No.62 - Semester Break = Study Break

note the equation? yes, im starting my semester break officially this friday until the 3rd of january 2010. il be back in campus on the 4th day of the new year for my 2nd continuous assessment. so now you figured out where the above equation came from? afteral this holiday is not holiday, its study break.

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lots to do during the break.

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main mission : CATCH UP AND STUDY.

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will be meeting up with friends, those far and near. will be in christmas mood, so i think will be going for choir practice and house visiting. hopefully will have few badminton sessions with my friends.

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i will be keeping the activities list short because the activities list has been long for the past weeks that i spent very little time on my studies. was involved in a charity event organized by the university.

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i think thats all for a short update. till then.....

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***MERRY CHRISTMAS!***

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*malaysia just won the gold medal for men football SEA Games. hopefully malaysia's football will be on the rise. could see slight future from the time i watched them played man.utd.

No.61 - Post Mortem

i conducted a post-mortem? no, no, not what you think of. i only studied 3months, so i do not even know how to diagnose a simple infection, how could i even do a post-mortem? its just post-mortem for my 1st examination.

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already gotten all my marks. i sat for 6papers and failure came back to look for me after it left during my upper 6 mid-year examination. i failed one of the paper, epidemiology, a subject that has so much calculations and interpretations to do. im short of 0.8 to pass, how close, right? after sitting for that paper, i knew i did quite badly, i didnt prepare for it thoroughly. i was just hoping for a pass. the result was last among the 6papers. the other 5papers were satisfactory although much could be done to improve. so it felt like a rollercoaster ride which halfway through the ride the track is missing.

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its time for me to sit down and reflect on what went wrong and how i am supposed to overcome the problem to do better in the coming assessments. i need to continue working hard to stand a chance to obtain loans or scholarships. i failed in yet another application for scholarship 2days back.

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~back to home sweet home for the weekend~

No.60 - Start of 2nd Half of 1st Semester Year 1

i will be beginning my 2nd half of my year 1 1st semester tomorrow. ive completed more than 2months of my 1st year. how time flies.

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i just reached my campus 2hours ago, unpacked everything and soon will be getting in touch with my books and notes.
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i had the sudden urge to blog this. the urge came when i was on my journey back here, in the bus from butterworth bus station to sungai petani. it got me thinking when the bus passed the junction to kepala batas where i was able to see the ACMS building.
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what so significant about the building?

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i will relate it to Jeremiah 29:11 :-

For I know the plans I have for you, declares The Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

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yes, indeed its true.

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i applied for both ACMS and AIMST because they are the cheapest medical course available in malaysia (for sure excluding the public universities)

ACMS called me up a couple of times, sent me letter to ask me to attend for the selection test. but its not confirm that i will obtain a place as i have to do very well for the test. its quite impossible to do as i looked the past year questions and also there are physics questions. besides that the test is not free of charge. it costs nearly rm700. so i was hesitating whether to go for it or not.

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but obviously that place was not meant for me. yes, God has greater plans for me. the day before i was supposed to go for the test, AIMST called me up and told that i was offered a place. from that point onwards, there is no looking back. convincing everyone that this is the choice i am making was the toughest part, especially those who i expected to encourage and support me with my choice even discouraged me. determination and faith won the battle as i managed to find my way out of it and confirmed my place there.

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ever since coming here, everything has been falling into places well enough. financially, assistance been coming in one by one, hopefully it will continue. studying has been relatively alright, doing the best i can.

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so, what else can i ask from Him? nothing else, but just continue guiding me in this journey, the journey to achieve my longtime dream.

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so now my ultimate goal is to graduate with 1st class honours and be a doctor with a difference. (thanks to our prime minister - bajet 2010, graduating with 1st class honours will convert the ptptn loan to scholarship)

with God's helping hand, il be able to go through every obstacles in life

No.59 - Going Back to Battlefield

11days of holiday is coming to an end.

one word to describe : insufficient.

yes, 11days is not enough.

im hoping for 11months, 11years, 11decades and so on.

NO NO, il be dead by then.

*lets cut the crap*

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well, it isnt exactly holiday holiday.
as i mentioned earlier, 2assignments, documents to be completed, 3exams to study for, 2topics to catch up with and repay my lost sleep for the previous week.

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so here are some of the activities i did for the holiday.

*not in chronological order though*
so far, now its friday night, i only completed the assignments and the documents. so just imagine how 'much' i did over the holidays.

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went back to my secondary school to get documents certified and signed. chatted with few teachers. found out that starting of next year, no more life's brief candle, no more the lotus eater, no more the necklace, no more the road not taken etc.

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presenting to you the new literature book

while waiting for my turn to meet the principal

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my brother's 21st birthday celebration. had a small party at home. invited few people over. loads of food. and a huge cake. just for the boy, no, the man who just turned 21.

this is what you can see on the table. there are more on the floor, i meant the BBQ pit.

birthday cake with birthday boy

birthday cake

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next up is deepavali celebration. to jira's house for yum yum. but too bad, pictures of yum yum food forgotten to take.

jira, joanne, melissa and me

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i started my exercise back, but not on daily basis. one day go, one day skip. when will i ever lose weight?

the pathetic looking water-lily pond

the playground during late evening
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so that's all interesting activities i did, not so interesting though. thought of visitng the musuem and going for a hike at maxwell hill. but am all alone, what to do?

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so now im gonna be back to business. books and notes calling me, so i better hurry up and leave this cyber world. il be back on off. not so soon maybe. 3papers up for me. and im eager to know how i fared for the papers ive sat.