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Something to Ponder about

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...

You are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... 

You are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you can attend a meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...

You are more blessed than three billion people in the world.

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...

You are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... 

You are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still alive and still married ... 

You are very rare, even in the United States and Canada.

If you can read this webpage, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

Take nothing for granted.

旅行的意义

Diary | 3 Feb 2012 | Friday

This week was the toughest week of the whole internship. Everything was very difficult to do. But i'm glad that it is over now. Managed to finish everything around four and rush for the speech contest at 4.30pm. Was a bit late but never mind. I am presenting last. I am super happy that i said out my speech without mistake and much hesitation. Did not even performed that well during my thousandth rehearsal. And in the end, because i did not use any written notes for my speech, i received praises for my memory tehehe ^^

After the contest, we mingled around with the Japanese students and had some refreshments. Then the award ceremony began. But i didn't really care much and went to the toilet (lol). When i was done, my sensei saw me coming back and opened the door quickly. And she was like: "There he is!". I was surprised when i was told that i won the third prize. Everybody was looking at me and clapping when the door just opened. Omg!! Ahahahaha!! So fortunate ~. I think i let out a really shock expression for everybody to see hah!

After that, everyone received an envelope that contains comments from the Japanese students as well as our fellow classmates. I got mine too. Though i couldn't decipher the difficult comments by the foreign students, i can understand the easier ones from my classmates. The warm-hearted wishes made me smile from the bottom of my heart. I realized that this was the last assessment/event relating to Japanese for the 3 years of poly life. After today, there probably won't be much chance for me to cross path with Japanese or these classmates again. Feeling a little sad. Though i did not really interact with others except for Bentoh in class, i am beginning to feel reluctant towards leaving these bunch of people.

The prizes and everything i've received from the class this year

After everything ended, i met up with some fellow interns who happened to be in school. We went to eat at a market nearby the school. Then we stayed there and chatted for a long time. Time flies really fast and internship is about to end. But i couldn't wait. So do they ahahaha!! ...... Hmm on the other hand, this also means that everybody would be going separate ways, doesn't it?

Doctor

A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call ASAP, changed his clothes and went directly to the surgery block.
 
He found the boy’s father going and coming in the hall waiting for the doctor. Once seeing him, the dad yelled:
“Why did you take all this time to come? Don’t you know that my son’s life is in danger? Don’t you have the sense of responsibility?”

The doctor smiled and said:
“I am sorry, I wasn’t in the hospital and I came the fastest I could after receiving the call…… And now, I wish you’d calm down so that I can do my work”

“Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now what will you do??” said the father angrily

The doctor smiled again and replied: “I will say what Job said in the Holy Bible “From dust we came and to dust we return, blessed be the name of God”. Doctors cannot prolong lives. Go and intercede for your son, we will do our best by God’s grace”

“Giving advice when we’re not concerned is so easy” Murmured the father.

The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy, “Thank God! Your son is saved!”

And without waiting for the father’s reply he carried on his way running. “If you have any question, ask the nurse!!”

“Why is he so arrogant? He couldn’t wait some minutes so that I ask about my son’s state” Commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left.

The nurse answered, tears coming down her face: “His son died yesterday in a road accident, he was in the burial when we called him for your son’s surgery. And now that he saved your son’s life, he left running to finish his son’s burial.”

To Zanarkand

Brings back memories

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