I have had endless debates in my head whether surgery was for me or not. I know it’s still early and I’m not to graduate till 2011 and that deciding which speciality I want a career in is not just dependent on my interest but also the availability of training jobs and opportunities. But it was the decision whether I wanted to go down the medical route or the surgical route that was doing my head in. I can’t help being such a ‘planner’, I just feel as though I need to prepare myself and find out more about the relevant specialities and gear myself up for whatever obstacles that may come if I decide that yes I want to be a surgeon.
But today, I aimed to be a good president to the badminton club and I hope I have achieved that. For various occasions today I had to be firm with my decision but very fair and I think I achieved that! It was scary being in charge and afraid that people would take offence but I had the authority and I decided that I should use it – for the benefit of the team. I just really want the team to share the same vision as I do and that they understand the meaning behind my actions. It was satisfying that for the first time since I played badminton at this university we’ve finally had a proper training session today with footwork and drills. It took a lot of effort on my part to try plan a programme that would be sufficient yet not boring. An hour of drills really isn’t a lot, and when people complain about boredom and tiredness it frustrates me because when we were kids back home we trained a million times harder than that and we never complained! I suppose trying to teach univerisity ‘kids’ the proper way to train isn’t as easy as it seems. Especially when people don’t see you as a proper coach. But you know, I try my best. I don’t HAVE to do this, but I do this anyway in hope that people will benefit and that would help improve the club’s standard.
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hheyhe niceee.. im playing a lot of badminton here too.. prolly gona coach at some badminton club as well when i have the timee…
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hello mei! so good catching up in sheffield and hear you talk these thoughts out. :)) you know i’ve been thinking and wanted to encourage you that this whole president business will be good for your prospective pursuit in surgery. cos besides the good hands, the toughest bit of being a surgeon is definitely calling the shots, making the decisions, and be firm + convicted about them. like if its me… by the time i make the decision what to do with a patient, the patient would be loooong gone, oops. so yeah, do see your time as pres as a ‘training process’ and remember to enjoy the learning process : )