Happy New Year 2007!!

It's been a while since I've been blogging! Since lectures are resuming tomorrow and I'll be caught up in work again, I'd better squeeze a blog entry in tonight umm....I mean this morning.
The summative assessment which was held right before we had our Christmas/New Year break wasn't so bad after all. I think it was mainly because we were all so uber hyped up about it and all...... But still it WAS tough. Single choice questions certainly aren't as easy as they seem. You see, for example for question 1 - the question requires you to identify the false statement from the 5 choices given. You are very sure that A and C are correct statements, but you aren't so sure about the rest. So yeah, it is hard.
The Christmas/New Year break was a rather relaxing time for me, just sleeping in, going out for dinners, catching up with my favourite programme, and all that jazz.
And before I know it, the year 2006 has gone, and 2007 has arrived.
For me, the year 2006 gave me both bitter and sweet memories. What started out to be yet another normal year turned out to be the year in which a major change occured in my life. At the beginning of 2006, International Medical University certainly hadn't crossed my mind at all- never would I have predicted that I would be here now in the beginning of year 2007. That's life- with it's twist and turns and curveballs thrown at us which we never expect and which throw us off guard at times.
I remember being kept so busy with my final year dissertation in Neuroscience during the first few months. I had chosen to do a library based project, because I seriously suck at lab work. I actually quite enjoyed it, doing the research and writing out the drafts, even though I had to rush to make sure I had something to produce to my supervisor ( who is also my personal tutor) every week. I thought then that proceeding on to do a Masters and subsequently a PhD degree in Neuroscience would be my best bet, since I love doing research and writing ( and hate hate exams).
However, it was not meant to be.
As I said, life has it's way of throwing curve balls at us and catching us off guard. And yes, that was exactly what happened to me, when I wasn't allowed to graduate at the same time as my classmates because I failed 2 modules for my final year and didn't have sufficient credits. I'm still very thankful that I was permitted to resit them though, as final year students aren't usually allowed to resit any modules. I did squeeze through in the end, but that was the breaking point that finally made me decide that I've had enough of Neuroscience.
The month of August was undeniably the most hectic month of that year. Right after my resits, I had to return back to Malaysia immediately, as I was to register at International Medical University (IMU) just a few days after. I was still questioning my decision then. Orientation week was really hectic and tiring too. But I survived!
So here I am now in International Medical University (IMU), studying medicine and awaiting the beginning of Foundation 2......
and the beginning of the year 2007. I certainly am in no position to predict what awaits me in this year 2007, but I do hope that it will bring with it more joy, success and tranquility. I pray to God that he would give me the strength to face whatever challenges that I might face in this upcoming year, and may He grant me His peace and wisdom for me to overcome them and emerge triumphant in the end. I pray too that I'll grow stronger in my walk with Him this upcoming year.
I usually don't do New Year resolutions because I know that I'll end up not keeping to them, but I will do them this year anyways, just for fun.
My New Year Resolutions 2007:
1) To be persistent and consistent with my daily revision. ( Well, I've done quite a good job of this in 2006, so hopefully this continues)
2) To finally be able to score good results in university. I've been waiting soo long for this, this is loong overdue
3) To visit all, if not almost all the shopping malls in KL at least once by the end of the year ( so far I've visited Sungei Wang, MidValley, Carrefour and the latest addition Berjaya Times Square today ;)
4) To stop pestering my mum on the phone so much when I'm feeling stressed. Ok, I know I wouldn't be able to keep this one ;) She's my stress releasing outlet, you see
5) To be an even better housemate - I try my best to be nice to my housemates, and we get along great, but I think I might be a rather scary housemate when I am stressed. They're very used to me and my behaviour now though
6) I think this should be the most important one...........to be stronger in my faith and my walk with the Lord. I've to admit that I'm still learning to totally trust Him, especially since He has yet to show me His grace in my studies in the recent years. And because of that, I still put my studies first before Him. I still have a lot to learn, but I'll try.
So yeah.....I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year 2007!!!
God bless.