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It’s been 4 months since I moved out of my place in Goshen, IN. Settled now in Syracuse, NY, to attend medical school at SUNY Upstate, summer experiences play daily into my current life as a student.
The countless thoughtless hours of sipping nescafe on the Nazarene rooftop balcony prepped my mind for the onslaught of knowledge uptake and studying. The days spent on planes and buses throughout Israel and Africa has indeed increased my sitting tolerance. Dave’s sage leaf tea is an excellent evening memory drink. Lastly, even though I haven’t undergone a language switch in weeks, I’m learning daily the vocab and semantics of science, medicine and especially anatomy.
No longer living out of bags and luggage, I reflect quantitatively on the journey…
Goshen house number: 1601
Syracuse house number: 418
days between the two locations: 121
countries lived: 4
languages used: 7
airline miles: 21,847
in-flight movies: 4
the above movies worth watching: 2
nights payed for bed: 0
nights outside: 3
nights in airport: 1
Israeli Shekels in a dollar: 3.2
Tanzanian shillings in a dollar: 1,163
French C.F.A. in a dollar: 444
Afife’s pizza: 6 shekels
chicken and chips: ask Josh. he payed.
cup of cafe tuba: 100 CFA
bottle of Ale-8-One: 0.95 USD
jetta road miles: 5,683
gallons of diesel fuel: 137
hours of med school lectures: 22
days until first exam: 20
cups of coffee: countless
