It was a lovely afternoon when my roommate was enjoying the breeze in the balcony. Suddenly he smelt something. To his surprise, he saw a guy holding a lighted cigarrete above him in another balcony."What are you looking at? Strange? I'm not going to die because of this lah!"
It is quite an unexpected as well as unpleasant sight to me, considering the fact he is a JPA scholar, the educated one who is going to traverse into medical field, and has the responsibility to advise people to stop smoking. However he is not the only person practising something ironic and contradicting to his prospect in my present college. They are a lot including seniors. Moreover, it has been stated smoking inside the college compound is prohibited and penalty of RM100 would be charged towards violator. Well, I haven't come across any news that any kind of penalty had been charged on them since I was here six months ago. The guards ignore that too, so do some lecturers and wardens. I can't tolerate indifference shown by the administrators. Honestly I have no prejudice towards smokers, but in my point of view, smokers are not qualified to contribute himself in health care related career seriously. Even if they are, don't you think that their patients would surely doubt their credibility in diagnosing ailments or prescribing medicine?
Put this aside, I would like to share another thing that was annoying. It happened for days continuously in the last month. When I was in my mood of revising and there came a deafening bang inside the hostel. Apparently someone was trying to get into our nerves by lighting firecrackers. My instinct told me that was another immatured scholar, but I could never identify the nuisance maker. In my previous secondary school, if you tried to challenge the school rules by having such explosives, you would be expelled without any tolerance or consideration.
Please return me the serenity of my lovely tiny college :(
Oh, Jin Xiang, this is not unheard of even in universities around Malaysia. But I agree that it is not only ironic, but paradoxical, that someone who will advocate the attitude of not smoking is actually committing the act himself. Such people, unless they quit the habit now, are not worthy to be doctors, in my opinion. They are hypocrites. They preach one thing and yet practise another.
ReplyDeleteBut that's how sad our system really is. And just because they're scholars doesn't make them behaviourally good.
As for firecrackers, I get that a lot in UTP, too, especially during the Ramadhan month or such. It's worse when it's during tests seasons or study weeks.
Fortunately these people are in the minority among the healthcare sector nowadays. In the past cardiothoracic surgeons themselves used to enjoy a puff while they are discussing about the lung tumour they are going to operate on.
ReplyDeletehahaha~ i wonder y guys like to smoke so much!
ReplyDeletemostly girls dont even like a smoking guy, and u got nothing from smoking! just a waste of money!
they r doctors wannabe and they dun even practising healthy lifestyle? hahaha~
for the firecrackers,hahaha.. during fasting month, there's a group of senior who played it inside their house... ? xda kerja kot. ahaha~
Sometimes i have the same feeling as you.... ....
ReplyDeletei was like, "what the hell?? they are JPA scholars ah??"
I agree that smoking is bad for one's health physically; however, there are some special case for some people when psychologically, they can only reduce their stress by smoking... ...
Just don't understand why people tend to do something at risk when they know the risk behind their action... ... excitement, perhaps
Guys thanks for dropping by, I appreciate your comments very much :)
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