Death...how sudden could it be?

Swee Kee has passed away two days ago.

When my junior told me that through MSN, time seemed to suddenly come to a halt for a second or two. In my mind, the face of the smart, bespectacled junior who is three years younger and often seen smiling, etched into a corner.

It did crossed briefly in my mind to ask if my informant is joking but then I thought, she wouldn't joke about the death of a friend. I asked about the caused and half expecting to hear road accident but was surprised to hear that his death was caused by his heart stopping suddenly. They are still waiting for the medical report to hopefully determine the real caused of his death. I still find it hard to believe that the kind, charismatic young man who is only nineteen (if I remember correctly) has passed away just like that.

Now that I think about it, I have encountered a couple of death of close friends who were all very young. There is even one of my classmates who suddenly contacted a type of autoimmune disease (blessed her heart) whose fate now is at the mercy of luck. Imagine the pain they and their family had to go through.

Here I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Swee Kee. May their sorrow be lifted.

To my classmate and her family, stay strong and hopefully everything will be smooth sailing ahead.

Even if the sky falls, use it as a blanket, huh?

Well, there goes one of the famous chinese idioms when someone is calm enough to take any problems he/she faces optimistically. I'm actually wondering if I'm doing that now.

From my previous blog, it seemed that I've taken a very fast and efficient (2 days) approached to tackle the problems. Without the Chem pre-requisite, I have change my major from Genetics to Biomedical Science, taking units like Microb, HSD, Physio, and Pharm, which are ironically said to be harder. Thus, I have more opened options than last time when I could only specialized in the Genetics field but now I have tons of fields to choose from. Plus, I think my parents would be damn happy to know that I'm studying Pharm which they said has a higher recruitment chances than Genetics. Not that I beg to differ but instead, I'm beginning to like Pharm (man, can't believe I'm saying this...). So, even with a fail, could it be said that I've ventured into a more "prestigious" field since overall, my units are the hardest with the longest lab hours where most students tend to avoid? Hmm....I guess it's still too early to say that now...(no offense to genetics students, kay...that's just how society see things, hehe).

Anyway, enough bout studies since it's more or less settled...off to socializing matters. A new sem in a new year with more new faces around. However, this sem I tend to be quite busy with lab reports and tutorials than indulging myself in social gatherings. Unlike last sem when I'm one of the committees in organizing the annual International Night in my residential college (using the walkie-talkie was cool). Then again, that was actually by chance...haha...

This sem I'll try to slack more and not get myself to uptight with too much responsiblities. That should give my third-eye and even my 'denpa' more rest.....been using them too much last sem. Must sleep more also.....muawahahahaha.....