Birthday

I've lived for:
788918400 seconds
9131 days

My heart have had
920 000 000 heartbeats
and pumped 65743 000 liters of blood

I'm quite impressed.
I'm still chronic single. I've just begun my education. I live in a country faaaaar away from Norway, trying to learn a really hard language besides the art of medicine..

And I'm actually still happy! =)

Good friends and hard work.

I and some of my good friends in my class had a very nice discussion yesterday. We are concerned of each other, and really tries to help eachother out with our subjects. I really love the thougth that they will notice if I'm not present at a lecture or practical. It make me feel very safe.

We started a new subject today btw; biology. It took me some time to realize how to do it when we was asked to draw what we saw in the oculars. But I got it now.

I've cleaned my entire apartement today, and will soon go to bed.. just for a little nap. I have to do it some days. Then I'll grab some dinner, go to Educational Center and read until they close the center. This is my everyday life during the semester.

The photo is from my faculty's home page (www.lfhk.cuni.cz), showing the brand new edudcational center at the university hospital.

Mental capasity.

Half way through lecture week. Subjects so far: Anatomy, histology and first aid. Latter one is a new subject, but I think I'll get my credit allready on friday. And then we will have biology later on. I have started to read, I don't have to do it, but there is no other things to do. My classmates are 1: still home, 2: reading for retakes of their credits/exams, 3: Busy with other things.. I'm a bit bored.

But I've realized something important. As a full-time medical student, my mental capasity is streached to its absolute maximum. My mind is allways busy with medicine. Which part of the cadaver do I wanna dissect? Is my hepatitis vaccination ok? What should I read for tomorrows lesson? How big in micrometers are the slits between the pedicles covering the nephrones again? Where is the nearest coffemachine? I forget my keys, pencase, notebooks, labcoat, appointments etc.. A sheet of paper is controlling my life. It's called a schedule. My thoughts are only about this colorful sheet.

My sence of humor is morbid. High five! I can't talk about much more than gossips and subjects. This might be the reason why med & odont students are believed to be very.. eh.. special people.. We eat tuna baguettes and discuss the latest dissection at the same time. It's natural for us..? This tendency is strengthen by the fact that all international students here more or less is on the same mental level, we are all med & odont, there is just a few international pharmacology-students here in addition.

As I started to write in this post.. It's the end of the 3rd day in lecture week and semester. Only 3-4 months to go...! Yappy! I have to start reading. A lot. I started on monday. And will continue tomorrow. And then I hope I manage to keep the spirit up until I move in with Ayan. I need to see a real person every now and then, also in the afternoon. Luckily, I got good friends here in Hradec!

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Edit: Found a old photo (1 year old) with my.. not so nice-but-cool hair color. The rest of it is just been removed!

First semester is over!

I got "vyborne" on my czech credit, as I allready wrote. The test was in two parts, all had to be done in 30 min.. First part was medical terminology. I got 9,5 out of 10 possible. Then there was the second, larger part with czech vocabulary, grammar and sentences. I had only 2,5 points lost due to errors. And I also pointed out a task which demanded knowlegde of masculine animate plural in accusative, and we haven't learned it yet. My teacher apologized that!

Exam in biophysics is an another story. I almost failed, due to the statistics. To pass, you'll need at least 75% correct answer. I used the wrong t-test, and then I didn't get very much for my statistics. The rest of the oral exam was about these topics: "eye as an optical instrument", "biological effects of ionizing radiation" and "principles of protection against ionizing radiation". Not easy! But I pulled it through!

I now have a whole weekend with no reading. It's quite odd. Next semester starts on monday with lecture week. 'Till then, take care!

Back to the reality.

Dear friends!

I'm now back in the beautiful Czech Republic (yes, the country is beautiful). I've had a nice day today, took my czech credit. 47 points of 50 possible points. That's a very good result, equivalent to the mark "1-exellent". It's almost perfect! I have my last final tomorrow, oral biophysics and statistics.

And I decided to move out from my "palace" next month. I'll move to an another part of the city, and live together with my swedish classmate, Ayan. I'm looking forward to a cheaper rent, and a flatmate!

The photo is taken by me in july 2007. It's from the old town/square of Hradec Králové, quite near my residence at the moment. The picture is taken with a Nikon D80, but is scaled down a lot.

MGP, or Eurovision Song Contest, if you like.

Today is the norwegian final. We are going to decide who to send to the european final. ESC is not the place to find real, good music. Let me introduce the four finalists:

1: Eastern winds
Ballade.. Boring. Even with a strong vocal. But I think Europe is ready for more exiting music.

2: How am I supposed to love again?
Gypsy tango. But not the strongest vokal, I'm afraid. They've used the easiest trick in the book.. modulation.

3: Far away
Performed by "Kings of Trolls", viking warriors and a troll on the stage.. Say no more!!

4: Hold on, be strong
Strong vokal, okay lyrics, but the melody is a bit boring. Perhaps the strongest contribution from Norway this year. Songwriter: a 16 year old Mira Craig.

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Edit: Maria & Mira won the Norwegian final. We probably won't win the international final, but whatever. At least we don't send "trolls and viking warriors"...

Silence and reading.

Those of my 4 regular readers might have noticed that I have been a bit quiet the last days. I'm home in Norway, reading for my exams in the middle of february. I do have internet, but I've been waiting for a new laptop. A mac book pro to be spesific. It arrived today, and I'm very happy!

The days have gone by with reading, revicing and studying. But this afternoon, the past captured me. I got a call from my old boss. She is principle of a primary school 15 mins driving from my home town. She needed a substitute teacher tomorrow. And she knew I was in the area. And I said "yes". Stupid, stupid me! But I really love norwegian language and matemathics, which I'm gonna teach tomorrow. Hopefully, the kids will like it too.. =)

I will write more about life in Hradec Králové when I return 13th of february.