Week 8 of being an intern at the World Health Organization
I have been an intern at the World Health Organization (WHO) for over 7 weeks now, with about another 5 weeks left to go. I’d like to share how my internship is going to date, but first please note...
View ArticleInternship at the WHO Week 10 of 13: the dust has settled
Well here I am. Ten weeks ticking over at the WHO and just three left. How do I feel? Sad that it’s ending, happy that I still have a little bit of time, amazed that it has whirled by so fast and...
View ArticleTrust on the train from Geneva to Lucerne; beautiful Switzerland
The sunlight streamed into my room on Saturday morning as my phone woke me from restless resting. I wasn’t really asleep, I was half up but not really doing anything either. On the other end of the...
View ArticleCarnival craziness in Lucerne, Switzerland
The day that I visited Lucerne, this past Saturday, also happened to be the day of carnival. Carnival is celebrated in many countries around the world, particularly Catholic countries as the main...
View Article“noT all th0se who wAnder are Lost” : LOve day 2oI3
There is love to be found in all kinds of places, not just the conventional. Love is within each of us and we need to find the things which help us to bring it out in ourselves. It’s a journey. Mind...
View ArticlefALling In loVE
Some of us may spend our whole lives searching for That Thing. Others of us may not even try, or life may not have given the opportunity to look, for That Thing. That Thing which makes you come ALIVE....
View ArticleFirst light of the last days in Geneva
I woke early this morning. The crowds of people in my apartment had departed in a blur of sweet thoughts and good wine last night. Or was it sweet wine and good thoughts; I fail to remember. The days...
View ArticleFollow the white rabbit: Swiss chalets, skiing and sunsets in the Alps
There is a scene in the Matrix where Neo’s (Keanu’s) computer tells him to follow the white rabbit, so he does. Sometimes the adventures which unfold in my life can be an impulsive response to a call...
View ArticleIntuition and meeting the author of Shantaram, Mr Gregory David Roberts
INTJ: introversion, intuition, thinking, judgement. Someone asked me tonight how I would sum up my year so far in just three words. Wow, what a question — what a year! The thoughts swirling around my...
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Tonight I find myself in a very different environment to those of the past few months; in the sterile and yet liberating space of a hotel. I could be in any country in the world, these spaces are all...
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