Thank God for Today
It's literally the end of sem 7 and the start of 2017. Haven't blogged in foreverrrrr omg. I still think it's still worth it to write when I've got the time and inspiration, even if it takes super long cuz my keyboard is faulty and even if no one bothers to read this. But I like to reminisce, so yes I'm gonna try to record as much as possible, even if sporadically, so that I can look back upon my younger self when I'm old and wrinkled.
So the inspiration was actually for an instagram post, but I decided it would be wayyy too long so here I am. (Plus I need to update this blog anyway haha.)
I am thankful for today. And even more thankful for the day of FYP presentation (11 Aug 2016 if I rmb correctly), because it was the day that gave me a scholarship and a job that would be good for my development in TCM, and a first class honours in my biomed degree. I still rmb how I was worrying about whether I put in enough effort, whether the same thing as PW would happen all over again for my FYP proj. Everything was so rushed because of the nature of my research, and because of that I had to leave in details in my thesis that might have been factually incorrect. That was one cause of my worries, and the other was for whether my handwritten page numbers and handwritten corrections to my graphs would pull my marks down. Yes I was so careless that I forgot to click the print-with-page-numbers option when I converted my document to PDF!-.- So I really thank God for the A+ that I came to know about on 27th Dec. What was even more rewarding was that my mentor said I was his best student!
Somehow my TCM scholarship final interview date also fell on the same day as FYP poster presentation. I thought they weren't considering me anymore because of the super long period when they didn't contact me. I was the only candidate, but I didn't do well for my presentation. And this was my third time trying for a scholarship so I was feeling quite fatigued from all the tests and interviews and rejections. But somehow during the interview I thought I expressed myself pretty well and connected with the interviewers. Maybe the work environment really suited me that's why I connected so well. And the first few interviews also gave me a feel of how I would suit the environment, and it somehow felt quite homely. And the whole episode taught me to try, try, and try again. No matter how bad at mandarin I am, I am gonna just try and try and try till I succeed. It's funny how I feel God had a hand in all this, how He made me face rejection from Cambridge and Glasgow vet med schools, and the first 2 TCM scholarship companies, just so I can be where I am today. I'm really so thankful for these rejections! Just one more hurdle to cross- STRE!
The last rejection is the one in Aug 2015, when D decided to break things off. It felt really bad, but I knew it was for the better. Yet if I never met D I don't think I would ever have had the guts to meet A. And tmr I am gonna make my way to A. Hope I stay safe and that the flights would be smooth. PLEASE! I really do hope things turn out well.
TTFN
ele <3 p="">
So the inspiration was actually for an instagram post, but I decided it would be wayyy too long so here I am. (Plus I need to update this blog anyway haha.)
I am thankful for today. And even more thankful for the day of FYP presentation (11 Aug 2016 if I rmb correctly), because it was the day that gave me a scholarship and a job that would be good for my development in TCM, and a first class honours in my biomed degree. I still rmb how I was worrying about whether I put in enough effort, whether the same thing as PW would happen all over again for my FYP proj. Everything was so rushed because of the nature of my research, and because of that I had to leave in details in my thesis that might have been factually incorrect. That was one cause of my worries, and the other was for whether my handwritten page numbers and handwritten corrections to my graphs would pull my marks down. Yes I was so careless that I forgot to click the print-with-page-numbers option when I converted my document to PDF!-.- So I really thank God for the A+ that I came to know about on 27th Dec. What was even more rewarding was that my mentor said I was his best student!
Somehow my TCM scholarship final interview date also fell on the same day as FYP poster presentation. I thought they weren't considering me anymore because of the super long period when they didn't contact me. I was the only candidate, but I didn't do well for my presentation. And this was my third time trying for a scholarship so I was feeling quite fatigued from all the tests and interviews and rejections. But somehow during the interview I thought I expressed myself pretty well and connected with the interviewers. Maybe the work environment really suited me that's why I connected so well. And the first few interviews also gave me a feel of how I would suit the environment, and it somehow felt quite homely. And the whole episode taught me to try, try, and try again. No matter how bad at mandarin I am, I am gonna just try and try and try till I succeed. It's funny how I feel God had a hand in all this, how He made me face rejection from Cambridge and Glasgow vet med schools, and the first 2 TCM scholarship companies, just so I can be where I am today. I'm really so thankful for these rejections! Just one more hurdle to cross- STRE!
The last rejection is the one in Aug 2015, when D decided to break things off. It felt really bad, but I knew it was for the better. Yet if I never met D I don't think I would ever have had the guts to meet A. And tmr I am gonna make my way to A. Hope I stay safe and that the flights would be smooth. PLEASE! I really do hope things turn out well.
TTFN
ele <3 p="">
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