Hello !Welcome to a pretty late edition of the Sunday Surprise! I'm writing to you while on call (again) in between patients. How is the weekend treating you? Let me know!Before I go on, a shameless request! Could you forward this newsletter to just...

Good day !It's the Queen's Birthday Weekend here in Australia which makes it a nice long weekend break. Are you celebrating something similar where you're reading this? Let me know! While I did get the weekend to run off to somewhere I'd never been,...

Konnichiwa !That's "hello" in Japanese (and a greeting used before on the newsletter). How are you travelling this weekend? After the last few weeks of playing tour guide and optimising for time away from work, this week, I'm working the whole weeken...

Hello !It feels like we just chatted the other day! This is probably the closest set of emails sent! That said, I've managed to find some pretty interesting things that I think you'll like...Before I go on, a shameless request! Could you forward this...

Hej !That's "hey" in Swedish. How very Ikea of me! It's been a week of slowly getting back to work and also playing tour guide with family from America. One interesting thing has been going to places that are lovely but I never visit anymore, but mor...

Hello !It has been on the whole, a pretty relaxing week over here. After 2 and something years of somehow dodging the bullet, I finally tested positive to Covid last week. More on how we fared below...Before I go on, a shameless request! Could you fo...

What a week it's been !The end of Ramadan was followed by the first Eid with my extended family in ages and so much more. More on those details below...Before I go on, a shameless request! Could you forward this newsletter to just 3 people that you t...

(Early) Eid Mubarak !It's the last day of Ramadan already! As always it flies by and here we are at the last day of fasting for me. Are you celebrating Eid this year? Or have you got any celebrations coming up? Let me know.Before I go on, a shameless...

Let we forget, ,It's ANZAC Day in Australia, where we remember the sacrifices made by the those who passed away in the conflicts of the past. It feels especially poignant given the situation in the world right now. Is there an equivalent day where ev...

Thumb squeeze, !Instead of vocal greetings, I thought I'd look up unusual physical greetings (like the handshake). Turns out, the "thumb squeeze" is done in parts of Africa as a greeting. It's definitely not the routine greeting here in Canberra, whe...