Case: Carcinoma stomach Epidermoide, Carlos F. Quesada, M. D. Claudio Orlich Carranza, M. D., Medical Journal of Costa Rica 2002 - Vol. 4 No. 1 pp. 17-20

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Latin American Association of Endoscopic Surgeons Endoscopic (ALACE)

Member of the Laparoscopic Surgeon Society of Costa Rica

Member of Japanese Gastroenterologists

I usually buy a few different size Minnie and Mickeys at the airport. The better the service the bigger the prize. I know one CRT brother that gave a Nica a I phone and she tried to rob him that same night when he went to get a few drinks but came back early and found her going thru the safe.

Thanks Rac, Dr Quesada has an impressive C.V. and the no gringo bump is value added.

I hope guys put his name and location in their phone book for when they are ready. Great info you get from boots on the ground in CR on this board.