Happy New Year!
As my blog attests, I’ve
begun this year with a touch of procrastination 😃. I can sadly attest that despite being employed
this year, unlike last year, the workload is quite intense. The doctors’ strike
which I thought would be resolved in 3 weeks time is still going strong, and
that means that a vast number of patients are headed towards the less price friendly
mission hospitals (of which PCEA Kikuyu Hospital – my work station – is a
veritable member). Add to that the fact that the Medical Officer interns (paid
by the government, but posted to PCEA Kikuyu) have shown solidarity with the
medical union and walked out on us, let’s just say I’m busier than I had ever
expected to be.
All things considered,
I’m very hopeful for this year. I’m going to try and get on the old education
horse, and see if I can get into a post-graduate program (in China, perhaps) so
I can finally start training as a surgeon. Elections will be coming in August,
which presents me with the first chance ever to vote in a Kenyan election. Over
the 3 past election periods, during which I was eligible to vote, I’d always been
out of the country so I missed my chances to bring about any change. I’m hoping
that they don’t postpone the election dates because this time I have a vested
interest in tossing out the incumbents; frustration voting all the way.
I’m also hoping to pick
up a useful hobby or two. For some time now I have developed an affinity for
plants – especially beautiful trees – so now is as good a time as any to
develop a ”green thumb”. I hope to start off with some Bauhinia purpurea whose
seeds I picked from the trees growing at the hospital grounds. Maybe after that
I can move on to Cape Chestnut. With this being the year that the family house
finally gets built in Ngong, I would love to add some nice flourishes to the
land that will make it more homely.
Lastly, I am hoping to
get to write more and read more. I think I’ve hit that dreaded plateau where I
can’t seem to pick up a book and get some reading done. I get back so tired
from work most of the time, and when I’m home I just want to de-stress by doing
absolutely nothing – my own little kind of sensory deprivation. This year
things change: I’ve got Wangari Maathai’s "Unbowed"
to start with, and I’m sure I’ll pick up something else along the way. As for
writing, apart from more blog entries, maybe it’s time for a new independent
project; or perhaps I could just flesh out my old papers. I wish I could
bootstrap the hell out of "the Hyacinth Economy", but it seems like I have to address
my medical career first (wish I had come up with the idea while I was in
college, much younger, and with a lot more time on my hands). Time will tell
what happens.
Well, here’s to an
eventful 2017.
God Bless
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