Summer 2012

Yaa.....The exams are finally over and summer has silently arrived. The weather in these few days are particularly good and can be best described with a Chinese idiom "风和日丽"! It is warm and sunny but having the cool breeze blowing past our skins make the weather a little different from the hot humid weather in Malaysia.

I was just back from a fantastic Poland trip two days ago, with a weight gain of 3 kg after constantly stuffing food into my stomach! And the Polish food tastes quite good as it's new to our appetite..and it is cheap and nice. There's so much good memories there, which I would like to write something about it when I'm free!

Know what's one of the happiest thing I did during my stressful revision period? That is - imagining how would I spend my summer time in UK! This summer I have finally decided to stay back, partly because I have secured a summer placement with Boots Pharmacy here and partly also because it is now my third year already. Btw, I am really looking forward to the placement in the community pharmacy - it is so exciting as I can finally apply what I have learned so far and gain more experience regarding my profession. There's so much to learn from the system they have here - one of the best organisations which constantly strives for excellence and upholds the quality of care to the patients.

And...there's another important update in my life. Did I tell that I worked in the Minerva chocolate shop? I   finally learned how to make different kinds of coffees and desserts, and some days later I might even learn how to make chocolates (well, if I work that long). This is definitely one of the best things I have done during my student life, and I am glad that I have finally fulfilled this tiny little dream in my mind!


Oh yeah, back to imagining what I am going to do during this summer~ I have just spent a lil time to scribble down what I'm going to do during these few months ( just in case I'll be lazy and forgot about them and then I will complain of no time for doing them when the term starts!)

There it goes:

SUMMER 2012~

WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE??

Revision

Organise and back up my photo albums

Download some songs

Plan itinerary to Switzerland

Tidy up my books and room

Keep fit!

What I wanna do in summer~~ ^^

Baking! Pass at least beginner level – I wanna bake cheese cake, muffins, cookies, sponge cake…

Improvise my cooking skills without exceeding the budget, though!

Travelling around - Cycling!

Sept: a musical trip

Visit around UK- Lavender field?? Hehe

Read some books?? Story books :D

Writing and recording some memories of life.

Some dharma input~

Yeah, baking - it has been such a long time since I last baked! And with two baking experts in my house (my housemates) I should grab the golden chance to learn from them!  At least by the end of the hol I should know what means by " light and fluffy", "pale white"..lol. I can never know how it should look like when the recipe states that.

And what I will be doing in June?


BBQ
Switzerland trip 
Attending Dalai Lama's dharma talks
Trip to Manchester and Lake district
(end of June ) Start placement!

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Let the summer begin! 

今天又看了半集的ON CALL啦！＊请不要打我，虽然我看得很慢，但是我很享受！＊

“不是每个人早上出门时，都能确保自己平平安安地回家的。”

相信是大家早已耳熟能详的吧？

“你现在四肢健全，没病没痛，有权选择做自己想要做的事情，是几多人整个辈子都想要的东西，你知道吗？”



（不好意思，句子全凭记忆撰写）

听了这句话，脑海中突然掠过以前贫穷人家，当劳役的人，他们为了三餐温饱，只能埋头苦干，生命何曾给了他们选择的机会，过自己喜欢过的日子？

所以，我们要好好珍惜自己眼前的幸福，要好好利用自己的时间过充实的日子呀！

如果现在的生活，是你讨厌的，仔细想想，有那么差吗？
如果现在的生活，是不满意的，仔细想想，能把它变得更好吗？总好过只会停在那里埋怨发呆吧！
如果现在的生活，是你梦寐以求的，那，还能不快乐吗？

感恩我们又平安地过了一天　:)))


所以，我们是真的很幸福呀！
对啊，我们真的很很很幸福呀！

It is a good day. Such a good day! 

I'm gonna make good use of it. 

May all of us be well and happy throughout the day! 

Easter

Todayyyy

Handed in the dissertation draft, such a great relief!

The last day of the lecture before Easter hol~~

hehehe.

On36 again! lalalalala!

Tomorrow gonna try the 50m swimming pool in STV!

Gonna go to Dublin this weekend!

Lovefilm's loads of movies are coming to the doorstep!

It's so good to enjoy the sun!

Finally can rest.

Arrrrhhhhhhhh :D

On call 的启发

Tonight after a long day of work, finally I can sit down and happily have my dinner and watch the HK drama~~

I have seen the ending. But that doesn't stop me from watching a drama as long as I think it is worth watching.

On call 是一个富有教育意义的连续集。虽然这部剧的节奏会因为主角之间的对话拉长而变得比较缓慢，我却喜欢聆听他们谈话中所带出的人生道理。这些道理看似简单，却可能要穷一生的经验才能了悟。

在医院，会每天看尽了生老病死。
在长远以来人类的延续中，人生所要面对身体的病痛，不尽其数。所以，人类的发明中，才会一直不断地有 new moleculer mechanisms, new drug targets, new drug discovery. 只可惜的是，有许多的病，至今依然无法找到一个能完全治好的药物治疗，只能拖延或控制病情。人类，始终还是要面对无法掌控又充满未知数的命运。

可是，就因为有苦，我们才会不忍心看见身边的人或是病人受苦。因为有病死，我们才会更懂得去珍惜和享受简单的快乐。因为不忍心别人受苦，我们才会愿意奉献自己，为别人拔苦。

能当一位医生是很伟大的。一个真正为病人着想的医生，是更令人钦佩。
我常觉得，能够在自己的志向中，学习技巧，来帮助完成为人服务的使命的人，是很有福报的。因为工作不仅仅是糊口活命，工作就是兴趣与梦想，工作就已经是生命的一部分。啊！做自己喜欢做，又能利益大众的事，自利利他，没有一分一秒是被浪费，是多么幸福的一件事。

其实，每个人都有自己的专长，只要能善用自己的强项，用心为社会而贡献，那无论是什么职业，无论是扮演什么角色，只要尽心去做，也一样能成为伟大的人。

选择

   可能有时我们顾虑太多
魁 太多决定需要我们去选择
网 担心会犯错 难免会受挫
ｉ 幸好一路上有你陪我

又是到了要选科的时候了。这个时候，就会懊恼自己要选择什么。

有朋友说好烦啊，为什么选择那么多？如果少一点就不用头痛了。

为什么学校不要选好好给我们？

可以看见现在的学生的决策能力和对自己兴趣的了解的程度到哪里。

可是，当这样的情况发生的时候，不用说我们又会埋怨了：

为什么学校给我比较难的，给我的朋友比较容易的？

给全部人学一样的了， 就说：

为什么学校不给我们自由选的？别的学校都可以选自己喜欢什么？

讲来讲去，就是无论什么情况我们都可以好好投诉一番了，

到底什么时候我们才会感到满意呢？

所以，我不敢埋怨选择多，有选择本来就很好了，再埋怨就真的是太欠扁了。

问题就在于，我们都不知道自己真正想要的是什么。又或是说，我们什么都想要。

选的科，要好读的，最好COURSEWORK的分数高，不用太多考试的评分；可是这样平时就会很忙，做比别人多一倍的功课，也不容易；只看考试分数的，平时比较轻松，可是考试时期却害怕应付不来，太多东西要读了；一般一般的，又没什么兴趣；有兴趣的科，有可能太有挑战性，怕考试太难；然后，又看看别人选什么，senior 说什么。东说这，西说那。

然后就这样被摇来摇去，不知怎么办好。到最后我只想要最容易读，最容易拿分又有兴趣的一科，怎么办？？？？？？


有没有一科，最容易的，没有难的coursework，时间不会太长，或者最好老师完全不管你在做什么，考试最好是mcq，还有老师给埋答案你的？最好不用考试tiam？  

真的有这么“容易”的一科的存在吗？ 

为什么我们不问问自己，

为什么你那么贪心？

为什么你不知道自己喜欢什么？

为什么那么害怕考试，或因为害怕困难，而不选自己喜欢的？ 

看功课，看考试，看难度，看未来，看老师，看朋友，怎么却忘了看看最重要的 -- 自己的那颗心，听听它怎么说？无论是再好或再坏的科目，只要是“心”甘情愿的，我们就不会吃后悔的药。

所以说：

“ 可能有时我们顾虑太多

魁 太多决定需要我们去选择
网 担心会犯错 难免会受挫”

这就是最大的问题。这，也是身为学生的我常犯的。这，是我该反省的。

也许，我们真的应该抛开所有的顾虑，问问自己，

如果世上没有人再看你，你也没有人好参考，

如果考试不是障碍，

大学，一生只有一次。

你，最想学习的是什么？

你，最想体验的是什么？

你，最想做的，是什么？

They are so sweet

Have been eating really lots of chocolates recently.

There's one given by a friend from Switzerland last week during the meditation class. We sort of asked him to bring some nice Swiss chocolates back before christmas and there he was, bringing a full bag of chocolates. He gave I and Yean one bar of chocolate each, and intended to give more, and of natural response we said no thanks as we were already very happy with a bar of chocolate. He kept on persuading us to take more and eventually, he stared at us with disbelief saying, "Chocolates are soo nice, how could you reject the chocolates......" Haha! Now I can see the cultural difference. I guess he thought that we would just happily accept what he gave us but we were too used to get what's enough and "No, thank you" for those more than that!

And then Jess was being a Chocolate Santa today too! She gave such cute little Lindors to us and they are really nice!

Sweet. So sweet. Have to control my sugar consumption and eat them bits by bits.
As a future pharmacist, perhaps I should talk more about Five a day.....( which our house really aim to achieve that!)

So what's five a day? It's NHS programme of encouraging people to have at least five portions of vegetables or fruits in a day. A healthy way of eating towards a healthy life. http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Pages/Portionsizes.aspx

Five a day can be easily achievable but it can also be so difficult some times especially when I seldom cook! Veges or fruits that I usually have to get one portion of five are:
a medium apple
a medium banana
broccoli
carrots
..... ( the list is  not exhaustive)

Check this link out! I really like the simple presentation of how to get five a day easily:
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Documents/Downloads/Poster[1].pdf

And wow! As I am searching for five a day, I just realise that I can easily get a portion from only 3 heaped tablespoons of carrots! Great I always have more than that :D

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Documents/Downloads/5ADAY_portion_guide.pdf

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