Dear friends
After quite a long break (6 weeks) over the holidays I am back in Malawi since a few weeks. The trip back was a bit of a pain. The plane was delayed out of Oslo and I landed in Stockholm as my plane for Addis Abeba took off. Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) put me up in a hotel, fed me and I was quite comfortable for the 20 hours I was in Stockholm. 24 hours late I arrived in Blantyre on a Sunday istead of Saturday, atleast I came with both my suitcases (with all the Medical equipment).
One thing is for sure, it's a heck of a lot warmer here than in Norway. The Monday before I left it was -27C. Here it is somewhere around 25-28C every day now at the end of rainy season.
I did not only have vacation while in Norway, that was only about 2.5 weeks, the rest of the time I worked. I gave a presentation at my ward about the Project, I also gave a presentation for HR at Oslo University Hospital and wrote some reports. I also worked on the New Project application and round 1 of that application that we are about to hand over to FK Norway, crossing my fingers.
Every 3 years we have to Write a New Overall Project Application, every year we Write a yearly Application, every year we also Write a Budget Application and a report for the past year's work and budget. Sometimes I think I am more coordinator/organizer and social director than nurse.
I was the kind of student that hated writing papers with a passion, now I actually enjoy writing applications and reports. If I ever get my thumb out and get my masters it should be a breeze compared to this stuff... ;-D
So, what's the plan forward? I honestly do not know. I may stay in Malawi until August to get the nurses in the New Project settled but after that, I do not know.
What do I want to do? I want to continue working on Projects. I feel that it would be difficult going back to my ward in Norway, with all the resources we have after having been out and seen what is happening elsewhere. I am officially a mission junky now. Either way I would love to continue working in Malawi on this Project or maybe going somewhere else working on another Project. Maybe working in Norway on these kinds of Projects... We'll se what the future holds.
Big hugs
Dear friends
After quite a long break (6 weeks) over the holidays I am back in Malawi since a few weeks. The trip back was a bit of a pain. The plane was delayed out of Oslo and I landed in Stockholm as my plane for Addis Abeba took off. Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) put me up in a hotel, fed me and I was quite comfortable for the 20 hours I was in Stockholm. 24 hours late I arrived in Blantyre on a Sunday istead of Saturday, atleast I came with both my suitcases (with all the Medical equipment).
One thing is for sure, it's a heck of a lot warmer here than in Norway. The Monday before I left it was -27C. Here it is somewhere around 25-28C every day now at the end of rainy season.
I did not only have vacation while in Norway, that was only about 2.5 weeks, the rest of the time I worked. I gave a presentation at my ward about the Project, I also gave a presentation for HR at Oslo University Hospital and wrote some reports. I also worked on the New Project application and round 1 of that application that we are about to hand over to FK Norway, crossing my fingers.
Every 3 years we have to Write a New Overall Project Application, every year we Write a yearly Application, every year we also Write a Budget Application and a report for the past year's work and budget. Sometimes I think I am more coordinator/organizer and social director than nurse.
I was the kind of student that hated writing papers with a passion, now I actually enjoy writing applications and reports. If I ever get my thumb out and get my masters it should be a breeze compared to this stuff... ;-D
So, what's the plan forward? I honestly do not know. I may stay in Malawi until August to get the nurses in the New Project settled but after that, I do not know.
What do I want to do? I want to continue working on Projects. I feel that it would be difficult going back to my ward in Norway, with all the resources we have after having been out and seen what is happening elsewhere. I am officially a mission junky now. Either way I would love to continue working in Malawi on this Project or maybe going somewhere else working on another Project. Maybe working in Norway on these kinds of Projects... We'll se what the future holds.
Big hugs
Jeg er så stolt av deg!!
ReplyDeleteKlem fra Unni
Stor klem tebaks vennen ;-D
ReplyDeleteGood morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Malawi? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Malawi in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez