This is technically my third day here already!!! My journey was unbelieveably flawless, only one delayed flight, which was, quelle surprise; Glasgow to Heathrow. But it didn’t really matter as that was certainly the stop with the most time.
Two things I forgot about being here- firstly, despite being located in the south pacific, the plugs are french and not south pacific (except for some bizarre reason, in the shower room) ans secodnly, it’s a stupid french keyboard which doesn’t make any sense. So if i type zithout looking qt zhqt i a, typing i get so,e q,ount of rubbish becuqse i cqn type zithout looking1°
In case you were not aware, my phone does not work here, and I haven’t decided whether or not I will get a sim card, because this might be the most expensive country in the world and it’s hard to know what to do. I also don’t have any friends (yet?). Everyone I meet will say, oh you must not stay in Noumea, you must see the islands, but you shouldn’t travel alone.... Will check out the tourist office and see what’s on offer.
The hospital is pretty nice, most people are nice, apart from one junior whom I was meant to work with, but she obviously didn’t really want to, and there’s a kind of consultant guy who used to work in the Southern and live in the West End (Cecil Street) and who drank in the pub which is across from where Bar Oz used to be (name anyone, it’s beside Clatty Pat’s?) Anyway, he basically wants to speak English, which I know kind of defeats the purpose in travelling over 12,000km to speak French, but he (David) says I can do a lumbar puncture, and frankly I would speak Klingon to get to do that. So now I am with the yellow team.
It’s a lot of stroke medicine (plenty of experience with that then) but there’s some interesting stuff, weird tumours and meninigits, even a new cqse of MS. Not done much yet but there’s plenty of time. I’ve kind of planned to take this week easy and settle in and really get into it next week.
Miss you all, email me anytime!!!
2 comments:
Hi Naomi - interesting wee blog bite - what is more interesting is that this is the FIRST ever blog entry that I have ever written.,... Kinda stuck for words - VERY unusual for me as I am sure that you can guess. The point is that I don't want to be too gushy and soppy as this is pretty much an open space. So I will just write some bits and bobs.. My typing is as you know rather poor and I just figured out why - MAYBE this is a French keyboard layout. Please gonna ask the Tongan nun what her mother tongue is - cos I think that she might speak something unusual and I could maybe get a translations of the two poems into what ever she speaks. I intend bringing out a second edition of Mother Tongue with 100 languages .... All else is fine - Uncle Davie flits later today and I am gonna get ladders from Roger to get the lights sorted out at Hayburn.
Love as always
The Da Da
yeeeeeeeeeee haaaa it worked
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