So while people were talking about how fast their 2016 went (I agree, SO SCARY 2016 just flew by piuuuuuu like that) and what they have done and achieved this year, I was just sitting there thinking "errrrr what happened this year ah? What was this year and what was last?"
So I decided to look through the photos I have taken this past year and I guess that would be a pretty good representation of my 2016. With that, here are some photos from throughout the year that I haven't posted!
January
I had my Community Medicine posting in January, and that was... errrr... an adventure in itself. It was a lot of time spent with my group members though, and I really thank God that my I had this fun bunch of people to get through that posting together with me!
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| Stronger together! |
February
My February was a really happening one. Other than CNY, which I blogged about earlier in the year, there was the JDT match, which I also blogged about.
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| Johoreans and honorary Johoreans for the night |
March
Sometimes, when it's someone's birthday, we try to have a group chat so we can all see each other and talk to each other (or rather, talk over each other hehe) for a bit. So in March, we did that for mummy's birthday.
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| The people with whom the truest part of myself is never hidden |
April
In April, I got to go home because we celebrated Ah Chiah's 80th birthday (and niko's birthday too! :D). Since it was an 80th birthday celebration, we made it a relatively big one, with extended family and Ah Chiah's in-laws and all.
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| I probably can't name them all, but my granny sure can! |
May
Since going to KT, I have tried to meet my BP friends every once in a while, and in May there was some Thai festival thing, and so I went with Fong Yee and Ruby!
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| Matching coconut ice-cream... which I bought out of sheer peer pressure XD |
June
Okay, this is the one month I can actually remember because there was a very special day for me in it. This month was the month of my baptism, which was also on my birthday! I also blogged about this, but basically, daddy, mummy and koko went to KT for it, and niko was supposed to join us in KT but he had an exam so we ended up making a spontaneous trip that night to spend some time with him in KB. That day was pretty much perfect. I got to be baptised - which signified my union with the death and life of Christ, and I got to spend time with my family. I think it's pretty cool that from now on, my birthday is no longer just my birthday, but also a day I get to celebrate being born again! :D
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| Let Your light shine through me, Father, for I am Yours! P.S.: I didn't even know this photo was taken by mummy. I literally just saw this picture before posting it here! |
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| Any day with my favourite people on earth is a good day :D |
July
Since I was on my study break early July, I could be home for koko's birthday. It was also in July that I had my Professional 2 exam, which I passed thanks to the grace of God. With that, I was done with Year 4 of medical school, and on my way to my final year.
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| Koko's last year celebrating a birthday in his 20s! |
August
August was pretty fun. I did my elective posting then, at PPIA, where I learnt a lot and had an amazing time. I met new people, made new friends, tried new things, and learnt to see things differently. It was an eye-opening experience, getting to experience life as a longer-term volunteer there first-hand.
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| Spend one day with these JTC students and tell me their smiles and laughs aren't contagious XD |
Another eye-opening experience I got to be a part of in August was the mission exposure trip daddy and mummy's Bible study group organised, to Myanmar. Besides learning and doing new things, we got to meet new people (and make new friends), and experience a whole new way of life and a different culture.
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| The team in the Myanmar equivalent of a sarong HAHA sorry I forgot what it's called |
September
It doesn't look like much happened in September for me, but one picture that is too good to be kept to myself is one I took in one of my university's toilet cubicles. The lock has been problematic for a long time, and previously, people had tried using things like raffia strings and forks and other things to try and lock the door, but in September, a genius found a new "lock", in the form of a metal tissue-holder XD
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| Pure genius. Loo-roll-holder door lock. Wow. |
October
All of a sudden, it looks like I had a busy October, with lots of photos taken. One scary thing that happened in October was that Ah Chiah was hospitalised. She was supposed to go for a holiday with my aunties in Taiwan the day after that, but she was vomiting and having diarrhoea, and it was so bad that she had to be warded. Of course, poor Ah Chiah had to miss the trip she was so looking forward to. That was scary, hearing about and seeing my ever-so-strong grandma being so frail and weak in a hospital. It broke my heart thinking about her in that state. Thank God, though, that she has been making her way to a full recovery :)
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| Friends and family always make things better :) |
November
In November, KT said goodbye to Fong Yee, who graduated and left us with one less Batu Pahatian there. She was the first of us to be thrown there to study, so it's only fair that she's the first one to leave ;)
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| Congrats, Fong Yee! :DDD |
December
All of a sudden, it's December! I came home for my Christmas/New Year break, and guess what? I FINALLY got my hair cut to be donated to Locks of Hope to be made into wigs for cancer patients.
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| I'm saving so much shampoo right now with my short hair! |
And just like that, it's time to say goodbye to 2016 and hello to a new year. The years seem to be going by faster and faster. Whatever it is, God is good, and God is faithful, and it is only because of Him that I am truly alive.
Thank You, Father, for bringing me through yet another year. Looking back, I can see Your hands at work, and I can see the many blessings You have poured out onto me. You are awesome! I look forward to a new year, and I trust that with You in control, it's going to be another good year. I have the feeling that 2017 will be a year of growth for me, but I'm not too worried, because I know I have You in the driver's seat!
See you all in 2017! ;D
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