Archive for November, 2008

My last week

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I should probably start by saying that I am safe.  Vellore is far away from Mumbai and it is a very different culture here.  This is such a tragedy for India and its people.  Last night I found out that four of ...

Vanakkam - Hello

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Nalla erukkeya, that is "how are you?" in Tamil.  The pharmacy students that I have been with this week are teaching me Tamil.  It's a pretty easy language to speak, but it is written all in symbols, so I cannot ...

One week down, three to go!

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

So much has happened since my last update!  I can't believe how fast the first week went, and I am sure the next three will fly by as well.   I spent most of last week in the clinical pharmacists in ...

India so far

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I have arrived safely in India.  After a very long flight, we arrived at 1:20am on Saturday. We were then taken by autorickshaw (three wheeled buggy) with all our luggage to the YWCA.  That was quite an experience as it ...