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This semester I had 3 exams and few mid-term tests. I passed all of my mid-terms just fine, they were pretty easy and didn’t have much of a problem with them.

First and by far the worst exam was biophysics. It has two parts, written test and oral part. I passed the test with 14,5/25 points (I needed 14/25 to pass 😅). I failed the oral part, because the topics I got weren’t the best (laser microskopes and something with diffusion), so I had to retake the exam. This time I got better topics, optical microskopes and structure and biophysical characteristics of proteins and nucleic acids, so I got a B on that.

First aid was a breeze, we had to perform CPR, and then the doctor asked us a few questions about shock, bleeding etc. and done.

Public health is hell. Literally, hell. It’s pretty useless, it’s a part of one state exam, but why do we have it in the first year? I didn’t pass it (got 12/20, needed 14/20). I have to retake the exam in 3rd semester, fortunately not the whole course.

You get up early, dring litres of coffe, eat irregulary, and go to bed late. Every single day. You are learning how to save others while ruining your own health.

And then you hear people complaining about rising salaries of doctors and nurses, that they get too much money.

I’ve been very busy with studying for exams. Also my parents are at vacation, so I clean the house and cook meals.

About exams, I didn’t pass the oral part of biophysics (but fortunately, I don’t have to take the test again). I passed English and first aid (these were pretty easy) and need to take test from Public health again.

First semester over, today is Christmas, and exams ahead. I passed all of my tests last week (anatomy, biophysics, latin and biology) and I’m so happy about that.

Now to get to Christmas mood, wrap the rest of the presents and relax for a bit with cup of hot chocolate before I have to study again for my biophysics exam.

We already had first part of Chrismas when my grandmother came for visit two days ago. Today (24th December) it’s Christmas day. We usually have lentil soup for lunch and fried fish with potato salad for dinner. We open our presents in the evening and do some traditions (like boats from walnuts shells, pour molten lead into cold water etc.) and tomorrow we will visit my other grandmother and great-grandmother.