PinVinBin: May 2006

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

如果。。。

如果爱一个人是那么的痛苦
为何人们还傻傻地飞蛾扑火般地
寻找那虚幻飘渺的爱情呢？

如果人们真的自爱的话
为何还有人不顾自身的安危
偷尝那外甘内涩的禁果呢？

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Update

Many ppl have been asking me whether or not the Dean's Office has confirmed with me regarding my re-admission to med sch this acad year. So I thought I should just inform you guys here, for those who are interested of cos.

Well, I've seen the school psyc (Prof Fones, for those who noe him) and I thought he gave me quite a positive response that day. As for my own psyc, he has gone away on a conference and would only be back on 31st May. So I guess I've to wait till early June before I can get the letter from him to submit to the Office.

To be honest, I do feel a bit uneasy cos sch would supposedly start in late Jun this year. Suppose I can get the letter to the Office by 2nd Jun (Fri), they would prob take some time to process the 2 reports and submit their recommendation to the Reg's Office. Assuming this gets done by 16th Jun (Fri), I'll have barely ONE week left to the start of school. And I still have to wait for the positive reply from the Reg's Office... If there are any delays or hiccups along the way again, I really can't imagine what would happen. Sigh... Oh well, let's just hope that things would go smoothly ba... I've waited for a year le... Can't possibly make me wait for another rite? =P

Friday, May 05, 2006

In God's time...

I went for another cell group session yesterday night and I shared my frustrations regarding this issue with the others in the group. They suggested that I send another email to the school counsellor and at the same time, a carbon copy to her boss (i.e. the Dean). They believed that by doing this, things would get done faster.

I thought for the whole night and I kept questioning myself if that was really what I should do. I didn't really want to antagonise and exert too much pressure on the school counsellor cos she had been quite helpful all this while. So even when I went to sch this morning, I was still thinking about it and feeling quite uncertain.

Then something good happened -- I bumped into the counsellor in school! Face to face! She was so apologetic when I approached her and she told me that she had just replied my email and I could proceed with the necessary steps to take.

I am so thankful that I trusted God's faithfulness and didn't send out the 2nd email in the end. Really. Everything that is to happen will happen. In God's time of course.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Less than 2 months...

The Dean's Office still hasn't got back to me with regards to my case... And if you're wondering if I had even taken the effort to remind them, trust me, I did.

I started with sending an email to the lady in charge of student affairs, but all I got was an autoreply from her, which was totally irrelevant and not related to my problem. How stupid can modern technology get?! Anyways, I had the strangest impression that she went overseas, so I waited a few days before I went down to the Dean's Office personally to see her. But to my disappointment, the girls at the counter said I could only see her if I've made an appointment with her. HELLO!!! Do they noe this IS urgent matter? And how in the world am I supposed to fix one with her when she doesn't even bother to reply to my email??!!

Anyhow, I still left my name and hp no with the counter girls, hoping that she would call me back when she's free. BUT... I still din hear anything from her. And mind you, it was already end-April by then. So since she din call, I called her instead. And guess what? I got directed to the bloody answering machine every time I do so. Hmph. Totally exasperating.

So 2 days ago, I typed out in black and white a note for her, informing her that I am most eager to hear from her regarding my case. But still, there's nothing from her... I understand that she's busy with all the new admissions to my fac for this acad year, but hey, does she expect me to wait for another acad year?

I am really feeling quite disturbed, cos there's only slightly less than 2 months from now to the time M5 officially starts. Oh well, I'm not too sure when the final year would really start this acad year, but judging by last year, it should be in end June I think. Hmm. BeliefInLife has suggested looking for my MP during one of those walkabout sessions and tell him about the situation I'm facing. Well, I guess this might help but I find it difficult to broach the entire issue to another person again (and this time it's the MP *gasp*) -- starting from why I took a break from school, to what I have been doing all these while and what I expect him to help me with... It's kind of like opening Pandora's Box if you get what I mean.

So, on one hand, I'm dying for some external help to get the stupid Dean's Office ppl to advise me on what to do, and on the other, I'm trying to settle things all by myself and not to get too many people involved... Difficult situation indeed...

So with a very heavy heart, I went for cell yesterday night. And to my astonishment, the message for P&W last night was "God is in control"! I was like, wow, God noes exactly how my heart is feeling! And I was even more amazed when my cell leader came up to me and told me, "God will see to completion the work that He has started in you." At that instant, I could feel my spirit lifted and my burden relieved. I have decided to receive the affirmation by faith. But that does not mean I'm slackening and I'm not pushing the Dean's Office ppl anymore. I noe God will definitely ensure that I can go back to M5 this year if that is the path that He really wants me to take.

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