This was an enriching an fruitful trip indeed!
Within this 5 weeks, i have gained a deeper understanding on China's culture.
I have also developed some global skills such as patience, comfort level with strangers, respect for other beliefs and also the willingness to take risk!
My reflections on:
Student's dormitory
Almost every student studying at WUST live at the dorm provided by the school. We were also being arranged to live at the dorm in the school. Compared to our own house, the dorm we were staying was really in a bad condition. So, I complaint to my family about it, the building looks so old, the toilet is so dirty, the mattress is so thin until i felt backache after sleeping the first night. However, during my last week of stay in Wuhan, I realised how fortunate we are compared to the local students. According to Chen Ming, they cannot use electrical equipments which exceed 700 watt, that means they can only use less than 700 watt per day. If they exceed the amount of limited electricity, the electricity supply will just stop! Furthermore, the light in the dorm will be switched off automatically after 11.30 pm! I wonder how the students study during the exam period. They do not have air conditioner in their room so it is really cold during winter time! And, the worst thing is they do not have water heater in their toilet! What they use is only a pipe which supply cold water! Comparing to them, our dorm is much more better! We have 24 hours of electricity supply, air conditioner and water heater! After knowing their dorm's conditions, i told myself, why should I complain if what we posses are so much more than them? We should be satisfy with what we have and do not always complaint.
Sacrifice and tolerance
One of the night, after we watched movie at cafe 119( Dr Teoh's room), we took issac's key which he left in our room instead of our room key. So, we were locked outside our room! We tried to unlock the door using cards and also nail clipper! After trying for half an hour, our efforts were in vain! So, Edmund suggested to let us sleep in his room and they share one room with Issac,Justin,Clarence and Bo Kang. However, because of my leg, we decided to stay at Issac's room which is at the first floor! They gave up their bed for us to sleep! We felt so sorry to them as they did not sleep well for the whole night! Through this incident, I can feel the selflessness of my friends, Justin, Issac and Bo Kang. I would like to say thank you to all of you and also sorry for the inconvenience caused!
Lastly, I would like to say thank you to everyone for taking care of me for the past few days! Camellia and Gracia take care of me almost 24 hours per day, Yvette , Qiu yan and Meiling, chose to stay at my dorm to take care of me instead of going to shopping! I also received get well soon gift from some of my friends! A cute totoro from Issac, Azleena, Clarence , Dharshini and Lavanya, a dress from Edmund, three clothes from Gracia and Camellia! :) Thanks everyone of you!
I am loving this PHARMily!Everyone is so cooperative throughout this entire trip! Without you guys, this trip would not be so fun and enjoyable!
I never regretted for signing up this OIP and I am looking forward to more overseas trip!
I believe not only yourself, everyone learns how to be contented with what they have, such as proper bedding, toilets, facilities , electricity and furniture. I personally changed to be an even more mature individual who is not very demanding.
ReplyDeleteOne thing which i notice is the love, caring and cooperative side of Pharm students,in which your unexpected accident had sort of triggered of.