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Oh that's nice to know indiaskapie! How did you find India? Did you go on holiday or business or visiting friends or family?

I often think of how one of my heroes Gandhiji must have found South Africa as an expat lawyer. It's both a privilege and a complication to be of both worlds. Sheep are cool, some of my friends are sheep lol. I posted a lot of sheep pictures in the thread "Selfmade photos of animals in your country" here.

I wish I spoke Afrikaans, I love the fact it has African, European and Asian words (to put it simply). I'd love to study it sometime. And I'd love to go to South Africa. Maybe even move there.

indiaskapie I'm glad to hear you enjoyed your trip to India, it must be strange to feel "at home away from home"! I haven't been there, but I know it's such a magical country. Some of my favourite authors are Deepak Chopra, Krishnamurti, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (also known as Osho), MM Kaye and of course that old rascal Kipling, I've also read a couple of contemporary Indocentric books (I just loved Animal's people by Indra Sinha and Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - I recommend that last one to you, it has a really cool Indian-African link I connected to, myself being part Asian in Africa) . I am also looking forward to finding a good version of the Bhagavad Ghita, it's the one religious masterpiece I haven't had the pleasure of studying.

I'm not a doctor yet, I will be in a year's time (or two), God willing. How do I make time? I stop studying sometimes, I stop the rat race sometimes - and I do it on purpose, because I find Med School to be a highly competitive, brain-washing institution that perpetuates the systematic production of robot doctors who are programmed to keep population sick and in debt. I'm sorry, I exaggerated a lot, but they do demand that you not think for yourself, just memorize what they say and follow medical protocols that have more to do with economic flowchart activity than individual wellbeing and ethical behaviour. It is also a wonderful career, an incredible learning experience, and possibly the most beautiful job anyone could ever have. So I'll stick to it, even if just to make sure my family members get the very best care possible, regardless of existing within a system. Let me put it this way - I'm infiltrating the system and need to detox periodically.

Really, I am not too into conspiracy theories, but I have seen things I don't like and already quit on those grounds before - I have come back in my 30s (after working in other fields) and am much better prepared to learn, but not be erased while learning. Sorry for that long explanation! Right now I don't have practices but I do have some exams in January. I don't have any lectures to attend as such any more but I will probably have some guard duty in hospital, that sort of thing.  It's going to be an interesting year!