March 2010
9 posts
Being completely un-Senegalese and sitting in a café downtown (Times Café), trying to figure out my summer plans, which are going quite badly. I knew this would happen — trying to figure out research plans while in a place completely removed from Harvard’s readily accessible libraries, professors, and advisors is IMPOSSIBLE, especially since any academia that my brain can handle is...
I just met a North Korean engineer who has been here with his family for two years while walking home from the car rapide. He was incredibly nice and I was surprised at how quickly he felt familiarity with me as a fellow Korean, saying that we were one Korea, one nation. Other things I immediately noticed — his spacious Ford with satellite radio, his accent, and the vocabulary he used (not...
Sometimes it takes a drink or two to get there, but I’m starting to break down some barriers. Score.
: The Problem is SUPPLY →
yummymandoo:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_phy_per_1000_peo-physicians-per-1-000-people Here we have the physicians per 1,000 by country according to sources compiled by nationmaster.com: Cuba – 5.91 Belarus – 4.55 Greece – 4.4 Russia – 4.25 Italy – 4.2 Turkmenistan – 4.18 Georgia – 4.09 Lithuania…
Senegal is 184 out of 201.
“I wanted to become the seeker, the aroused and passionate explorer, and it was...”
– Pat Conroy (via thresca)
Burn Victims
Just came back from my internship at the health post, and I can honestly say that it was one of the hardest but most rewarding days I’ve had yet. Today I opted to work at the Salle de Pancement for the first time, or wound-dressing room, where we get burns, deep cuts and other bloody messes we need to clean up, treat and apply dressings to. It was incredibly crowded today, and I was on my...
Mid-Semester Reflections, Ramblings
My life has definitely been up and down and crazy topsy turny over the last few weeks, but it’s been an amazing ride. I can’t believe it’s almost been two months already! I feel like I’m just getting into the groove of things, and now there’s only two months left for me to enjoy my new friends, my adopted family, and all Dakar has to offer. A semester abroad is...