Raids on the Unspeakable |
I enjoy going to teashops to have a coffee and a snack once in awhile. I always assumed they were family run, with the parents running the kitchen and cash and the kids responsibl...
Posted by Vinay on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:17:00 PST |
NUMB3RS... |
I was warned.When I signed up for my mission with Doctors Without Borders friends advised me that the administrative and management responsibilities would consume me. Time with direct patient contact ...
Posted by Vinay on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:07:00 PST |
Family Ties... |
Communication with family is always a concern when leaving for an extended period of time but I felt comfortable that I could always be reached, if necessary, through Doctors Without Borders (MSF).A f...
Posted by Vinay on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:42:00 PST |
The Bhamo Zoo... |
When I go out, I carry about 10 000 Kyats (approximately 8 dollars) and a little piece of paper, in Burmese, listing what I can eat. In a place where rice is the staple and meat is a close second, fin...
Posted by Vinay on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:25:00 PST |
No, But I Saw the Movie... |
As I biked to work early one morning, a semi-retired hospital physician pulled up beside me on his motorcycle and "requested" a meeting with me. I wasn't sure what the meeting was about, but I was sur...
Posted by Vinay on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:46:00 PST |
Right Behind the Rain... |
Late May to early October is "Rainy Season" in Myanmar. Initially the rain was largely limited to sun-showers and early morning downpours, it hardly interrupted my daily routine.
Then the rains ...
Posted by Vinay on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:17:00 PST |
Tagged! |
I was tagged by a friend, False Lashes, to reveal 10 weird things about me. But what is weird? We are who and what we are, and often we don't realize we are weird until someone else p...
Posted by Vinay on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:12:00 PST |
Lost in Translation... |
One day a telephone booth appeared in front of our staff house. Once established, it could serve as an observation point for one of the town's sources of curiosity- the Doctors Without Bord...
Posted by Vinay on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:11:00 PST |
This Child... |
Orphaned when HIV claimed both her parents, a small child of 5 years is raised by her grandmother. Battling HIV herself, this child survives with life-saving ART (anti-retroviral therapy) to tre...
Posted by Vinay on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:22:00 PST |
Rose-coloured Glasses... |
I lost the pair of cool grey clip-ons that came with my glasses a few weeks before I left Canada. I hastily replaced them with a dusty-rose pair of shades I obtained for free, saving me $79.95 (...
Posted by Vinay on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:04:00 PST |
