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Yesteryears
6 January 2007We were on our way to the airport on Tuesday evening when my brother commented*,
Since coming to Belfast, there has had been various occasions where I find myself thinking back and being very thankful for the 30 months I spent in Bukit Jalil. I’m not only talking about the education I recieved in that shopping-complex-turned-med-school building, but of the friendships forged and of the person I’ve become.
I’m sitting right here, in my room in gloomy ol’ Belfast, studying for my exams… and more than ever before, I’m missing my friends and the camaraderie among fellow medical students. The people here are very nice, very pleasant, very friendly… but I really want to be back in Vista once again, to know that everyone around me is slogging for the same exam, and that we would be helping each other along. I want to be able to walk into the library, and find people who will always welcome a friend joining as they study. I want to be surrounded with good friends, who will drag each other away from the books for a few hours a week, to unwind and to remind ourselves not to be overcome by exam stress.
5 semesters among such wonderful people, I had become too pampered… It is really very difficult going back to the real world, where studying is actually a very lonely thing.
Note: This must be the first time I’ve ever quoted my brother on this blog, and certainly one of the few times in my life I’ve ever said he’s right. Gosh… what’s happening to me! :P
on January 6th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Gosh… what’s happening to me! - homesick???
on January 6th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
I’m constantly homesick, doc… but I must be very sick to admit in public that my korkor is right. heehee…
on January 6th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
There was this Indian registrar, when he saw Chong Han & I lepak-ing together in O&G, said, “Some of the people I met in medical school are still my best friends now… I don’t know why the non-Asian medical students don’t seem to be as close to each other.”
I’m not going to fathom whether the closeness is a culture thing or a uni thing, but anyhow, YP, I know how incredibly lucky I am to have hung out with you all those years in IMU, and that as much as we irritate each other sometimes, I’m glad we’re still best buddies now. (It’s the new year, I’m entitled to be sentimental. Plus, it’s not like you’re ever going to hear me say this kind of thing to you again soon :P)
Best of luck studying now, mate. I totally get what you mean. *hugs*
P/S - You forgot to mention going out at 3am for mamak with friends who are also up at that unearthly hour studying for the same exam.
on January 6th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Sheena: Bleah, you made me cry. I typed a nice long reply, but it looked like a copy of your comment.. so erm.. I guess I’ll make do with “same to you”. :P I’m so glad I turned to you that day in the computer lab to ask you about IVF… that was how it all started, right? :)
on January 9th, 2007 at 12:37 am
for once, i cant pick lines from your post and make fun of you.
just wanna tell you. i totally agree.
missing u.
on January 13th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Zen: I read your comment, and I don’t know whether to laugh or cry lahh.. :P