I picture myself retreating from the world this past few weeks, oblivious to all... It was great to take a GREAT big rest and a temporary full stop to this overwhelming medical rat race while traveling around India, first to the north and in the end, returning from the south. Yes, a 360 degree circle from and back to Manipal. A desperate attempt to quell all academic havoc so that i can start afresh.
That was what i did in this past 3 and a half weeks that made me seemed to disappear from the known world. Not a magician's trick but a simple nice retreating holiday in the burning desert lands, the freezing icy mountains, skiing and ol plain and simple visits to palaces and forts. I've gone through India's hottest, driest, coldest climates all in the same trip and thus i am satisfied - really tanned like one of those Tibetan people i noticed so often during my trip; but i am satisfied.
On the other hand, India was a spiritual journey by which i find myself walking by. Heck, it can even be a hub for inter religious eccumenical dialogue if it wants to. I visited Hindu temples; the Haji Ali mosque and ahhh.. the Taj Mahal; the famed Buddhist Mahabodhi temple; Dharamsala, the seat of the Dalai Lama; ate with the Sikhs in the Golden Temple of Amrisar; beautiful Anglican and Catholic churches; the tomb of St. Thomas the apostle and of course Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.
But now i am back (*pause* *taking a solemn moment to stomach this statement*)
I've got a feeling that the medical student life is damaging my character somehow...hmm or is it a process of growth?
Will the sparkle ever again return to my eyes?
But now i am back...
That was what i did in this past 3 and a half weeks that made me seemed to disappear from the known world. Not a magician's trick but a simple nice retreating holiday in the burning desert lands, the freezing icy mountains, skiing and ol plain and simple visits to palaces and forts. I've gone through India's hottest, driest, coldest climates all in the same trip and thus i am satisfied - really tanned like one of those Tibetan people i noticed so often during my trip; but i am satisfied.
On the other hand, India was a spiritual journey by which i find myself walking by. Heck, it can even be a hub for inter religious eccumenical dialogue if it wants to. I visited Hindu temples; the Haji Ali mosque and ahhh.. the Taj Mahal; the famed Buddhist Mahabodhi temple; Dharamsala, the seat of the Dalai Lama; ate with the Sikhs in the Golden Temple of Amrisar; beautiful Anglican and Catholic churches; the tomb of St. Thomas the apostle and of course Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.
But now i am back (*pause* *taking a solemn moment to stomach this statement*)
I've got a feeling that the medical student life is damaging my character somehow...hmm or is it a process of growth?
Will the sparkle ever again return to my eyes?
But now i am back...
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