{"id":88234,"date":"2018-06-26T10:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T08:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=88234"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:01","slug":"als-ik-met-vriendinnen-iets-ga-drinken-is-dat-eigenlijk-altijd-in-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/06\/26\/als-ik-met-vriendinnen-iets-ga-drinken-is-dat-eigenlijk-altijd-in-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018When I meet friends for a drink, we pretty much always go to Rotterdam\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frederique Moerman (19) has known that she wanted to study medicine since towards the end of primary school. \u201cLast year, I went to a few open days for other study programmes because I felt it would be useful to have an alternative if I didn\u2019t get in.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the gymnasium student didn\u2019t need a plan B and started her dream studies in September. It was a bit of a shock to the system when she got a 5.5 and a 5.6 after the first block. Frederique: \u201cI was used to getting pretty good grades, without really having to do my best.\u201d Since then, she\u2019s been working much harder, and with better results, she tells me in the metro on the way to Schiedam. \u201cI used to want to be a neurologist, but there are now more specialisations I find interesting, like paediatrics or cardiology. But some things are really dull, like kidneys, which we\u2019ve just completed a six week block on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Besides her demanding studies, Frederique plays hockey in the first team of Hockey Club Rotterdam (HCR). \u201cA game every Sunday and three training sessions a week. In itself, it doesn\u2019t take up much time, but with everything else involved, it\u2019s easily three and a half hours each time.\u201d Fortunately, she passed her driving test two years ago, so she has her own transport. \u201cBut tonight a friend who usually gets a lift with me is picking me up for the first time. She\u2019s just turned eighteen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her busy weekly programme, Frederique seems to have everything under control. \u201cAt first, I kept a timetable with a noticeboard and markers, to organise everything. I\u2019m always free on Monday evenings and Saturdays, so I can do my homework then.\u201d<\/p>\n

She doesn\u2019t have time for men at the moment. \u201cDuring my studies, I don\u2019t meet many nice lads.\u201d And at the hockey club? Giggling: \u201cYes, there are some there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Promotion to top division<\/h2>

Next year, she plans to look for a house in Rotterdam with a hockey friend. \u201cPreferably something near Erasmus MC.\u201d\u00a0Now it\u2019s often touch and go whether the metro connects with the bus, which only runs once every half an hour.<\/p>\n\n\t

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She doesn\u2019t do much in Schiedam any more. \u201cIf I meet friends for a drink, we pretty much always go to Rotterdam.\u201d She\u2019s been playing hockey with HCR since the age of twelve. \u201cSince then, the manager of my old club in Schiedam has asked my mother every year when I\u2019m coming back.\u201d Frederique doesn\u2019t think that will happen any time soon. \u201cI hope that we\u2019ll be promoted to the top division next season and that I can continue playing in the first team. Although I realise that I\u2019ve chosen one of the busiest and most difficult studies.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the bus, which we only just manage to catch, it\u2019s just a five minute walk to the Moerman family home. Today she won\u2019t be doing any more work. \u201cWhen I\u2019ve been to a lecture and have to train in the evening, I feel I\u2019ve done enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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