I was rejected for the first
internship I had applied to, an accreditation bureau in Pretoria. I let myself
sulk for a few days and then got back on the horse. A wonderful family friend
with a lot of contacts in the South African laboratory world helped put me in
contact with a professor at the University of Pretoria, A.K.A. “Tukkies”. I’m
not sure if that’s all she did, but I’m eternally grateful no matter what she
did to help.
I’ll be doing an internship in
the Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology. I was hesitant towards
this subject at first because of my limited experience, my field of choice
being forensics. Luckily I sucked it up and wrote an internship letter anyways.
Letting an opportunity go to waste is something I’m not willing to do, no
matter how scary the prospect.
Now that I have my first of two
internships lined up though, time seems to be going at warp-speed. There’s so
much I need to find out and so many forms to fill in. More than anything there
is an terrifying amount of waiting to be done and I have never been a
particularly patient person… I guess I’ll take it one day at a time and stop
procrastinating!
Just for reference, I've added a map of South Africa and pointed a giant arrow at Pretoria :)
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