ice cream is delicious

Warning, last picture is graphic (not for the weak of stomach)! (+ some normal pictures) I made some friends with the nurses and th...

Well, being in the clinic where I see outpatients is not so bad.  I think the scary ones are the ones that need to be admitted right away, l...

One nursing student asked me if I'm married, and I told her and her friends to guess.  So two guessed that I have a fiance, one guessed ...

When I stayed in Freetown for a few days, I had met up with the old PPB factory workers with whom I worked with in the past, It was so nice ...

Omg! Crazy day today.  I was left here by myself! Myself! My 3rd day?!  The only doctor there decided to drive to Kenema - a place 45 min aw...

Ah! I should always remember that nothing is as planned in Sierra Leone! For one thing, initially they had said we were going to surger...

Alright!  After a 5 hr drive, we finally arrived at Nixon Hospital, Swebgwema, where I'll be working for the next 3 months.  I wasn...

What a treat to revisit Lunsar!  I had traveled to Lunsar during my first trip to Sierra Leone in 2009, so what a pleasant surprise to l...

Hit me next time I try to go snowboarding the day before a long trip because  during my 29hr trip my whole body was sore, especially my righ...

No matter how intense Ob/Gyn is, it never fails to produce amusing/disturbing stories: "This baby is coming out the front door, n...

Super cute baby animals!!!  http://my.backchina.com/forum. php?mod=viewthread&tid=1108388 I especially like the chimp, the kangaroo, ...

Parents are the Best #4: Me (after arriving at a hotel):  Wow, I'm not used to being treated so well here.   Dad:  No surprise, you...

-Very poignant entry about what it's like to a mother to a child with mental illness: Thinking the Unthinkable - Twelve Facts About G...

Wish I had read this article earlier.  It speaks about really being "personal" in a personal statement as opposed to what I was t...

Since I'm a nerd and I love all things nerdy: 20 Spectacularly Nerdy Science Jokes  (Thanks ML)