Lynn Leng Lang

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Thoughts 16:06

Good morning! It's currently 0230 at Dubai now.

Currently stuck at Dubai airport waiting for my transit flight while listening to Keith Urban's Good Morning Beautiful. This morning was a hassle juggling my 31kg check-in luggage and my 8kg backpack while taking train to Heathrow Airport (including 2 interchanges thank you very much). The genius me threw my backpack on the floor several times before remembering that my laptop is inside as well. So there's a crack at the end of my laptop but luckily it's still functioning T_T This is the only part of moving that I'll never miss.

So I've just completed my one-year pre-registration training in London and since my visa is expiring so I'm forced to fly back to Malaysia before making any further plans. Wonder if I'll get deported back to Malaysia if I arrive at London airport with my expired visa, a free transport back yay! I'm just really grateful that with my minimal salary I was still able to travel abroad to Iceland, Malta and Greece within a year and still manage to to buy my flight tickets home.

Looking back at my training year, it was interesting to experience working in a community pharmacy. Pharmacists aren't just sales person as portrayed in Malaysia, yet are healthcare professionals who actually collaborate with doctors to choose an optimal decision for patients. Pretty sure anyone who has experienced working in UK wouldn't choose to work in a community pharmacy in Malaysia. Genuinely wishing Malaysia's healthcare system would catch up soon enough because I can't afford to be jobless for the next 30 years T_T

Speaking of which, I'll be jobless for pretty much the next few months. Even the thought of typing this statement makes me sad because I'll be the only jobless one among my friends (other than those who are still studying for their medical/dental course). And everyone thought pharmacy is a good field to enter. Wait until you hear about how fresh graduates have to wait more than 6 months to get a hospital placement in Malaysia. I can't bear to imagine the faces of relatives when they hear of this and how can I handle relatives T_T Of course it also got me thinking if I'm in the right career field. Maybe I should consider furthering my studies but I don't know which field would suit me (thank you teenage hormones which manage to find their way into my body).

So while being jobless, I was thinking of doing freelance jobs like I used to during university to get by. The only down part is I would have nobody close to work with T_T Every friend I know of would already have a stable job, and weekends would be so precious that nobody would be willing to do freelance jobs (not that I'm complaining, when I was working I just wanted to nua at home during weekends).

While typing this at the airport, people are constantly walking past me. People watching in the airport is quite interesting. Have you ever heard of the phrase "You hear more sincere prayers in walls of hospitals than churches. You see more sincere tears at airports than at weddings". I can't help but agree with this statement. Sometimes it can be heartbreaking to see loved ones part at airport. I guess 3 years of living abroad really changed my perspectives of life. Guess it's a sign of maturity.

Abrupt end here as the 1-hr complimentary WiFi service is ending soon and I don't wanna fork extra money out for additional uses (kiam siap mode on) and I've been babbling too much.

Till next time.

Labels: Random thoughts

0 Comments: