Janno Gibbs Hugot Lines

 

Think About It

 

Food For Thought

 

Before and After

 

Before and After

 

AlJahra Hospital

This is where it all began.  The name of the hospital is Al Jahra Hospital, in Jahra Kuwait, the first hospital I worked with in a foreign land - the hospital that honed me and my skills to where I am now. 

From a lowly surgical staff groping his way to the top I became the head of the surgical department in two years' time. And from there, there is no stopping my drive and my appetite for excellence.  

After 5 years I was promoted to clinical instructor, something I was hesitant to do at first knowing that the people I am going to teach speak Arabic. How can you impart knowledge and disseminate information if the language barrier becomes a roadblock and looked like a Damocles sword waiting to fall and spoil my quest for more?  (greatness ... recognition ... promotion)

I accepted the challenge, however ... and the hardships, the rigor and the hard knocks is another long story to tell.

Short Circuit

Fancy gadgets lose their sheen through time.  It's for certain that the new products of today will become old tomorrow.  

Obsolescence .. and the glib-tongued advertisers will bilk the gullible of their hard-earned cash for that is what they're actually paid for: to purvey and sell.  Harsh but true, absolutely!

As people age, they tend to become wiser and can discern wants as opposed to their own needs.  Material things make life convenient for the Juans who can afford no doubt but the hard question stays  - are the recent material comforts really essential in daily existence? 

Here's what I've observed amongst our seniors over the years: our elders no longer crave the new comforts of the present.  

They'd cling to the things of old and their values as if the newer contraptions are a trap with no meaning at all and will discard these non-essentials as they live through their sunset years.