been 3 wks since i wrote.
well, school has started for 2 wks, considering wk 0.
wk 0
arrived in taipei
flew aeroplane by the owner. said she wld only b home at 9pm.
hello. i booked a stay w you n u expect me to check in so late at night.
and i arrived like 6 am in the morning.
fortunately there was free wifi at d airport for me to dig out previous
contacts and asked for an avail room, though they were double d price.
had no other choice. had almost 50kg of weight on me.
in d end, found a stay at a hotel for a single room instead.
called to book at 40 bucks a night. a cheap deal for a decent room
but i wasnt on holiday so i had to find a place to rent asap.
took a bus to taichung. 2 hrs +. snoozed all d way there. wasnt v
confident about where to alight so alighted at the terminal stop n
took a short cab ride to the hotel. i wld have wandered ard if i
didnt have that 50kg on me. no bell boy to help w d luggages.
neither did the counter man/woman helped. pffffft ~
then started my search for a place. called dozen of calls, walked
hundreds of km literally around a possibly 1km radius of the school
in search of a suitable place at an affordable price.
it was really really humid the first wk that i arrived. i guessed i lost
a lot of water with all tat walking. nv drank that much fluid in a day
for those 2 days. well, d room was either to my liking but over my
budget or within my budget, but not exactly livable conditions.
no choice but to extend another night' stay at the hotel. went looking
again early the next morning. didnt wanna spend another 40 bucks
staying at the hotel. at d same time, i was suspecting if i ought to be
in school as well. i saw a lot of activities in school and i was wondering
why international students didnt have to attend them at all.. haha
turned out we were supposed to attend. the entire wk of orientation..
i got it wrong. i thought intl students were only to report on tues.
well, so with not much of a choice, i moved into a room that was within
my budget but freakin' small. the entire length of the room was abt 4m.
and its width was only about 1.7m? enuff for a single bed and 50cm of
walking space. ohh and it comes with an attached mini balcony. HA HA.
well, i will probably look around for another place towards the end of the
semester. i mean, dis place isnt all that bad. the housemates r generally
quiet and i do like the living environment here. but i guess i may be able
to get a slightly bigger living space for the same price. i do want a bigger
living space to move around and about. we shall see. i arrived a little too
late and most of the rooms were already taken up. plus, dis room doesnt
come with an attached bathroom. i thot it mattered alot but after sharing
the toilet, i think i can live with that. or maybe, perhaps, im just sharing it
with one person. so, it's not really an issue for me now.
so, went thru d wk of orientation. skipped the camp coz i think itz too
freakin ex. wanted to save the money n seriously, i think im over d
age for such youth camps. all of them r like 10 yrs or more younger
than me. although i dun look my age, but still, ive had my fair share
of fun as a young growing up adult. which brings me to my next point....
after hanging out with some of them during d first wk of skool.. im
seriously wondering if i made d right choice to study undergrad med.
i mean, i shd b applying for postgrad med. that will only tk 4 yrs.
u hang ard n mix with ppl who are closer in age, share similar work n
life experiences and probably can relate better to one another.
while i find myself not knowing how to relate to these young people.
i can probably be their listening ears but no way will they b able to
relate with me at my age. they are all about socializing, playing n
enjoying their youth n uni life. while ive already experienced all of
that. i just wanna do well, excel, and move on to research n becoming
a doc asap. but here i am, having to take up general studies, language
studies, cross discipline modules. all these are uni stuff. and when all
these start to hit, i really questioned my decision.
and im like spending so carefully. watching every single cent that
i spend to eat, to buy every single thing. i spent like hours in d
supermarket comparing prices, working out how worthy is the item
that i wanna buy and all that crap. IF i give up studying med now,
all i need to do is find another job, enjoy a good salary and build
a stable family life. no need to scrimp, no need to survive on the bare
minimal. just enjoy life.
seriously, i wonder why am i putting myself thru all these.
r they really necessary?
studying, doing projects, tests, exams.... why do i wanna put myself
thru all of these again? seriously. seriously.
after a wk in school, i do like the quality of the education offered by
the med prog. the environment and the quality of the profs n tutors.
i even had a new goal. to excel and be in the top 10 of the cohort,
build links n contacts to convince smc to approve cmu as another
med skool in the sg medical school list.
but.... aft a wk in shool,
i have a lot of new qns n fresh doubts abt myself.
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