Surprisingly I have yet to comment on what would have to be one the biggest changes in everyday life when one migrates from Western countries to Asia. Something that is apparent almost on a daily basis. And I am not still used to it at all. Neither is my son. Something so profound that unlearning my Western behavior, which has embedded itself somewhere in the forebrain with other basic human functions such as eating, sleeping and controlling body temperature, seems utterly impossible.
Friday 26 April 2013
Thursday 11 April 2013
Appreciation day
Nerd appreciates. Twice.
On a totally unrelated note: had a weird sense of surreality while returning from post dengue check up. There I was in the middle of skyscrapers in the normal 35 degree weather listening on my headphones to what I could only label as shamanism influenced Finnish hip hop by an artist called Asa.
Road to recovery
Finally there is light at the end of the tunnel. Waves of headache and fever have started to get less severe in terms of both ferocity and frequency. On Tuesday out of a sudden this feeling of having my brain clogged up was lifted and I was able to think straight for the first time in weeks. Feels pretty good.
Once again a time of doing a bit of a comparison between the two countries. Over here I had few colleagues visiting me at the hospital, more than a few colleagues came to check up on me at my home once I was discharged from the hospital, a few of them send me a bouquet of flowers and fresh fruit and the rest have been calling and texting me through out my recovery period offering to help in any which way they can. While still in hospital I also noticed that the other patients basically had visitors throughout the visiting period from 9 AM to 9 PM.
Flashback to few years back when I had to be hospitalized back in Finland. The only call from a colleague was that from an executive who asked for number of chores which I was supposedly able to fulfill while lying on the hospital bed. Furthermore, interestingly the word "Colleague" translates into "Work Friend" in Finnish. Honestly, I tend to prefer the friendlier approach over here more.
Finally, if do you see my new arch nemesis Aedes Aegypti (pictured below for easier recognition) give her (it is apparently only the females of this particular species who are after my succulent blood) a good smack on the back with greetings from me. Then again my grand tour of South East Asia would not have been complete without contracting a tropical disease.
Once again a time of doing a bit of a comparison between the two countries. Over here I had few colleagues visiting me at the hospital, more than a few colleagues came to check up on me at my home once I was discharged from the hospital, a few of them send me a bouquet of flowers and fresh fruit and the rest have been calling and texting me through out my recovery period offering to help in any which way they can. While still in hospital I also noticed that the other patients basically had visitors throughout the visiting period from 9 AM to 9 PM.
Flashback to few years back when I had to be hospitalized back in Finland. The only call from a colleague was that from an executive who asked for number of chores which I was supposedly able to fulfill while lying on the hospital bed. Furthermore, interestingly the word "Colleague" translates into "Work Friend" in Finnish. Honestly, I tend to prefer the friendlier approach over here more.
Finally, if do you see my new arch nemesis Aedes Aegypti (pictured below for easier recognition) give her (it is apparently only the females of this particular species who are after my succulent blood) a good smack on the back with greetings from me. Then again my grand tour of South East Asia would not have been complete without contracting a tropical disease.
 |
| I clearly had too much time on my hand while at the hospital. |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)