A cup of coffee, check.
Rainy weather, check
Studies done, check (or should I write czech?)
Last time I posted a decent strip of text in this thing they call blog was almost a year ago. You see the pattern, the further one advance in these studies, the more difficult it gets to get some time over for other stuff.
The last year was a turbulent but yet exciting one.
I must admit, year 2 of medicine took me by surprise. I was told that it'd become easier but oh what a fool I was to begin the year with hopes of an easy life.
There is no such thing.
For those who are not acquainted with the 3nd year study plan we have two main courses; Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics.
The latter is one of those "stuck-in-between-two-semester"-courses, where we take the final exam in the end of winter, i.e. February. The problem is that you have no time but to barely keep up with the lessons during the first half, and then you have double the trouble before the exam.
I wont elaborate much further on the individual courses, just settle with the fact that it was yet another year of heavy studies - although much different from the first.
Reading and understanding it taken to another level, physiology is not so much about memorising as is Anatomy. Biochemistry on the other hand, is an endless road down the land of metabolic pathways and such, which I found initially overwhelming but later much appreciated.
After not too much trouble with the physiology final exam, in the week number 2 of the examination period, I took another two weeks boot-camp for biochemistry and it was obviously too little time to cover it all to a satisfying level - so I ended up walking out on the exam with a rather painful D in my book.
The result was of course a summer spent reading the chemistry back and forth, booklet cover to cover - although I did not really mind. Once my mind was settled with the thought of a "shorter-than-normal" vacation all I had to do was to see the good with the bad.
Due to troublesome dates of examination terms I ended up taking it in the beginning of September, just days after finishing my summer intern-ship at the surgery unit back home and with mere weeks left for next year's enrolment.
Going through this "sudden-death"-like exam with an excellent grade was like dropping the largest of stones off my shoulders and I could finally enrol for 3rd.
Well, already 1 month into the third year (time really pass by quickly), I have completely changed my study strategics - getting ready for another amazing year - but that is another story I'll share later.
The winter suddenly hit Prague.Snow was falling from morning to evening non-stop. Unfortunately the temperature never dropped blow zero, which means a lot of slush-puppy on the roads. More fortunately thou, is that is it perfect weather for reading, something both me and Kristýna need to do.
