Monthly Archives: October 2007

QOTD

Posted on 9 October 2007 by Sika

“We’re Doctors without Medicine, not Doctors without Borders.”

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30 September

Posted on 2 October 2007 by Sika

Chichewa words of the day: bwana, azungu: Bwana literally means boss, and if you’ve seen as many movies about apartheid era South Africa as I have, you probably already know that. But since I know very few people who were … Continue reading →

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Interlude

Posted on 2 October 2007 by Sika

Chichewa word of the day: Ujeni. Ujeni is a word that means approximately whatchamacallit or thingamajig or whosits whatsit. This is relevant because at this moment my puppy, whom I’ve named Ujeni, is sitting on my lap and is rather … Continue reading →

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29 September

Posted on 2 October 2007 by Sika

There’s a story I want to tell from the Male Medical Ward that I feel touches on many of the aspects of life here that I forget to talk about. And also confirms for me, at least, what I was … Continue reading →

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Update: Housing

Posted on 2 October 2007 by Sika

I realized that I haven’t written anything about what’s been happening here with me. When I arrived in Zomba, my house wasn’t ready, even though we had been told the day before that it was. The remodel wasn’t completely done, … Continue reading →

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Update: Work

Posted on 2 October 2007 by Sika

Work For the last two weeks I have been doing my orientation at the hospital, which is why I haven’t had much of a presence online, besides the connection problems, with which wakko, Shannon, and pearl helped quite a bit. … Continue reading →

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14 September

Posted on 2 October 2007 by Sika

In a culture that is completely open about ailments of the stomach (diarrhea, in case you were wondering, is kutsegula m’mimba in Chichewa, which literally means opened stomach), where when someone asks how you are it is completely normal to … Continue reading →

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