Sunny side up

Good God I realised this week that I've been in South Africa for a whole month now... Time seriously flies when you are having fun BUT I also started realising that I'm missing my friends really badly... All the stories, the gossip, the dates, just laughing really loud and feeling completely comfortable in my own happy Belgian life.That's why this week was a little bit harder for me because I don't want people to see me unhappy and sad... it does make me feel good that I can just talk about this with my roommates but still I would rather not think about it at all...

Btw another fun fact for the people who know me and my shitty MacBook -> the charger died a few days ago so JEEJ no more schoolwork and Papers for me to write (lol would love it when this counts as a legit reason to just skip al the assignments but nope)

On the other side...

I finished my last days on ICU and I would like to thank the team because they were very warm and they didn't make me feel as a stranger. We could laugh with al the differences and we were really open to each other. They helped me with my thesis, my struggles and even in the 3rd week they already knew me so well that they saw that I was struggling with some things because I wasn't myself. I've learnt A LOT and saw the most crazy cases like stab wounds in the heart or a serious poly trauma. I've noticed these 3 weeks that I really like the thrill of ICU and if it's still possible in Belgium after I graduate, I would like to start the post graduate on ICU and emergency. I don't know yet how ICU functions in Belgium but I'm looking forward to explore it. Fun fact 3: my team took me and Max to two pubs (one in which we could sing karaoke hahaha YESYESYES) to finish my internship on a nice note. I really enjoyed this though it was a little bit weird to go dancing and drinking with the people who still had to evaluate me 🙈

BRIGHT SIDE: we had two birthdays to celebrate and I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I really enjoyed organizing this and think about surprises with the others. Ofcourse it was combined with delicious food hehehehe will get fat here. We did some fun stuff as well like hiking, canoeing to the waterfall,...

also: our friends of Cape Town came to visit us and Lieselot moved here because her internship also starts this week jeeeeeej. Now we're at the residence with 3 Belgian people and 2 Dutch people hehehe MAJORITY

It was a crazy weekend with a few struggles and I seriously had to calm my temper but luckily we are all nice people and sunday was like THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. I touched and walked with the elephaaaaaants of Knysna ♥️

It felt really unreal and although the guide told us it could be dangerous and we had to be careful, I didn't feel unsafe at all... I sincerely can say that this was the best experience ever and I'm so happy that I did it. Btw it wasn't sad at all for the elephants. They live in a really big place and the people don't let other people take joy rides on them. They are really taken care of and the 'only negative thing' (yes ofcourse they still live in captivity and it's a tourist attraction but it's a really nice place for them and people have to stick to the rules or they will be kicked out) is that they see and meet people all day.