Friday, March 26, 2010

It was smooth when He's with me



This might be a little late.

But I really wanna share this.

We have all kinds of exams in our medical studies,

from small to major to external.

Well, in my 2nd internal...


I just can’t believe it.

My most feared Anatomy Viva exam turned out to be smooth.

Smooth sailing. I could answer most of the Questions.

The feeling is so good.

Before the exam I was just so confused and lost.

Because so much to cover.



(Being creative as usual (",))


(I wonder what slide is this. kent might know better. Hehe!!)



The scope is too wide.

From Histology to surface marking,

Form organ identifying to radiology,

From embryology to all the gross anatomy.

Wow. It’s just nuts to cover all.

But finals will be even scarier.


I told myself I can’t do this alone.

I’m gonna die half-way. Haha!

So I prayed really hard for God to intervene.

I asked God to give me good professors,

To ask me easy questions,

To give good marks…

And guess what,

HE DID!!


(Our usual anatomy practical dissection..Cherrs!! )



My morning anatomy practical turn out ok.

I got d upper limb, flexor compartment of the forearm,

Which was apparently my favorite part

Because we used to play with the cadavers arm.

Sling it here and there when we first came to uni.

When I got it I started thanking God in my little heart.

Then I wrote some short notes in a paper in with time were given.

Pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis…bla..bla..bla…




Next I got the weirdest organ.

Never in my small mind have I ever thought of getting this.

SIGMOID colon and rectum.

Wow. God really has a sense of humour.

I took up the colon with my bare hands.

No surgical gloves were provided.

But I didn’t cared much.

Exam is more important.

When I started holding the organ in my hand,

All these points about the colon and rectum just popped out.

Cool.

I only recalled reading through the rectum once and very briefly only.

I was really amazed.

Not by my intelligence but by God’s help.


Then for my afternoon viva I was confident

Because I know my God will also help me.

So I went back my hostel, I had two hours lunch break before viva starts.

I spent nearly an hour reading d book of JOB.

Just random.

And was even more motivated.

Of course I did look through my altas and text book too.


Then later during exam,

I bet u could guess what happened.

It was also smooth and chilled.

I got the heart, rectus femoris muscle, ribs, pelvis, spleen, subscapularis…

Embryo I got sperm, fertilization, development of aortic arches, ovarian cycle…

Radio was a little weird, I got head and neck X-ray, which we stil haven’t learn,

Luckily I got to change the x-ray film. Haha!



All in all it was a pleasant viva practical exam.

All thanks to my awesome creator,

Wonderful counselor,

Great provider,

Faithful master,

And my best friend,

Jesus Christ.


All credit goes to YOU man…

Nice team work with had back there.

Cool.


(Some people say after you dissect, you won't feel like eating meat..but this is my bak-kut-teh..(",))



Wednesday, March 24, 2010

More 2 Life


More to life
Do you want more to life?
Is life just what is seems to be?Books, stress, exams, money, carrier, fame?
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?


In Matthew 16:26,
“What good will it be for a man if he
gains the whole world,
Yet
forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?”



Most of the things we do today are just temporary.
You think your Anatomy Netter’s Atlas will last forever?
Nope.
Yet we are spending so much time with it.
To pass the exam so to say.
But is life just about passing exams?
Or there is more to that?



Being a rich eventually sounds like a big dream.
Who doesn’t want to be rich and famous?
There are so many Bill-gates wannabes around.



You see,
God made everything.
God made us.
He knows us better than we know ourselves.
He knows that our heart will long for all these things in life.
It’s true.
That’s why in His Word of Life (Bible),
He says what good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world,
But loses his soul eventually.



God wants us to focus not on these earthly things.
He is more concern about your soul.
Two times he mention the word soul in one short verse.
That shows how important your soul is to God.
He wants your soul to be saved.
Not your knowledge, money or carrier.
It’s so clearly stated that it would be such a waste
if a person is so successful in life but in the end leads to nothing.



My friends, there is definitely more to life in this life.
At one point of life,
Everybody will experience a vacuum in life.
Where you find your life empty and wanting to find the purpose in life.
Wanting to know why you exist in this planet earth.
Well this vacuum can only be filled by God and nothing else.



That’s why we chose the title More to Life for our CF.
Because there’s something so much bigger in life.
Something that you can’t afford miss in this lifetime,
Which is,
God’s love and eternal life in heaven.
If you missed this boat, you’ll be left behind,
Forever…



Do you want to gain to world, and lose your soul?



It is big news when someone we know loses a part of his or her body.
We speak in hushed and somber tones when someone loses their mind,
their kidney, part of a lung, one of their limbs,
we even laugh at people who loses their hair and teeth.
How do we feel, however, when we see someone losing their soul?
You tell me…



Once someone told me,
“If I believe in God and life after death and you do not,
And if there is no God, we both lose when we die.
However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.”

So it’s up to you now…


Sunday, March 21, 2010

Fit for a King



Every time I sing on stage,

I tell God that I’m gonna make Him proud,

And I’m gonna give my best, my sweat.

I want to point people to Him.

Making them feel the presence of God.

I love to sing.

Especially for the King.

The king of kings.

My KING.

It’s my honor to do that.


(Passion conference 2008 in Kuala Lumpur.

I was just in front of Chris Tomlin. He was amazing.He inspired me a lot.)


I wanna be like Chris Tomlin.

Touching millions by God’s love through his music.

God will make a way for me.

Can’t wait for that day to come.

I will hope and wait upon you Lord.

Use me.

Use my talent that you gave me.

Multiple it.

For I want give you something back in return.


(More to life fellowship in Belgaum. More to come!)



Against the WAVEs


I broke 4 guitar strings in 4 days.

I used to not break any guitar strings at home.

Not even 4 strings in 4 years.

But now when I’m preparing for a great mission for Jesus,

satan is always against me,

Against us.

He won’t sit still.

He won’t be happy.

That means he is feeling threaten.

Because God is on our side,

And the victory has already been won.

satan can’t fail us,

he can only mess around with us.

But as long we are firm in Christ.

We shall overcome.

Get behind me satan.

Bro ^&^ sis in Christ don't be discourage when times are hard,

think of Jesus on the cross,

nothing can compare to that,

and He has defeated satan upside down left right center inside out...

HAHA!! (",)



"That ‘fellow’ made my four strings broke,

But too bad that doesn’t work,

Towards Christ I will look,

Where all things perfect and good."

Friday, March 19, 2010

Small things in Life

I prayed and there it was.

My God is so cool.

He hears me all the time.

We were walking down an alley after CF.

It was getting dark.

I was tired.

Hoping to get an Auto (taxi) to go home.

But knowing that it’s hard to get one at such hour.

But also knowing that God will provide.

And He didn’t let me down.

I was so encouraged.

I always neglect the small things which God had done for me.

But when I recollect how good the Lord has been to me.

I felt to have Him by my side.

Thanks a lot Jesus!


"An Auto down the road

It's a sign that He'll carry my load

I know He'll be down every road

No longer do I need my worry mode"

~andrewzj.~




Saturday, August 22, 2009

HIV Positive

Just try to imagine...it's impossible to even get near the feeling, that's y i said TRY...

Imagine u were born without parents, u were found by the roadside, and some NGOs picked u up and placed u in an orphanage, where u meet all your friends, picked up from all over too. u were too young to understand, so they kept a secret from u. A secret which will change your life completely. A secret which contains so much of questions but not a single answer. u may ask y for a million times, look beyond the stars and wonder y, wish upon a shooting star and never find the answer y u were born with HIV positive...u may cry and sigh but it doesn't better your condition...u wonder what went wrong that u deserved this...u wonder y God gave u this in your little innocent body....


Just now i met with a bunch of kids, whose feeling u can't even comprehend, not even near. I got a chance to sing with them and for them. Those wearing a dark blue T-shirt with light blue collars, and with a party hat are my new little friends. My heart was really broken to see them the way they were. But they can still smile at u, sing with u, clap with u, do actions together...deep inside i really really hope and pray that they can hv d same smile when they know about the truth. I really prayed that God will give them strength, not ordinary strength but something beyond that. So many a times v prayed for strength to face trails in life, but it's nothing compared to what they need. So from now on, every time i pray, I'll think of them. Just like d boy who gave His lunch for Jesus to multiple, when i think of this boy, i know that nothing is too small for God to use. When i think of those kids back there, i know that God will definitely strengthen me because if He can give them such strength they need, what more me...

There no one out there who loves them more than God the Father himself, who gives all things and takes away as His Will. He can take away all your pain with just a word, He could calm the storm in you, He could give u all the answers u want but in the end u just have to submit to Him.

Actually this Gospel night is inconjuction with the Birthday of a miracle baby. A Christian couple, who were both HIV+, gave birth to a baby who is HIV-. It's a pure miracle. Those who are good in Science and genetics will know that, this is 1 in a million, if not quadrillion...This is a strong sign that God still does miracles today and He hears our cries and woes...

Patience and strength are not given, they are earned, through this life which HE has given us, and is looking down from above, seeing how well we use this life in exchanged with the riches in Heaven.

God has sent me here to India for a purpose in which i am yet to find out. It's definitely not only just to get my MBBS degree, that's too simple for me and HIM. There must b more than this. My degree is just a side mission for me to complete my utmost goal. u may ask me what is more important than being a famous doctor who earns millions?

Then let me ask u, is your life just about these things v pursue everyday? They won't even last. Is there nothing beyond that? The same God who created this universe and everything in it, is out there. U can just see it from all the things around u, all of it can't just b pure coincident right? V r too innocent to believe in coincidence!

I know I am serve the same God today and I'm so proud to say that. He has truly placed a burden in my heart for those HIV+ kids. I promise i will do what ever i can to make a difference in their lives or at least something meaningful, which is beyond any riches and fame.

Focus on the smiles on their faces and u will never find a reason not to smile again...
And as for u who is this, do say a simple prayer for them. U will never know how powerful is a simple shout to God until v get to heaven, when all those whom u prayed for come and thank u for it...

"Jesus Loves the little children, all the children in the world, red and yellow black and white, they are precious in His sight, JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD..." It's one of my favorite Sunday School song...