reunions

i have officially finished my postings here,and its been good. i enjoyed my time at the clinics,and enjoyed seeing many nice diseases.i also had intersting discussions with the docs, and all were curious about how imu teaches students. now i understand about critics in the science world. when something new happens/was discovered, one will tend to disbelieve it because its out of the norm with one's thoughts. It takes a long time to convince people to adapt to changes. Everything in this world has to change, and most times change is not welcome.i will admit that bieng in imu is tough because we do not have full day classes, and you yourself have to know what to study, and to have the discipline to study, because they truly leave you at your own. and one has to take everything seriously, pbl's included. i am only recently enjoying the wonders of pbl. and the fact that we have to get a B to pass, and the lecturers throw any q's they want to. i just hope that when i grad one day, i will be good/better than the docs from public unis cos most ppl think imu is crap.

i have/am going to attend a lot of reunions with friends and family. the weekend is solidly booked. this afternoon i will be watching madagascar with a friend,and straightaway after that i'll be going to granny's hse. tmr is the same, except ill be going back to kampung. more ops for phototaking!it does feel kinda rushing for me, but if i don't see them now, i might not see them until next year, and then who knows where they'll go. as much as i agree with kuching being a boring place, but when you come back, its so relax, peaceful and wonderful that you don't feel like leaving. i think we should market that aspect to tourists.

I had a good night out with bren and angie. i guess we didn't say much because nothings going on in our lives. But i did get some good info where the other st tri gals are and what they're currently doing now. My strawberry/banana smotthie was good, but it was a trifle sweet. The best part was when we toured kuching town at night to get good photos, esp for my kl friends who think kuching is just jungle. Kuching is beautiful at night, romantic even. Its little wonder the rajahs were happy to live at the astana. the weirdest pic i took had to be a gigantic tooth. No offense to the owner, but i wonder what was in his head when he comissioned it. he prob has the same humor as me. What giant sculpture will i put in my garden next time?

Yesterday aft i finished early, and took time off to take more photos. i wonder if i can take more today. i have to take the museum and the giant cats. and some weird porno statues. Kuching rocks! i was strolling along jalan india and jalan masjid. Gawai songs are blaring and the shops were full of ppl looking for gawai clothes. To me,those shops are nothing,but to ppl from the interior, these shops are THE place to go.At that moment i felt sad, because even though i am the same race as them, i feel so detached from them. its like i am bumi, but i do not share the same lifestyle.i am not looking down at them, its just that i feel so detached from the people of my own race. And most of the time i have to initiate small talk, even with my own cousins, because they think i am too well educated too talk with them. But once i do that, they're okay.Most of the time i feel like i live in 2 dimensions,one with my friends who are modern and with the natives here where i have to remember the dialects and customs of my two respective races. Quirky, but makes me a better human.

But i do live sarawak and its people. there is no other place on earth where people can blend and make friends so easily as here. The people here are genuinely friendly, and its easy to make friends here. They are talkative, and curious. Sarawak...couldn't find a better place to retire in the future :)