This will be a short today because I have less time this afternoon. We got two hours off to watch the first game of the World Cup here at the factory but we had to work later. Costa Rica lost, but they weren't embarassed by Germany and the two goals they scored were a big thrill here. With only 4 million people, Costa Rica is the second smallest country in the World Cup, only Trinidad & Tobago is smaller, so they held their own against Germany.

Last weekend Bagaces had another big fair and the company organized a stand at the fair where they gave free eye exams to anybody who wanted them. This was partly a service offered to the town and partly a good way to test the machines and my computer program. On Sunday, the first day, we discovered many problems, but we were still able to give the exams. On Monday morning we fixed pretty much most of the problems and things went much more smoothly, at least until we were rained out in the late afternoon. Since I wrote a lot of the program, I was one of the people performing the tests. It was good practice for my Spanish, however I don't know how useful the line "What are the numbers in column A, line 1?" is going to be in the future. I also don't think I was too useful in explaining eye problems to people, "You have problem with near eye". But overall I enjoyed myself and I am glad that my program seems to be working well.