This Is It!

It was just months ago that I decided to just put everything behind and to pick up something that is totally irrelevant to my current field. It was very impulsive that I literally gone crazy about it and took every chance to look up for related information.

Studying in Korea is relatively cheap but living in Korea is expensive (at least for a Malaysian)! According to some bloggers I seek advice from, 950,000won a month is barely sufficient (RM3.15 = 1,000won). So do get prepared with some additional $$ if you want to try something like this

Yonsei University was my first choice. The building is amazingly beautiful. Being the oldest university in South Korea and its strategic location, it does attract a lot of students trying their best to get enrolled. But at the same time, its fees are also higher than the other universities.

My second choice is Seoul National University (SNU). It is also one of the top three universities in South Korea (Seoul National Univeristy, Yonsei University and Korea University) which produced famous graduates like Ban Ki Moon, the secretary of UN. Not so many foreigners go to SNU as it is further away from all the happening places in Seoul. So in return, it offers program with lower fees as well as lower living expenses. Twin sharing dormitory only cost about 500,000won for 10 weeks! While off campus accommodation cost up to 500,000won a month.

As compared to Yonsei university, it seems to have less green. But it is alright since now $$ is the biggest concern and reviews had mentioned that SNU offers equally good korean language program emphasizing on both writing and speaking skill, not to forget good teachers too.

So, I had just received my admission letter to SNU Korean Language Regular Program (Spring intake). The feeling of finally doing something out of the box is indescribable. Trust me, it has never been easy letting go quite a well paid and stable job and emptying your three years savings into something you can't totally be sure of. Well, I guess that is the excitement of living the life you want, challenging your own limit.

Till then, I will be busy preparing letters and all the necessities.
2014 will be a great year for me, I am confident about it.
See ya, Seoul in 2 months time. Please treat me well.

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Happy 2014.

2013, a year that was filled with tears and laughter, ups and downs.

Did not really set any must do resolution, just wanted to be a better person.

Sailed through the three quarters admiring what others had done or doing,

spent most of the time traveling and traveling, trying to find where do I belong.

Was not able to dive, not even once, although I was out at the beach 4 times last year, bad timing to be blamed. Met some new doctors, new friends, new acquaintances and some new blogs; new experience, new inspiration were instilled. Then I realized that I am so inadequate, for being myself. 

Last quarter of the year was challenging. Am not a K-Pop fan at all but I have to admit somehow, something triggered me and I am working towards what I wanted to do, to try something out of the box, to be different. I have never live abroad nor travel alone. Thus at the age of 27, I decided to leave the comfort zone and it is never easy on every step I took. Letters were sealed and sent, feeling of working on my dream was indescribable. It does not matter whether it is a yes or a no, the process of finding myself matter the most.

Happy New Year to everyone. May the new year makes you stronger, makes you braver. Never stop dreaming. Let us all have an awesome year ahead!   

Cheers.

Love,

Sinye

  

A Risk Taker

It has finally entering the 4th year of my working life.

Colleagues come and go, and I am still here at the same old spot.

Waking up every morning without the passion to leave for work makes me wonder,

wonder what is wrong with me?

I am definitely not overwork, nor have no time for getaways,

yet I feel tired each and everyday.

I guess it is the dissatisfaction to be blamed.

I started wondering, and slowly figuring, 

what should I do?

At least I am more serious about it this time.

Reminiscing the good old days when I was so naive,

believing the personnel from the education fair,

telling us how versatile this profession can be.

It is definitely so not true.

I, am disappointed. 

Finally I had decided what I really want to do.

There is definitely a huge percentage of risk for stepping out the comfort zone,

giving it all out to something that might not even turn out well

and coming back to the point zero with nothing else left behind.

Thanks to the support of my family and a few friends,

financially and morally.

I think I am becoming a risk taker, or already is.

After all, I can always start fresh again.

I do not want to spend my next 20 years regretting I had not live my life.

I might not be doing well,

but at least I have tried.

* Pictures were taken in Phuket, Thailand*

sight seeing in Bangkok 2013

Bangkok had became my top visit place in these recent two years,

mainly due to its cheap and good shopping places.

Last year, it was all about shopping. 

The itinerary planned was kind of out of place hence we need to foregoing all the attractions.

This year, we decided to concentrated more on the sight seeing.

We did not go to much places but we were totally happy with the places we went and the food we ate.

One of the few places we went was The Grand Palace.

The entrance fees ain"t cheap now. It is about RM50/pax (400baht) which includes the entrance fees of The Grand Palace, museum of the weapons, as well as the beautiful Queen's wooden palace.

* strict dress code is required, google before you go*

These are some of the pictures of the Grand Palace:

The scotching hot sun!

The Hermit Doctor right at the entrance

The miniature of Angkor Wat

The Ubosoth at the temple

The main attraction in the Grand Palace:

The Emerald Buddha 

After visiting the Grand Palace, we planned to move on to the Queen's wooden palace.

Sadly, no tuk-tuk/ taxi is willing to take us there possibly due to the heavy traffic near evening.

So without further wasting our precious time, we walked across the road and headed to Wat Pho, The Reclining Buddha.

The architecture there is comparable to the Grand Palace. Details on the Wat are beautiful!

If you happened to be there earlier or you have some spare time over there,

you can look for the traditional massage done by the monks.

Many reviews mentioned that it is very different from the usual Thai massage.

Too bad we have another Wat to catch before the sun set, time is too short!

Ya, my wish is To See The World~!

Cool tattoo huh.

These are the little things that you should know before entering the hall of the reclining buddha.

After that, we moved on to our last attraction of the day - Wat Arun!

The only way to cross the river is by hopping on the water taxi which will only cost you 3baht.

The boat takes less than 10minutes to reach there.

Wat Arun is breathtakingly beautiful!

If you wish to further visit the internal of the Wat, additional 50baht is required.

Since we had been walking the whole day under the hot sun, we prefer to just chill on the grass with a bottle of ice cold coke in our hands, catching the graceful sunset.

Wat Arun, The Temple of Dawn.

It really is.

After Wat Arun, we hopped on a tuk-tuk to bring us to the China Town.

If you ain't looking or interested in buying some salted pork, smoked duck, or the seafood, it is best to leave it out. I believe Khao San road will be a better choice for younger travelers.

So these are the places we covered this time,

hopefully we get to cover more places, a bit more outskirt next time.

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Market on the railway dose exists!

Took this pic in front of my hotel.

A different kind of friend

Do you ever have a friend that taught you lots of things?

A friend who did and still doing almost everything that you wish you can do it one day.
A friend who constantly repeatedly trying to instill the world map into your tiny brain.
A friend who is quite equally spontaneous acting.
A friend who knows coke is killing and still drinking it with you when you ask to.
A friend who gives you lots of inspirations, motivations and courage when you are in doubt of yourselves.
A friend who make you think what is your true desire in life.

I am glad I met one.

Thanks for your 2 years and few months of companion,
Thanks for your stories, you might not know but you had definitely taught me lots of things in life.

Thank you, and I truly wish you good luck in everything that you do, non-stop striving for things that you want.
Be yourselves, and oh well, stay alive!

See you when I see you again.

Take care.
Hugs.

 

Squeezed!

Job list:

1. All inpatient work - screening, labeling, filling, counter checking, queries, DDA
2. Mon, Wed, Fri - partime counsellingSSS!
3. RVD-TB MTAC, biweekly
4. Monthly clinical meeting & data compilation
5. Monthly antibiotic usage
6. Antimalaria & antivenom report
7. All RVD-HAART counsellings in old block
8. Oncalls - A&E, 6PM-10PM, weekend call, lunch call
9. Expiry date monitoring
10. Monthly check & found in substore
11. KIV screening prescriptions in medical wards
12. QAP

I seriously not sure whether I'm overloaded with work or I'm just not capable enough.
I feel burdened and stressful. I am not superwoman. Lost.

Present tense

If only this light bulb can light up my mind and show me the path I should take.

Breathing underwater is indeed very therapeutic but going back to work and facing people that you dislike, working station that bring no satisfaction just bringing the level down drastically. 

I am now, not awesome again.

How I wish to be this mischievous boy, running around, making fun of others, stepping on parent's temper and yet not even a sign of afraid.

Life sucks, a present tense.