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Just a few of the wonderful people I met in Sydney
Lovely Laura and Gallant Grace were the first two friends I made in Sydney. They had arrived just days before me
from England on six month working visas. Laura quickly scored a job as a waitress in a restaurant under the Harbor Bridge.
Grace worked on her upper body strength by scooping ice-cream at one of the many tasty gelato stands.
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| Grace, Jason, and Laura at the Opera Bar |
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| Laura and Grace |
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| Jason, Grace, and Laura at the All Night Cafe |
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| Havoc at the All Night Cafe |
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| Grace and I at the kids park |
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| Evil Clown at the Luna Park Entrance |
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| Feet People |
Ingrid
I met Ingrid at the Landmark Advanced Course. She was kind enough to invite me out for drinks with her friends
and show me around Bondi.
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| Jason and Ingrid |
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| Ingrid and Friends |
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| Group Shot |
Nour
Another person I met at the Landmark Advanced Course. She is focused on bringing better health care to the women
of Africa. In her words:
The project will focus on a beneficiary community in an African country, Uganda Or
Ethiopia Yet to be finalised.
The aim is to increase the access of medical management to poor women who are suffering
from post-natal incontinence due to difficult pregnancy that had late medical attention.
You see over there women can spend up to 5 days in squatting positions trying to
deliver a baby with a difficulty , that here in the 1st world countries the women just have a caesarean operation and hence
the baby is saved and the mother does not suffer post natal traumas. Over there in countries where medical access is
limited to major cities and mainly to rich people, well buy the time these women get to hospital they would of already developed
a huge hole between the bladder and the other organ that they suffer incontinence in a severe way. Of course meanwhile the
poor baby is dead before even breathing one drop of o2. The baby is born dead which is surely devastating for the mother.
There is an operation that can be done to fix the problem of incontinence, but who
will take next to nothing in wage to work with these poor women, well most doctors study their butt off and pay huge fees
for uni, so I guess they feel it is about time they made some money, therefore not many surgeons would want to specialise
with such techniques. So I am thinking can Australia or other 1st world country sponsor poor smart med graduate to specialise
in such technique on the condition they work with the poor society over in those country.... I also thought of raising money
to buy a specialised equipment to make the whole operation easier so surgeons will have the proper environment to work in,
My role as a physiotherapist would be to dedicate and volunteer my holiday time over xmas and the new years to teach physios
and other lay people if necessary the specific and appropriate exercises and care? management these women should receive post-natal
which is not present so much at present, I guess because it is regarded as pampering and not budgeted for... It is off course
significant and necessary to post operative management rather than merely pampering.
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| Nour and Jason |
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| Nour |
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| Frenchman and Nour |
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| Nour and Big Buddha |
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