Third day post passing

Took some time off blogging, not by choice really but because it has been so incredibly difficult to get online using this TMNET dial up service! The pics I promised will be uploaded once I get back to work and am able to log on using the wireless broadband service there. Sigh. I still find it difficult to believe that I have passed my exam and is now a specialist! My handphone has been innundated with lots of smses congratulating me, so it must be true!

Sharing about it in church yesterday was a moving moment for me. The thunderous claps I got even before I got up to go to the podium to share about it spoke volumes to me. They were rooting for me. They all had a part in me passing. Every one of them was supporting me in their prayers. Some have even requested the specific time that I was taking this or that paper or sitting for the viva or the clinicals, just so that they can pray for me at the very moment that I was taking that exam. And when I passed, they rejoiced with me! With genuine joy! As if they had passed the exam as well! NOW, this is LOVE! This is the Family of God! This is love in action. I was truly touched. And most of all, all thanks and praise goes to my Heavenly Father who has made all this possible! Amen to that! Of course, as with all Malaysian tradition, they have also hinted (rather broadly) that it's time to have a little treat! A low cholesterol "kenduri" (a malay feast), one suggested! Heh, heh!

What did i do to celebrate? Nothing much really. I still have trouble sleeping. My brain, which has gone into overdrive during the exam, has not let up! I simply found it difficult to relax. I still feel as if I need to sit down and study! My body on the other hand is crying out for rest! Mind rules over the body and hence, the sleeplessness. But it's getting better. I was able to sleep a lot better last night. Maybe the fact that I was painting the church the whole day yesterday has something to do with it! We had a gotong royong (a get together) to beautify and clean up the church compound and the building. Perhaps the fumes from the paint sent me into a slumber last night.

I did, however, watch a few movies on DVD. I managed to catch Flight Plan (Panic Room in the air) and I thought it was a great movie. I wonder how much did the kid in the movie get for "acting". I mean, all she did was sleep. I wonder if there any jobs like that around...the civil service perhaps? I also watched "Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow". Funny title but i thought it was a great watch as well. I wonder how they managed to make the characters so "comic-like". Angeline Jolie looked fabulous there, even with an eye patch! Woo, woo!

I gotta make a note here. I have to post the pics I took of my colleagues when they got their results. I gotta write about a man named Haris! I gotta tell u about Hardip, the punjabi guy who was my room mate in India. I gotta upload some pics of my family as we went Christmas shopping! Am on a 3 day break. Words got out that we (the new specialist) will start our specialist call next month. This is a new thing as traditionally, the new specialists will have to do another month of Medical Officer on call duties before going on to specialist duties. Anyway, no complaints from me there! MO on call duties are very tough and tiring! I don't think my old bones can handle that anymore!