Snippets 2

Quite a bit's been going on since the last post. It's been a while, not because there's been nothing going on, but because I've not had the time nor inclination to sit down and blog. Hence this post, which is supposed to be a 'buy one get three' sort of thing.

Easter break's come and gone, and a few good friends who have emigrated came back to Malta for their holidays. Good times were had: we'd spent the obligatory weekend in Gozo, and came back with plenty of stories and photos to boot. It's always good fun to head on over to the sister island: that ferry trip serves to leave the rest of life behind, making Gozo quite the 'other life'. Unfortunately, all have returned to the UK, which means that it's high time the rest of us (and them, of course) were hitting the books a bit harder.

A new issue of the Insiter has come out, and there are two of my articles nestled in there somewhere. One's on invisible learning, and the linked article is quite self explanatory. Something which I'd wanted to add but completely forgot is that all of this invisible learning is available to us, and while it's hard to actively receive it, it's easy to put ourselves in positions that will help us get it passively. I think it's all to do with recognition of sources of learning, and making the students more aware of its existence and the importance of acquiring it. The second article's about the new MMSA EB. A big congratulations to Chantal and all the new team. Touch wood, it's going to be a good year for the association.

Following the appointment of the new Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, things are now kicking into gear. Things are coming to a head at Mater Dei, and several articles are appearing in the press every week talking about lack of beds, mismanagement and the precipitated danger resultant on the patients. The Times highlighted that a good number of junior doctors and graduates will be leaving our shores this coming June/July, and that this is going to put a further strain on the healthcare system. While the numbers may be a bit inflated, there's no doubt that it's still a large efflux. An article is in the pipeline for this year's Murmur, discussing the pros and cons of working in Malta or abroad. It should be good.

There are plenty of things I'd really like to write about:- the CoE abortion debacle and who's off to discuss it, the hunting season on hold, the nuns shamed in today's Kullhadd (though the home in question's now being considered for use by geriatrics instead, surprise surprise), the rubbish on Daphne's blog-cum-menagerie and a host of other things. Perhaps five minutes a day may get this blog up and running again.

Or perhaps those five minutes are best invested in sleep. We'll see.

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