Today is a lot of mess.
After (shamefully) skipping yesterday’s medical
screening, I reported for work today with much derision.
It was a friendly derision, of course. And I didn’t take
anything of it to the heart.
I had this fear of blood, or blood phobia, a strange
kind of sickness, which greatly affected my chances of becoming a doctor during
my youth (I was offered an interview to becoming a doctor by JPA back in 2003).
I never wanted to become a doctor by the way. I took biology in SPM just for the sake of learning. You were paid to study whatever
subjects you wanted, so why dropped one important subject just because you
wanted to be an engineer?
Biology is a beautiful field, filled with lots of
intriguing truth of life. To sidestep biology is akin to ignore the bountiful
knowledge of life sciences.
I was told I still have to attend the medical check
up...much to my dismay. The last time my blood was withdrawn out of my body was
in 2002, and I almost fainted. I remember one of my classmates looking at me,
horror-struck, to see my face turning very pale.
All I know was that I was frightened to death as the
blood was withdrawn from my left hand.
That experience of horror still left a
big mark on my memory up to this day.
For my next experiment, I was required to undergo a
full health screening, complete with Tetanus jab and blood withdrawal.
So I could only run...but eventually, the truth
hurts...I’ll have to face the needles.
On my way to IPS (Institute of Postgraduate Studies)
of USM, I lost my access card.
My faithful plastic card holder was so old that it
tore up at the bottom, resulting in my access card slipping away without me
ever noticing it.
I searched the whole place twice without any
meaningful result. It must be fated.
I already paid RM70 for the processing fee...and
then I have to fork out another RM30 for the lost card.
Surely tomorrow will be better.
