#exchange studies

I’m sitting in a hotel room doing uni stuff

So today was the first day of my fifth year of med school! I've had a very long summer so I'm actually pretty excited to get started. This semester consists of OB/GYN, peds and psych. I've never considered either of them for the future but you never know and it's gonna be fun! Especially since I'm actually going abroad for the OB/GYN rotation - five weeks in Spain, here we go!

23.03.2021

I’ve got some news for y’all 😌

most of you don't know this cause I've been too busy and stressed out to talk about this but I'm actually in England now! Me and my boyfriend will be staying here for four months, and since our data is limited, I'll be posting a lot less while I'm in here. Unlike in Finland, my internet is fully dependent on my phone subscription, so I have to regulate my usage with a hard hand. I'll still post art of course, but the amount of reblogs will affected.

Coming home. Right now I am sitting in the airplane and waiting for take off. Listening to some cultural Chinese songs that evoke feelings of late '70 and cheap comedies that I saw a long time ago. Let's call this state of mind board and bored.

Lately I had to tell good bye to many friends that lives on other continents. I am grateful for this people! People that I can call friends now. I want to say my thanks to Tiffany Yen, for showing me Taipei before anyone else and cheering me up for a long time, Morris Po Nien for taking us everywhere and showing us great places that no Tiapei citizen (also no chinese speaker) can find. Claire for being there and for telling me how it goes here. Emily for having complains on everything. Yuta for being best Japanese person I've ever met(only one, but for sure best)! Kevin for delivering me safely around. Sangwoo for showing me that I am not most handsome guy on planet. Chiara for being amazing team leader and friend, for helping me pass class and teaching me difference between V and W. Kelly and Judy for having nerves with me while teaching me chinese(that I still don't know, but I tried). Sarah and Jia Pei for going with us and making fun of me. CN and David for living with me even it's not easiest task. Joy and Xavier for making sure that everything is going OK and accepting me to this exchange. And all of other people that made this semester possible and more enjoyable.

As European citizen it was strange to go to Taiwan. It's totally different culture, language and part of world. I loved those moments when I met Korean (Sangwoo), Japanese (Yuta) American (Claire and sometimes Emily), and Malaysian (Sarah and Jia Pei) for dinner. I loved moments when everyone knew me, because I was only European guy in school and also when people didn't get that I am Erik with K not C.

I learned plenty of new things, mainly about culture and people's behaviour. It was amazing experience that I will recommend to everyone! Yes I was sad or depressed, I was disappointed and I also regretted this decision, but all off those great moments that I could experienced was worth it. I will forget about bad things(as I know myself also good things that's why do diary!) only good memories stays. People, parties, trips, getting lost all the time everywhere. I got out off my bubble. I am proud of myself

Right know I have hard time to cover my emotions, I am thinking about all those moments that ended right know. That we are not going to be together again. Every single of us have own live and it's nearly impossible to get these together.

Enjoying my youth it's something my dad told me to do. To travel while I can, to explore while I have energy. I did that. There was points where I wanted to go home, but somehow I stayed and I am here alive and healthy.

I think that this vacation moved me with a huge step to the front. To future where I can understand people that aren't my culture. I know how people around me feel when they cannot speak my language, but we still talk in it. Don't do that. It makes them feel uncomfortable.

Shit happens, yes. There was nothing without problems. Maybe it's because I didn't prepare but there were people prepared and they had other problems. It's part of this huge improvement in your life. I never hoped that this will be best vacation, but in one point of view it was. Yes, I said that I was prepared for worst but Taiwan suprised me. No I didn't mean it in a good way, but right know I am thinking that it was na bad until I wanted to be bad. As soon as I started to take it less seriously (and lower my standards) it was amazingly big improve.

Choose wisely. I had no idea about culture, I knew only minor things and also small research before you say something about new country. You will be surprised how much you can make people angry.

University I was on isn't best, but it's just great for exchange. You'll learn something, skip something else and everyone will be happy. It's out of the city center but it's in amazing surrounding of forest. There are places for exercising and also for relaxing. Dorms are basically prison and they also check if you're there at 2300 through week.

This is end of my weirdly difficult speech from thank you to motivation, but I hope you enjoyed. If no, sorry.

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