My
social life in Sweden and at KI was very active! I tried to participate as much
as possible in KI events: seminars, lectures, conferences, sport activities, symposiums, workshops,
dissertations and etc! There were so many of them all the time and completely
for free!
KI was offering also great events from KI career service, like different medical company mingles and great seminars about CV and abstract writing. They were very
useful and great events, I have learned a lot there!
Also
I had a chance to take a part in Nobel lecture and see Nobel laureates! It was
big event all around the Stockholm during december!
Different
KI student organisation was all the time offering very interesting events, like
sport activities, city tours, parties, holiday celebration and etc! I still am
excited about autumn marathon all around the KI campus in Solna! :)
Also
there were great chance to participate in student research experiments and get
free cinema tickets as a price for participation in it! I have been participated
in a lot of them, because I am very interested in research and also I like
cinema! That’s also was
the way how I got my research part at KI for my spring semester! I was very interested in one
experiment and wrote email to main researcher, then we had a meeting and I have got a place in his department for three months for my next semester,
that’s also was the way how I got a chance to prolong my staying here for spring semester, because
previously I was planned to be here only for one semester, but I really wanted to stay here as long as possible and was thinking about it since my first arrival day here! That was my way to stay here longer and participate in great research about eating disorders, that I am very interested in!
I
also have been becoming a member of students dancing group ‘Dragplastet’,
because I love dancing so much! I was so happy that I had a chance to be
there, we were also participated in a lot of KI events and celebration parties!
It was amazing and I have enjoyed every rehearsal we had!
Also
I was trying to be integrated in Stockholm’s social life and have been
participated in ‘March for the Science’ as a volunteer! It was big and great marching event all around Stockholm!
Also I really wanted to get a job starting from
the first day I have just arrived here, but without Swedish personal number and
fluent Swedish language it was very difficult! First of all I was searched for
something connected with medicine, but I had not any chance to get any place without
fluent Swedish language and any medical care diploma. Then I have been searched
in a lot of other places, I was up for everything, but it was unsuccessful for a
long time! I had not lost a hope and continued to search and one day on one event I had met a girl, she have been working as a city guide in company ‘Free Walking
Tours Stockholm’ and I was becoming very interested in this position and tried to
do my best to get place there! After one week I have got a place and was starting to lead my own tours! I enjoyed my job so much!!! What could be better, I was
having a city guide’s position in city I love so much?!!! I have been leading
different types
of tours, like: ‘City tour’, ‘Food tour’, ‘Subway tour’! Oh, it was so
amazing time to meet new people from all around the world and show them
this beautiful city! :) I have done around 100 tours during my working time in
Stockholm!
After
I have got my job I started to think more about travelling all around the
Sweden and made several trips: trip to Kiruna/Abisko, where I had a chance to realize
my dream and see Northern Lights and Ice hotel! Also I have been visited other cities: Vadstena, Lund, Malmö, Gotlands! It was so fantastic time and wonderful
places, so great memories!
And
all the time I have met so many great people on my way, got a lot of new friends from all
around the world! :)