Fruitful year

My year 2011 goes...

...chatting with a bunch of close friends about new year and resolution at college gazebo. Study for finals. Celebrates cny during study break. Continue study for finals. MBBS finals. Got a young petient with renal failure and hemiplegia for my exams. Passed MBBS. Collected results from college. Decided to go Europe for a month. Paris. Seville. Barcelona. Rome. Florence. Pisa. Venice. Discovered my favorite place in Europe. Salzburgh. Innsbruck. Vienna. Munich. Prague. London. Glasgow. Edinburg. London. induction letter arrived while walking along Thames river. Emo. Fear. Went for induction. Posted to Kuching. Arrived at Kuching. Attended EBC sunday service stat when arrived. No regrets being in Kuching. Tagging in Ortho. Rent a house in happy garden. Stay with Inn Shan. Met new people. Learn to function as houseman. Attends EBC saturday with the young people. Met uncle Kester. Angel came to Kuching too!! Met uncle Thomas as my patient. Got an iPad2. Finished Ortho posting. Decide to go Kota kinabalu. Missed my flight. Arrive KK at night. Met uncle Thomas for the last time. (a moment of silence in remembrance of a passionate youth leader who went home to be with the Lord after fighting cancer for 3months). Caught up with Wilkins in the mountains. Had fun. Started pediatrics posting. Inspired by bosses. Like pediatrics. Saddened by the death of two children on Christmas and boxing day. Venting alot to wilkins. Still in pediatrics posting. Uncle Kester leaving to Perth. Planning for my end of posting break to singapore. Counted down to year 2012 at pertanak market with the young people. Count down according to apple's standard timing.

Praise God for a fruitful year.

Working life

Psalm 15 [The Message (MSG)]

A David Psalm

1 God, who gets invited to dinner at your place?

How do we get on your guest list?

2 "Walk straight,

act right,

tell the truth.

3-4 "Don't hurt your friend,

don't blame your neighbor;

despise the despicable.

5 "Keep your word even when it costs you,

make an honest living,

never take a bribe.

"You'll never get

blacklisted

if you live like this."

I was already told that working life is way much worse than a life of a student. True enough, now that I've just gotten my 2nd pay slip, I realize the working world out here is, for optimistic ones, an exciting journey and for the not so optimistic ones, a scary path. More so if my work deals with people, their feelings and their lives.

I really appreciate people who guided me through this really big transition period of my life starting few months back. There were people who actually sat down and teach me how to face "the real world", what to expect, and what could I do to not have a shock of my life. and of course my mom's working atitude that inspire me the most. She is the one that showed me hard work is the core attitude to success. Then comes how smart we are, and how much wisdom and knowledge we have.

But all in all, the ultimate aim and objective is still the same. God's will.

Growing up in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, I've seen enough how people can chase after their dreams and desires without knowing how and where they are heading towards ultimately. I call it the rat race that I have to constantly remind myself not to get into. What is the point of running aimlessly with all other people when I know well enough that I have my future planned and authored by the Almighty God? What is the point of winning the race, bringing everyone else down and in the end finding myself exhausted and achieving what everyone wants to see me achieving instead of arriving at where God wants me to go?

God's rule is simple, listen and obey. The favor from God and people, the blessings and the supply will come when we seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness.

I would walk straight, act right, tell the truth, not hurting my friends, despise the despicable, keep my words and be honest because I want to be invited to the Lord's dinner.

The Little Bits That I Can Do

" You are really a good Doctor" - Patient Ach. (SMS)

Deep down in me, I know how incompetent I am as a junior doctor. He did not know that I always get scolded for not being able to carry out orders, for not doing the right test for patients and many more scoldings that had happened earlier on.

I do not know what was the diagnosis, what was the problem, neither do I know how to treat him.

All I did was spending an extra 1.5 hours after office hour on my post call day listening to him, understanding his needs and giving him the support he might need, with a smile. In fact, we did not mention anything about the disease that he was having.

Then I realized, all he wanted was just someone to talk to, and someone who are willing to sit down and listen to him. But with the tedious working environment that we have, how many of us can afford to do so?

As a junior doctor, I cannot make much decisions on how to treat the patients. And with all the never ending job lists (and even PPK's joblists), reviews, rounds and assessment, I sometimes find it hard to even put a smile on my face. What more sitting down and talk to patients.

I have to always remind myself, by God's strength, to grab the opportunities to touch lives, to meet our patients needs and constantly improving ourselves in terms of my medical knowledge whenever time and strength allow.

Because that's the little bits that I can do for my patients, with a smile. =)

Life is short, so make it sweet.

happy birthday to me!~

finally get to update my short and sweet.

happy brithday to me!

did i see.... o_O

did i just see an angel flew into my life?!

hehehe...

for everything we do, may it glorify the Mighty God that knows it all.

never that anxious

never that anxious,

was thinking of what to do,

niway, it's done!

o_O

mom

whenever i go back to KL, i always ask myself "how to stop mummy from ironing my clothes?" since she is so busy and she has to iron my brother's and her own clothes. thanks to washing machine and the dryer so that she does not need to hand wash them like last time.

besides, she always wakes up early in the sunday morning to go to the market to buy raw material so that she can cook for me before i leave for melaka. and she always complains that Flippy need to take bath. etc etc things that she wanna do but she has no time for them.

that's how she always busy her whole sunday out just to make sure that i can go back to melaka with my clothes ironed, my tummy filled while the house is still in good order.

in order to help her a bit, i tell her that i'll iron my own clothes in melaka. well, not that it's gonna help because by the time i wake up, all my clothes are ready for supremo ball (huh?! O_o)

on the way back to melaka last sunday, i was thinking about the sermon that was preached that weekend. it was about us using the energy we have now to serve God and glorify Him.

suddenly i thought about mummy. same goes to our parents. they just wanna use all the energy they have while they still can move around to give provide the best for their children.

i did not understand why she wanna do that...

...but now i found out that it is her joy to iron my clothes and cook for me while she still can. she does not wanna wait till she's old and immobile to regret not giving her best for me.

same goes to all the parents, i believe.

thank you mummy!!!






i'll remember to bring more clothes back next time! aha!