first of all, happy birthday Angie!! glad you had fun..
also happy birthday to aunty grace and khye theng.. hehe..
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watching us being us just now at Mizu, laughing like crazy and posing for the camera suddenly made me realise that in just a couple of months it’ll just be me, jen, crz and denise together.. i wonder how it’ll be.. will we be still fun-loving like we are now, or will we be burdened by the Clinical School workload?? anyways, i shall let Him decide for He knows best..
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speaking of camera’s, i found one that i really like.. muahaha.. will start saving now.. (you guys dun take this as a hint ar.. i’m SERIOUS!!)
anyways, better start studying.. argh!!
During the food fair, i caught the cutest little goldfish and named it Goldie.. (typical i know, hehe) but sadly, it didn’t last long under my negligent care..
so, mum decided to get a few new fishes to cheer me up.. hehe (thanks to those who offered to buy me fishies.. muax!!)
and this is what i got..
the two romeo’s.. Red and Orange.. hehe
and the lovely Lady Yellow..
later that night, i noticed little movements in the water and when i looked closer, there were like 10 little baby fishes.. wah.. super happy.. i’m a grannie now.. haha..
they’re super cute.. everything about them is cute, the way they swim, the way they eat.. hehe..
needless to say i’ve been spending many precious moments looking at them..
i noticed Lady Yellow eats most of the food i feed and the two romeo’s eat whats sank down to the bottom..
i also noticed that the two romeo’s love to chase Lady around and always “fight” with each other by showing off their colours hoping to win the fair Lady’s fins.. haha..
Xan-di hearts her little Guppie family.. 
- - Taken from BMJ - -
My tutor asked me as a first year medical student to write down the qualities that I aspired to emulate as I learnt to be a doctor and to carry this piece of paper wherever I went. So whenever I felt that I was losing myself, it would remind me of why I was here. The months flew by: a blur of exams, ward rounds, rotations, belittlement, deaths, and, lo and behold, my final year.
Gradually, the pressure built up, and as I was helping treat a patient who’d had a heart attack, I mumbled “Are we done? Let’s finish up with this cardiac arrest quick, I’m getting hungry.” To my surprise, I no longer saw the patient on the bed as a person but as another disease that I had to treat so I could get rid of it. I had become the very person whom I swore never to be. Worst of all, the attending doctor did not reprimand me but instead chose to laugh it off.
As if fate had a hand, I took out my wallet, and this tattered bit of paper fell out. As I stared at the words that I had written on it: compassion, empathy, humility, responsibility, perseverance, topped with a quote from Hunter “Patch” Adams: “You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I’ll guarantee you’ll win.”
I realised that I came into medicine with the notion that as doctors we were miracle workers, but now I know better. A doctor is at heart an ordinary person who has been given the “gift” to transcend human sentiments to carry out the noble duty for those in need. Medicine will fail, death will occur, and when it does we can always offer not only a helping hand, but also our hearts. Listening, understanding, and sharing another person’s grief has invaluable therapeutic value—not only for our patients but also for us, so that we may accept our own mortality and the fragility of life. We are no different than those we serve, and knowing that we have made a difference is the most gratifying privilege.
We cannot rely on every student to have an “enlightening” moment like mine. So, the teaching of medicine should reform and include components of communication, psychology, and self exploration early on, in addition to the core medical knowledge. Nurturing better student-teacher relationships may also allow us to share and learn from real life experiences and, perhaps, help us cope better.
Ericson Chia International Medical University, Malaysia
sometimes i wonder why in this world i’m so unfortunate to meet you of all people..
and i also wonder why is it so hard for you to give me a well-deserving apology..
and also i wonder how he stands your character..
and also how twisted you are, such a coward that you always point fingers at me.. but remember, one finger at me, but four others right back at that stump you call a face..
and to the rest, before you judge this, let me explain my story.. just ask and i’ll tell willingly cos i’m not in the wrong.. i’m just an unfortunate victim YET AGAIN!!
Goodbye Syer Ree my EX-friend!
hey M1/06.. this is our last semester in IMU BJ.. whee!! but the sad thing is that in half a years time we’ll all have to be going our separate ways.. *sob sob*
and to my Naboob family, especially my darling hweiwan, fuzzy pei, auntie ange, and G-wong.. make sure you guys don’t forget us back in seremban ok?? must come visit whenever you’re back.. and all the best for matching..
and to jen, denise and poi, bear with me in seremban k?? bear through all the unwashed dishes, unswept floors and unkempt room.. hehe..
love you guys!! muax.. study hard and play harder!!
