Hello guys! Sorry for the long absence as I had alot of things on my mind, really tested me mentally,emotionally and spritually in the pass 3 to 4 months, hopefully someday I can share it with you guys, when I am ready. Also, I have been very busy with semester 5, as it is currently not going to plan, let me tell you why.
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| After 5 Semesters: At IMU BALL 2011 |
Well, as we IMU students know, when we reach semester 5, everything should be cast aside and study all the way through so we could pass the deadliest exams in IMU. Well, I dont know whether it is contradictory as when I was in sem 1, people told me that EOS 2 was the toughest exam in IMU. Hmm. Food For thought? Anyhow, I m sorta gonna be sticking to my guns and lead a balanced lifestyle of sports and studies, also catching up on my YOGA(which I have skipped tremendously) and also prayers. This was what I planned to do in Semester 5.
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| Me Together With My 4x400 Gold Medal Team-mates |
In the beginning, I was coping with life in semester 5, waking up early, studying till nightfall, keeping up with my notes, then, came track and field training ( one of the therapies to get my mind off things), I knew i needed this form of excercise as a tool to help me deal with my troubles mentioned in the first paragraph. However, it was very taxing indeed as i had to sacrifice not only study period( from 6.45 to 11 pm daily) but also vital energy and sleep that was to keep me going for the vital coming weeks. This carried on for around 8 weeks. At times, I would break down in my room, thinking, wondering if I am doing the right thing, going for training, and countless amounts of time did I want to quit as I was fearful for my studies. Then I realised that, my passion was for medicine and running too, there was this ever burning desire, to study and run at the same time, hence I took measures and initiatives to balance these two taxing events.
In the end of the last 9 weeks, I competed in a track and field meet, called MAPCU on April 16th 2011, I did not know how was I going to fare in the event,eventhough I had worked hard in training. This track and field event was organised HELP COLLEGE and around 9 private university and colleges participated in this meet. As for IMU track team, we were dedicated and worked tireless-ly in training sessions while not forgetting to have fun and build a strong team spirit! We also had a brilliant motivational talk by our Coach's friend, which further sparked the fighting spirit in us young athletes.
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| At The Mapcu 2011 Track and Field Event |
At last, the day, 16th april arrived, armed with our enormous team spirit and belief in our respective abilities, we took to the track as a TEAM, supporting all our teammates in their events, spur-ring them on not to give up and finish strong. At the end of the meet, IMU emerged champions, emerged champions when we were rated as underdogs. Very fullfilling indeed, for me, as together with all the athletes, we ran a great race and made IMU proud.
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| IMU TRACK AND FIELD TEAM 2011 |
Many people, towards the pivotal EOS 5 examinations would be locked up in their rooms studying and reading so that they can pass their exams and realise their dreams of reaching their respective partner medical school. For me, as I am going to seremban(local) I thought that I would just need a pass and be happy. Then reality set in for me, do I have enough time? Will I be able to pass and make my parents proud? Well, that remains to be seen, for now, I can only continue to strive and work hard while not forgetting to keep faith in the LORD!
As my coach Keney once said, "RUN THROUGH and FINISH STRONG, AS BEFORE THE RACE IS OVER, YOU ARE NOT DEFEATED"
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| MEDT109: Forever will be in my heart! |
Till the next time.Cheers.
