Finland, here we came!!!

These culture differences between malawian behave for white people is somehow unbelievable! Saturday we invited our a friend to come to eat with us if he want, we didn't say to him that we will pay the food but what happens is this: we ate and had fun together, chatted and everything was nice. I ate first time really good beef, usually they are so dry but this one was really good one. Ok, then when we were paying our check and we of course all pay our own bils, but somehow this boy didn't have even at all money with him what was quite weard to me. Of course I was a bit sorry to him, and felt like he was using us... To me it would be okey if that boy would say at the first place that ”I'm sorry, but I don't have money” so then we could have go to some cheap place and pay the bilt for him, but who will come to eating with your friends to a restaurant without having even money and expecting that your friends will pay it? It just isn't fear. Why don't you just be honest and say that sorry I don't have money?

Also one thing I don't understand, there is so many malawian and african who wear really nice clothes. And when I asked this boy that where does he bought his clothes he told me some pretty expensive shops. So, why does he spent his money for clothes and then doesn't have money for food? It's that the ego is so big that you have to wear nicely and look good, even that you don't have money. Seems to me pretty odd, because in Finland people were nice, new clothes when they can afford them not so that after they have buy them they are p-a. Even that I am white doesn't mean that I am rich, I also have to work really hardly to get money.

Monkeys in Zambia

Okey, now some nice news. Our journey to Sambia was just so awesome! But I also felt that I was too little time in Sambia, I didn't really saw much there for so little time. So, our Safari trip to Botswana was really nice, but if I would do it again I would do only 1 day trip there. First we went to a boat safari and we saw like hippoes, elephants, lizard, crocodiles,.. It was pretty nice to be there, and the view was amazing to taking those photos on a boat.

LIONS

CROCODILE

Tiny little less than 1 month old elephant baby!

Then we went to eating and after eating we went to game drive for 5 hours. Well we had one stop but it was already pretty long game drive. We saw much and much of animals there but after 3 hours I felt pretty sleepy so I felt that 5 hours maybe was s bit too long without real brakes. We saw lots of animals there like a elephants (again), bumba, TIMON!!, a leopard, antilopes, lions, mating turtles etc.

Then we did went to back to our camp. Yes, we did stayed in to the WILD! Our camp was at the center of national park and it was amazing. First when we came we had to put on our sneakers that scorpions won't bite you. And then we sat with a bonfire light and ate without even seing what you have on your plate. Hahahaha, that felt a bit funny to me, when I always like to see what I am eating to get more delight for eating. Only one thing wasn't so nice in this safari tour. The second day we went to a game drive like 6.30 and drove about 3 hours. Then we went back to camp untill 16!! So we were at the campus first eating a lunch and then just taking 3 hours sleeps because we just had to wait that we can go back to Sambia. That was pretty odd to me. I can't understand why the first day was so full of safari trips and then the second day only one?! Why we had to wait like 6 hours at the camp? Can't understand!

Our camp in the national park

lovely elephant

Transport from Sambia to Malawi was perhaps my scariest bustrip in my Africa trip. First we went to that bus deposit at 4.30 am because that bus was supposed to live at 5am, but because this is africa nothing works correctly so the bus left like 7am. So we waited 2,5hours in the bus!!! Already feeling very very sweaty. When we finally left we found out that the driver has to be malawian driver. He drived like a crazy, like he was late for somehing. So we just hear toot when we reached every curl and saw some cows or other animals running away from our bus. That roud seems to me to be like a serpentine roud and really small, so I did felt a bit bad. When we had our stops we had only time to go to pee but not buy anything to eat so I was REALLY HUNGRY when we finally reached Malawi. We also had some problems at the border but luckily we didn't have to go back to Lusaka like the man there first said. We just waited for a while and then everything was great. After they had securitychecked our bus so we could continue going to Malawi. I was very thankfull for God that He sent angels to save our journey back to Malawi, it was pretty scary. And so that you will understand me how fast driver did drove was like this: when we left Malawi and went to Sambia that trip took 13hours, with some short stops. And when we came back and stopped like 2,5hours at the border that trip took only like 12hours, so as you can see he drove only like 9,5 hours! The trip distance was about 720km! So it was really fast!

This week we have only relaxed and stayed at the pool for swimming and just hangout. And at the weekend we went to one orphane house to helping the nannies for playing with the kids, feeding them ans so oon. We also bought some food ans milk powder to the kids and we had awesome time there. I also have finally realised or at least I hope that it's this what have been in my heart past a few weeks: poor, small kids. I want to help them so I have been thinking of that I would come after I have graduated and help these kids. God has put them into my heart <3

This last week has been kind of sad. Everytime I met some friend she/he says that it's our last week, our last saturday, or last sunday, or last monday etc. And everytime I feel very sad. It has been so amazing experience to be here that I don't really wanna go back!! Well, of course it's very nice to go to back and see your family and your friends, but somehow I feel that my heart is here. It melted when I was here, so I feel that it may stay here... at least until I come back. It's so weard that first you miss your home and now you don't even wanna go back to home. It's even so nice that when we were at Lusaka, Zambia and came back to Malawi we felt that we came back to home. KCN has become our home, it feels like home and that feels it's so great. I have learn and see and feel so many things that I can't even put on words, but definetly life changing experience.

Maybe most things what we have missed is fridge. Yes, we haven't cook for 3 months so maybe our skills are on rusty :D Can you imagine we have to eat our for 3 months?! Oh, how horrible is that :D haha, at least now we have real big shock when we go back to home and see that it really is different! We have to cook because it's really expencive to eating out. First when I am going to arrive to Finland I am so going to drink real milk! Not anymore powder, real milk! And yoghurt! That's also what I am missing. I have eat only two times yoghurt and that happened so that I pay it and then take a transport back to hostel and eat it immediately.

Also it's very very very nice to sleep withour malaria net!!! I am so bored with it :D Every night I have to put it and if I feel that I have to go to toilet then I have to crawl away under the net and after toilet back under the net :D Also the dust is so awful. I have to wear shoes all the time or else my feet will be very dusty because floor is made with stones.

It's also very nice to take a shower without wearing shoes :D Yeah! I have took a shower with my shoes almost 3 months now! And when I am going home probably it will feel weard when I don't need to put shoes. And there will be warm water!! WUHUU! The problem is that when it's hot then also water is hot, and when it's cold like rainy days then water is also very cold. So then you don't feel that you want to take a shower, even that you are sweaty. So it's pretty nice to go home and take nice hot shower and go to a sauna, that is what I have missed some cold rainy days. Sauna, my dearest friend :D hahaha. At least we did find Sauna here in Malawi ;) In crossroad hotel!!!

men catching mangoes!!!! AH, I love them!

And at the end of my blogg I have to say that I have really enjoyed to writing this. Now my 30hours journey back to home will start. I am so missing Malawi, my new dearest friends,... Africa has totally stolen my heart! I love it! Ah! God bless our journey that I will get home safetly! :) It was funny that we were joking with Elina last weekend that now we have our SUMMER holiday and when we are going back to Finland then we have our WINTER holiday! So, winter holiday here I am coming!! Missed Finland but kind of feeling that I would like to stay longer!!

111m bungee jump and other activities at Victoria Falls

I have forget to describe this heat what we have faced in Malawi past 2,5 months so let me do it now. When we woke up at the morning it is really hot, even though we have sleep with our windows open. So when we drink our morning tea and put our uniforms on it's coming pretty warm. But that warm is nothing comparing to that heat when we walk to the hospital and then I am feeling so HOOOOOOOT that I am fully covered with sweat. That feels like I would have really big pee on my pants or maybe better way to say I feel like I am like ”uitettu rotta” like Elina said, that means in english ”drowned rat” :D Some evenings the sweating is so bad that even that I take as cold shower as possible and after a few minutes I am again covered with sweat, so I feel like I would even took a shower except my hair is still wet :D Those days I just want to lay down on my bed and don't move even a muscle, sometimes it helps and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't help then I am going to take three to four showers in those evenings :D :D :D hahahaha. This heat is sometimes too much for me. Anyway this is challenging and I like it. I like the heat but without sweat,! I don't like to wash my clothes everyday :D

Okey two weeks ago we joined one students lesson. In this class there was something like 180 students! All those students were part of one class! Amazing how many they were :D Actually in kcn there is first year students in one class about 200, second year students about 180 (those whose lesson I did joined) and third year students about 100 etc. So classes in Malawi are REALLY BIG ONCE! Teaching methods are pretty much same as we have in Finland except that these students must do all the time presentations that is how they learn and when they are doing presentation teatcher is interupting them ALL THE TIME. Or that teacher was... :D His voice was just like a microphone! And I think that he was a bit rude to students like when one student was saying something and of course when there is almost 200 students she should almost yell that everybody can hear her so teacher said ”WHAT?! I can see that your lips are moving but there is coming no voice out! Could you please say something! Your voice is as loud as mices voice!” That is so different! I can see status different between malawian student and teacher and finnish student and teacher – and it is huge! In Finland you can doubt about everything what teacher say and ask for arguments but in Malawi you couldn't even think about doubting what teacher have said even that you were thinking if that really is true! :D

When our holiday started also rainseason started :D hahahaha! That is so my luck! My first holiday day I went to crosroad hotel's swimming pool and I swam smth like 3 hours and then started to rain, so we thought with Elina that when it is raining should we just wait that rain would stop or perhaps should we took some beauty salon services – and so we took some manicure and pedicure ;) what a lovely holiday start was that :D just relaxing when a lady was masaging my hands ;)

feeling tired for travelling 13hours in a bus..

Unfortunately there wasn't any other people going to Victoria falls and South Luangwa National Park so we took our own trip to Lusaka by bus and continue our trip from Lusaka to Livingstone by bus. (And we also saved something like 700€ when we took our own trip to Sambia!!!) Actually the trip to Lusaka was about 13hours sitting in a bus from Lilongwe to Lusaka! And from Lusaka to Livingstone about 7 hours. First bustrip was quite interesting, I had my big bag with me and because it's africa in a bus racks were really small once so our bags couldn't fit there, so we had to sit with our bag at our legroom for 13hours! And ofcourse there was also some food bags under our sits so that they did fall to our legroom's while we had sit there something like 5 hours.. so I can tell you – there was basically no space for legs at all!!! :D After sitting there for 13hours and going to Lusaka backpakers get a dormetory room it was REALLY nice to just lay down and eat! Yeah, we did stop maybe few times but we didn't really have big stops so that we could really eat something. Actually our biggest stop was at the border where we had to first check out from Malawi and then we went back to a bus and drove maybe 50m?! And then we had to chek in at Zambia side and of course change some malawian kwachas to zambian kwachas so that we could pay the visa. Yeah, it was quite funny afterall. We were thinking with Elina that why we just didn't walk that trip? Why we have to drive that 50m :D

As soon as we reached Zambia I saw the difference between Zambia and Malawi and how poor people really are in Malawi. In Zambia there is even double-decker houses and even apartment buidings! So amazing! In Malawi I have seen only ONE apartment building and that was that 5 star hotel at the Lilongwe. And now in Zambia there is so many apartment buildings! Amazing! Second thing what I saw was of course when we are girls – shopping malls! SHOPPING MALLS!! There is nowhere REAL shopping malls in Malawi! No where! But now when we drive through Lusaka's center we saw at least 3 BIG shopping malls! And then third thing was lights – there is lights. Much of traffic lights and of course street lights when it's dark just like we have in Finland, but in Malawi no way! When it's dark there is no people anywhere, no lights – nothing. But now when it was quite dark when we came to Lusaka there was much of people at the streets and lots of street lights and much more cars! So I was thinking that how can anyone have a culture shock in Zambia, in Lusaka if even we haven't got any in Malawi where life is REALLY different than what we are used to. Zambia seems to be more westernized than Malawi, even people are dressed more like in western countries. Zambia is really much more richer than Malawi, I hope that there is not so big breach between rich Zambian people and poor Zambian people. I feel that in Malawi there is some rich people but most of the people are with average circumstances and then there is much poor people but I feel that there is not so big breach between people with average circumstances and poor people in Malawi. I hope that I felt right way :) After being in Lusaka 1,5 days we continue our trip to Livingstone. It was much more enyouable trip – only 7 hours in a bus with 2 small 10min stops. We stayed in Jollyboys and it is really nice place to stay. Actually it is quite international place – almost all who did stayed in Lusaka backpakers did went to Jollyboys as well. We stayed there in a private room what was really nice. And there was also a swimming pool! Not that I would really need it when it was quite cool, but of course I had to use it just because we had one at our lodge!

Victorian Falls – amazing even between dryseason and rainseason! Just so awesome! It's definetly worth to see even in a dryseason! If you ever get a change to came to Zambia or Zimbabwe you have to go to see them. It is so worthy! They said that after rainseason Victoran Falls are really full of water and you even can feel the water when you are walking at the top. It was a bit clammy even that there was not so much of water so I definetly wonder how clammy it would be in the spring or June when it is full of water?! We also saw the difference between one day of raining and it was huge! First there was only a couple of waterfalls here and there but now we saw quite many of them in one spot! Amazing how much 12+hours raining would really do to the waterfalls!

When I went to Malawi I knew that in Victoria Falls you may do some activities but I wouldn't NEVER EVER believe that I WOULD DO BUNGEE JUMP! To be honest I did seriously think about doing it about 3 days before. One of my teacher in KCN had told me but I wasn't really thinking of doing it for real. Just joking like yeah right I will do that when we are going there. But when I talked with my friend who did encourage me to do it I started to thinking about it for real. And when I heard that two guys from Australia was going to do it then I was seriously thinking that I would join them. So one thing leads to another and so happened that I booked my ”air package” at monday morning and so happens that I did do bungee jump very first time in my entire life! Ah man! Our air package included zipline, bungee jump and bridge swing. Never ever scared so much and never had so much fun at the same time! It was like winning my fears! First I do the zipper – so I did went from Zambia to Zimbabwe with a zipperline. It was pretty cool as well. And the view was so amazing at the middle of the trip! Then second was bungee jump. I still can't believe that I did jump 111m upside down! Actually I did scream even before jump so I could say I did really SCARE! Hahaha. But afterwards it was so amazing - even that I had to keep my eyes closed because otherwise I would throw up because of all swing and dangle upside down :D I did open my eyes once and then I felt so nausea and that I would soon throw up so I had to close my eyes and focus that I wouldn't :D. I was first women who did bungee jump and I was proud of myself! I am the winner.... lalalalalaaa!!! :D Everyone who know me know that I am very easily encourage to do something crazy, extreme and wild things :D I quess that I am kind of YLLYTYSHULLU!!! :D Never wouldn't believe and the pictures look so unreal – me jumping?! WHAT?! OMG! I DID IT!!!!!

zipline from Zambia to Zimbabwe

swing

111m bungee!

swimming when it's heavenly raining :D

I also enjoyed the rainseason on my own way – swimming on the swimming pool while raining! Hahahaa! That is really crazy Finnish girl who definetly enjoy doing crazy, awesome, extreme, wild things like bungee jump! COLORADO you are next! :D Also something crazy happens to Elina – baboon stole her bag! :D Hahaha! It was quite fun after he had took all her stuff out of the bag and ate two lollipops. We were wondering with two australian guys that why did baboon took Elina's bag when she had only 2 lollipops which doesn't really smell at all while the other guy had an apple and other guy had some müslibar?! Maybe he just smell something and Elina was good target?! :D Anyway when baboon had eat all Elina's lollipops he went away and then Elina got all his stuff back :D Well, all her stuffs was on the ground and her bag was up-side-down but anyway, baboon didn't broke anything what is really good. Luckily Elina did gave her bag to baboon because one man told us afterwards that this baboon is a bit dangerous – it may also bite if it doesn't get the bag, so luckily Elina did gave the back to it!

Yesterday we went to Livingstone Island walk and afterwards we ate very nice perhaps our FIST real breakfast in Africa. :D First we got a free transport to one 5 star hotel and what a shock was it when we came to that hotel and heard first time in 2,5 months finnish! And it also felt very weard to talk finnish :D haha. Then we took a boat ride to vic falls top and the view was really amazing! First I wasn't going to swim because it was a bit cooler day, but because our guide told us that it is once in a lifetime experience to swim in a devil pool so I decide to do it even that I am not really really good swimmer but I do enjoy it. Water was pretty brown because it had rained day before yesterday about 13hours! Water flow was pretty high there and there was only a few ropes at the edge of vic falls, what also makes it feels a bit dangerous and same time quite fun! Only that we didn't really saw where rocks are because water was brown so we had to swam exactly after our guide. When we finally reached the devil pool I was a bit nervous.. ”öm,öm,öm... You want me to jump to the edge of vic falls?! Without anything saferopes or anything?!” But because one spain girl did jump there I also did. And then I saw that there was really some big rock what make us staying in a devil pool and not to fall down with water falls :D Ugh, it was pretty crazy to swim at the edge of vic falls! I wonder how someone had got enough
courage to jump there to find the devil pool? Nature had made it anyway... :)

I was planning to post my blogg yesterday but unfortunately we got really big blackout what tooks perhaps 2hours! It was maybe longest one we had got here for now, actually we had got longest blackouts here in Zambia than we have faced in Malawi! In Malawi we have got only maybe max 1-2 min blackout but now we got about 2 hours blackout!! :D But it was pretty nice just to hangout and in a candlelight and chat with our new australian friends :) And planning what to do for next days ;)

And today was also quite nice day. We took a helicopter flight over victoria falls! And what an amazing view it was. It took only about 15 min, but it was worth it. It was also our first time to be in a helicopter. Helicopter did arise much faster than an aeroplane but it was quite nice and noisy! :D hahaha. Tomorrow we are planning to do some volunteering here in Livingstone in some orphane home :) Like reading a book or playing with kids.. <3 Let see what we can do, how much do they understand us :) I am also planning that someday I will come back for a couple of months for volunteering in a orphane home, that would be my dream to help these poor kids who doesn't have parents anymore. Most of orphanes are orphane because of HIV/AIDS. Parents have died

for AIDS..

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Amazing, confusing, life changing life in Africa!

I can't believe that these amazing, life changing experience in Malawi is soon coming to the end! I have only 2 days clinical practice left and then only 2 weeks holiday! What a shame is that! Everyday I love Malawi and Africa more and more. Past few days I have been thinking about what am I gonna do when I am at home, my whole life is different now. I don't really know what I am gonna do in my life, but I know that these experience was just the beginning of doing something great for God. He has showed to me so many things here, my heart is so so so BROKEN.. These people here in Africa are so poor that they don't have clean water and they cant afford for buying food or water, so how could they afford buying clothes what we are sending to them from our countries for FREE. I wouldn't NEVER EVER think that they have to buy those clothes... But the thing is that even that these people doesn't have money they are happy! You don't really see anywhere people who would look really sad, or depressive or anxious. I wish that people could feel so accepted in Finland, than I feel when I am here in Malawi. Everyone is everybodys friend, you don't have to go anywhere alone or without talking to nobody, there is always someone who to talk with. Because people do talk with random people! Most of the people are so full of life that we should take as an example how much better life would be without material. Seriously if you would compare a child with a brick-toy and a child with a superfancy electrical car and hundreds of other toys, you will see the difference. I have seen the difference. And it is HUGE, there isn't enough words to descibe it! I don't really know what to say, my mind is so confusing right now... I don't know should I laugh or cry, at least I know how much God is taking care of me, how great He is!

Okay, that was maybe a bit depressive so let me tell you something funny. Last weekend I went to my friend's room just to say hello to him. He was playing chess with his friend. We talked just something random, and somehow the subject did came to me. So my friend sayed smth like ”she is getting fat” and the other boy said ”no, she doesn't look like that” and my friend ”oh, yes he is! You didn't see her when se came to here!” I was having so much fun, I did laugh for these two boys conversation about my weight! If they would have this conversation in Finland I may be would be a bit hurt, but I was just laughing to them. The thing is, men like more girls who are fat. Or that's what students have told to me. If you are fat, you are able to get a good man. How odd is that! I think that men are thinking also that if woman is fat she has money, and maybe also the other way.

So last weekend there was a disco in our campus. My friend asked me to go there, so we went. I haven't been dancing like that since I gave my life to Lord and I think that in Finlad if someone ask you to go there you would go there with him and then you probably wouldn't dance together. So I wasn't prepare to dance with him! I didn't understand that of course you have to dance with him when you are going to the disco with him... so I did dance a few songs with him but my disco ended pretty fast because someone hit me on my BUT! And it really hurted. Anyway I didn't feel very well there because I was only white girl there so I felt that I am on a spot because everyone was staring me. So I decided that this was it, I wanna go to sleep.

2 weeks ago I was in a burns unit, it was really great week! Even that the ward was pretty quiet I did enjoyed to be there. I did saw really huge wounds, I haven't EVER seen so big wounds before. Some of them was a bit gross but I don't know why somehow I just wanted to stared the wounds :D One man had a wound on his lower leg and the leg was about three times bigger than the other (bloated)! I am not going to describe how it did looked but I can say that some sensibles would ran away and I just wanted to stared that wound....hahahaha. Weard, I know. Last week I was in ICU that's intensive care unit, and I felt that it is more like monitoring room. First students didn't really record much of patients but then when the nurse in charge did said about that so they had to change a tactic. Students anyway feels to be really lazy, or maybe it's not just students rather all malawian's! They wake up really early and then they drive like crazy to get to work and when they finally are there then they just sit and watch some videos, play games,be in facebook or chat! It's just so odd... I had one patient with one student so we did bedbath to her and that took maybe like 2hour at first day because qualified nurse must see that we can do it. So we did that, and then after that student said to me that she is so tired. I was so suprised, in Finlan we would do those like maybe with 6 patient. So I was really suprised that how she can be tired when we had done only one bedbath. Anyway it was really nice to be in ICU, and see what is intensice care in Malawi. Actually I found out that most of those patients are there because of the husband. My patient was lying on the bush about 2 days because husband was trying to kill her. So nurses and doctors said to me don't get married if you don't want to end up like this. Hahahaha, very funny!

Hmmm.... Liwonde! Oh my gosh, it was amazing! We did saw so many animals which are in jungle book and lion king! I was even a bit feeling like I am female Mougli :D We did went there by minibus, because we don't wanna spent all of our money for taking a couch and big busses leave when they are full so you maybe have to wait something like 3 hours, like we did when we was going to Dedza few weeks ago. So we took a minibus, and it left like 30min after we went there and it took only 4,5hours to Liwonde. So it was pretty ok. Even that it was totally ful, and there was some foodbags and a bike behind us and a woman next to Elina couldn't lean on back rest :D haha. We haven't still get any bus drivers who would drive like a crazy – maybe because I always pray before we leave that bus driver will drive us safetly to and nothing bad is going to happen. And he has drive quite safetly and nothing bad hasn't happened. And that is not just a coincidence, not for 6 times contiquous!

When we arrived to Liwonde we did call to Liwonde safari camp to pick us, that was the place where we were going to stay. They did pick us, with a real safari car! How awesome was that! ;) That place felt just like we would be in the wild! First night we went to a sightseeing towel where we could see the elephants and other animals, if they would past us. It was a bit scary but at the same time excited when it became really dark and we heard some noices all over us but didn't see anything. We stayed there something like 3 hours but elephants didn't came. Unfortunately I did slept in a bed where was ants..pretty much, so they marked my left hand :D But I didn't mind, next night I just change the bed. In that safari camp there was no electricity so, we did have to use only candles and our flaslight. Somehow darkness made me feel tired so I was fully sleep when it was 10 o'clock! And then I woke up at 6 and I was fully awake :D At Saturday we went to game drive and it was fun. We did saw elephants and lots' of bumbas and some bambis.... it was so much of fun. But the heat, it was just so awfully hot! But luckily we had a bar where we could took cold drinks and of course showers, but there didn't came so cold water..but anyway it did fresh a bit. At afternoon we took a walking safari with a guide of course! We did walk just so close to elephants that I was pretty freeking out. The guide said that if he say that we must run then we must really run. But luckily elephants didn't see or smell us so we didn't need to run. It was so amazing excited! :D

Last night I did went to sleep like 9 o'clock and then I was fully awake at 4.30! And sun was shining already! So I get up and went to sightseeing towel to taking pictures at 5 o'clock in the morning!!! I haven't NEVER EVER wake up so early, some days I have go to sleep that time but never woke up :D amazing how I have became early bird when it is so fully agains me! :D 4.30! Omg, what is wrong with me! Hahaha.. I would say that in that safari camp there was only one minus – ordering food takes soooo long. Like at sunday we orders a breakfast 20 past 5, and it took something like 1 hour to make them for us. Of course I do understand that they have to heat anthrax, but anyway.. So we were a bit because of our breakfast did came so late. We took a boat safari at sunday and it was also so great. We saw hippoes and weard birds, and crocodiles! At the river there was also much of fisher men, and the view was so amazing! Ah... I can't waiting untill next weekend when we are going to Sambia to Livingstone to see Victoria falls and animals.... Ahh. Let the picture's speak for one's part!!!!!

Dedza

Ok, I have to repost this my dedza-blog because I don't know how but somehow it had desappear! Luckily I did have saved it to my laptop because I didn't write it all at the same time :)

Ok, now I have wrote 1,5months in finnish so maybe I'll now write in english even though my english isn't as good as it could be... So to my international friends I was couple weeks ago at Blantyre and we, I and my finnish friend Elina, visited Gift's house. We met Gift's sisters, mum and grandma. Mr. Sozela was preaching in Mzuzu (that's at north) so we didn't met him. But hopefully we will meet him someday or at least I will! Travelling with bus to Blantyre was quite excited! We went into a bus about 7 o'clock at the morning, and we waited and waited and waited...untill the bus was full of people and a bit more. Then we left and we stopped like 7 times in every small villages where was some men selling what ever they had – fruits, drinks, potatoes, mangoes,... Even that we stopped a lot journey was only about 5,5hours! I didn't scared being there maybe because I did said to Lord that He should send angels to make sure that no car will crush on us! Well we didn't and I am totally fine, still. One girl from norway went to Zomba that same day and she said that it was really scary and she prefer to take a couch! When we came back to Lilongwe we did took a couch. But it was far too expensive in my style. Well, of course we have to pay ”white peoples price” so we paid almost 3 times more when we came back to Lilongwe than when we went to Blantyre! But everything else was ok, and there was so many different places where to visit and what I want to see so I think that I will go there when I have one week time for writing exercise :P

Elina got a txt from a friend who is having exchange period in Belgia. Some midwife had told to her (Elina's friend) some really ”wild stories” about her exchange period in Africa. So she asked to Elina if Elina have see something wild and crazy nursing things here. Wild and crazy?! What? Maybe it's just that we haven't got any lucky to see anything REALLY wild and crazy nursing things here or maybe some european girls are just so sensitive..? The wildest and craziest what I did saw was a boy who had been in burning house, so he was really burned. His black skin was red and pink and some part was also burned black. But I didn't think that it was gross, I think he was cute even that he was burned. Or maybe wildest and craziest thing is that there is 2 to 4 children in one bed, but they looks very fine there. They all have gardians and most of them doesn't look so ill. Not if they get right treatments.. so I wonder what is this wild and crazy things this Belgian midwife had her experience in Africa?? Maybe in labourward? :)

This weekend we went to Dedza, and how nice small town it was! But how much we had to wait in Lilongwe that the bus would leave! We waited first 2,5 hours that the bus would get full and leave and when it finally left it stopped first time after 100m (?) that some ppl could buy some snacks etc what those men were selling... Well, at least the trip took only about 1h to Dedza! When we arrived to Dedza there was many ppl who did stared at us. Sometimes when I get so much attention I feel that I am wearing something stupid but I quess that the reason why they stared was just because we are white? Maybe there is not so much of white ppl visiting in Dedza :) When we arrived there we decided to go to Dedza Pottery where you can buy handcrafted ceramic things (cups, figurines and other statues). Near Dedza Pottery there were some art shops which we also visited and bought some really nice handmade postcards. Elina took a minibustaxi to Dedza Pottery but I didn't want to spent so much money for travelling there so I took a bicycletaxi! And let me say it was so FUN! I laught for the whole trip to Dedza Pottery which was maybe 4km. The bike was like some ”tandembike” but just that I didn't have foot pedals so that poor black guy had to do really hard work to transport me to there :D Oh I hope that I would take a photo of that so you guys could see how much of fun I had! :D Luckily there was only one rise (where I did walk for a while) so the driver didn't need to do so much work.

We came back with minibus and it was also really fun! Haha :D As I have already told you they always pack full of ppl in every vehicles. So I (and my bags) was sitting in one really tiny space in minibus, and we left when minibus was so full that there was no empty spaces. With minibus it took about 2 hours to travel to Lilongwe, so we saved about 2 hours! And there was about as much space to your legs than in a real bus, so it was ok to me.

We saw two girls from Mozambic when we came back and they said that here is so much more garbage! So maybe there is some places in Africa, where they don't throw all garbage outside..? The way how we recycle here in our hostel is that we just put all our garbage in a bin and then a cleaning lady or man burn them. Pretty different than in Finland! :)

Btw, Mangos are so so so DELICIOUS here! I just have to eat them everyday untill I go back to home.. they taste so much better here! But I wonder, why mangoes are readier in Blantyre and even in Dedza than in Lilongwe? I always have to keep them about a few days untill I can eat them because they are not exactly ready when I buy them in Lilongwe. I wonder why, when it is even a bit hotter here than in Dedza or in Blantyre..!

We just realised that we have anymore 6 weekends left!!!! Oh man, how fast time is flying! Hope that I could stop it so I could spent more time here ;) hahaha... well, I'll be back... someday in a future! :)

Malawian wedding!

Yesterday we went to traditional african weddings where my friend was a bridesmaid. In africa weddings starts usually about 8am in a church ceremony and then there is a huge break untill 2pm when the wedding really starts. Well, of course they are so different than in Finland! First of all in some weddings all bridesmaids and a bride are wearing same clothes and they are dancing one at a time. They all are having a fruitbasket and they are ”trying to sell” the fruitbasket (and their self) to a husband. Of course a husband refuse untill a bride comes. Then when he have accept a bride and her basket then a bride will go to change her clothes – some fabric what a husband is wearing. And my friend told me that the one who is deciding the fabrig is a husband's parents. This wedding where we were they wasn't so traditional, a bride was wearing a white dress just like in Finland. But of course there was much and much of dancing, and throwing money to the baskets or just throwing money to the air where some ppl were collecting them. In these wedding they were ”selling” bridesmaids,flower girls and boys. And when somebody have ”bought” them then they can go to sit down. These malawian wedding was all about just throwing money. They don't bring any wedding presents this money throwing dancing thing is ”the present” for the couple. One part of the money is going to the wedding place rent, one part for guards and rest they will keep for theirself :) Wedding started about 2 pm and ended smth like 5pm. So it was 3 hours just throwing money! No food, no snacks, no drinks, nothing like what we think that wedding is about! So so so DIFFERENT! But it was very nice to see how it goes here! And of course even that malawian ppl doesn't have much money they will save many many months so that they can buy really nice and fabulous dresses to weddings! There was so many ppl who was wearing like really nice dresses or suits! Just AWESOME! Malawian people are really investing to weddings that everything is going to be perfect. They will save money for dresses, they will take photos of married couple + bridesmaids + flower girls and boys. I can imagine how long time they have to save money so that they afford to have the wedding.

Past week have been quite cold after +35°C degrees (when I did burn my scin first time). I think that it has been smth like +20°C past week and first time in this whole trip I had to use a big blanket! I have use like 1,5months only a small blanket but now even that we did keep our windows closed I had to use my thick socks! When outside is cold then water is also really really cold, almost like icecold water. I didn't wanted to even wash my hands when water was so cold. But ah how great water felt yesterday after showering in a cold water when we finally got hot shower! Ah, that was just so great. But of course ”cold weather” is not only bad things!! After 1,5 months we did went to a aerobic, and of course because I am always doing every excercise really seriously so I did that too so I had really REALLY painfull stomach muscles! I think that maybe I haven't got so painfull stomach muscles after work-out! :D It was so painfull that I couldn't stand with staight back or lay down and strech after it! :D We also went for jogging at Friday morning (8am) when it was so nicely cold. I had went to walking once before at 6.30am but it was so so hot after half hour that I decided that I could not do it untill it's really cold. So at Friday we went to jogging and we did found out that here in malawi ppl are not really jogging at all! They were all just stairing us when we jogged. So maybe if we would go at 5am when sun is rising then there wouldn't be so much stairing eyes! :D But it was really nice to jog after not doing almost anything for past 1,5month. And I am pretty proud of myself when I did have strengt enough to jog for about one hour! :)

Last week I started my clinical practice in hospital adults wards. First I was in surgery ward, well of course there was some confusing things when I didn't have any clue where is students so I tried to find out and when I finally found out it had took already 2 days, but it was ok to me. I went to male surgery ward (yes, here in malawi they have classify some wards for female and male). There was studying first year nursing group so I found out when they did some mistakes what I wouldn't done. But it was nice to see that I have learn something :D (and of course say it to them when they did something wrong) It was very nice when one student wasn't able to fix iv-line so we had to put a new one. And I had to try it first, it was my first second time in my life so my hands was just shaking and I was so nervous (I don't really understand why they were like that! It always happens when I do smth for first times) So then iv-canula didn't went to vein so we had to stick that poor man twice and even thirt time untill I made it ! WUHUU! :D Oh, you should had to saw my face after it, I was so proud of myself :D :D I found the vein even that he was black man! :D hahaha. Onyl one thing what I didn't like it in surgery ward with this group was just that they spoke most of the time chichewa and I understand it only couple words so I missed very much of their conversasions. This week I am in burns ward and at least this group is very nice and they are speaking much more english than the other group!. It's really nice place to be in burns ward. I can have a change to do lots of wound dressings, playing with kids etc. Even today there was some really cute little boy who did follow me. First he was a bit shy but when he saw me second time he just yelled ”AZUNKU!!!!” and run to me :D Then he took my hand and rub it to his face and hair :D hahaha. I think that he just wanted to feel how doesn white skin feel like :D Ah, how cute! :) <3

Blantyre ja kotikäynnit malawalaisittan ;P

Nyt tuli sitten nukuttua ekaa kertaa ihan ”kunnon” Kaisa maiset yöunet, siis 11h. Oli niin hiton kuuma, niinkun täällä on nykyään kokoajan, että oli vaan pakko maata paikallaan ettei vaan tulisi hiki. No tuli kuitenkin, vaikkei mulla ollut mitään päällä. Ihan vaan sen takia, että jos joku sattuisi kävelemään meidän ikkunan vierestä laitoin yöpaidan näkösuojaksi :D Viime perjantaista lähtien täällä tosissaan on joka päivä ollut semmoset ihanat 35°C! Ihanaa on mennä kylmään suihkuun joka ilta ja päivä ja joskus aamusinkin. Haha. Kun tultiin tänne 1,5kk sitten kävin suihkussa jokatoinen ilta, nyt kun lämpötila on niin korkea niin tekee mieli vaan olla suihkussa! :D

Viikko sitten lähdettiin extemporee Elinan kanssa Blantyreen. Päätettiin se illalla ja aamulla jo klo 7 oltiinkin paikallisessa bussissa odottamassa että ihmisiä tulisi ja bussi lähtisi. Täällä paikaliset bussit siis lähtevät vasta sitten kun kaikki paikat on täytetty + pari seisomapaikkalaista otettu kyytiin. Eipä siinä, saatiin sitten oottaa 1h! Elinan malawi-kirjassa luki että bussimatka kestäisi 4h, no mitä vielä myöhän pysähdytään jokaikiselle pienelle kyläkaupoille jossa siis kauppiaat tulee siihen bussin viereen ja sieltä voipi sitten ostaa mitä nyt tekee mieli. Bussista käsin, ikkunoista kaupankäynti sopii vallan mainiosti :D
 Pysähdyttiin ehkä semmoset 7 kertaa matkan aikana ja Blantyreen sitten saavuttiinkin n.6 h myöhemmin! Veikkaan että pysähtymisiin meni ainakin se yks tunti yhteensä! Laitoin Giftille sitten viestiä, että ollaan menossa Blantyreen ja olisi mukavata nähhä hänen perhe. Ja sit mentiinkin ekaks yöksi Giftin perheen luo ja nähtiin hänen ihanat siskot, äiti ja isoäiti. Oli muuten hauskaa nähdä Blantyren markkinoilla kaksi suomalaista tytöntylleröä, joihin tutustuttiin keväällä vaihtoon lähtijöiden valmennuspäivillä :)

Giftin perheen talo oli kaikinpuolin ihastuttava, ja mie niin nautin kun VIHDOINKIN ei ollut meteliä ollenkaan. Pelkästään luonnon ääniä, kanojen kaakatusta ja tepastelua, ja muita elukoiden ääniä, mutta mitään autojen mölinää taikka kauheeta musiikki jumputusta jota täällä kampuksella sitten saapi kuulla joka ikinen päivä kun malawilaiset opiskelijat heräävät klo 6 ja bassot kaakkoon. Niin mie vaan sain nauttia siitä rauhallisuudests! Ah, miten ihanaa <3 Ainoo, ehkä "huono" juttu mikä tässä Giftin perheen luona vierailussa oli, että meistä tuntui niikun oltais jotain herttuattaria, kun meille vaan tehtiin ruokaa ja me syötiin omasta "valkosten pöydästä". Meillä oli omahuone, oma suihku ja vessa,.. En tosissaan tartteis mitään erikoiskohtelua, me ollaan ihan samanlaisia kun nekin! Verta ja lihaa, ihan niinkun nekin!

Oon alkanut epäilemään, että täällä koululla ”juorut” leviävät kuin kulovalkea aikanaan.. Välillä kun sitä törmää johonkin ihan tuiki tuntemattomaan, jota ei oo täällä kampuksella ehkä nähnyt tai ei ainakaan tunnista joka tietää sut paremmin kun itse tiedätkään. :D Mm. kaikki sanoo meille että ”you guys have so much stuff” :P Kerran myös Elinalta joku ihan tuntematon tulee pyytämään lainaksi hiustenkuivaajaa ja joku toinen tyyppi halusi lainata jotain dvd:tä mitä Elina kattoo. Kun paikalliset tietää, että meillä on paljon tavaraa, niin ne myös tietää mitä tavaroita meillä on! 

Kun suomessa on tottunut siihen, että jos joku kysyy että mitä teet sinä ja sinä päivänä ja jos sanoo että eipä oo mitään suunnitelmia, miksi kyselet niin sitten sitä yleensä suomessa osataan sanoa suoraan miksi kysellää, ”koska ois kiva nähdä” tjmv. No yks poika kysyi multa ja sanoin sit et miksi kyselee niin vastaus ei ollutkaan se että ois mukava nähdä vaan mitäs muutakaan kun pitkä hiljasuus ja sitten voinko soittaa sulle myöhemmin takasin?

Nyt on lastenharjottelu suoritettu, ja ihan sika ärsyttävä juttu kävi kun tossa pari pv sitten kävin pyytämässä yheltä norjalaiselta tytöltä yhtä kuvaa, jonka olin ite ottanu sen kameralla ja jonka se oli nimenomaan LUVANNUT antaa mulle ni mitä vielä: ”I am so sorry, but I deleted it because it was so sad” ARG! Nää norjalaiset on kyllä niin prinsessoja, kultalusikka suussa kasvaneita varsinki nää kaks hienohelmaa. Siinä kuvassa oli poika, joka oli ollut tulipalossa palanut siis tosi pahasti. Sillä oli 3-asteen palovammat. No, musta se oli tosi söpö poika, vaikka olikin palanut ja se oli tosi surullinen kuva mutta se on sitä elämää täällä. Nää tytöt ei pystyneet edes mittaamaan sen pojan pituutta, joten mä tein sen. En edes jaksanu kysyä että onko niin vastenmielistä ottaa yks mitta. Huoh. No ihan sama, koitan ens vkolla mennä salaa ottamaan lapsista kuvia, jos saan. Harmittaa vaan, kun siinä kuvassa näkyi oikeasti elämä täällä. Ja se poika hymyili siinä.

Pitkäaikaissairaanhoidon harjottelun suoritan sitten osin kotikäynneillä. Viime viikolla olin yhden ryhmän kanssa tekemässä niitä, ja niiden kotikäynnit oli tosi tylsiä. Siellä oli KOKO ryhmä + vapaaehtoiset + opettaja eli yht. n. 25 ihmistä kuuntelemassa mitä potilaalla oli vikana. Eli kaikki 25 siis ängetään niihin pieniin taloihin, ja kuunnellaan mitä potilaalla on vikana.. Täällä tosiaan kotikäynnit hoitaa suurimmiltaosin vapaaehtoset, joita on alueittain n. 10-20, joista vaan 5 on koulutettua! Ja siellä ne vaan jako niille jotain lääkkeitä, joita kukaan ei tiiä että mitä ne on... Kyllä hoitajiakin on, mutta kuulemma vain 12 koko Malawissa! Kotikäynnit tapahtui siten siis tän ekan ryhmän kanssa siten että ne vain pelkästään rohkaisi potilaita mennä sairaalaan hoitoon, rohkaisi hengeliseen elämään, roihkaisi ja kannusti, ja yhdelle antoi lääkkeita, mutta ei oikeataan mitään muuta. Tai ainakaan mulle ei kerrottu, että ne ois mitäään muuta tehnyt! Tulkkaus oli tosi huonoa, opettaja tulkkas yhtenä päivänä tähän tyyliin ”nyt vapaaehtoinen kyselee oireista. Potilaalla on vatsakipua ollut pari viikkoa. Kävi sairaalassa ja sai lääkkeitä siihen, mutta ne ei auta. Nyt vapaaehtoinen rohkaisee potilasta käymään uudestaan sairaalassa, siellä hän saisi hyvää hoitoa. Nyt vapaaehtoinen kysyy hänen hengellisestä elämästä, rohkaisee hengelliseen elämään....” Opiskelijat vaan kuunteli ja vapaaehtoset oli ne jotka kyseli ja kannusti. Sitten kun yritin kysyä että miten ne rohkaisee ja kannustaa. Miten ohjaa gardiania ymsyms. Ni ei oikein saanu vastausta. Ja paras oli kun vapaaehtoset antoi jotain lääkkeitä ja kysyin että mitäs lääkkeitä ne antoi niin opettaja sanoi ”I think that painkillers” Haha :D Että aika hirmu vaikeeta on kun ei ymmärrä mitä ne puhuu, vaan yksittäisiä sanoja ymmärtää ja saattaa tajuta asiayhteyden, mutta kaikki muu onkin sit hepreaa..

Nyt sitten alotin toisen ryhmän kanssa tän home based caren. Ja pakko myöntää, että paljon mukavampia ovat! Ja nää jopa kirjottaa muistiinpanoja :D Eli helpompi seurata, kun voi lukea ne muistiinpanot ni vähän ymmärtää missä mennään, ja sit nää kun ohjaavat gardiania hoidossa, niin samalla tekevät jotain pieniä hoitotoimenpiteitä. Ja sit vielä kun kotikäynti on ohi niin yks poika miulta kyseli, että mitä ohjeita antaisin ja sit kertoi mitä ne oli sille kertonut. :) Paljon kivempaa siis. Ainoo vaa, että nää kaikki lääketieteelliset termit ei ihan oo hallussa, mut onneks on sanakirja ni voi sit aina tarkistaa mistä on kyse ;)  

tähän loppuun laitan vielä pari kuvaa tuosta afrikkalaisesta mekosta ja siiitä paikasta, missä niitä tehdään. Itte ainaskin tykkään :) 

Hullut malawilaiset.. :D

Awesome God we have! Noniin.. sanotaanko näin että en voisi olla ONNELLISEMPI kun Isänäni on Taivaan Isä, joka pitää huolen pikku-Kaisasta täällä Afrikassa vaeltaessa. Koettelemuksia on ollut yksi toisensa jälkeen ja joka kerta Iskä on pitäny huolen että mie selviän ehjin nahoin! Wuhuu! Ennen kun alotan kertomaan, mitä tapahtui viime vkloppuna kerrottaneen sen verran että KIITOS HERRALLE! Miun vatsaoireilut on ohi! Kyllä rukouksessa on voimaa! Meinaan viime viikon torstai-iltana mie rukoilin ja oikeen käskin vatsaoireiden häipyä, ja seuraavasta päivästä tai oikeastaan jo siitä torstai-illasta lähtien oon ollu terve! Oon niin onnellinen :) Oon saanu sit olla tällä viikolla joka päivä harjottelussa joka on ollu ihan huippua kun edelliset 2vkoa sairastellut ja vaan 4päivänä päässy harjotteluun. Norjalaiset tytöt ja Elina on kans sairastellu, ja kaikki on sit nyt antibiootti kuurilla paitsi mie. Elina syö miun antibiootti-kuurin, koska mie en sitä halunnu syödä kun ei lekuri mittää vikaa löytäny ni en iha huvikseen antibiootteja popsi menemään. Kyllä loisetki häädetään kun vaan rukoilee!

Viime sunnuntaina olikin sitten se aivan karmea päivä.. eka kävin International Bible Fellowship Churchissa kokouksessa, ja kyl oli muute hyvä kokous! Ja kansainvälinen. Siellä oli azukuja siis sali täynnä! :D Se oli African bible collegen sunnuntaikokous jonne siellä opiskelevat siis tuli kokoukseen, ja ehkä sit sen takia niin paljon valkosia..? No joka tapauksessa tosi lämminhenkistä ja mukavaa porukkaa. Kokouksen jälkeen oli jopa mehukestit ;) (niihin en oo aiemmin törmännyt täällä...) No sitten soittelin norjalaisille tytöille + elinalle että mite ne aikoo ja näin. Oltiin sovittu että mentäis yhdessä katsomaan Black Missionarieseiden keikkaa. No, kävikin sitten niin että tytöt jumiutui uima-altaalle eikä jaksanu lähtee sieltä ja sit ku vihdoin lähtivät olivat nii poikki ettei jaksaneet liittyä miun seuraan – veri nais! No ei siinä mittää. Mie aattelin, että voinhan mie olla sit tän yhen ”kaverin” kanssa siellä, siis yhden mustan miehen. Tää ajatus sitten osoittautui TODELLA huonoksi ideaksi, koska selviski että tää tyyppi oli tai on minuun ihastunut tjn. Sen illan aikana tää ”kaveri” halus sit tanssii ja sit illan tiivistyessä ni se meinas kerran halata/pussata minuu en tiedä mitä, koska säikähdin nii et hyppäsin varmaa kolme metrii ilmaan ja peräännyin, enkä päästäny sit sitä enää miun lähelle :D Onneks oli uskovamies, ni ymmärs minuu tai ainakin esitti ymmärtävän ku sanoin etten haluu mitään tämmöstä. Ja kavereita voidaan olla, mutta ei mitään muuta.. No kaikki hyvin, säikähdyksellä selvittiin. Mutta aika ahdistavaa siellä keikalla oli...ihmiset tanssi eroottisesti, varsinkin kun siellä oli pari valkosta naista ja kun mustat miehet niitä ympäröi...tuntu ku ois baariin mennyt – yök! Ja vaikka Black Missionaries laulaa gospelia ja ihmiset (ainakin suurinosa) on uskossa, niin silti ne ryyppää siellä keikalla ja käytös ja tanssi muuvitkin sit sen mukaisia... Mie olin nii varautunu et heti ku joku yritti lähennellä vaihdoin paikkaa tai lähdin pois tanssimasta.. :D hyihyihyi. Ei enää yhellekkää keikalle, jossa tarjoillaan alkoholia!!! Nii josset tienny, ni alkoholi ei oo mun juttu enää ku uskoon tulin 2v sitten.. :) I can have fun without alcohol! And much more fun when I remember what I have done ;) No, mutta sain kuitenki todistaa näille ”kavereille” että mitä Jeesus on tehny miun elämässä ja minkä takia en juo enkä polta enää, en käytä mitään päihteitä. Joten siis tosi siistii oli sit kuitenkin vaikka vähän ahistavassa ilmapiirissä, iha ku baarissa ois ollu :D

Huomenna sitten on The sound of worship, joten äänekästä Herran ylistämistä sitä nää afrikkalaiset ainaki osaa!! ;D Jepjep. Ainiin... malawilaisista yleensä oon huomannu yhen tosi oudon yhtälön. Siis malawilaiset (tai ehkä afrikkalaiset kaikki?) on tositositosi hitaita liikkeissään. Kaikki tehdään sika hitaasti ja aina ollaan myöhässä joka paikasta. Taksi kuskejakin saa oottaa vaikka kuinka kauan. Yhden kerran odotin 1,5h taksi kuskia ja kun ei näkyny päätin kävellä. Taksi kuski tuli 2h päästä ja suuttu mulle ku en älynny soittaa että en tarvi sitä enää.. :D No, onneks oon löytäny yhden luottokuskin joka on ajoissa ja joka ajaa rauhallisesti, et jos tarvii johki mennä ajoissa ja ehjin nahoin ni tätä kuskii sit käytetää. No mut sit se jännä juttu. Kun malawilaiset pääsee auton rattiin ne kaahaa ku HULLUT! Ihan niiku niide ois pakko painaa kaasu pohjaan ja ajaa niiku ketää muuta ei maailmassa oiskaan. Jos joku auto (tai kevyen liikenteen kulkija!!) tulee eteen ni kaasu pohjaan ja tööttiä vaan. Jossei se tyyppi kerkee alta pois ni jarrut pohjaa ja sit täytyy väistää vasemmalle, ku muuten tulis törmäys. Että aika kaheleita ovat. Ja sit ku ne on päässy sinne töihin tai minne menevätki ni sit taas ootellaan puoltuntii – tunti ennen ku jaksetaa mitään tehä. Mitä hiton järkeä siinä on?! Eka kaahataa ku hullut, niiku hengestää haluis päästä ja sit ku perille päästää ni ootellaa! Nää on siis tosi laiskoja, sairaalassakin hoitajat vaan istuskelee ja oottelee ja läksyttää ”guardianeja” että vauva oksenti tai kakkas tai pissi, ni voisitko siivota sotkut.. Hoitajat ei tee mitään mitä ei oo pakko tehdä. No me ollaan onneks sit saatu viettää paljon aikaa lasten kanssa, silitellä ja leikittää niitä. Guardianssit on niin väsyneitä että ne ei oikeen jaksa. Ja tuntuu itestä ihan kauheen pahalta, kun lapset ja vauvat on niin pieniä, jollon ne kaipais just sitä että niitä silittäis, pitäis sylissä, halais, näyttäis et niistä välitetää..mutta sit ne vaan makaa ja toljottaa sairaala sängyllä ja aina ku joku niihin koskee, ni se on jotain kamalaa, joka sattuu. Siinä meillä onki oikee etuoikeus olla täällä ja antaa aikaa lapsille ja koskettaa niitä, halia, jutella niille (vaikkei ne kyllä mitään ymmärrä). Ihan vaan se, että oot lapsen vierellä ja katot sitä silmiin ja kerrot että kuinka se on tärkee merkkaa paljon.. :)  

Norjalaiset + Elinan kanssa syömässä..ja ooteltiin melkeen tunti ruokia, vaikkei muita asiakkaita juuri ollu...