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| A view from the trg point close to my parent's house |
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| Presenting in BKK |
It's been a while since my last post, I guess the reason is that I've had trouble finding the head space to think about what to write.... I've had a few wee adventures since the last post. On the work front I've snuck over to Bali for the International Association of Dental Research meeting then Bangkok for the world dental congress. In both conferences I presented a little bit of the work that we are doing to some good critical feed back... I have to say that I was a little bit emotionally fatigued by the time I got back to Australasia where I did some army stuff and managed to get covered in a sufficient amount of mud whilst riding my trusty mountain bike!
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| View of Melbourne from my morning run |
With a little bit of mental reprieve I was able to reflect on some of the riches of life; being able to hang out with my long suffering friends is right at the top of that list. In Auckland I saw my mate Bakes... I was a little bit exhausted and I totally mumbled my words but she knew exactly what I was saying, what a relief after months of clear deliberate speaking. In Melbourne I got to hang out with RG and delve into 100 different ideas and conundrums... A practice we've engaging since we were 8 or 9 years old! In Brizzy I got to celebrate birthdays and argue with one of my BFFs... in a good way... (you know who you are :-p). In Wellington my dear CB made a trip up especially so we could be a little bit dorky together... Pauline opened her house and shared her trampoline, Razya found time despite sick kids and imminent field exercises, Monte put up with my driving while we tried to find a climbing spot, AK especially went out of her way to deliver a birthday package to the little sister, Dors cooked a great curry, and the parentals lent me the car and made sure that my favorite feather pillow was available for sleeping! There are countless others that I ache to see, my friends, you thank you so much for still being there! you are truly the jewels that adorn this lifestyle that I have chosen.
This lifestyle where I posses the qualities of a chameleon... Its in the way that I dress and the speed that I talk and the activities that I undertake. I can still put on my military uniform but in Cambodia I wear skirts. I can still talk at 100 miles per hour but in Cambodia no-one will understand me. I can still dance badly but I need to do it more often... I guess I'm still getting used to adapting my life across Cambodia (work) Australia (study) and NZ (home) but I'm getting there...
- In December; the new graduate dentists from my private practice will be presenting at their very own conference, we'll collect the follow-up data on our new Sealant Protocol, I might take a few days off for Christmas
- In Janurary we have alot happening; two more groups kicking off with the 'Healthy Kids' Strategy making a total of 3500 participating children, the babies in my pilot study (for my PhD) will be 12 months, we'll have sealed 60,000 children and my head might fall off!
- In February I'll need to head back to Melbourne to confirm my candidacy for my PhD...
