What a journey!

Oh man!! Can u believe it? The trains are not running from Schipol airport to Den Haag and beyond!!! They just had to be doing rail works tonite!!!

Best is, at this point of exsperation, a group of 17 tourists have to approach me for directions to Amsterdam because of all the train disruptions! What about my case? I also have no trains!!

So....the story goes, I am now on a bus to Leiden!! So that I can hopefully catch a train from Leiden to Den Haag! Did anyone mention that I have been travelling too much??!!

Oh well, now I hope I still can get my tram from Den Haag to my street!

Adieus!
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Top of Europe!

HooHoo!!

I am at the highest railway station in Europe!! At Jungfraujoch point at 3454m!!

Kinda incredible...kinda cold...haha
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En route

Swizterland is really a beautiful country! I am now on a train to Interlaken, a small town at the mountainous region. My plan for this weekend:

Interlaken Ost - Lauterbrunnen - Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch - Grindelwald - Interlaken Ost.

This unique round-trip by modern cogwheel railway takes you first to Kleine Scheidegg, altitude 2061 metres, at the foot of the notorious Eiger North Wall.

From here the Jungfrau Railway climbs to the station at Eigergletscher , well known for its mountain restaurant and polar dog kennels.

The trip continues through the Eiger tunnel to the stations at Eigerwand and Eismeer, with a five minute halt at each. Enjoy spectacular sightseeing through large observation windows hewn from solid Alpine rock.

And then the arrival on the Jungfraujoch, in the heart of a glorious glacier world on the very roof of Europe! Superb views extend as far as the summits of the Vosges Mountains in France and the Black Forest in Germany. The Great Aletsch Glacier, at 22 km the longest ice-stream in the Alps, begins on the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe.

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Geneva update

Finally finally...the course was over. Really a week of intensive briefings we had over the past 5 days! Soaked up all the new information and WHO resources on Essential Medicines Policies. Made a whole new bunch of friends and collegues working in this field and WHO as well. A pretty good havest I would say, the now challenging task ahead is translating the new knowledge to FIP and our collaborations with pharmacists worldwide.

Our work here is really a committement to goals and a guide to Action!!!
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Back in the Hague

Phew!!

Finished my three loads of laundry! Did my ironing! Unpacked and Packed my bags!

So, I guess I am leaving in about 1hr time to the airport!!

HUNGRY!!!!! just one packet of instant noodles and a cup of milo!

Okay, seems like I am sounding a little incoherent here, probably due to low sugar levels....haha

Alritey, just realised that today is Mooncake festival in Singapore!! OHhhh...miss those mooncakes and lantern burning sessions at my condo..haha, been a long time since we did that...

Time to go!!

African memories

Well...just managed to spend my last rands here in the airport...finally I seat myself at the boarding gate.

The last weeks had been really hectic, congress in cairo then a South African whirlwind week!!

Today we covered almost 1000km!! Pretty much was all dave driving all the way! Really have to thank Kat, Dave, Rob for all the time and hospitality during the past week. Time just passes so quickly...

With an aching right shoulder, lugging my laptop around, I wonder how I can survive another week in Geneva! I will be arriving about 1030am in Schipol tomorrow and probably reach my apartment at 1130am at least, then got to do my laundry and then be back at Schipol about 6pm to catch my flight to Geneva!!! Gonna be there for a week of training course at WHO.

Wish me luck!! Hehe at least for now, I dun have to run for the boarding gate!! Hehe......oh wait! Better check my pass...:)

Longing home....
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