Indian Summer

Indian summer, I need some return
So hard to get warm where it's so easy to get burned

Gavin de Graw speaks the real truth about the weather in India. One may think that the weather in Manipal would not be any different from that of Malaysia. After all, both places are located very near the equator. When I first arrived here, it was the monsoon season and rain could continuously pour for 3 days until the roads become flooded. At that moment, I begged hard for sunshine. I think I wished a little too much for it cause now the rain refuse to return. Rain has taken a break for a good ONE month! Back in Malaysia, I would become worried if there was no rain for a week! =P. Plus, during the daytime, I can actually feel the scorching heat of the Sun piercing and hurting my skin.

Well other than the crazy weather in Manipal, my life has been pretty much preoccupied with studying. I realized that has been often the answer to the most frequently asked question by my friends or family members: HOWS LIFE? It is really not because I am shutting off the conversation, but studying is really what constitutes 97% of my life now. Medical school here has an accentuated "Asian" culture where education is the utmost importance. Hence, very little attention is given to other non academical activities.

Moreover, the nearest decent mall and cinema is 1.5 hours drive away, so there is really no real place to "lepak" here. In fact, there are not even any benches in the campus environment for people to seat. One has to go all the way to the library just to read and this becomes a hassle especially during those short 30 minutes between PBL sessions. Hence, we kill time here by watching movies, TV series via our laptop or simply by day dreaming. =P Holidays like Christmas and New Year or any post-exam celebratory moments are also celebrated here with indulging in food due to the lack of cinema or malls. On New Year's Eve, Baskin Robbins was the most happening place in Manipal. If it weren't for the joys and fun from medicine, I would have seriously collapsed of BOREDOM. LOL.

This is also the main reason why the frequency of my blog posts have recently declined. There have been countless times when I flip open my laptop, ready to blog about my week when I realized that it was a rather dull and uneventful one. I was not going to repeatedly rant over the same routine I was having because even I would find that dull after some time.

So what has change and what was different about today? Today began with a Physiology test that has costs me 30% of my sleeping time. It went pretty well and there were lectures on Physiology afterthat. During the last moments of today's lecture, my mind was wandering off elsewhere because I was excited about the rest of the day.

I texted one of my senior right after my class was over. I impatiently waited for her reply while on the way to lunch. 15 minutes later, she texted back saying that I could come collect the "thing" from her. I walked there, my heart feeling elated and excited. I have waited close to 4 months for this and I knew that this was the outlet to all the boredom or stress moments I had.



XD XD XD XD XD XD XD!
It was really nice of her to have given it to me with no charge at all. The head of the guitar had a small crack but it didn't affect the position of the strings and it was still playable. I rush back home after indulging in bubble tea with my friend I spend the entire evening tweaking and playing the guitar! =P Talk about drawing Histology and studying Biochemistry. Nevertheless, guitar is the best distraction EVER. =P

The evening part of the day was even better as I had a mini shopping experience. It has been way too long since I did some serious shopping. Qi Ying told us about the sales in Levis and we all made a trip there. It was a pretty small Levis outlet but they had 50% off! I got myself a decent pair of jeans for only RM56! XD

Bubble tea, guitar and shopping really made my day. Today was fun and until now, I have no mood to return to studying. But I have wasted too much time. I need to get back to the real world of mountainous amounts of work. Sigh =.=