Monday, August 01, 2005
SEMESTER 5... I'm so dead.
One year ago, we started our march onto the battlefield of Semester 3, bearing the banner of M2/03 against the enemy. All accumulated to that one final battle on that battlefield of Sem 3 six months ago, that single battle that have decided the course of the path we march upon. We came back from the battlefield; exhausted, tired, but triumphant. Some of our brothers had fallen, we mourned for them. But M2/03 prevailed, the banner we bear flutters in the wind. And M2/03 lives on.
For six months, we relished the freedom that we had fought sweat and blood for. We went our separate ways to enjoy the spoils of war. We slept at night with peace in our heart. For that six months, my men, we were free men, and we want to stay free.
But the time has come again, my comrades-in-arms, that time again to pick up our arms and march unto that new battlefield. The enemy has risen again, more formidable, more dangerous, and this battle would truly be the one that would bring us upon a wave towards our future. This enemy challenges us upon the Battlefield of Semester 5, and by Lord, we will defeat this enemy.
We are a batch of students with intertwined fates, not because we are the same, but because we are held together by their diversity. A band of students with different talents and different past, thrown together by the one single direction in life under one single banner. That single goal in life is the thread that bound us together, a bond strengthened by the wars we fought together. We had fought together, back to back, side by side; it was a bond that nothing could break, a bond that scared me even as I think about it.
So I now can only call upon that bond, to plead for the sake of that bond, to come and fight with me again. To stand by me at the beginning of the No-Man's-Land, hardened survivors of a batch glorified. I have once said, my men, M2/03 is more than a batch, M2/03 is the students, and the spirit that lives in those students, and my fellow men, that spirit can never be conquered. So I call forth that spirit in you, my comrade, ride with me and we shall conquer all enemies that stand on the path we traverse upon.
Lift your flags, blow your horns, This is the day we will ride under the banner of M2/03 onwards into the beginnings of battles. Raise your voice, sound that drums! It is time, my men and comrades, it is time and we shall triumph again.
Haha, all that drama is just to get me to study for SEM 5 exams which is in less than 5 months time. Ulp. I'm now a 3rd Year Medical Student... I could still remember, one year ago, when I became a 2nd Year Medical Student, I blogged about it here. I made some resolutions:
1. Will pass all exams, including the final one at the end.
Well, I passed SEM 3, no prob about that.
2. Spend more time with books, studying.
So far so good. I study... appropriately.
3. Spend less time on the computer.
About 2 minutes lesser.
4. Blog only 2 times per week, study rest of the time.
I blog less than that.
5. Finish most of the story books i borrowed.
Yup finished and borrowed some more, haha.
6. Finish watching animes that are borrowed from Michelle Tan.
Finish like so long ago, but planning to borrow 270 more from Wilfred.
7. Don't fall asleep in lecture. Pay attention, even if the lecturer is an asshole and is boring you to death.
I'm so sorry, but that is tough, and really tough... and all lecturers are assholes and they bore me to death. It's a miracle I'm still alive.
8. Don't insult lecturers - in their faces. Can insult somewhere else.
I don't insult lecturers anymore. They are just not worth my time.
9. Be a model Senior.
I gave up on that. Modelling is just not my line.
10. Be a good friend, a good student, and stay the same.
Good friend, i think so. A good student, I think not. Stay the same, that's me.
So what happened that one year that has passed?
1. We organised Orientation m2/04 and I and KR were in charge of Variety Night. We introduced newspaper which was really fun and soon adopted by every Variety Night to come.
2. We won the Female Fustal for IMU Cup. And my team got 2nd place in the F3 Champions League, we beat up the supposedly good Sem 1 team which beat our favourites.
3. Debate tournaments came and went. I became an adjudicator, very fun and got myself an AIDA 1 (INTERNATIONAL recognition!!!)
4. I passed SEM 3 End of Semester Exam. Praise the Lord.
5. I got myself a new camera.
6. I am now an Advanced Open Water Diver.
7. Took TAI CHI lessons. Still learning.
8. Organised CF Camp. It was a success.
9. I received my chance of getting a PSP. Haven get yet, but will get soon.
10. I made it to 3rd year of Medical School without breaking down or going cuckoo. Hallelujah!!! And everyone say AMEN!!!
Resolutions to make???? Too many to list, but majors are like:
1. Must get PSP this year.
2. Pass EoS.
So wish me luck, pray for me. Only 6 more months to go and I am out of IMU Bukit Jalil!!! With's God's grace...
I hear Brass Castle is busy with war preparations.
My girlfriend says she doesn't even have time to write.
She wrote me and told me so.
- Iksay Villager, Suikoden III
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