Just at the bottom of the Medical Pyramid

I had a good day today. After managing to wake up early and put in some reading of behavioral sciences, I relaxed for a greater part of the afternoon and had an outing in the evening with some elective students that I've managed to make friends with . These include 2 really funny Afghans, a TamBram American Indian, and this guy Ninad who has managed to travel and live in a lot of cities in India and is presently studying medicine in Germany .

Ninad has cycled from Germany all the way north to Scandinavia last summer over 28days . Which is amazing . Everytime I meet new people I realise the reality of how much I have really done in life and more importantly, how much remains to do . In retrospect, somehow being among the better students in school resulted in me studying hard henceforth and somehow landing up in KEM, only to face the prospects of having to go on studying hard.

When I spoke to Ninad, he mentioned that since he always like relaxing more than studying, that resulted in him having to go to study abroad in germany where he did a bachelors course followed by a random application to medical school that somehow got accepted. And now here he is, on the verge of beginning residency with a good 2k Euro a month . Absolutely brilliant. Put in having cycled all the way up north, being the lead singer of a band, and having lived 9 years in Europe . I so want to be him right now .

Changing tracks, I must talk more about the title of this post, which is about me beginning my internship at a Municipal Hospital in mumbai where I'll work 8 hours a day, sometimes upto 24 doing mostly blood collections and learning whatever I can practically listen to or be taught ( who's chances I wish were stronger )  while they pay me a stipend of 2,300 a month . I love my life.

Today evening was fun, and I come back pumped with endorphins, feeling all good and happy.

Must sleep now to wake up at 5 that is, if the mind permits.

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Signing off,

Internship Begins

So I have cleared my Final MBBS Exam after vagabonding for most of the same year and travelling to more places in 8 months than I did in the past 19 years . It has been worth every moment of it. Not only have I observed a fairly good part of the country and its superficial functioning but have also managed to meet some really interesting people, a select part of whom I will continue to know for a long time. I will admit I'm hugely relieved even though I'd been telling myself that It'd be a new experience if I did have to put in 6 months extra to repeat the exam if the need arose.

The thing for me to remember now is that like every other major checkpoint in life or those that we consider major checkpoints, I start with a clean slate. I will come across new procedures, management protocols, senior colleagues and will have to interact with many more people on different levels and its going to be quite an experience for me . Pointer to self is to take everything that happens in a positive manner and move on . And to limit expectations more so those that I keep for myself .

Changing tracks completely, I've recently met S D, a visiting medical elective student from Dallas . He's matching for medical school residency in a months time . I've had detailed conversation with him on residency in his home country and it has only further stimulated me to pursue the same . That has been one thing I'm happy to clear out of my head since its been on it for about 6 months now. Phew it feels good .

I started studying behavioral science today and am quite satisfied with Day 0 (thats what I'll call this day the 26th of february) work and hope to continue and build up on it as I go about with the target of writing the exam ASAP . There is a lot of new information to take in and also some known information put in a more interactive format. I can clearly state this is going to be a fairly good 6 months for me .

We are going to Sewree mudflats early morning tomorrow. Sewree is a locality situated on the south eastern end of the peninsula that Mumbai is . It stands in contrast to the more heavily populated localities of mumbai due to its proximity to the dockyard and industrial townships . The one thing that lets it be more populous than it should be is the fact that mangrove forests are situated on its coast and migratory flamingoes arrive here in winter bringing with them a good deal of photo and videography enthusiasts and professionals . This is my first time to the sewree coastal area at dawn and I'm sure as hell looking forward to it .

10 am tomorrow is my internship orientation Day 1( I exit the peak of the student and start from the bottom of the professional worker pyramid now ) . Wish me goodluck and godspeed.

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