Three month itch

For those who know me well, you know that I live by a set of semi-ironic dogma... With tongue in cheek I will state that (1) all those who are slightly outside the spectrum in terms of personality are clearly expressing signs of aspergous* (2) all things in life must stand then 3-month test including men, jobs, houses, countries, and (3) that in all things, where ever possible, bicycles should be involved. 

I have now been in Cambodia for more than three months... It is crazy and fun and challenging and terrifying and engaging and frustrating and rewarding and I couldn't imagine being anywhere else! In saying that I definitely suffered from a three month itch this month. Balance is hard to come by here and each week is dynamically and dramatically different. I am ememcly grateful to be here but I do not want to create the face book effect and report a a dream lifestyle full of selfies (on bicycles) in front of strange landmarks and drinks with friends. Even if my life struggles to grasp balance I want to be able to report in a balanced fashion within this blog. This week was a good week for a three month stock-check... We're good and we're going places... On bicycles... With a slightly obsessive and quirky personality that may or may not be consistent with a slight drop of aspergous!*

A summary of what I am juggling is as follows: Cambodia smile, the maternal child preventive program and my main purpose is about to go to ethical review; SEAL Cambodia, the initial findings if this fissure sealant program will be presented by yours truly next month at a conference in Malaysia; Happy clinic, the NGO clinic that I supervise is going ok although we're about to get a little smarter about it and keep track of our dental students a little better; Timor Leste, I am starting to become involved with the education of Timorese dental therapy students and coming up with a plan for an epidemiological survey and preventive program; miscellaneous research projects, so much more going on... 

Feeling blessed to be in a position to do something meaningful... Now I've just got to come up with a cunning plan so that I can stay next year as well! Remember, for anyone who is interested I'm refining my city tour of Phnom Penh every week so by the time you get here it will be pretty mint... If a little random... +/- bicycles... 

*I do not mean to trivialise the condition of aspergous syndrome and I trust that no offence has been taken by this blog which is meant in jest