Visiting NCC made me want to write abt my post exams all over again. It's always like this, when i want to write abt sth, i have to quickly write it down or i will never feel like writing it again. So here it goes..
In retrospect, this post exam period has actually been well spent! It's especially rewarding when i got to sit down and eat a meal with some pple i have never sat down the way we did to eat and talk. Aww.. I could feel it all over again.. people is power and people around me empower me!
Matt said to me, you're really a people person. Hmm.. i guess i really am. It's amazing how much energy pple around me can give me and it's people that can motivate me most. Anyway, i was real glad that i could finally see Matthew. I miss him so much that i almost wanted to kill him when he was late, extending the time in between since we last met. Ha.. kidding :) But i'm so happy that Matthew is a changed man. Glad to see that he's happy, now attending medic course, and as usual, earning a lot :)
Weeping is also a changed man. Not sure if he'll kill me for airing this on www, but i cant stop telling pple how he was that extra spark that spurred me on when i almost pulled every single strand of my hair out for anat. Thanks weeping for telling me tt i have to absolutely put in my 100%. Just like water that wants to boil, even 99.999999999999999999999 degrees wont do. YOU are a changed man man. Hope to hear gd news from you the next time we meet :)
Met Nicholas after a gazillion years as well. Thanks for the bottle of irish creme! Hope i get to make ice cream using it soon :) Thanks also for the invitation to the reception on the ship. Without the experience, i would have forgotten the existence of patriotic youths in this era when political epathy is the commonplace. I love the punch i kept having on board too. It's gd dinner party idea which i hope i can make some time in the future.
I realise i could go on and on abt the twenty over pple i met during the short span on 3 days. Guess i shall just "wrap" them together and say that i miss them all so much and i'm looking forward to the next time we meet again. To those who are having exams soon, all the best!
Now to the very reason why i wanted to post. Visiting NCC was yet another impromptu idea and i'm glad that i did. I love that place for the people it linked my life to and i am not exaggerating when i say the 7 mths i spent there could easily be the most important and life-changing period of my life. One of my bosses today told me,"Didn't u just leave?" Guess it occurred to the both of us that time really has passed. Some examples:
- I am near the end of my first year medical school
- Meaning i have left NCC for almost a year!
- My pregnant colleagues have given birth and are back from their maternity leave
During my visit today, my conversation with Dr Ong was most substantial. He brought me to note sth very impt: without my presence, life goes on in NCC. Everything moves forward and colleagues got used to my absence and accepted the new workload. Hence, it is important that i consider carefully the kind of service i want to offer the centre, should i wish to go back. This is quality food for thought, at least to me.
For those of you who has read 5 pple you meet in heaven, my boss Dr Koo is easily one of the "pple i meet in heaven". Though i only got to talk to him for a mere few mins which i already feel bad abt from stealing it from his patients, i was reminded once again how he was once used as a means by God to answer my prayers. The kind of gratitude i wish to express is far beyond what a language is capable of expressing. It's so intense and therefore, life-changing like i have described.
It was great to see rachel, eileen, huilan and LILY too! These non-doctor colleagues made my 7 mth in NCC exceedingly special and unforgettable too.
I miss carina, dorothy and kaori.
I hope to go back again soon :)
Whoa.. This is such a long, wordy and un-ivy entry.
