Shared a taxi with my microbiology professor to Metro Polanco because major protests all over the city including Reforma were causing no buses to arrive fast enough. While in Metro Polanco, both talked about what stops we needed to take. My professor needed to use the route going to El Rosario to get to Instituto Politecnico or Poly for short to teach a class on viruses at 11 am. While I needed the route to Barranca del Muerto to get to Tacubaya to change to the pink line for Insurgentes to get home, but missed it on purpose to get some good seafood and catch a movie in Cuauhtemoc.
One day, an anthropology professor in San Francisco State before graduating anthropology in 2015 told me "Anne by the looks of your transcript, you were so much better in science-related courses." My immunology professor told me "Anne, you have a spontaneous mind." On Friday the 13, I had a realization that both comments were true about me because two friends and I left campus to get comida corrida from a white truck, which was pretty good, but we were having problems getting our fruit water out of the plastic bag because it was tied too tight. Struggled with the conventional way of untying it then realized it was similar to when I would get tacos de costilla and the green salsa would be tied too tight so went one of the two bottom corners poked a hole with my finger with a little pressure because there was less resistance and worked. Both my friends were amazed at how I got to the fruit water so quickly then they asked: "How did you do it?" Replied "I just poked the bottom. This reminds me of the green salsa when I buy tacos de costilla because my taco vendor does it tight as well so poke a hole so can ooze the salsa out like I'm decorating a cake." My second friend called me "Expert!" Sometimes you need a spontaneous mind to see the world in an unconventional way to see the problem smarter, but not necessarily harder.