Being a Student (again!)

Hello blog, sorry for ignoring you for the past months.. It has been insanely busy around my life.

Well, here's what I gotta say..

I've decided that in 2010 I'm gonna continue my studies, with or without the scholarships. I've been applying for several scholarships and fellowship program, but it turns out to be disappointing.
The most disappointing one was my application to Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. I've already got the spot in the Uni, but I have to wait for the scholarship, in the end they were offering me a student loan for my tuition. Since it's soooo expensive I decided to skip the opportunity.

So, a few months later, I applied to some local Universities. One of them is University of Indonesia. I applied for their Master of Hospital Management program. And I got in. Since there's no scholarship, I have to ask my parents to fund me. This was not my plan, my plan was to get a scholarship or a job that can pay my graduate school tuition. But, what can I say?

So, I resigned from my jobs in August. And started the classes in September, after Idul Fitri Holidays.

The classes are great, interesting and else.. But the problem is, some subjects are way out of my league. I mean, I've been studying and focusing on Management for years after high school. And now, I have to study about diseases. The lecturers talked about diseases with their medical terms as if everyone in class understands it by heart. Well excuse me, I don't understand those terms. So, all I'm doing during this Epidemiology class was asking my classmate, "what does that mean?", then he/she must explain a little bit about that term.

The other subjects are okay. I mean they're not that hard to digest. They're part of management or administration studies but related to hospital service.

Up until now, the end of my first semester in UI, I love it. Despite the fact that I have to commute from home to campus around one to two hours before class. Other things that's not nice in this Uni is the scheduling. They don't consider public holidays in their schedule. And the lecturers are too busy with their other work, so most of the time they can't teach on schedule. There's so many substitute classes. It's kind of annoying.

My new friends are great. They're really helpful in every aspect. The class is well bonded. Even though we're from different ages, we can joke and chat about common things, most of the time.

So, Happy new year everyone!
I'm hoping that who ever reads this blog have a great life ahead.
And I also wish that I can finish my Grad school with flying colors. Cheers :)