A New Look! New CP

Dear fellow members of Group 2,

As you can see from the blog, there are some new changes:

The design and the photos are finally updated. I've also included a link to our student activities council blog. Do show your support by visiting the blog and post something. If you need permission to access the SAC blog, you can let Jocelyn Suarez or me know, so we can grant access.

As Su had mentioned, this semester passed quite fast and here we are going for our CP again. This is a good time for reflecting on our past strength and mistakes. It is also a good time to add in your thoughts as we progressed through our CP. From my personal chinese blog on QQ's Qzone, I've seen quite a few active members of our group, blogging away in your native language. I strongly encourage all of you to contribute some of your thoughts here too! After all, this blog was set up for us!

I have the intention of setting the permission to view our blog to be public. That will mean that everyone will get to see it. Although its mostly ramblings from me! haha.

Expect more ramblings and grumblings from me! Blog posts tend to increase during CP time.

I wish all of you the best for your CP.

Regards,

Stan

There are going to be some updates soon!

Dear Group 2,

The recent stressors of school term are coming to an end. I look forward to putting up more entries into our group blog and I hope many more will contribute their thoughts/feelings about school/life/general.

I had been quite busy in dealing with some recent additional responsibilities. I got appointed to be the official photographer for the Student Activities Club and also unofficial 2nd photographer for group 3 (they got another photo nut, like me!). Also helping out with the President of the SAC to create/design the SAC's blog so that we have a online platform to commemorate our activities.

Then there are school assignments, projects and stuffs to worry about. Politics to avoid, playing Aunt Agony (or Uncle? hmm...) to some, dealing with my sometimes wild mood swings, all added to the humongous load of things to do. My to-do list is like a 5000 words essay.... and that's only for a month... and nope, I'm not kidding! hahaha!

On my family front, there are the usual Big Brother's responsibilities to take care of. Things like advising siblings, mediate between them and parents, playing host to visiting relatives from far-away, etc.. etc....

Well, after all these, I'm still here and still alive. Things can get pretty stressful after awhile but in retrospect, I felt that going through everything that happened, made me become a tougher person. The experiences enriched my perspective and allow me to see the past(good or bad) with fond remembrance. I only hope nursing school can 'rough' me up enough to attempt Uni or even med school. Like my good friend once said, "If you wanna climb Mt. Kinabalu, then you better be able to climb Mt. Faber first!". Well, he got a point, except that this 'nursing mountain' is bloody hard to climb too!

This is a random post about what's going on around me. The updates will come once I consolidated those pictures that we have taken for the past 2 months and upload them here!

All the best to all of you and I hope you will post something here too.

Regards,

Stanley

Wish for exam !!!

Hi ... everybody from Group 2,

Now Yr 2, Sems 2 is nearly finished.
We start studying now for our final exam, don't we?
I wish all the best with our final exam.
I'd like to suggest that not only enjoy your studying week, but also study hard to pass the exam with good grades.

I am very proud of our group 2 as we are very united !!!

With love,
Suzanne.

Being strong

The sudden leaving of Jia Min recently affected some of us. I will not be truthful if I said that I was not affected by it. It was at this point that I really felt like giving up.

What is the purpose of continuing on? This thought kept going through my mind as I sat alone at the quiet corner of the library during that tumultuous period when my heart waged an all-out war against my mind.

Emotions fluctuate. The mind sought to control the flow of feelings. It was an even match between them.

How did I manage to call a truce between my two raging personalities?

I reconciled them to the fact that I didn't join and did all these for my own sake. On a wimp, I posted a 'cry-out' on an online post. The answer came from none other than a sister in faith.

I asked what did I joined nursing for?

She told me that it is to serve God and His people.

How true.

How have I forgotten so much.

How selfish I had become.

It was all 'me me me' for the past few months.

Maybe it is time to change this tune to somebody else's tune.

My dear friends and classmates, if any of you are reading this, I ask for your forgiveness and understanding. I am only human, but that is not an excuse for my actions/behaviours/decisions.

I will do better and be better.

Our group survived as one through so many things. No other groups came even this close to what we had build up for ourselves. The camaraderie that we have will persevere and continue our legacy.

We have learnt how to work with each other and push on through difficulties.

Now we have to learn how to be better nurses.

Ad meliora vertamur, be the best nurses that our future patients need us to be.

Eventful

Good morning Group 2, firstly thank you for your welcoming responses Stanley & Suliha. Suliha, exam tips if given too freely will defeat the purpose of testing the 'know how'. You are doing fine, just keep up the effort.

Secondly, I've heard about Miss Gwee's pass on. Although I have had only limited contacts with her, she striked me as a considerate & responsible person whom alway gave me advance notice if she needed a change in teaching schedule. It may be a comfort for those who loved her to know that it would be a great relieve for Miss Gwee physically at her last moment.

Thirdly, the past few months were very eventful in the office, probably for the students as well as some administrative changes would have an impact on you. While it is taking a toll on most of us, it was amazing how team work and perseverance can narrowed the inadequacy. I can't help but to say my favourite verse again: "Tough time don't last, tough people do".
Are you tough enough?