It is always before exams that I find time to do so many other things besides studying...like updating this blog. Haha. I would like to say things have improved, but I would be in denial if I said that. The actuality is that pressure has increased and I'm more tired than ever...

On another thought, the topic that they presented us on the retreat day-- passion, has been lingering on my mind for a while. Like it was said, dentistry does not necessarily be our passion but we should definitely have passion in our lives because that is what drives us. A good chunk of a hour or more was spent on "discovering" our passions and writing them down on a paper... Despite it being an interesting activity, I think I'm still missing the point of incorporating passion into my life.

I suppose my new goal, or attempt for the next week or so will be trying to incorporate time for things I'm passionate about into my life to keep my motivation levels higher and my spirits happier.

Time for more calls to family. I love my family and they're certainly a passion of mine. I hope I can learn to better expression my gratitude and appreciate of them. In addition, more time for communication with friends too, for what would my life be with them? I have to thank them for all the times of laughter, support, and keeping me sane.

I won't get too ambitious and try to tackle multiple passions on my first attempt. However, I hope to attempt some of these other ones later: art~ find time to draw more and perhaps start on a mini project for fun; language~ learn Mandarin; self-improvement~ oh gosh, there's so much work to do here; exercise~ hahaha, let's see if I can drag my lazy bum off my chair to break a sweat.

Eeep, back to studying. Til next time (aka the next exam).