07.02.2024 / Public Health Rotation

07.02.2024 / public health rotation 🌸🌻🌺🌼🌹🐝

got myself swabbed (negative!)

meeting with local district leaders

took a nap

cycled around (10 kilometres😊)

tadarrus

seblak dinner with my new friends (we had to go through rice fields and dense orchards in the dark for these)

make stunting workshop material (2.5h)

meet a little soldier with her Stance

🎧 - illusion, aespa

my strava log :)

i’ll yap more tomorrow its 1 am i need to sleep

More yapping:

Yesterday i woke up quite refreshed, which was such a rare feeling. Me and my team prepare ourselves for talking to the district leaders. It took so long and i was kind of pissy because one of those guys smoked in a closed are with the AC on! Douchebag.

After that we go back to our headquarters and rest. I took a nap. At dusk i went out cycling. I cycled though the ricefields and orchards to the main road and went to buy milk and vitamin c supplement. I came back around maghrib.

happy sunday!!!! we have a parturient today so my partner and I are doing shifts every 3 hours to monitor the fetal heart rate and contractions of the baby. it’s my turn now to labor watch until 1pm, then I’ll probably study again. did a serious study session in the OR pantry from 7am-10am because I wasn’t able to study yesterday.

I did self-care stuff and pampered myself (got a facial, hair treatment, etc etc) which I thoroughly enjoyed!!!! the bliss of taking care of one’s self to a date. I also cleaned my condo unit and did a huuuuge chunk of laundry and that made me very happy!

for tonight I’ll probably go through what I studied today, revalida style, fold clothes, and maybe gym or study some more whichever I’ll be in the mood for tonight. good things, good things. last 14 days of clerkship!!!!

people who don't know anything about academics: man y'all are stuffy and boring what's up with that? actual academics: *too busy fist-fighting each other over the beryllium problem or the existence of a dentistry profession in ancient egypt to reply*

One of the worst parts of current internet culture is that it makes good old fashioned complaining so difficult. I don’t wanna cancel anyone or bully anyone, I’m not trying to form a hate mob I’m not calling anyone out, i just wanna bitch about something. Because complaining is fun, good for you, even. Is that too much to ask? Where is the room for shooting the shit?

FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN IN HONOUR OF MY SISTER’S BIRTHDAY!

Today, July 3, would have been my sister Mariam’s 22nd birthday. She was with my father in Gaza and went missing in October, with no one being able to locate her since. We consider her one of the many beautiful martyrs that became buried under the rubble and are unable to be properly accounted for.

Mariam was the most important person in my life, I miss her every second of every day and it is important for me to use the love I will always have for her into helping the people I can right now.

To honour her memory this year I am hoping to raise money for 3 specific gofundme campaigns:

Dina and her children (CAD)

Noor and Alaa (euro)

Ayman and his family (USD)

These are all fundraisers with very few donations, and ones I have personal connections with. From today until July 31, I am hoping to raise as much money for them in Mariam’s memory.

General Donation Overview:

I use ‘€’ for the currency in this post, but it is the same equivalent for $ USD/CAD (€25 is $25 etc) depending on what gofundme you donate to

Make sure to send your proof of donation directly to me (through asks or messages) and make sure the date, amount and gfm are visible. If applicable, please also send me a mailing name/address

Every TWENTIETH (20th) donor will receive a handmade Palestine themed item (must be comfortable giving a mailing name/address)

For every €1,000 raised I will donate €20 to each fundraiser (all I can afford right now, but amount is subject to change as my financial situation changes this month!)

Specific Donation Amount Rewards:

€5-24 donation - you will have my never ending love and support :)

€25 donation - you will receive all of the above AND I will send you a handwritten message in a card with this medieval Palestine flag print design on it from @werewolf-transgenderism! (support Miles on inprnt here!!)

To receive this you will need to be comfortable send a mailing name/address for the envelope. If you want a different name/something specific in the card let me know! (I will send anywhere)

€50 donation - you will receive all of the above AND be entered to a brand new copy of either the book Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani or The Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish

2 winners will be chosen, book choice will be first come first serve for the winners. You must be comfortable giving a mailing address (I will ship anywhere)

€150 donation - you will receive all of the above AND a handmade Palestine themed item (without having to be a certain donor number)

Gofundme Goal Rewards:

If Dina’s fundraiser reaches $2,000 CAD - I will attempt to cook my way through The Gaza Kitchen (I have an older edition) and document my journey/share recipes

If Noor’s fundraiser reaches €2,000 - I will start a virtual book club for books by Palestinian authors (if this happens I will figure out logistics later)

If Ayman’s fundraiser reaches $2,000 USD - I will learn how to crochet (I don’t know how) and will document my journey/giveaway all my (bad) creations :)

That’s it for now, sorry it’s so much info in one post!! You guys raised over $11,500 USD for the fundraising campaign I did in January for my to honour my father’s birthday and I am hoping this fundraising campaign for my sister can come close to that. As always, please let me know if you have any questions :)