British Summer Time

British Summer Time has just started, so now the time diff betw UK and M'sia will be 7hrs instead of 8 hrs.

On the other hand, I am also 1 hr nearer to the exams.

The 325th post

I can't think of anything right now, including the title for this blog. Since it is the 325th entry, hence i named it 'The 325th post'.

I am feeling down.
Just want to write sth here as i dun have any other ways which can make me feel better in a 'non-destructive' manner. Writing sth down wun solve the prob but at least i feel a lil bit better.

It seems that when i m stressed, more stressful events tend to appear one after another. Sometime more than 1 may be present at a time.

I know probs wun b solved no matter how many times i complain about them.
So why did i write this entry?

It was just for symptomatic relief, i think.

Don't worry, ppl always say tat wei kang will b ok.

Trying my best?

I am trying my best in everything in my life.

But is this enough?

Is this enough to make me progress through my life?

If it is not good enough, what else i can do?

When i am tired, I want to relax, but do i have the time?

A fren sent me a text before:

"Never blame any of the days in your life.
Good days give you happiness; bad days give you experience.
Both are essential in your life."

I want to be a happy person rather than a person with lotsa experience.
Or at least, a predominantly happy guy with some experience.

Homesick

I just read my bro's latest chinese entry in his blog. U may view the entry here. (Jian, no nd to thank me for publicize your blog. =P)

I think my bro is homesick now.
And i think my absence at home somehow accentuate his homesickness.

Ok la... I m goin back soon. =)

(Hush hush~)

=P

Spring snowing

Just when I was doing my revision in my room, i rcv an msn msg frm my housemate. She asked me whether it was snowing or raining outside. Due to the window restrictor, i could not pop my hands out to feel for the rain-like-snow (or vice-versa). After a 15-sec observation, I confirmed that it was snowing n told her about my 'finding'.

It was kinda weird to see natural snow (i know there might be some clever ppl who will say they can see snow in the snowhouse during spring time or even in tropical countries ) in spring. The snowing didnt last for long (approximately 5 mins only). I din manage to snap pics but i did enjoy watching the snow during that brief moment.

Are beautiful moments meant to be so brief?

Well, i dun think so. The sun was out after the snowing and everything seemed to be brightened up nicely.

Some beautiful moments tend to stay short but they usually followed by sth nicer in the end. =)

Live to love your life

I try to be simple.
I try to avoid complexity.

However, there will be times where life could be simply complicated.

Exam

Sometimes, examination does not only test on our knowledge, it also gauge how well we can handle the stress.

For those who don't study consistently like me, preparing for exam is not a very pleasant thing to do.

First, we will b exhausted due to burning midnight oil for weeks or months.
Then, we will have to concentrate in lectures using our exhausted brain, which can potentially further make our brain more tired than it does.
Sometimes, we might be tested 'extra-curricularly' with personal issues such as relationship problem, financial crisis, etc etc.
No time to cook proper meal. Consequently, we deprive our brain from essential nutrients.

In the end, we end up with a tired body and exhausted mind. Yet, we can't even stop and complain about it as we are running out of time.

Moral of the story is:
1. Study consistently unless you are fine with stress.
2. When you are tired, just rest.

I m goin to have an early night now. Good night every1!

Stop, Look, Go

When i was young, my mum always said this to me before crossing the road:
"Stop here first, look to the left and then to the right and to the left again, make sure there's no car 1st before you cross the road."

It has been quite a while since i last listened to my mum's 'reminders'. Kinda miss her nagging and reminder. =P

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I am stressed now. Not to say i have a lot of problems but they are sufficient to perturb me to a certain extent.

Hence i told myself:

"STOP thinking too much 1st. LOOK at all the possible solutions and once you have found it, GO for it!"

My weekend

I promised myself earlier this week to at least complete my revision on 1 (out of 9) subject during the weekend.

Yesterday, i spent the whole day slacking in my room.
Today, i din do much work as well due to some unforeseen circumstances.

I really hope that i can still complete the task that i hav set for myself by tomorrow.

Kambate, Wei Kang!

On-Call-Logy

Ladies and gentlemen, if you are observant enough, surely you have already noticed that my blog has been renamed to 'On-Call-Logy'.

FAQs:

Q: Why change?
A: I personally think that the name of my blog should be a word/phrase/sentence which best describes my life at that moment. The previous title 'Yo~~ I am Wei Kang~~' was a sentence that i used to say quite often. Now, i think my life has changed slightly such that most of the time I am talking over the phone. Therefore i wanted to choose a new name which can be associated with the 'on the phone' mode.

Q: Why 'On-Call-Logy'?
A: The real meaning of 'on call' is 'on duty'. It is usually used to describe a doctor who is ready to respond to any medical cases. One day while i was on the phone with my gf a flatmate came to my room and wanted to discuss sth with me. Trying to be humerous, i said to him that i was 'on-call'. Since then, my flatmates always tease me by saying tat i m 'on-call' whenever they see me chatting over the phone.
On the other hand, I am doing my oncology project at the moment (oncology means the study of tumours). And i think the new name for this blog should also be related to my life as a medical student. Therefore i renamed my blog to 'On-Call-Logy' which sounds pretty similar to the word 'oncology'.

Gingerbread man

When i was making a cup of milo in the kitchen about 1 hr ago, i saw sth new on the kitchen's notice board. It was a small poster with 11 gingerbread men on it. It didn't catch much of my attention as i thought it was just a random poster which could be placed there by a housemate who loves gingerbread man.

Just when i was about to leave the kitchen i took a longer glance at the poster again as i thought it was quite cute (i love cute stuffs ma). And this was what i found:



If you look carefully, out of the 11 gingerbread men (GBM), 5 of them were given additional 'decorations'. Each of the 'decorated' GBM represents each of us in the flat. Haha... guess which is me? =P

(Check the ans in the comment section)

p.s. I just thought it was a nice 'discovery' amidst the stressful period hence i posted it here to share with those whose stress levels are sky-high too! =P

And i shall end this entry with a quote by Dave Pelzer in his book 'Dave Pelzer's Life Lessons':


"In the midst of fighting life's battles, relax."

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln -

Yet another homesick period

One of the frequent feeling that I always have since i came to UK is the feeling of homesickness.

Finals are coming soon. I am gonna sit for 9 papers over 1 wk's time. I have so much to revise yet so little of time. I m not complaining anything here but just to express the feeling of homesick.

If homesick tends to be maximum when the stress level is at the highest point, i think i have reached the point already. And i know this point will plateau for at least 2 more mths, until the exams are over.

According to the medical curriculum designed by the med sch, i will need to reach satisfactory levels in the following 3 components in order to pass Year 3:

- Attitude and Conduct (A&C) - good attendance at placements and able to show respect to the staffs and patients.

- Knowledge and Understanding (K&U) - pass the written exams

- Skills and Competencies (S&C) - possess good clinical and non clinical skills

 

Based on these 3 domains, i then developed a plan for the upcoming exams:

"think positively and be more hardworking" (A&C) - positive attitude and conduct

" cover as many learning outcomes as possible (even though it is quite impossible =P)" (K&U) - try my best to improve K&U levels over a short period

"Study hard and study smart" (S&C) - be skillful and competent in handling stress while carry on revising.

Alright, time to get back to the work again! Ta~