Sore arms and Belly Dancing
02nd March 2010
I’ve just got back from the Gps surgery, having seen the practice nurse who went through the programme of inoculations for High Risk areas such as Sabah and Sarawak in Borneo. Two small pricks later, and I’ve had typhoid, polio, tetanus, Hep A and Diphtheria protection.
I also booked dates for my Japanese Encephalitis jab in two weeks, and sorted out seeing the GP to fill in a medical form for my insurance and visited the pharmacy to obtain information for which Malaria Tablets I need to take with me.
All this was done in under half an hour. And free, no cost at point of delivery so far.
This isn’t luck; this is down to the excellent health service that we have in the UK. And no wonder Barak Obama wants to introduce the same in the USA. It is hard to imagine what it must be like living in a first world country, which doesn’t have an inclusive health service for its population.
It also brings to mind what conditions are like for the indigenous population in Borneo. Malaria is such a killer and is not alone. It must be extremely difficult living in such poor conditions for people to avoid such diseases, the prevention of which, we in the west take for granted.
I’m looking forward to experiencing new cultures, and am not one for shouting about health issues, but I’m not looking forward to witnessing the poor living conditions which obviously exist in Borneo. Still it is part of the experience, so bring it on.
I’ve had some wonderful feedback from the girls of the Egyptia Dance. I first came across these beautiful ladies when they were performing as part of feva last year. I took some very vibrant images, and vibrant really sums them up really.
Beverley Smith who runs the group was very helpful in getting together with me to do a shoot on Sunday. For ages I’ve been wanting to capture some images which shout movement, and having spent many hours admiring Terry Cryer dance shots, which are mainly Jazz orientated, I wondered how I could make it happen.
The Feva shoot certainly sowed the seed, and it has taken until now for me to get my act together and we did the shoot on Sunday morning. The highlights are on flickrHere here and I am very pleased with the results. Lit with two soft boxes and using rear curtain flash, I think I’ve achieved what I set out to get.
Beverly and her girls seem very pleased to, great feedback from them, and this has been very much a two way street. I couldn’t have done it without their massive enthusiasm. Thanks Girls, many many kisses, to go with the ones I left with on Sunday!!!
I also booked dates for my Japanese Encephalitis jab in two weeks, and sorted out seeing the GP to fill in a medical form for my insurance and visited the pharmacy to obtain information for which Malaria Tablets I need to take with me.
All this was done in under half an hour. And free, no cost at point of delivery so far.
This isn’t luck; this is down to the excellent health service that we have in the UK. And no wonder Barak Obama wants to introduce the same in the USA. It is hard to imagine what it must be like living in a first world country, which doesn’t have an inclusive health service for its population.
It also brings to mind what conditions are like for the indigenous population in Borneo. Malaria is such a killer and is not alone. It must be extremely difficult living in such poor conditions for people to avoid such diseases, the prevention of which, we in the west take for granted.
I’m looking forward to experiencing new cultures, and am not one for shouting about health issues, but I’m not looking forward to witnessing the poor living conditions which obviously exist in Borneo. Still it is part of the experience, so bring it on.
I’ve had some wonderful feedback from the girls of the Egyptia Dance. I first came across these beautiful ladies when they were performing as part of feva last year. I took some very vibrant images, and vibrant really sums them up really.
Beverley Smith who runs the group was very helpful in getting together with me to do a shoot on Sunday. For ages I’ve been wanting to capture some images which shout movement, and having spent many hours admiring Terry Cryer dance shots, which are mainly Jazz orientated, I wondered how I could make it happen.
The Feva shoot certainly sowed the seed, and it has taken until now for me to get my act together and we did the shoot on Sunday morning. The highlights are on flickrHere here and I am very pleased with the results. Lit with two soft boxes and using rear curtain flash, I think I’ve achieved what I set out to get.
Beverly and her girls seem very pleased to, great feedback from them, and this has been very much a two way street. I couldn’t have done it without their massive enthusiasm. Thanks Girls, many many kisses, to go with the ones I left with on Sunday!!!
