Today is the fifth day since my arrival in Vietnam. I've been pigging out on vietnamese food ever since, which is an awesome and very satisfying thing ;)). Though for the long haul, I know I will be frustrated with my hoggish self. I'm trying to keep my metabolism up by travelling by bike instead of taking a cab or using Xe Om like how I used to do in the past. My love for cycling is an added bonus. I really can't complain much about my life right now. :x
Yesterday, I would've talked differently though. It was my first day at the National Hospital of Pediatrics. I should have known the day would turn out bad the moment I woke up because hell, I woke up at 4am no thanks to a damn mosquito that kept buzzing around my head and stinging me in the fingers. (I've learnt my lesson though, now I have to overcome my laziness and set up a mosquito-protection net - or whatever you wanna call it - every night... :-<)
22.02.2013
A Pre-Vietnam Post
So, the semester officialy ended for me a week ago. I passed all exams, was more or less (rather less) content with the results, and from then on kinda focused on packing for my coming 6-week Vietnam trip.
I managed to organize for myself a volunteering kind of internship at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi. I'll be working in the neonatology department for 2 weeks, alongside a German physiotherapist who has already been volunteering in Hanoi for 4 months if I'm not mistaken. I'm definitely looking forward to that.
Following the 2 weeks of internship, I'll go on a fortnight of travelling from Hue towards the South, stopping in popular tourist cities to learn more about my homecountry. I mean all my life I've only known Hanoi and Danang, and it's a little embarrassing to claim to be a Vietnamese when you really don't know that much about your country. So I'm very much looking forward to that, too.
Then there are friends with whom I'll have a reunion. It is an exciting thing, but I have learnt to not have any expectations, so we'll see where it goes. There are only some of them I know will be thrilled to see me again (as I am just as thrilled to see them), and I'm sure we are going to have a very good time. Otherwise... I don't mind being on my own. As long as I can find food, I'll be fine.
I'll see my family again. :) That's just as important--I mean, even more important than food.
I kind of have started a list of things I wanted to eat when I'm in Vietnam.
List will be updated when I can think of more.
I managed to organize for myself a volunteering kind of internship at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi. I'll be working in the neonatology department for 2 weeks, alongside a German physiotherapist who has already been volunteering in Hanoi for 4 months if I'm not mistaken. I'm definitely looking forward to that.
Following the 2 weeks of internship, I'll go on a fortnight of travelling from Hue towards the South, stopping in popular tourist cities to learn more about my homecountry. I mean all my life I've only known Hanoi and Danang, and it's a little embarrassing to claim to be a Vietnamese when you really don't know that much about your country. So I'm very much looking forward to that, too.
Then there are friends with whom I'll have a reunion. It is an exciting thing, but I have learnt to not have any expectations, so we'll see where it goes. There are only some of them I know will be thrilled to see me again (as I am just as thrilled to see them), and I'm sure we are going to have a very good time. Otherwise... I don't mind being on my own. As long as I can find food, I'll be fine.
I'll see my family again. :) That's just as important--I mean, even more important than food.
I kind of have started a list of things I wanted to eat when I'm in Vietnam.
List will be updated when I can think of more.
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