Wednesday, February 28, 2007

the good samaritan

was jus thinking when i was half asleep and this came to mind... well something triggered it. someone i know told me... he couldn't visit a friend's grandfather who was very sick because he had assignments to do... to me that was reasonable enough... well, it's his friend's grandafather after all, not his and he did have actual work to do.... and my train of thoughts jus went back to sunday's sermon on the Good Samaritan....

why was this good samaritan such a important figure that he is now used as a figure of speech? pastor ashley unravel the parable in a way i never really thought about, very logical.... yet was as if how come i didn't think bout that at all... anyway, this is what i remember anyway....

Jesus was having a conversation with a teacher of the Law.... and the teacher asked Him, " Who is my neighbour?"

Jesus being Himself began telling him this story....

Luke 10: 25 - 37

25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"

27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[c]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[d]"

28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."

29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

30In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two silver coins[e] and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'

36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"

37The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."


the teacher of the law being a Jew.... was waiting for Jesus to tell him that only Jews ( not only that, upstanding Jews) were his neighbours... it was the custom last time not to consort with people of deemed "unclean" or less than up to the jewish standards...

Pastor Ashley also explained... the priest.... if he touched an unclean person would have to be unclean for quite a few days and he wonn't be able to do his duties... he prob thought... i'd better not touch dat man, he might be dead... He knew the right thing to do but he chose not to do it... that's sad.... i might be in the same shoes one day and i certainly hope i would be the good samaritan rather than the people who passed the wounded man by....

what was great bout the good samaritan.... he came prepared to help... he had oil, bandages, wine.... he was prepared.... he knew that dat passway was dangerous and people get robbed and wounded.... and he came with the preparation to help.... he brought supplies and his donkey too... at 1st i thought it was a bit cheating, he had the heart to help the others didn't, that's wat gave him the advantage when it came to the choice of whether to help or not.... but then away.... people can still make the choice spot on.... 1 conclusion, make up my mind that i would help if the situation arise before anything happens.... come prepared....

another thing..... he went the extra mile... he didn't just badanged the man up and said... okay, i have done my part... good day! take care... he brought the man to the inn on his donkey and paid the inn keeper to take care of the man... dat is... wow.... he really went all the way...

i need inspiration God... well this parable is it... but real life please God...






i m bored...

waaaaaaaaaaaaa............ i got low tolerance for boredom.... no wonder i dun like this hospital. freaking boring. i miss modbury. so much more fun then this, at least i got interesting stuff to do. today i rocked up to the wards and there were only 2 patients on d list and the reg was no where to be found. sigh, read the notes, he has already seen them. o well, i thought at least there's a tute at 10, i just gotta kill some time before then, next i knew, msg came *tit tit*... tute is cancelled... *pengsan* next idea. since i m here, i might as well see some patients and practise for observed case next week... so i went and saw 2 patients which bot h had appendicitis and had their appendix out... not oto bad, my GI exam sucks... well it wasn't dat bad but i did miss a few things.... lazy person here haven been practising much... man, this is so not inspiring as the aussies would say. i totally do not feel inspired by this hospital... here cames the need for self inspiration.... uggg!!! chua su ling, you need to study harder and not wait for inspiration... sniff... i m disappointed with this hospital.

anyway, now i m gonna hop to the library near my place, not that near but well, at least i could borrow some books and take my mind of the whole boredom issue and lazy to study as heck but like pushing tons of bricks into my brain.... watever...random post. not sure if anyone understands what i m getting at.

i think common program would just add to the boredom... sigh, i haven been going at all for d last month... well i did for 1 lecture and it proved to be absolutely sien.... i m a lazy person. fact of life.
even my father says so. tho i tot it was mean of him to tell my friend. i was pretty hardworking n imu. jus not in adelaide. the whole environment is just not condusive to being dat OCD bout studies tho dun mistake me plenty of kiasu ppl ard...

i need entertainment!!!!

Sunday, February 11, 2007

jus feel like blogging suddenly .blog has been quite dead... in the midst of moving now. still crashing at fren's apt... for the past 2 weeks and 1 more week to go since i m going to a hospital dat is quite far away. new place is gorgeous jus furnitureless... din no furniture n electricals could be so ex... but well i m certainly gonna be spending like nearly 2000ausd including d bond for the rent. maybe more...horendously expensive. tired as well. jus been to the new place to clean... washed the toilet mopped the kitchen and laundry area. it's like vista but bigger and a lot prettier. my room has white roses wall paper made of fabric. it's overlooking a cricket field. gorgeous place.

had a good week. looking fwd to a better one. doing peds now. thoroughly enjoying myself. tons more den adult medicine. and d hospital i m going to is one in a subrub so the ppl are so friendly and helpful compared to those in the city. i love it there and not to mention the kids r total angels. well there were some brats but they are sick at least they have a good reason to be bratty. i must say i am enjoying myself way more than i expected. did always wanted to go into peds but after this i think i m more or less set for it. hope i dun go into o n g n find dat i really love it too. well i x particularly feel like collecting babies or pulling babies outta women. watched a c section and the lady was gigantic not to mention d poor baby had an apgar score of 4. he was so scrawny. but so cute. hehe. my 1st c section. d poor lady's 4th c section. she had loads of adhesions. well, baby sorta picked up after a while. mum was given fentanyl (painkiller that makes baby drowsy and respiratory depressed for the non medic ppl)... dat's y he was sorta woozy.

all in all. i m enjoying baby checks. playing with kiddies. i mean they turst me like straight away. haha. so funny on the 1st day... d docs were trying to make tis kid walk cos she had some abnormal gait but she x want to. i knelt down n smiled at her and she walked twds me. haha... felt bit mean. well u know d whole hierachy thing. well the kid walked...so there. la la la...she had cute blond curls. n her walking is fine.

one of my friends said..."kids are evil." no they r not. he said i probably good at it cos i think d same way as they do. in other words... childish. well, i m not too bothered... at least i dun think kids are evil. they totally simple to understand quite straighforward not like adults. some can be manipulative mind u but well they are kids. all is forgiven jus cos of dat. have a feeling i'll prob spoil my kids silly. o well. long time to go. so no need to think so far in advance.

now all i can think of is dinner. my dear frens, ong lai n josh da man is in the kitchen cooking which is good. they CAN cook. and well i m sorta too tired and lazy to cook. prob do the dishes after. can smell the food. chicken was good, snitched a piece just now. hehe. i hope d food will cook soon. sniff sniff... I M HUNGWEEE!!! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa........ haha. babies do that all the time... all their reflexes so amazing too. and counting all the toes and fingers n they got d cutest feet. like trolls. flat foot. :) i m totally infatuated.

hope u guys out there r doing well wherever u are... the juniors have arrived. went for picnic together. everything is going well. hoping for an awesome year...

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith, on Heaven’s table land,
A higher plane than I have found;
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where those abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.

I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I’ll pray till Heaven I’ve found,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”

—Johnson Oatman, Jr.