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Riding on... - 18/Sep/2013 20:55 - 4457 days ago
Sequel of an episode started a long time ago in Malawi.This is one of the final stages in the creation of MOMOCO i.e Malawi Orth...
Malawi in the news (previously unpublished) - 15/Jul/2012 18:46 - 4887 days ago
(purely my views, accurate or not)Malawi is rocking the BBC world service station as we speak and this is owing to a rather unex...
Back‘Home’ - 30/Jun/2012 20:27 - 4902 days ago
Long delayed finale..Lots happened since I wrote this piece for VSO 3months ago..So much that a finale redux might be in order.....
Clinical Digest16 A retrospective - 30/Dec/2011 11:06 - 5085 days ago
It feels strange writing this blog now and thinking back at the time I first set foot in a hospital in Malawi during this placem...
TOP 10 MALAWI - 25/Dec/2011 13:04 - 5090 days ago
Slowest internet connection ever today... photos will have to wait a bit!Happy Christmas to ya'all!(chronological)Lilongwe 6week...
Clinical Digest15 Cutting - 26/Nov/2011 19:41 - 5119 days ago
The blog Not Made in China produced the desired response (largely due to its controversial nature). The controversy was without ...
NOT MADE IN CHINA: MIXED MEDIA - 08/Nov/2011 12:31 - 5137 days ago
Not a blog really. Not an essay. Maybe I’m putting it down here as a record of a creation on Malawian soil. Which will remain ...
A certain tolerance of (gross) imperfection - 17/Oct/2011 11:18 - 5159 days ago
There is an anecdote recently from work that encompassed so many aspects of this feature so Malawian that I really have to eleva...
Lake of Stars 2011 - 03/Oct/2011 17:51 - 5173 days ago
I am aware that most of my latest entries have borne a reference to a similar period from last year. In fact I can predict that ...
Enter Chilldom - 30/Sep/2011 00:27 - 5176 days ago
You can plan a nice long relaxing weekend up Mulanje mountain with plenty of time to recover or you can tag it on to the end of ...
Lilongwe meets Blantyre - 29/Aug/2011 12:27 - 5208 days ago
6 months on from my arrival in Blantyre, my outlook on the city has changed tremendously- almost to the point where I wish I cou...
Blantyre insolites... and surrounds - 29/Aug/2011 12:11 - 5208 days ago
No comments!Aucun commentaire!Palibe Chonena!...
Tricycles and wheelchairs Update3 - 08/Aug/2011 15:35 - 5229 days ago
The suspense on MF is officially over. Her rather delayed delivery was a reflection of some realities particular to Malawi and i...
Blantyre Insolites... and surrounds - 31/Jul/2011 14:44 - 5237 days ago
No comments!Aucun commentaire!Palibe Chonena!...
Blantyre Insolites.., - 31/Jul/2011 14:32 - 5237 days ago
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Clinical Digest14 - 31/Jul/2011 14:02 - 5237 days ago
GunshotsIt has been another extraordinary period on the clinical front at Queen’s since the last update. On the one hand, ther...
Malawi in the news - 20/Jul/2011 20:00 - 5248 days ago
(purely my views, accurate or not)Malawi is rocking the BBC world service station as we speak and this is owing to a rather unex...
The uses of linea - 18/Jul/2011 19:21 - 5250 days ago
(photos to follow)First of all, a little definition of linea.Linea:n.,inv.The ultimate example of recycled material. Made from t...
1 car, 2 weeks, 5 holiday-makers, 6 flats - 29/Jun/2011 19:43 - 5269 days ago
(photos to follow)A timely visit by my mum and Janet’s mum and dad has brought a badly needed break from the relentless grind ...
Tricycles and Wheelchairs Update 2 - 29/Jun/2011 19:41 - 5269 days ago
Unreassuringly quiet as it has been on this front since my last update, the tricycle project wheels are now confidently back in ...
Clinical Digest 13 - 29/Jun/2011 19:37 - 5269 days ago
To nail or not to nail...My area of interest within developing world orthopaedics has slowly but solidly, while in Malawi, becom...
Are we there yet (Part II)? - 17/May/2011 11:21 - 5312 days ago
Here is an early untested theory on memory! In the early days following an event, the brain has a tendency to focus on the hards...
Are we there yet (Part I)? - 17/May/2011 10:37 - 5312 days ago
There are few places in Malawi laden with more meaning for me that this one colossus. Dominator of the skies from Kilimanjaro to...
Clinical Digest 12 - 18/Apr/2011 14:57 - 5341 days ago
Back after a long absence. This has paradoxically been the most exciting period of clinical activity in Malawi. Moving from low ...
Bird’s Eye View - 11/Apr/2011 22:25 - 5348 days ago
At least 2 weeks' worth. Longer but shorter blogs seem to be the norm with this city life!With Saj visiting, I got to see Malawi...
Broken down Blantyre - 22/Mar/2011 16:25 - 5368 days ago
Some themes are recurrent in Malawi and right now it’s a déjà vu of Ntcheu’s period of gloom. Except that it appears to be...
Tricycles and Wheelchairs Update 1 - 28/Feb/2011 13:31 - 5390 days ago
There we have it! It’s less than 2 months since the appeal for donations went up on here and already we have 2 tricycles doing...
Early days in Blantyre - 22/Feb/2011 10:35 - 5396 days ago
3 years ago, when I left Blantyre after 3 weeks at CURE hospital to go back to London, I was overwhelmed by the great sense of h...
The sound of Ntcheu (Part2) - 07/Feb/2011 20:13 - 5411 days ago
Today is the 7th of February. 1 year day for day since I’ve been in Malawi. Momentous date indeed. Especially since today also...
Tricycles and wheelchairs - 17/Jan/2011 14:05 - 5432 days ago
INVITATION TO WILLING SPONSORSDear friends and family,I won’t pretend that this is not yet another fundraising initiative from...
Clinical Digest11 - 12/Jan/2011 12:12 - 5437 days ago
One might not have got the real flavour of African medicine through my blog yet. That is because (grudgingly) most of that stuff...
New Horizons - 12/Jan/2011 12:08 - 5437 days ago
...Phew! Almost a month since last blog. I guess that tells another story in its own rights- my internet connection here!Reflect...
Clinical Digest10 - 13/Dec/2010 11:42 - 5467 days ago
I realise I haven’t managed to enter details of my clinical work for quite a while on here. That was not purely out of fear of...
A week less ordinary - 22/Nov/2010 12:01 - 5488 days ago
5 days and 5 nights in Gongonya village (T/A Kwataine)I’ve toyed with the idea of “sleeping rough” during my placement her...
National Conference/ Peer Support - 22/Nov/2010 11:44 - 5488 days ago
The next few paragraphs would really have sounded like a déjà-vu of a previous blog (Africa a la VSO), were it not for the fac...
Sleepless in Ntcheu - 22/Nov/2010 11:40 - 5488 days ago
Lately has been a particularly busy and stressful time, with me getting involved in organising VSO national conference and a doc...
Lake of Stars - 22/Oct/2010 10:04 - 5519 days ago
I wonder how many blogs from Malawi are presently bearing the same title as mine. I don’t wish to make mine long, for want of ...
Broken Down Ntcheu - 22/Oct/2010 09:41 - 5519 days ago
I used to think for months that things weren’t as bad as one might have expected in my rural part of Africa in terms of utilit...
Little Things so Malawian - 10/Oct/2010 18:46 - 5531 days ago
I can’t think of a single story to focus this one on. So I shall regale you with my favourite ones of late.Public Transport......
Clinical Digest9 - 27/Sep/2010 20:46 - 5544 days ago
Malawi Orthopaedic Association AGMWhere do I start this one? This giant. This landmark of my activities in Malawi, which is in p...
Uses of a Chitenje/ Calico cloth - 18/Sep/2010 21:42 - 5553 days ago
Definition: Piece of cloth, usually decorated, designed to be wrapped around a woman’s waist. It’s often worn around a dress...
Hospital Transport - 04/Sep/2010 14:48 - 5567 days ago
I always thought that, whenever given the chance, I would readily swap public transport for an alternative, any alternative. Tha...
Ntcheu Social Football Club - 11/Aug/2010 12:00 - 5591 days ago
Did I tell you I scored!! Yes I did. And against Dedza too. Ntcheu versus Dedza, when we were one nil down and desperately neede...
Preparing for Lady No1 - 09/Aug/2010 15:36 - 5593 days ago
A royal t(h)reatI might have mentioned that Malawians have a somewhat determined way of going about their cleaning. Statement no...
Clinical Digest8 - 21/Jul/2010 14:59 - 5612 days ago
Orthopaedics in MalawiMy non-medical audience might just want to turn away for this one. But if medical jargon’s your thing, t...
Clinical Digest7 - 08/Jul/2010 10:41 - 5625 days ago
7/7/10Mannion,Me,James,Danni,Clive,BernieMaybe the date should have alerted me that today would be a disaster. I nonetheless app...
Bafana Bafana Fever - 02/Jul/2010 12:34 - 5631 days ago
Bafana Bafana ForeverMe&Kuduzela!!Malawi has been the platform of yet another experience of a lifetime. It may have involved day...
No comparison - 29/Jun/2010 11:48 - 5634 days ago
Travelling african styleAny pretension I may have held about being hardcore in my travelling, based on previous journeys, has be...
About Malawi - 15/Jun/2010 09:27 - 5648 days ago
The anticlimax set in rather quickly following Janet’s departure 3 weeks ago, her last week culminating in a crowning finale a...
Roadtrip / honeymoon - 03/Jun/2010 10:16 - 5660 days ago
This week we took to the Malawian roads. This was also the first time I got to properly drive around Malawi (omitting that sedat...
1st week in Ntcheu... together - 24/May/2010 09:07 - 5670 days ago
Today I will add a twist to this latest entry as I have in my company a guest appearance by the name of Janeti! She will hopeful...
Clinical Digest 6 - 12/May/2010 10:51 - 5682 days ago
Another 3 weeks gone in the hospital and so many new surgical adventures to recount. The nature of operating has not exactly cha...
Aphiri - 03/May/2010 12:57 - 5691 days ago
That’s Chichewa for mountains. That was also the fortuitous nickname I earned at the ART course from the Malawian candidates. ...
D-day -10 - 29/Apr/2010 15:52 - 5695 days ago
This is one is for my lovely wife, akazi kokongola Janeti!! Today is exactly 10days before she comes down for her first visit an...
A Zombie in Zomba - 26/Apr/2010 15:33 - 5698 days ago
Caleb and IOkay.. this time I won’t mention the lake! Too late! I went up to the mountains instead. Zomba plateau to be precis...
Clinical Digest5 - 18/Apr/2010 18:35 - 5706 days ago
If, by now, you are starting to expect some clinical stories from my new front, you’re right. For I’ve been in Ntcheu for 3 ...
Some things are more plain sailing than others - 12/Apr/2010 08:31 - 5712 days ago
HmmmmEl CapitanoYellow submachineFor fear of including only jealousy provoking blogs about my lakeside evasions, I shall make th...
Tribute to Arnol - 06/Apr/2010 10:28 - 5718 days ago
3weeks’ worthIt’s been hectic since I left this blog last. To try and recount all these events would make it far too long, s...
Beach Conference - 19/Mar/2010 14:36 - 5736 days ago
In the hammockKande Beach15/3/2010This blog is one I knew I’d be writing for some time, but had also secretly been dreading fo...
Clinical Digest4 - 15/Mar/2010 14:11 - 5740 days ago
Clinical Digest: 11/3/10Last Tuesday was a day I won’t forget so soon. That was the day when I, a career orthopod, did my firs...
Clinical Digest3 - 11/Mar/2010 06:59 - 5744 days ago
Clinical Digest: 8/3/10I have been at the Kamuzu Central Hospital for just over two weeks now, doing my orientation, so I don’...
FUNDRAISING - 04/Mar/2010 11:08 - 5751 days ago
28/2/2010Rest assured. This time it isn’t for me, so you can put your credit cards away! I went to one in Ntcheu. It was in ai...
Clinical Digest2 - 23/Feb/2010 09:47 - 5760 days ago
Clinical Digest: Monday 22/1/10Today I spent my first day in Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi’s 2nd leading government hospital...
Public Transport - 23/Feb/2010 09:40 - 5760 days ago
This weekend saw me trekking once southwards towards the warm haven that be Blantyre, then back to Ntcheu for one night, then of...
Clinical Digest1 - 23/Feb/2010 09:38 - 5760 days ago
Clinical Digest: Friday 19/2/10Last week was my settling in week at Ntcheu, where I was meant to familiarise myself with the sur...
The sound of Ntcheu - 17/Feb/2010 11:15 - 5766 days ago
My HouseEn route to NtcheuI’m now in Ntcheu. You probably guessed by the decline in my updates that internet here is not the w...
Induction cannonball, football and volleyball - 11/Feb/2010 18:57 - 5772 days ago
Since I signed out from my previous blog, I’ve probably accumulated more factual knowledge about Malawi and its health program...
Africa a la VSO - 08/Feb/2010 17:44 - 5775 days ago
Another P2V/SKWID-type VSO training day over and the feeling is one of neutral contentment- neither happy nor sad, neither isola...
A long way to Lilongwe! - 07/Feb/2010 19:25 - 5776 days ago
38 hours have passed since I woke up last. About 9 since I’ve arrived in Lilongwe. The intervening 29 have been spent in some ...
Departure Eve - 05/Feb/2010 18:57 - 5778 days ago
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”The developments that have occurred since...
Getting ready to go - 03/Feb/2010 23:12 - 5780 days ago
The long wait is drawing to a close. The feeling is one of anticipation mixed with complete bewilderment at what lies ahead. My ...
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