Sometimes, I feel like I’m in events management as opposed to studying medicine. Oh well. Here’s what I’ve been up to for the past few weeks instead of studying. (30 DAYS TO EXAM OMIGAWDDDDD SOMEONE HELP ME)
Presenting…
ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT on the 27th of October, Tuesday, 7-11pm @ the Dance Studio, IMU BJ campus.
Acoustic Night is an open mic event organized by the Music & Performance club of the International Medical University, Bukit Jalil campus. :) No entrance fee, no hidden charges. Expect a casual, light-hearted, chillout evening full of unique acoustic performers, each carrying their own styles and emotive rhythms. Soulful songs, converted R’n'B tracks, locally-penned anthems, self-written ditties and cheeky love songs are the order of the night. This is the 2nd time the acoustic night is being held, in lieu of the successful 1st night in August. Oh, and don’t forget the awesome company, FREE food, and random moments of laughter and fun. We might even have professors performing. SEE YOU THERE!
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FLAVORS OF MALAYSIA, the ME1/08 Malaysian studies final project, on the 29th of October, Thursday, 11am-3pm @ the Atrium, IMU BJ campus.
Flavors of Malaysia, so named for being a festival to celebrate the rich culinary culture and tradition of Malaysia, is ME1/08’s Malaysian Studies final project. What to expect? A multitude of palate-teasing dishes from major ethnic cooking methods will be on sale in a food fair, as well as the chance to win exciting prizes (HINT HINT: MOVIE TICKETS) in a few tricky, skill-requiring games booths. To entertain you while you dine in a unique restaurant-style setting, there will be fantastic performances from the major ethnic groups of Malaysia, by IMU local talents. ;) Expect lots of shimmying, but we’re not saying who! And last but not least, should you be the type that likes to read and learn, take a leisurely stroll around the atrium to experience our exhibition displays about the culinary culture of Malaysia! Come join our celebration of Malaysia’s plurality by donning your ever-so-brightly-colored national costume, and tucking in to the vast array of grub awaiting your gustatory senses! (this project is also in support of the MEDT1/08 convocation magazine fund)
That’s it for now. ;) Of course, there’s a Hallowe’en Night that IMU’s organizing on the night of the 30th, but all I’m doing there is emceeing (thankfully) with Korwoi. If you’re interested in attending, give me a buzz and I’ll pick a ticket up for you. RM12 each, and proceeds go to charity (to fund a kampung angkat orang asli’s water supply project).
Stuff has been hurtling along non-stop since the 1st of October kicked in.
Every week, there’s something on!
Not to say it hasn’t been fun, but there’s this nagging little voice in the back of my head that keeps telling me to study. D-day, this time around, sneaks closer on the 26th of November… About a month and a half from today.
In between all the busyness, I read two books–go me! One was William Sutcliffe’s Whatever Makes You Happy, a modern twist on mum-hood and all the joys it brings when your boys are aged 30, non-communicative with the home, and still single. The other was Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones, this award-winning novel that is apparently being made into a movie (this seems like the current trend with award-winning books). Gives some interesting notions about what heaven’s like. I’ve started Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven, which again happens to talk about another view of heaven. There’re three more unread books waiting on my shelf–all these are the result of my birthday Borders and MPH vouchers. :)
My only me-time so far has been when the evening’s preparations for the next day are over, and it’s time for my nightly shower. Been experimenting with scented oils, burners, and strategically-placed tealights to afford more ambience for my humble little bathroom. Only response evoked was a digruntled “What is that smell?” from my mother in the next room.
Umm. Alright.
Yesterday.
I made a commitment to be open to full-time missions work wherever and whenever He may choose to call me. The pastor was a visiting pastor, and he and his wife had been extensively involved with ministering to Asia, namely with OMF. After he spoke, Ps. Chew opened the altar to anyone who had felt God’s call in their life to do full-time missions work so the elders could pray for them.
I wasn’t sure if I’d ever gotten a true true call from God, but it was something that resonated with me. I’d never wanted to end up stuck in an air-conditioned cubicle in some swanky hospital, treating people who could probably get better the next day if they’d just slept in and drank a lot of water.
There was this sinking, scary feeling as I walked out. It eventually made me cry when the visiting pastor’s wife, Elizabeth, prayed for me. I don’t know what I’m getting into, but I’m getting into You. It’s like jumping into a rollercoaster cart blindfolded and being locked in. I know I’ll be safe, but what the heck is gonna happen? Help me with my unbelief.
Just thought I’d share.
In the meantime, this pre-doctor is going back to gruelling cheerleading practices, for which the competition is this Friday. Toodles!
Coming to you this Saturday, the 3rd of October. 8.oo am til 3.oo pm, at Chancellor Hall, IMU BJ Campus. Rustle the dictionary and flex those fingers–the wordplay excitement is coming back into this lowly medical campus by manner of the annual IMU Cup competition.
Hella tired organizing and planning for it with Navin amidst all the other stuff on my to-do list. Hope it’ll run smooth–shouldn’t be too hard to get things going and keep them going. “Tournament Director” sounds like a fancy-schmancy title, but really, we run around and do the hard labour, haha.
:) May the most scrabbulous team win!
My brain is soaking in alphabet soup right now. Gogogo three-letter wordlist.
