I'd love to work in Africa, Dubai, Madagascar, India, China, Hawaii, Monaco possibly 196 countries in the world. Some exotic and strange place. That's what little Rachel would want.
But I'm a grown woman now (grins). I'd want to experience working in a place that's completely out of my comfort zone. Someplace far, far away.
But peer pressure makes decision making hard.
They'd go:
"Why do you want to do your elective there? You're never gonna work there! so why'd you wanna waste time and money there?"
"You need recommendations! Do your elective somewhere where you can make connections!"
"Do something that will prepare you for your final year exams!"
"Do you even speak Hawaiian?"
"You'll get HIV!"
"Yer. Dirty!"
Lol. Super 现实.
But then again, this would be the only chance I'll ever get to work in a completely alien land (hospital) with people of completely different background and cultures.
On the other hand, they do have a point. We do need to prepare for the future. This isn't play time.
Sigh, if only I have all the time (and money) in the world.
And so, that brings me back to square one, where should I do my elective?
And here's another thought.
I don't really know what I want to do after med school. I love surgery more than medicine that's for sure, but I don't think I've really given much thought about other fields. They say we still have plenty of time and need not worry about it. Yes, true. But I guess now is the time to start considering options instead of simply jabbing a finger randomly and picking one. I'm a person who has her entire week(and months) scheduled in a diary book which is probably the next most important book after the Bible (I lost a diary once and went beserk many years ago, and I remember Ong Wai Wai found it for me! Thank you if you're reading this =P). I need plans. go haywire without one.
I guess I need to learn to put my trust fully in God. Trusting that He is the one who has the blueprints of my lifeplan and will make things work instead of snatching it away from Him.
Anyway, I found this really funny diagram on Facebook, probably drawn by some med student (med students are ALL about diagrams and flow charts lol).
Does it help me a little? Lol. Maybe.
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Do your electives wherever your heart tells you to Rachel, and just trust that everything will turn out alright as you look back in time from the not-too-distant future, after all what is life without a few risky decisions taken? ;)
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