No girlfriend, no close mates, no family for 12,000 miles, being a grad student in a foreign country was a tough life. But it would all be worth it if his research went somewhere.
Eric thought that one day he might work at the prestigious National Institutes of Health in Washington DC, the braincenter of medical research. On occassion he even found himself daydreaming about receiving a Nobel Prize. Greatness required sacrifice and he was fully prepared to put in his time.
Eric had learned to live on six hours sleep so he rolled out of bed at just after 6AM. It was still pitch dark outside, but there were birds chirping.