Oops
Eleven months ago Roommate finally found a nice and cosy little house for himself. He and his jungle moved out, leaving us with a very empty living room.
Fabric diet
If your fabric stash measures twenty-five boxes (one box is about 35x35x35 cm) and twenty-four of them are filled, you know it’s time to go on a fabric diet.
Fulltime
"A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession." ~ Martin H. Fischer
Five-and-a-half years ago, when I enrolled in MedSchool, I figured this Fischer-bloke had it all wrong. Surely you could be a perfectly good MD and work thirty-two hours a week... why not?
Herbal Medicine?
So what actually ís Western Herbal Medicine?
Right... it has something to do with herbs…
Stories of a weeping buddha
A 
long, long time ago there were two warriors who confronted each other in numerous battles. Both of them wore masks and never saw each other's face. After many such encounters, one finally prevailed and the younger warrior was killed. Upon removing his opponents mask the older warrior discovered he had killed his own long lost son. He placed his head in his lap and filled with sorrow, the brave old warrior started to cry.
long, long time ago there were two warriors who confronted each other in numerous battles. Both of them wore masks and never saw each other's face. After many such encounters, one finally prevailed and the younger warrior was killed. Upon removing his opponents mask the older warrior discovered he had killed his own long lost son. He placed his head in his lap and filled with sorrow, the brave old warrior started to cry.
The world from the other side
Normally we (the herbalist in me is speaking) complain about the fact that animal studies are used to predict the effect of herbs in the human body... Well, today i found an article stating that "the knowledge of the effects of phytomedicines on humans can't be extrapolated to animals because of inter-species differences". I thought it was quite funny to realise that they are going to start some studies just on animals to see if vets can use herbs as well (which is a very nice thing to achieve i believe). I think it is strange however that they still do extrapolate the results from animal studies to humans after such a statement...
Blown away
Question: what would you do if there were gusts of wind with the power of a hurricane? Stay in like the goverment suggested? Spend the night at the train station? Skip class before a crane comes plungering in through the roof? Or would you go out and buy yourself some tampons?
Fantastic view
"What is that robot-like-building near the big white bridge?""Do you mean the apartments and the cranes near the football station?"
Bonjour?!
I'm used to hearing "goedemorgen", "good morning" or "günaydin". Even the sound of "buon giorno", "sbah lkhir", "dzien dobry" and "Guten Morgen" do not make me raise an eyebrow. But today a melodic, incomprehensible language, spoken like a verbal diarrhea reached my ears. I was totally and utterly flabbergasted. It took several minutes before I realized: it's French!
Bathrobe
It wasn't his, and it showed. The blue secondhanded bathrobe just didn't suit him. The fact that it was a size too small didn't help. Although he did look a lot sexier in it than my ex, who used to wear it.
So I made him a new one...
So I made him a new one...
Almost antique
Some people have a lot of stuff. Others have a lot of junk. My in-laws have collected a lot of both. Re-newed energy has lead to a thorough rummage of the attic, the sheds and the basement. The result was a big pile of decayed, obsolete or (now) useless things, and some old books. Among these books, with browning of the pages and the smell of old paper and fungus, were the classic novel "Max Havelaar," a play by G.A.Bredero and both volumes of "The Natural Method of Healing" by F.E. Bilz, in a fairly good condition.
Essenti-oils
A discussion i had with some friends 2 days ago has kept me thinking... How are essential oils produced? My friend was pretty sure reduction of the oil was part of the process, how would it otherwise get so viscous? My other friend and me weren't so sure about that...
New Year's Surprise?
I wanted to start the year of right by writing a piece on this site (it was about time) and I spend Xmas thinking about it... Got lots of things to say, but wanted to keep it related to (herbal) medicine. And I blanked... Even chatting to some of my fellow herbies didn't give me a faintest idea what to write about. Till an hour ago...
