A year ago in this day...

Hi readers! After a long time finally Im eager to blog again. Life's been so far so good; the last two months were one of the hardest because it was two most hectic departments in the clerkship apart from being in minor departments. The good thing was I managed to maintain my weight despite eating a lot which made me happy. I also can watch drama this month since we get into a less hectic department. Throwback to a year ago in this day was the first day of my clinical clerkship in Budapest. How fast time flies. If it's possible, I want to go back to that time. It was my first experience travelling abroad alone and being so far from my hometown. Getting the best roommates I could ever ask for and best experience that I would never forget in my life. Im looking forward to do another exchange again. Wish me luck!

missing all these girls so much!

Holiday - The End.

Im back again to blog! Yes, I've arrived in my hometown 2 weeks ago but I need to prepare for my exam so I didnt have the time to post anything here. I've just finished my exam today and I still have one week holiday before the school starts. I'll be in my fourth year now and I hope I can pass all the exams smoothly so I can graduate according to the schedule. My holiday this time was the best one ever. I travelled to four countries: France (Paris), Hungary (Budapest), Czech Republic (Prague), and Austria (Vienna). Paris has been my dream place since I was a kid and finally I can go to this beautiful city. Budapest, Prague, and Vienna are so different even though they are close to each other geographically. Last month in Budapest has also been a wonderful one for me; I have done lots of things which I think I wont be able to do it in the past. I thought I wouldnt miss Budapest after I left but I was wrong; I miss Budapest a lot T^T I miss the times where I can walk around the city, drink and sit in the Liberty Bridge, go shopping whenever I want to, talk to my roommates, eat pizza at the metro station, etc. Thank you June and July for being so good to me and see you next time Europe!

I miss you Budapest.

Farewell Party for July in Budapest 2015 exchangees.

I still cant believe we've had our farewell party yesterday. We talked about which moment was the most memorable one and for me it's my first week in the hospital and when I talked to my roommates at night. Then we wrote our impression of each other in a paper sticked in our back and in the end they played a video which was a compilation of the photos we took during the whole month. To be honest Hungary was not in my list of choice and I didnt know how I can be placed here but then I started to like this city. I still remembered clearly my first day here; it was so horrible because I felt so weird being in such a different place with what I've imagined before. Some people have left last week and now everybody is leaving one by one. My roommate, Marisa, left today and you know Im an easily touched person so I cried. I, Marisa, and another roommate, Zehra, spent much time together. We laughed over simple things and we shared about info about our countries. After the official farewell party yesterday, we had another farewell party at night. I learnt so many things from this exchange. This is my first time coming to Europe, my first time travelling alone, my first time in Budapest, my first time being an exchange, my first time living in a room with other girls and no aircon, my first time seeing a shower without curtain, my first time meeting so many people from different countries, my first time to be in a place where there's nobody I knew before, my first time being sooooo far away from my family, and still a lot more. But I really enjoyed it. On my first and third weeks here it was so hot (41C) and we always complained about the weather; now it's so damn cold (20C). I was confused about how to use the metro on my first day in Budapest because we have no metro system in Indonesia and this one was different with the one I used in Paris before. I used monthly public transportation card so it's easier for me to go anywhere whenever I wanted to since it's free. When I was bored, I always walked to some new places and enjoyed the view. The weather in the first week really annoyed me but still I like this city. My personally favorite places in the city were Fisherman's Bastion and House of Parliament. I regretted not to know everyone better and I hope we can meet again next time. Thank you for everything during this exchange. See you when I see you again.

Love all these girls sooooo much. Will miss you all a lot T^T

We are the residence of Room 4 lol

Sad because it's the last day T^T

Behind the scene

After almost 3 weeks in Budapest.

It's been almost 3 weeks since I've been staying in Budapest. Observed lots of things, I just knew that we have so many differences. Foods, cultures, habits, education, etc. Hungarian always says "szia" or 'sziasztok' when they meet someone which means "hello" and you should reply that. The pronounciation is the same as "see ya"; that's why I was confused at first when I just arrived in the hospital and the nurse greeted me. It's also not necessary to reply someone if they say hello in my country especially when it's a stranger who greets us. We just smile or reply sometimes. It's rude when you dont reply them and I experience it when I was buying something. They also always say thanks for everything; it's "köszönöm" or "köszi". My doctor always says that whenever the nurse gives him the surgery instruments. The special Hungarian dish is goulash; it's soup or stew of meat and vegetables, seasoned with paprika and other spices. I like this one because they use lots of spices and it's served hot, definitely my favorite. Sometimes I find European food is too plain for me. Here they also always eat with salt and bread. This is so weird for me because we never have salt on the table. The internet here is also very fast; it's like 6++ Mbps but my friend says it's slow lol In Indonesia it's even difficult to get 200 kbps. People here often say "igen" which means "yes" but they say it like "igen igen igen" in very fast which is funny for me. When they say "yo" which means "good", they also say it like "yo yo". I really like it when they say igen igen or yo yo xD
PS: all pics are taken by me.

Budapest view from Gellert Hill in the afternoon

Budapest view from the Green Bridge at night

Great Market Hall at night

Margitsziget.

Finally I have a proper weekend this week and decided to go to Margaret Island with my friends. They went this morning for swimming and I joined them a bit later. This island is called as Margitsziget in Hungary and it's located in Danube River between Buda and Pest. You can reach this island by metro M3 to Nyugati Palyaudvar and change to metro 4 or 6 to Szell Kalman Ter. It's a recreational park, so nobody actually lives here but there's swimming pools, parks, restaurants, and the main attraction is the dancing fountain. I went there quite early today around 4pm and got to watch the show for 3 times since it scheduled for each hour. Budapest was burning hot today, and it felt so good to be there because I sat under the shade and it was windy.

PS: 

If you are wondering why I always write what I did during my exchange, it's because I want to have a travel diary so that I can remember what I did during the trip.