Burmese wedding

下乡
Local wedding小孩儿

Delivering toilets on door/送厕所服务上门

A Burmese girl painted some green powder on my face and I dressed up as a Burmese woman, and pick a Burmese name, carry some Burmese books, then went to a remote village deep in the mountains with 3 of my Myanmar colleagues. The reason that I have to pretend to be Burmese is that we have to pass a check point of the central government which they don’t allow any foreigners to pass. We went to do a very interesting work in the village—teach them to build clean toilet. Villagers are so kind to prepare us very tasty dinner. However before we ate, the chief of the village has prayed for a long time, because most of the people in this village are Christians. Later I asked my colleague, what was he praying, he told me, that chief thanks God for the food, and for the latrine that they can have new toilets soon…… It was a remarkable prayer before dinner! All the houses here are huts built by bamboos, it feels so cool and fresh to be in, I called it 5 star hut, for we can see many stars in the evening. Even better than Hilton Hotel.

前天经过一番精心的乔装打扮，我的缅甸同事给我脸上涂了当地的防晒绿粉，取了个缅甸名，在车上假装读缅甸书，就上路下乡去了。此次下乡身负重任，要给村里的人送去干净的厕所。村长带头在村口迎接我们。把厕所卸下来后就进村长明亮宽敞的茅草屋里乘凉喝茶。顺便做我的问卷调查，乡亲们都好淳朴，一个字一个字认真的读，仔细的想，这种问卷质量可真是高啊！聊天过后就是吃饭，因为全村都是基督徒，饭前村长带头祷告好久，谢谢神赐饭给我们，还赐给他们那么多干净的厕所等等，真是很有趣的饭前祷告。我把他们住的茅草屋叫做五星级茅草屋，因为晚上从茅草屋可以看到很多星星，比希尔顿酒店还棒！

People waiting at clinic

Exchange needles with Injection Drug users in forest
Drug rehabilitation center
前天早上张医生请我吃了一碗缅甸的早餐，是一种豆粉，上面覆盖着厚厚一层黄色的豆油。吃的时候觉得味道香极了。可是到了中午还不饿，有如一块石头顶在胃上。到了晚上还是不饿，什么都吃不下。觉得这种早餐真是穷人的福音，一顿可以顶一两天。这里真是很遥远的山沟，贫穷落后，可是风景好美，吃的好天然。我们饭堂的菜很多都是邻居戒毒中心的人种的，他们还自己养猪，那猪真长得比人还瘦，吃的都是天然植物，喝的山上的泉水。所以这里猪肉也好香。
在这里最怕的就是被蚊子咬，一旦被咬，患疟疾的可能性极高。因为据说这里人口有70%带虫率，就是如果蚊子叮了一个带虫的人，再叮我，我就要打摆子了。所以大热天我还穿长衣长袖裹得严严实实。这几周去当地的诊所做问卷调查真是感动的鼻涕眼泪。人们都好淳朴，单纯，不会说谎，连报酬都不肯收。
Dr.Zhang has invited me for a Myanmar breakfast a few days ago. It looks and tastes so nice,it was a kind of very sticky noodle covered by a thick layer of yellow cream.After i ate this breakfast,i felt full for the whole day. It would be a real good food for poor people,because one meal can make you feel full for a whole day.Although this is a very very poor region deep in the moutain side of North Myanmar,however scenary is so natural,food is so natural!What i eat here remind me of the expensive BIO food in Europe. It's even more BIO/organic here,including wild grassroot,tree root dishes. The drug rehabilitation center is just opposite to my building,people there cultivate their crop and raise pigs,the pigs are so slim,even more slim than human,because they were feed by natural plants,and drank spring water from the mountain.Thus this pork tastes extremely delicious.
What i fear about,is the mosquitos.There're very high rate of morbidity of malaria.70% of people here got Malaria before.So all the time even in hot weather, i wear very long clothes and cover as much skin as possible.Last weeks i've been administering my questionnaires to local people in the clinic. They are so pure and kind!!!

Between the river/边界河

Needle exchange office
Today i've been running between Burma and China for a few times.In fact i had some problem with my border permit that i can't pass the check point,so i take another river way to come over to China side to check my emails.with 2 of my collegues,we crossed border by passing that small river.
因为没有办到边境证只有偷渡过去了，今天往返于中缅两边的办公室4次了。那条小河就是划分边界的线，还有人在那做背人过河的生意。我们单位的诊所在缅甸那边，吸毒的针具交换在河对岸的中国.