Mbingo was its name

Countdown

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:22:25 -0800

Today I was cleaning out my kitchen cupboards, to see what I need to use up in the remaining 6 weeks at Mbingo, when Fervent arrived at the door. I told him to scoot, because I was busy with work, getting ready for going to Canada. About half a...

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Wiped out

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:47:25 -0700

Have been off work for the past week, which has been largely a blur of sleep and getting up to take large anti-viral pills every four hours. From Oct 5 on, I did not feel good and had an odd headache – unusual I realized because it was only on t...

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Class, celebrations, etc

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:52:24 -0700

Time is flying, and I am way behind with news from here. We are already at the end of week 3 of the PACU nurse course – ¼ of the way through. My 5 students are experienced nurses, even though a couple of them have had only 3 months of formal...

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New class, new people

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:04:54 -0700

Last Monday, my new class, for recovery room / high-dependency unit nurses, started. Until the last couple of weeks, I really did not know if I would have students - but it came together at the last moment, as things seem t...

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School

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:40:18 -0700

School began this week – and suddenly the neighbourhood was a lot quieter, just like everywhere in the world. I spent all week working seriously on the next class – for recovery room / high dependency area nurses – which is starting tomorrow mor...

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The Kids

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:40:51 -0700

For the past few weeks, there have been 11 youngsters 8 and under (mostly under) living behind me in Middle Quarter. They travel as a gang, and love the guava tree across the path from my place, and equally love my little y...

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Movements in the market

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:33:05 -0700

As long as I've been here, the Mbingo market has been held in a bunch of rickety sheds - or outside on the ground - across the highway from the hospital compound. This is all hospital property. About...

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Richard's farm

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:22:37 -0700

Thursday of last week, I trekked down the highway a mile or two, and then off into the far end of Mbingo 2 where Richard, who cooks for me, has his farm. He has gradually bought bits of land over the years, to a total...

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The Spider

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:41:37 -0700

From consultation with my local advisors, the spider was a tarantula. I asked my neighbour what would have happened if he had bitten me, and his answer was that I would have had "very serious fever". I don't know what exactly would have happene...

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Planting corn

nobody@vox.com(christine) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:20:00 -0700

I have just killed the biggest spider I’ve ever seen. He must have been 3 inches across, all black and hairy. Ughh! He was on the kitchen wall, up above the cupboards, so fortunately I was able to grab the Raid, jump up on a chair and get a go...

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