Category Archives: Health and Sickness in Georgia

Ban Smoking

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Every once in a while I have to remind myself to be compassionate. I am easily annoyed by relatively insignificant things, and if I’m not careful I find myself reacting towards strangers with loathing and disgust, and when this spiral … Continue reading →

Posted in Civics, Health and Sickness in Georgia | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

The Mundane Mafioso

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Did I make it an entire month without posting? Why yes, I did. My excuse is that February is a short month. The water in my apartment building has been corrupted. Rumor is that it’s due to a new motor… … Continue reading →

Posted in Civics, Health and Sickness in Georgia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Linex: The Slovenian Miracle Drug

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

What if I told you I found a medication that could cure most cases of diarrhea, with no side effects, in about a day, for about two dollars? Here’s yet another post about a massive quality of life improvement I … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and Sickness in Georgia | 2 Comments

Sick Again and Sick of Lies

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Last week, I walked into one of my second grade classes (“second form,” in Georgian English). It was a day like any other. “How are you,” I asked my coteacher. “Oh, not very good”, she said, pronouncing “good” to rhyme … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Shock!, Health and Sickness in Georgia | 33 Comments

Pull Yourself Together, Bitcho – We Don’t Want Your Kidneys, And We Sure As Hell Don’t Want Your Appendix!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

(Or, “In Which I Reference Harry Potter, Lost, Robert Browning, and Lord of the Rings, and Hope that No One Realizes that my Browning Reference Is Actually a Neon Genesis Evangelion Reference”) So, in Part Two of my 39-part series, … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and Sickness in Georgia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New York Hit List Revisited

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Background info: this happened. Foods to eat: A Blockheads Burrito – CHECK My stepmother’s chicken cutlets – CHECK A Black and White cookie – FAIL BAGELS – CHECK A Bonnie’s Burger – CHECK Cheerios – CHECK Items to buy: Cumin … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking in Georgia, America, Health and Sickness in Georgia, Travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

I Sprained my Ankle

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Last night I went to a friend’s flatwarming party (remember, flat = apartment). I was dead tired because I foolishly waited until this week to fight off my jetlag, and I didn’t really feel up to doing anything, but Ihe … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative, Adventures in Adventures in Georgia, Adventures in Drinking in Georgia, Health and Sickness in Georgia | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

I Didn’t Know Georgians Knew This!

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Forgive the slightly snarky title. I imagine most of my Georgian readers know things like how sicknesses spread, but the people that we TLG volunteers interact with on a daily basis really seem not to. TLG sent us an email … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and Sickness in Georgia, TLG | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Don’t let it bring you down

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

This morning I saw a dead man on my way to work. So as I somehow forgot to mention, I have been working at a preschool in Saburtalo during the morning since the beginning of November. I found out that … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and Sickness in Georgia | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments