22.8.10

Moving on...

Well the time has come for me to say goodbye to NPH for a bit, and take a leap into uncertainty yet again. Last Friday was my last official day "at work", and I have just one more week here in the good 'ol USofA before heading to Berlin, Germany to study for a masters degree in International Health. (http://internationalhealth.charite.de/en/) I will be studying full-time, and therefore it should take about one year to complete the program. I'll spend the first four months in Berlin for the core course, then will be traveling around a bit to complete my required modules, which will be focused on HIV/AIDS.

In July I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. The conference was one week long, and gave me a taste for what I'm in for with my move to Europe. It was inspiring to be surrounded by 19,000 other participants from 181 countries, all working towards the same cause. The experience got me really excited about continuing my studies in this area.

I have one week left here to enjoy time with family and friends before taking off again. So I leave you with this. Hopefully I'll have a chance to update the blog following the move.

Much love to everybody.