The Final Curtain is Falling Next Friday!

Exam's finally over. Our results would be out by next friday, and regardless whether I pass or fail, that day is officially our final day in IMU...

In truth, I think I would IN FACT miss IMU. Definitely not the PRINTERS! nor the IT Dept hahahaha.... But I'm pretty sure I'll look back with nostalgically at the good times I had with friends and the kind and helpful lecturers I've met when I get scolded badly during clinical years hahaha.

2.5 years in IMU felt so long and so short at the same time... Yea, it's really a paradox. I would still be doing a year of BMedSci before going to UQ (If I pass, btw), and so technically I would still be in IMU. But, most of my friends, and definitely my best friends, won't be around anymore and thus it is almost similar to a new start. I can't wait to get IMU done and over with but at the same time, I wouldn't mind having some extra time to spend with friends I've met within this short period of time...

Since I'm taking a break from blogging for a short period of time (To go for trips nyahahahhahah!) and pretty sure I'm mostly likely not gonna bump into quite a number of you for the next 10 years...

Kudos to my friend, who, for the past 1.5 years, have managed to survive and cope with my Type A personality XD, especially during the last 2 weeks of EOS5-stress-overdrive-tension and what-not. He's definitely one of the few friends I would remember even 10 or 20 years down the road... True friends are hard to come by. You can be rest assured that if one day, if you've landed yourself in real deep shit (I doubt you will though LOL) I'll be there to bail you out... Same goes to the bunch of sad (:P) guys who had offered me nothing but sincere friendship for the months we had in IMU. :D

I shall never forget the gentle, fun, and of course LAME (We aren't CSS if we aren't lame right :P?) CSS friends with whom I've spent quite a big chunk of uni life. Do know that I'm grateful for the days we've spent together with God in our hearts and I'll always have you guys in my heart wherever I am :) Your footprints will always be there on the beach of my soul.

To my friend who has known me since Taylor's, who have experienced both the good and worst side of me for the past 4 years, may your years in Seremban and after that be wonderful. I owe you lots, and I wish you well, always.

To my friends from Crusaidsers and the rest of my close friends (I'm sure you know who you are :D, it's way too long to mention one by one hahaha ), rest assured I'm someone who treasures friendship and I will remember all of you.

M207: Thank you for the memories we had for the past 2.5 years. May happiness and success be with you all in life.

Last but not least, I'll never forget the ever helpful helpful CSU lecturers, who were always willing to fork out their own extra time to help us out in practices. Without their diligent effort to teach, I would have died a horrible death in every single EOS OSCE exam.

I'm pretty sure, I'll miss IMU indeed....

PS: Not the PRINTERS!!!

5 Bad Things About Being Nice

1. Your girlfriend is with you just because she thinks you're nice...

2. Your best friend doen't think that he holds a special place in you among all friends because you're nice to everybody anyway, not just him...

3. People around you don't really appreciate the nice things you do for them because it's like an integral part of you and your daily routine... after all, you're nice...

4. People regard you as boring... Because all that they can remember about you is, you're nice... And nice is boring compared to being naughty or bad

5. You get manipulated into doing things you don't really want to even when you don't have the time, because you put others above yourself and feel obliged to help them

The Beginning of A Spiritual Journey with God

Today, after the first official session (facilitated by Mr. Benny), was the first day of an official spiritual journey for me, and I just want to share with everyone this short passage from Mother Theresa

"And we read that in the Gospel very clearly - love as I have loved you - as I love you - as the Father has loved me, I love you - and the harder the Father loved him, he gave him to us, and how much we love one another, we, too, must give each other until it hurts. It is not enough for us to say: I love God, but I do not love my neighbour. St. John says you are a liar if you say you love God and you don't love your neighbour. How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbour whom you see, whom you touch, with whom you live. And so this is very important for us to realise that love, to be true, has to hurt. It hurt Jesus to love us, it hurt him. And to make sure we remember his great love he made himself the bread of life to satisfy our hunger for his love. Our hunger for God, because we have been created for that love. We have been created in his image. We have been created to love and be loved, and then he has become man to make it possible for us to love as he loved us. He makes himself the hungry one - the naked one - the homeless one - the sick one - the one in prison - the lonely one - the unwanted one - and he says: You did it to me. Hungry for our love, and this is the hunger of our poor people. This is the hunger that you and I must find, it may be in our own home. "

Peace, brothers and sisters in Christ, and fellow friends from all backgrounds. We're one family, and may we co-exist with love and kindness.

Turning 21

I was supposed to post about this on 1 Oct, but as usual I got lazy on that day :p Basically I turned 21 on last Thursday. So technically, I am now legally an adult.

Entering Adulthood

When we were young, we're always in a hurry to grow up, thinking that it's so cool to be an adult. We get to stay up late and watch tv as much as we want. We have lots of money to spend as adults. Being the youngest child in the family, you can bet I had these kind of thoughts in my mind before too.

Unfortunately, as we slowly become adults, we start to realise the vast amount of duties that we will have to shoulder. Things begin to get complicated: studies, money matters, relationships, career prospects, duty to family, duty to the society and the country... We start to ponder whether it is worth it to gain freedom with duties over our shoulders as the price.

"We start to miss being kids"

Being an adult means that I can no longer view the world through a kaleidoscope and acting like a teenager. Even action or statement now I make from now on has to be based on a series of critical thinking with a sense of maturity (Bah! Forget it man!...) Even now, as a medical student, I'm constantly trying to adapt myself to the duties I will have to carry as a doctor in the future and I constantly wonder whether I'll be able to bear all the pressure. All the sudden, you realise that being an adult was no fun at all.

Happiness and Life

Nevertheless, we must not be afraid to live, and be happy... Time passes by so fast that even the saying "blink of an eye" is an understatement. We always worry a lot about the future, and keep looking back at the failures we had, thus limiting ourselves from truly enjoying 'now'.

As we become adults, we experience more and more disappointments. And the reality makes things even harder. We slowly lose that shinning 'hope' we used to have in ourselves. We limit ourselves, living a life of routines and stop dreaming for something better.

"We start to believe that dreams do not come true"

I was watching One Tree Hill a few days ago and this quote got stuck in my head (I know it's cheezy but I kinda like it)

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"Take a look at yourself in the mirror, who do you see looking back?
Is it the person you wanna be?

Or is there someone else you were meant to be, the person you should have been but just fell short of.

Is someone telling you that you can't or you won't? Because you can.
Believe that love is out there.

And believe that dreams come true everyday, because they do.

Sometimes happiness doesn't come from money or fame or power. Sometimes happiness comes from good friends and family, and from the quiet nobility of leading a good life.

Believe that dreams come true everyday, because they do.

So take a look in that mirror and remind yourself to be happy, because you deserve to be. Believe that.

And believe that dreams come true everyday, because they do."

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Happiness is something we cannot perceive physically. It comes in many ethereal forms: our relationship with our loved ones and friends, when we help others and make their dreams come true, when we get what we want, and many more. The path to happiness may look uncertain at times, but never be afraid, for you'll never know how magnificent that moment of bliss may be (Obviously because for all you know our beloved Earth may just get blasted into pieces by some random comet tommorrow and there goes any future opportunities for you to attain happiness)

I was just a small kid not long ago, and BOOM! I'm 21 now. So, I will look forward to the future full with hope and I'll push my potential to the limits, because I believe I can!

Significance to the world

Whether we like it or not, at some point in our lives, we will be asking ourselves: "Have I made a difference in this world?" Have you ever wonder what marks your existence on Earth? Whether you make any difference to the world through the things you say and the choices you make?

"Can I make a difference to this world?"

All of us want to leave a mark on this world. But often, we tell ourselves we are too insignificant to be able to do anything. Well, I truly believe we have the ability to do so. We don't have to take extremely big steps, even small, easy things matter.

Mother Teresa once said: "We can do no great things, only small things with great love."

These are my thoughts as a newbie adult. Funny isn't it? LOL... I should be thinking about Genting Casino instead... I'm freaking 21 now~! :P

PS: Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, presents, and birthday parties. You all truly enrich my life and I hereby express my greatest gratitude to all of you.

Currently listening to Summer's Summer from Sodagreens' new album! (Note the lyrics reflects the life of an adult, in a postive larrr!)

ICG 2009

Last week, I went with Ivan, Esther, Eileen, Rebecca and Joceline to a 4-day Catholic camp: Inter Campus Gathering 2009.

It's held once every 2 years, and this year, it's in Majodi Centre, Johor. We went as representatives of KLCC (CSS IMU)...

I'll let the photos do the talking :D

OMG.............

I've just realised... JH's birthday was last week... but it wasn't Saturday...

As much as he's a person who don't really care much about things (while being paradoxically a perfectionist within =.=, yea I've seen these two sides of him co-existing at the same time and place for several times, despite the fact that they are antagonistic traits), I don't think I'll be able to escape from Lord Kell's druidic sorcery for forgetting his birthday and THEN actually FORGETTING his actual birthday AGAIN...

Apart from that... when's Alvi's and Duncan's bday again...? ***Quickly opens Facebook***

Crap lar... I think I should go to KLCC top floor now...