First up, let clear one thing up! It would appear that from some of the comments left on my blog I have something of a reputation! It has been implied by my good 'friends' Catherine and Angela, that I some way am enjoying being 'waited on' hand and foot. Let me say here definitely, and catergorically that I am!
Anyway back to this week. It started on Sunday when I preached at Holy Trinity Cathedral for the first time. I preached at both the 8am Communion and The 9.15 Family Service and as only myself and the Rector were at both I used the same sermon, though slightly shortened for the early birds. This went really well and from the comments I received after was enjoyed by the congregation.
The passage was 2 Timothy 2vv1-7, where we are exalted to pray for everyone, especially our leaders. this is very apt for us in Pakistan at teh moment as President Mussharef seek re-election and there are many political movers. Much prayer for the situation would be appreciated.
Monday dawned and I decided that the toothache had now reached a point at which I needed to do something about it. So after obtaining a recommendation from Lubna, I was whisked away to seen Prof Ambreen no less. Who turns out, not only Professor of Ordodontics at Karachi Medical school, but also a teaching Fellow at New York University! Only the best for my mush! After X-ray and a little gentle probing, an infection and the need for a root canal filling was diagnosed and then the fun began.
I was prescribed anti biotics and an appointment made for the Wednesday to start the procedure. The nerve was so badly infected that copious amounts of anesthetic was needed before I couldn't feel the water from the drill, and then 2 and half hours of drilling and filing followed. The nerve was removed, and Prof Ambreen was kind enough to show it to be before she disposed of it!! I thankfully had taken my glasses off so could only see a blur.
I then had to return today for stage two, which involved another two and a half hours in the chair and more X rays and drilling and filing. Just a note on X rays, is it just me that gets a little worried when everyone, apart from me gets to leave the room before the X ray happens!!
All that is left now is a return on Tuesday for the permanant filling and then another trip in a couple of weeks to have the crown fitted. Oh what joy.
Add to all of this I am now teaching Y11 GCSE Geography! I have never done this before and have some what been thrown in at the deep end. Thankfully, my old headteacher from Trinity is a Geographer and I have been in contact with him and he is feeding me with some very helpful things. And I have to say that so far so good I have had 4 lessons this week and they have all gone very well.
The Fish and Chip Supper went well last week and although my team only came second, it has to be pointed out that the first two rounds happened whilst I was getting lost looking for the venue!
We have a neat trick here were a road can carry on even if there is a large house and a mosque built in the middle of it. Therefore finding the end of Khayaban-e-Badban, doesn't necessarily mean that you can drive all the way to the other end uninterupted by buildings! I did eventually find the venue and a pleasant evening was passed.
For those reading this and worrying about the effect that fish and chips might be having on my waist line, I can report to the food police that I have lost at least half a stone since arriving here 5 weeks ago and that the downward trend appears to be an established one.
The next job is to get my wig trimmed, the warm climate means that it is growing a little more quickly than normal and so is now starting to look unruly. Unfortunately, the warm weather is not causing hair to return to those parts of my scalp wherein it has already abandoned, which is a shame really!
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2 comments:
I laughed so much when I saw your bit about geography, and thought of Will who had to teach electronics whilst doing the course himself and not having the best of reputations in this house for taking torches etc apart and not being able to put them back together again, anyway his tutor gave him sound advice, remember the student has no idea what you know and you will always be one step ahead of him. I presume that's unless you have some child prodigy in your class who can run rings around you.
Loved the idea too of you being waited on, have a picture in my head of one of those old black and white movies where the mem sahib is lounging in a hammock, being fed grapes and fanned by a servant, is that far from the mark or is that you?
Glad to hear the preaching went well, never thought it wouldn't, it's a gift of yours I truly miss here.
Sorry about the tooth, Bill has just finished months of the same kind of treatment, they even wanted to invite him to the dental staff christmas party, he's become such a regular in the dentist chair.
Hope it gets better now. Lots of love Gwennie x x
No one to feed me grapes unfortunately, and the AC unit has replaced the punka wallar but the picture remains a good one!!!
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