Choices

Choices, what does this word mean to u? Do u like to have choices in your life? I guess everyone loves to have choices in life, right? Diverse choices of food to eat, choices of friends to be with, choices of places to go on vacation... Everyday in our lives, we make choices in so many situations... The question is, are choices really that good?

Personally, sometimes I find choices quite distressing in life... Choices put us in a dilemma, they cause us to waste a lot of our time to consider what should be done, and when we finally decided on something, deep down we know that we sacrificed something on the other side... Of course this applies only to certain situations, situations where it would be so convenient that we're left with no choices and just pick the only one that is left... this don't just save us our precious time, it also saves us from plenty of stress and worries that we would give ourselves...

Recently, I had a tutorial in my course, and I was asked the question how did I cope to studying medicine when it's actually my last choice initially? For some of u who doesn't know, medicine was never my preference in the first place, and I only took it after JPA diverted my application from dentistry to medicine... After much reflection on the topic, I had to say, there was nothing for me cope with, as I did not sacrifice anything... Simply put, I did not have a choice at all! 

When I received the offer from JPA, the only thing I was thinking at that moment and still do, is that I must save money for my parents and lessen their burden as much as I can... I come from a financially restrained family, and naturally I did not think too much about whether it was my interest to study medicine... Although I would have loved things to go my way, that I could have chosen the course that I wanted, but actually, medicine is not that bad a course also, right?

However the future holds, I can only accept it with my all, as I'm constantly reminded that this might be God's calling to me to study medicine and be a good doctor in future... As for choices, I have to say, sometimes it's just better not to have choices, it takes away so much of our worries and troubles... Of course we cannot do away with choices in life, I can't imagine a life without choices, haha!

it's all about EXAMS!!

Ya, it's all about exams recently... I had a mid sem exam in early April, and the result only came out on Monday, 6 freaking weeks after the actual exam!! Talk abt losing ur patience waiting =.=... I think most of us even forgot abt it already... But anyway, my result was okay, I'm quite satisfied with it, I think... Thank God I didn't screw up my very 1st medicine exam, LOL!


So after the result came out, what next? Exactly, more exams!! Gonna be having my semester exam in 3 weeks time, and I can tell u that if I'm asked to take the exam right now, I'm gonna FAIL for sure... to be honest, I haven't been studying at all, have been procrastinating since I came back from my mid semester holiday... I better dun screw up this one, gotta buck up to study very hard for the next 3 weeks, starting from tomorrow!


Anyway, when the results came out on Monday, I heard a lot of ppl saying that bad results motivate them to study harder... I think personally, that doesn't work on me, cuz I'll be regretting why I didn't do better and not think of the future... Call me lan si or whatever, but honestly, what spurs me on to study harder is the moments when I get good results, and ppl would be like 'Wow!', 'Congratz, Albert', or anything like that... This is quite an embarrassing part of me, and I'm revealing it here, omg... >.<

Best friends forever!

Look! It's the Fantastic 4! Haha... That was how we called ourselves back then during high school... Those 3 above, Kuen Luen, Eric and Sing Kiet, are my besties in my life, and will continue to be for the rest of my life... XD


Today was a rare occasion as finally we got the opportunity to have a gathering with each other... it's been quite hard to do that since high school, as all 4 of us went to different colleges/unis and our holidays are almost always different... Though Kuen Luen came late and we only got to meet for like one hour, that one hour is really worth it... These ppl have been my precious support throughout my life, and they are a big part of the reason why I am who I am today... Thank God for giving me such good friends! ^^


Although from here onward, we'll all be heading for our different paths respectively, I believe that one day, those 4 paths will join into one once again, no matter how long that is... I have to say, my decision to screw my Saturday for doing assignment is made worthwhile simply by seeing u all! =)

Laziness fills me to the max!!

I know I should be studying more, I know I should revise all my lectures daily and finish my assignments as soon as possible, I know I should go to uni during weekends in order to study properly... but whatever I'm doing right now is completely the opposite... I'm wasting most of my time on facebook, I'm constantly planning to go on gatherings or visits with my friends, I'm delaying all my assignments and not studying when I need to... This is really getting out of hand... I might have lost my kiasuness, which is what I always wished for, but now I'm beginning to doubt whether that's a good thing or not... =/


Anyway, I finally bought a camera from my friend, Timothy... It's a Canon PowerShot SX220 HS, bought at a cut price and is only 3 months old! Now that I have a new camera, think I'm gonna start taking lots of pictures everywhere... This is gonna make me lose focus on my studies more, oh no!!


Honestly, I'm a bit stressed about the whole situation at the moment... but as I always said, this is like the 1st semester of 1st year, I should chill and relax as I don't get much of that as the course progresses... well, I just hope I don't be too lazy and neglect my studies too much... @@

Go bald for cancer!!

Look at my BALD head!! Oh my, can't believe I did it in the end... If ur wondering if I've just gone through a heartbreak or broke down due to sth, it's not it! I only did it as the title of the post suggested, for cancer! On Friday, my school of medicine held an annual charity at Monash University, and the theme for this year is 'Toon Out Cancer', the theme picture being the one I'm holding above... A lot of events were held, but none more interesting than the main event, 'Hair For Hope', haha...

For this event, basically we just encourage ppl to show their support for cancer patients by going bald... When I first heard of it a month ago, I couldn't care less as I wasn't prepared to lose my hair AGAIN... For those of u who don't know, this is the 2nd time in my life that I'm getting bald, the 1st being in National Service... Well, it all changed on the day before the charity... I left my fb on on a computer, and my friends fraped me into posting a status of going bald if I got 50 likes, and I got much more than that... =.=

Then, I started considering real hard that night and on the whole day of charity... It just came to my realization that maybe God has arranged for me to be fraped so that I would get an opportunity to go bald and do sth meaningful for cancer... And, to be frank, I reli dun have much to lose... though I still dun have a gf now, I thought that having bad haircut for 3 months wouldn't make such a big difference too... my own personal self-esteem is nothing compared to the sufferings of cancer patients worldwide... In the end, I decided to do it, and I got the haircut or shave by 4pm...

The reactions to my antics were quite surprising to me actually, seeing that I've been bald before in the past... I posted the photo above to fb, and I've got 150 likes so far... everyone was like saying I'm so brave to do it... to be honest, I didn't think I was so brave... there were braver ppl than me, most notably GIRLS who went bald... I heard one of them even cried while having her head shaved, seriously impressed and astonished by their guts...

Anyway, I guess the event was a success, though there were only 3 year ones who went for the cut... All in all, I think guys shouldn't hesitate so much abt giving up their hair... What's there for us to lose when we can get our hair back like in 3 months? For other cancer patients, they can never grow hair on their heads, which we should respect and show empathy to them... I'm glad I did it, as this is the very first genuine good thing I did as a medical student, a good start to the journey of being a good doctor in future! =D

Back to this uni life!

Ah, here I am again in Bandar Sunway to continue my life as a medicine student... I guess I shud have written this post like on Monday or Tuesday, but I was just busy or maybe lacking in motivation to blog, haha... Anyway, after a one week holiday last week, I'm back here again, and this time it's for around 10 weeks, longer period compared to the last! @@

Well, it's not that I hate my uni life, it's actually the opposite, I do love my uni life a lot! As compared to my previous college life, my uni life is so much more enjoyable due to many reasons... one of the main reasons has to be that I have a gang of friends who I can reli mix with in my course... no offence to my college friends, but I always had the problem of reli mixing with them, it's like I'm not reli in tune with all their crazy and funny jokes and stunts... Anyway, my current group of friends in medicine is making my uni life so much more meaningful and enjoyable, haha...

Another reason is I guess I dun put too much pressure on myself to compete with other ppl anymore... In foundation, I used to have the mentality in wanting to beat everyone and be top, ya u can call me 'kiasu', I admit I seriously did have that problem... but now in uni, I no longer care that much anymore, I just urge myself to study hard and not think too much abt what other ppl is doing... Maybe I've changed, who knows? =D

However much I enjoy my uni life, we all will miss our hometown in the end no matter what... The food, the hometown friends, family, comfy home... NOTHING can compare to them T.T

On Call 36 小时, a must watch!

I've just finished this Hong Kong drama in 4 days (actually shud be 3 days, since I didn't watch it at all yesterday)... I must say, this is one of the best, if not the best, Hong Kong drama I have ever watched in my life! It's 25 episodes long, and it's worth every episode of it, serious!


As u can see from the poster above, this drama is all about doctors... it shows the life of a doctor, the difficulties, the rules, the interactions with patients' relatives, the teamwork between colleagues, and so so much more... What makes this drama so nice is that it's so meaningful... it teaches us a lot of life's challenges and how we shud be thankful for our healthy lives while others can only dream to have what we have...


One of the quotes that I like the most in this movie is 健康的人不一定是开心的，伤病的人不一定是不开心的 (healthy people might not always be happy, while sick people might not always be sad too, they can be happy as well)... this teaches me that everyone can live a happy life regardless of our health status, it's our choices that matters...


Maybe it's because I'm gonna be a doctor in future that makes me so connected to this drama, but of the people that introduced this drama to me, they r not medicine students, and yet they enjoyed it a lot... So, dun hesitate anymore, this is a must watch drama for everyone, u won't regret it... It's meaningful, funny at times, and incredibly touching too... I almost cried a few times while watching it, gosh!