So far being danish and living in a muslim country has been okay. Not great, but okay. People don´t exactly cheer, like in the good old days and go on about Michael Laudrup. When I tell people i´m from Denmark they just look at me with an overbearing smile. That was yesterday anyhow. I don´t know whose genius idea it was to reprint the cartoons, but thank you! Thank you for ruining an otherwise great experience. Now i´m actually glad i´m ...

Insallah Now there is one word that can piss me off. What´s up with that? I mean..o.k, one of the many things I like about the middleeastern culture, is the relaxed attitude towards everything. But sometimes I wonder. Here is one of the more innocent examples. Me: "Hey! Etisalat (UAE Phone and Internet Company). When will you install my internet?". Etisalat: "Tomorrow....Insallah". Which basically means, that if Allah is willing, my...

I quit my job :-) A couple of months ago I travelled to the United Arab Emirates to work at a government hospital in Abu Dhabi. When I interviewed for this job, I interviewed for the position as Charge Nurse at a 20-bed, Cardiac Telemetry Unit. As it turns out the unit has grown from 20 to 36 beds! It is no longer exclusive CTU, but mixed CTU and MSDU. Still, there is only 1 Charge Nurse in each shift. Furthermore I was told by the agency that hired me, that ...