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Again, i'll say i really love being in water. Love feeling the water rush over my body, watching the shine and shimmer of water's reflections off the wall, watching my shadow at the bottom of the pool, and watching the way the water breaks at my finger tips and create their own shadow. and if i may say, most of all, i like how graceful and fluid i feel in water, as compared to my usually klutzy style on land. ahh. i got my 2nd swimming intervention from a stranger today!! Today, the stranger made a trip specially and walked up to me, just to tell me that he wanted to compliment me for my breast stroke. It the absolute purest sports sense of the word. Can't say how much that meant to me! Nothing would suffice i think; i was over the clouds! =)) hahaha. It was immense for me, to receive that kind of praise. I'd say he knows i'm still learning, because i was still swimming in the shallow pool and he probably just wanted to encourage me to keep going. =) but nonetheless, that meant a lot.

NCC has been a tiring, dreary, rewarding and humbling experience all at the same time. But more than all other emotions, i believe i have learnt much more than what i'll gain in terms of grades and stuff. I'm not sure if i'll ever work in oncology, but this experience has definitely opened up my eyes to something real and different. Should i never return to work here, i think the lessons i have learnt here will already take me a long way- in life. More about that next time.

I just finished packing my bags for the trek tmr. Hope it'll be a fruitful trip! Not literally full of fruits la, (cus i thought of 孙悟空's花果山水帘洞!! when i typed that hahahhaha)

Alright, late night delirium, go away now. i'm turning in. GOODNIGHT everybody. =) I hope your tmr will be a great one- to whoever still reads this. =)

Love,
sk

p/s: CHRISTMAS IS COMING! =) my favouritest time of the year! woots!

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