When my boss handed me the topic (aka the headline here), I got pretty bored since I was basically forced to look at pictures of males.
It didn’t help that most of the bachelors on CLEO‘s list had the same hairstyle (I’m terrible at faces), so it took a while before I found the story of the dude.
But anyway, I started digging my nose and into the guy’s history for more info.
Poly Dropout
One thing to notice when you’re falling down is the reactions of other people. When you are young, people laugh at you. When you are old, people are concerned about you.
It’s the same thing for life, but not many people realise that if people laugh at you, it means that you are still young.
Well, all you need to know what that’s got to do with the article is already in the headlines.
So, here’s the dude, Ian Leung, a 27-year-old healthcare professional who realised that he can still succeed:
Basically, Ian Leung just did typical lazy teenage stuff like clubbing drinking not studying.
And then he dropped out of poly after failing the core calculus module for 2 semesters.
So he went around doing part-time jobs like selling cameras at IT fairs and working at a shipping company.
Newfound calling from NS encounter
The official story is that he saw the medical officer being the “calmest one out of everyone…he was fixing the problem” during outfield when someone was brought in unconscious. “In that instant, I realised this was what I wanted to do.”
But with only O-Levels, he had to take a medical degree by taking up a foundation year overseas in Norwich, England for 9 months. In the first 3 months, he failed the exam, scoring only 30%. Later on, he finished with 80%, and with an aptitude test and interview, he managed to get into Cambridge.
Now?
He is still studying to get a Master’s and is pursuing cardiology to become a cardiac surgeon while working in the wards.
He believes it is a combination of his parents’ support and maturity that gave him the drive to succeed.
Hold your skepticism
If you’re anyone like me, you’re probably still digging your nose. Partly because there’s really a lot of pi sai, and partly because it’s a really rehashed story. Also, “parents’ support and maturity” is basically a euphemism for “money”.
And the story of “one NS encounter changes everything” is most likely a made up story. If someone’s life views can change in a short encounter like that, I’d be very afraid to have him as my doctor.
Cause it means some small little thing can change his mind to quit, so he might be doing all these half-heartedly anyway.
So in the end money prevails? Kinda, but not really. All money did was just gave him a lot more chances, but the one who still has to actually put in the effort to make it into the school, and then in work, is Ian himself.
It’s exactly like digging noses. You may be given a lot of pi sai to dig, but the one who has the fingers to actually dig out the pi sai is yourself.
Here’s a simplified summary of the South Korea martial law that even a 5-year-old would understand:
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