Tag: Madagascar

Ambaro.

Within arid depthsΒ ofΒ a land below
abidesΒ theΒ humbleΒ village ofΒ l’Ambaro.

A world where clothing is prizedΒ butΒ threadbare;
a world where mealsΒ are luxuries proved rare.

A world whereΒ daysΒ with famineΒ are fraught;
a world the remaining earthΒ long forgot.

But this is a place where
pureΒ are the hearts,
simple are the joys,
theΒ love of each part.

WhereΒ drums hum daily
their languid song,
enchanting the children
all the day long.

WhereΒ familiesΒ dance into
the hallowed night,
merrimentΒ echoing
under faintΒ moonlight.

Where sandΒ curls freely
aboutΒ theirΒ feet,
naked, synchronized,
stomped to each beat.

Until finally twilight
snatches the hills,
descendingΒ uponΒ them
a shuddering chill.

Then filled withΒ cheer
they partΒ by the number
into their huts to
uniteΒ inΒ deep slumber.

This is the placeΒ the world left behind–
a place that willΒ always beΒ in the back of my mind.

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ambaro

Β My host village of Ambaro, Southern Madagascar

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The Story of PuppyDoc.

Once upon a time in a land far away (ie., Taiwan), there existed a smallish girl named Phoebe…

 phoebe chi

…who, in the 1980’s, was born into a family…complete with a mom, a dad, and a pet gibbon.

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From an early age, Phoebe adored animals, therefore, when she grew up and went to university, she decided to become a purple kangaroo for the patients at the children’s hospital.

 kangaroo

Phoebe soon realized something: she loved to help people. Eventually, this realization led her to start traveling the world, for long periods of time, to do volunteer work.

Of all the places, Phoebe worked in Africa the longest…namely, in the lands of West Africa and Madagascar.

On the island of Madagascar, Phoebe was known for befriending a lonely stray lemur named Buddy…

 lemur

…with whom she would share her cactus fruit every morning.

There, she lived in a small village with a sweet family of 20 vibrant sisters…all of whom liked to dance.

Phoebe Chi Madagascar

On the other side of the continent, in the land of Ghana, she also lived with a lovely family, but in lieu of a lemur, she had a goat friend (who, tragically, eventually got eaten…).

goat

After all that, Phoebe returned to the U.S. and became a doctor, because more than anything…she still wanted to help people.

thankyou.jpg

Now, during her journey through medical school, her peers started to call her ‘Puppy,’ primarily, they claimed, because of her “loyal, affectionate, and loving nature.”

Gradually, the name ‘Puppy’ evolved until, finally, one day…

Phoebe Chi

…a ‘PuppyDoc‘ was born.

The End.

 

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