Tuesday, April 08, 2008

'he's a useless chap. good for nothing'

htin aung said this to me when i we had a tutor tutee meeting when i was in sem 2.

until today, i finally know that it's not just the grades or thinking that i know everything is good enough. perhaps there's a chinese saying that goes 'eat salt more than i eat rice' which does hold some truth.

it's so true his words. at that time i was really angry with him because he said to me in front of other juniors who were having csu that time and it was so horrible i didn't know how to react.

but now, i'm humbled by his words of wisdom. because simply, i have none. i'm raw, naive and an ego maniac who in actual fact doesn't know much. i do not have the perseverance to keep on studying, i have failed his expectations.

if it wasn't for him, i think i'd already dropped out of imu. honest. he's not in the dark on his tutee's activities, knowing fully well who does what and the grades that we get. honestly, he's the father of us all in imu.

i've regretted not able to listen to him earlier, not able to learn that there are so many things that i do not know and to pay heed to his advice. now staring at the whole pile of notes that i'm bound to finish, it seemed impossible to complete everything and do well. but dr, it's you that motivated me to continue our fight and never to give up in chasing knowledge like how you've done before.

yeah. looking back, i'm a worthless chap. i really am. thank you for pointing that out to me for i know where to work on now. i work hard not to be better than others but to be the best out of myself. thank you for pulling me back whenever i was astray.