~ Journey of Mine ~: May 2011

Again, i went to the Netherlands for participating the 7th Leiden International Medical Student Conference in South Holland.

Again, i went there alone.
This time the feeling of going there was rather mixed up.. I needed to calm myself down while doing my best for the presentation of my project.

The decision to take part in this conference was not well-planned. What i meant was a day before the closing date, i submitted my abstract and i was selected for an oral presentation of 8 minutes with 2 minutes of discussion. I did not plan to go for this conference initially, but due to a sudden incident, i had to go, but i was glad that i'm part of the LIMSC family.

I was the only one from Malaysia, so it was a good opportunity for me to meet friends from around the world, exhanged our ideas and opinions on the issues being discussed during the conference, and was able to learn a bit more about culture of other students. Sometimes, being alone was nice, i walked to someone and started a conversation, and that was how i expand my social circle. We just have to make the first move. :)

Leiden, was the venue for the conference. 15 minutes train ride from Schiphol Amsterdam airport. In fact, Leiden was strategically located, which i think i will come back again to visit other cities from here. Of course, this time i will bring my mum along since she wants to admire the beauty of tulips :)