After a long standing period of procrastination, finally I have picked up the remnants of my motivation. It is time for me to start working hard again, having guided by a lecturer of mine, who explained an alternative for me to have a prospectful career. It definitely is not an easy path, and of course there are sacrifices needed.
So, updates for the past few days?
After the kiasu incident, aforthmentioned in my previous entry, the exam day was another day of lies. Everybody denies having known the exam questions when being asked by the psychiatrist tutor, and yet they pointed out that only Naga knows the answer. Well, a bunch of hypocrits they are, undoubtedly. I did not really score in that quiz thingee, albeit I was the one setting up the Modified Essay Question, since I forgot what are the actual answers for me questions!!! Anyway, I may be labelled evil, but still I have my own moral standards, and cheating is undoubtedly not my cup of tea.
I have made up a pact with Naga to study with her every night. I know you fellows would be surprised, but I'm need someone to monitor me or else I'll get distracted while studying. For the past 2 weeks, I have indulged myself in the internet and burning my precious lifethreads away into ashes. Plus, it is fun having Naga there to talk to whenver the stress threshold is starting to get onto my nerves.
A buddy dinner last night made me come to the understanding that almost all of the 5th year seniors know bout me and my, you know, stuffs. Actually there is someone who's trying to defame my ex, who is also a 5th year, and thus I get involved in it. I don't mind people here knowing bout me, as I don't care a shit bout them, yet I question the real intention behind this whole issue. Why the defamation? Jealousy? Rivalry? Revenge? And still, that involved senior had that kind of Mr Nice Guy look. Isn't it amazing how deceiving appearances can be? Honestly I felt a little down hearing that, but my senior buddy reassured me that she's OK with me, and empathizes my situation. I am fucking thankful that I have friends who really back me up and accepts me for what I really am. Thanks, Carmen.
Back to where I have left out. The Adrian issue. I have been sms-ing Adrian very frequently for the past two days. I know I shouldn't have, but I can't help it. Maybe I miss him, or maybe I don't, but I still feel like talking to him. However, his replies weren't really that enthusiastic, to my dismay. Last night, well, I thought I was talking to an Adrian in MSN, yet it turned out to be his boyfriend using Adrian's account. It's ok for him to dig out what I have been talking with Adrian, yet I find it rather unethical. Fuck ethics, there are no rules and regulations in relationships, Rickie! The winner takes it all, period.
So, Adrian texted me after that and interrogated me. Hereth, I presume his jealous boyfriend probably say something to him about me. Anyway, Adrian put up a final point that made me decide not to sms him anymore, for everybody's sake. I can't agree no more. Well, since it's his personal request, I think I am able to suppress that urge now.
To think back, why in the ninny did I try to text him in the first place? I am aware that Adrian is involved in a relationship. The question whether he is happy, or if his guy treats him like shit, is totally out of my jurisdiction and none of my business. Why should I care anyway? Rickie Rickie Rickie, hath thou lost thy meaniness? I mean, this whole issue totally contradicts with my hard rule of 'NO MESSING UP WITH ATTACHED GUYS'. I am going nuts I guess. Oh, by the way, Adrian has the hots for Matt too.
Again and again I question myself why am I that attracted to Adrian? Maybe its his subtleness and docility? Or is his adorableness and poshness? I do not know why. Still, an escaped bird is an escaped bird, and there's no point crying over it since there's no REFRESH button in life.
Back to what my lecturer had been motivating me. He suggested me in finishing my 5th year course with a sound basic medical knowledge and then followed by an attempt in the US Medical License Examination, which is a one-way-ticket in practicing in the States. It is not going to be easy, so I should have started preparing for it during my degree years. Hence, a solid foundation would facilitate me, remarkably, into this thingee. Plus, he advised me to do my internship in a not-too-busy-but-decently-have-lots-of-stuffs-to-learn hospital. I assumed he's mentioning bout HKB or HUSM, which themselves are not as busy as those in West Malaysia, but still are fairly good teaching hospitals for internship.
So, what are the sacrifices then? Age is something inevitable. By the time I graduate, I am already 26. So, adding the time I need to serve my compulsory internship and service to the government, I would be 30 by then. So, if I manage to start my residency in US then, the minimal total time I would require to achieve a subspecialist or PHD, would cost me 10 years perhaps. Fuck, I am 40 by then! What's more? Yes, I might be a rich, successful, highly regarded bastard, who is fucking single and alone and burns his life miserably in the hospital. Is that a life I wanted?
Probably you'd say I am counting my chickens before the eggs have hatched. Still, a dream is more like a compass; you are still on your way to somewhere, but at least you know where you are going.