(forgive my excitement since I am a poor medical student with not much other "happening" things going on in my life)
The abstract. Okay, not super earth shattering and thankfully my consultant was presenting but ya good excuse to go on a trip.
On tour around Darwin. Darwin is pretty far from Sydney, almost 4 hours by flight. Great for outdoors stuff and the highlight of the tour I took was the jumping crocodiles. The rest like buffolo watching, mangrove swamps etc are stuff I grew up seeing in Labuan (my small hometown) so it was not new.
there's a video where it jumps but I am too lazy to upload on youtube.
My hotel room in Holiday Inn...4 nights become a bit of a drag when you're alone but ya no complaints..
Overall, I would not have flown to Darwin if it wasn't sponsored so it was good to get to see what Darwin is like. Also going to this conference plus the part time job is a blessing from God because it is related to med and pays alright with not that long hours. It was a bit lonely just because there were few if no other medical students around, most were advance trainees and consultants but it's good exposure. It also made me a bit more confident about research work because initially I really thought that our abstract won't be accepted (since I have no experience on how such stuff works) but it actually got upgraded to an oral abstract.
