It's Friday again

It's Friday again, and there goes another week. It has been a 2 weeks off for us without the torturing-weekly-assessment, which gave me some extra space to breathe...phew..but for the coming week, we would all have to strive for the battle again. Hopefully we have all had some little recharge to face the upcoming PBLs and assessments, especially now that there has been some changes in the PBL grouping & with the introduction of the mentor-mentee thingy.. sigh

Anyway, after a long latent period, i find the need to go hav a walk in the shopping mall. No, NOT shopping...more of WINDOW shopping. Saw some nice and interesting stuffs but looking at the price and then back at my flat wallet again, it is like being poured with a big,bucket of cold,icy water. Haha. The money i spent today was on a little prezzie for my mommy, some prezzies for my friend's birthday, Tuesdays With Morrie (yeay!finally got tht book with the little help of a RM20 rebate coupon from my sister) and another '3 for RM10' pairs of earing (girls:this is a good place to shop for earings..haha)

I read 'The 5 people you meet in Heaven' by Mitch Albom some time ago and found it was a nice, interesting book (I'll probably share a little review on this sometime later when i'm motivated to do so) and since then, I've always wanted to get 'Tuesdays with Morrie'- an international bestseller...and yeay! its with me now. I've read around 27 pages on my way back home by KTM commuter and yup, no regrets buying it. Though it was a short reading, few things have captured my interest to ponder and reflect upon.This book is basically about an old man, a young man and life's greatest lesson. The old man- Morrie,a university proffesor was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal, neurological disease with no known cure. After leaving the hospital, while his wife has million of thoughts running through her mind on how much time left,how to manage,etc...meanwhile,Morrie was stunned...

"...was stunned by the normalcy of the day around him. Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to me?

But the world did not stop, it took no notice at all, and as Morrie pulled weakly on the car door, he felt as if he were dropping into a hole."

[a little excerpt from the book]

Reflection 1 : sometimes though you really wish that the world will at least stop or pause for at least a second and take notice of you and what you are going through... but,will that ever happen? this is like almost a 'never' kind of answer. The world will not stop. And there is where the feeling of sinking deeper and deeper into nowhere develops...

Same like anyone else, he has a choice to wither up and disappear or to live the life the fullest. He chose the latter and decided to make death his final project. Once, he went to one of his colleague's funeral..and came up with an interesting idea- he organized a "living funeral" because he taught it was a waste tht Irv ( his late colleague) could not hear all the wonderful things ppl said about him in the funeral.

Reflection 2: Have you ever thought of organizing your own "living funeral"? I have not, until I read this. And now, i'm thinking... would i ever want to do the same as what Morrie did if i have the chance to do so? and would you do so? As for me, i'm not too sure i'll have the courage to do so...

Well, I guess its enough said for the time being and i shall leave it to u to reflect & ponder upon. Its now no longer Friday night but Saturday morning. There goes another Friday...and i shall now retire to bed...