I'm not sure if being caught in the hamster's wheel called daily lab work is the cause of this, but the last few days, I've turned quite crazy about going abroad to study and doing internships. Maybe it's also because of my talks with people who have amazing stories of their time spent in foreign countries, like my old school mate Hai, who exchanged to Singapore for a semester and lived in the most breath-taking flat I've ever seen. Hearing his stories made my feet itchy again. Or maybe it's the fact that the plan of interning in a Vietnamese hospital next summer is getting more and more real for me and two other friends of mine. Gosh, I can't wait already.
I can never repeat often enough that, at least during this phase of my life, one year can change so many things. Last year around this time, after the Physikum basically, I didn't think about going abroad to study. I always thought the German educational system, particularly for medical schools, is quite good already; so why bother going somewhere far away to study? Internships, yes, doing them abroad was definitely on my list; but a whole semester? Nope. Not until now. I guess it wouldn't hurt to check out the education in a country like, I don't know, the USA maybe, or Canada, or the UK. And now my goal of a semester spent abroad isn't solely to receive good education anymore, but obviously to see more of the world, too. That should have been in my head since the beginning already. I don't know why it wasn't. Spending months in a country, living there - that's something completely different than visiting it like a tourist for a few days.
The plan now is to apply for ERASMUS next year. I'm favoring Scandinavian countries, not least because I've heard great things about their way of teaching from other German students who've been there. Then I want to do one third of my intern year in the USA. Brr, thinking of that excites me, but the thought of money comes parallel to it, too. Of course I'm gonna apply for some scholarships, and I'm pretty sure I'll get them, but I doubt that will be really enough (especially for the States, when overly ambitious me wants to intern in famous hospitals in expensive cities).
Soooooo. I just have to work my butt off, don't I?
Even though there might be some time conflicts, I really hope all my plans can come true. If not, then hopefully some parts. At least I can be quite sure about Vietnam already.
Gosh. I can't wait.
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