Few days ago,I had the extreme pleasure of meeting a 7 year old Kenyan girl whose dad had just started an ER residency in the US this July.
Our conversation was revealing of the sheer innocence of childhood and the irony of life for immigrant phycisians.
Hey Abi,how are you?
Am fine charles...i love your son,he's so handsome.
Be careful there though,you have loads of competition.
I know...he has more friends than i do...thats unfair!
So tell me Abi,how are you settling down to life in America?
Well,i haven't seen any kangaroos yet,all i see are deers in our backyard!
America has no kangaroos.
So i heard...that's why i miss Australia.I don't know why daddy left!
Sometimes people have to do what they have to do..
I know that.I even prefer Dublin and London although mom says I was too young when we left.
I see.I agree.We lived in Dublin too and it was such a lovely place.
I'm sure it still is,charles.
Sorry,pardon my inappropriate lexis.
That's OK.I know you guys grew up in Africa...it can be difficult...the language thing.
Abi!
I'm sorry,i didn't mean it that way.
Arite...so what would you like to do when you grow up?
Of course i would love to be a doctor!
Why would anyone wanna be a doc these days?
What other profession allows anyone to be born in Kenya,then live and work in Dublin,London,Australia and the USA all before they celebrate their 35th birthday?!
Unfortunately,Abi..that don't count as holiday trips because people struggle with all sorts of uncertainties before they settle down in a new country.
Well,one man's uncertainty is another man's adventure!
So do you ask your dad about Kenya?
Well,all I know is that daddy's so excited about Barrack Obama...
Don't you wish you'd see the safari someday?
Well daddy,lived there the first 26 years of his life and never saw the safari!!
You see..that's probably because he couldn't afford it then...African governments underpay phycisians y'know...
That's so unfair...don't they know that doctors save lives?
Abi,the world is not always fair....
That's a shame.
Well,we have to leave soon.Make sure dad takes you to Kenya to see the safari someday...I'm sure he can afford it these days!
Ok.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Giggles
Mother's shock
A mother enters her daughter's bedroom and sees a letter on the wall over the bed.
With the worst premonition, she reads it, with trembling hands: It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm telling you that I eloped with my new boyfriend. I found real passion and he is so nice, with all his piercings and tattoos and his big motorcycle. But is not only that Mum, I'm pregnant and Ahmed said that we will be very happy in his trailer in the woods.
He wants to have many more children with me and that's one of my dreams. I've learned that marijuana doesn't hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and his friends, who are providing us with all the cocaine and ecstasy we may want.
In the meantime, we'll pray for the science to find the AIDS cure, for Ahmed to get better, he deserves it.
Don't worry Mom, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Some day I'll visit for you to know your grandchildren.
Your daughter, Judith.
Mother fainted!!
When she eventually woke up,she found a footnote she earlier missed which reads as follows:
P.S.: Mum, it's not true. I'm at the neighbour's house. I just wanted to show you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in the desk drawer.
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Cab Driver
A mother and daughter were riding in a cab though New York City when daughter noticed some scantily clad women loitering on a street .
"Mommy," the little girl asked, "what are all those ladies doing?"
"They're waiting for their husbands to come home from work." the mother answered.
"C'mon lady, they're hookers!" retorted the cab driver.
After a stunned silence, the daughter asked, "Mommy, do hookers have children?"
"Of course," the mother replied, "where do you think cabbies come from?" !
A mother enters her daughter's bedroom and sees a letter on the wall over the bed.
With the worst premonition, she reads it, with trembling hands: It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm telling you that I eloped with my new boyfriend. I found real passion and he is so nice, with all his piercings and tattoos and his big motorcycle. But is not only that Mum, I'm pregnant and Ahmed said that we will be very happy in his trailer in the woods.
He wants to have many more children with me and that's one of my dreams. I've learned that marijuana doesn't hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and his friends, who are providing us with all the cocaine and ecstasy we may want.
In the meantime, we'll pray for the science to find the AIDS cure, for Ahmed to get better, he deserves it.
Don't worry Mom, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Some day I'll visit for you to know your grandchildren.
Your daughter, Judith.
Mother fainted!!
When she eventually woke up,she found a footnote she earlier missed which reads as follows:
P.S.: Mum, it's not true. I'm at the neighbour's house. I just wanted to show you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in the desk drawer.
........................................................................................................................................................................
Cab Driver
A mother and daughter were riding in a cab though New York City when daughter noticed some scantily clad women loitering on a street .
"Mommy," the little girl asked, "what are all those ladies doing?"
"They're waiting for their husbands to come home from work." the mother answered.
"C'mon lady, they're hookers!" retorted the cab driver.
After a stunned silence, the daughter asked, "Mommy, do hookers have children?"
"Of course," the mother replied, "where do you think cabbies come from?" !
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