on starting with medical school

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I've just graduated from my University and soon enough I'll be starting my medical education. To be honest, being a doctor was not my original dream but the more that I thought about it, the more it made sense. When I was a bit younger, I told myself that when I retire or when I am old enough, I want to go to Africa and be able to help people there. However, when I entered college in the University of the Philippines Manila, which is near the Philippine General hospital, I realized that a lot of people are also in great need here in the Philippines. Just in terms of medical care, statistics shows that the doctor to patient ratio here is 1 doctor is to 20000 to 30000 patients. According to the world health organization, the ideal is 1 doctor is to 10000 patients. That's when I decided that if I wanted to help people, I should start here in my country. Aside from that, it also doesn't hurt that being a doctor wouldn't be a boring job. It's actually a productive job because you could help while earning. Also, the job is not a routine type of job wherein you get up in the morning, wake up and do the same things for over several years in your job. Aside from these, I cannot deny the fact that once you've worked long enough, salaries of doctors aren't at all bad. You may think that I would want the salary all to myself but I actually plan to save some of the money so that I can create a foundation which would support children who cannot afford to go to school. This foundation would support a number of children until they graduate a course. Of course it's all too ideal, but that's one of my ultimate goals in life. I know that medical school wouldn't be easy. In addition, it would take another five years before I become a doctor and therefore would require my parents' money for another five years. I'm actually thinking of how I would be able to pay my dorm rent in total. I'll just have to find a way I guess. :) It's a good thing Im tutoring Japanese how to speak English now. Anyway, I'll have a long way to go before I become a doctor but in the long run the pay-offs would be great. Nothing would be more rewarding than be able to help and make people happy.