Sunshine and Pineapple

Sunset over Anatomy Department...
Some days are just better than others. Today was such a day.
There are not really solid criteria for what makes a good day, I rather find the spontaneous and come-by-chance moments inspirational and "day-seizing".
  Me and my friend Paymon usually talk about this in terms of "highlights of the day" which can take the form of pretty much any random situation.
A completely random thing that might turn into a highlight of the day is for example when you watch a beach saleswoman from Thailand teach the world how to slice up a pineapple on Youtube.

The weather today was like waking up from a shitty dream due to the sunlight shining through your dirty windows - okey, that was what really happened this morning and with that revealed; yes, I really need to clean my windows. I believe it's a good thing that mum is coming here on Friday.
  After waking up, starting off the day with some histology and bio-genetics I went for the first lecture on the interesting topic "cell cycle and its regulation" but it was honestly and most unfortunately not very effective, knowledge-wise speaking. I dare to say and, although this is not the right place, to give the constructive criticism about the Uni power-point presentations that overall, just like in the Swedish Army, are very disappointing from many perspectives. If time allowed I would gladly make a template and convert them all just to get rid of eye burning colours and massive text boxes - maybe an interesting future project - but for now, neither of my concern nor place to complain, which means I'll leave this thought here.

The two and a half hour break before this day's last class in Czech language came as a relief because this meant that I could catch some hours in the blazing spring sunshine.
Right above the Institute of Histology and next (laterally?) to the Institute of Pathology there is a nice sloping park that got to be the cleanest park in Prague. There wasn't much wind at my spot and the sun was facing the hillside just right for maximum exposure - and that we enjoy, right?
  I occupied a bench, took off my shoes and socks and for the first time this season my white, clean soles got to feel grass and gravel - just as my face got the first effective time in the sun.
The books were with me and I eliminated one hour by reading and the second and last one by taking a nice lying position and sleep off the recently ingested salami sandwich.

On my way home I took a right turn and bought a fresh pineapple at the Potraviny.
Not much is needed to create an over-the-average good day...

"We are going to die, thus - we are the lucky ones"

Inspirational words from Richard Dawkins on the fact that we're the lucky ones to die, and more importantly - live...

Holding a Heart

This week is all about the heart, a subject very close to my own heart. Even though today's lecture didn't give me much new knowledge I spent the time drawing, 1,5 hour result below.
I can happily say that I handed in my drawings to a Professor in the czech part of the anatomy department who obviously are interested. I hope he will like the originals and I'm curious to hear what he thinks and what he wants to do with them.

During Wednesday's anatomy practical we spent a lot of time in the dissection room studying the authentic heart. Holding it in your palm is a strange but exciting feeling.

As I said - it's all about the heart...

Out of the Ordinary

A lot of things make me happy:
Waking up early to and get chills from the cold air and then taking a hot shower, having a good breakfast, drawing while listening to relaxing music, seeing the sun set in the horizon along the Swedish west coast, drinking a beer on the cliffs with good company - I can make the list long.
But last Saturday Kristýna completely gave me a new definition of the word "happiness".

I won't give away any details here but believe me when I say that it sure was a surprise to. She took me down to a calm place by the river in the middle of the city light drenched Prague. There I got to open my early birthday present.
She put a box in my hands and when I opened it I found myself speechless.
I usually don't get presents with such a personal touch to them - I believe me and Kristýna share the same frequency.

No, I wont get lost... To be honest, I know exactly where we are...

Beginning of 2nd Semester

There is a wide gap from this date to the next. Almost as much as a month. I guess the urge to write come in periods.
I could write a long recap of the time I spent in Sweden after finishing my biophysics and first aid exams but I believe this photo above summarize it all up pretty damn good.

After spending some quality time with Kristýna (yes, love is in the air) in my frozen west coast home town we had to kiss goodbye and go separate ways again. At that point we hadn't been apart for too long - only a couple of weeks due to her Erasmus exchange semester beginning in Helsinki, Finland.


I went back to Prague for the second semester knowing that I had to step up my game a bit in order to keep up with the pace.
Currently I've got through two anatomy tests with good results and also increased my studies of the histology. I believe that I'm back in my previous study-gym-eat-sleep routine and that I'll be able to keep it for the rest of the semester.

There's of course a lot more to tell but I'll continue from here on...