tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404364066751827448.post2107688671053002074..comments2014-01-17T15:34:26.455+02:00Comments on Falafel and Chips.: Introduction and first mini rant.FalafelandChipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932089851714444841noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404364066751827448.post-5305802396999747172010-06-13T01:36:51.945+03:002010-06-13T01:36:51.945+03:00Oh, well -as you might expect- I get this question...Oh, well -as you might expect- I get this question all the time over here :) Actually, it's pretty important to clarify why because otherwise, it reflects poorly upon myself as it implies that I was one of the Canadian grads with scores too low to do medicine in Canada, that I had to travel abroad and do it there.<br /><br />Actually, we moved to Egypt when I was around 9-10 years old. I did TareXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481767746378425352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404364066751827448.post-2349000360975010002010-06-13T01:35:34.141+03:002010-06-13T01:35:34.141+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.TareXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481767746378425352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404364066751827448.post-12919295650364593232010-06-12T22:22:06.427+03:002010-06-12T22:22:06.427+03:00I've lived here pretty much my whole life, so ...I've lived here pretty much my whole life, so if I went to university at 17, I'd been here for 13 years! <br /><br />Question for you: why on earth did you study medicine in Egypt not Canada?!FalafelandChipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932089851714444841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404364066751827448.post-37789487272650149512010-06-10T11:46:49.278+03:002010-06-10T11:46:49.278+03:00As a Canadian-by-birth Egyptian-by-blood in his la...As a Canadian-by-birth Egyptian-by-blood in his late twenties who invested 9 years of his life studying medicine in Egypt, I wish I had the luxury of switching to something more in line with my real passions... computing and engineering...SIGH.<br /><br />I had a theory about the 3rd world country society subconsciously steering my study decisions (because my parents certainly did not)... I'dTareXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481767746378425352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404364066751827448.post-70098035223744049362010-06-10T11:44:36.024+03:002010-06-10T11:44:36.024+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.TareXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481767746378425352noreply@blogger.com