Freezing fingers and the distance prevented any better picks, but you get the idea. Their speed and jumps looked like great fun.
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Ray of light
Thank God the sunniest day of the week just happened to be sunday. So off I were out and walking already at eleven. And so were twenty thousand old people. Later came kids with their parents. The joy children can have over playing in the snow and riding their sledges. And then there are some grown ups, who do it their way.
Freezing fingers and the distance prevented any better picks, but you get the idea. Their speed and jumps looked like great fun.
Freezing fingers and the distance prevented any better picks, but you get the idea. Their speed and jumps looked like great fun.
Sunday, 19 February 2012
GPH
Remember the scene from Diarios de motocicleta where young Ernesto "Che" Guevara chooses to treat patients with leprosy in an unorthodox way - as humans. A similar story can be told from Nepal. But to appreciate it you must understand what it means to be stigmatized.
A rural society is based on some ground rules. You're all more or less dependent on eachother. Weakest link easily weakens the whole surrounding. Add to that the caste system which states that people are unequal, no questions asked.
Leprosy is a communicable disease with a terrible echo. It was already mentioned in the Old Testament. Getting it pretty much meant sure but slow death. And because most people don't want that, the easiest way to prevent it is to get rid of the guy with leprosy. This is not purely an act of mean individuals it is also a survival method. So practically anyone carrying it are excluded from the society, forgotten and left on their own.
Nepal has a special place in my heart and any news from there is welcomed. Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, treats leprosy patients. Or as one of the staff members told me they serve the patients. These outcasts get cured not only physically but also to some extent spiritually as well. Questions of self respect, zest for life and meaning to it all are frequently faced inside those hospital walls.
The news I received were mainly positive. Hospital is up and running. The patient influx has increased and some renovation has been finished. Although there's much to do the original spirit is still there.
Green Pastures Hospital is run by INF. (The virtual tour is much cooled than my picks.)
A rural society is based on some ground rules. You're all more or less dependent on eachother. Weakest link easily weakens the whole surrounding. Add to that the caste system which states that people are unequal, no questions asked.
Leprosy is a communicable disease with a terrible echo. It was already mentioned in the Old Testament. Getting it pretty much meant sure but slow death. And because most people don't want that, the easiest way to prevent it is to get rid of the guy with leprosy. This is not purely an act of mean individuals it is also a survival method. So practically anyone carrying it are excluded from the society, forgotten and left on their own.
Nepal has a special place in my heart and any news from there is welcomed. Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, treats leprosy patients. Or as one of the staff members told me they serve the patients. These outcasts get cured not only physically but also to some extent spiritually as well. Questions of self respect, zest for life and meaning to it all are frequently faced inside those hospital walls.
The news I received were mainly positive. Hospital is up and running. The patient influx has increased and some renovation has been finished. Although there's much to do the original spirit is still there.
Green Pastures Hospital is run by INF. (The virtual tour is much cooled than my picks.)
Happy Birthday
Thing's have been packing up lately.
This month has been just as cold, snowy and dark as the previous one. Luckily there's cause for celebration. That is to say I have no idea how to party over someone whose been dead for decades.
One of my absolute favourite authors is Charles Dickens. His villains are truly bad, heroes innocent and there's always a happy ending. Some of his novels were originally published in newspapers as serial stories so you can find twists and turns as the story goes along. My favourite it A tale of two cities. Unfortunately Andrew Davies hasn't go his fingers on this one. Yet. So I'll post a wonderful scene from Little Dorrit. Britain's got talent.
This month has been just as cold, snowy and dark as the previous one. Luckily there's cause for celebration. That is to say I have no idea how to party over someone whose been dead for decades.
One of my absolute favourite authors is Charles Dickens. His villains are truly bad, heroes innocent and there's always a happy ending. Some of his novels were originally published in newspapers as serial stories so you can find twists and turns as the story goes along. My favourite it A tale of two cities. Unfortunately Andrew Davies hasn't go his fingers on this one. Yet. So I'll post a wonderful scene from Little Dorrit. Britain's got talent.
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Fair summer's eve
When streams of light pour down the golden west,
And on the balmy zephyrs tranquil rest
The silver clouds, far - far away to leave
All meaner thoughts, and take a sweet reprieve
From little cares; to find, with easy quest,
A fragrant wild, with Nature's beauty drest
-John Keats-
Thursday, 2 February 2012
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