Alright enough of sentimental crap.
Before I proceed on to posting up pictures of my place.. let me explain who perspired me to start journaling about life here. If he was my relative, he would be my favourite uncle. :p Well... he is my boyfriend's uncle.. who is a town planner...who currently lives in Australia but is based in Sabah for work.. and who was so kind enough to help me move up here. He wrote me a letter with a list of questionnaires about my views, opinions and thoughts about the place here. And this is how the letter goes...
"Dear Doctor,
Congratulations on accepting the challenge of living and working as a government doctor in a rural town in Sabah. I would like to think that your stay, however long or however short in Telupid town is going to be an experience you were glad not to have missed.
Now that you have spent a little more than your first week I am sure you would already have some thoughts that you can share with others to help them cope with similar situations but also help the authorities plan improvements.
My particular interest in your future experiences in Telupid stems mainly from me being a Town Planner but also someone who firmly believes that cities and towns , including rural towns in Sabah and Malaysia being capable of and needing to make significant contributions to nation building. They also offer people different ages, backgrounds, professionals, skills, and marital status and so on a variety of alternative lifestyle choices.
As a town planner, my interest is also to learn from every individual and groups to discover the key ingredients of a successful rural village or town and what can make one more successful and attractive to live in than others.
There will be many perspectives on the same topic, but yours will be one that is very interesting to me because I already know you. Yours can also be more interesting story than most because of your educational background combined with you coming from a big city with an international reputation. Added to these is the fact that you can expect to see many different places and people from all walks of life in the course of your work. The fact that you have the opportunity to record all of your experiences in Telupid from the very beginning and in a systematic way makes the exercise all the more important to me.... "
And the letter goes on.. interesting isn't it not? :)
So stay tune for more stories coming to your screens. Toodles!
"Dear Doctor,
Congratulations on accepting the challenge of living and working as a government doctor in a rural town in Sabah. I would like to think that your stay, however long or however short in Telupid town is going to be an experience you were glad not to have missed.
Now that you have spent a little more than your first week I am sure you would already have some thoughts that you can share with others to help them cope with similar situations but also help the authorities plan improvements.
My particular interest in your future experiences in Telupid stems mainly from me being a Town Planner but also someone who firmly believes that cities and towns , including rural towns in Sabah and Malaysia being capable of and needing to make significant contributions to nation building. They also offer people different ages, backgrounds, professionals, skills, and marital status and so on a variety of alternative lifestyle choices.
As a town planner, my interest is also to learn from every individual and groups to discover the key ingredients of a successful rural village or town and what can make one more successful and attractive to live in than others.
There will be many perspectives on the same topic, but yours will be one that is very interesting to me because I already know you. Yours can also be more interesting story than most because of your educational background combined with you coming from a big city with an international reputation. Added to these is the fact that you can expect to see many different places and people from all walks of life in the course of your work. The fact that you have the opportunity to record all of your experiences in Telupid from the very beginning and in a systematic way makes the exercise all the more important to me.... "
And the letter goes on.. interesting isn't it not? :)
So stay tune for more stories coming to your screens. Toodles!
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