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SY: And did they have, like you remember the activities that you had outside of work?

YY: Well, I remember we had a basketball team. It was made up by, it was called the Mailmen. It was most of the people that worked at the hospital, not the hospital but the mailroom.

SY: So you played on that team with the people from the mailroom?

YY: Right.

SY: So they were mainly the same age as you are, you were.

YY: Yeah, mostly.

SY: And you played other...

YY: I played some softball. They had movies. [Laughs] It was outside movies; it was only good in the summertime, I think.

SY: So you tried to do activities at night. You were busy, usually?

YY: Right. Then I decided to go back to judo school. But I didn't last too long there.

SY: You just didn't like it?

YY: Well, I can't remember why, but I couldn't get to the place to practice all the time.

SY: It was kind of far?

YY: Yeah. It was where I used to live. It was in the, right near Block 10. Was a real nice place they built.

SY: A judo facility. And the, did you ever fish when you were there?

YY: No, I wasn't a fisherman.

SY: So even though you knew where it was... so how did people go outside of camp to fish? Was it something they did --

YY: They'd have to go under the fence, I guess. [Laughs]

SY: So it wasn't allowed, but they would sneak out.

YY: Right, they had to sneak out at night, where they can't be seen.

SY: And they, as far as you know, they were still cleaning the, people would still go out and clean those, the reservoir?

YY: Yeah, they'd have to, if they were gonna use that reservoir.

SY: So in the hospital, did you move up, or did you just stay in that one job?

YY: No, I just stayed, stayed doing that. Then if I had time, then I would go back to the hospital and help them, whatever they need. So I learned quite a bit, because they used to make different things.

SY: So it was mostly, though, with the prescriptions. So was that, did that keep you interested in pharmacy work?

YY: Not really. [Laughs] 'Cause I didn't continue it after I got out.

SY: So you didn't, you weren't really, that wasn't your favorite line of work?

YY: No. Well, because I'd see what my father used to do, work all that, nine to nine hours, it's not for me.

SY: You like more regular hours. And then I'm still trying to get a sense of what the hospital, what kinds of things the hospital did. There was also an incident where, did you remember hearing about the incident where someone was supposedly hiding in the hospital?

YY: No, I never heard of that.

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