man, machine and pineapple upside down cake

If you spend the next 25 years of your life trying to figure out the connection between man, machine and pineapple upside down cake...you probably go insane in 25 days. Luckily this didn't happen to me, athough some who know me or have read this blog may have conclude I m not so right for deciding to stay almost 9 months in Uganda. This equatorial country has the same time for sunset and sunrise. It simply never changes unless there are rain clouds in the sky. Hrmmm sunrise and sunset...reminds of a couple movies I really much appreciated watching...call them chick flicks..but nevertheless a well made film. The average Uganda may have a harder time understanding what these films mean (its all in the conversation), but I got one do appreciate the subtle meanings and interludes in life. Not to say that i don't enjoy the occasional action film..re Fifth Element which apparently was a major hit with the local here during our regular weekend film nites.

The shear humanity present was wonderful...well enough to fit a small living room, but hey even if the staff at the hospital don't appreciate the film nights being organized, at the patients in the wards are taking advantage of the occasion for some entertainment. It gets pretty boring at the hospital at night...few lights, no entertainment, no vending machines, no TV, no other places to go to at night. Again the official Uganda bedtime is 10pm. WEll if the patients appreciate a movie night, more than the staff and actually show and behave themselves...then more power to them and I say continue supplying the event.

And patients at BCH should appreciate even more the hospital than just free movie nights, as of a few weeks ago, we got regular X-Ray and Ultrasound services, partly thanks to me of course, and much thanks to a duet of Swedish techicians who came here to train the a hand full of staff on using such advance technology. It use to be BCH only had X-Ray Ultrasound services every Thursday when a technician came, but now with our own staff trained to do basic techniques, we got it everyday. Oh and my part....well I was the one who diagnose and fixed the X-Ray and Ultrasound machines just before the training to allow our staff to be train. Oh yes....a failure in Physic 101 and I was still about to figure out what was wrong with the X-Ray and Ultrasound. Albeit, the solution was simple, and problem easily identified, but it took some ingenuity. I never knew a common paper clip can be use to fix an 5000USD X-Ray machine and 500USD Ultrasound. In the end, I guess I did save the day..but then who am I kidding...if I didn't do it, some1 else would have.

Hey, outta all these events, it was suggested I look into a career in radiography...man and machine....problem solving....technical skills development and teaching. Not a bad idea..certainly something to keep in mind. I really need to get back to school. I simply don't have the refined skills and qualifications needed to move on. But what to study and where to go? Now these questions alone can take the next 25 years to answer...and after what I ve gone through...last five years seraching the world for something to do....and to have another 25 years....it could be too much.

Whch is how I came to this one solution, the solution to everything: Pineapple Upside Down Cake. ALways a hit, unless your allergic to pineapple or wheat or eggs. But caramelized pineapple with sugar and a splash of rum....what can go wrong with tat...oh zzzz...I burnt the pineapple...fzzzzk shizzzzz...[Deleted by Right to Censor].