Back to work after a superb dive trip.

 
 So it’s back to work after the dive trip. The clinic manageress in the Taman Melawati clinic called to say one of the aquariums there had emptied itself onto the Persian Carpet over the weekend. Yikes! Fortunately the fish still had enough water to survive so are now temporarily housed in the other aquarium whilst [...]

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Diving in Lembeh Straits, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

 
 What a long but happy day it’s been. The flight was at 6:10 am which meant leaving the house at 4:30 am to catch the flight to Sam Ratu Langi, North Sulawesi. This time there were 19 of us, some old friends from the  Komodo trip and others whom we hadn’t dived with. But as [...]

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The Changing of Guard in a Distant Country

It was with great interest that I watched and listened to Barack Obama’s inaugural address as he was sworn into the most powerful position in the world, the President of The United States of America.
To me it was a historic moment in time which I had to watch Live (wow! the wonders of the modern [...]

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Sarah’s Second Extraction

Yesterday Sarah came in for her second ever extraction. Her mum had texted me on Monday saying Sarah’s two front teeth were loose and Sarah kept asking to be taken to see the dentist!
I texted back saying I could see her the next day or Saturday if it wasn’t urgent. I got another text saying [...]

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A Frustrating and Sad Story

Today I re-started work as a dentist after a week or so studying as an apprentice does, the intricacies of my other business, Logistics. It had been an interesting week learning about the different loaders and containers, going to Port Klang, feeling dwarfed by the huge, huge transporters.
I was ‘accosted’ by one patient who had [...]

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