Why I mention birthdays is because, we're used to spending birthdays with family members, close friends and in a familiar environment. And here, in a (still) unfamiliar environment, everyone will do their best to make that special day for another person one of the best days they have had, even though they are not as close as friends back home.
University life means growing up, taking up responsibility, studying hard, having fun with your batch mates, and essentially, preparing you for the big bad world out there, where you are let go from the loose chains that holds you back here.
It's a great chapter that has opened up for me. And I'm glad I made it to medical school.
And now my books are calling out to me.....yearning me to read about the body and its various functions per system. (Physiology, in other words) :)